And yet, the religion remains the same. How interesting.
What cracks me up is the moral high-ground they all have; despite starting all of the holy wars, we still get told to view other religions as "barbaric" and "disrespectful".
The soon the bible is scientifically proven to be complete nonsence, the sooner we can get on with building that Eutopia it speaks of. Oh, and if the worlds oil runs out soon, that'll help as well.
The Internet was begun as a government project, not a corporate one.
I agree with the point you are trying to make, but that is wrong. The internet was a joint project from scientists from all over the world, taking different elements of the new packet-switching technologies that were around. The DoD merely brought it all together with the purpose of using it as a weapon.
Had they not, the educational facitilites that were are the forefront of this research would have continued working on this regardless. The Universities, such as Berkley, deserve all of the credit. You don't credit the invention of the telephone to the guy who invented speed dial, or makes them in a factory somewhere.
You are the most sane pro-war person I have heard from. Respect is due.
everyone that we're going to do our national tradition, and let Iraq be its own counry as soon as is responsibly possible.
Just a pity that your knowledge of history is seriously lacking. You're only remembering the "popular wars", the ones they teach about in school and movies. In reality, the USA has done some really nasty things all over the world, of which most Americans have very little knowledge. Without meaning to insite anything or be a troll here, that is why so many people don't like you and are willing to die to extract revenge.
If you know your history, the moral high ground argument falls through.
A lot of "audiophiles" really show their ignorance when it comes to digital media. It seems they miss the point.
Though, saying that (grimance), theoretically a CD-R might contain more errors than a pressed disk, so the ECC decoder might have to "make up" (interpolate) some of the data.
Gold cables are good as well. Gold is a very good conductor.
Nope. An old second hand Soundblaster AWE64 gold hooked up to a reasonable amp & speakers would rip just about any soundcard on-board system apart. PC audio is really really bad. It's intended to make "dink" and "boing" sounds now and then, but that's about it.
Plus, having two soundcards is a great way to set up a media system. Set the system up to use the cheap one, and tell Winamp (or whatever you use) to use the dedicated one. Then webpages and system events don't screw up the enjoyment of your well-encoded media.;-)
so if I notice a slight difference on a hifi deck, it might be noticeable to someone else on PC speakers.
Highly doubtful.
I think there was a typo there. I reckon he meant to say that you might not be able to hear the same difference on PC speakers. As the fidelity is less, that makes perfect sense.
My original post way up the chain was mainly because I've heard so many people compare an mp3 on their PC speakers/headphones through an on-board soundcard to a CD played on their HiFi. That's just bad science.
If you care that much about music, then why not just listen to CD's or pure WAV form? Why mess with lossy compression at all?
Because when it's done properly, the "lossy" issue is not a problem, as you will have already decided what your minimum requirements are. I use the r3mix mp3 encoder preset (site seems to be down, very odd), and I get great results through my AWE64 soundcard hooked up to a separates system.
The open-source cd -> mp3 ripper/encoder CDex has an encoder option to use this quality preset. Ideal.
I'm sure that in a few years or so, most devices will feature upgradable codecs. The software industry is moving much faster than the hardware one for consumer items, and they are always behind in the codecs.
When a codec is released, you can install it on your PC without any problems, worst case a reboot. With hardware, you need to wait for the entire life cycle to reach the shipping phase and by then the codec will be old.
To do a true test, you need to encode the files, decode them to PCM wav format, then burn to an audio CD.
Then, you have to do a blind test with all of them. You also need to use a variety of source material, because different genres of music compress better under some encoders.
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And they aren't far away from it. The key problems will be in the software, getting all the systems to talk together and fully integrate. But the mobile devices are starting to come through with the next-gen mobiles.
Oxford Research Labs, the people behind VNC, were doing similar stuff without the mobile technology parts quite some time ago. They had a location system that could pinpoint where an employee was in their buildings. When someone calls you, a phone nearby would ring with a distinctive personal ring.
The same systems would enable you to sit at any workstation and see your own private desktop. Hence the birth of VNC.
Your wasting your time. Americans are brought up to love their country with a passion, the entire schooling system is based on instilling nationalistic pride. It is logistically imposible for them to even think for a moment that it may not be the best place in the world.
Then, it's kinda missing the point. I use proper IMAP on my mobile, not "IMAP pretending to be POP". Sounds more like a compatability feature rather than true support.
At least you only have to pay for it if you want convienence. The XBox will absolutely refuse to play DVDs until you buy the remote, which works in the exact same way. Not that it contains any of the required hardware, it only acts as a dongle.
Not without precident. The original Playstation lost many external interfaces during its life. First to go were the RCA line-outs (audio + video), and later the never-officially-used expansion port was dropped.
