The cards themselves are good. It's definitely all in the drivers. For example with my good ol' SBLive:
Windows (Creative's Driver): Soundcard caused freeze-ups and crashes
Moved to linux (open source drivers): No more freeze-ups (switched to Cedega for my gaming needs)
so then I tried
Windows (Open Source Driver): Again, worked very nicely, without freeze-ups (although in general I still stay mostly in linux nowadays)
Now as far as linux goes, I love my old SBLive 5.1 cards. They're cheap, and do hardware mixing so I can happily use ALSA/OSS apps alongside KDE/arts or Esound without having the card tied up. On my other machines (laptops etc) that don't have hardware mixing, I generally go with esound but unfortunately not every application supports it (some are OSS/Alsa only).
I'll happily buy creative cards that have good OSS drivers. I won't buy the others because, no matter how good the card might be, my experience with Creative's drivers have not been good.
Outside of the soundcard realm, I remember that their "Creative Webcam Go" actually came with a driver CD that did not work. Yes, the drivers would not install from the accompanying CD (I know other people with the same camera, same problem), so you needed an internet connection to download the updated drivers. Way to go, Creative.
This might be safe for humans, but is it optimal for normal functioning. With a lower oxygen content, won't your lungs need to labor more to recover oxygen, and/or wouldn't your work ability be impaired somewhat (sleepiness etc) but the oxygen-poor air? This would be especially true if physical labour was required, for example lifting heavy servers on/off racks.
I think it's all part of adding to the shock reaction. It's like mutilating a painting. The more breathtaking or valuable the original piece, the greater the reaction/outrage to the damage done. By using young innocent women/children/etc as victims, you are showing the senseless mutilation of something priceless. The perceived value of the young and beautiful, particularly females, seems to be greater in western society.
Oh, and sometimes the victim is an older person, say a banker or gangster, whatever, but young, beautiful, and tragic seems to be the more common one.
I've seen this after movies too. I remember well seeing "Gone in 60 seconds" (when it came out, long ago) and then watching all the idiots do burn-outs from the theatre and go peeling out. The funny thing was that apparently the cops were aware of this too, so they had some cars strategically placed after the shows ended.
Of course one could still bring up the cause->effect arguement, as it's unclear as to whether or not people drive like idiots due to game/movie influence, or people who drive like idiots like those types of games/movies.
While they do a good job, they do have the odd porn etc pictures that pop through. Further to that, it's quite a bit easier to spider out and filter the porn sites itself. A lot of them would have (but law) the 18+ entry page), they have plenty of keywords that could be filtered to pop up a red flag, etc etc
Other than the entered title/description, there isn't much that can flag something as a copyrighted video. Porn is easier.
If you want to see google's failed efforts to filter, check out the sites that spam keywords, and have a banner "front" page that forwards to the main site. There are plenty of these, pages that exist soley to get hits and then forward on... and google hasn't done a spectacular job of filtering those.
Yeah, one thing that youtube covers that a lot of other storage/transfer media do not: media hosting is expensive!
You could run an http server and put up your video there. However, if it becomes popular, then you will have your bandwidth/server swamped and possibly offlined
You could post it as an indirect p2p link, such as from aMule etc. At first it's going to be slow and a drag on your servers (until a few other people snag parts/copies), but if it's popular at least you won't take the main load. However, then you might get a bunch of asshats putting up copies of donkey porn and labeling it at your video... so this way lacks control.
ll
Then, you might try something in a more direct p2p approach, like a torrent link. You can still have an "official" source, with more control. The webpages and seeding will take bandwidth, but not as much as directly hosting the video. However, you might still get flooded with requests to the http/seeding server, and the upload ability will still depend on others doing the seeding.
With most of the above, anyone who wants to watch the clip will also have to wait for it to download, which could lessen interest. (note you could have an actual streaming server, but this is probably the worst drain on bandwidth/server power)
So the final method? Something like youtube. Video quality is in most cases not as good as a downloadable version in MPEG-2/MPEG-4/DivX/etc format, but it's actually not too bad (heck, it could even cover for grainy photography). You can link to it from an official site (although the indirect links may still exist), users will be able to view the content quickly once it grabs/buffers the first bit, and you're not going to be blasted with bandwidth bills. I'm not aware if google has any "official" youtube hosting, but this would still likely be a cut cheaper than host-it-yourself, with more powerful servers behind it, and lower the issues with fakes/clones.
