however, their html-based player just uses rpm (real) files. view-source, find the rpm file and use that in realplayer and you can rewind to your heart's content.
Yeah I do that sometimes but if I do I use Real Alternative an er... alternative to RealPlayer (Win).
I just really object to jumping through hoops to listen to output that was paid for by the public. Also it's ridiculous that an organisation as large as the Beeb can't sort out their rights management. Practically, they're the only stations with national coverage and (last time I listened) they were rigidly adhering to set playlists on Radio 1, promoting the same ten or so songs throughout most of the day. Given this, if they can't negotiate useful terms then they should really stop taxing the great British Public.
I'll believe the value of dirac when I see it in use. Cynics might say that projects such as dirac and the talk of access to the archives is directly linked to the expiry of the charter in 2006 and they've just woken up and realised they need to win public support.
There's a list of excuses for their audio streams here. (No, you may not: cue / rewind / download the stuff the license payers paid to produce.)
Hopefully they'll sort out their copyright / rights management issues and delivery by the time dirac comes out. Frankly, it couldn't make things worse.
Distribution of troops isn't analogous to using different systems because they would still be vulnerable to the same kind of attack.
The equivalent of the heterogeneous approach used by Akamai would be more along the lines of the troops being equipped or trained differently and housed in different types of forts e.g. deep underground.
Pretty much. I stuck with it for a few episodes more until I realised it was so heavily rigged in the players favour that they really had to try to lose. Which they did... but still: "VICTORY IMMINENT!"
How would a proffesor filled with knowledge of what happened before and after the battle deal with the actual battle when everything is constantly changing?
Actually, one played. He neglected to take control of his student "Lieutenants". And, IIRC, lost. Ha! Only time I saw a team lose.
The show really should have pitted two (human) teams against one another. And featured a ducking stool for the losers.
I'm not sure how well he'll be able to handle the eccentricity of Doctor Who. Whilst his IMDB listing details some solid performances ('Clocking Off' was good too), it also reminded me of the terrible, camp villain he played in 'Gone in 60 Seconds'.
Here's hoping he's developed his range to include a performance somewhere between credibly gritty and the ridiculous.
I wouldn't have thought I'd be saying this a few years ago but... maybe some people need to be protected from themselves.
If the Web blacklist included the type of sites that foist pervasive "drive-by" downloads (search toolbars et al) on the clueless then I'm all for it. (After several people have called me recently asking how to remove the crap they were tricked into installing).
Yes you should be able to visit any site you want but is it so bad that there's an ISP for newbies? If you want unrestricted access then use a real ISP.
What parts shouldn't I upgrade in order to be "environmentally friendly"?
Well with 1.5 tons of water "used" already you should really steer clear of any kind of water cooling.
In addition, you could always replace whatever you sit on with an exercise bike with a dynamo attached to the wheel. Want to overclock? Just pedal faster:)
Stop right there. That's all you're supposed to do with sites like that.
You think anyone who actually wanted you to read what they were publishing would use tiny grey text on a grey background or tiny brown text on a brown background?
The Google redesigns segment was a gentle reminder of what could happen if "designers" were in charge. Everything looks pretty... but it doesn't work.
Sound: for me, a one line entry to enable the onboard sound on my motherboard.
Screensavers: plenty installed with KDE by default.
Best of all, now I have an idea what I'm doing (a little reading goes a long way) the install took less than twenty minutes. If there's something you particularly like on your Linux distro(s) check the FreeBSD ports collection - there's a good chance it'll be there. MP3? XMMS seems pretty good to me.
If you're prepared to put in the effort, FreeBSD will come through for you time and time again.
It's not just the music industry. Up until recently UK consumers got a very raw deal on car prices too, which led car buyers to purchasing cars from Continental Europe.
Why do the companies do it? Because they can. Because nobody's really doing anything about it.
You'd think they'd try not to upset the people that still actually pay for their music but I'm sure somebody sitting at a desk somewhere has worked out that these tactics lead to step 3, profit!
Try reading a discussion with scores of replies and scores of different posters. If someone wants to follow what has been said so far, people contributing by top posting (i.e. against convention) make that increasingly difficult.
"Reverse order of people's replies" Great. So long as everyone posts backwards. Not so much when everyone else is replying to points after they've read them.