This was partially how they managed to reduce the cost of the device over the years. Less parts to purchase and manage, install and test, and finally rework if broke. You can make surprising savings by trimming little things off your hardware.
Exactly, you answered your own point! The XBox lacks the tv-tuner part. I was going to go down the XBox route myself, but I'd rather have TIVO-like functionality if possible.
For a media centre, this seems like the ideal choice. I'm not sure if the MythTV or similar projects are mature enough yet though.
Are you saying they are houseless but all live together?
Yes, they are homeless and live together in sheltered places. Under bridges etc, drive 3km from any major city centre and you'll see it. The USA has millions below the poverty line (not singling anyone out, just don't have figures for elsewhere).
Perhaps communities is a poor choice of words on my part, another example of our make-myself-feel-good doublethink, along with the irrelevant once-per-year canned food drives we have for them.
I would also question how many of these people live like this by choice.
None. They would rather live somewhere, but can't. They are the kids thrown out of their homes by their parents, or left in other unpleasant circumstances. Perhaps they have too much pride to return home and eat humble pie. Perhaps they don't have anyone to turn to at all.
Agreed on the the mental/drug problems, that is one of the main factors, however not always the cause of their situation. Many get hooked on drugs because of the availability of them, and the pressures of that kind of life.
I think you also don't really understand what a caste system is.
I do, but in honesty I was probably being a bit flipant earlier. In a true caste system, you can't move. I'm sure modern ones "that don't exist officially" do allow for some movement, just like our society does.
People do move from poverty into at least middle class occasionally and they are more than just a token few.
I'd disagree with that. Lower-class might make the move, but generally not poverty stricken people. To live in poverty, you are really poor and you wouldn't even be able to afford the bus to your place of education. Plus, in those communities, very little emphasis is placed on education, as it's not a priority. Eating is.
It is based on the Hindu belief of stages in life.
I wonder what caste the originators of the system had? Probably saw themselves as god-like, how conveinient!!
Bong makers are aware of this fact as well. Putting a bit of cloth/gause over the pipe at the bottom will make the air flow into lots of smaller bubbles, rather than a few large ones. Most surface area, more cooling.
I'd love to submit an "Ask Slashdot" article on the making of bongs. I'm sure we'd see quite a few novel ideas from the MacGyver Smokers out there...
No, publication to me sounds respectable. The local term should be "news rag", but I'm not sure if many folks would understand that.;-)
I don't doubt they are news. 70% of the front page about what dress a celebritory was wearing at an awards bash could be considered news (todays issue), just not relevant to anyone or anything. Think of them as Fox. On a dumb day.
For instance, a year or so ago they had a campaign where local bars and pubs were giving portions of their booze sales to charities fighting drugs. Alcohol causes way more problems in the UK.
Most people buy it for the sport coverage. So they say. But, said coverage has a perchant for "embolishing" the truth, or completely making things up, much like they do with the regular news. I hold readers of it in very poor regard.
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What cracks me up is the moral high-ground they all have; despite starting all of the holy wars, we still get told to view other religions as "barbaric" and "disrespectful".
The soon the bible is scientifically proven to be complete nonsence, the sooner we can get on with building that Eutopia it speaks of. Oh, and if the worlds oil runs out soon, that'll help as well.
qui bono : Who benefits?
Ask yourself that before trusting mainstream media. Seeing as it's really them who are really running the show...
That sounds familiar...
I agree with the point you are trying to make, but that is wrong. The internet was a joint project from scientists from all over the world, taking different elements of the new packet-switching technologies that were around. The DoD merely brought it all together with the purpose of using it as a weapon.
Had they not, the educational facitilites that were are the forefront of this research would have continued working on this regardless. The Universities, such as Berkley, deserve all of the credit. You don't credit the invention of the telephone to the guy who invented speed dial, or makes them in a factory somewhere.
You are the most sane pro-war person I have heard from. Respect is due.
everyone that we're going to do our national tradition, and let Iraq be its own counry as soon as is responsibly possible.
Just a pity that your knowledge of history is seriously lacking. You're only remembering the "popular wars", the ones they teach about in school and movies. In reality, the USA has done some really nasty things all over the world, of which most Americans have very little knowledge. Without meaning to insite anything or be a troll here, that is why so many people don't like you and are willing to die to extract revenge.
If you know your history, the moral high ground argument falls through.
Oh, right. So, just like Bush, it will be a puppet government, in reality run from behind the scenes? ;-)
I think Tony is getting jealous...the UK is supposed to be the 51st state...
Though, saying that (grimance), theoretically a CD-R might contain more errors than a pressed disk, so the ECC decoder might have to "make up" (interpolate) some of the data.
Gold cables are good as well. Gold is a very good conductor.
