I am curious why Intel would even be the entity to do this? Especially given that they are delivering the "product" on a Samsung platform which doesn't even have Intel Inside(TM).
Max Headroom was never caught. This was a nearly miraculous feat, because he had to get his transmitter within the 5-10 degree beam pattern of the receiver (probably not an easy trick in Chicago), *and* know what frequency to use, *and* have more power *and* the right modulation scheme. I'm guessing he was an insider. There was still a little bit of interference from the real STL signal, but that just made Max Headroom's presentation creepier.
Captain Midnight worked at TV station, and was caught. The station's character generator had a custom font on it, and he used the custom font in his text overlay. Busted.
Yes, you're missing the math. With $35k/y UBI and a $50k/y job you would have $85k/y for your 40 hours/week toil. Or you can just sit on your ass and make do with $35k/y. Where as with the current welfare system you *lose* the welfare once you start actually working.
Did anybody stop to consider the fact that speakers and microphones by-and-large are not capable of ultrasound frequencies? Tiny speakers like the ones in a smartphone are going to hit 18khz at BEST. It's probably closer to 15khz in reality. Even high-end studio monitors only reach 20-22khz. It takes specially designed transducers to operate in the ultrasound range. This story is complete bullshit.
If I were Amazon and I bought a company who sells widgets online, I would do exactly this. It should come as no surprise when Amazon supplants the acquired company's supply-chain with their own and then closes said company. This is pretty much a no-brainer. Nothing to see here, move along.
Aside from the fact that the video file itself is itself a stream, "Streaming" is when you watch it online. Don't you mean "playback" in this case? We are talking about locally viewing a stored copy, right?
Is the acronym "DDR" really still applicable? I remember back when it came out thinking we were going to see QDR and ODR come out next and next. I guess the naming convention folks just got lazy and started tacking on revision numbers.
Why is every technology breakthrough I read about "five to ten years away from commercial viability."?
It seems to fit, even in Goodenough's career.. Invented lithium-ion battery early 80's, implemented by Sony first in 1991. (I think I got that right, pulled it from memory without checking)
That's utter bullshit. I am no longer a Netflix customer, but for several recent years I was able to view it just fine using Chromium + Widevine. A quick search on the subject will reveal that Windows is not needed. Who writes this shit?
I would like to refer you to the reply about transmission infrastructure I made elsewhere in this thread, because I am not going to type it again. The short version is, there is no budget to replace the current infrastructure, which will assuredly last the duration of my career. I intentionally positioned myself that way to avoid robot replacement. This redesign you speak of may happen, but it's at least two generations of technology away, and broadcast infrastructure iterations are expected to last 40 years / cycle.
Transmission systems are the last thing that will be robotized. I base this on the fact that there are still sections of the electrical grid using parts that were installed in the 1940's. Baring a complete re-installation of these systems (which ain't gonna happen) they will be using people to maintain these systems for another fifty years.
^This. Spoken like someone who has perhaps seen one of these sites, unlike the rest of the commenters. The broadcast industry is over a century old, and certain aspects have not changed from the first time they "got it right", such as transmission line. We know how to make it perfect. With that goes the understanding that we expect it (infrastructure) to last a long long time. While we broadcasters use cutting edge technology in the studio where the content is created, the transmission infrastructure that's out there is from the 80's and 90's, and it ain't going anywhere anytime soon. Nor will it have extremely expensive robots attached to it. The people who spent the massive sums of money to install it expect it to work a while longer, because they are strapped for expenditures from all that cutting edge technology and talent being used on the front end.
A decade ago when I got into this field, I did so because I too saw the writing on the wall that robots would replace some jobs. Woe, whole swaths of job categories in some industries. I realized in time that I wanted a job that was safe from that, so I looked for something that absolutely required a human's *hands* and *whole body* and not just his smarts. I can't say for certain that my job is safe a few generations of technology from now, but I can say for certainty it won't change before I retire from my current job. And I'm damn sure not looking for another job. There isn't anything else I can get that won't be phased out or infested with newbies, and because of the extreme specialization, the compensation is as good as any tech job out there.
The problem with this idea and the people that support it is that they keep saying "a robot can x" but that robot does not even remotely exist yet. Robots are not as easy to make as you seem to think, otherwise they would already be here.
If what you were saying could happen overnight, let alone in one person's career span, I would already be out of work. But it's fantasy. You cannot remove humans as easily as you think.
Easy to say from your arm chair. I sincerely doubt you have ever even stood at the foot of a 1000+' tower, because if you had, you would know how absurd that assertion is.
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I am curious why Intel would even be the entity to do this? Especially given that they are delivering the "product" on a Samsung platform which doesn't even have Intel Inside(TM).
Max Headroom was never caught. This was a nearly miraculous feat, because he had to get his transmitter within the 5-10 degree beam pattern of the receiver (probably not an easy trick in Chicago), *and* know what frequency to use, *and* have more power *and* the right modulation scheme. I'm guessing he was an insider. There was still a little bit of interference from the real STL signal, but that just made Max Headroom's presentation creepier.