Youtube definately has a place on the net beside pirated videos. I've seen quite a few good skits/shorts on there, and I'd imagine the longer videos could also prosper... though they might do better if segmented into "episodes." I've always wondered how projects like "Star Wreck" did in terms of bandwidth use, and I believe that a service like youtube might be quite useful for such things (if not for whole videos, then for part-episode or publicity shorts, or ads... watch part live and download the whole thing)
I haven't really heard much on the details of this, but I figured that it was basically a case of:
"If you're willing to pay us, we'll assign you a person/team who will be dedicated to checking out infractions on your IP"
I'm not sure google's the one to do this though, but perhaps a proper solution to the problem would be to have an independent party that could investing/delve copyright violations, paid by both the media companies (such as viacom) and those providing various services online (google-youtube, etc)
I was meaning to indicate that, despite the initial nastiness aimed at linux, it was not bad publicity for linux. At some point, I suppose "publicity is good", but in SCO's case it goes along with "shooting yourself in the foot is rarely a smart idea."
Just out of curiosity, are there any laws which prevent prevent the advocation of illegal acts such as this? I know if you actively encourage somebody in a crime (say, cheering on a beating) or some other circumstances, you can be charged with "aiding and abetting."
How about if you're just posting material advocating illegal acts?
That might be pushing it a bit, but how about making a lawyer-type character with a penchant for chasing ambulances?
Maybe a side-quest could be to steal an ambulance and make it to "target X" before the lawyer manages to catch up to you, or perhaps to reach X ambulances and/or eliminate the lawyer before he reaches them.
Yes, in the beginning this may have been enough to put some people off of linux. However, one must remember the old adage about "no publicity is bad publicity." The whole SCO case attracted quite a large deal of attention, and a lot of speculation on the legitimacy of linux and/or its licenses.
So if IBM is able to not only rip apart SCO's claims of infringement, but possibly nail SCO with their own infringement charges, then suddenly linux's image improves dramatically. Not only that, but the "common foe" scenario has in some ways strengthened to FOSS community, as well as IBM's commitment to linux.
How about a body-kinetic (charged by motion), water-resistant/waterproof watch?
Depending on where you travel, having a watch that doesn't require batteries and/or is resistant to the elements is a good thing. Alternately, I'd suggest at least getting a new battery put in your watch before you leave (again, weather-resistant watch)... it's worth the $5 even if the existing battery still has life.
As with many things, when you save money it doesn't necessarily mean you've got more "money in the bank" it just means you have more to spend on other things. Where I work we're a mixed windows/linux shop, and moving more towards the linux/FOSS route all the time.
Does that mean money saved overall, no. What it does mean is that money that would have been spent on X (software licenses, etc), is now spend on other stuff (aging infrastructure, upgraded network, etc and lots of other things that would have otherwise stay or been delayed in upgrading). There will always be places to dump cash, and what most of these studies don't seem to incorporate into the "studies" is that dollar for dollar, the spending might be the same or more for FOSS, but the results might not be the same nor what the money was spend on.
Hmmmm, so if I wanted to frame somebody, part of the procedure would be to access their computer and do a bunch of google searches on "hiding evidence", "untraceable poison" and various others...
While the likelyhood that somebody does such is low, it's certainly not impossible.
Which is to say that, of course, music and movies depicting or narrating gangbangers pimping hoes, killing rivals/cops/etc, and committing various other crimes are not harmful to children.
Hmmm... well at least their glass houses get a lot of light.
And if word of such behavior got out, I'm fairly sure things would go badly for MS. Such behavior is anti-competetive and illegal for the already-monopolist to persue.
Well first of all, losing weight and losing fat can be two different things. Through exercise you might be dumping fat, but gaining bulk (muscle). In that case you might gain weight, or break even, for a long period of time.
