There is also an option to claim fair use (although I think it uses different words) after it identifies a song. I did this for an artwork of mine on Youtube that included the first 30 seconds of a Cure song, and the video stayed. I really do think that in my case, it was fair use. But if you're just trying to upload an old Pearl Jam video, then this probably won't help.
I read that paper. Here is the only thing that you can take from it: in a given time frame, the people who upload a greater number of videos during that time will be less likely to have a very popular video. The rest is poorly thought out "what ifs". The paper assumes that correlation is causation (uploading more videos decreases your chances or success) but it could just as easily be the other way around. And they don't mention any sort of research or metric for measuring "video quality" other than making the assumption that a user's videos improve in quality over time.
A bit off topic, but I've recently changed my thinking a bit about this whole debate, and I'm wondering why ID or other philosophical concepts can't be discussed in schools as philosophy?...as long as it's made clear that evolution is science and any questions about the existence of the universe or life or some kind of intelligence other than humans is (currently) philosophy. I think open discussions of philosophy in logical, rational terms among kids is a good thing, and might be more beneficial to science than just pretending like the debate doesn't exist, and letting religious-fanatic parents program their kids without addressing the issue at all in schools.
I only skimmed the article, but I never saw any mention what's happening to CS enrollment relative to *other* departments. It was my understanding that there is a general increase in college/grad enrollment in most departments when the economy dips.
In the "Legal Issues" section of the article, I expected to see something about the issue of FFMPEG potentially infringing on existing patents. Instead there's just some stuff about violating the GPL. Seems like a major oversight to me.
What *is* up with the patent issue? Is it possible to use FFMPEG legally in commercial software if you adhere to the GPL and buy licenses for the patents that you're using? Since I already paid for software that includes encoders for some of these patented codecs, does that allow me to legally use FFMPEG? In my lifetime, how many times do I have to pay the patent fees for MPEG2 encoding?
Also, the user interfaces on shows' websites are typically atrocious and don't stick to any standards. Hulu isn't a great interface, but at least now that quite a few shows are on there you have a consistent mediocre interface.
If I was a sports fan, and I couldn't view ESPN's content because of my choice of ISP, I think I'd just look elsewhere
I'm not a sports fan either, but I do know from talking to my friends who are that many times, certain games and footage are only available from one provider. Saying you'll look elsewhere is like saying "since my ISP doesn't support Metallica, I'll just listen to Creed." -- it ain't the same thing.
I've heard this a lot, but some studies suggest that efficient smoking actually delivers just as much THC as vaporization. It does sound like vaporization is less harmful though.
Another issue I wish they'd fix is remembering the last save directory when doing a "Save As..."...
If you're in Windows, Direct Folders fixes that problem in almost every program. I'm not one to install a lot of add-ons, but since I discovered Direct Folders, I can't live without it.
My experience is that, aside from state of mind and environment (which is very important), one of the biggest problems with LSD use is that the potency is so unpredictable. LSD is, by orders of magnitude, more potent than most other recreational drugs. One hit of blotter could contain a very small dose, or it could contain many times a typical dose. Back when I used LSD in the 90's, one hit of blotter would generally vary from 1/4 of a reasonable dose to 5x a reasonable dose, but most people do not take this into consideration. You're likely to have a rough time when you get one of those strong hits and eat the whole thing.
I think that if you're going to do LSD, it is important to evaluate the potency beforehand. Buy several hits of blotter at once, and start off by setting aside a day and taking 1/4th or 1/8th of a hit to see how strong it really is. Keep in mind that if it's really strong, then it could result in a full trip even with so little, so be prepared. And don't take 1/4th and then later take more when it seems like it's not that strong -- it can take hours for it to really kick in. I've made that mistake. Also note that you can't evaluate it the day before you intend to take a full dose because tolerance goes way up for a few days after you use it. Different people react in different ways to LSD, so don't just take other people's word for how strong it is.
