What about musepack? It seems like this codec is constantly passed up; yet in my own testing, and double-blind testing with friends and family, they chose the MPC files 80% of the time over OGG and MP3.
Also, if you do a frequency analysis of the raw input compared to MPC's --standard setting output, there's very little difference, where as MP3/etc. will do a "round" or "drop off" after a certain frequency, usually 16-20kHz.
Anyways, hydrogenaudio.org is a great site for information about all this stuff..
Not to mention quite a few high-end audio companies (McIntosh, Escient) are producing "media center" type appliances that directly support ripping to MP3 or FLAC. Guess what audiophiles are gonna choose?
If you were at CES 2005, you could find FLAC-enabled devices all over..
I'd suggest you do some research into gun purchasing and gun carrying laws in your state and in others; they're designed to enforce a proper training and weed out those who would be unsuitable to own a gun. A psychological evaluation is a bit overkill, though, in my opinion.
Also, you bring up a point of "no one's watching you to take your gun away when you've had one too many", and I don't quite understand that line of thinking. When you've had one too many (and/or hopped up on drugs), you can do a whole plethora of stupid and life-altering things, not just to yourself, but to others. Guns are not special in this regard.
Your last sentence is absurd. How can you compare devices capable of levelling entire buildings/cities to a hand gun? Sheesh.
It sounds to me like either:
a) You're scared of guns, and/or never really learned to properly respect them. b) You've had some sort of bad experience with guns in the past. c) You're just plain against guns, for whatever reasons you have developed in your head.
Opera just needs to ditch the "pay us for our browser" mindset. Sorry, the days of paying for a web browser died long ago, with the IE and Netscape wars.
Besides, I'd much rather have an "open-source" browser leading the market (or second in market, right now) than a closed source/comercialized one.
I've been using FireFox quite a bit since it's way initial releases, and the only time it's randomly crashed is when it tries to load Windows Media Player on a webpage. This is annoying, but I don't fault FireFox for it. I think there's either something wrong with my codecs, or the way WMP is integrating into FireFox. Maybe I just need to reinstall WMP; who knows.
I still can't believe I paid for SpamInspector and AntiSpyware. Now they're basically probably both going to be free products, and I've wasted my cash. SpamBayes is free and does what SpamInspector does, only better.
They don't need to be "in bed" with Microsoft to realize that 99.9% of their target base is using Microsoft Windows as their gaming OS, and not Linux/Unix/BSD.
You'll bitch about non-support for an un-supported OS (Linux), and then when you do manage to hack something together to get it to semi-run, you complain when it stops working all of a sudden.
Why don't you guys read the Steam forums? This isn't some conspiracy theory against you guys. It's called developing and supporting the platforms you intend to support; namely WINDOWS.
GIANT Software makes a product called Spam Inspector, and up until about 6 months ago, it was one of the best anti-spam products for Outlook. Then they started to demand yearly fees to use the program (when they originally sold it as a one-time payment.)
So yeah, I ditched the program and found Spambayes, and I haven't had a complaint. I'm bummed I wasted money on SpamInspector, though.
Square needs to just ditch the console world completely and code for the PC. Better graphics, more storage and wide internet support can only be _good_ things.
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No, no.
Poorly coded shell extensions bring the explorer UI to a crawl.
Also, if you've got 10+ shell extensions installed, perhaps you should re-evaluate your need for them.
What about musepack? It seems like this codec is constantly passed up; yet in my own testing, and double-blind testing with friends and family, they chose the MPC files 80% of the time over OGG and MP3.
Also, if you do a frequency analysis of the raw input compared to MPC's --standard setting output, there's very little difference, where as MP3/etc. will do a "round" or "drop off" after a certain frequency, usually 16-20kHz.
Anyways, hydrogenaudio.org is a great site for information about all this stuff..
Not to mention quite a few high-end audio companies (McIntosh, Escient) are producing "media center" type appliances that directly support ripping to MP3 or FLAC. Guess what audiophiles are gonna choose?
If you were at CES 2005, you could find FLAC-enabled devices all over..
I'm right there with ya on ESOTSM. I thought it was forgettable and 90% crap.