I suggest you try exercising some dexterity by hitting the cursor keys every once in a while. With practice you may even pick up a helpful key combination or two.
Yes indeed. I haven't seen Episode II and I'm not bothered in the slightest.
I think the saying goes something like: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
Personally, I'm waiting for advances in technology to make it possible (i.e. in terms of cost) for SW fans to remake the earlier episodes and restore anything else Lucas screws around with.
I thought you might... but that seemed like a nice summary for anyone else reading.:)
I don't think people should necessarily change or not use a logo because it has some negative connotations (pandering to the lowest common denominator and all that) but I guess there comes a point when people get tired of explaining.
Needless to say: they can take the FreeBSD imp off me when they pry it off my cold, dead... LCD; case badges; CDs etc.;)
Refining searches using the "-" modifier is a good way to cut down on noise but Google imposes a limit of ten words.
Which is a pity because to weed out the guff in a lot of the searches I perform there are about four or five terms I routinely exclude meaning that what I can actually search for is limited (especially when I then find it necessary to refine and thus exclude more words).
It'd be nice if they offered to exclude lists of words according to type of search e.g. !commercial excludes "cheap"; "shopping basket"; "purchase"; "products" etc.
The site is up but not accessible if you're following the link from/. Drop the "_slashdot" from the address of the page you're being redirected to to see the site.
Slashdot Mirror
Maybe it's because I just scan-read about one hundred pages of a PDF book but that MirrorDot background is migraine-inducing.
...tell me, Mr. Anderson, what good is a site mirror if you are unable to see?
If you are in any way connected with MirrorDot.org please throw up an alternate stylesheet or something!
Yeah I do that sometimes but if I do I use Real Alternative an er... alternative to RealPlayer (Win).
I just really object to jumping through hoops to listen to output that was paid for by the public. Also it's ridiculous that an organisation as large as the Beeb can't sort out their rights management. Practically, they're the only stations with national coverage and (last time I listened) they were rigidly adhering to set playlists on Radio 1, promoting the same ten or so songs throughout most of the day. Given this, if they can't negotiate useful terms then they should really stop taxing the great British Public.
I'll believe the value of dirac when I see it in use. Cynics might say that projects such as dirac and the talk of access to the archives is directly linked to the expiry of the charter in 2006 and they've just woken up and realised they need to win public support.
Yeah... a Real strong commitment.
There's a list of excuses for their audio streams here. (No, you may not: cue / rewind / download the stuff the license payers paid to produce.)
Hopefully they'll sort out their copyright / rights management issues and delivery by the time dirac comes out. Frankly, it couldn't make things worse.
Like this?
Best engraving:
'If you find this unattended, avenge my death.'
Try the Session Saver plugin.
Slightly faulty analogue there, IMO.
Distribution of troops isn't analogous to using different systems because they would still be vulnerable to the same kind of attack.
The equivalent of the heterogeneous approach used by Akamai would be more along the lines of the troops being equipped or trained differently and housed in different types of forts e.g. deep underground.
Pretty much. I stuck with it for a few episodes more until I realised it was so heavily rigged in the players favour that they really had to try to lose. Which they did... but still: "VICTORY IMMINENT!"
How would a proffesor filled with knowledge of what happened before and after the battle deal with the actual battle when everything is constantly changing?Actually, one played. He neglected to take control of his student "Lieutenants". And, IIRC, lost. Ha! Only time I saw a team lose.
The show really should have pitted two (human) teams against one another. And featured a ducking stool for the losers.
It's only a matter of time before they interpret the crinkling noises made by our protective hats and are able to read our very thoughts!
I'd be more interested in seeing the numbers for the amount of pages indexed that were search engine "optimized" cruft.
Look! We got lots of result for you! Yes... but most of the top twenty you have returned should actually be in the bottom twenty.
Formula One company Asiatech made one of their engines play The Saints Go Marching In".
Details here (at the bottom).
Happens I know a little Keyboardese...
KEYBOARD: "Arghh! It hurts! It hurts! Oh the pain!"
There's a page of "circuit bending" MP3s here
Although I'll warn you in advance that you may be overcome with an overwhelming desire to:
Gotta go - I've got apologies to make to my speakers.
