I've heard/dev/null is a pretty neat place to store logs. Compression ratio is quite high too - no need to worry about filling disks with uncompressed logs.
You are spot on the point. It seems to required are lot of complex manipulations to fold and pack these containers. I see how this technology may be very useful in some case, but it won't really help for shipping. It's simply too much human interaction for a system that fought to bring such interactions down to a minimum.
This 'game', which seems only to be used as a propaganda platform, has seriously some questionable content, if not simply defamatory (which would make it illegal).
I'm all against arbitrary censorship and, I have to admit, this looks damn like it. After all, the people targeted by the propaganda are those having to play the censor role. But I think this app should have been taken down regardless of whom it 'targets'.
Then, watching the game video again, I wonder. Who writes an app like that. What kind of app developer does that? Why? I come to believe that this is just an elaborate troll (that we are feeding without end right now). It's someone who's intention was to put Apple in this difficult position. On one side Apple had probably no choice to removed it (and not only because of their EULA) and if they hadn't they might even have gotten themselves some legal trouble. On the other side, they look totally evil taking it down, regardless how stupid that app was (because, as I see here, critics of censor action are somewhat narrow sighted). Nice catch 22.
Is that your (or someone's else) interpretation or is that a fact? It didn't struck me a trying to pass itself off as realistic... more like an action flick in a realistic environment. But it never came to mind one second that they actually tried to make a realistic plot.
Anyway, a realistic military movie plot would be boring as hell... you'd have 3 hours of people either hurrying up for no reason or waiting because they got there too fast.
Availability is the biggest problem... and that's entirely the distributors fault. They should be held accountable for the situation they cause, not the customers trying to fight their way through artificial limits and rarity (probably as a motivator to increase prices).
The best example I can see is that with online movie downloads like on iTunes. Why are only a few titles in HD? Why are some in HD in the US, but not in Canada or Gemany or whatever? Why can't I choose the languages or, even, multiple languages all packed in the same file with multiple audio tracks? Why is a movie available in the US 6 months before in France? They say it has to be translated first and bla bla bla bla. Just make it available in English for those who want it as it comes out and not 6 months later... the translated version will come when it's done.
There are not technical limitation explaining such a distribution scheme nowadays... ironically, the pirated content availability kinda proves that. The only problem that seems to remain a problem in my opinion is the distribution of crappy cam versions of movies as they are still in theaters and before they get released through other channels. Maybe its time to review the whole movie release process. Does it still make sense to have the release in theaters and stores so far apart, if at all? Or is it only trying to protect an industry who's business model solely repose on this and isn't able to offer any plus-value tho their customers anymore?
I find he content and discussion very interesting. For me, this was something obvious because of my line of work, but I can imagine that most people reading (and writing) GPU reviews had no clue what so ever about this.
As much as I find the content interesting, its presentation is awful. Although is is interesting the present some figures on a frame-count base, most of the overview figures should be on equivalent time base, allowing a proper comparison of the tests sequences. I'd have shown one frame based graphic to explain what was going on and than used this frame based scale only for the "zooms" illustrating specific features or effect.
Also, the author probably never heard of histograms and/or distributions. Nor of variance, standard deviation, etc.
Yes, sorry for that. I'll try not to mess up my third language in the future... But seriously, I've never heard of anyone for really losing a phone in a bar.
It was neither funny nor subtle the first time. Now a second time? I was going to say that someone at marketing lost his original touch, but then I remembered the whole never ending "I'm a mac vs. I'm a PC" campaign... and that was that.
The author of the cable seems pretty lucid about the whole copyright/piracy situation (I doubt the ambassador redacts the cables himself). Sadly, the people behind the movie associations do not share that lucidity.
From TFA:
[...] Australia, which does have very high rates of illegal movie and television show downloads, in part because of the sometimes long gaps between their release in the US and their arrival in Australian theaters or on local television.
Oh! Did we just mention a probable (reasonable?) cause for increased piracy... which can be very easily solved?
Although he may not have that official title, some people get this title naturally. In every project, some people will shine above the others with natural leadership which might lead them to be recognized as community leaders. For outsiders or newcomers, the distinction might be hard to make. Maybe the wording is simply inappropriately chosen here, presenting it as an official position.
That's a fair question. Asked this way, it will also gets a nice answer.
So the sensors i'm referring to are on an instrument and not direct on the gondola. That means that the impact goes first through the crash pads (single-use deformation padding) and through cable springs. I don't have any deceleration times in mind, but I will check them out again.