Plus, having two soundcards is a great way to set up a media system. Set the system up to use the cheap one, and tell Winamp (or whatever you use) to use the dedicated one. Then webpages and system events don't screw up the enjoyment of your well-encoded media. ;-)
I think there was a typo there. I reckon he meant to say that you might not be able to hear the same difference on PC speakers. As the fidelity is less, that makes perfect sense.
My original post way up the chain was mainly because I've heard so many people compare an mp3 on their PC speakers/headphones through an on-board soundcard to a CD played on their HiFi. That's just bad science.
If you care that much about music, then why not just listen to CD's or pure WAV form? Why mess with lossy compression at all?
Because when it's done properly, the "lossy" issue is not a problem, as you will have already decided what your minimum requirements are. I use the r3mix mp3 encoder preset (site seems to be down, very odd), and I get great results through my AWE64 soundcard hooked up to a separates system.
The open-source cd -> mp3 ripper/encoder CDex has an encoder option to use this quality preset. Ideal.
When a codec is released, you can install it on your PC without any problems, worst case a reboot. With hardware, you need to wait for the entire life cycle to reach the shipping phase and by then the codec will be old.
Then, you have to do a blind test with all of them. You also need to use a variety of source material, because different genres of music compress better under some encoders.
Oxford Research Labs, the people behind VNC, were doing similar stuff without the mobile technology parts quite some time ago. They had a location system that could pinpoint where an employee was in their buildings. When someone calls you, a phone nearby would ring with a distinctive personal ring.
The same systems would enable you to sit at any workstation and see your own private desktop. Hence the birth of VNC.
Your wasting your time. Americans are brought up to love their country with a passion, the entire schooling system is based on instilling nationalistic pride. It is logistically imposible for them to even think for a moment that it may not be the best place in the world.
Security through obscurity?
Cough Cough!!
The twist here was that when you phoned up, you heard a recording of an engaged tone. People would keep calling back until they gave up.
Expect similar scams in the US as SMS becomes more common.
Then, it's kinda missing the point. I use proper IMAP on my mobile, not "IMAP pretending to be POP". Sounds more like a compatability feature rather than true support.
"Digital Restrictions Management" is a more accurate term.
At least you only have to pay for it if you want convienence. The XBox will absolutely refuse to play DVDs until you buy the remote, which works in the exact same way. Not that it contains any of the required hardware, it only acts as a dongle.
This was partially how they managed to reduce the cost of the device over the years. Less parts to purchase and manage, install and test, and finally rework if broke. You can make surprising savings by trimming little things off your hardware.
For a media centre, this seems like the ideal choice. I'm not sure if the MythTV or similar projects are mature enough yet though.
Yes, they are homeless and live together in sheltered places. Under bridges etc, drive 3km from any major city centre and you'll see it. The USA has millions below the poverty line (not singling anyone out, just don't have figures for elsewhere).
Perhaps communities is a poor choice of words on my part, another example of our make-myself-feel-good doublethink, along with the irrelevant once-per-year canned food drives we have for them.
I would also question how many of these people live like this by choice.
None. They would rather live somewhere, but can't. They are the kids thrown out of their homes by their parents, or left in other unpleasant circumstances. Perhaps they have too much pride to return home and eat humble pie. Perhaps they don't have anyone to turn to at all.
Agreed on the the mental/drug problems, that is one of the main factors, however not always the cause of their situation. Many get hooked on drugs because of the availability of them, and the pressures of that kind of life.
I think you also don't really understand what a caste system is.
I do, but in honesty I was probably being a bit flipant earlier. In a true caste system, you can't move. I'm sure modern ones "that don't exist officially" do allow for some movement, just like our society does.
People do move from poverty into at least middle class occasionally and they are more than just a token few.
I'd disagree with that. Lower-class might make the move, but generally not poverty stricken people. To live in poverty, you are really poor and you wouldn't even be able to afford the bus to your place of education. Plus, in those communities, very little emphasis is placed on education, as it's not a priority. Eating is.
It is based on the Hindu belief of stages in life.
I wonder what caste the originators of the system had? Probably saw themselves as god-like, how conveinient!!
I'd love to submit an "Ask Slashdot" article on the making of bongs. I'm sure we'd see quite a few novel ideas from the MacGyver Smokers out there...
I don't doubt they are news. 70% of the front page about what dress a celebritory was wearing at an awards bash could be considered news (todays issue), just not relevant to anyone or anything. Think of them as Fox. On a dumb day.
For instance, a year or so ago they had a campaign where local bars and pubs were giving portions of their booze sales to charities fighting drugs. Alcohol causes way more problems in the UK.
Most people buy it for the sport coverage. So they say. But, said coverage has a perchant for "embolishing" the truth, or completely making things up, much like they do with the regular news. I hold readers of it in very poor regard.