Minidisc could have been the ideal CD replacement. Archival-grade stability from the magneto-optical discs, rewriteable ~1 million times and protected from physical harm by a solid caddy.
Unfortunately Sony tends to fuck up more often than not, and MD is no exception.
Like anything else, user interfaces are influenced by news trends and ideas.
I (and millions of others) use Chrome every single day, some of us in a professional capacity, without any UI issues at all. In fact, I find the comparatively large area for actual content a great plus when comparing Chrome to older browsers.
Menu bars have fallen out of fashion, deal with it.
Ctrl+O.
The refresh button becomes a stop button during page load. Zoom controls are in the menu, they are literally one click away. Alternatively, learn to use shortcut keys (Ctrl-plus, ctrl-minus, ctrl-0).
Yes, a problem in the right-wing governments we've been saddled with for the last ~15 years, who have been running a systematic decimation of the Danish welfare system, in order to pad the pockets of themselves and their corporate cronies.
We're already partway into phase 3. Look at a movie like Mad Max Fury Road. Awesome all-physical effects right? Nope, just about everything is stitched together from multiple takes and separate stunts. The explosions are real, but they're composited in using CGI.
I feel the exact same way, which is why uBlock Origin and Privacy Badgers are the very first plugins I install whenever I configure a new browser. If those plugins (or equivalents) are not available, I will not use that browser.
If uBlock et al. are blocked from the browsers, I will simply go back to using Privoxy or a similar proxy-based solution. Obviously that won't work on my Chromebook, but that's to be expected since it basically uses the Chrome browser as the OS. And I'm sure I will still be able to find a solution. If nothing else, a transparent proxy on my custom firmware'd router will solve the issue.
You're getting it all mixed up. Ad blocking started being A Thing because of the obnoxious ads, not the other way around.
If all ads on the internet were simple, text based or at least not animated, didn't play sounds, didn't block the content I actually want to see, didn't use tracking cookies and didn't take up much bandwidth, I would be happy to switch my ad blocker off.
But since ad companies insist on pop-ups/unders, animation, videos, sound and a whole host of similar bullshit tactics in a desperate attempt to draw attention away from the actual content, I feel absolutely no obligation to waste time or bandwidth on their bullshit.
So if you want a content limited, pay-walled, countermeasure-riddled web -- just stick with that childish attitude. But if you want a sustainable, awesome web ecosystem -- then start proposing acceptable limitations that nurture the publishers we all love.
I remember the horrible, awful, web before advertising brought us to the Brave New World of 'content' that exists solely to make money from ads.
I'd like it back, please.
+1
I absolutely agree. Give me back the good old web where you didn't have to wade through tons of shovelsites full of bullshit "slideshows" made entirely to milk as much ad revenue as possible, and seriously annoy the users in the process.
My PC, my OS, my internet connection, my decision on how many ads I want to see (exactly none).
Literally the only reason why Amazon is doing this is because they don't like competition for their own devices and services. It's the same reason why Apple Music does not support Chromecast, because Apple want people to use Airplay and Apple TV.
BMI isn't everything. I'm 178cm (5'10") and 95kg (209lbs), which is a BMI of exactly 30, ie. on the borderline between overweight and obese.
Now, I agree that I have a some visible pudge that I'm still trying to get rid of. But I also deadlift 150kg (330lbs) for reps and I can do clapping pushups etc. no problem.
Don't judge a book by it's cover, or by an overly simplified formula.
Shut up, apk. It's bad enough that you spam every single discussion of ad blockers on Slashdot, now you have to prop up your own posts by acting as your own fanclub?
You're a sad little man with a horrible delusion. Every single post you write reeks of conspiracy theory and tinfoil-hattery. It's blatantly obvious by the way you write, with SPURIOUS CAPITALIZATION, &s instead of 'and', and ellipses all over the place. It's a sure sign of someone I would never trust to write a safe piece of software.
