> It makes every picture look like someone applied unsharp mask and cranked up the contrast for 3 different selection regions.
This is about the only part of your post I disagree with. It can be used wonderfully, and you'd be unable to tell it had even been used; you'd just be impressed with the level of detail that might otherwise have been lost had it not been employed. I've seen some great landscapes/architecture shots which are a million miles from the cheapy, gaudy artificial nonsense that is 99% of HDR `photography`.
Depth of field has nothing to do with FPS. They are two entirely separate concepts. If you're seeing shallow depth of field in movies then it's entirely intentional.
And I have no idea what you mean by "Arguably, mathematically, the latter is better quality.". People don't like or dislike visual arts because of mathematics. If you could somehow prove that one style is better than the other, then wouldn't everyone be doing it that way?
If you're playing a Flash game, or watching a Flash-delivered animation, then it makes little difference to me how much of the extensive resources of my phone (HTC Desire, in my case) are being used. Android is pretty good at managing memory, so as soon as you stop using Flash it'll be freed up and used for whatever wants it next.
> So the question now is, does this mean if Adobe tries to release it's tools again that Apple is going to let it, or are they now going to try and find another excuse > to deny Adobe access to the platform?
Don't question our lord the Jobs, for His will is inscrutable. To us mere mortals His commandments look arbitrary and ever changing, but to Him they are consistent and make perfect sense.
> Every system is corrupt, even this one. If your authorities want to screw you, trust me, they don't need this. This is only for the better.
Faulty logic. This makes it far, far easier for the authorities to screw with you. How are you going to get on the internet, train, order tickets for flights abroad etc etc if you're going to get rejected because your number's on a database, having been added by someone who knows you and doesn't like you?
They can achieve this more easily with another Internet. Internet2 could require a license/ID. It could go some way to reduce spam/phishing/anonymous abuse, secure banking/shopping, provide kid-safe zones etc, and without porn/spam/warez/moviez etc it'd be faster. A lot of people would sign up to all that willingly, perhaps most people. ISPs would love it! The other internet can be turned off once Internet2 accounts for 95% of all data movement other than porn, warez etc.
It'll be sorted by time/subject. That's enough for me. Labels are handy to prioritize new email but after that it's just mail -as long as I can search it, and read in order from when you've found it, that's plenty.
Thirded. And if you're bothered about non-oss/future proofing etc, just download it all every now and again via the POP3 interface and burn it/keep it locally, accessible via Thunderbird (for example).
Plus Firefox is on the way out. Let's hope for their sake it doesn't take them another 4 years to finish their mobile version...and that they manage to speed it up and slim it down below 20 megs.
Exactly - existing systems are 'good enough for now', and it's the protocols (swapping keys, trusting people etc) which are hard. You can invent hard and harder systems but without extra work on the protocols/implementations they add nothing of value.
Let's hope it's less complicated than the joke GRUB2 is. Seriously, I'm something of a noob to Linux, but I don't understand how the question `how do we make an app to configure which partition to boot into` is best answered with `use GRUB2`. How many files are involved? How are they combined? Why is the language so confusing? Why not provide an idiot mode so that people who just want to boot into this or that partition, especially after running this windows shite, or perhaps because they've installed Ubuntu to a USB key and the default action is to tell the local hard drive to boot from it (seriously). I don't get it.
issue only affects devices.... manufactured within a set date range... third-party supplier... specific printed circuit board design... interaction of these factors...in rare circumstances,.. increase the possibility of overheating....may lead to a fire hazard... no injuries or significant property damage caused....
We remember:
GARMIN KIT IS DANGEROUS! OVER A MILLION RECALLS! MAY CATCH FIRE!
why don't they just rip off the Microsoft one? That's what they're good at. They could stick 1 gig of ram in it but make the firmware show it up as 4gigs too, stick a "Miclosoft" logo on it and be done.
There are other things that arne't free for them, but I (and millions of other people) use anyway:
google search (uses 1 or 2 servers and a few megs of data...) gmail (7+gigs of space, accessed via web page, pop3 and exchange server) android os google earth/maps (including 3rd party data)
You don't want to use it because you don't understand why it's free? Uh..ok, whatever.
So... a 3x3 grid of pixels makes up 1 actual pixel, so it gets enough light. I'm missing the bit when you turn that 1 pixel back into 9 pixels. Haven't you just killed your resolution?
> Pixel size, per se, has no impact on the light sensitivity of the pixel.
Well, it does, because more light can fall on a larger sensor. Why do you think people pay loads extra for full-frame cameras? They're more sensitive, and less noisy, for a given iso/shutter speed/aperature combination, because the sampling is more accurate, especially in low light situations (noise isn't an issue in bright situations even for fairly cheesy cameras).
I'd imagine that a 120mp sensors is going to be as noisy as fuck.
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> It makes every picture look like someone applied unsharp mask and cranked up the contrast for 3 different selection regions.
This is about the only part of your post I disagree with. It can be used wonderfully, and you'd be unable to tell it had even been used; you'd just be impressed with the level of detail that might otherwise have been lost had it not been employed. I've seen some great landscapes/architecture shots which are a million miles from the cheapy, gaudy artificial nonsense that is 99% of HDR `photography`.
