I wonder why this was moderated off-topic. Don't we all want to see the video? Unfortunately I suspect mac doesn't work with mplayer (.dll codecs are most likely 80x86 only), but for some Linux users the following may work.
Get the.asx file. With mplayer, you could start playing this.
mplayer -playlist ms_ces_20050105_300.asx
But what is more interesting to the parent, it that the stream can be captured:
mplayer -dumpstream -dumpfile x.dump -playlist ms_ces_20050105_300.asx
I think the resulting file is a.wmv, so you should rename x.dump to something.wmv to allow it to play.
I don't have the bandwidth, but this way I'm sure someone could put up a mirror. Extra bonus points for who does!
I used to use quantegy (quantigy? formerly Ampex) tapes in my ADAT machine, a digital 8-track recorder that records 42 minutes of 8 channel, 48 khz digital audio on what is basically an analog VHS tape. Of coure, ADAT tapes aren't the same as reel-to-reel tapes- the packaging is different. I suspect that division will still be running for quite a while, as digital ADAT tapes tend to have better compatibility across machines than analog reel-to-reel.
Still I have a hard time believing that not a single studio is going to record anything (analog) on (analog) tape anymore. Not because I don't think harddisk recording hasn't caught up with analog technology, but because the natural compression of tape gives quite a pleasant harmonic distortion to the sound recorded on it.
Also, harddisks crash and burned media gets unreadable. For longer-term audio storage,
tape is still the medium of choice.
Given this, what's the alternative to reel-to-reel tape?
People use the command line nowadays to control servers by SMS. Spoken commands, as well, are likely to follow a command-line type interface. Just uttering "Tea, earl grey, hot" in expert-mode is a lot less infuriating then "press 1 for tea, press 2 for coffee, press 4 for chocolate milk, press 5 for cola, press 6 for beer" -- (6) "Press 1 for lager press 2 for stout press 3 for ale" (1) "press 1 for hot press 2 for cold" (2) "Press 1 for alcohol free press 2 for alcohol-rich" (2) "Press 1 for carbonated 2 for cat-pee" (and so on)
Problem is getting people to install and use it. My mother in law wouldn't use firefox in a hundred years because some of the websites of the suppliers of her company rely on broken javascript.
Needless to say, she blames the browser. Mozilla isn't going to fix this-- because, as they say, it would add bloat and they'd be chasing a moving target. This makes sense, but in the meantime it stops people from switching over.
I too, started on a TI-99/4a, around age 9. Me & my brother had plans to buy a game console, which gave my father the perfect excuse to buy a home computer: "Here you are kids, now you can program your own games." Needless to say, when he wanted to toy around with the machine he'd just send us off to bed;)
After TI-Basic (and Extended Basic), it was BasicA, GWBasic, QuickBasic 3, QuickBasic 4, at which point I'd already be mixing Basic and assembly language. Only then QBasic came into the picture, which I must say wasn't an improvement. It couldn't produce executable files. Bummer. In the next few years I used mainly assembly for programming, after which I had to admit to myself that it wasn't a very productive language to work in. Turbo Pascal entered the picture, and I started getting into Linux as well, getting me interested in C/C++. As it turns out, cross-platform programming is quite a pain in C++, so over there Java entered the picture. For simplicity, suffice to say that I've run into many other languages in the process as well, mostly web-related. I'd say web-based programming is possibly an interesting place to start as well, because the complexity of entry level is relatively low and there's a quick payoff.
In the Netherlands, there's already a levy on CD recordables. Back when I had a sound studio I found it pretty unfair that I had to pay a tax on *legal* copies of CD's.
Actually, I hardly ever do voice internationally, either by phone or over the internet.
I don't like the idea of wasting a huge amount of bandwidth, possibly surprising me with a nice bit of aftermath from my provider. For the same reason, I don't stream internet radio.
Personally I think voice is overrated. I do have an 'always on' connection, but it's instant text messaging all the way across the globe for me. Most importantly it 'just works', just like skype but without the adware/spyware issues.
I actually prefer to have IM conversations over phonecalls, because they allow you to keep working on something else in the meantime, while voice phonecalls tend to require full attention.
Additionally IM doesn't consume ridiculous amounts of bandwidth. With 1/3 of our bandwidth being utilized to deliver spam and another 1/3 used by bittorrent leeches, I think the 'net would benefit from not having everyone replacing their phone by VOIP just yet.
[...] meaning The Computer doesn't trust you at all; INFRARED citizens wear black. [...] High Programmers wear white.
Drifting offtopic, but the Wachowski brothers once again got it right.
