If you're going down that avenue, then all analogue audio is compressed by the bandwidth of every component it passes through and then by the bit rate of every A/D / D/A converter it subsequently hits. Add to that the fact that no speakers or ears are perfect, then you've got abstract "compression" in that the musician can only act on what she hears from her instrument/amp and the engineer can only mix in relation to what he hears from his monitors. And of course there are the numerous artefacts introduced by even the best digital signal processors.
Given all of the above, I think it's safe to assume that in most cases "lossless" begins after the CD is pressed (or, if you take the "Loudness War" into consideration, before it hits the mastering house).
Of course it does. Unless of course you wish to redefine random for the purpose of an attack against something that's not to your taste. Tracks 5 and 11 are definitely more than random noise.
It was clearly stated as being based on various patterns. As such it is anything but random. Could people please stop moderating based on opinions and start looking a little more objectively? A fallacy isn't insightful by any means.
Bestiality is entirely sexual with no mutual romantic element. Homosexuality, despite the label, has proportionally as much to do with intercourse as speaking Italian does to do with eating pizza. It's about the ability to form relationships with a particular gender. The expression of those relationships is merely a side issue.
There's nothing wrong with a gay guild from the perspective of total in-game immersion. Homosexuality is not something artificially created by contemporary society - it will exist in any environment where humans, and indeed other species, are present. There's no republican gene that would cause an elf to magically align his or her self to what is, compared to the number of possible outlooks on life, a relatively narrow band of thinking. However, where nature can only incline you to be attracted to one gender or a combination of the two, then probability says it is definitely going to happen.
Take a mythology with 10 races, all of whom are loosely based on humans. In total, you're going to have as many gays over all as, for example, dwarves. Your argument appears to equate homosexuality (an inherent characteristic) with any of a number of artificially defined concepts, such as religion or political alignment. If it's ok to base a guild around in game concepts, say all those who worship some in game deity, why is it not acceptable to base a guild around concepts which exist both in game and in the real world? Would it be a violation of Blizzard policy to create a race of herbivores? I think not. Why then is it wrong to differentiate between (loosely paralelled) homosexuals (herbivores), bisexuals (omnivores) and heterosexuals (carnivores)? If anything, denying the existence of homosexuality within the world of warcraft reduces its verisimilitude and only serves to alienate people further.
Germans use the word "Handy" for mobile phones, which is, imho (and in the opinion of the language assistant at my school), completely daft . It was chosen for the English meaning of the word which of course disregarded the obvious fact that we call them mobiles. It's a common phenomenon in recent years (past decade or so). Germans adopt English words (mostly with their original meanings, unlike this case) which are in current use and their usage becomes mainstream. However, since the two cultures are moving at different speeds and in different directions, when the word goes out of use in the UK/US it remains a part of German speech. Of course it's not that bad, it gives us language students something to giggle at when 90s German textbooks are using 80s English words seemingly arbitrarily;-)
No one said that using something other than Windows would solve all security problems, only this one. The grandparent was entirely correct in its observation.
Give the religious right a couple of pages of Fake or Love Hina. They'll soon outlaw everything Japanese and we can all go back to torrenting/imports;-)
And how's that different from you being paid to write an article which reveals trade secrets? If an offence is committed, it shouldn't matter whether you were given money to break the law.
And we've known this for how long? Granted, the story itself isn't a dupe (afaik), but every article on the GPL3 in the past few months has mentioned the idea of websites running GPL software being required to release their source code by some means. It's hardly news.
Changing a source's name in a citation unless explicitly stated is very shoddy journalism and is generally reserved for those who would come under threat from the quote in question.
If someone wants to go by a daft name then fair enough, it's not the editors' job to protect submitters from chosen embarassment.
You look like you're trying to direct the collective actions of slashbots. Would you like to: * Abort * Cancel * Take heed of an entirely unrelated suggestion
So a kid took the exam and passed. Did every kid in the world get a chance to take the exam? No. For every one of these stories there must be a hundred kids who think "I could have done that, why didn't I get the chance?". Maybe I could have taken my exams a couple of years early. Maybe you could have handled that big project better than the guy they gave it to. The fact is, these situations owe more to circumstance - if we were all given these opportunities, stories like this would be a two a penny.
Slashdot Mirror
Looks like I got landed with the Universe where Slashdot didn't run the story.
If you're going down that avenue, then all analogue audio is compressed by the bandwidth of every component it passes through and then by the bit rate of every A/D / D/A converter it subsequently hits. Add to that the fact that no speakers or ears are perfect, then you've got abstract "compression" in that the musician can only act on what she hears from her instrument/amp and the engineer can only mix in relation to what he hears from his monitors. And of course there are the numerous artefacts introduced by even the best digital signal processors.
