suprnova (if you don't already know how to get there, I won't tell you...) has a lot of movie torrents in XviD format, as oppossed to DivX. (no pun intended)
I'd estimate at least 40%, maybe even 50% of the MPEG 4 encoded movies are XviD.
But there are still plenty of those damn MPEG 2 SVCDs idiots keep uploading...
Yeah, I mentioned "the problem is so huge and requires so much computing power that it will probably not be solved for hundreds of years..." in a follow up post.
But your grandparent was wondering what "the next challange will be," and I have it to him.:)
> Wouldn't working on a improved form of SMTP be a better project?
We covered that in a previous story and basically concluded that SMTP was too widely implemented (think embeded systems, etc) for a replacement to be viable within the near future.
What we would need is cooling system that uses better refrigerant than water, which would be harder and more expensive to implement, but more effective.
Industrial freezers use ammonia, for example, which evaporates at -32 degrees.
Consider something simple like Tic-Tac-Toe. Because it is such a simple game we can easily calculate how much of an advantage X has over O.
Because chess is so much more complicated, this has not been calculated yet. But the problem is so huge and requires so much computing power that it will probably not be solved for hundreds of years...
Conquering soccer is an iffy proposition though, because certain things could be considered "cheating". I mean, what if the computers were linked together with WiFi, or perhaps had some sort of central control system? I am sure most human players would consider that unacceptable.
And there are a lot of variables that may bother humans, such as the firmness of a robot's exterior bumping into a player's skin...
That is part of it, but more important is pure calculating power. If a computer can think a significant amount of moves deeper than a GM, it has a HUGE advantage.
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Yes well, what rock have you been hiding under? Bandwidth is the limiting factor, not CPU usage.
Nah, each man for himself. I would think a simple X out of 5 star rating system per story per UID (only the oldest 92.5%) would suffice.
Yes yes, exactly! Someone w/Perl knowledge please submit a patch for this.
:P
Or maybe I'll just learn the language myself if no one else volunteers...
suprnova (if you don't already know how to get there, I won't tell you...) has a lot of movie torrents in XviD format, as oppossed to DivX. (no pun intended)
I'd estimate at least 40%, maybe even 50% of the MPEG 4 encoded movies are XviD.
But there are still plenty of those damn MPEG 2 SVCDs idiots keep uploading...
They just made room for the "Dr Divx" thing, which is new.
I have no idea... ask the other people posting to this story. I was just informing your grandparent what the consensus was about SMTP.
It is obvious that old methods shine when newer technology fails.
This is why we burn candles during blackouts.
Big deal, lets get on with the other 99.9% of our lives.
Yeah, I mentioned "the problem is so huge and requires so much computing power that it will probably not be solved for hundreds of years..." in a follow up post.
:)
But your grandparent was wondering what "the next challange will be," and I have it to him.
Yeah, you would need a compressor...
I guess Vapochill will be for the enthusiast, once watercooling becomes mainstream enough.
I loved that movie! =D
When I was six, of course...
gah, typed href"= instead of href="...
here is the link to that story
> Wouldn't working on a improved form of SMTP be a better project?
We covered that in a previous story and basically concluded that SMTP was too widely implemented (think embeded systems, etc) for a replacement to be viable within the near future.
> Nothing is ever good enough for /. readers, well except for Ogg Vorbis
/. readers will acknowledge that the name sucks, so its not *entirely* perfect.
No, even most
What we would need is cooling system that uses better refrigerant than water, which would be harder and more expensive to implement, but more effective.
Industrial freezers use ammonia, for example, which evaporates at -32 degrees.
Consider something simple like Tic-Tac-Toe. Because it is such a simple game we can easily calculate how much of an advantage X has over O.
Because chess is so much more complicated, this has not been calculated yet. But the problem is so huge and requires so much computing power that it will probably not be solved for hundreds of years...
Yeah, I mean, most humans can't tell the difference between Go and Othello...
Conquering soccer is an iffy proposition though, because certain things could be considered "cheating". I mean, what if the computers were linked together with WiFi, or perhaps had some sort of central control system? I am sure most human players would consider that unacceptable.
And there are a lot of variables that may bother humans, such as the firmness of a robot's exterior bumping into a player's skin...
That is part of it, but more important is pure calculating power. If a computer can think a significant amount of moves deeper than a GM, it has a HUGE advantage.
> What will be the next challenge?
Solving the "problem" of chess for all possible solutions, of course!
In particular, I'd like to see someone quantify exactly how much of an advantage White has if mathematically perfect moves are executed by both sides.
Gaim doesn't have voice chat.. hasn't AIM had that for awhile?
Oh well, teamspeak works well enough.
hopefully AOL will make a decent cross-platform video/audio instant message system
Since when has AOL done anything truly cross platform? Other than Windows I think they support Mac OS, but isn't that it?
> pimp movies via text messaging. If they can manage to make it appear as if it came from someone in your address book...so much the better.
I can see the headlines next season...
MPAA releases WinCE.thehulk2rocks.a two hours after the first showing.
> the same guys giving Darl McBride his lines, obviously, so now we have the SCO **AA connection
Yes, that is exactly it! This is all some sort of massive conspiracy to piss off geeks everywhere.
Am I the only one who parses "carefully crafted marketing image" as "brainwashing" ?
Well there are allways exceptions to a rule.