Not only is it ethical to copy back the code; this whole community thing of having other people contribute directly or indirectly to your code, is *the point* of GPLing it. NOT allowing others to do this would be unethical.
Here's to the spinoffers: don't be a bunch of childish hypocrits. By making a spinoff of an existing project you benefited from the code of others, now give back something and let them benefit from your code.
Call me old fashioned, I still prefer UTP for regular home use. I really like the 'It just works' feeling of it. And once it works, it keeps working, unlike wireless that mysteriously feels the need to go down once in a while.
Also, if you have a regular RTL8139 or NE2000 clone like I do, no exotic drivers are needed either to get things up and running.
Disclaimer: I don't have a clue about the current state of wireless on live distro's such as knoppix. Anyone hit me with a clue bat please?
> It seems the EU is becoming less and less appealing...
Yups, the EU is becoming more and more like the United States. They're really taking a good look and copying all the bad things.
Tell that to mr. Steven Hawking and see if he's amused. To us this may be little more than a toy, but for some disabled it may be the only way to control a computer, perhaps even the only effective way to communicate with their environment.
Problem with this type of research is that global weather conditions have only been recorded for a relatively small amount of time (a century or so). Now there may or may not be a relationship between global warming and cars. The problem is that we simply haven't got a lot of recorded data of weather conditions before we started using fossil fuels, and it's not very scientific to draw conclusions based on incomplete data.
That said, of course we should try to save the environment-interestingly enough not for the planet, but for our own sake. It's no use being arrogant, we're not so important and great that we will be the last species to disappear for making our own habitat unliveable. Many species will be left after we go ourselves. The planet will keep spinning, and I'm sure nature will find a new balance after we're gone.
Yeah, I want my automatic, self-driving car. This definitely a step in the right direction. Now we still need better speech recognition so that it will come pick us up when we call for it on our wrist watch.
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> They're not really handing out any awards! They're just making it up!
Hey, what did you expect? They're *vaporware* awards.
Anonymous Coward, yeah right. We know who you are, mr. Data.
I wonder why this was moderated off-topic. Don't we all want to see the video? Unfortunately I suspect mac doesn't work with mplayer (.dll codecs are most likely 80x86 only), but for some Linux users the following may work. Get the .asx file. With mplayer, you could start playing this.
mplayer -playlist ms_ces_20050105_300.asx
But what is more interesting to the parent, it that the stream can be captured:
mplayer -dumpstream -dumpfile x.dump -playlist ms_ces_20050105_300.asx
I think the resulting file is a .wmv, so you should rename x.dump to something.wmv to allow it to play.
I don't have the bandwidth, but this way I'm sure someone could put up a mirror. Extra bonus points for who does!
I used to use quantegy (quantigy? formerly Ampex) tapes in my ADAT machine, a digital 8-track recorder that records 42 minutes of 8 channel, 48 khz digital audio on what is basically an analog VHS tape. Of coure, ADAT tapes aren't the same as reel-to-reel tapes- the packaging is different. I suspect that division will still be running for quite a while, as digital ADAT tapes tend to have better compatibility across machines than analog reel-to-reel. Still I have a hard time believing that not a single studio is going to record anything (analog) on (analog) tape anymore. Not because I don't think harddisk recording hasn't caught up with analog technology, but because the natural compression of tape gives quite a pleasant harmonic distortion to the sound recorded on it. Also, harddisks crash and burned media gets unreadable. For longer-term audio storage, tape is still the medium of choice. Given this, what's the alternative to reel-to-reel tape?
People use the command line nowadays to control servers by SMS. Spoken commands, as well, are likely to follow a command-line type interface. Just uttering "Tea, earl grey, hot" in expert-mode is a lot less infuriating then "press 1 for tea, press 2 for coffee, press 4 for chocolate milk, press 5 for cola, press 6 for beer" -- (6) "Press 1 for lager press 2 for stout press 3 for ale" (1) "press 1 for hot press 2 for cold" (2) "Press 1 for alcohol free press 2 for alcohol-rich" (2) "Press 1 for carbonated 2 for cat-pee" (and so on)
"Please allow 14 days for delivery." Thats gotta be the slowest pizza ever!!!!
Problem is getting people to install and use it. My mother in law wouldn't use firefox in a hundred years because some of the websites of the suppliers of her company rely on broken javascript. Needless to say, she blames the browser. Mozilla isn't going to fix this-- because, as they say, it would add bloat and they'd be chasing a moving target. This makes sense, but in the meantime it stops people from switching over.