Overall, more muscle = more energy burn (so long as you use those muscles, they need fuel, and that needs to come from somewhere). Diets themselves can actually lead to weight gain, depending on how they are done quite often a body might react in a "shit, I'm getting a lot less food less frequently, better store some for emergencies"
The best combination is not so much dieting as healthy lifestyle, which is healthy exercise + healthy eating. For the record I've found that a not overly large amount of weight-lifting keeps my upper-body in decent enough condition (enough to trade possible mantits for some muscle, anyhow), and walking/biking etc seems to take care of most the rest.
Probably because I'm not the computer technician for her company, nor in any other way affiliated with it. I might do so for her home computer, but not for a company machine.
But it helps solve the chicken-before-the-egg issues that linux tends to run into. Big manufacturer starts supporting linux, starts using hardware that works in linux (even if it's a particular version of linux). Hardware vendors start getting orders for linux-compatible hardware. Other venders start supporting linux more in their hardware. More drivers, more compatible hardware, and the situation improves overall as the visibility and marketability of the OS increases.
Is it just me, or doesn't anyone else thing that MS must be rather worried about the fact that a large manufacturer is looking hard at selling a non-MS operating system?
For all OOO's faults, have you tried Office 2007? I just visited my mother, who's (as a secretary) been using MS Office products for a long time and got a new computer that came with 2007.
Least to say she was swearing a lot about how difficult and different the interface was. Not to mention what she doesn't know about the possible compatibility issues in the future...
She'd be better of with OOO but the sounds of it.
FUD didn't work
Co-operation doesn't seem to be doing much (see: Novell/Suse+Microsoft)
MS isn't dumb. While they might not have much of a clue as to what to do with OSS, they've got money to sink into hiring talent that can help them along in finding answers.
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Isn't a US gallon and a British/Imperial gallon actually different though?
:-)
Not that I would know, I'm Canadian, we use a sane system (Litres)
The cards themselves are good. It's definitely all in the drivers. For example with my good ol' SBLive:
Windows (Creative's Driver): Soundcard caused freeze-ups and crashes
Moved to linux (open source drivers): No more freeze-ups (switched to Cedega for my gaming needs)
so then I tried
Windows (Open Source Driver): Again, worked very nicely, without freeze-ups (although in general I still stay mostly in linux nowadays)
Now as far as linux goes, I love my old SBLive 5.1 cards. They're cheap, and do hardware mixing so I can happily use ALSA/OSS apps alongside KDE/arts or Esound without having the card tied up. On my other machines (laptops etc) that don't have hardware mixing, I generally go with esound but unfortunately not every application supports it (some are OSS/Alsa only).
I'll happily buy creative cards that have good OSS drivers. I won't buy the others because, no matter how good the card might be, my experience with Creative's drivers have not been good.
Outside of the soundcard realm, I remember that their "Creative Webcam Go" actually came with a driver CD that did not work. Yes, the drivers would not install from the accompanying CD (I know other people with the same camera, same problem), so you needed an internet connection to download the updated drivers. Way to go, Creative.
This might be safe for humans, but is it optimal for normal functioning. With a lower oxygen content, won't your lungs need to labor more to recover oxygen, and/or wouldn't your work ability be impaired somewhat (sleepiness etc) but the oxygen-poor air? This would be especially true if physical labour was required, for example lifting heavy servers on/off racks.
I think it's all part of adding to the shock reaction. It's like mutilating a painting. The more breathtaking or valuable the original piece, the greater the reaction/outrage to the damage done. By using young innocent women/children/etc as victims, you are showing the senseless mutilation of something priceless. The perceived value of the young and beautiful, particularly females, seems to be greater in western society.
Oh, and sometimes the victim is an older person, say a banker or gangster, whatever, but young, beautiful, and tragic seems to be the more common one.
Hmmmm, I think something along the lines of Dahak would be cool. For those that don't know about Dahak, read here
As a bonus, it would give me a fairly safe refuge from all those annoying IT patent laws etc that are getting passed around these parts.