Given all of the above, I think it's safe to assume that in most cases "lossless" begins after the CD is pressed (or, if you take the "Loudness War" into consideration, before it hits the mastering house).
...really?
The same can be said of more or less every record on the market since 1985.
Of course it does. Unless of course you wish to redefine random for the purpose of an attack against something that's not to your taste. Tracks 5 and 11 are definitely more than random noise.
The ones posting slashdot comments demonstrating an ignorance of the subject matter?
I think Einstürzende Neubauten would beg to differ.
It was clearly stated as being based on various patterns. As such it is anything but random. Could people please stop moderating based on opinions and start looking a little more objectively? A fallacy isn't insightful by any means.
Bestiality is entirely sexual with no mutual romantic element. Homosexuality, despite the label, has proportionally as much to do with intercourse as speaking Italian does to do with eating pizza. It's about the ability to form relationships with a particular gender. The expression of those relationships is merely a side issue.
So little Johnny can fancy Mary, but he can't fancy Jack because that's mature?
Bullshit.
There's nothing wrong with a gay guild from the perspective of total in-game immersion. Homosexuality is not something artificially created by contemporary society - it will exist in any environment where humans, and indeed other species, are present. There's no republican gene that would cause an elf to magically align his or her self to what is, compared to the number of possible outlooks on life, a relatively narrow band of thinking. However, where nature can only incline you to be attracted to one gender or a combination of the two, then probability says it is definitely going to happen.
Take a mythology with 10 races, all of whom are loosely based on humans. In total, you're going to have as many gays over all as, for example, dwarves. Your argument appears to equate homosexuality (an inherent characteristic) with any of a number of artificially defined concepts, such as religion or political alignment. If it's ok to base a guild around in game concepts, say all those who worship some in game deity, why is it not acceptable to base a guild around concepts which exist both in game and in the real world? Would it be a violation of Blizzard policy to create a race of herbivores? I think not. Why then is it wrong to differentiate between (loosely paralelled) homosexuals (herbivores), bisexuals (omnivores) and heterosexuals (carnivores)? If anything, denying the existence of homosexuality within the world of warcraft reduces its verisimilitude and only serves to alienate people further.
If Valve were forced to release the Steam source and leave it open to competent individuals who might actually be able to keep it running.
One can only dream.
Germans use the word "Handy" for mobile phones, which is, imho (and in the opinion of the language assistant at my school), completely daft . It was chosen for the English meaning of the word which of course disregarded the obvious fact that we call them mobiles. It's a common phenomenon in recent years (past decade or so). Germans adopt English words (mostly with their original meanings, unlike this case) which are in current use and their usage becomes mainstream. However, since the two cultures are moving at different speeds and in different directions, when the word goes out of use in the UK/US it remains a part of German speech. Of course it's not that bad, it gives us language students something to giggle at when 90s German textbooks are using 80s English words seemingly arbitrarily ;-)
No one said that using something other than Windows would solve all security problems, only this one. The grandparent was entirely correct in its observation.
The examples I gave were just the first ones that came to mind. I like yours better :p
Give the religious right a couple of pages of Fake or Love Hina. They'll soon outlaw everything Japanese and we can all go back to torrenting/imports ;-)
Variation on a theme? :D
And how's that different from you being paid to write an article which reveals trade secrets? If an offence is committed, it shouldn't matter whether you were given money to break the law.
=> Bloggers are Journalists
A link to a story about a press release for a private beta. Stuff that matters? Not really. Wake me up when the browser is publically available.
And we've known this for how long? Granted, the story itself isn't a dupe (afaik), but every article on the GPL3 in the past few months has mentioned the idea of websites running GPL software being required to release their source code by some means. It's hardly news.
Changing a source's name in a citation unless explicitly stated is very shoddy journalism and is generally reserved for those who would come under threat from the quote in question.
If someone wants to go by a daft name then fair enough, it's not the editors' job to protect submitters from chosen embarassment.
Grandparent poster was joking. The Gore internet quote has been discussed to death and no-one brings it up with any degree of sincerity anymore.
So a kid took the exam and passed. Did every kid in the world get a chance to take the exam? No. For every one of these stories there must be a hundred kids who think "I could have done that, why didn't I get the chance?". Maybe I could have taken my exams a couple of years early. Maybe you could have handled that big project better than the guy they gave it to. The fact is, these situations owe more to circumstance - if we were all given these opportunities, stories like this would be a two a penny.