Oh boy... Kennedy Fried Chicken... never thought that would show up on a Slashdot thread. The only place where you can get Fried Chicken, Fries, and some White Owls.
Is it just me, or do these prototype designs look really bad?
Am I supposed to believe that Microsoft just hired someone from a forum/enthusiast site, and asked them to come up with new designs?
When are they going to realize that if you want to create lifestyle products, design/looks has to be a number one concern? I really don't see it reflected in the current protoype images. I've seen better simulated clockfaces on my 3Com Palm III!!!
MS needs to buy a clue from the Mac design team... become user oriented already!!!!
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more efficient transaction costs?? Again the computer scientists are concentrating on the efficiency of the system, without any regard to the efficiency of the user. What is more important, handing back a smaller amount of change, or allowing for quicker mental computation of what coins to use in the transaction? For example when you are told something costs $3.48, it takes more time to calculate how to break up 48 cents into the available coin denominations, then it does to to actually exchange and identify the coins. The system is not what needs to be optimized, instead the user is what matters, and our mind work well in 10's and 5's.
In conclusion: When encoding regular movies, if you look for a quick and dirty average solution DivX5 is your fix. If you're an SBC guru, want maximal details at high speed you can still stick to SBC, if you want details and are not worried about the alpha status and speed you should give XviD a shot. DivX5 and XviD also offer standalone playback capability on selected devices. If you don't worry about details too much and prefer to remain almost blockfree you should give RV9 a shot, or alternatively WMV9. Interestingly, the lead developer of XviD has offered to send me a build that would perform just like RV9.. I might take up that offer one day when I'm bored.
For animated features, the two proprietary solutions deliver good results with XviD pulling slightly ahead.
I hope they are also capturing video footage of their servers thrashing in pain; as the Slashdot effect goes about downloading their 10meg.wmv file that they have made available.
and I quote:
Other problems remain, though. For example, some insiders say Hollywood studios are demanding that the DVB copy protection group consider a way to add geographic limitations to where content, once legally obtained by a consumer, can be viewed. The plan is similar to an unpopular regional coding scheme used for DVD content scrambling
What does this have to do with piracy? Nothing, they use piracy as an excuse (and remember piracy is not a legal term, it's called copyright infringement) to help maintain a failing busines model. They want to control how and when people consume media, under the guise of protecting the consumer from the dangers of pir^H^H^H unauthorized consumption of copyrighted content.
See the Digital Sky is falling! So that thread has been validated. Sure it ain't a pacemaker, but it is an appliance, and clogged 911 circuits could cause serious life threatening damage.
Actually, I just came back from Teoma, talked to an engineer there, and he told me that using Pigeon Clusters is so outdated. He showed me Teoma's technology. It was a room full of monkeys sitting in front of PC's (running Linux of course). Sure it was a smelly room, but those primates were busy pounding away on the keyboard...
From the article I get the impression it seems like one could mistake this for one of those affiliate "scams." Let me get this straight, I set up a wireless node, and then I get paid for my bandwidth, or I can connect to other wireless sputnik nodes? Only problem with that is that my (and your) broadband providers aren't going to be to keen on the idea of me being a reseller of bandwidth, when I originally signed up as an end home consumer for DSL. I'm not harping on the hardware and code, that seems all nice and nifty, but the idea of reselling your bandwidth probably will not go over too well.
But faculty and the IT department too. At my school many faculty are on an anti-microsoft campaign. Face it, funding in academia is usually not as lucrative as in the business world, so it's understandable that faculty will look for cheaper solutions.
And lets not forget the IT people that support the academic systems. Many of them are (inherently) i the anti-MS product camp. UNIX/LINUX (and in my day VAX) systems scale much better than MS Products.
But of course, then you also have a lot of nonmajor's coming in taking intro classes in CS, and expecting to be taught MS Office products, because thats what they are expected to know in the business world. So it becomes a question of pedagogy what to support. Sorry Linux fanatics, academia will still have to support MS products.
Well, after posting your opinion on Slashdot, why don't you let Xybernaut.com know what your feelings are? I always thought what they were creating was pretty innovative.
But after reading all of this, they leave a bad taste in my mouth. If you feel the same, why don't you send an email to public relations
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uhm, they sell technical support, that ain't open source.
and is a ex-hoosier to boot :)
shameless plug for my lab. Here is a link to a poster (pdf - warning large file) that disccusses some of the growth statistics of patents and patent classes.
Oh boy... Kennedy Fried Chicken... never thought that would show up on a Slashdot thread. The only place where you can get Fried Chicken, Fries, and some White Owls.
Cool, I have a 10% off coupon for the SpaceStore, I think i'll buy one!
oh wait...
Please note: No discounts or coupon codes may be used with this item.
I guess that base won't belong to me afterall...
other news, Consumer Report's discovers that Gravity is not only a good idea, but its the law.
and post jokes about slashdot taking webserver for rollercoaster ride here...
Is it just me, or do these prototype designs look really bad?