Depth of field has nothing to do with FPS. They are two entirely separate concepts. If you're seeing shallow depth of field in movies then it's entirely intentional.
And I have no idea what you mean by "Arguably, mathematically, the latter is better quality.". People don't like or dislike visual arts because of mathematics. If you could somehow prove that one style is better than the other, then wouldn't everyone be doing it that way?
If you're playing a Flash game, or watching a Flash-delivered animation, then it makes little difference to me how much of the extensive resources of my phone (HTC Desire, in my case) are being used. Android is pretty good at managing memory, so as soon as you stop using Flash it'll be freed up and used for whatever wants it next.
> So the question now is, does this mean if Adobe tries to release it's tools again that Apple is going to let it, or are they now going to try and find another excuse
> to deny Adobe access to the platform?
Don't question our lord the Jobs, for His will is inscrutable. To us mere mortals His commandments look arbitrary and ever changing, but to Him they are consistent and make perfect sense.
> Every system is corrupt, even this one. If your authorities want to screw you, trust me, they don't need this. This is only for the better.
Faulty logic. This makes it far, far easier for the authorities to screw with you. How are you going to get on the internet, train, order tickets for flights abroad etc etc if you're going to get rejected because your number's on a database, having been added by someone who knows you and doesn't like you?
They can achieve this more easily with another Internet. Internet2 could require a license/ID. It could go some way to reduce spam/phishing/anonymous abuse, secure banking/shopping, provide kid-safe zones etc, and without porn/spam/warez/moviez etc it'd be faster. A lot of people would sign up to all that willingly, perhaps most people. ISPs would love it! The other internet can be turned off once Internet2 accounts for 95% of all data movement other than porn, warez etc.
> Philosphers still debate this stuff?
They still debate god! I'm not sure what sort of an answer they expect, nor who they expect to listen to it.
It'll be sorted by time/subject. That's enough for me. Labels are handy to prioritize new email but after that it's just mail -as long as I can search it, and read in order from when you've found it, that's plenty.
Thirded. And if you're bothered about non-oss/future proofing etc, just download it all every now and again via the POP3 interface and burn it/keep it locally, accessible via Thunderbird (for example).
Plus Firefox is on the way out. Let's hope for their sake it doesn't take them another 4 years to finish their mobile version...and that they manage to speed it up and slim it down below 20 megs.
A lot longer than that, if you believe/read Chomsky. Challenging the wrong people is a career damaging move.
Base Android comes with VPN support. What would OpenVPN add to this?
> as "Dianetics".
>That Hubbard was
>something else.
Naah - he was full of shit. This is piss - it's completely different.
Exactly - existing systems are 'good enough for now', and it's the protocols (swapping keys, trusting people etc) which are hard. You can invent hard and harder systems but without extra work on the protocols/implementations they add nothing of value.
Let's hope it's less complicated than the joke GRUB2 is. Seriously, I'm something of a noob to Linux, but I don't understand how the question `how do we make an app to configure which partition to boot into` is best answered with `use GRUB2`. How many files are involved? How are they combined? Why is the language so confusing? Why not provide an idiot mode so that people who just want to boot into this or that partition, especially after running this windows shite, or perhaps because they've installed Ubuntu to a USB key and the default action is to tell the local hard drive to boot from it (seriously). I don't get it.
They say:
issue only affects devices .... manufactured within a set date range... third-party supplier... specific printed circuit board design... interaction of these factors...in rare circumstances,.. increase the possibility of overheating....may lead to a fire hazard... no injuries or significant property damage caused....
We remember:
GARMIN KIT IS DANGEROUS! OVER A MILLION RECALLS! MAY CATCH FIRE!
why don't they just rip off the Microsoft one? That's what they're good at. They could stick 1 gig of ram in it but make the firmware show it up as 4gigs too, stick a "Miclosoft" logo on it and be done.
> I don't use GMail because I don't really want Google reading my e-mail
Do you use a virus checker or spam blocker on whatever email system you use? Do you believe it works without your mail being `read`?
(rhetoric question)
That's not a question - it's a statement with a question mark at the end?
There are other things that arne't free for them, but I (and millions of other people) use anyway:
google search (uses 1 or 2 servers and a few megs of data...)
gmail (7+gigs of space, accessed via web page, pop3 and exchange server)
android os
google earth/maps (including 3rd party data)
You don't want to use it because you don't understand why it's free? Uh..ok, whatever.
How are you going to call landlines and mobiles with encryption? Have you got like 2 friends you've convinced to use it too?
Who mentioned zooming in digitally?
Isn't that like zooming in optically, then zooming out digitally?
So... a 3x3 grid of pixels makes up 1 actual pixel, so it gets enough light. I'm missing the bit when you turn that 1 pixel back into 9 pixels. Haven't you just killed your resolution?
> Pixel size, per se, has no impact on the light sensitivity of the pixel.
Well, it does, because more light can fall on a larger sensor. Why do you think people pay loads extra for full-frame cameras? They're more sensitive, and less noisy, for a given iso/shutter speed/aperature combination, because the sampling is more accurate, especially in low light situations (noise isn't an issue in bright situations even for fairly cheesy cameras).
I'd imagine that a 120mp sensors is going to be as noisy as fuck.