Last time I checked, ADATs managed recording at 44.1/48 khz, 8 track, 20 bit. That's still far better than the quality of the audio CD's that things usually get mixed down to. What's the point of having quality that you end up losing anyway?
For studio use, ADAT is still a lot more practical than many alternatives. Once things are
recorded on tape (which normally hold about 2 GB each) no further transfer is needed to keep copies or to transport the work. Disks fill up and regularly need to be backed up to other media- CDR is a cheap solution but only holds about a third of an ADAT tape. Surely better tools are being developed, but ADAT still is one of the best tools for the job.
I don't exactly see how a video card would display encrypted memory, it would need built-in decryption.
So I have a better idea, maybe they should just drop support for all video cards. That ought to show people.
The media really like to cause more panic than needed. "kills humans well?" Not really--If you catch it when you're healthy, most likely you'll survive. According to this link , [as much as] "90% of the individuals diagnosed with SARS begin to show signs of recovery after 6-7 days, while 10% or less of the cases succumb to the disease". I think I saw even more positive numbers on the site of the WHO but I can't find the link to the details right now, they're constantly updating. Anyone care to post?
I like reading about breakthroughs such as the machine that taught itself to fly (at first, it cheated), but in terms of intelligence it's something any bird brain is capable of.
AI superior to human intelligence? Yes, as soon as AI comes up with an idea for improved AI. So far AI isn't as evolved as that though.
Why do they only write half of it?
In my case that would be the second half (or half of that perhaps?). I recently joined in on a promising looking project because it saved me the boring work of creating a GUI. Now that I saved myself lots and lots of work, I can start giving a bit in return. Expect to see a few things in the future.
Altavista used to be my fav. search engine, right now I use it mostly for babelfish once in a while. I moved over to google mostly because it came up with useful search results more often than the previous champ.
If MS comes up with something better than the current best, why not? I'd probably use it-- if it renders properly on Mozilla;)
What is better? Mostly, relevant search results, more indexed pages (wasn't only about a third of the web indexed?), and the reliability that we've gotten to expect from AltaVista and Google. I do feel that MS is going to have a tough time on this one though.
Does anyone else see the irony of the first name listed on the patent, "Adam Smith"?
A Smith, isn't that the guy in the black suit, sunglasses, earphone?
If these CD's are 'official' releases by the band, how does this qualify as pirating? If the band's record companies want a slice, they better catch up with technology. Unless of course the bands have an exclusivity clause in their contract, in which case the bands probably (IANAL) can't offer this service to their public.
It is not only what you need on the desktop but also what people want. On a similar note, who *needs* flash on a webpage, or even GUI interfaces?
Personally I wouldn't mind seeing a truly open specification as the standard for scalable vector graphics, and this seems to be *the* candidate for it. From the w3c webpage on SVG:
SVG is a language for describing two-dimensional graphics in XML. SVG allows for three types of graphic objects: vector graphic shapes (e.g., paths consisting of straight lines and curves), images and text. Graphical objects can be grouped, styled, transformed and composited into previously rendered objects. Text can be in any XML namespace suitable to the appplication, which enhances searchability and accessibility of the SVG graphics. The feature set includes nested transformations, clipping paths, alpha masks, filter effects, template objects and extensibility.
SVG drawings can be dynamic and interactive. The Document Object Model (DOM) for SVG, which includes the full XML DOM, allows for straightforward and efficient vector graphics animation via scripting. A rich set of event handlers such as onmouseover and onclick can be assigned to any SVG graphical object. Because of its compatibility and leveraging of other Web standards, features like scripting can be done on SVG elements and other XML elements from different namespaces simultaneously within the same Web page.
The main problem with this approach (and for that matter Freenet) is that it is slow for all but the smallest files.
How much data can you *really* produce on a day? Comparing a downloaded files and installs as cached images from remote sites, most people produce mostly keystrokes and mousemoves. Last time I checked, the Internet had no problem keeping up with me. Granted, some people create multimedia content.
Cutting off external mass-input data sources, Would it be possible to have a computer on the other side of the planet keep up with all my keyboard- and mouse actions, basically allowing it to create a twin of my system?
...aren't you supposed to get something in return for tax? Taxes should be used for the common good, that's what democracies are about isn't it?
You get roads for road tax, social security for income tax and so on. Of course the budgets get shifted around here and there, and 'the state' does get extra income out of it, but you see the point, but what would people get in return for Internet tax? More bandwidth? We're all already getting that. Not to mention that most people are probably *already* paying tax over using the Internet, by means of VAT.
