I want a software based on open standards that integrates with any mobile video player and converts all the video it receives into the format that I can use. So for my 60GB iPog 5G that means: transcode all content in 640x480 h.264 after download please. Oh - and WiFi sync with my TV in the apropiate format as well while you are at it. Is this too much to ask?
Why build a dead-man-switch for this? I can think of a lot of scenarios where he would still be alive but not able to care for his kid. And besides: am I to belive that this guy is not sleeping at all? How does he know that his kid is in trouble if he does? Come on - this is such a lame excuse to come up with a dead-man's-switch.
If one really needs to make sure that one is ok in 30mins intervals it is way easier to build a system that requires the push of a button to reset a 30mins timer before calling the cops or something.
Why care what he has to say? Well - for one Heims theory apparently is the only theory which yields remarkably exact theoretical values for the masses, the resonances, and the mean lifetimes of elementary particles, as well as the Sommerfeld fine structure constant.
If his calculations are correct a flight over 10 light-years could be done in roughly 80 days - 160 days roundtrip.
Extraordinary claims that require extraordinary proof indeed. However, if I got US 1.5 Billion and would be thinking about exploring space I would not mind spending a few million to go about proving/disproving them...
Human: Why do you call me unknown person?
ALICE: I made up a nickname for you based on your IP address.
Human: You can call me Steve
ALICE: Glad to see you, Steve.
Human: Do you have eyes?
ALICE: Yes I am looking at you right now.
Human: What do you see?
ALICE: I see a computer nerd.
Human: Why do you think I am a computer nerd?
ALICE: Deductive reasoning from the facts.
Human: What if I tell you I am not a computer nerd?
ALICE: Try it.
Human: I am not a computer nerd
ALICE: Oh I see you are NOT A computer nerd.
Human: What am I?
ALICE: You are a person, seeker.
Human: What do I seek?
ALICE: What would your friends say if you asked them?
Human: I dont have any friends
ALICE: Are you lonely or just a hermit?
Social Psychology (5th Edition)
Hardcover - Show all editions
Elliot D. Aronson, Timothy D. Wilson, Robin M. Akert,
04 February, 2004 Prentice Hall
List: $101.33 ISBN: 0131786865
Best book ever - and to all of you who named CS books: Get a life for pete's sake!
Moore is my hero for giving all truth distorters a taste of theire own medicine. His tactics may be questionable, but they support my views and I was waiting quite some time for a knight in shining armor to fight back for me like this.
On the other hand it may very well change how the 'truth' is being told and could ideally lay new ground rules for ethical reporting and commentatry in media.
It would be truly priceless if we will look back in history in 20 years and refer to these events and the years to come as paradigm shift in how to morally present ones views.
In any case, it is a very welcome development and only good can come from it.
The novelty here is that this approach automatically generates optimized meshes that approximate the original shape based on how much storage space you allow it to work with. Those meshes can then be used in the ways you describe (e.g. LOD).
Why is everyone getting all upset now that Linus is following suit? Am I the only one that realizes this?
Go read http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/why-assign.html for details.
Copied text below:
Why the FSF gets copyright assignments from contributors
by Professor Eben Moglen, Columbia University Law School
Under US copyright law, which is the law under which most free software programs have historically been first published, there are very substantial procedural advantages to registration of copyright. And despite the broad right of distribution conveyed by the GPL, enforcement of copyright is generally not possible for distributors: only the copyright holder or someone having assignment of the copyright can enforce the license. If there are multiple authors of a copyrighted work, successful enforcement depends on having the cooperation of all authors.
In order to make sure that all of our copyrights can meet the recordkeeping and other requirements of registration, and in order to be able to enforce the GPL most effectively, FSF requires that each author of code incorporated in FSF projects provide a copyright assignment, and, where appropriate, a disclaimer of any work-for-hire ownership claims by the programmer's employer. That way we can be sure that all the code in FSF projects is free code, whose freedom we can most effectively protect, and therefore on which other developers can completely rely.
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My sister graduated from that class and it was awsome!
I want a software based on open standards that integrates with any mobile video player and converts all the video it receives into the format that I can use. So for my 60GB iPog 5G that means: transcode all content in 640x480 h.264 after download please. Oh - and WiFi sync with my TV in the apropiate format as well while you are at it. Is this too much to ask?