I'm not sure how well he'll be able to handle the eccentricity of Doctor Who. Whilst his IMDB listing details some solid performances ('Clocking Off' was good too), it also reminded me of the terrible, camp villain he played in 'Gone in 60 Seconds'.
Here's hoping he's developed his range to include a performance somewhere between credibly gritty and the ridiculous.
I wouldn't have thought I'd be saying this a few years ago but... maybe some people need to be protected from themselves.
If the Web blacklist included the type of sites that foist pervasive "drive-by" downloads (search toolbars et al) on the clueless then I'm all for it. (After several people have called me recently asking how to remove the crap they were tricked into installing).
Yes you should be able to visit any site you want but is it so bad that there's an ISP for newbies? If you want unrestricted access then use a real ISP.
What parts shouldn't I upgrade in order to be "environmentally friendly"?
Well with 1.5 tons of water "used" already you should really steer clear of any kind of water cooling.
In addition, you could always replace whatever you sit on with an exercise bike with a dynamo attached to the wheel. :)
Want to overclock? Just pedal faster
I just went to praystation.com and took a look.
Stop right there. That's all you're supposed to do with sites like that.
You think anyone who actually wanted you to read what they were publishing would use tiny grey text on a grey background or tiny brown text on a brown background?
The Google redesigns segment was a gentle reminder of what could happen if "designers" were in charge. Everything looks pretty... but it doesn't work.
Sound: for me, a one line entry to enable the onboard sound on my motherboard.
Screensavers: plenty installed with KDE by default.
Best of all, now I have an idea what I'm doing (a little reading goes a long way) the install took less than twenty minutes. If there's something you particularly like on your Linux distro(s) check the FreeBSD ports collection - there's a good chance it'll be there. MP3? XMMS seems pretty good to me.
If you're prepared to put in the effort, FreeBSD will come through for you time and time again.
It's not just the music industry. Up until recently UK consumers got a very raw deal on car prices too, which led car buyers to purchasing cars from Continental Europe.
Why do the companies do it? Because they can. Because nobody's really doing anything about it.
You'd think they'd try not to upset the people that still actually pay for their music but I'm sure somebody sitting at a desk somewhere has worked out that these tactics lead to step 3, profit!
Try reading a discussion with scores of replies and scores of different posters. If someone wants to follow what has been said so far, people contributing by top posting (i.e. against convention) make that increasingly difficult.
"Reverse order of people's replies"
Great. So long as everyone posts backwards. Not so much when everyone else is replying to points after they've read them.
I suggest you try exercising some dexterity by hitting the cursor keys every once in a while. With practice you may even pick up a helpful key combination or two.
Because it disturbs the logical flow of the message.
Why is top posting frowned upon?
Saying "top posting is bad" is like saying "EMACS is better than vi."
No. It's like saying: "I've decided to write backwards and I expect you to waste your time reconstructing my post."
Top posting is irritating, rude, and unhelpful.
Yes indeed. I haven't seen Episode II and I'm not bothered in the slightest.
I think the saying goes something like: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
Personally, I'm waiting for advances in technology to make it possible (i.e. in terms of cost) for SW fans to remake the earlier episodes and restore anything else Lucas screws around with.
I thought you might... but that seemed like a nice summary for anyone else reading. :)
I don't think people should necessarily change or not use a logo because it has some negative connotations (pandering to the lowest common denominator and all that) but I guess there comes a point when people get tired of explaining.
Needless to say: they can take the FreeBSD imp off me when they pry it off my cold, dead... LCD; case badges; CDs etc. ;)
Yes and the same people that find the cartoon imp offensive are likely to object to "evil" daemon processes and "sexist" man pages.
And, FYI, the swastika was around long before Hitler used it.
Refining searches using the "-" modifier is a good way to cut down on noise but Google imposes a limit of ten words.
Which is a pity because to weed out the guff in a lot of the searches I perform there are about four or five terms I routinely exclude meaning that what I can actually search for is limited (especially when I then find it necessary to refine and thus exclude more words).
It'd be nice if they offered to exclude lists of words according to type of search e.g. !commercial excludes "cheap"; "shopping basket"; "purchase"; "products" etc.
The site is up but not accessible if you're following the link from /. Drop the "_slashdot" from the address of the page you're being redirected to to see the site.