While any commercial software that gets developed for Linux is a plus for everyone involved, I think their $75k would be better spend on a programmer for a year. This seems like an inexpensive way for them to generate "buzz" around their product in the OSS community - even though their product is not OSS.
Don't get me wrong - I think the REAL codecs are great, but this "offer" isn't.
Delivery time would have been about six weeks, and the same delivery charge would either have had the car shipped to me, or would have paid for me to fly to the factory, stay in a hotel overnight, get a factory tour, and then drive home in the car, with a map showing both the tourist route home and the fast one.
Buying a car in Europe seems to be a more elaborate experience than in America. I believe this is due partly to the fact that Europeans tend to keep their car longer than Americans do. Here in the states, if you drive a car more than 5 years old, you are considered "quaint". FWIW, I drive only German cars - they are the best in the world.
Many automakers in europe already do this. Their dealership is little more then a few cubicles and one or two floor models to ooh and aah at. There are no "in stock" vehicles. You place your order with one of the workers there where you specify everything exactly as you want it. paint color, interior color, every option, which wheels, etc. And they offer many more options - even on the same cars that are sold here in the US - presumably us Americans are too dumb and would be confused by having so many options. Anyhow, once your order is placed, you are given an order number and a delivery date - usually two months or so down the road - when your car will arrive. Exactly as you ordered it.
Any E.U. citizens care to comment / elaborate on this?
$20.00 per seat for an "all-day" gaming pass. Or $5.00/hr. That would allow people to come in and hold LAN parties on your modern equipment - an attractive thing for poor students who have a Celeron 300 and ATI Mach64.
Next thing you'll say is that all these tax cuts in the midst of a growing budget deficit are no problem. Yeaaaah, riiiight.
Try reading this and tell me that the current direction of the Bush admin is just A-O-K.
Yes, I will. Someone has to clean up the mess that Clinton created. Stimulating the economy is one way to do that. Federal defecit can be repayed.
I shudder to think what the US would be like today had there been a liberal like Clinton in office. It is frightening.
I need to make sure I have this right. If we give the rich a tax break, they will create more jobs. Those jobs in turn will be transfered overseas where the rich will again see an increase in their capital investments which are now taxed less. Ok. Just making sure I understand. No further questions.
Not quite sure how you got a +5 Informative... More like -1 Misinformed.
Anyhow, it's the poor who benefited the most from the recent tax cuts. For example, if Joe Wealthy saved $30,000 this year in his taxes - so what? That doesn't enable him to do anything more than he could before. The poor - who don't pay a penny in tax anyways, can now get a $400 per child tax credit on the $0 tax that they paid. $400 is a LOT to a poor person and certainly enables them to do something they previously couldnt.
Secondly, decreasing the capital gains tax benefits soon-to-be and just-retired people. They are the ones (besides the rich) who will reap large gains on the investments they've been making as part of their retirement planning.
Besides giving free cash handouts to the poor (which the recent tax cuts almost are...), how do you propose to improve the tax system in an equitable manner, that will not benefit the wealthy in some way?
Quit your bitching, finish your college degree, and go get a damn job.
This isn't that amasing. Firstly this is done using a CPU and a DSP. No ogg specific hardware is mentioned........Basicly what they have done was to pick up a core and stick it on an FPGA then compiled ogg/vobis for that CPU's ISA.
Place a bit of a bootloader and something to handle the I/O and its done. No magic.
Don't you see - that IS the magic. This means that such a device can be firmware upgradable to support new audio codecs.
I'm kind of pissed that my $150 diamond rio can't be flash upgraded to support OGG.
Unless they are super CPU intensive (like DVD playback or MPEG2 used to be) I think that codecs should NOT be hard coded into the chips. The processors in these devices should be general purpose - not only to accept new codecs in the future, but also to "upgrade" the existing decode engines in the device as newer/better/more efficient ones become available.
I've been resisting the indoor-plumbing pull for a while but out-houses are becoming more and more obselete. So, I'm thinking about joining the hordes, but I have two problems with indoor plumbing: paying the water bill and the periodic cleaning, which annoy me to no end. Maybe I've just seen crappy looking toilet bowls, but this leads me to my question: should I go ahead and purchase a toilet and indoor plumbing regardless of my qualms or wait for a machine which sucks the shit straight out of my ass? My hope is that such a machine would lead to a more convenient defecating experience, but, then again, I could be waiting in vain. Plus, I don't want to embrace modern technology only to have it be replaced within a couple of years.