I have no idea how this relates, for example, to the Soyuz capsule at its landing and how it relates to passenger comfort, be at normal landings we often have structural damage to the gondola, which hints at fairly uncomfortable events.
Sorry if I seemed on the nerves. I didn't like the tone of some of those replies.
Yes. In fact, I do. These numbers come form the accelerometers that are on our balloon gondola (which I said, we fly, if I do remember my original post correctly). But the variability is fairly large... 10 g is only a typical value. One of the hardest landing recorded (except for the crash where our first generation gondola was a total loss - this is an exceptional event), was recorded at 48g. The deceleration is very dependent on the impact terrain and how well the crash pads absorb the initial shock.
if you do not understand where something is coming from, you can ask for details. Nicely. Assuming I'm an idiot that spilling bullshit because you don't know better yourself is not very helpful to the community.
Considering your sig, I will go ahead and guess that respect isn't your strongest attribute.
From the accelerometers... that's where the number is coming from. We gave many accelerometers on board (INU, Shock logs, etc.). We registered landings as high as 48g...
You are correct. It doesn't fit in any definition of space. The only other group of people that dare call this altitude space is those kids flying compact cameras on small balloons. Not that this isn't a cool feat, but it isn't space.
I have to agree. We fly stratospheric balloon for atmospheric research. I wouldn't want to climb into one of those thing... especially for the landing. Even with the chute, that thing still comes down on its crash pads (yes, crash pads) at 10 m/s. You got at least 10g deceleration on impact. Not cool.
Plus, you'll never get me at 33 km without a pressure suit.
This seems like a totally absurd way of doing it... it will only use a minimal fraction of the information available, and that in the most inefficient and unreliable way possible.
If this is really how they hope to achieve results, they might as well walk on the street and ask people.
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It's hidden. Here's the unlock key : /dev/random > /dev/mouse
no, it's not the unlock key. don't do this...
I've heard /dev/null is a pretty neat place to store logs. Compression ratio is quite high too - no need to worry about filling disks with uncompressed logs.
You are spot on the point. It seems to required are lot of complex manipulations to fold and pack these containers. I see how this technology may be very useful in some case, but it won't really help for shipping. It's simply too much human interaction for a system that fought to bring such interactions down to a minimum.
Call me when this holds in any court of law in the EU (except England - they always do weird stuff there).
People creating the game just meant to inform people in a funny way.
A bit naive, much?
This 'game', which seems only to be used as a propaganda platform, has seriously some questionable content, if not simply defamatory (which would make it illegal).
I'm all against arbitrary censorship and, I have to admit, this looks damn like it. After all, the people targeted by the propaganda are those having to play the censor role. But I think this app should have been taken down regardless of whom it 'targets'.
Then, watching the game video again, I wonder. Who writes an app like that. What kind of app developer does that? Why? I come to believe that this is just an elaborate troll (that we are feeding without end right now). It's someone who's intention was to put Apple in this difficult position. On one side Apple had probably no choice to removed it (and not only because of their EULA) and if they hadn't they might even have gotten themselves some legal trouble. On the other side, they look totally evil taking it down, regardless how stupid that app was (because, as I see here, critics of censor action are somewhat narrow sighted). Nice catch 22.
tries to
pass itself off as realistic
Is that your (or someone's else) interpretation or is that a fact? It didn't struck me a trying to pass itself off as realistic... more like an action flick in a realistic environment. But it never came to mind one second that they actually tried to make a realistic plot.
Anyway, a realistic military movie plot would be boring as hell... you'd have 3 hours of people either hurrying up for no reason or waiting because they got there too fast.
Availability is the biggest problem... and that's entirely the distributors fault. They should be held accountable for the situation they cause, not the customers trying to fight their way through artificial limits and rarity (probably as a motivator to increase prices).
The best example I can see is that with online movie downloads like on iTunes. Why are only a few titles in HD? Why are some in HD in the US, but not in Canada or Gemany or whatever? Why can't I choose the languages or, even, multiple languages all packed in the same file with multiple audio tracks? Why is a movie available in the US 6 months before in France? They say it has to be translated first and bla bla bla bla. Just make it available in English for those who want it as it comes out and not 6 months later... the translated version will come when it's done.