This site says it better than I could ever say it.
I suggest you visit the following site..
http://www.a-human-right.com/
I'd suggest you do some research into gun purchasing and gun carrying laws in your state and in others; they're designed to enforce a proper training and weed out those who would be unsuitable to own a gun. A psychological evaluation is a bit overkill, though, in my opinion.
Also, you bring up a point of "no one's watching you to take your gun away when you've had one too many", and I don't quite understand that line of thinking. When you've had one too many (and/or hopped up on drugs), you can do a whole plethora of stupid and life-altering things, not just to yourself, but to others. Guns are not special in this regard.
Your last sentence is absurd. How can you compare devices capable of levelling entire buildings/cities to a hand gun? Sheesh.
It sounds to me like either:
a) You're scared of guns, and/or never really learned to properly respect them.
b) You've had some sort of bad experience with guns in the past.
c) You're just plain against guns, for whatever reasons you have developed in your head.
What makes guns so special, though? If a person's unstable, they're unstable. That's the problem, not the gun/tool they use for carnage.
That's not "radiation". I'm not sure of the term I'm looking for right now (perhaps induction?) but it's definitely not "radiation".
I used to get small pops in my speakers whenever my 2-way pager would send or receive information.
Opera just needs to ditch the "pay us for our browser" mindset. Sorry, the days of paying for a web browser died long ago, with the IE and Netscape wars.
Besides, I'd much rather have an "open-source" browser leading the market (or second in market, right now) than a closed source/comercialized one.
I've been using FireFox quite a bit since it's way initial releases, and the only time it's randomly crashed is when it tries to load Windows Media Player on a webpage. This is annoying, but I don't fault FireFox for it. I think there's either something wrong with my codecs, or the way WMP is integrating into FireFox. Maybe I just need to reinstall WMP; who knows.
a stor?
What's a "stor" ?
Oh, did you mean STORY?
Also, why does Slashdot report on every issue of Wired? If you want to read Wired, then get a subscription!
I still can't believe I paid for SpamInspector and AntiSpyware. Now they're basically probably both going to be free products, and I've wasted my cash. SpamBayes is free and does what SpamInspector does, only better.
No one plays Second Life, no one cares about Second Life. We all have what's called a "real life" to worry about, thanks.
The much longer comic-con footage was put online in high-quality/high-res MPEG4 format.. search for "sincity.mp4" on Google.
Oh gee, well I'm so sorry your boat stuff is messed up!
Seeing as probably 50,000+ people are dead, that makes me feel even worse!
They don't need to be "in bed" with Microsoft to realize that 99.9% of their target base is using Microsoft Windows as their gaming OS, and not Linux/Unix/BSD.
Thanks for playing, though.
You guys are such jackasses.
You'll bitch about non-support for an un-supported OS (Linux), and then when you do manage to hack something together to get it to semi-run, you complain when it stops working all of a sudden.
Why don't you guys read the Steam forums? This isn't some conspiracy theory against you guys. It's called developing and supporting the platforms you intend to support; namely WINDOWS.
If they're going to give it away for free, I'm really glad I shelled out $50 or whatever for SpamInspector. Is Microsoft going to refund me now?
GIANT Software makes a product called Spam Inspector, and up until about 6 months ago, it was one of the best anti-spam products for Outlook. Then they started to demand yearly fees to use the program (when they originally sold it as a one-time payment.)
So yeah, I ditched the program and found Spambayes, and I haven't had a complaint. I'm bummed I wasted money on SpamInspector, though.
No worries, this person is just trolling. The issue is a non-issue.
Square needs to just ditch the console world completely and code for the PC. Better graphics, more storage and wide internet support can only be _good_ things.
Who cares. That will affect like, what.. 2 people?
I'm running it in Windows XP and loving it. Not a complaint.
Oh, and you might want to check the forums, this isn't some huge conspiracy against Cedega.
IE actually says something similiar, if you wait long enough..
1) Life isn't fair.
2) It's just a game.
3) Try playing a "single player" RPG, along the lines of Star Wars: KotoR, Dungeon Siege, etc.