Besides the fact that this is an obvious troll, I feel compelled to correct some of these points.
I know this is about competition or as Microsoft spins it..."The ability to innovate" but it's hell for Joe Average who doesn't know what a hard drive is much less ogg, encode, decode, bitrate, etc.
How exactly is it hell for joe average? All the modern media players support all the modern formats. Joe Average doesn't need to know the difference.
The rest should be tossed so we can have the best players and quality formats that will improve exponentially.
If as you propose, all the music formats are eliminated except one, it will cause quality and file size to NOT improve. When has Microsoft innovated when faced with 0 competition? Never.
Mp3 and ogg are great formats but the Microsoft version of the mp3 formats so we should just concentrate on those and refining the quality and file size.
And just how do you propose that we "concentrate on those and refining the quality and file size" on a closed source microsoft proprietary format?
I have noticed that my herpes outbreaks are getting more nasty than usual. My genital warts are flaring up as well. What does the typical slashdot geek do to treat their symptoms? I've heard various TV and radio ads for products that claim to help, but before I shell out the $50 for the product, I'd like to hear how well it works. What are your thoughts?
It would be enough if some kind soul provided some.config files pre-written so that us non-hackers could get a kernel build going quickly, that's suited to our distro.
The problem with providing pre-written.config files is that you have no idea what kind of hardware the end user is running. So you end up with a kernel that's completely modularized (a la redhat), which I'm not a big fan of - or your monolithic kernel will work only on a few people's machines.
"I'm hoping that Linux vendors will start offering the test kernels as installation alternatives, and do things like make upgrade internal machines, so that when the real 2.6.0 does happen, we're all set."
That would be useful in getting these new kernels debuged quickly. The install should default to the latest stable release however, and should be very clear that the optional test kernels are infact not a final product release.
Otherwise we'll have made the same mistake as Microsoft - shipping incomplete products under the guise of a polished solution - and having our paying customers debug and test them for us.;-)
Well, for that time anyway. I doubt it would be certified street legal today. You'd have to add hundreds of pounds of safety features and exhaust scrubbers and lose the power-to-weight ratio game.
And so would the (not-all-aluminum) AC Cobra. Your point?
Well, Daimler-Benz made an all-aluminum V12 with fuel injection and 1400hp output as far back as the '30s. They used to mount them in these strange looking three-wheeled single seater vehicles with tons of machine guns and cannons up front. Aluminum engines aren't anything new really.
Aluminum has been used extensively in engine building for decades now, true.
But the combination of 1. all-aluminum engine, 2. dual overhead cams, 3. four valves per cylinder, 4. the use of titanium in the engine, 5. an engine that produces over 100hp per liter, and here's the kicker: 6. all of the above in a street legal road car.
It was point #6 that I found to be astounding. Those points listed above are still considered advanced today - the fact that this was the '50's when that car was built makes it even more amazing.
You mean like the Ford/AC Cobra, back in 1965? Or the Land Rover?...ho hum....
Yes, but the A8 and the A2 are volume production vehicles unlike the Cobra. Many people drive A8's and A2's.
I could tell you that in 1953, the Porsche 550 spyder had an all-aluminum engine with dual overhead cams, 4 valves per cylinder, titanium connecting rods, and made over 100 hp per liter of displacement. But the 550 spyder was hardly an everyday-people car.
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While any commercial software that gets developed for Linux is a plus for everyone involved, I think their $75k would be better spend on a programmer for a year. This seems like an inexpensive way for them to generate "buzz" around their product in the OSS community - even though their product is not OSS.
Don't get me wrong - I think the REAL codecs are great, but this "offer" isn't.
Red rover, red rover, Bob Lazar's comin' over.
that South Park episode.
SHOE!
"Ooh you American all have great big penis!"
Yeah. That episode.
Delivery time would have been about six weeks, and the same delivery charge would either have had the car shipped to me, or would have paid for me to fly to the factory, stay in a hotel overnight, get a factory tour, and then drive home in the car, with a map showing both the tourist route home and the fast one.