And what's more, all your little script does is pull blocklists from various sites, blocklists that have been made by other people. All you did was write a simple shellscript. It's a worthless piece of shit, no-effort junk.
You're saying that these desperate guys needs to get themselves a personality and learn how to talk to people about other things than Pokemans and electronics? Perish the thought!
On other hand, you should never be afraid to try for someone you may think is way out of your league. A lot of times you will be turned down, but at some point you may happen upon someone who just digs your personality/sense of humor/whatever. It's happened to me a couple of times, and while it's only a small statistical blip in the number of women I've dated, you should never judge a book by its cover.
Maybe that perfect 10 is secretly a major geek at heart, or at least appreciates someone who's genuinely a nice person and not just looking to get laid. I'm not saying it happens often, I'm just saying that it's happened to me, so it must happen to other guys as well.
At the time, I was running Windows 98 on my PC, and wanted to move to Windows XP, which had just been released. Unfortunately, the drivers for my sound card and some other hardware was not available for XP (or even Win2K), so I figured "why not try out this Linux thing instead?"
I had had some limited experience with Suse 6.4 some time earlier, but from reading about the different distros, I decided to pick up Mandrake 8.2. I downloaded the whole CD set and even printed covers and everything for them. From there, I've used Debian, Gentoo and Arch. I'm pondering trying out PC-BSD next, it seems pretty nifty, and I'm getting too old to constantly tinker with my main desktop OS.
I lasted a year or so running Linux exclusively (and playing a LOT of Quake 3) before I buckled and added a Windows partition again. I'm pretty well satisfied with Windows 7/10, actually. Very good OSes, if you must run Windows apps.
Yeah, but I like stuff like Tangerine Dream, or obscure psytrance bands from Sweden, where there IS no 'lyrics' and the sound is literally the only thing.
No, the sound quality isn't the only thing. You're forgetting the melody and musicianship, which are completely unrelated to the distribution format.
I prefer fancypants 192K (or 96K: same to me, frankly) 24 bit, to vinyl. Unhesitatingly (though there are times when the vinyl mastering helped the sound of the record, and just taking the master tape wouldn't give you as good of a mix).
But I prefer both to CD quality, except when the vinyl's real noisy.
Why do you prefer 192kHz 24bit to CD quality? Which benefits do you percieve over the very same track in CD quality, that isn't down to simple remastering?
Honestly, I like LPs too, because while they're clearly inferior to the CD format, they're good enough, I like the tactile experience, and the large album artwork is killer.
Speaking of HX Pro and Dolby noise reduction etc., it's amazing how much sound quality was improved over the original specification.
Try and listen to an original spec Type I compact cassette with no tricks, and then compare it to a Type IV metal cassette with HX Pro and Dolby C, the difference is absolutely mindblowing. Some serious engineering went into those systems. Back when I worked at Bang & Olufsen, I chatted with some of the engineers who worked with Jørgen Selmer Jensen (who invented HX Pro), and it's still considered one of the greatest achievements of the company.
You should get a turntable again and relive the memories. Depending on your outlook, you can then be amazed at how dragging a needle across a ridged piece of plastic can actually produce good quality sound, or be amazed at how big of a leap in sound quality CD was over the LP.
I have a small vinyl collection going, and I generally buy new releases from my favorite bands on LP. Not because of the sound quality, because while it's perfectly acceptable, it's clearly inferior to digital, especially with the pops and clicks and statis. I do it because it's a more tactile format, and because I love the big cover art and funky colored LPs you can get. Usually there's a download code for Bandcamp etc. included, so I can have the music on my PC and MP3 player as well.
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Minidisc could have been the ideal CD replacement. Archival-grade stability from the magneto-optical discs, rewriteable ~1 million times and protected from physical harm by a solid caddy.
Unfortunately Sony tends to fuck up more often than not, and MD is no exception.
Yes.
