Unless you work around a lot of Macs, in which case FireWire is much better. And it seems that people like you are still clueless as to why FireWire isn't going anywhere for a while: A/V.
I think their point is that copying the data huge amount when your talking about raw camera footage from 1000s of movies. Your e-mail and RTF documents are piddly-squat compared to uncompressed, hi-res video.
Perhaps the 15 year lifespan takes into account the moronic packaging that breaks the moronically designed, thin plastic DVD layers, or their moronic users who seem to drag the data side of the disc over rough surfaces.
Because DVDs are compressed and edited, and they're talking about archiving unedited footage from the camera, amongst other things? That's a lot of DVDs...
Since when was it waved around like some magic bullet? If security is very important to you, then obviously, you are going to do every small thing you can to make things more secure, right? How do morons like this get modded up?
So just by the silver one? I can see your point, but I think it's a good sign that perhaps you need to stand back a bit and take a few, calm breaths. Because at the end of the day, it's just a color -- no need to get too caught up in materialism, as easy as it may be sometimes.
Or perhaps you don't really have a clue about this person you probably don't know anything about, and he does see it as partly a good thing, or has decided to make the best of the situation? What makes you so sure you know his life situation so well that you can make judgments like that, and why on earth do you feel the need to post about it?
I doubt most Mac users have even heard of the site before, let alone care.
And Apple does have some good reason to worry, as when potential customers think they know when a specific product is coming out, they may hold off buying one of Apple's current products.
You can say all you want about Apple's decision, call them unreasonable -- taking unethical measures for something that probably doesn't effect them too much, whatever. But to suggest that Apple have shot themselves in the foot seems a bit silly to me.
This one is 10mW. Although, I'm not sure what the laws for other countries are.
I also don't buy the "human eye is more sensitive to green" argument, because while it's true, it's only to a certain extent. See one of my other posts near this thread if you want my explanation.
BTW, the ThinkGeek site lists their less-powerful green and red lasers as less than 5mW, not exactly 5mW, meaning that there may in fact be a real power difference between the average green and red pointers.
That's interesting about the diving (as someone who does NIR photography), but I'm pretty sure the main reason is simply because the average green laser is more powerful. I'm guessing it's because green lasers are more of a niche product -- people who specificity want a green laser also probably want a more powerful laser. Otherwise, people who just want a basic, practical laser pointer are more likely to go with red, because they're cheaper and more available.
I think you'll find that many of the green laser pointers out there are in fact more powerful than the average red ones. I'm also not sure hue sensitivity equates that strongly to perceived brightness in the luminance sense, but I could be wrong.
Most helicopters have windows in the bottom of the nose. Helis often fly much closer to the ground and near built-up areas than planes. Most helis are also quite unstable and require constant attention by the pilot. It's more like blinding someone who's driving fast on a narrow road at night than scaring a commercial airliner pilot up at 10,000', or however high they fly.
If you're pointing a laser into the sky, then what's going on is no longer restricted to your backyard, is it? So what you said doesn't make much sense. What makes even less sense is that you think that pilots should have to put up with the antics of morons who endanger people's lives.
But I guess we can't expect too much from a paranoid Anonymous Coward who probably is one of these morons.
Yes, laws don't equate to justice, and that's what judges are for. Now, if the article was about the judge actually giving the maximum penalty, then that might have been noteworthy, but unless that happens, it doesn't really mean much. Crossing the railway tracks where I live carries a pretty harsh penalty, but I've never known anyone to receive the full penalty -- it's more of a deterant.
Most of the green laser pointers I've seen, and the one I have (the one you linked to), are about the size of a pen and can't cut through polystyrene. I know there are more powerful ones, but I'm not sure they're as common as the ~5mW ones.
Helicopters aren't exactly quiet. Or perhaps this was one of those secret black helicopters with complete stealth mode? Also, the chances of accidentally getting the pilot right in the eye probably isn't very good when you do the math. I'm guessing the laser also came with a disclaimer or something suggesting safe usage, which might put responsibility solely on the user.
I like my green laser pointer, but I'm not stupid enough to play with it when or where it may pose a risk.
You're right. I must remember to tell my mum that she should always take the HDD out of her iMac if she ever needs to take it in. It's just common sense! It's only common sense if you're somehow implying that you're also a criminal, or you drop your computer off to get fixed by corrupt thieves, rather than a normal business run by normal, honest people.
FireWire 800/3200 already arrived quite a while ago, and given that 3.2 isn't as much as 5, I'm sure an updated spec will arrive in time for the people who actually need such high speed connections. Or perhaps you are one of those people who don't understand the many technical advantages of FireWire, and just compare the theoretical max speed of the two specs?
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You'd be making more than a few dozen, I'd think.
Unless you work around a lot of Macs, in which case FireWire is much better. And it seems that people like you are still clueless as to why FireWire isn't going anywhere for a while: A/V.
Because then people like you end up blasting legit people off the internet by mistake and ignore the problem as collateral damage?