Am I supposed to believe that Microsoft just hired someone from a forum/enthusiast site, and asked them to come up with new designs?
When are they going to realize that if you want to create lifestyle products, design/looks has to be a number one concern? I really don't see it reflected in the current protoype images. I've seen better simulated clockfaces on my 3Com Palm III!!!
MS needs to buy a clue from the Mac design team... become user oriented already!!!!
more efficient transaction costs?? Again the computer scientists are concentrating on the efficiency of the system, without any regard to the efficiency of the user. What is more important, handing back a smaller amount of change, or allowing for quicker mental computation of what coins to use in the transaction? For example when you are told something costs $3.48, it takes more time to calculate how to break up 48 cents into the available coin denominations, then it does to to actually exchange and identify the coins. The system is not what needs to be optimized, instead the user is what matters, and our mind work well in 10's and 5's.
for those short on time:
In conclusion: When encoding regular movies, if you look for a quick and dirty average solution DivX5 is your fix. If you're an SBC guru, want maximal details at high speed you can still stick to SBC, if you want details and are not worried about the alpha status and speed you should give XviD a shot. DivX5 and XviD also offer standalone playback capability on selected devices. If you don't worry about details too much and prefer to remain almost blockfree you should give RV9 a shot, or alternatively WMV9. Interestingly, the lead developer of XviD has offered to send me a build that would perform just like RV9.. I might take up that offer one day when I'm bored.
For animated features, the two proprietary solutions deliver good results with XviD pulling slightly ahead.
(because you all read the article right...)
T-shirts are nice, and everything, but please, do tell, does it launch potatoes?
I hope they are also capturing video footage of their servers thrashing in pain; as the Slashdot effect goes about downloading their 10meg .wmv file that they have made available.
webserver containing lego themed webpages go up in smoke again
and I quote: Other problems remain, though. For example, some insiders say Hollywood studios are demanding that the DVB copy protection group consider a way to add geographic limitations to where content, once legally obtained by a consumer, can be viewed. The plan is similar to an unpopular regional coding scheme used for DVD content scrambling
What does this have to do with piracy? Nothing, they use piracy as an excuse (and remember piracy is not a legal term, it's called copyright infringement) to help maintain a failing busines model. They want to control how and when people consume media, under the guise of protecting the consumer from the dangers of pir^H^H^H unauthorized consumption of copyrighted content.
$10,000 sounds like a lot of money for Pepper. Maybe the money would be better spent on other projects?
[insert] token reference to donating money to EFF here [/insert]
just a thought...
This whitepaper is published in PDF format, so it must be serious! Unlike those HTML white papers written by script kiddies....
"John Romero Is Going To Make You Kick the Bucket"
serial cable to replace USB. oh wait...
Yes, my debugger _does_ sing as it smites bugs!
namely:
"Another one bytes the dust. Another one bytes the dust. And another and and another bug bytes the dust."
For those of you who need the background music, think Queen, or uh, I guess Weird Al Yankovic
See the Digital Sky is falling! So that thread has been validated. Sure it ain't a pacemaker, but it is an appliance, and clogged 911 circuits could cause serious life threatening damage.
Actually, I just came back from Teoma, talked to an engineer there, and he told me that using Pigeon Clusters is so outdated. He showed me Teoma's technology. It was a room full of monkeys sitting in front of PC's (running Linux of course). Sure it was a smelly room, but those primates were busy pounding away on the keyboard...
Primate Clusters are the way to go baby.
From the article I get the impression it seems like one could mistake this for one of those affiliate "scams." Let me get this straight, I set up a wireless node, and then I get paid for my bandwidth, or I can connect to other wireless sputnik nodes? Only problem with that is that my (and your) broadband providers aren't going to be to keen on the idea of me being a reseller of bandwidth, when I originally signed up as an end home consumer for DSL. I'm not harping on the hardware and code, that seems all nice and nifty, but the idea of reselling your bandwidth probably will not go over too well.
But faculty and the IT department too. At my school many faculty are on an anti-microsoft campaign. Face it, funding in academia is usually not as lucrative as in the business world, so it's understandable that faculty will look for cheaper solutions.
And lets not forget the IT people that support the academic systems. Many of them are (inherently) i the anti-MS product camp. UNIX/LINUX (and in my day VAX) systems scale much better than MS Products.
But of course, then you also have a lot of nonmajor's coming in taking intro classes in CS, and expecting to be taught MS Office products, because thats what they are expected to know in the business world. So it becomes a question of pedagogy what to support. Sorry Linux fanatics, academia will still have to support MS products.
Well, after posting your opinion on Slashdot, why don't you let Xybernaut.com know what your feelings are? I always thought what they were creating was pretty innovative.
But after reading all of this, they leave a bad taste in my mouth. If you feel the same, why don't you send an email to public relations
I knew this would happen. First you had Physics for Game Developers Now you have Game Weapons for Physicists.
Sigh, what's next, perpetual motion?