Now that the Internet no longer depends on US government funding for its existence, what would the US government offer the people in return to justify the tax?
Surely the equipment can absorb a lot of money, but IMHO what makes a great recording is, in order of importance:
* great musicians with great songs
* a great sound engineer
* the room and the equipment used
An engineer who knows what he's doing doesn't need as much equipment to make decent-sounding recordings. These definitely weren't made with nearly the equipment you're talking about.
Nice all those games in the vaporware list, but plenty of other games *did* make it to release.
There are no products available that can replace flash 6 (either by Macromedia or other sources) and Fv6 simply doesn't play on v5 players-- so much for graceful degradation.
A port has been promised ages ago but nothing has been released so far. Emails to Macromedia asking when the product will be released go unanswered.
In my opinion it should definitely have been in the vaporware list too.
Many people see finishing collegue as the end of something, instead of a beginning. The difference is in how you apply the knowledge afterwards, and in how much one is willing to do to keep developing oneself.
The U.S. are looking to control the internet in a centralized manner? I wish them a lot of luck, as there will be countries unwilling to cooperate (China, anyone?).
If the efforts would be successful enough, this would at most result in the internet being split up in 'sub-internets'. Doesn't sound very much like centralized control to me.
Unless *all* countries in the world cooperate, of course. That would require world peace first; so, I fully support this initiative!
So now we have a braindump downloaded, what are we going to do with it? Before it does something it should be activated somehow right? Until then, the raw data is, well... raw data.
Am I the only one envisioning people being emulated on some kind of 'Virtual machine', and responding *SLOOOOOOOOOOOWLY* ?:)
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Neither does getting such a test result look bright to most people. I bet he did it on purpose :)
Last time I checked, ADATs managed recording at 44.1/48 khz, 8 track, 20 bit. That's still far better than the quality of the audio CD's that things usually get mixed down to. What's the point of having quality that you end up losing anyway? For studio use, ADAT is still a lot more practical than many alternatives. Once things are recorded on tape (which normally hold about 2 GB each) no further transfer is needed to keep copies or to transport the work. Disks fill up and regularly need to be backed up to other media- CDR is a cheap solution but only holds about a third of an ADAT tape. Surely better tools are being developed, but ADAT still is one of the best tools for the job.
I don't exactly see how a video card would display encrypted memory, it would need built-in decryption. So I have a better idea, maybe they should just drop support for all video cards. That ought to show people.
The media really like to cause more panic than needed. "kills humans well?" Not really--If you catch it when you're healthy, most likely you'll survive.
According to this link , [as much as] "90% of the individuals diagnosed with SARS begin to show signs of recovery after 6-7 days, while 10% or less of the cases succumb to the disease".
I think I saw even more positive numbers on the site of the WHO but I can't find the link to the details right now, they're constantly updating. Anyone care to post?
I like reading about breakthroughs such as the machine that taught itself to fly (at first, it cheated), but in terms of intelligence it's something any bird brain is capable of.
AI superior to human intelligence? Yes, as soon as AI comes up with an idea for improved AI. So far AI isn't as evolved as that though.
If you really want to prove a point, make sure its an html email then.
Why do they only write half of it?
In my case that would be the second half (or half of that perhaps?). I recently joined in on a promising looking project because it saved me the boring work of creating a GUI. Now that I saved myself lots and lots of work, I can start giving a bit in return. Expect to see a few things in the future.
--Shameless self-promotion never looked so good.
Definitionally, these machines are not Beowulf clusters.
Well in that case, imagine a Beowulf cluster of these!
Altavista used to be my fav. search engine, right now I use it mostly for babelfish once in a while. I moved over to google mostly because it came up with useful search results more often than the previous champ.
;)
If MS comes up with something better than the current best, why not? I'd probably use it-- if it renders properly on Mozilla
What is better? Mostly, relevant search results, more indexed pages (wasn't only about a third of the web indexed?), and the reliability that we've gotten to expect from AltaVista and Google. I do feel that MS is going to have a tough time on this one though.
So we're gonna have blue lasers as well as red ones now? Good, then I'll finally be able to tell apart the good guys from the bad guys ;)
Neh, he reportedly couldn't make it... to busy fighting the bad guys with Hannibal, Murdock and B.A.
The summary of key facts fails to mention that in XP, a zip/unzip tool has silently been built in. Any XP users out there still using WinZip?