Buying a car in Europe seems to be a more elaborate experience than in America. I believe this is due partly to the fact that Europeans tend to keep their car longer than Americans do. Here in the states, if you drive a car more than 5 years old, you are considered "quaint". FWIW, I drive only German cars - they are the best in the world.
Many automakers in europe already do this. Their dealership is little more then a few cubicles and one or two floor models to ooh and aah at. There are no "in stock" vehicles. You place your order with one of the workers there where you specify everything exactly as you want it. paint color, interior color, every option, which wheels, etc. And they offer many more options - even on the same cars that are sold here in the US - presumably us Americans are too dumb and would be confused by having so many options. Anyhow, once your order is placed, you are given an order number and a delivery date - usually two months or so down the road - when your car will arrive. Exactly as you ordered it.
Any E.U. citizens care to comment / elaborate on this?
I'm sure glad they aren't going after sensible folks who listen to good music.
Let me guess... you work part-time compiling site filter lists for Net-Nanny?
Yeah, that's what I tell them too.
Arent sweaty palms the result of too much masturbation? Or maybe that's hairy palms?
What happens if you have sweaty, hairy palms?? Perhaps we need the Norelco-RightGuard mouse to cure both ailments in one shot.
$20.00 per seat for an "all-day" gaming pass. Or $5.00/hr. That would allow people to come in and hold LAN parties on your modern equipment - an attractive thing for poor students who have a Celeron 300 and ATI Mach64.
that's why I use OS-X and itunes. Apple hardware and software "just works". And it's twice as tasty now that I can build linux software on OSX.
A dual R4000 cpu core! OMG!
I used to have an SGI Indy with R4000 mips cpu.
claims that 85% of Microsoft's entire product line infringes its digital security patents
Patents aren't the only thing Microsoft is known for infringing. But you already knew that.
Next thing you'll say is that all these tax cuts in the midst of a growing budget deficit are no problem. Yeaaaah, riiiight. Try reading this and tell me that the current direction of the Bush admin is just A-O-K.
Yes, I will. Someone has to clean up the mess that Clinton created. Stimulating the economy is one way to do that. Federal defecit can be repayed.
I shudder to think what the US would be like today had there been a liberal like Clinton in office. It is frightening.
I need to make sure I have this right. If we give the rich a tax break, they will create more jobs. Those jobs in turn will be transfered overseas where the rich will again see an increase in their capital investments which are now taxed less. Ok. Just making sure I understand. No further questions.
Not quite sure how you got a +5 Informative... More like -1 Misinformed.
Anyhow, it's the poor who benefited the most from the recent tax cuts. For example, if Joe Wealthy saved $30,000 this year in his taxes - so what? That doesn't enable him to do anything more than he could before. The poor - who don't pay a penny in tax anyways, can now get a $400 per child tax credit on the $0 tax that they paid. $400 is a LOT to a poor person and certainly enables them to do something they previously couldnt.
Secondly, decreasing the capital gains tax benefits soon-to-be and just-retired people. They are the ones (besides the rich) who will reap large gains on the investments they've been making as part of their retirement planning.
Besides giving free cash handouts to the poor (which the recent tax cuts almost are...), how do you propose to improve the tax system in an equitable manner, that will not benefit the wealthy in some way?
Quit your bitching, finish your college degree, and go get a damn job.
Go get a gym membership you cheap bastard!
I pay $35 a month at a gym here in DC. They are open 5 am - 11 pm which is very nice.
I can go before work, on my lunch hour, after work, or late at night.
very flexible. and people in the office won't look at you like your nuts.
This isn't that amasing. Firstly this is done using a CPU and a DSP. No ogg specific hardware is mentioned........Basicly what they have done was to pick up a core and stick it on an FPGA then compiled ogg/vobis for that CPU's ISA. Place a bit of a bootloader and something to handle the I/O and its done. No magic.
Don't you see - that IS the magic. This means that such a device can be firmware upgradable to support new audio codecs.
I'm kind of pissed that my $150 diamond rio can't be flash upgraded to support OGG.
Unless they are super CPU intensive (like DVD playback or MPEG2 used to be) I think that codecs should NOT be hard coded into the chips. The processors in these devices should be general purpose - not only to accept new codecs in the future, but also to "upgrade" the existing decode engines in the device as newer/better/more efficient ones become available.
