The Quicktime API allows for the decoding of all formats supported regardless of whether you're using the free client of the registered Pro version
That's true, the API allows to use any Codec you can get. But that catch is: where do you download the more exotic codec's from? A generic player is no good, if the plugins are simply not available...
No way am I gonna "Register" with Apple to view web content.
And in this case, this won't help anyways: those movies are encoded using the proprietary Sorensen codec anyways, so your newly downloaded quicktime will just tell you "not supported..."
Please stop posting these instruction, or else slashdot will become completely useless (well, until people learn to simply copy-paste the offending URLs into a new browser window rather than clicking on the link).
I have Quicktime installed on all 6 of my machines and I didn't pay a dime. Quicktime is FREE SOFTWARE.
Yes, true, but the problem is the Codecs. These chemistry movies are encoded using the Sorensen Codec, which it unfortunately not supported by the free quicktime versions.
Well fighting them I thought would be too expensive so let them have it for their nickel. (They paid to transfer it). They are now out of business and a couple of squatters picked it up.
Did you at least send a "congratulatory" e-mail to its top executives when you heard they went out of business?;-)
Jokes aside, shouldn't that read " where's the Gartner Group proclaiming that people should immediately upgrade to kernel 2.4.12, which has been available since over a week already"
PS I appreciate the irony that I'm posting using IE 6, but I'm at work and I'm testing whether it offers anything over our standard IE 5.01. It doesn't -/. looks the same to me.
Hey, why so paranoid? Do a "View Source" (or whatever the equivalent is on IE6) on the comment page. Do you see any mention of User-Agent's there? No, it's mentioned nowhere... No tricky <!--Postedwith:blabla--> comments.
So nobody's going to call you on your usage of IE. And those people who do have access to the log files (Cowboy Neal et al.) have better things to do with their time than to make fun of people who disparage the browser they are using....
The new magnetic sheet "...is the first non-metallic magnet to work at room temperature."
"...she found instead that the new material was magnetic even above 200 C. Until now, the highest temperature at which a non-metallic material was magnetic was 255 C."
Ok, let's take it word after word:
room temperature.: Aound 21C.
the new material was magnetic even above 200 C..The word "even" seems to imply that it is a feat to go above a certain temperature . Which implies that with higher temperature, materials tend to lose their magnetism (Curie point). Which implies that the material is also magnetic for all temperatures below 200 C. Which includes 21C, i.e. room temperature. Probably, the reason for the
strange formulation was that the researcher didn't have any oven handy which went over 200 C, or that any higher temperature fried his magnetism measuring equipment, or whatever. So he was just saying that at 200 C it was keeping
its magnetism, and that it was likely that it would keep it even beyond that mark.
Until now, the highest temperature at which a non-metallic material was magnetic was 255 C. The words "until now" means "all materials known before" this one was discovered. Meaning that the 255 C refers to a different material. Oh, and btw, 255 C (that's minus 255) is below room temperature.
All it takes is a little patience on the con-man's part
But why would the con-man go to the extra effort if he can con enough people with the easy set-up? He wouldn't care that 0.1% of his potential victims might not fall for the scam, as long as the 99.9% other do... So, in order not to be fooled, you won't need to see through every imaginable scam, you only will need to see through more scams than your neighbour.
It's just like with apartment doors: in order not to be burgled, your door does not necessarily need to be an unbreakable steel door, it merely needs to be stronger than your neighbors. Why would the burglar spend 10 minutes to force your door, when he can force your neighbor's in 30 seconds?
In order not to get your bike stolen, no need to put 5 different locks on it... Just use a single lock, but put your bike next an unsecured bike, or next to a much newer bike than yours: the thief will get the other one first...
I'm beginning to think that moderators have a duty to mod down posts like this one that may put ideas in the heads of terrorists or raise the level of anxiety in slashdotters who are already unhinged over the loss of their rights.
For the sake of national security, please be a little more circumspect.
Ya, and you truly believe that in today's climate of anxiety, anybody would be foolish enough to eat any foodstuff he received in the mail in such a way?
The only constraint of using the mail is the thousands of dollars involved in postage for a mass mailing.
Hey, what if they mailed out millions of free samples of potted pork meat, all infected with botulism? Y'a know, by using pork, they would reduce the risk of accidentally infecting fellow Muslim. And would give the word "spam" a whole new meaning...
Universal penetration. Everyone in the USA has a postal address. Park benches are legitimate delivery addresses (yes - tested in court.) Only a fraction of the population has email or will likely have such in the near future.
The Las Vegas Sun has another article about the incident. It is much more detailed, except for the fact that it doesn't name the company... We can only wonder why, after all, with the abundance of
other sources, the cat's out of the bag!
but nobody even seems to care about the fact that Anthrax has been confirmed in New York City
Oh, great! So far, politicians have blissfully ignored any e-mails they got from their constituents, and now they have a good excuse to ignore paper mail as well. After all, the envelope may contain a "mysterious white powder", so better toss it unopened into the trash...
