yes this argument is being made a lot here today it seems; i want my local control, i dont want someone else to have control or access to my data, etc.
but there are other possibilities... hell there are posts telling how one guy is already using vnc to do this himself (albeit at home on a local level). but maybe thats the solution: we have two computers; our client/laptop and our desktop. its still *ours* and we can move it or do with it whatever we want.... go down to the hub and pick up your machine to change providers... (maybe its not that great of an idea, but im thinking 'out loud' here..). but something like this is becoming more and more possible as hardware prices drop.
the other idea i wanted to mention is that for better or worse many people in the us (a very rich country) do not own any physical real estate, especially in urban environments. its all rentals (well, not all rentals, but largely). so i suspect there was a time when people said "hey, there is no way im going to pay a subscription fee to stay somewhere that someone else owns! i want my local control!" but plenty of people have found that there are advantages as well as disadvantages: you can move around easily, and with the right contract youre not responsible beyond what you break, essentially. as a constant renter myself, i can say that its not too bad. however, like this idea of thin clients etc, i suspect there were many people who were skeptical of this idea. but the system has evolved and the people with it. im sure something similar will happen with computing; things always seem to change (though it maybe a while coming) and systems will evolve to protect the rights of the 'renters' to insure their privelages and responsibilities.
what kind of television is this? Bebeep! oh oh its a... toaster....? huh... oh man is that a ten-speed? Bebeep!... no.. huh... tricycle... Oh.... alright a Lindows machine!!.... Bebeep!... n-no?.... i see... 5 gallon jar of pickles....
The receipt first of all has the wrong item, and secondly says it was only purchased for $10. Even if they are dumb enough to mistake the plasma television for a toaster, wouldn't they only get their $10 back?
Yes, in theory. However, one of the reasons my mom loves walmart (and i cant really argue this point) is that they will take *anything* back. No receipt? Fine! Got it somewhere else? No problem! You broke it?! and coughed on it and it's a food product?!! Sure, we'll take it back! They are very accomadating with returns.
You know, at first I was all like "What?! This is a bad idea nVidia; what are you thinking?" like a concerned parent.... But then I realized you know it's probably okay cause Infinium probably won't even show up.... so
and to that point: a friend related to me how in icelandic "computer" is a compound word composed of the two words "number" and "prophet".... very interesting indeed!
does it bother anyone else when submitters quote the article linked without citation? and without any original content either... now perhaps the submitter also wrote the article. but man. do some work! or give proper credit please
i for one rather enjoy wearing ties -- especially when its for no real reason. i feel it gives my day a sense of importance or note; you know it just spices things up. im fond of the formality which i feel (fear even) is rapidly declining in our culture. what to substitute this with? any ideas?
well i dont know that it has to be an inside job. from this article it says that:
the webcam is updated hourly and
the nz team got a lot of responses about the inflatable dino.
so im assuming this information is known and available to the public and also that enough people follow the cam. i dont know these things for sure cause nz is getting/.ed.
i think you have some excellent points -- and another poster here even said something like "what we need is open source marketing".... but unfortunately what we are dealing with is something larger than the marketing of an audio format or even -- perhaps more importantly -- an audio playback device. the riaa probably wouldnt be too keen on an open format being used for the encoding of music that they want to make money off of.
when -- and i say when cause i believe it will have to change -- the model of payment changes for recording artists to something such as subscription or etc, then we may see a flourish of superior technologies being used. especially those that are open source which may allow companies to save money the r&d end of things.
i am constantly surprised at what people will listen to. my friends (well some of them) have no problem cranking low quality mp3s of 50 cent, while i drop my jaw
yes i would drop my jaw if my friends cranked 50 cent too!
oh come on 50, i kid, i kid. please dont shoot me.
You can critise the 'timbral change in the cymbals' but why do we worry so much about this when, in many cases came off a synthesizer anyway.
no, im afraid you may have misunderstood. what i was trying to convey is that while i may have a personal preference for a more 'accurate' representation, that doesnt really matter because most people dont seem to care too much. it has nothing to do with the synthesizing of it. i make electronic music so i tend to be quite fond of that, personally. (^_^)
it can be considered personal preference and if someone would rather listen to an downsampled, 8bit version of my music, well by all means, let them.
but in the pursuit of standards and codecs, etc, i think we should strive for accuracy -- but keeping in mind that it may not be adopted: whatever means you give the majority that is readily available and working, i believe *that* is what they will use.
i realize the geeks of the populace want the highest quality encoding to win. naturally. and it helps when something such as vorbis is rated so highly; it gives it even more geek cred.
however: as someone who studied music and audio, i am constantly surprised at what people will listen to. my friends (well some of them) have no problem cranking low quality mp3s of 50 cent, while i drop my jaw at the poor audio quality as a result of lost information. one time i even remarked to my dad "oh its an mp3" when he was playing something i had given to him which had been apparently later encoded. he wasnt sure (he didnt do the encoding) but doublechecked and yes it was mp3 (probably 160 kbps). he was impressed, when to me the timbral change in the cymbals was a dead giveaway. another time i asked a friend of mine if he was using aac to import all his cds in to itunes when he had been recently doing so. he looked at me blankly and said "whats aac?". which meant, yes he was.
i apologize for rambling, this is what im arriving at: despite early adoption influence etc that geeks hold, how much does all of this really matter. most people dont care what format its in as long as they can listen to it. and often they cant discern loss of quality unless its extreme. so while i applaud these efforts, im simply wondering if -- aside from research -- they arent futile.
