I've investigated Intel's vision library, OpenCV, before... and it does appear to be available for Linux if you look hard enough... but I couldn't find any Linux applications using it to actually *do* something.
Has anyone had any success with OpenCV/Video4Linux?...
Well, depends on what you like. I generally find that half an hour's searching will turn up a handful of new artists I can enjoy listening to... then I download all their albums. Works for me...
Two microphones will work -- if they happen to place the two microphones inside ear-shaped sound absorbers the right distance apart.
Since they don't, they're losing information -- a stereo recording won't tell you which direction things come from. (Not in a way the human brain can figure out, if at all).
So by starting with a surround sound recording and using that information to build the stereo version, you're doing what could've been done in the first place, but wasn't... adding directional information in a human-decodable format.
I can see manual systems being a pain ('Oh, so I have to send another email to get anything from these guys... I'll take my business elsewhere')... but if the system I described was universally used, how would it be a problem?
Hence the limit on the character length. Mail clients could also kick out anything but plain text, making it impossible to include hyperlinks, images or script.
All mail accounts should use whitelists enforced by the ISP.
The only way to get on a whitelist is to send an email:
Subject: Request to join whitelist
From:...
Reason:...(100 chars max)...
Any emails from people who are not on the whitelist must be of this format or they are automatically rejected at the ISP. Mail clients recognise request mails and notify the ISP of the user's choice.
Mail clients can also automate the process of requesting to be added: 'you haven't emailed... before. Please say a few words to persuade them to accept your emails, e.g. introduce yourself.'
Unfortunatley the age-old problem crops up: this is only a good solution if everyone adopts it. (Then, for example, mailing lists can mail out requests to new members...)
Evolution is dumb. It can only make minor changes, over and over.
Therefore, for evolution to actually work, minor changes must have minor effects. There must be a level of mutation which is acceptably unlikely to cause problems, but which creates enough variation to keep things moving.
So genetic codes may in fact be self-simplifying to some degree; something which can be modified easily can be optimised quickly by evolution.
OTOH perhaps it's good to be unusually open about it in this case... at least *some* of the well-rounded and intelligent people who hear about it will read that far, and discover it's not about DRM.
emusic.com -- all the MP3s you can download, $10 a month
Nice download manager, too... (the Linux one is a pain to get working, but work it does)... I think I've downloaded over 1Gb in the past two weeks. If they have music you like, it ain't bad value for money...
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I agree... licences, anyone? Software isn't free by default...
I've investigated Intel's vision library, OpenCV, before... and it does appear to be available for Linux if you look hard enough... but I couldn't find any Linux applications using it to actually *do* something.
Has anyone had any success with OpenCV/Video4Linux?...
Good, isn't it?... I've downloaded a whole range from emusic, and it's really helped the depth and breadth of my collection...
Definitely good value if they offer something you like.
One slight problem: follow the link and you'll find there aren't actually any artists signed up to buy from.
...you could send an engagement ring up there before use... just think of all the corny lines you could get away with...
Er, no, actually, I can't think of any either. Ah well.
Well, depends on what you like. I generally find that half an hour's searching will turn up a handful of new artists I can enjoy listening to... then I download all their albums. Works for me...
And what's to stop someone distributing all or part of a commercially published book without giving credit?...
Copyright isn't about money, it's about protecting the rights of the author. Whether they choose to make money from it is irrelevant.
If you haven't checked out emusic, give it a look:
www.emusic.com
If nothing else, you can get 50 free MP3s*... but I've found a subscription to be very good value (I must have at least 4Gb of MP3s from the site)...
[* they will ask for your credit card number; as far as I can tell they're secure and respectful of privacy]
Well, I read quickly...
I tend to comment when I have an opinion, even if it's of little use to anyone... after all, what else is a public forum for? :-)
Two microphones will work -- if they happen to place the two microphones inside ear-shaped sound absorbers the right distance apart.
Since they don't, they're losing information -- a stereo recording won't tell you which direction things come from. (Not in a way the human brain can figure out, if at all).
So by starting with a surround sound recording and using that information to build the stereo version, you're doing what could've been done in the first place, but wasn't... adding directional information in a human-decodable format.
Probably :-)
Yes, I did.
Why do you ask?
...but I'm not holding my breath.
Still, it sounds like a step in the right direction...
I guess the important question is... will America cooperate?
"By only having this in the Pro version, customers who don't want this aren't paying for it."
I wonder how much more Microsoft would be forced to charge for Office with XML support? It's truly good of them to try and save us money this way...
Hmm. I wouldn't classify myself as a technophobe, in fact more as a computer geek... but I don't like using photocopiers.
Why? Because I could quite conceivably press the wrong button and screw it all up horribly.
It's like a previous poster said: until it's impossible to press the wrong button and screw things up, people will be scared of computers.
Er... why not?
I can see manual systems being a pain ('Oh, so I have to send another email to get anything from these guys... I'll take my business elsewhere')... but if the system I described was universally used, how would it be a problem?
Hence the limit on the character length. Mail clients could also kick out anything but plain text, making it impossible to include hyperlinks, images or script.
Such spam would be far less of a problem, IMHO...
Good idea... handshaking would cut down on abuse of requests...
All mail accounts should use whitelists enforced by the ISP.
The only way to get on a whitelist is to send an email:
Subject: Request to join whitelist ... ...(100 chars max)...
From:
Reason:
Any emails from people who are not on the whitelist must be of this format or they are automatically rejected at the ISP. Mail clients recognise request mails and notify the ISP of the user's choice.
Mail clients can also automate the process of requesting to be added: 'you haven't emailed ... before. Please say a few words to persuade them to accept your emails, e.g. introduce yourself.'
Unfortunatley the age-old problem crops up: this is only a good solution if everyone adopts it. (Then, for example, mailing lists can mail out requests to new members...)
Their 'science' bits don't make sense whatsoever. What's that junk about sensors swinging between 0.8 and 1.2 or -1000 and 1000 supposed to mean?
As far as I can tell all they're trying to say is it's a thousand times more sensitive than current sensors. Maybe.
Ah, well, of course it's more complicated than that...
I was just pointing out that it's quite plausible that DNA is self-simplifying to at least some degree.
Alright, here's a counter-argument...
Evolution is dumb. It can only make minor changes, over and over.
Therefore, for evolution to actually work, minor changes must have minor effects. There must be a level of mutation which is acceptably unlikely to cause problems, but which creates enough variation to keep things moving.
So genetic codes may in fact be self-simplifying to some degree; something which can be modified easily can be optimised quickly by evolution.
That's the point. It's not written by the guy who is known to be a real zealot.
OTOH perhaps it's good to be unusually open about it in this case... at least *some* of the well-rounded and intelligent people who hear about it will read that far, and discover it's not about DRM.
The white paper explains why it would be easy to circumvent this chip if you have physical access to it.
DRM it is not.
They've released full GPL source code.
Looks like it could be useful.../p>
emusic.com -- all the MP3s you can download, $10 a month
Nice download manager, too... (the Linux one is a pain to get working, but work it does)... I think I've downloaded over 1Gb in the past two weeks. If they have music you like, it ain't bad value for money...