We believe......that government's only role should be to help individuals defend themselves from force and fraud.
I guess they'll have a tough time getting around their free state without roads. Maybe they could have toll roads, but it could be difficult to find something to barter with the toll road operator for passage...
But then, they probably all own Hummers fully equipped for the eminent takeover by UN:)
but it seems like there should be some sustainable way of acheiving this kind of performance from these processors... could better cooling be acheived by increasing the pressure? anyone know how many atmospheres of pressure a P4 can handle?
Wired had a great article on this phenomenon, including the high incidence of Asperger's Syndrome in Silicon Valley. Asperger's Syndrome is sort of a high-functioning kind of autism which I imagine many/. readers suffer from. Wired called it the "Geek Syndrome". Great article- check it out.
Yes, we DO already have people who can "think like people do" but they don't take kindly to being ordered around. They also tend to get bored with repetitive tasks, need sleep, food, etc. Everyone knows that what people really want when they say they want AI is a really smart personal slave with no attached ethical quandries. I suppose I'd like one of those myself...
hey! who modded me down? i'm not trolling anymore than anyone else who complains about crap and gets modded up - i'm serious! I'm sick of seeing what practically amount to ads for the same stupid products on here every day. The rest of the discussions are good, but then you get this crap...
is an OS that uses gestures and has handwriting recognition so i can get me one 'o them tablet pc's. screw keyboards/mice. i want to sit on my couch, connected to the net over 802.11b, and surf with a tablet on my lap. i wonder who'll make it first?
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that's totally different- consumer devices never even BEGAN to move to SCSI, and SCSI was run out by cheaper standards that were fast enough for most people's needs. FW is already an uncontested standard for DV, and I seriously doubt someone's gonna introduce some NEW standard that will replace FW for DV anytime soon. In any case, it sure as hell won't be any variant of USB.
USB is great for what it was originally designed for. I believe what everyone is complaining about here are the constant attempts to expand USB to do what FW is already perfect for by adding new standards. The more standards there are out there, the more the market gets diluted, consumers get confused, and hardware and software engineers get headaches.
Sure, except that my printer, my scanner, and my camera already speak USB. I suppose I should just throw them out and buy new stuff.
*News Flash* - your printer, scanner, etc. may speak USB, but they don't speak USB 2.0, or USB-on-the-go. So they're not going to be able to take advantage of this. Why invest in an interface that has to keep coming out with new standards just to keep up with one that already supports all the functionality you want?
Besides, consumer devices ARE moving to firewire. Look at the iPod, or a lot of new digital cameras. Everyone's eventually going to have FW because eventually everyone's gonna want to play with DV. Apple was smart enough to recognize this. Apparently you aren't.
I've just finished developing my libtrashtrash program. It puts a trash can inside your trash can. That way, you can delete files, and then empty your trash can without fear of accidentally deleting something you need. You can install it as many times as you desire. Each subsequent install will create yet another step between your files and oblivion... enjoy!
likewise, OGG could stand a better chance as an audio codec if an insert-and-be-done program were made. Windows Media Player (and iTunes) has this feature for CD's. You stick it in, it gets the track names and rips it. Match that with a P2P client, and it could get adopted just for downloading ease. If everyone were using the same program, files that were the same would have the same names, which would make it much easier to download a whole album, or switch from one peer to another mid-download, thus reducing download time and bandwidth usage.
I'm not suggesting that people continue trading the same files they always have been. If a small group of people began ripping the CD's as they listened to them with a new, more organized system, it could catch on.
People pick standards all the time. That's how MP3's became a format, that's how Gnutella became a protocol. If people agree that a standard makes life easier, they will adopt it.
Don't be so shortsighted, and don't be such an asshole.
Is that there's no standardization of filenames/filetypes. This causes people to just select huge chunks of their search results for download, hoping that SOME of them will actually go through. This increases the bandwidth usage, meaning slower downloads and more failures, meaning people select even MORE of their search results.
If someone would make a cross-platform P2P client/MP3 (or perhaps this would be a good opportunity for OGG) player/ripper/encoder that got album/track names from CDDB, and named the files in a standardized way, it would be a lot easier to download whole albums from various people, reducing bandwidth usage, which would further increase the number of clients. I'd be a lot more likely to leave gnutella runnning all the time if there weren't always a gazillion people trying to download ALL of my MP3's at once.
It could also give preference to downloads that are less redundant throughout the network, and maybe have some way people can "moderate" so that phony ones put out by the RIAA to corrupt the network can be identified.
I'm not much of a programmer, but I think it would be a great idea if someone else wants to take up the challenge...:)
1)find a bunch of friends around town that have cable modems.
2)put a little dedicated box off of a router in each friends house.
3)set up the boxes to stream your station from your HQ.
4)connect output of soundcard to a soundfeeder or similar-type low-power FM transmitter.
5)set all transmitters to same frequency (duh).
