So, in other words, given enough bad publicity, "nanotech" ends up suffering the same fate as "nuclear"? Though, it would be interesting to see the nano equivalent of nukulear...
"If I am elected president, I vow to stop all development of nay-no-tech technology!"
This reminds me of the various funny antics people try to claim in comp.compression (for instance, being able to compress everything to something smaller and totally ignoring the pigeon-hole principle) and also of the recent Euclid Discoveries's claim regarding superior quality parametric encoding of video.
Better yet, store video as a sequence of light fields, and then project the field using an array of projectors onto a diffuse screen with microlenses to create an auto-stereoscopic display. (Sorry, I can't remember off the top of my head which site had the info about the microlens diffuse screen projection) I've also seen a demonstration where one places a microlens sheet over a specially generated image to create a nice "stereo" view, much like holograms but in full color.
I recently attended a talk that was part of a PhD student's oral defense. He detailed a really nice streaming video system that is congestion optimized instead of rate optimized called CoDiO. I asked him how long he thinks it would take to market this, but I think he said that they're still working out the kinks in the practical application.
So yeah, the technology is definitely there to stream video over P2P, but I don't know about DRM. Then again... regular terrestrial TV broadcasts aren't hampered with copy protection as far as I know, so maybe the DRM is unnecessary for broadcasts with commercials?
Technically erotic/adult/h-games in Japan aren't rated by CERO, even though their clean counterparts on the Playstation2/Dreamcast are. So the answer would probably be unrated, or if they're really bored, they'll add it to the Z rating.
Since AAC is an integral part of the MPEG4 standard, and since MPEG4 seems to be gaining momentum in standalone devices, I would think that support for AAC would be a lot more widespread in the future. Besides, AAC should be getting you better quality at the same bitrate as long as the bitrate isn't insanely high.
While I kind of also liked the old format, this new format works nicely, too. The beveled corners fit in really well with the news item immediately above it.
Well, shows like the Simpsons have already made their money through advertising and the such while they were airing, so not much money has to be made from DVD sales. Furthermore, I'd be inclined to think the market for Simpsons DVDs is probably a lot bigger than your typical anime show. Hence, there probably is a lot more Simpsons DVDs being pressed than any particular anime show, which means DVDs can be made cheaper.
Lastly, anime licensing companies have a lot of fixed costs per show that they must offset, including translation, audio recording for the dub, licensing fees they pay to the Japanese company, etc. Factor that in with the often small runs of DVDs they make and the price per DVD would probably have to be high in order for them to be able to make a profit.
I'm sorry, but I can't afford to travel to Japan, find a job there, find a place to live there, and then pay monthly rent, food expenses and cable bills just so I can watch a few shows past midnight for "free." Along the same line of reasoning that you proposed, why would people want to pay money for shipping when they can just drive out to the shop to pick it up for "free."
There used to be a recent trend (around 1-2 years ago) where more and more American companies are funding Japanese productions, so if that trend continues, you're going to see more anime catered more towards a North American audience. Geneon USA funds quite a few productions in Japan that are produced by its parent company Geneon JP. ADV used to fund some shows, too, or planned to anyway. Somehow, their current state of financial affairs doesn't bode well for more funding of anime.
I'm more amused that he had an idea for playing commercials while waiting for a scheduled file to play. Now, if only Real Otaku Heroes had video to go along with them; that would've been very appropriate to play in between fansubs. Or at least play some Japanese commercials, since some of those are a riot, too.
I'm still waiting for a window manager based on a first-person shooter interface (and no, I mean something more sophisticated than shooting processes with the double barrel shotgun). You know, you can walk around your "desktop," interact with objects or windows, and use middle mouse button to auto-position the camera on a window or something. Aim at a window to bring it to focus, though I suppose WSAD would have to be remapped to something else. Furthermore, you can "throw" an object/window away when you're done, and maybe even have a radar so you can find them again:D
I'm a bit fuzzy with the DS specs, but if Nintendo is going to provide free WiFi and the WiFi follows one of the 802.11 standards, how do they keep people without Nintendo DSes from accessing it with a laptop? Will the DS have some sort of special software-based key?