(I use KDE)
Like anything else, user interfaces are influenced by news trends and ideas.
I (and millions of others) use Chrome every single day, some of us in a professional capacity, without any UI issues at all. In fact, I find the comparatively large area for actual content a great plus when comparing Chrome to older browsers.
Because he's a luddite who complains loudly when things aren't the same as 10 years ago.
Menu bars have fallen out of fashion, deal with it.
Ctrl+O.
The refresh button becomes a stop button during page load. Zoom controls are in the menu, they are literally one click away. Alternatively, learn to use shortcut keys (Ctrl-plus, ctrl-minus, ctrl-0).
Learn2incognito.
Par for the course for the current right-wing government.
Yes, a problem in the right-wing governments we've been saddled with for the last ~15 years, who have been running a systematic decimation of the Danish welfare system, in order to pad the pockets of themselves and their corporate cronies.
But what will all those poor camera operators with Parkinson's do when that happens?
We're already partway into phase 3. Look at a movie like Mad Max Fury Road. Awesome all-physical effects right? Nope, just about everything is stitched together from multiple takes and separate stunts. The explosions are real, but they're composited in using CGI.
Good CGI is when you don't notice it.
I feel the exact same way, which is why uBlock Origin and Privacy Badgers are the very first plugins I install whenever I configure a new browser. If those plugins (or equivalents) are not available, I will not use that browser.
If uBlock et al. are blocked from the browsers, I will simply go back to using Privoxy or a similar proxy-based solution. Obviously that won't work on my Chromebook, but that's to be expected since it basically uses the Chrome browser as the OS. And I'm sure I will still be able to find a solution. If nothing else, a transparent proxy on my custom firmware'd router will solve the issue.
You're getting it all mixed up. Ad blocking started being A Thing because of the obnoxious ads, not the other way around.
If all ads on the internet were simple, text based or at least not animated, didn't play sounds, didn't block the content I actually want to see, didn't use tracking cookies and didn't take up much bandwidth, I would be happy to switch my ad blocker off.
But since ad companies insist on pop-ups/unders, animation, videos, sound and a whole host of similar bullshit tactics in a desperate attempt to draw attention away from the actual content, I feel absolutely no obligation to waste time or bandwidth on their bullshit.
So if you want a content limited, pay-walled, countermeasure-riddled web -- just stick with that childish attitude. But if you want a sustainable, awesome web ecosystem -- then start proposing acceptable limitations that nurture the publishers we all love.
I remember the horrible, awful, web before advertising brought us to the Brave New World of 'content' that exists solely to make money from ads.
I'd like it back, please.
+1
I absolutely agree. Give me back the good old web where you didn't have to wade through tons of shovelsites full of bullshit "slideshows" made entirely to milk as much ad revenue as possible, and seriously annoy the users in the process.
My PC, my OS, my internet connection, my decision on how many ads I want to see (exactly none).
Chromecast I believe is pretty much open to everyone?
The Chromecast SDK is completely open: https://developers.google.com/...
Literally the only reason why Amazon is doing this is because they don't like competition for their own devices and services. It's the same reason why Apple Music does not support Chromecast, because Apple want people to use Airplay and Apple TV.
BMI isn't everything. I'm 178cm (5'10") and 95kg (209lbs), which is a BMI of exactly 30, ie. on the borderline between overweight and obese.
Now, I agree that I have a some visible pudge that I'm still trying to get rid of. But I also deadlift 150kg (330lbs) for reps and I can do clapping pushups etc. no problem.
Don't judge a book by it's cover, or by an overly simplified formula.
See APK's delusional responses to my post.
I rest my case.
Shut up, apk. It's bad enough that you spam every single discussion of ad blockers on Slashdot, now you have to prop up your own posts by acting as your own fanclub?
You're a sad little man with a horrible delusion. Every single post you write reeks of conspiracy theory and tinfoil-hattery. It's blatantly obvious by the way you write, with SPURIOUS CAPITALIZATION, &s instead of 'and', and ellipses all over the place. It's a sure sign of someone I would never trust to write a safe piece of software.
