It doesn't matter if there are two or two hundred billion people on this planet. The mass of the Earth as a whole doesn't increase by humans breading or being over weight. You have to keep in perspective that our bodies are formed from the very mass that makes up this planet in the first place. And and when we die, it will return back to the ground.
Which is kind of gross when you think about it. Imagine some of those water molecules in my piss now being recycled back into drinking water....and the cycle continues.
Just as fractal math lead to patterns, so does our memories in our brains have patterns to them. You can almost imagine parts of our brain as being holographic. In that, parts of redundant information is found in verious places....at least so I've read. Some would say it's the brains way of setting up a RAID5 system. When a few neurons die, others are their to take their place and rebuild the data best as possible.
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Huh? Pr0n is certainly the best beef you can look at. Who wouldn't want to tag some of that meat?
I totally agree. If someone wants to check their e-mail or nab the latest headlines from (insert your favorite news site) and then buzz off, I'm cool with that. But, bandwidth hogs need to be booted off.
I'm sorry I don't have any links. But, I heard from a friend that the FCC just made it so that the owner of the WiFi router is totally responsible for all traffic going to and fro. So, if you have a neighbor surfing for kiddie-porn, YOU will be busted.
If this being the case, I would just explicitly allow only websites and domains that you approve of that does NOT contain such material. But, I'm not sure how I would stop an anonymous user from uploading a virus to someone else e-mail account. Sounds securing the WiFi link from all outside anonymous activity is the only option to legally protect you.
Wrong. It would alienate them from the rest of the industry.
A prime example is Sony. They have have flash memory audio player too on the market. Their problem is that it doesn't play MP3s directly. The reason is due to their support for DRM. So...the force user to convert their files to ATRAC. For the average Joe, it's too much trouble to be bothered with.
Who ever said God was an invisible man? Maybe your the one that is irrational..Hmmmm?
I like to think that God is an omnipresent force that guides us though our tribulations in life. Notice however, I said *think*. It's a concept called faith.
So I have a question for you Mr AC. Do you not have any faith? Do you believe that when you die, that's it...game over? Maybe that asumption is correct. And just to play devils advocate, lets say that this is *it*. Perhaps now you should relize how lucky you are to be alive and even dwell on this topic. But then again....you would rather have negitive attitude and cut people down for having such faith. It's sad really, I pitty you.
"When there is enough demand. Currently, Linux geeks are pretty much the only people who have even heard of Vorbis."
Right. Also, for the average Joe Sixpack, electronic devices are complex as it is. Why would you want to flood the market with another audio standard when MP3 is the defacto standard everyone has come to know and love. I'm not bashing OGG, but in this cut-throat industry, OGG came to little to late.
Speaking of defacto standards, just wait till portible DivX players become all the rage. Soon, ripping DVDs to a jukebox device will become the norm just as it is for CDs to MP3.
There are diminishing returns for each step-up in bitrate you go. So even at 500, OGG is not what you want to be going with for achivel quality (same with MP3 or any other compression format). And here, we are talking about portable devices with limited space anyways and the use of ear buds.
I'm willing to bet the limitation is due to the hardware. Just simply not enough CPU resources to decode a 500Kbps file. I know that I can't play back high quality VBR files in Windows Media 9 format without it sounding like sand paper.
The problem with hard drive damage is that constant vibration or jarring will cause damage to the read/write heads. And if your lucky, it will cause minute pits to the platters film (Even if the platters are glass substrate).
I'm not going start an nVidia vs ATi flamewar. But, for now, ATi has the best card available on the market. And their drivers are awsome. They actually are very rock solid and have extra features I *gasp* use. Of course, the tide may change back again in nVidias favor. But until that happens, I'm staying with ATi for now. God, I love my 9800 Pro >;-)
Just what are you talking about? nVidia doesn't make new drivers from scratch. They just modify existing source code and recompile. Basically, their new drivers are an evolution based on an older subset. If you ask me, there isn't any excuse for this. Sounds like bad programming to me, or the managment there of...
Don't forget about the female robot in that cartoon. The hooters would unscrew and fire from the chest like explosive warheads. Ahhh, such fond childhood memories.....
Or rather, the aliens are Humans from the future sent back in time to gather core DNA sequences and maybe even undo the genetic engineering that was done to their now-changed race before hand.
It's been about a year now sence the last time I used RealPlayer. And that was when I used Winamp 2.x (I use 2.91 now). I'm sure alot of things have changed. But, I've been burned one too many times by Real to even bother with their software again.
You haven't used Real Player before have you Mr AC? Last time I had it installed, a TSR program if it would always be running in the background even when I never use it. Thus, everytime I opened up Winamp, Real would pop up a window asking if it really want's me to use Winamp to play MP3s.
And it get's worse, no matter how many times I rip out that little Real startup program from the registry, it always gets added back somehow. To hell with that I say. Real Player shall be forever baned from my PC.
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I was only being a smartass about the excessive use of the word "fuck". *sigh* Oh well...troll it is.
Fucking fucked fuck fuckers!!
Ya, I said it all in one sentence! Can you do any better?
I totally agree. This may be funny at first. But, hind sight, it's very insightful!!
It doesn't matter if there are two or two hundred billion people on this planet. The mass of the Earth as a whole doesn't increase by humans breading or being over weight. You have to keep in perspective that our bodies are formed from the very mass that makes up this planet in the first place. And and when we die, it will return back to the ground.