Captain Midnight worked at TV station, and was caught. The station's character generator had a custom font on it, and he used the custom font in his text overlay. Busted.
No, you shut the fuck up beau. Why don't you go find some more faggot ass Microsoft stories to post.
Hows about next year saving up all the action and dropping one article at the end of the day? Mmmkay?
Yes, you're missing the math. With $35k/y UBI and a $50k/y job you would have $85k/y for your 40 hours/week toil. Or you can just sit on your ass and make do with $35k/y. Where as with the current welfare system you *lose* the welfare once you start actually working.
Did anybody stop to consider the fact that speakers and microphones by-and-large are not capable of ultrasound frequencies? Tiny speakers like the ones in a smartphone are going to hit 18khz at BEST. It's probably closer to 15khz in reality. Even high-end studio monitors only reach 20-22khz. It takes specially designed transducers to operate in the ultrasound range. This story is complete bullshit.
BCC FTW
But why is it on Slashdot?
If the snaplicant hasn't been hired yet, how would they have a McDonald's uniform in which to perform the snaplication?
If I were Amazon and I bought a company who sells widgets online, I would do exactly this. It should come as no surprise when Amazon supplants the acquired company's supply-chain with their own and then closes said company. This is pretty much a no-brainer. Nothing to see here, move along.
Aside from the fact that the video file itself is itself a stream, "Streaming" is when you watch it online. Don't you mean "playback" in this case? We are talking about locally viewing a stored copy, right?
Is the acronym "DDR" really still applicable? I remember back when it came out thinking we were going to see QDR and ODR come out next and next. I guess the naming convention folks just got lazy and started tacking on revision numbers.
This is Slashdot. Get off my lawn.
It doesn't matter how fast the phone's CPU is if it still runs a "kid stuff" OS and doesn't support virtualization.
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Isn't that kind of redundant?
2,000 Contributions?!? Gee golly! Brian Fagg-holio strikes again
Why is every technology breakthrough I read about "five to ten years away from commercial viability."?
It seems to fit, even in Goodenough's career.. Invented lithium-ion battery early 80's, implemented by Sony first in 1991. (I think I got that right, pulled it from memory without checking)
That's utter bullshit. I am no longer a Netflix customer, but for several recent years I was able to view it just fine using Chromium + Widevine. A quick search on the subject will reveal that Windows is not needed. Who writes this shit?
You deserve to have this happen to you.
By then my retirement will kick in and I will laugh at those fighting for my spot and say "get off my lawn".
I would like to refer you to the reply about transmission infrastructure I made elsewhere in this thread, because I am not going to type it again. The short version is, there is no budget to replace the current infrastructure, which will assuredly last the duration of my career. I intentionally positioned myself that way to avoid robot replacement. This redesign you speak of may happen, but it's at least two generations of technology away, and broadcast infrastructure iterations are expected to last 40 years / cycle.
Transmission systems are the last thing that will be robotized. I base this on the fact that there are still sections of the electrical grid using parts that were installed in the 1940's. Baring a complete re-installation of these systems (which ain't gonna happen) they will be using people to maintain these systems for another fifty years.
^This. Spoken like someone who has perhaps seen one of these sites, unlike the rest of the commenters. The broadcast industry is over a century old, and certain aspects have not changed from the first time they "got it right", such as transmission line. We know how to make it perfect. With that goes the understanding that we expect it (infrastructure) to last a long long time. While we broadcasters use cutting edge technology in the studio where the content is created, the transmission infrastructure that's out there is from the 80's and 90's, and it ain't going anywhere anytime soon. Nor will it have extremely expensive robots attached to it. The people who spent the massive sums of money to install it expect it to work a while longer, because they are strapped for expenditures from all that cutting edge technology and talent being used on the front end.
A decade ago when I got into this field, I did so because I too saw the writing on the wall that robots would replace some jobs. Woe, whole swaths of job categories in some industries. I realized in time that I wanted a job that was safe from that, so I looked for something that absolutely required a human's *hands* and *whole body* and not just his smarts. I can't say for certain that my job is safe a few generations of technology from now, but I can say for certainty it won't change before I retire from my current job. And I'm damn sure not looking for another job. There isn't anything else I can get that won't be phased out or infested with newbies, and because of the extreme specialization, the compensation is as good as any tech job out there.
The problem with this idea and the people that support it is that they keep saying "a robot can x" but that robot does not even remotely exist yet. Robots are not as easy to make as you seem to think, otherwise they would already be here.
If what you were saying could happen overnight, let alone in one person's career span, I would already be out of work. But it's fantasy. You cannot remove humans as easily as you think.
Easy to say from your arm chair. I sincerely doubt you have ever even stood at the foot of a 1000+' tower, because if you had, you would know how absurd that assertion is.