There are not technical limitation explaining such a distribution scheme nowadays... ironically, the pirated content availability kinda proves that. The only problem that seems to remain a problem in my opinion is the distribution of crappy cam versions of movies as they are still in theaters and before they get released through other channels. Maybe its time to review the whole movie release process. Does it still make sense to have the release in theaters and stores so far apart, if at all? Or is it only trying to protect an industry who's business model solely repose on this and isn't able to offer any plus-value tho their customers anymore?
That's why we call them movies and not documentaries.
I find he content and discussion very interesting. For me, this was something obvious because of my line of work, but I can imagine that most people reading (and writing) GPU reviews had no clue what so ever about this.
As much as I find the content interesting, its presentation is awful. Although is is interesting the present some figures on a frame-count base, most of the overview figures should be on equivalent time base, allowing a proper comparison of the tests sequences. I'd have shown one frame based graphic to explain what was going on and than used this frame based scale only for the "zooms" illustrating specific features or effect.
Also, the author probably never heard of histograms and/or distributions. Nor of variance, standard deviation, etc.
Yes, sorry for that. I'll try not to mess up my third language in the future... But seriously, I've never heard of anyone for really losing a phone in a bar.
It was neither funny nor subtle the first time. Now a second time? I was going to say that someone at marketing lost his original touch, but then I remembered the whole never ending "I'm a mac vs. I'm a PC" campaign... and that was that.
Who losses a phone in a bar anyway?!
The author of the cable seems pretty lucid about the whole copyright/piracy situation (I doubt the ambassador redacts the cables himself). Sadly, the people behind the movie associations do not share that lucidity.
From TFA:
[...] Australia, which does have very high rates of illegal movie and television show downloads, in part because of the sometimes long gaps between their release in the US and their arrival in Australian theaters or on local television.
Oh! Did we just mention a probable (reasonable?) cause for increased piracy... which can be very easily solved?
Although he may not have that official title, some people get this title naturally. In every project, some people will shine above the others with natural leadership which might lead them to be recognized as community leaders. For outsiders or newcomers, the distinction might be hard to make. Maybe the wording is simply inappropriately chosen here, presenting it as an official position.
What if it explodes on launch?
Not that this ever happens...
That's a fair question. Asked this way, it will also gets a nice answer.
So the sensors i'm referring to are on an instrument and not direct on the gondola. That means that the impact goes first through the crash pads (single-use deformation padding) and through cable springs. I don't have any deceleration times in mind, but I will check them out again.
I have no idea how this relates, for example, to the Soyuz capsule at its landing and how it relates to passenger comfort, be at normal landings we often have structural damage to the gondola, which hints at fairly uncomfortable events.
Sorry if I seemed on the nerves. I didn't like the tone of some of those replies.
Check their website... it looks like a very casual lounge, they are building ;)
Yes. In fact, I do. These numbers come form the accelerometers that are on our balloon gondola (which I said, we fly, if I do remember my original post correctly). But the variability is fairly large... 10 g is only a typical value. One of the hardest landing recorded (except for the crash where our first generation gondola was a total loss - this is an exceptional event), was recorded at 48g. The deceleration is very dependent on the impact terrain and how well the crash pads absorb the initial shock.
No. I assume I can read the data coming from the accelerometers. No further assumption required.
if you do not understand where something is coming from, you can ask for details. Nicely. Assuming I'm an idiot that spilling bullshit because you don't know better yourself is not very helpful to the community.
Considering your sig, I will go ahead and guess that respect isn't your strongest attribute.
From the accelerometers... that's where the number is coming from. We gave many accelerometers on board (INU, Shock logs, etc.). We registered landings as high as 48g...
You are correct. It doesn't fit in any definition of space. The only other group of people that dare call this altitude space is those kids flying compact cameras on small balloons. Not that this isn't a cool feat, but it isn't space.
I have to agree. We fly stratospheric balloon for atmospheric research. I wouldn't want to climb into one of those thing... especially for the landing. Even with the chute, that thing still comes down on its crash pads (yes, crash pads) at 10 m/s. You got at least 10g deceleration on impact. Not cool.
Plus, you'll never get me at 33 km without a pressure suit.
This seems like a totally absurd way of doing it... it will only use a minimal fraction of the information available, and that in the most inefficient and unreliable way possible.
If this is really how they hope to achieve results, they might as well walk on the street and ask people.
Interesting and (could be) good to know. Never had anything from this publisher in the hand. Care to elaborate?