No shit, why can't anybody but Apple design a good looking computer? It's not rocket science, it requires only some basic understanding of art/design history to avoid the monstrosities that PC makers put out. Only nice thing about it is that my PC laptop is so ugly that I don't care, I spray paint it, duct tape the broken piece on the bottom, whatever. Some of my MacBook friends have actually said that they envy my ability to paint it and not care what it looks like, haha.
Agreed. It would be crazy to try to manage more CDs than will fit on a $50 hard drive these days. Back up the CDs to a hard drive, back up that drive to another one and store it off site. I think the days of archiving things to optical disk are over.
Ha, I've done this with my regular video projector. It's a little tricky to prop up a regular-sized projector correctly because they're a little heavy and the cords come out the back, but I found that I could use a couple of screws to mount it vertically to a heavy base designed for a LCD television. If you have a wall-mounted LCD TV, then you probably have one of these bases sitting around since they all come with one, and you have to remove it to wall-mount the TV.
The FA's title actually mentions that it's specifically for child porn. But some employers might also be interested in the tool since it's against many company policies to have porn on work computers.
We had to abandon it, it was just too ambitious, and during the time that I was working on it my schedule was gradually getting more and more ridiculous. The display code for that RPG was pushing the Atari so hard, and so it was very delicate and became time-consuming to keep in balance. Most of the display, music, map-handling, and memory management was in place. But the battle system and overall RPG design were just getting started. I've had some people interested in the code for other 2600 RPG projects so something may still come out of it.
We still may release a H*R Atari 2600 game at some point -- we've talked about some other ideas that would be much more reasonable.
Am I crazy or is Mahir Çar not on there? That's the first time I remember many of my friends from different regions emailing me links to the same thing within a few days. I was thinking at the time that it was an unusual phenomenon -- for something to spread so fast without having any commercial backing.
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Wow, the UI sounds almost as bad as an open-source project!
due (seriously?)
Realtime ray-tracing.
There is also an option to claim fair use (although I think it uses different words) after it identifies a song. I did this for an artwork of mine on Youtube that included the first 30 seconds of a Cure song, and the video stayed. I really do think that in my case, it was fair use. But if you're just trying to upload an old Pearl Jam video, then this probably won't help.
I read that paper. Here is the only thing that you can take from it: in a given time frame, the people who upload a greater number of videos during that time will be less likely to have a very popular video. The rest is poorly thought out "what ifs". The paper assumes that correlation is causation (uploading more videos decreases your chances or success) but it could just as easily be the other way around. And they don't mention any sort of research or metric for measuring "video quality" other than making the assumption that a user's videos improve in quality over time.
that I'm helping to get my work done right now!
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I mean public, and I do mean discuss every philosophy and teach kids how to analyze different philosophies in a logical way.
A bit off topic, but I've recently changed my thinking a bit about this whole debate, and I'm wondering why ID or other philosophical concepts can't be discussed in schools as philosophy? ...as long as it's made clear that evolution is science and any questions about the existence of the universe or life or some kind of intelligence other than humans is (currently) philosophy. I think open discussions of philosophy in logical, rational terms among kids is a good thing, and might be more beneficial to science than just pretending like the debate doesn't exist, and letting religious-fanatic parents program their kids without addressing the issue at all in schools.
I only skimmed the article, but I never saw any mention what's happening to CS enrollment relative to *other* departments. It was my understanding that there is a general increase in college/grad enrollment in most departments when the economy dips.
In the "Legal Issues" section of the article, I expected to see something about the issue of FFMPEG potentially infringing on existing patents. Instead there's just some stuff about violating the GPL. Seems like a major oversight to me.
What *is* up with the patent issue? Is it possible to use FFMPEG legally in commercial software if you adhere to the GPL and buy licenses for the patents that you're using? Since I already paid for software that includes encoders for some of these patented codecs, does that allow me to legally use FFMPEG? In my lifetime, how many times do I have to pay the patent fees for MPEG2 encoding?
Well it's used INSIDE a lot of stuff, but the command line version is actually pretty easy to use if you just sit down and learn the basics. See here.