I too, started on a TI-99/4a, around age 9. Me & my brother had plans to buy a game console, which gave my father the perfect excuse to buy a home computer: "Here you are kids, now you can program your own games." Needless to say, when he wanted to toy around with the machine he'd just send us off to bed ;)
After TI-Basic (and Extended Basic), it was BasicA, GWBasic, QuickBasic 3, QuickBasic 4, at which point I'd already be mixing Basic and assembly language. Only then QBasic came into the picture, which I must say wasn't an improvement. It couldn't produce executable files. Bummer. In the next few years I used mainly assembly for programming, after which I had to admit to myself that it wasn't a very productive language to work in. Turbo Pascal entered the picture, and I started getting into Linux as well, getting me interested in C/C++. As it turns out, cross-platform programming is quite a pain in C++, so over there Java entered the picture. For simplicity, suffice to say that I've run into many other languages in the process as well, mostly web-related. I'd say web-based programming is possibly an interesting place to start as well, because the complexity of entry level is relatively low and there's a quick payoff.
For a second there I read "Christopher Reeve" and "Superman".
Maybe they should rename them to 'Thunderbirds' or something.
In the Netherlands, there's already a levy on CD recordables. Back when I had a sound studio I found it pretty unfair that I had to pay a tax on *legal* copies of CD's.
You'd do what you already do now too: assemble your PC from spare parts.
Actually, I hardly ever do voice internationally, either by phone or over the internet.
I don't like the idea of wasting a huge amount of bandwidth, possibly surprising me with a nice bit of aftermath from my provider. For the same reason, I don't stream internet radio.
Personally I think voice is overrated. I do have an 'always on' connection, but it's instant text messaging all the way across the globe for me. Most importantly it 'just works', just like skype but without the adware/spyware issues.
I actually prefer to have IM conversations over phonecalls, because they allow you to keep working on something else in the meantime, while voice phonecalls tend to require full attention.
Additionally IM doesn't consume ridiculous amounts of bandwidth. With 1/3 of our bandwidth being utilized to deliver spam and another 1/3 used by bittorrent leeches, I think the 'net would benefit from not having everyone replacing their phone by VOIP just yet.
[...] meaning The Computer doesn't trust you at all; INFRARED citizens wear black. [...] High Programmers wear white. Drifting offtopic, but the Wachowski brothers once again got it right.
Then we see it smack into the rim and bounce away. Drat. Except earth has no rim, maybe the meteor would bounce off of the rings of Saturn though.
Both projects are GPLd.
Not only is it ethical to copy back the code; this whole community thing of having other people contribute directly or indirectly to your code, is *the point* of GPLing it. NOT allowing others to do this would be unethical.
Here's to the spinoffers: don't be a bunch of childish hypocrits. By making a spinoff of an existing project you benefited from the code of others, now give back something and let them benefit from your code.
Call me old fashioned, I still prefer UTP for regular home use. I really like the 'It just works' feeling of it. And once it works, it keeps working, unlike wireless that mysteriously feels the need to go down once in a while.
Also, if you have a regular RTL8139 or NE2000 clone like I do, no exotic drivers are needed either to get things up and running.
Disclaimer: I don't have a clue about the current state of wireless on live distro's such as knoppix. Anyone hit me with a clue bat please?
> It seems the EU is becoming less and less appealing... Yups, the EU is becoming more and more like the United States. They're really taking a good look and copying all the bad things.
True. If you've bothered to check, you'll note that the folks at OOo are keeping their XML format documented.
> I didn't RTFA, but I noticed my ski bike isn't on there
You did NOT rfta but you DID notice your ski bike isnt there?
Forget the ski bike! Tell us about your paranormal brain plugin invention!
Dehydrated water, surely. Comes in very small packages. Makes 4 gallons. To make ready to drink, just add water.
Tell that to mr. Steven Hawking and see if he's amused. To us this may be little more than a toy, but for some disabled it may be the only way to control a computer, perhaps even the only effective way to communicate with their environment.
Problem with this type of research is that global weather conditions have only been recorded for a relatively small amount of time (a century or so). Now there may or may not be a relationship between global warming and cars. The problem is that we simply haven't got a lot of recorded data of weather conditions before we started using fossil fuels, and it's not very scientific to draw conclusions based on incomplete data.
That said, of course we should try to save the environment-interestingly enough not for the planet, but for our own sake. It's no use being arrogant, we're not so important and great that we will be the last species to disappear for making our own habitat unliveable. Many species will be left after we go ourselves. The planet will keep spinning, and I'm sure nature will find a new balance after we're gone.
Yeah, I want my automatic, self-driving car. This definitely a step in the right direction. Now we still need better speech recognition so that it will come pick us up when we call for it on our wrist watch.
Making cheese.