I've seen this after movies too. I remember well seeing "Gone in 60 seconds" (when it came out, long ago) and then watching all the idiots do burn-outs from the theatre and go peeling out. The funny thing was that apparently the cops were aware of this too, so they had some cars strategically placed after the shows ended.
Of course one could still bring up the cause->effect arguement, as it's unclear as to whether or not people drive like idiots due to game/movie influence, or people who drive like idiots like those types of games/movies.
While they do a good job, they do have the odd porn etc pictures that pop through. Further to that, it's quite a bit easier to spider out and filter the porn sites itself. A lot of them would have (but law) the 18+ entry page), they have plenty of keywords that could be filtered to pop up a red flag, etc etc
Other than the entered title/description, there isn't much that can flag something as a copyrighted video. Porn is easier.
If you want to see google's failed efforts to filter, check out the sites that spam keywords, and have a banner "front" page that forwards to the main site. There are plenty of these, pages that exist soley to get hits and then forward on... and google hasn't done a spectacular job of filtering those.
Yeah, one thing that youtube covers that a lot of other storage/transfer media do not: media hosting is expensive!
You could run an http server and put up your video there. However, if it becomes popular, then you will have your bandwidth/server swamped and possibly offlined
You could post it as an indirect p2p link, such as from aMule etc. At first it's going to be slow and a drag on your servers (until a few other people snag parts/copies), but if it's popular at least you won't take the main load. However, then you might get a bunch of asshats putting up copies of donkey porn and labeling it at your video... so this way lacks control.
ll Then, you might try something in a more direct p2p approach, like a torrent link. You can still have an "official" source, with more control. The webpages and seeding will take bandwidth, but not as much as directly hosting the video. However, you might still get flooded with requests to the http/seeding server, and the upload ability will still depend on others doing the seeding.
With most of the above, anyone who wants to watch the clip will also have to wait for it to download, which could lessen interest. (note you could have an actual streaming server, but this is probably the worst drain on bandwidth/server power)
So the final method? Something like youtube. Video quality is in most cases not as good as a downloadable version in MPEG-2/MPEG-4/DivX/etc format, but it's actually not too bad (heck, it could even cover for grainy photography). You can link to it from an official site (although the indirect links may still exist), users will be able to view the content quickly once it grabs/buffers the first bit, and you're not going to be blasted with bandwidth bills. I'm not aware if google has any "official" youtube hosting, but this would still likely be a cut cheaper than host-it-yourself, with more powerful servers behind it, and lower the issues with fakes/clones.
Youtube definately has a place on the net beside pirated videos. I've seen quite a few good skits/shorts on there, and I'd imagine the longer videos could also prosper... though they might do better if segmented into "episodes." I've always wondered how projects like "Star Wreck" did in terms of bandwidth use, and I believe that a service like youtube might be quite useful for such things (if not for whole videos, then for part-episode or publicity shorts, or ads... watch part live and download the whole thing)
I haven't really heard much on the details of this, but I figured that it was basically a case of:
"If you're willing to pay us, we'll assign you a person/team who will be dedicated to checking out infractions on your IP"
I'm not sure google's the one to do this though, but perhaps a proper solution to the problem would be to have an independent party that could investing/delve copyright violations, paid by both the media companies (such as viacom) and those providing various services online (google-youtube, etc)
I was meaning to indicate that, despite the initial nastiness aimed at linux, it was not bad publicity for linux. At some point, I suppose "publicity is good", but in SCO's case it goes along with "shooting yourself in the foot is rarely a smart idea."
Just out of curiosity, are there any laws which prevent prevent the advocation of illegal acts such as this? I know if you actively encourage somebody in a crime (say, cheering on a beating) or some other circumstances, you can be charged with "aiding and abetting."
How about if you're just posting material advocating illegal acts?
That might be pushing it a bit, but how about making a lawyer-type character with a penchant for chasing ambulances?
Maybe a side-quest could be to steal an ambulance and make it to "target X" before the lawyer manages to catch up to you, or perhaps to reach X ambulances and/or eliminate the lawyer before he reaches them.
Yes, in the beginning this may have been enough to put some people off of linux. However, one must remember the old adage about "no publicity is bad publicity." The whole SCO case attracted quite a large deal of attention, and a lot of speculation on the legitimacy of linux and/or its licenses.