Also, the user interfaces on shows' websites are typically atrocious and don't stick to any standards. Hulu isn't a great interface, but at least now that quite a few shows are on there you have a consistent mediocre interface.
If I was a sports fan, and I couldn't view ESPN's content because of my choice of ISP, I think I'd just look elsewhere
I'm not a sports fan either, but I do know from talking to my friends who are that many times, certain games and footage are only available from one provider. Saying you'll look elsewhere is like saying "since my ISP doesn't support Metallica, I'll just listen to Creed." -- it ain't the same thing.
I've heard this a lot, but some studies suggest that efficient smoking actually delivers just as much THC as vaporization. It does sound like vaporization is less harmful though.
Another issue I wish they'd fix is remembering the last save directory when doing a "Save As..."...
If you're in Windows, Direct Folders fixes that problem in almost every program. I'm not one to install a lot of add-ons, but since I discovered Direct Folders, I can't live without it.
My experience is that, aside from state of mind and environment (which is very important), one of the biggest problems with LSD use is that the potency is so unpredictable. LSD is, by orders of magnitude, more potent than most other recreational drugs. One hit of blotter could contain a very small dose, or it could contain many times a typical dose. Back when I used LSD in the 90's, one hit of blotter would generally vary from 1/4 of a reasonable dose to 5x a reasonable dose, but most people do not take this into consideration. You're likely to have a rough time when you get one of those strong hits and eat the whole thing.
I think that if you're going to do LSD, it is important to evaluate the potency beforehand. Buy several hits of blotter at once, and start off by setting aside a day and taking 1/4th or 1/8th of a hit to see how strong it really is. Keep in mind that if it's really strong, then it could result in a full trip even with so little, so be prepared. And don't take 1/4th and then later take more when it seems like it's not that strong -- it can take hours for it to really kick in. I've made that mistake. Also note that you can't evaluate it the day before you intend to take a full dose because tolerance goes way up for a few days after you use it. Different people react in different ways to LSD, so don't just take other people's word for how strong it is.
Not to advocate drug use or anything...
No shit, why can't anybody but Apple design a good looking computer? It's not rocket science, it requires only some basic understanding of art/design history to avoid the monstrosities that PC makers put out. Only nice thing about it is that my PC laptop is so ugly that I don't care, I spray paint it, duct tape the broken piece on the bottom, whatever. Some of my MacBook friends have actually said that they envy my ability to paint it and not care what it looks like, haha.
Agreed. It would be crazy to try to manage more CDs than will fit on a $50 hard drive these days. Back up the CDs to a hard drive, back up that drive to another one and store it off site. I think the days of archiving things to optical disk are over.
Ha, I've done this with my regular video projector. It's a little tricky to prop up a regular-sized projector correctly because they're a little heavy and the cords come out the back, but I found that I could use a couple of screws to mount it vertically to a heavy base designed for a LCD television. If you have a wall-mounted LCD TV, then you probably have one of these bases sitting around since they all come with one, and you have to remove it to wall-mount the TV.
The FA's title actually mentions that it's specifically for child porn. But some employers might also be interested in the tool since it's against many company policies to have porn on work computers.
I think you're missing the point. But then this is Slashdot, a lot of us have never actually seen a vagina.
William Burroughs died at 83.
We had to abandon it, it was just too ambitious, and during the time that I was working on it my schedule was gradually getting more and more ridiculous. The display code for that RPG was pushing the Atari so hard, and so it was very delicate and became time-consuming to keep in balance. Most of the display, music, map-handling, and memory management was in place. But the battle system and overall RPG design were just getting started. I've had some people interested in the code for other 2600 RPG projects so something may still come out of it.
We still may release a H*R Atari 2600 game at some point -- we've talked about some other ideas that would be much more reasonable.
Am I crazy or is Mahir Çar not on there? That's the first time I remember many of my friends from different regions emailing me links to the same thing within a few days. I was thinking at the time that it was an unusual phenomenon -- for something to spread so fast without having any commercial backing.