Heh, i think it was Torvalds that decried ACPI as insanity. Not helped by Microsoft having a test suite that deviate at various places from the Intel equivalent. But what will the OEMs use? Why, the Microsoft one...
Not sure, but is Windows using BIOS or drivers as a first reference for power saving support? As such, could this be yet a case of hardware shipped as known buggy and "cleaned up" via driver code?
And also, how physically big would the screen need to be to make practical use of such a resolution?
Even with a 50" screen there is not much distance before telling 1080 and 720 apart becomes more placebo then real. Never mind screen sizes that are more practical to fit in anything but mcmansions.
We may be hitting it later on video then on audio, but we are rapidly approaching the point of "good enough" for the vast majority of the public. Just consider that the higher bitrate audio formats that was launched alongside DVD never took of because they did not offer any tangible benefit over the CD that most already had in their home at the time.
What kind of mcmantion are we talking about here that can fit a screen big enough to make practical use of that resolution without giving the viewer whiplash from trying to keep up with the action outside of their field of view?
Yep, all kinds of digital broadcasts embed error correction data for future and past frames. This is what in theory allows a digital broadcast to stay clear under conditions that would give snow and such on analog broadcasts.
Indeed. When their attitude is that a offsite PVR service provider have to keep a separate copy pr customer, even if all customers have recorded the same show fully and a simple start and end time of the recording would be enough, you know things are down a very deep rabbit hole.
And that can be a trigger issue. Big corporation or government agency breaks the law, or seen as doing so, covertly or overtly, but gets a social pass for some reason or other. This then triggers a drive towards righting the wrong, perhaps resulting in vigilante "justice".
Tho it could perhaps be that he considered the targets attacked as corrupt, and so in the wrong, making his actions right in a vigilante justice kind of way.
I have found myself saying that i would wish the issue would turn my skin blue or something, so that people could actually see that there was a problem present.
Right and wrong is sadly not set in stone. As such, if one is of the belief that the targets one attack is corrupt, or in other ways can envision oneself as a kind of robin hood figure, then in ones own eyes one is doing right. And Asperger "sufferers" may build up a fantasy world as a coping mechanism.
Well that is one possible reaction to having said issue. One build up a view that one is in the right and the rest of the world is in the wrong. That is, one blame anyone but oneself for the troubles faced.
And that last bit is why it is not universal. And also why MAFIAA have the hots for "trusted computing". There is no way for them to say with confidence what your computer can or can not do.
Hell, the latest Flash version on Linux is playing VFS games with the user to allow caching but not copying (they think).
Heh, i like creating mental models of large computer networks. The number of boxes actually involved to let two people across the street, let alone the planet, can be crazy to think about.
Sadly the client issue will be hard to resolve, unless some force is applied on Skype to open up their protocol to third parties for free (in both senses).
On the addressing however, i seem to recall a DNS FTC that involved using DNS to hide multiple addresses under a single name. So to dial up someone you would enter the "url" and the kind of service you wanted to use, and the DNS lookup would give the relevant data in response.
Perhaps it is so that he can call at random intervals and see that your actually working, rather then having to take the walk and have some peon send a "warning, PHB on the loose!" across the company network?
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turtles all the way down...
Btw, this may be the oldest trick in the book. Boot viruses are as old as the x86 IBM compatible.
the old Microsoft mantra: embrace, extend, extinguish...
Heh, i think it was Torvalds that decried ACPI as insanity. Not helped by Microsoft having a test suite that deviate at various places from the Intel equivalent. But what will the OEMs use? Why, the Microsoft one...
Not sure, but is Windows using BIOS or drivers as a first reference for power saving support? As such, could this be yet a case of hardware shipped as known buggy and "cleaned up" via driver code?
And also, how physically big would the screen need to be to make practical use of such a resolution?
Even with a 50" screen there is not much distance before telling 1080 and 720 apart becomes more placebo then real. Never mind screen sizes that are more practical to fit in anything but mcmansions.
We may be hitting it later on video then on audio, but we are rapidly approaching the point of "good enough" for the vast majority of the public. Just consider that the higher bitrate audio formats that was launched alongside DVD never took of because they did not offer any tangible benefit over the CD that most already had in their home at the time.
What kind of mcmantion are we talking about here that can fit a screen big enough to make practical use of that resolution without giving the viewer whiplash from trying to keep up with the action outside of their field of view?
Yep, all kinds of digital broadcasts embed error correction data for future and past frames. This is what in theory allows a digital broadcast to stay clear under conditions that would give snow and such on analog broadcasts.
Indeed. When their attitude is that a offsite PVR service provider have to keep a separate copy pr customer, even if all customers have recorded the same show fully and a simple start and end time of the recording would be enough, you know things are down a very deep rabbit hole.
I would say that is already the case, as unlike the microcomputers of old, these days a computer do not come with a programming language preinstalled.
Made me think of Core War: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Core_War
Tho i guess that is much closer to learning assembly.
Another option could be Lego Mindstorm: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Lego_Mindstorms
And that can be a trigger issue. Big corporation or government agency breaks the law, or seen as doing so, covertly or overtly, but gets a social pass for some reason or other. This then triggers a drive towards righting the wrong, perhaps resulting in vigilante "justice".
Tho it could perhaps be that he considered the targets attacked as corrupt, and so in the wrong, making his actions right in a vigilante justice kind of way.
I was just observing on how people with physical handicaps seems to have a much easier time getting accepted as such...
i will just leave this relevant article here: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/03/30/090330fa_fact_gawande
I have found myself saying that i would wish the issue would turn my skin blue or something, so that people could actually see that there was a problem present.
Right and wrong is sadly not set in stone. As such, if one is of the belief that the targets one attack is corrupt, or in other ways can envision oneself as a kind of robin hood figure, then in ones own eyes one is doing right. And Asperger "sufferers" may build up a fantasy world as a coping mechanism.
Well that is one possible reaction to having said issue. One build up a view that one is in the right and the rest of the world is in the wrong. That is, one blame anyone but oneself for the troubles faced.
One way a "aspie" may compensate for issues in daily life is by forming a fantasy world where they have a degree of control.
Apple and Microsoft can do this because they have tight control on the user hardware.
And that last bit is why it is not universal. And also why MAFIAA have the hots for "trusted computing". There is no way for them to say with confidence what your computer can or can not do.
Hell, the latest Flash version on Linux is playing VFS games with the user to allow caching but not copying (they think).
Heh, i like creating mental models of large computer networks. The number of boxes actually involved to let two people across the street, let alone the planet, can be crazy to think about.
Sadly the client issue will be hard to resolve, unless some force is applied on Skype to open up their protocol to third parties for free (in both senses).
On the addressing however, i seem to recall a DNS FTC that involved using DNS to hide multiple addresses under a single name. So to dial up someone you would enter the "url" and the kind of service you wanted to use, and the DNS lookup would give the relevant data in response.
Perhaps it is so that he can call at random intervals and see that your actually working, rather then having to take the walk and have some peon send a "warning, PHB on the loose!" across the company network?
Or find a way to cram one hell of a multi-core computer into a small package and cram it in there.
I could have sworn i have recently read about a UAV that could be dropped out of a cargo plane in flight.