"Unlike with compression and decompression of computer programs (e.g. ZIP), that is to say, during lossy data compression (data reduction) the original signal is not reconstructed 1:1, but to reduce the data amount, only control signals for a synthesizer programs (called CODEC) get recorded, those are optimized in a way that during rendition the CODEC can reconstruct from these an approximation of the original picture or sound signal that appears as similar as possible for the human conscious perception, but is not identical to the original signal."
That is quite possibly the longest single sentence I have ever read.
No, I forgot about that! That said, I'd hate to read a book on my screen. APIs on the other hand are well suited to html; lots of jumping about from one function to another.
The rest of this thread has answered my question though; plenty of people seem to buy stuff they know they can get online, just so they can browse during spare time. Forward planning, what a novel idea!;)
"Section 1, the package list, gives you every package in Java 1.4, every class inside those packages, the top-level description of the classes (from Sun's JavaDoc), a note of what JDK version the class was born in, an abstract/final indicator, and a hierarchy of the classes in the package. If this were all, it might be a nice, basic Java reference."
No! If the book was just what's here, it would be just a copy of information of information that is freely available on the internet!
So many books on Java seem to include a copy of the Javadoc documentation. It's just a con to make the book look bigger.
Well done Bruce Eckel for resisting this cheap tactic in the brilliant Thinking in Java.
"If you can't afford the new Windows XP Media Center edition, why not grab yourself a modded XBOX, and check out the XBOX Media Player 2.0"
How about "Because they're completely different products"?
From the site:
Please, people, don't give into that, XBMP 2.0 only has the MCE look, it can't record dvds, it can't record TV shows, it can't display TV on your Xbox...
It only is a Media Player for the Xbox.
Surely the TV companies know what's making them money and what's not? If the show was as good as all these fanatics claim it was then it wouldn't be getting canned in the first place.
"Weren't people playing some of these games online beore Xbox Live was even in beta?"
Yes, there is software available to tunnel Xbox system link traffic across the public internet. With this system, the XBoxes think they're playing system link when in actual fact they're playing over the internet. (Think VPN and you'll get the idea).
However, this raises some issues, mainly:
On system link, if the ping time to a host goes over about 10ms then you may as well assume that host doesn't exist any more. Also, packets are rarely dropped. For internet play, you have to be much more tolerant of both latency and reliability. The MotoGP dev team played like this a few times, and to be honest the experience was pretty shoddy. I've heard other people say that MotoGP was relatively tolerant of the network conditions (compared with other games)
System link games do not support voice. Do not underestimate how much voice adds to the game. I would explain further, but you simply have to try it to see how good it is.
You and I may find it a doddle to get on our PC's and get hooked up to a game of (insert game here) on a server we have selected by various criteria; ping time, dedicated, linux, player count, etc etc. However, Xbox live is so easy to use it's silly. It really is so simple that you could get somebody with no idea about anything to do with networking, and they could get into a game with other people. Typical/. readers might not appreciate the work that's done automagically to get that working, but normal people will.
"Btw, users can nark on anyone for foul language -- it doesn't have to be caught by an admin."
You've just got to use your common sense. I've been in games where everybody was obviously adult, and we were all swearing like sailors, just like you would do in a bar.
In other games, it's been obvious that such language would not have been appreciated.
It's just like real life. Yeah, remember that? It's what happens in the big blue room.
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What I meant is that it's very nice to have some CPU spare, which doesn't happen very often on other consoles.
We're not CPU bound on MotoGP; we're bound mainly by memory and memory bandwidth.
You could say that the processor on any console is an accessory; it's just there to pump data at the graphics processor.
To have enough CPU spare to do some proper maths (e.g. for MotoGP to be able to simulate 20 bikes) is a luxury compared to other consoles.
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The British are opposed to Europe because The Sun newspaper tells usto be, and we are too stupid to think for themselves.
Isn't it MIPS that make the CPUs?
(This is not sarcasm, I really wanna know.)
Ooh great, now you too can see films at least ten years old in the comfort of your own home!
That is quite possibly the longest single sentence I have ever read.
Well, I guess that's one less now!
I agree, but I've got no mod points. The parent post is certainly not flamebait.
And I prefer a microwave oven, if the task at hand is warming up some food.
Settle down guys, prefering unix for a task that unix is good at is not newsworthy.
Peter
Isn't that a bit early in the morning to be getting married?
Or perhaps it was really late into the night?
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No, I forgot about that! That said, I'd hate to read a book on my screen. APIs on the other hand are well suited to html; lots of jumping about from one function to another.
The rest of this thread has answered my question though; plenty of people seem to buy stuff they know they can get online, just so they can browse during spare time. Forward planning, what a novel idea! ;)
No! If the book was just what's here, it would be just a copy of information of information that is freely available on the internet!
So many books on Java seem to include a copy of the Javadoc documentation. It's just a con to make the book look bigger.
Well done Bruce Eckel for resisting this cheap tactic in the brilliant Thinking in Java.
That is to say, is any Old Testament chapter also a legal New Testament chapter?
Why am I even asking? I'm sure gcc has frontends for both.
Still I guess that's better than not being aware that there are other countries.
How about "Because they're completely different products"?
From the site:
Please, people, don't give into that, XBMP 2.0 only has the MCE look, it can't record dvds, it can't record TV shows, it can't display TV on your Xbox... It only is a Media Player for the Xbox.
Surely the TV companies know what's making them money and what's not? If the show was as good as all these fanatics claim it was then it wouldn't be getting canned in the first place.
Oh, it must be true then! :p
Gimme a break, they could have just set up a hotmail account and left it for a couple of hours.
Sounds like an overenthusiastic noob just got himself a domain name.
Yes, there is software available to tunnel Xbox system link traffic across the public internet. With this system, the XBoxes think they're playing system link when in actual fact they're playing over the internet. (Think VPN and you'll get the idea).
However, this raises some issues, mainly:
You've just got to use your common sense. I've been in games where everybody was obviously adult, and we were all swearing like sailors, just like you would do in a bar.
In other games, it's been obvious that such language would not have been appreciated.
It's just like real life. Yeah, remember that? It's what happens in the big blue room.
Next thing you know, /. will ban IP addresses it deems "flamebait".
Careful, you could be replying to a /. moderator!
Yeah but fuck that rationale, it's Microsoft!