It seems that any research by Felten & Co. would be covered under (3), (4), (6), and (7). Thus, isn't the DoJ's motion for dimissial justified?
Only if it sets a precedent. However, so far, we don't have any guarantee that the DoJ won't "forget" those articles when the next such case comes up, or somehow things that they are not applicable. The RIAA dropped their charges, thus the only goal for Felten to pursue this was to get a precedent. With this dismissal, I think the DoJ nicely avoided setting one...
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But will it support the Sorenson Codec?
That's true, the API allows to use any Codec you can get. But that catch is: where do you download the more exotic codec's from? A generic player is no good, if the plugins are simply not available...
... your pentium iv overheats, and sets the whole case on fire?
That's interesting. What application do you need for that?
Thank you.
I thought Anne Tomlinson had resigned, hasn't she? And the formkeys nonsense only has appeared long after her resignation.
And in this case, this won't help anyways: those movies are encoded using the proprietary Sorensen codec anyways, so your newly downloaded quicktime will just tell you "not supported..."
Or is this what you want?
Yes, true, but the problem is the Codecs. These chemistry movies are encoded using the Sorensen Codec, which it unfortunately not supported by the free quicktime versions.
Hey, but won't the ionosphere sue them for DMCA infringment?
Did you at least send a "congratulatory" e-mail to its top executives when you heard they went out of business? ;-)
Ibaa Oueichek?
Jokes aside, shouldn't that read " where's the Gartner Group proclaiming that people should immediately upgrade to kernel 2.4.12, which has been available since over a week already"
Hey, why so paranoid? Do a "View Source" (or whatever the equivalent is on IE6) on the comment page. Do you see any mention of User-Agent's there? No, it's mentioned nowhere... No tricky <!--Postedwith:blabla--> comments.
So nobody's going to call you on your usage of IE. And those people who do have access to the log files (Cowboy Neal et al.) have better things to do with their time than to make fun of people who disparage the browser they are using....
Yes, and in that case, the user should indeed loudly complaint. To the webmaster of that s(h)ite!
Or maybe, his browser doesn't show the minus sign. Due to a bug, some early versions of konqueror did that with certain fonts...
- room temperature.: Aound 21C.
- the new material was magnetic even above 200 C..The word "even" seems to imply that it is a feat to go above a certain temperature . Which implies that with higher temperature, materials tend to lose their magnetism (Curie point). Which implies that the material is also magnetic for all temperatures below 200 C. Which includes 21C, i.e. room temperature. Probably, the reason for the
strange formulation was that the researcher didn't have any oven handy which went over 200 C, or that any higher temperature fried his magnetism measuring equipment, or whatever. So he was just saying that at 200 C it was keeping
its magnetism, and that it was likely that it would keep it even beyond that mark.
- Until now, the highest temperature at which a non-metallic material was magnetic was 255 C. The words "until now" means "all materials known before" this one was discovered. Meaning that the 255 C refers to a different material. Oh, and btw, 255 C (that's minus 255) is below room temperature.
So where is the contradiction?But why would the con-man go to the extra effort if he can con enough people with the easy set-up? He wouldn't care that 0.1% of his potential victims might not fall for the scam, as long as the 99.9% other do... So, in order not to be fooled, you won't need to see through every imaginable scam, you only will need to see through more scams than your neighbour.
It's just like with apartment doors: in order not to be burgled, your door does not necessarily need to be an unbreakable steel door, it merely needs to be stronger than your neighbors. Why would the burglar spend 10 minutes to force your door, when he can force your neighbor's in 30 seconds?
In order not to get your bike stolen, no need to put 5 different locks on it... Just use a single lock, but put your bike next an unsecured bike, or next to a much newer bike than yours: the thief will get the other one first...
Quick your job, and get hired at a place which doesn't force you to use substandard software.
For the sake of national security, please be a little more circumspect.
Ya, and you truly believe that in today's climate of anxiety, anybody would be foolish enough to eat any foodstuff he received in the mail in such a way?
Hey, what if they mailed out millions of free samples of potted pork meat, all infected with botulism? Y'a know, by using pork, they would reduce the risk of accidentally infecting fellow Muslim. And would give the word "spam" a whole new meaning...
Yeah, but nowadays park benches have Internet access too!
The Las Vegas Sun has another article about the incident. It is much more detailed, except for the fact that it doesn't name the company... We can only wonder why, after all, with the abundance of other sources, the cat's out of the bag!
Oh, great! So far, politicians have blissfully ignored any e-mails they got from their constituents, and now they have a good excuse to ignore paper mail as well. After all, the envelope may contain a "mysterious white powder", so better toss it unopened into the trash...
Only if it sets a precedent. However, so far, we don't have any guarantee that the DoJ won't "forget" those articles when the next such case comes up, or somehow things that they are not applicable. The RIAA dropped their charges, thus the only goal for Felten to pursue this was to get a precedent. With this dismissal, I think the DoJ nicely avoided setting one...