RIAA Sues All Attendees of DVD Forum Conference 2005
In other news... MPAA sues RIAA for infringing on the MPAA's patent to sue their own customers/companies/etc.
I would actually prefer that Tokyopop use "Graphic Novels" instead of "Manga." It used to be that you'd have "manhwa" for the Korean ones, and "manga" for the Japanese ones. Now Tokyopop is calling all of them manga, including American made ones. "American Manga" to me sounds like an oxymoron. In fact, most of their "American Manga" do not resemble most Japanese manga art at all. While I do appreciate Tokyopop trying to forge a new market, but there doesn't seem to be any real merit to using 'manga' instead of 'graphic novels' save for the length of the word. The only thing I could think of is that it's just there for marketing purposes.
In case anyone's curious, AIBO sounds like aibou, which in Japanese means partner or pal, etc, kind of along the same lines as "best friend" in "man's best friend."
The most experience I have with "hacking" would be to patch Japanese games so that they start displaying English instead. While the majority of the expertise needed and used is more of a science, like knowing how the underlying operating system/hardware works or how images and placed on the screen, the extra step required for a good, elegant hack is something that's more like an art. You really have to start getting creative when you need to figure out how to modify the code given serious size constraints, or how to make the smallest patch so that it has the least chance of unexpectedly breaking something else. I would assume the same could be said about other types of hacking. The basic, low-level grunt work is probably more like a science, but to get that extra ounce of elegance in the finished product, that is art.
offtopic: ironically, the image they're making me read for posting is "exploits":D
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FFmpeg can decode the .FLV files that YouTube uses. Thus, recent builds of VLC and mplayer should be able to play them.
So, in other words, given enough bad publicity, "nanotech" ends up suffering the same fate as "nuclear"? Though, it would be interesting to see the nano equivalent of nukulear... "If I am elected president, I vow to stop all development of nay-no-tech technology!"
This reminds me of the various funny antics people try to claim in comp.compression (for instance, being able to compress everything to something smaller and totally ignoring the pigeon-hole principle) and also of the recent Euclid Discoveries's claim regarding superior quality parametric encoding of video.
Better yet, store video as a sequence of light fields, and then project the field using an array of projectors onto a diffuse screen with microlenses to create an auto-stereoscopic display. (Sorry, I can't remember off the top of my head which site had the info about the microlens diffuse screen projection) I've also seen a demonstration where one places a microlens sheet over a specially generated image to create a nice "stereo" view, much like holograms but in full color.
I recently attended a talk that was part of a PhD student's oral defense. He detailed a really nice streaming video system that is congestion optimized instead of rate optimized called CoDiO. I asked him how long he thinks it would take to market this, but I think he said that they're still working out the kinks in the practical application. So yeah, the technology is definitely there to stream video over P2P, but I don't know about DRM. Then again... regular terrestrial TV broadcasts aren't hampered with copy protection as far as I know, so maybe the DRM is unnecessary for broadcasts with commercials?
Technically erotic/adult/h-games in Japan aren't rated by CERO, even though their clean counterparts on the Playstation2/Dreamcast are. So the answer would probably be unrated, or if they're really bored, they'll add it to the Z rating.
Since AAC is an integral part of the MPEG4 standard, and since MPEG4 seems to be gaining momentum in standalone devices, I would think that support for AAC would be a lot more widespread in the future. Besides, AAC should be getting you better quality at the same bitrate as long as the bitrate isn't insanely high.
You can play R2 DVDs on R1 OSX by using VideoLan (VLC)
While I kind of also liked the old format, this new format works nicely, too. The beveled corners fit in really well with the news item immediately above it.
Well, shows like the Simpsons have already made their money through advertising and the such while they were airing, so not much money has to be made from DVD sales. Furthermore, I'd be inclined to think the market for Simpsons DVDs is probably a lot bigger than your typical anime show. Hence, there probably is a lot more Simpsons DVDs being pressed than any particular anime show, which means DVDs can be made cheaper.
