There are many game developers (especially Nintendo 2nd party) out there who have the highest respect for SGI.
GL (ie. OpenGL), Nintendo 64, STL, VRML.. all pioneered by that fantastic company.
I just hope that everyone left finds somewhere with half as much know-how, attitude and insight. google??
I`ve been looking for an open source video server for Linux that can send TV/video/audio to my laptop etc.. does such a beast exist?
Peercast or Videolan would probably be a good start.
Their 2nd stage "memorable information" security check is pretty much useless because, err.. its too long to remember, especially when its a number->letter scheme. so I keep it written down in my wallet.
I have a Citibank and SMBC (Japanese bank) account.
Citibank requires a PIN and what they call a PC-PIC code (ie. a fixed 6 letter password that is your DOB by default)
SMBC has an impossible to remember bank account number plus password (so I keep those in wallet too)
I have Amex and Visa cards, both of which require passwords too of course.
So now if these "dongles" catche on will I have to be carrying around a bag full of them just to be able to login? Is that secure?
Surely theres a better solution somewhere.. the more I think of it, M$`s passport was actually a good idea.
Why does the foam on the external tank need to be there? Or more to the point, can`t they use a lighter material that won`t cause any damage even if it falls off?
Or was the last shuttle mission just a freak accident similiar to the Challenger I wonder?
This has to be one of the most insightful comments I`ve ever read on slashdot.
People have forgotten (or never knew) that Windows started off as just another app running on top of the OS (DOS). Over the years Microsoft assimilated that OS into their application (still its major flaw even today) and conditioned us into thinking that they are one and the same.
Windows is a platform ie. OS+apps.
Linux, because it is just an OS, doesn`t compete with Windows.. its the core UI applications such as Firefox and OpenOffice that compete with it, and considering the amount of progress that FireFox has made in the last couple of years, I think "Linux" has a pretty good chance of "killing" Windows.
Its interesting to note that making the archives accessible to the public is actually part of their Royal Charter Agreement:
The Corporation shall make reasonable arrangements, itself or with such body or bodies as it chooses, for public access to its sound,
television or film archives with or without charge as the Corporation thinks fit.
They could have chosen to charge for access to the archive, regardless of whether you`re a license payer or not. They didn`t of course because they have always been one of the few truly altruistic corporations out there. Hats off to the Beeb and to prof. Lessig for being such forward thinkers I say!!
If you had known back in the early 90s that spam was going to be the problem it is now, what steps would you have taken then to protect yourself and others from it?
For instance, what changes would you have advocated in the mail protocols and what standard procedures would you have told other ISPs to use to prevent spammers from getting a foothold in the first place?
Wouldn`t the opposite, ie. a "Do-Call" list be more effective? Just make it illegal to make telemarketing calls unless the person is subscribed to the list.
Although you can actually get fibre (100Mbs) very easily/cheaply in Japan due to the fact that most people live in large cities, ADSL is still the most popular connection to the Internet and looks to stay that way for a while.
Most ADSL connections in Japan now run at a very respectable 12Mbps over a normal phone line. And in fact ADSL is promoted much more than fibre these days, which is the reverse of a few years ago when NTT were saying that fibre was going to be the next step up from ISDN.
When ADSL first came out here it was 1.5Mbps and the speed has been doubling every 1-2 years, so I should imagine we`ll still see significant speed increases for a few years yet.
They have a very interesting white paper explaining how they`ve managed to make HD compliant disk without having it in an airtight sealed container. Clever stuff.
The ISPs should be providing "free local calls". ie. sending data to another user on the same ISP should be free/unlimited.
In the long run P2P actually helps ISPs because it increases local bandwidth and can decrease external bandwidth. Sending a packet from one internal router to another is going to be a lot cheaper than sending it across the world, so they should be passing that onto their customers in the same way that most ISPs in Iceland do - they charge more for overseas bandwidth than domestic.
AllCast have been doing this for quite a while, or at least thought about doing it back in 1996. And we`ve been experimenting for a few months too.
I think the biggest problem with p2p streaming is the fact that clients really need to upload more than they download; bandwidth is still expensive for most people, and somebody connecting via modem isn`t really going to be able to contribute anything back to the network.
At the moment our p2p client helps a bit with this in that it lets you get 2 channels from 2 different sources, ie Mono or Stereo, depending on how well connected you are. But one major improvement would be if the audio stream was somehow layered in a way that would allow you to build up audio "quality", eg. 1 connection gets you 24KBps, 2 = 48 KBps etc. Maybe this could be an extension of Ogg Vorbis?