I think their point is that copying the data huge amount when your talking about raw camera footage from 1000s of movies. Your e-mail and RTF documents are piddly-squat compared to uncompressed, hi-res video.
Perhaps the 15 year lifespan takes into account the moronic packaging that breaks the moronically designed, thin plastic DVD layers, or their moronic users who seem to drag the data side of the disc over rough surfaces.
Because DVDs are compressed and edited, and they're talking about archiving unedited footage from the camera, amongst other things? That's a lot of DVDs...
Out of curiosity, what are these nonproprietary file formats for the data they could use? Because I assume they don't just use simple video formats.
Since when was it waved around like some magic bullet? If security is very important to you, then obviously, you are going to do every small thing you can to make things more secure, right? How do morons like this get modded up?
So just by the silver one? I can see your point, but I think it's a good sign that perhaps you need to stand back a bit and take a few, calm breaths. Because at the end of the day, it's just a color -- no need to get too caught up in materialism, as easy as it may be sometimes.
Or perhaps you don't really have a clue about this person you probably don't know anything about, and he does see it as partly a good thing, or has decided to make the best of the situation? What makes you so sure you know his life situation so well that you can make judgments like that, and why on earth do you feel the need to post about it?
I think you have a bad understanding of what censorship really is. When you don't tell everyone aspects of your private life, is that also censorship?
I doubt most Mac users have even heard of the site before, let alone care.
And Apple does have some good reason to worry, as when potential customers think they know when a specific product is coming out, they may hold off buying one of Apple's current products.
You can say all you want about Apple's decision, call them unreasonable -- taking unethical measures for something that probably doesn't effect them too much, whatever. But to suggest that Apple have shot themselves in the foot seems a bit silly to me.
This one is 10mW. Although, I'm not sure what the laws for other countries are.
I also don't buy the "human eye is more sensitive to green" argument, because while it's true, it's only to a certain extent. See one of my other posts near this thread if you want my explanation.
BTW, the ThinkGeek site lists their less-powerful green and red lasers as less than 5mW, not exactly 5mW, meaning that there may in fact be a real power difference between the average green and red pointers.
That's interesting about the diving (as someone who does NIR photography), but I'm pretty sure the main reason is simply because the average green laser is more powerful. I'm guessing it's because green lasers are more of a niche product -- people who specificity want a green laser also probably want a more powerful laser. Otherwise, people who just want a basic, practical laser pointer are more likely to go with red, because they're cheaper and more available.
I think you'll find that many of the green laser pointers out there are in fact more powerful than the average red ones. I'm also not sure hue sensitivity equates that strongly to perceived brightness in the luminance sense, but I could be wrong.
Most helicopters have windows in the bottom of the nose. Helis often fly much closer to the ground and near built-up areas than planes. Most helis are also quite unstable and require constant attention by the pilot. It's more like blinding someone who's driving fast on a narrow road at night than scaring a commercial airliner pilot up at 10,000', or however high they fly.
If you're pointing a laser into the sky, then what's going on is no longer restricted to your backyard, is it? So what you said doesn't make much sense. What makes even less sense is that you think that pilots should have to put up with the antics of morons who endanger people's lives.
But I guess we can't expect too much from a paranoid Anonymous Coward who probably is one of these morons.
Last time I checked, murder could get you life in prison, not just 20 years. Perhaps you should read the article more carefully?
Yes, laws don't equate to justice, and that's what judges are for. Now, if the article was about the judge actually giving the maximum penalty, then that might have been noteworthy, but unless that happens, it doesn't really mean much. Crossing the railway tracks where I live carries a pretty harsh penalty, but I've never known anyone to receive the full penalty -- it's more of a deterant.
Most of the green laser pointers I've seen, and the one I have (the one you linked to), are about the size of a pen and can't cut through polystyrene. I know there are more powerful ones, but I'm not sure they're as common as the ~5mW ones.
Helicopters aren't exactly quiet. Or perhaps this was one of those secret black helicopters with complete stealth mode? Also, the chances of accidentally getting the pilot right in the eye probably isn't very good when you do the math. I'm guessing the laser also came with a disclaimer or something suggesting safe usage, which might put responsibility solely on the user.
I like my green laser pointer, but I'm not stupid enough to play with it when or where it may pose a risk.
You're right. I must remember to tell my mum that she should always take the HDD out of her iMac if she ever needs to take it in. It's just common sense! It's only common sense if you're somehow implying that you're also a criminal, or you drop your computer off to get fixed by corrupt thieves, rather than a normal business run by normal, honest people.
Perhaps shorter cycles? Seems to work for Apple.
So that it's obvious that the abbreviation is a plural?
FireWire 800/3200 already arrived quite a while ago, and given that 3.2 isn't as much as 5, I'm sure an updated spec will arrive in time for the people who actually need such high speed connections. Or perhaps you are one of those people who don't understand the many technical advantages of FireWire, and just compare the theoretical max speed of the two specs?