Lastly, anime licensing companies have a lot of fixed costs per show that they must offset, including translation, audio recording for the dub, licensing fees they pay to the Japanese company, etc. Factor that in with the often small runs of DVDs they make and the price per DVD would probably have to be high in order for them to be able to make a profit.
Of which half of the list will be duplicates...
I'm sorry, but I can't afford to travel to Japan, find a job there, find a place to live there, and then pay monthly rent, food expenses and cable bills just so I can watch a few shows past midnight for "free." Along the same line of reasoning that you proposed, why would people want to pay money for shipping when they can just drive out to the shop to pick it up for "free."
There used to be a recent trend (around 1-2 years ago) where more and more American companies are funding Japanese productions, so if that trend continues, you're going to see more anime catered more towards a North American audience. Geneon USA funds quite a few productions in Japan that are produced by its parent company Geneon JP. ADV used to fund some shows, too, or planned to anyway. Somehow, their current state of financial affairs doesn't bode well for more funding of anime.
I'm more amused that he had an idea for playing commercials while waiting for a scheduled file to play. Now, if only Real Otaku Heroes had video to go along with them; that would've been very appropriate to play in between fansubs. Or at least play some Japanese commercials, since some of those are a riot, too.
Sure beats fansubs being translated from a Babelfished erroneous transcript by someone who doesn't understand Japanese.
Kind of reminds me of the Leet Radio technical support parody (scroll down):
http://www.leonine.com/voice/
I'm still waiting for a window manager based on a first-person shooter interface (and no, I mean something more sophisticated than shooting processes with the double barrel shotgun). You know, you can walk around your "desktop," interact with objects or windows, and use middle mouse button to auto-position the camera on a window or something. Aim at a window to bring it to focus, though I suppose WSAD would have to be remapped to something else. Furthermore, you can "throw" an object/window away when you're done, and maybe even have a radar so you can find them again :D
Later on, the Polar Lander was heard commenting... "I'm FEMALE you insensitive clod!"
I'm a bit fuzzy with the DS specs, but if Nintendo is going to provide free WiFi and the WiFi follows one of the 802.11 standards, how do they keep people without Nintendo DSes from accessing it with a laptop? Will the DS have some sort of special software-based key?
According to the Apple Store, the iPod 30GB will support "Over 75 hours of video." The 60GB will support "Over 150 hours of video."
RIAA Sues All Attendees of DVD Forum Conference 2005
In other news... MPAA sues RIAA for infringing on the MPAA's patent to sue their own customers/companies/etc.
I would actually prefer that Tokyopop use "Graphic Novels" instead of "Manga." It used to be that you'd have "manhwa" for the Korean ones, and "manga" for the Japanese ones. Now Tokyopop is calling all of them manga, including American made ones. "American Manga" to me sounds like an oxymoron. In fact, most of their "American Manga" do not resemble most Japanese manga art at all. While I do appreciate Tokyopop trying to forge a new market, but there doesn't seem to be any real merit to using 'manga' instead of 'graphic novels' save for the length of the word. The only thing I could think of is that it's just there for marketing purposes.
In case anyone's curious, AIBO sounds like aibou, which in Japanese means partner or pal, etc, kind of along the same lines as "best friend" in "man's best friend."
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The most experience I have with "hacking" would be to patch Japanese games so that they start displaying English instead. While the majority of the expertise needed and used is more of a science, like knowing how the underlying operating system/hardware works or how images and placed on the screen, the extra step required for a good, elegant hack is something that's more like an art. You really have to start getting creative when you need to figure out how to modify the code given serious size constraints, or how to make the smallest patch so that it has the least chance of unexpectedly breaking something else. I would assume the same could be said about other types of hacking. The basic, low-level grunt work is probably more like a science, but to get that extra ounce of elegance in the finished product, that is art.
offtopic: ironically, the image they're making me read for posting is "exploits" :D