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.. and stamp on his glasses! Its the only way to be sure.
There are many game developers (especially Nintendo 2nd party) out there who have the highest respect for SGI.
GL (ie. OpenGL), Nintendo 64, STL, VRML.. all pioneered by that fantastic company. I just hope that everyone left finds somewhere with half as much know-how, attitude and insight. google??
I`ve been looking for an open source video server for Linux that can send TV/video/audio to my laptop etc.. does such a beast exist?
Peercast or Videolan would probably be a good start.
I have a Lloyds account.
Their 2nd stage "memorable information" security check is pretty much useless because, err.. its too long to remember, especially when its a number->letter scheme. so I keep it written down in my wallet.
I have a Citibank and SMBC (Japanese bank) account.
Citibank requires a PIN and what they call a PC-PIC code (ie. a fixed 6 letter password that is your DOB by default)
SMBC has an impossible to remember bank account number plus password (so I keep those in wallet too)
I have Amex and Visa cards, both of which require passwords too of course.
So now if these "dongles" catche on will I have to be carrying around a bag full of them just to be able to login? Is that secure?
Surely theres a better solution somewhere.. the more I think of it, M$`s passport was actually a good idea.
Look at their top 5 priorities ..
Girl`s education is right at the top.
Why does the foam on the external tank need to be there? Or more to the point, can`t they use a lighter material that won`t cause any damage even if it falls off? Or was the last shuttle mission just a freak accident similiar to the Challenger I wonder?
This has to be one of the most insightful comments I`ve ever read on slashdot.
People have forgotten (or never knew) that Windows started off as just another app running on top of the OS (DOS). Over the years Microsoft assimilated that OS into their application (still its major flaw even today) and conditioned us into thinking that they are one and the same.
Windows is a platform ie. OS+apps.
Linux, because it is just an OS, doesn`t compete with Windows.. its the core UI applications such as Firefox and OpenOffice that compete with it, and considering the amount of progress that FireFox has made in the last couple of years, I think "Linux" has a pretty good chance of "killing" Windows.
They could have chosen to charge for access to the archive, regardless of whether you`re a license payer or not. They didn`t of course because they have always been one of the few truly altruistic corporations out there. Hats off to the Beeb and to prof. Lessig for being such forward thinkers I say!!
That would go very well with this. Although I`m sure Sony pictures wouldn`t approve.
If you had known back in the early 90s that spam was going to be the problem it is now, what steps would you have taken then to protect yourself and others from it?
For instance, what changes would you have advocated in the mail protocols and what standard procedures would you have told other ISPs to use to prevent spammers from getting a foothold in the first place?
Wouldn`t the opposite, ie. a "Do-Call" list be more effective? Just make it illegal to make telemarketing calls unless the person is subscribed to the list.
Although you can actually get fibre (100Mbs) very easily/cheaply in Japan due to the fact that most people live in large cities, ADSL is still the most popular connection to the Internet and looks to stay that way for a while.
Most ADSL connections in Japan now run at a very respectable 12Mbps over a normal phone line. And in fact ADSL is promoted much more than fibre these days, which is the reverse of a few years ago when NTT were saying that fibre was going to be the next step up from ISDN.
When ADSL first came out here it was 1.5Mbps and the speed has been doubling every 1-2 years, so I should imagine we`ll still see significant speed increases for a few years yet.
They have a very interesting white paper explaining how they`ve managed to make HD compliant disk without having it in an airtight sealed container. Clever stuff.
The ISPs should be providing "free local calls". ie. sending data to another user on the same ISP should be free/unlimited. In the long run P2P actually helps ISPs because it increases local bandwidth and can decrease external bandwidth. Sending a packet from one internal router to another is going to be a lot cheaper than sending it across the world, so they should be passing that onto their customers in the same way that most ISPs in Iceland do - they charge more for overseas bandwidth than domestic.
AllCast have been doing this for quite a while, or at least thought about doing it back in 1996. And we`ve been experimenting for a few months too.
I think the biggest problem with p2p streaming is the fact that clients really need to upload more than they download; bandwidth is still expensive for most people, and somebody connecting via modem isn`t really going to be able to contribute anything back to the network.
At the moment our p2p client helps a bit with this in that it lets you get 2 channels from 2 different sources, ie Mono or Stereo, depending on how well connected you are. But one major improvement would be if the audio stream was somehow layered in a way that would allow you to build up audio "quality", eg. 1 connection gets you 24KBps, 2 = 48 KBps etc. Maybe this could be an extension of Ogg Vorbis?