Which is kind of gross when you think about it. Imagine some of those water molecules in my piss now being recycled back into drinking water....and the cycle continues.
That's right America...sniff it up..for the parent is a bonified perfect example of how to TROLL!!!
You sir, get the 2003 Troll award. Congrats
Just as fractal math lead to patterns, so does our memories in our brains have patterns to them. You can almost imagine parts of our brain as being holographic. In that, parts of redundant information is found in verious places. ...at least so I've read. Some would say it's the brains way of setting up a RAID5 system. When a few neurons die, others are their to take their place and rebuild the data best as possible.
Huh? Pr0n is certainly the best beef you can look at. Who wouldn't want to tag some of that meat?
Pound it, grind it, slap it.... YA YA YA!!!
I totally agree. If someone wants to check their e-mail or nab the latest headlines from (insert your favorite news site) and then buzz off, I'm cool with that. But, bandwidth hogs need to be booted off.
I'm sorry I don't have any links. But, I heard from a friend that the FCC just made it so that the owner of the WiFi router is totally responsible for all traffic going to and fro. So, if you have a neighbor surfing for kiddie-porn, YOU will be busted.
If this being the case, I would just explicitly allow only websites and domains that you approve of that does NOT contain such material. But, I'm not sure how I would stop an anonymous user from uploading a virus to someone else e-mail account. Sounds securing the WiFi link from all outside anonymous activity is the only option to legally protect you.
Wrong. It would alienate them from the rest of the industry.
A prime example is Sony. They have have flash memory audio player too on the market. Their problem is that it doesn't play MP3s directly. The reason is due to their support for DRM. So...the force user to convert their files to ATRAC. For the average Joe, it's too much trouble to be bothered with.
Who ever said God was an invisible man? Maybe your the one that is irrational..Hmmmm?
I like to think that God is an omnipresent force that guides us though our tribulations in life. Notice however, I said *think*. It's a concept called faith.
So I have a question for you Mr AC. Do you not have any faith? Do you believe that when you die, that's it...game over? Maybe that asumption is correct. And just to play devils advocate, lets say that this is *it*. Perhaps now you should relize how lucky you are to be alive and even dwell on this topic. But then again....you would rather have negitive attitude and cut people down for having such faith. It's sad really, I pitty you.
Merry Christmas!!
"When there is enough demand. Currently, Linux geeks are pretty much the only people who have even heard of Vorbis."
Right. Also, for the average Joe Sixpack, electronic devices are complex as it is. Why would you want to flood the market with another audio standard when MP3 is the defacto standard everyone has come to know and love. I'm not bashing OGG, but in this cut-throat industry, OGG came to little to late.
Speaking of defacto standards, just wait till portible DivX players become all the rage. Soon, ripping DVDs to a jukebox device will become the norm just as it is for CDs to MP3.
There are diminishing returns for each step-up in bitrate you go. So even at 500, OGG is not what you want to be going with for achivel quality (same with MP3 or any other compression format). And here, we are talking about portable devices with limited space anyways and the use of ear buds.
I'm willing to bet the limitation is due to the hardware. Just simply not enough CPU resources to decode a 500Kbps file. I know that I can't play back high quality VBR files in Windows Media 9 format without it sounding like sand paper.
And you are the type of Enviro-Wacko that thinks the Human species should die out. Because after all, we are a cancer to this planet.
G-Damm it, your such a fucking troll!!
The problem with hard drive damage is that constant vibration or jarring will cause damage to the read/write heads. And if your lucky, it will cause minute pits to the platters film (Even if the platters are glass substrate).
I'm not going start an nVidia vs ATi flamewar. But, for now, ATi has the best card available on the market. And their drivers are awsome. They actually are very rock solid and have extra features I *gasp* use. Of course, the tide may change back again in nVidias favor. But until that happens, I'm staying with ATi for now. God, I love my 9800 Pro >;-)
Just what are you talking about? nVidia doesn't make new drivers from scratch. They just modify existing source code and recompile. Basically, their new drivers are an evolution based on an older subset. If you ask me, there isn't any excuse for this. Sounds like bad programming to me, or the managment there of...
Don't forget about the female robot in that cartoon. The hooters would unscrew and fire from the chest like explosive warheads. Ahhh, such fond childhood memories.....
Birth control being one of them?
...right clicking on PDF link....saving as...
DAMN IT!!! Slashdotted already. Oh well, should have known.
I would be nice if Slashdot had it's own P2P program available for all to share the goodies.
Who ever came up with the interface rules for the Vi editor needs to be dragged out on the street and shot. AArrrgggghhhhhhaaaaaa!!!!!!!!
Or rather, the aliens are Humans from the future sent back in time to gather core DNA sequences and maybe even undo the genetic engineering that was done to their now-changed race before hand.
Thus, the anal probe was invented....
Am I being serious, or funny? You decide
In other news....M$ slams a DMCA lawsuit for "hacking".
It's been about a year now sence the last time I used RealPlayer. And that was when I used Winamp 2.x (I use 2.91 now). I'm sure alot of things have changed. But, I've been burned one too many times by Real to even bother with their software again.
You haven't used Real Player before have you Mr AC? Last time I had it installed, a TSR program if it would always be running in the background even when I never use it. Thus, everytime I opened up Winamp, Real would pop up a window asking if it really want's me to use Winamp to play MP3s.
And it get's worse, no matter how many times I rip out that little Real startup program from the registry, it always gets added back somehow. To hell with that I say. Real Player shall be forever baned from my PC.