It's not technically HDTV, it's just Digital TV, which is MPEG 4. HDTV is High Definition, and a slightly different system, although I'm not sure about codecs and the like.
Imagine, the MD5 file as a solution, and the original file as the question. The MD5 file might contain the number '5', but you wouldn't know whether the question asked was 2+3 or 4+1. You do know however that the question wasn't 3+1 or 2+2 though.
If you download the question, you can check that the solution matches the expected solution. If so, the download is good.
Note, this is a very simplified version, using a pretty poor analogy. I'm sure there's a website that explains this better.
Surely the ping time over a mobile phone would make SSH horrible to use. If you've tried to use SSH whilst maxing out your modem, you'll know what I mean.
Where else can you get a PIII-733 with graphics and audio for $180?
Oh man, not another thread where we have to go through and total up the components until someone believes that PC prices have actually dropped since the X-box came out!
Come on, someone get the calculator out:)
One of these chips coupled with one of the new Hush Silent PCs, could make a great HTPC and DVD replacement.
Shame they're still quite expensive in the UK.
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Did you not read the article?
He did it to enable him to access the relevant e-mails when it reaches court, proving he wrote certain things.
It's not technically HDTV, it's just Digital TV, which is MPEG 4. HDTV is High Definition, and a slightly different system, although I'm not sure about codecs and the like.
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Imagine, the MD5 file as a solution, and the original file as the question. The MD5 file might contain the number '5', but you wouldn't know whether the question asked was 2+3 or 4+1. You do know however that the question wasn't 3+1 or 2+2 though.
If you download the question, you can check that the solution matches the expected solution. If so, the download is good.
Note, this is a very simplified version, using a pretty poor analogy. I'm sure there's a website that explains this better.
Surely the ping time over a mobile phone would make SSH horrible to use. If you've tried to use SSH whilst maxing out your modem, you'll know what I mean.
Anyone got any numbers for this?
And here's the New Scientist article about why the sail might fail...
One of these chips coupled with one of the new Hush Silent PCs, could make a great HTPC and DVD replacement. Shame they're still quite expensive in the UK.