If one really needs to make sure that one is ok in 30mins intervals it is way easier to build a system that requires the push of a button to reset a 30mins timer before calling the cops or something.
Smells fishy.......
That should read "1.86 billion units of software"
This is pretty old news - I still recall Star Bridge Systems from back in 1997. Don't hold your breath.
Not so fast... You may want to check out the Theories of Burkhard Heim and its applications to space propulsion.
Why care what he has to say? Well - for one Heims theory apparently is the only theory which yields remarkably exact theoretical values for the masses, the resonances, and the mean lifetimes of elementary particles, as well as the Sommerfeld fine structure constant.
If his calculations are correct a flight over 10 light-years could be done in roughly 80 days - 160 days roundtrip.
Extraordinary claims that require extraordinary proof indeed. However, if I got US 1.5 Billion and would be thinking about exploring space I would not mind spending a few million to go about proving/disproving them...
Does it solve the chicken or egg question?
As of 28. Oct 9:18 am local time...
Seems fishy to me!
Human: Why do you call me unknown person? ALICE: I made up a nickname for you based on your IP address. Human: You can call me Steve ALICE: Glad to see you, Steve. Human: Do you have eyes? ALICE: Yes I am looking at you right now. Human: What do you see? ALICE: I see a computer nerd. Human: Why do you think I am a computer nerd? ALICE: Deductive reasoning from the facts. Human: What if I tell you I am not a computer nerd? ALICE: Try it. Human: I am not a computer nerd ALICE: Oh I see you are NOT A computer nerd. Human: What am I? ALICE: You are a person, seeker. Human: What do I seek? ALICE: What would your friends say if you asked them? Human: I dont have any friends ALICE: Are you lonely or just a hermit?
"This drift meant that the craft were experiencing a constant acceleration directed towards the Sun"
This rules out dust or a higher density inter stellar medium which would affect the probes in a different way.
"This drift meant that the craft were experiencing a constant acceleration directed towards the Sun"
This rules out dust or a higher density inter stellar medium which would affect the probes in a different way.
4. It was a calibration as preparation for the real deal.
A: Humanity has a say = paradise
B: Humanity has no say = hell
If there is no objection between now and the advent of the singularity, I assume everyone is ok with option A. Thank you for your cooperation.
What is the reason why they do not use advertisments?
Social Psychology (5th Edition) Hardcover - Show all editions Elliot D. Aronson, Timothy D. Wilson, Robin M. Akert, 04 February, 2004 Prentice Hall List: $101.33 ISBN: 0131786865 Best book ever - and to all of you who named CS books: Get a life for pete's sake!
Never mind, Totorro.
I am a fan a Gigli - remember 'Spirited Away'? Its deeply emotional, eastern emotions - I give you that.
On the other hand it may very well change how the 'truth' is being told and could ideally lay new ground rules for ethical reporting and commentatry in media.
It would be truly priceless if we will look back in history in 20 years and refer to these events and the years to come as paradigm shift in how to morally present ones views.
In any case, it is a very welcome development and only good can come from it.
Glas is not liquid - pitch is...
The mastergoon link contains a picture of goat.cx!
The novelty here is that this approach automatically generates optimized meshes that approximate the original shape based on how much storage space you allow it to work with. Those meshes can then be used in the ways you describe (e.g. LOD).
...but a russion scientist actually predicted this would happen.
... can be found here.
Why is everyone getting all upset now that Linus is following suit? Am I the only one that realizes this? Go read http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/why-assign.html for details. Copied text below: Why the FSF gets copyright assignments from contributors by Professor Eben Moglen, Columbia University Law School Under US copyright law, which is the law under which most free software programs have historically been first published, there are very substantial procedural advantages to registration of copyright. And despite the broad right of distribution conveyed by the GPL, enforcement of copyright is generally not possible for distributors: only the copyright holder or someone having assignment of the copyright can enforce the license. If there are multiple authors of a copyrighted work, successful enforcement depends on having the cooperation of all authors. In order to make sure that all of our copyrights can meet the recordkeeping and other requirements of registration, and in order to be able to enforce the GPL most effectively, FSF requires that each author of code incorporated in FSF projects provide a copyright assignment, and, where appropriate, a disclaimer of any work-for-hire ownership claims by the programmer's employer. That way we can be sure that all the code in FSF projects is free code, whose freedom we can most effectively protect, and therefore on which other developers can completely rely.