6)????
7)profit!!
To compensate for the inability to type quickly, the unwillingness to practive, an impetuous attitude toward learning basic activities such as spelling, and an overall disinterest in anything but the moment, "L33T" is as pathetic a waste of time as in AlTeRnAtE CaPiTaLiZaTiOn
Anyone who's typed in AlTeRnAtE CaPs would realize that it's not quite easy nor fast to do- so your argument that they are doing it out of laziness or inability to type quickly (as they probably get to where they can type in Alt caps pretty quickly) is out the window.
It is clear that they are doing it as a matter of expression and fashion. And with all new fashions, they piss off old stodgy types.
That means you are in line with those who say that Eminem just doesn't know how to sing, that Nirvana didn't know how to play their instruments, that Pollock didn't know how to paint, and that computer code can't be self expression.
The problem is that the whole retail package of the CD hasn't been maximized as an artform.
A good record is about more than just the music coming from the speakers- it's about the whole experience- nice packaging and artful liner notes make me a lot more inclined to own the real deal.
At the moment, the majority of CD's have the same cheap plastic jewel cases and liner notes that serve little more than a label that tells you what you're buying.
uhhh.... Van Gogh DID produce a buncha paintings that mostly look like starry night (same obvious Van Gogh style) and he DID kill himself - and he didn't even need a contract to do it!
it sounds to me like perhaps this is just a way for them to serve more people and reduce their server load by shoving the load off onto their users... hmm...
...would this cause for legitimate corporate e-mailers? I don't want to have to pay more for stuff I ordered online just so amazon or outpost, or whomever, could send me a timely confirmation e-mail. This is a ridiculously stupid scheme.
...will come when someone combines the media library/CDDB-title-getting/auto-ripping and encoding properties of programs like Music Match Jukebox, Windows Media player, or iTunes. With a peer-to-peer client for gnutella or openNap (or something similar). This way the client will be more likely to know what files are what, and you could just select an album and have it download the whole thing. It should be a good player, like winamp, but open source, and maybe detect when a user is online but idle and only share after several minutes of inactivity. It should switch easily from client to client in the middle of downloads as users come and go, and maybe give preference to downloads of less redundant files.
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We believe... ...that government's only role should be to help individuals defend themselves from force and fraud.
:)
I guess they'll have a tough time getting around their free state without roads. Maybe they could have toll roads, but it could be difficult to find something to barter with the toll road operator for passage...
But then, they probably all own Hummers fully equipped for the eminent takeover by UN
but it seems like there should be some sustainable way of acheiving this kind of performance from these processors... could better cooling be acheived by increasing the pressure? anyone know how many atmospheres of pressure a P4 can handle?
Wired had a great article on this phenomenon, including the high incidence of Asperger's Syndrome in Silicon Valley. Asperger's Syndrome is sort of a high-functioning kind of autism which I imagine many /. readers suffer from. Wired called it the "Geek Syndrome". Great article- check it out.
Yes, we DO already have people who can "think like people do" but they don't take kindly to being ordered around. They also tend to get bored with repetitive tasks, need sleep, food, etc. Everyone knows that what people really want when they say they want AI is a really smart personal slave with no attached ethical quandries. I suppose I'd like one of those myself...
hey! who modded me down? i'm not trolling anymore than anyone else who complains about crap and gets modded up - i'm serious! I'm sick of seeing what practically amount to ads for the same stupid products on here every day. The rest of the discussions are good, but then you get this crap...
how much is slashdot getting paid to promote this device?
is an OS that uses gestures and has handwriting recognition so i can get me one 'o them tablet pc's. screw keyboards/mice. i want to sit on my couch, connected to the net over 802.11b, and surf with a tablet on my lap. i wonder who'll make it first?
that's totally different- consumer devices never even BEGAN to move to SCSI, and SCSI was run out by cheaper standards that were fast enough for most people's needs. FW is already an uncontested standard for DV, and I seriously doubt someone's gonna introduce some NEW standard that will replace FW for DV anytime soon. In any case, it sure as hell won't be any variant of USB.
USB is great for what it was originally designed for. I believe what everyone is complaining about here are the constant attempts to expand USB to do what FW is already perfect for by adding new standards. The more standards there are out there, the more the market gets diluted, consumers get confused, and hardware and software engineers get headaches.
Sure, except that my printer, my scanner, and my camera already speak USB. I suppose I should just throw them out and buy new stuff.
*News Flash* - your printer, scanner, etc. may speak USB, but they don't speak USB 2.0, or USB-on-the-go. So they're not going to be able to take advantage of this. Why invest in an interface that has to keep coming out with new standards just to keep up with one that already supports all the functionality you want?
