Exactly. Film has infinite resolution, whereas any digital medium no matter what will always have a finite image quality. Analog will always be better than digital, but digital will just be cheaper and easier to use.
Maybe? Unfortunately I'm not sure how the Tivo writes the video data to an HD, but I do know how other systems do it, and if you're talking about a difference in SD (standard digital) and HD (assuming 1080i resolution), then you'll need twice as much space to playback the video in realtime. Unless of course the Tivo compresses the video the same way anyway regardless of resolution.
I bet you're one of the guys that liked the racing scenes in the "fast and the Furious". I like them too. Well guess what, some of the scenes showed CG cars racing against other CG cars. It's way to dangerous to drive a camera car inbetween two high speed racers (and the director thought that sped up footage looked too cheesy). If the 3d is done right, you don't even know that it's 3d.
Sometimes region encoding is a useful tool. I've seen a couple posts elude to the fact that it's good for subtitles, but if you're not going to fill the dvd with a full length movie and other extraneous junk, region encoding can be very valuable. We've just started authoring dvd's here at the office and I've recently found out that I can set different parts of the dvd to different region codes. Basically what this means is that if we build content for spain and we encode it for the spaniards' region, so they only see the spanish content, and we can also have a sperately encoded section (completely different content) for the USA in all english. This also enables us to specify content for different cultures, cause some people aren't down with the american way of life. It's a money saver, let me tell you. Sure dvd's aren't that expensive, but when you get into mass production costs, it saves alot in the long run to be able to encode the data all on one dvd instead of seperate ones for english/spanish/blah blah blah.
You know, this is something that I'd rather not know about, because if I can find all this information about our most advanced tactical fighter, then some "less desireables" can find the info too. Somethings are just better left alone.
Not to mention the fact that an online bank can just disappear, and a "real world" bank can't. I think the fear comes in when that kind of liquidity exists.
It's called an EMP bomb..much more dangerous to us from the air than the ground.
Not to be alarmist or anything, but think about it, a nuclear weapon is more effective from the air as well as an anthrax release, and the afore mentioned EMP weapon, and when it may be easy to put a bomb in a car and drive it up to the front of your house and blow it up, it's much more effective of a weapon when released from the air.
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An article posted on millimeter.com last month detailed how a bunch of companies are jumping on the Linux bandwagon and showcased their stuff at SIGGRAPH this year. Read all about it!
I really don't want my kids to be able to just hop on to crap like this. (Granted, it's my own fault if I let them get ahold of the CC numbers).
Finally, a parent posts to/. letting the rest of slashdot land know that if someone's child gets into something that they shouldn't have, it's not the company's fault, the fault lies on the parent.
If you don't like the crap on the internet that your children can get into...teach them to discern the crap from the good stuff.
It almost feels the same to me as the beginning of the industrial revolution. Or the huge Carnagie steel conglomerate around the turn of the century. Money and power in the hands of a corporation can't be a good thing. Look what happened last time (hint, it starts with a D and ends in epression).
Yes, the depression did come an go, and companies like the "huge Carnegie steel conglomerate" took a hit...but kept on trucking. And, big surprise, we are still Americans living in the *ahem* same system. I think everything will be okay, and we will survive this huge turn of events..or we won't even feel the pinch at all.
Those with the money have power huh? Maybe that's the reason for all the "dot-bombs."
As far as I know, not all states are regulated (even on so-called "Interstates) to be 55mph at all points on Highways. I know, for instance, when travling west on I-70 from Ohio to Virginia, you run in to three different speed limits (Ohio:65mph, West Virginia:70mph, Virginia: back to 65mph), none of which are 55mph. So that raises the issue, what if I am driving in a state that has a speed limit that is higher than 55mph (or, nay even Montana, which doesn't even have a speed limit on various Highways). Will I still get the fine?
And of course, the obvious issue of jurisdiction. If Acme can charge a customer for going over 55mph in a car, what about an everyday citizen driving down the road? Can I pull them over, or track them down using their license plate and slap them with a fine at will? An everyday citizen could prove they were speeding by matching their speed, checking it on their own GPS and printing the result. (seems kind of lengthy and roundabout...but possible none-the-less) One of the duties of a traffic officer is to keep the roadways safe. I for one doesn't want to see my hard earned tax dollars wasted by a company that wants to regulate their customer's speed themselves. If that is the case...then how about a tax credit?
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Exactly. Film has infinite resolution, whereas any digital medium no matter what will always have a finite image quality. Analog will always be better than digital, but digital will just be cheaper and easier to use.
Filibuster...
Maybe? Unfortunately I'm not sure how the Tivo writes the video data to an HD, but I do know how other systems do it, and if you're talking about a difference in SD (standard digital) and HD (assuming 1080i resolution), then you'll need twice as much space to playback the video in realtime. Unless of course the Tivo compresses the video the same way anyway regardless of resolution.
I bet you're one of the guys that liked the racing scenes in the "fast and the Furious". I like them too. Well guess what, some of the scenes showed CG cars racing against other CG cars. It's way to dangerous to drive a camera car inbetween two high speed racers (and the director thought that sped up footage looked too cheesy). If the 3d is done right, you don't even know that it's 3d.
Sometimes region encoding is a useful tool. I've seen a couple posts elude to the fact that it's good for subtitles, but if you're not going to fill the dvd with a full length movie and other extraneous junk, region encoding can be very valuable. We've just started authoring dvd's here at the office and I've recently found out that I can set different parts of the dvd to different region codes. Basically what this means is that if we build content for spain and we encode it for the spaniards' region, so they only see the spanish content, and we can also have a sperately encoded section (completely different content) for the USA in all english. This also enables us to specify content for different cultures, cause some people aren't down with the american way of life. It's a money saver, let me tell you. Sure dvd's aren't that expensive, but when you get into mass production costs, it saves alot in the long run to be able to encode the data all on one dvd instead of seperate ones for english/spanish/blah blah blah.
You know, this is something that I'd rather not know about, because if I can find all this information about our most advanced tactical fighter, then some "less desireables" can find the info too. Somethings are just better left alone.
It's called an EMP bomb..much more dangerous to us from the air than the ground.
Not to be alarmist or anything, but think about it, a nuclear weapon is more effective from the air as well as an anthrax release, and the afore mentioned EMP weapon, and when it may be easy to put a bomb in a car and drive it up to the front of your house and blow it up, it's much more effective of a weapon when released from the air.
Finally, a parent posts to /. letting the rest of slashdot land know that if someone's child gets into something that they shouldn't have, it's not the company's fault, the fault lies on the parent.
If you don't like the crap on the internet that your children can get into...teach them to discern the crap from the good stuff.
Thank you -cman-.
Yes, the depression did come an go, and companies like the "huge Carnegie steel conglomerate" took a hit...but kept on trucking. And, big surprise, we are still Americans living in the *ahem* same system. I think everything will be okay, and we will survive this huge turn of events..or we won't even feel the pinch at all.
Those with the money have power huh? Maybe that's the reason for all the "dot-bombs."
And of course, the obvious issue of jurisdiction. If Acme can charge a customer for going over 55mph in a car, what about an everyday citizen driving down the road? Can I pull them over, or track them down using their license plate and slap them with a fine at will? An everyday citizen could prove they were speeding by matching their speed, checking it on their own GPS and printing the result. (seems kind of lengthy and roundabout...but possible none-the-less) One of the duties of a traffic officer is to keep the roadways safe. I for one doesn't want to see my hard earned tax dollars wasted by a company that wants to regulate their customer's speed themselves. If that is the case...then how about a tax credit?
Just a thought...