And what's more, all your little script does is pull blocklists from various sites, blocklists that have been made by other people. All you did was write a simple shellscript. It's a worthless piece of shit, no-effort junk.
Hold up, hold up.
You're saying that these desperate guys needs to get themselves a personality and learn how to talk to people about other things than Pokemans and electronics? Perish the thought!
Maybe if you start referring to them as women instead of "females", you would have better luck.
On other hand, you should never be afraid to try for someone you may think is way out of your league. A lot of times you will be turned down, but at some point you may happen upon someone who just digs your personality/sense of humor/whatever. It's happened to me a couple of times, and while it's only a small statistical blip in the number of women I've dated, you should never judge a book by its cover.
Maybe that perfect 10 is secretly a major geek at heart, or at least appreciates someone who's genuinely a nice person and not just looking to get laid. I'm not saying it happens often, I'm just saying that it's happened to me, so it must happen to other guys as well.
At the time, I was running Windows 98 on my PC, and wanted to move to Windows XP, which had just been released. Unfortunately, the drivers for my sound card and some other hardware was not available for XP (or even Win2K), so I figured "why not try out this Linux thing instead?"
I had had some limited experience with Suse 6.4 some time earlier, but from reading about the different distros, I decided to pick up Mandrake 8.2. I downloaded the whole CD set and even printed covers and everything for them. From there, I've used Debian, Gentoo and Arch. I'm pondering trying out PC-BSD next, it seems pretty nifty, and I'm getting too old to constantly tinker with my main desktop OS.
I lasted a year or so running Linux exclusively (and playing a LOT of Quake 3) before I buckled and added a Windows partition again. I'm pretty well satisfied with Windows 7/10, actually. Very good OSes, if you must run Windows apps.
Whoops, I fucked the quotes. You figure it out.
Yeah, but I like stuff like Tangerine Dream, or obscure psytrance bands from Sweden, where there IS no 'lyrics' and the sound is literally the only thing.
No, the sound quality isn't the only thing. You're forgetting the melody and musicianship, which are completely unrelated to the distribution format.
I prefer fancypants 192K (or 96K: same to me, frankly) 24 bit, to vinyl. Unhesitatingly (though there are times when the vinyl mastering helped the sound of the record, and just taking the master tape wouldn't give you as good of a mix).
But I prefer both to CD quality, except when the vinyl's real noisy.
Why do you prefer 192kHz 24bit to CD quality? Which benefits do you percieve over the very same track in CD quality, that isn't down to simple remastering?
Honestly, I like LPs too, because while they're clearly inferior to the CD format, they're good enough, I like the tactile experience, and the large album artwork is killer.
Speaking of HX Pro and Dolby noise reduction etc., it's amazing how much sound quality was improved over the original specification.
Try and listen to an original spec Type I compact cassette with no tricks, and then compare it to a Type IV metal cassette with HX Pro and Dolby C, the difference is absolutely mindblowing. Some serious engineering went into those systems. Back when I worked at Bang & Olufsen, I chatted with some of the engineers who worked with Jørgen Selmer Jensen (who invented HX Pro), and it's still considered one of the greatest achievements of the company.
You should get a turntable again and relive the memories. Depending on your outlook, you can then be amazed at how dragging a needle across a ridged piece of plastic can actually produce good quality sound, or be amazed at how big of a leap in sound quality CD was over the LP.
I have a small vinyl collection going, and I generally buy new releases from my favorite bands on LP. Not because of the sound quality, because while it's perfectly acceptable, it's clearly inferior to digital, especially with the pops and clicks and statis. I do it because it's a more tactile format, and because I love the big cover art and funky colored LPs you can get. Usually there's a download code for Bandcamp etc. included, so I can have the music on my PC and MP3 player as well.