In the original announcement, they said the 10k was for the first best complete copy, and that they would consider purchasing additional copies, but not at 10k each.
This isn't the exact wording used because the wantitnow article has been deleted or expired, so if somebody has a copy it would be beneficial.
I would hazard that they want to give it to Moore as a gift, but its most likely simply marketting and advertising.
There is a world of difference between a valid collision and an invalid one.
The anti p2p software appears to find invalid collisions which mean the downloaded file is useless. Finding collisions where the movie/app/document remains valid will be MUCH more tricky.
It will be replaced eventually, and hopefully it will be direct input live touchscreens by default, but for now they are still outside most peoples range.
You think slash or NYT or gizmodo or fark or any or the other sites don't make money?
We live in a commercial world, where exposure = advertising revenue.
Sitting on a commercial advertisement supported site complaining about a link to another page with adverts is just hypocritical, especially when you don't appear to be a subscriber or contributor.
Remember though, there hasn't been a single article submitted by Roland where the user was forced to pass through his blog to see the entire article. His blog is a summarised writeup of the pages and links he has found, and has actually been useful on occasions when the original server falls to its knees by the/. effect.
I wish him the best of luck, and think his knack at finding interesting articles is a credit. I'm pleased he posts on slashdot, and hope the trolls don't push him away.
Your right, but these 2 layers are directly on top of each other.
They are just onion skin layers, and need to be a volumetric cube to be a true 3d display (Yes, your 1 display per eye is right, but for a group of people looking its impractical)
I am hoping for a rotating drum with spokes made of LEDs to give a true volume area that would be viewable by all, but thats about as likely as a flying car, so I wont hold my breath.
Everyone seems to bitch about Roland, but looking on the slashdot hall of fame for most active submitters, I find that Roland is second.
The first person(prostoalex ) has more accepted submissions, also has a blog, and has nobody complaining about him.
Without regular roving reporters, digging out interesting stories, slashdot would be shit.
I have not come across a single article where Roland forces people to his blog, EVERY single article blurb links directly to his original source, the blog is just another more indepth writeup, you are NOT forced to go there at all.
However submissions by sheeple to NYT and salon etc are far more annoying by forcing signups and payments just to read the news.
The rest of your suggestions are pretty much spot on however.
The loband application is available in full gpl compliant form from the parent organisations' website (I assume from loband directly as well, but its/.ed..)
Its written in java and sits on a high bandwidth server acting as a proxy for all narrowband clients.
Turning images off is a really good way to reduce the bandwidth, and your right, in extreme circumstances, makes the difference between finding some information, or waiting a long time.
However, simply turning off the images doesn't really help, because some sites look god damned awful without them, and have no way to indicate the navigatable links.
This loband service reduces the complexity of html and reencodes the images to save bandwidth.
Sites are meant to remain workable, just load faster.
Slashdot Mirror
Well,
;)
All these hibernating humans must have some waste energy.
Perhaps we could connect them up inside their pods and run our computers and machines from the waste energy.
Just a thought...
In the original announcement, they said the 10k was for the first best complete copy, and that they would consider purchasing additional copies, but not at 10k each.
This isn't the exact wording used because the wantitnow article has been deleted or expired, so if somebody has a copy it would be beneficial.
I would hazard that they want to give it to Moore as a gift, but its most likely simply marketting and advertising.
Stop using the internet.
Google adverts are simple and unobtrusive.
I would rather keep these reputable advertising avenues open than have them replaced by something worse.
An 85mb advert for a magazine must include some serious use of flash ;)
Bedner translation:
Bite my shiny metal ass!
My dad has his nice new (first ever) digital camera.
He was in the market for a memory stick.
He spent ages looking, and whilst he knew there were cheap unbranded solutions available, he was not going to accept anything less than sony.
When mom and pop buy a dell, they go back to dell for the upgrades.
If their relative built them a box, they will go back there and get upgraded.
I find most computer illiterate people are similar.
Digging into the article, I get this:
Holography stores data by using multiple light beams to create chemical reactions.
To me, this seems not so different to the normal cd/dvd burning process.
Shine light until you leave a mark, move one.
This does not seem to be holographic in the sense we are expecting.
I still wouldn't like to be in the path of 320^3 metres of gravel at inter planetary speeds.