Does anyone else see the irony of the first name listed on the patent, "Adam Smith"?
A Smith, isn't that the guy in the black suit, sunglasses, earphone?
If these CD's are 'official' releases by the band, how does this qualify as pirating?
If the band's record companies want a slice, they better catch up with technology. Unless of course the bands have an exclusivity clause in their contract, in which case the bands probably (IANAL) can't offer this service to their public.
Theres no need, they didn't let them get away with the *real* secret formula...
It is not only what you need on the desktop but also what people want. On a similar note, who *needs* flash on a webpage, or even GUI interfaces?
Personally I wouldn't mind seeing a truly open specification as the standard for scalable vector graphics, and this seems to be *the* candidate for it. From the w3c webpage on SVG:
SVG is a language for describing two-dimensional graphics in XML. SVG allows for three types of graphic objects: vector graphic shapes (e.g., paths consisting of straight lines and curves), images and text. Graphical objects can be grouped, styled, transformed and composited into previously rendered objects. Text can be in any XML namespace suitable to the appplication, which enhances searchability and accessibility of the SVG graphics. The feature set includes nested transformations, clipping paths, alpha masks, filter effects, template objects and extensibility.
SVG drawings can be dynamic and interactive. The Document Object Model (DOM) for SVG, which includes the full XML DOM, allows for straightforward and efficient vector graphics animation via scripting. A rich set of event handlers such as onmouseover and onclick can be assigned to any SVG graphical object. Because of its compatibility and leveraging of other Web standards, features like scripting can be done on SVG elements and other XML elements from different namespaces simultaneously within the same Web page.
The main problem with this approach (and for that matter Freenet) is that it is slow for all but the smallest files.
How much data can you *really* produce on a day? Comparing a downloaded files and installs as cached images from remote sites, most people produce mostly keystrokes and mousemoves. Last time I checked, the Internet had no problem keeping up with me. Granted, some people create multimedia content.
Cutting off external mass-input data sources, Would it be possible to have a computer on the other side of the planet keep up with all my keyboard- and mouse actions, basically allowing it to create a twin of my system?
You think that is bad? Imagine this in case of war.
To get rid of smart dust, "the enemy", of course, will deploy dumb vacuum cleaners.
Which after that, having such a huge concentration of smart dust on board, will gain conciousness.
-- I walk through mindfields...
...aren't you supposed to get something in return for tax? Taxes should be used for the common good, that's what democracies are about isn't it? You get roads for road tax, social security for income tax and so on. Of course the budgets get shifted around here and there, and 'the state' does get extra income out of it, but you see the point, but what would people get in return for Internet tax? More bandwidth? We're all already getting that. Not to mention that most people are probably *already* paying tax over using the Internet, by means of VAT. Now that the Internet no longer depends on US government funding for its existence, what would the US government offer the people in return to justify the tax?
Surely the equipment can absorb a lot of money, but IMHO what makes a great recording is, in order of importance: * great musicians with great songs * a great sound engineer * the room and the equipment used An engineer who knows what he's doing doesn't need as much equipment to make decent-sounding recordings. These definitely weren't made with nearly the equipment you're talking about.
Nice all those games in the vaporware list, but plenty of other games *did* make it to release. There are no products available that can replace flash 6 (either by Macromedia or other sources) and Fv6 simply doesn't play on v5 players-- so much for graceful degradation. A port has been promised ages ago but nothing has been released so far. Emails to Macromedia asking when the product will be released go unanswered. In my opinion it should definitely have been in the vaporware list too.
Many people see finishing collegue as the end of something, instead of a beginning. The difference is in how you apply the knowledge afterwards, and in how much one is willing to do to keep developing oneself.
The U.S. are looking to control the internet in a centralized manner? I wish them a lot of luck, as there will be countries unwilling to cooperate (China, anyone?).
If the efforts would be successful enough, this would at most result in the internet being split up in 'sub-internets'. Doesn't sound very much like centralized control to me.
Unless *all* countries in the world cooperate, of course. That would require world peace first; so, I fully support this initiative!
...as Linus said, they have the last version of their work mirrored :)
So now we have a braindump downloaded, what are we going to do with it? Before it does something it should be activated somehow right? Until then, the raw data is, well... raw data.
:)
Am I the only one envisioning people being emulated on some kind of 'Virtual machine', and responding *SLOOOOOOOOOOOWLY* ?