I've been resisting the indoor-plumbing pull for a while but out-houses are becoming more and more obselete. So, I'm thinking about joining the hordes, but I have two problems with indoor plumbing: paying the water bill and the periodic cleaning, which annoy me to no end. Maybe I've just seen crappy looking toilet bowls, but this leads me to my question: should I go ahead and purchase a toilet and indoor plumbing regardless of my qualms or wait for a machine which sucks the shit straight out of my ass? My hope is that such a machine would lead to a more convenient defecating experience, but, then again, I could be waiting in vain. Plus, I don't want to embrace modern technology only to have it be replaced within a couple of years.
Besides the fact that this is an obvious troll, I feel compelled to correct some of these points.
I know this is about competition or as Microsoft spins it..."The ability to innovate" but it's hell for Joe Average who doesn't know what a hard drive is much less ogg, encode, decode, bitrate, etc.
How exactly is it hell for joe average? All the modern media players support all the modern formats. Joe Average doesn't need to know the difference.
The rest should be tossed so we can have the best players and quality formats that will improve exponentially.
If as you propose, all the music formats are eliminated except one, it will cause quality and file size to NOT improve. When has Microsoft innovated when faced with 0 competition? Never.
Mp3 and ogg are great formats but the Microsoft version of the mp3 formats so we should just concentrate on those and refining the quality and file size.
And just how do you propose that we "concentrate on those and refining the quality and file size" on a closed source microsoft proprietary format?
Sorry troll, Ogg is the only way to go.
I have noticed that my herpes outbreaks are getting more nasty than usual. My genital warts are flaring up as well. What does the typical slashdot geek do to treat their symptoms? I've heard various TV and radio ads for products that claim to help, but before I shell out the $50 for the product, I'd like to hear how well it works. What are your thoughts?
It would be enough if some kind soul provided some .config files pre-written so that us non-hackers could get a kernel build going quickly, that's suited to our distro.
.config files is that you have no idea what kind of hardware the end user is running. So you end up with a kernel that's completely modularized (a la redhat), which I'm not a big fan of - or your monolithic kernel will work only on a few people's machines.
The problem with providing pre-written
"I'm hoping that Linux vendors will start offering the test kernels as installation alternatives, and do things like make upgrade internal machines, so that when the real 2.6.0 does happen, we're all set."
;-)
That would be useful in getting these new kernels debuged quickly. The install should default to the latest stable release however, and should be very clear that the optional test kernels are infact not a final product release.
Otherwise we'll have made the same mistake as Microsoft - shipping incomplete products under the guise of a polished solution - and having our paying customers debug and test them for us.
I am going to have a 'case of the Mondays' real quick..
No way man... hell no. Where I work, a guy could get the crap beat out of him for saying something like that.
Well, for that time anyway. I doubt it would be certified street legal today. You'd have to add hundreds of pounds of safety features and exhaust scrubbers and lose the power-to-weight ratio game.
And so would the (not-all-aluminum) AC Cobra. Your point?
Well, Daimler-Benz made an all-aluminum V12 with fuel injection and 1400hp output as far back as the '30s. They used to mount them in these strange looking three-wheeled single seater vehicles with tons of machine guns and cannons up front. Aluminum engines aren't anything new really.
Aluminum has been used extensively in engine building for decades now, true.
But the combination of 1. all-aluminum engine, 2. dual overhead cams, 3. four valves per cylinder, 4. the use of titanium in the engine, 5. an engine that produces over 100hp per liter, and here's the kicker: 6. all of the above in a street legal road car.
It was point #6 that I found to be astounding. Those points listed above are still considered advanced today - the fact that this was the '50's when that car was built makes it even more amazing.
You mean like the Ford/AC Cobra, back in 1965? Or the Land Rover? ...ho hum....
Yes, but the A8 and the A2 are volume production vehicles unlike the Cobra. Many people drive A8's and A2's.
I could tell you that in 1953, the Porsche 550 spyder had an all-aluminum engine with dual overhead cams, 4 valves per cylinder, titanium connecting rods, and made over 100 hp per liter of displacement. But the 550 spyder was hardly an everyday-people car.