:(
Heck, even if you managed to blast it into smithereens, they would still hurt
I wonder how close it would have to come to have an effect like that
Well, I gather it would be 22,300 miles away...
That won't protect you.
However, for $699 per head, we can protect you.
Sincerely,
Darl Mcbride.
I found that using oDC with their TTH hashing that collisions occur.
It was noticwed quite quickly, and the collision files were renamed "[Filename] not [collision].avi" just to stop people screwing up their downloads.
I wish I could remember the name of the movie, but it was identical filesize and hash.
There is a world of difference between a valid collision and an invalid one.
The anti p2p software appears to find invalid collisions which mean the downloaded file is useless.
Finding collisions where the movie/app/document remains valid will be MUCH more tricky.
The release of excriment from the pilots rear end should be enough to balance the vehicle if uncommanded roll begins whilst at altitude.
I wonder, do you think they get high enough to warrant an extended journey on one?
:)
I would love to get up that high - its close enough to space for me
An airship would be able to carry a larger suite of passengers for a thrilling few hours.
The problem is the mouse is simple and effective enough for the task at hand.
I'm quite certain its not right for all tasks, and certainly not for handheld devices, but think how it used to be before we had mice.
{tab} {tab} {tab} {tab} {tab} {tab} {tab} {tab} Shit! {Shift Tab} yes {cr}
It will be replaced eventually, and hopefully it will be direct input live touchscreens by default, but for now they are still outside most peoples range.
You think slash or NYT or gizmodo or fark or any or the other sites don't make money?
/. effect.
We live in a commercial world, where exposure = advertising revenue.
Sitting on a commercial advertisement supported site complaining about a link to another page with adverts is just hypocritical, especially when you don't appear to be a subscriber or contributor.
Remember though, there hasn't been a single article submitted by Roland where the user was forced to pass through his blog to see the entire article. His blog is a summarised writeup of the pages and links he has found, and has actually been useful on occasions when the original server falls to its knees by the
I wish him the best of luck, and think his knack at finding interesting articles is a credit.
I'm pleased he posts on slashdot, and hope the trolls don't push him away.
You should check back, every single article links to the author as the first thing, the bloody blog is linked there.
As a rebuttal, show me one place where you are forced to view Rolands blog without actually being able to read the original source article.
Your right, but these 2 layers are directly on top of each other.
They are just onion skin layers, and need to be a volumetric cube to be a true 3d display (Yes, your 1 display per eye is right, but for a group of people looking its impractical)
I am hoping for a rotating drum with spokes made of LEDs to give a true volume area that would be viewable by all, but thats about as likely as a flying car, so I wont hold my breath.
Everyone seems to bitch about Roland, but looking on the slashdot hall of fame for most active submitters, I find that Roland is second.
The first person(prostoalex ) has more accepted submissions, also has a blog, and has nobody complaining about him.
Without regular roving reporters, digging out interesting stories, slashdot would be shit.
I have not come across a single article where Roland forces people to his blog, EVERY single article blurb links directly to his original source, the blog is just another more indepth writeup, you are NOT forced to go there at all.
However submissions by sheeple to NYT and salon etc are far more annoying by forcing signups and payments just to read the news.
The rest of your suggestions are pretty much spot on however.
How much are we betting that the scientists got their ideas by watching CSI?
The Amiga was the first place I heard decent quality music (I missed out on c64...).
The quality of some tunes easily outstripped modern "pop" groups.
Heres a nice rundown of the main history of game music.
I just had to go hunt down the Project-X mod files.
The code for loband is fully FOSS, and complies with the GPL.
If your worried, grab your own copy and run it from your own server.
link here
(I just posted this lower down, but this seems like a better place)
The loband application is available in full gpl compliant form from the parent organisations' website (I assume from loband directly as well, but its /.ed..)
Its written in java and sits on a high bandwidth server acting as a proxy for all narrowband clients.
Heres a link
Turning images off is a really good way to reduce the bandwidth, and your right, in extreme circumstances, makes the difference between finding some information, or waiting a long time.
However, simply turning off the images doesn't really help, because some sites look god damned awful without them, and have no way to indicate the navigatable links.
This loband service reduces the complexity of html and reencodes the images to save bandwidth.
Sites are meant to remain workable, just load faster.
I don't care that I have fast broadband, I want the option of cleaning the html up and speeding my web experience.
Every second counts.