So if IBM is able to not only rip apart SCO's claims of infringement, but possibly nail SCO with their own infringement charges, then suddenly linux's image improves dramatically. Not only that, but the "common foe" scenario has in some ways strengthened to FOSS community, as well as IBM's commitment to linux.
How about a body-kinetic (charged by motion), water-resistant/waterproof watch?
Depending on where you travel, having a watch that doesn't require batteries and/or is resistant to the elements is a good thing. Alternately, I'd suggest at least getting a new battery put in your watch before you leave (again, weather-resistant watch)... it's worth the $5 even if the existing battery still has life.
As with many things, when you save money it doesn't necessarily mean you've got more "money in the bank" it just means you have more to spend on other things. Where I work we're a mixed windows/linux shop, and moving more towards the linux/FOSS route all the time.
Does that mean money saved overall, no. What it does mean is that money that would have been spent on X (software licenses, etc), is now spend on other stuff (aging infrastructure, upgraded network, etc and lots of other things that would have otherwise stay or been delayed in upgrading). There will always be places to dump cash, and what most of these studies don't seem to incorporate into the "studies" is that dollar for dollar, the spending might be the same or more for FOSS, but the results might not be the same nor what the money was spend on.
Hmmmm, so if I wanted to frame somebody, part of the procedure would be to access their computer and do a bunch of google searches on "hiding evidence", "untraceable poison" and various others...
While the likelyhood that somebody does such is low, it's certainly not impossible.
Texting generally requires you to having one hand consistently off the wheel and - at various points - your eyes off the road.
Smacking your whiney brat upside the head, in contrast, only requires that you coordinate your fingertips with your ears.
How about just enforcement of existing laws:
Driving with undue care and attention
Reckless driving
etc
Which is to say that, of course, music and movies depicting or narrating gangbangers pimping hoes, killing rivals/cops/etc, and committing various other crimes are not harmful to children.
Hmmm... well at least their glass houses get a lot of light.
And if word of such behavior got out, I'm fairly sure things would go badly for MS. Such behavior is anti-competetive and illegal for the already-monopolist to persue.
Well first of all, losing weight and losing fat can be two different things. Through exercise you might be dumping fat, but gaining bulk (muscle). In that case you might gain weight, or break even, for a long period of time.
Overall, more muscle = more energy burn (so long as you use those muscles, they need fuel, and that needs to come from somewhere). Diets themselves can actually lead to weight gain, depending on how they are done quite often a body might react in a "shit, I'm getting a lot less food less frequently, better store some for emergencies"
The best combination is not so much dieting as healthy lifestyle, which is healthy exercise + healthy eating. For the record I've found that a not overly large amount of weight-lifting keeps my upper-body in decent enough condition (enough to trade possible mantits for some muscle, anyhow), and walking/biking etc seems to take care of most the rest.
Probably because I'm not the computer technician for her company, nor in any other way affiliated with it. I might do so for her home computer, but not for a company machine.
But it helps solve the chicken-before-the-egg issues that linux tends to run into. Big manufacturer starts supporting linux, starts using hardware that works in linux (even if it's a particular version of linux). Hardware vendors start getting orders for linux-compatible hardware. Other venders start supporting linux more in their hardware. More drivers, more compatible hardware, and the situation improves overall as the visibility and marketability of the OS increases.
Is it just me, or doesn't anyone else thing that MS must be rather worried about the fact that a large manufacturer is looking hard at selling a non-MS operating system?
For all OOO's faults, have you tried Office 2007? I just visited my mother, who's (as a secretary) been using MS Office products for a long time and got a new computer that came with 2007.
Least to say she was swearing a lot about how difficult and different the interface was. Not to mention what she doesn't know about the possible compatibility issues in the future...
She'd be better of with OOO but the sounds of it.
FUD didn't work
Co-operation doesn't seem to be doing much (see: Novell/Suse+Microsoft)
MS isn't dumb. While they might not have much of a clue as to what to do with OSS, they've got money to sink into hiring talent that can help them along in finding answers.