Besides, consumer devices ARE moving to firewire. Look at the iPod, or a lot of new digital cameras. Everyone's eventually going to have FW because eventually everyone's gonna want to play with DV. Apple was smart enough to recognize this. Apparently you aren't.
that we are "Cerf"ing the net? (sorry, i had to say it)
I've just finished developing my libtrashtrash program. It puts a trash can inside your trash can. That way, you can delete files, and then empty your trash can without fear of accidentally deleting something you need. You can install it as many times as you desire. Each subsequent install will create yet another step between your files and oblivion... enjoy!
likewise, OGG could stand a better chance as an audio codec if an insert-and-be-done program were made. Windows Media Player (and iTunes) has this feature for CD's. You stick it in, it gets the track names and rips it. Match that with a P2P client, and it could get adopted just for downloading ease. If everyone were using the same program, files that were the same would have the same names, which would make it much easier to download a whole album, or switch from one peer to another mid-download, thus reducing download time and bandwidth usage.
I'm not suggesting that people continue trading the same files they always have been. If a small group of people began ripping the CD's as they listened to them with a new, more organized system, it could catch on.
People pick standards all the time. That's how MP3's became a format, that's how Gnutella became a protocol. If people agree that a standard makes life easier, they will adopt it.
Don't be so shortsighted, and don't be such an asshole.
Is that there's no standardization of filenames/filetypes. This causes people to just select huge chunks of their search results for download, hoping that SOME of them will actually go through. This increases the bandwidth usage, meaning slower downloads and more failures, meaning people select even MORE of their search results.
:)
If someone would make a cross-platform P2P client/MP3 (or perhaps this would be a good opportunity for OGG) player/ripper/encoder that got album/track names from CDDB, and named the files in a standardized way, it would be a lot easier to download whole albums from various people, reducing bandwidth usage, which would further increase the number of clients. I'd be a lot more likely to leave gnutella runnning all the time if there weren't always a gazillion people trying to download ALL of my MP3's at once.
It could also give preference to downloads that are less redundant throughout the network, and maybe have some way people can "moderate" so that phony ones put out by the RIAA to corrupt the network can be identified.
I'm not much of a programmer, but I think it would be a great idea if someone else wants to take up the challenge...
1)find a bunch of friends around town that have cable modems.
2)put a little dedicated box off of a router in each friends house.
3)set up the boxes to stream your station from your HQ.
4)connect output of soundcard to a soundfeeder or similar-type low-power FM transmitter.
5)set all transmitters to same frequency (duh).
6)????
7)profit!!
To compensate for the inability to type quickly, the unwillingness to practive, an impetuous attitude toward learning basic activities such as spelling, and an overall disinterest in anything but the moment, "L33T" is as pathetic a waste of time as in AlTeRnAtE CaPiTaLiZaTiOn
Anyone who's typed in AlTeRnAtE CaPs would realize that it's not quite easy nor fast to do- so your argument that they are doing it out of laziness or inability to type quickly (as they probably get to where they can type in Alt caps pretty quickly) is out the window.
It is clear that they are doing it as a matter of expression and fashion. And with all new fashions, they piss off old stodgy types.
That means you are in line with those who say that Eminem just doesn't know how to sing, that Nirvana didn't know how to play their instruments, that Pollock didn't know how to paint, and that computer code can't be self expression.
The problem is that the whole retail package of the CD hasn't been maximized as an artform.
A good record is about more than just the music coming from the speakers- it's about the whole experience- nice packaging and artful liner notes make me a lot more inclined to own the real deal.
At the moment, the majority of CD's have the same cheap plastic jewel cases and liner notes that serve little more than a label that tells you what you're buying.
you'll be someone else's bitch, or will you have a bitch of your own?
a bunch of cookie-cutter cars, most of which have lousy handling, don't perform well, and are ugly to boot.
...sounds like the model T...
uhhh.... Van Gogh DID produce a buncha paintings that mostly look like starry night (same obvious Van Gogh style) and he DID kill himself - and he didn't even need a contract to do it!
Can you imagine listening to Tori Amos shriek for the rest of your life? AAAAAAAAAAAAAIIEEEEEEE!
it sounds to me like perhaps this is just a way for them to serve more people and reduce their server load by shoving the load off onto their users... hmm...
Who'd've thought Slashdot, of all places, would be giving me tips on my secret drug habit? Thanks, /.!
...would this cause for legitimate corporate e-mailers? I don't want to have to pay more for stuff I ordered online just so amazon or outpost, or whomever, could send me a timely confirmation e-mail. This is a ridiculously stupid scheme.
...will come when someone combines the media library/CDDB-title-getting/auto-ripping and encoding properties of programs like Music Match Jukebox, Windows Media player, or iTunes. With a peer-to-peer client for gnutella or openNap (or something similar). This way the client will be more likely to know what files are what, and you could just select an album and have it download the whole thing. It should be a good player, like winamp, but open source, and maybe detect when a user is online but idle and only share after several minutes of inactivity. It should switch easily from client to client in the middle of downloads as users come and go, and maybe give preference to downloads of less redundant files.