We have blackouts in California and NYC that made world news over the last couple years, yet the local energy companies can't build new power producing plants to keep up with demand... whether it be coal, gas or nuclear. Why? Enviro-nut
um... how is the solution to energy shortages to use more energy? this is simply illogical. if we are outstripping our resources (and i am including here a long term view), we need to rethink how we use them, etc. i would hardly classify myself as one of your 'enviro-nuts' yet i am slightly worried about large jump in co2 levels for the last three years in a row. building more plants to use more energy... well i dont really think thats a solution to the problem but rather to the symptom.
as for nuclear energy... damn. whatever it takes? i dont know. one of the difficult things about a decision like this is it is very hard to know the effects over a long course of time.... so while it may be obvious something has to change, i dont know that there is such a clear solution. and as many have already said here, if nuclear is being advocated by lovelock, it seems to be a case of the lesser evil. sigh.
slashdot japan?! what?! you mean to tell me ive been reading this all this time and i couldve been the uber1337 version from the land of the rising sun?!
Slashdot Mirror
any experience (thus comments) in regards to how important - in such highly priced solutions - is (or could be) the [always neglected] cabling
.....you werent even really trying
im sure you could fit more parentheses and brackets in there!
yes this argument is being made a lot here today it seems; i want my local control, i dont want someone else to have control or access to my data, etc.
... (maybe its not that great of an idea, but im thinking 'out loud' here..). but something like this is becoming more and more possible as hardware prices drop.
but there are other possibilities... hell there are posts telling how one guy is already using vnc to do this himself (albeit at home on a local level). but maybe thats the solution: we have two computers; our client/laptop and our desktop. its still *ours* and we can move it or do with it whatever we want.... go down to the hub and pick up your machine to change providers
the other idea i wanted to mention is that for better or worse many people in the us (a very rich country) do not own any physical real estate, especially in urban environments. its all rentals (well, not all rentals, but largely). so i suspect there was a time when people said "hey, there is no way im going to pay a subscription fee to stay somewhere that someone else owns! i want my local control!" but plenty of people have found that there are advantages as well as disadvantages: you can move around easily, and with the right contract youre not responsible beyond what you break, essentially. as a constant renter myself, i can say that its not too bad. however, like this idea of thin clients etc, i suspect there were many people who were skeptical of this idea. but the system has evolved and the people with it. im sure something similar will happen with computing; things always seem to change (though it maybe a while coming) and systems will evolve to protect the rights of the 'renters' to insure their privelages and responsibilities.
pax
what kind of television is this? Bebeep! oh oh its a... toaster....? huh... oh man is that a ten-speed? Bebeep!... no.. huh... tricycle... Oh.... alright a Lindows machine!!.... Bebeep!... n-no?.... i see... 5 gallon jar of pickles....
The receipt first of all has the wrong item, and secondly says it was only purchased for $10. Even if they are dumb enough to mistake the plasma television for a toaster, wouldn't they only get their $10 back?
Yes, in theory. However, one of the reasons my mom loves walmart (and i cant really argue this point) is that they will take *anything* back. No receipt? Fine! Got it somewhere else? No problem! You broke it?! and coughed on it and it's a food product?!! Sure, we'll take it back! They are very accomadating with returns.
You know, at first I was all like "What?! This is a bad idea nVidia; what are you thinking?" like a concerned parent....
But then I realized you know it's probably okay cause Infinium probably won't even show up.... so
and to that point: a friend related to me how in icelandic "computer" is a compound word composed of the two words "number" and "prophet".... very interesting indeed!
man i wish there was a selection for (+?, French)....
how am i supposed to mod that?!
does it bother anyone else when submitters quote the article linked without citation?
and without any original content either... now perhaps the submitter also wrote the article.
but man. do some work! or give proper credit please
If the holodeck were invented, think of all the pimps and prostitutes who would go out of business.
man, that messes with me.... conjures up images of signs like:
Holodeck Sale! Going Out Of Business! Everything Must Go! Total Liquidation of Stock!
Stay the fuck away from Roppongi, you fat-assed piece of shit!
oh man....
i was actually going to go to roppongi...
well i guess ill go cancel my trip....
cool but does it fit in my pocket?
im going to japan soon and i need a good camera......
i for one rather enjoy wearing ties -- especially when its for no real reason. i feel it gives my day a sense of importance or note; you know it just spices things up. im fond of the formality which i feel (fear even) is rapidly declining in our culture. what to substitute this with? any ideas?
well i dont know that it has to be an inside job.
/.ed.
from this article it says that:
the webcam is updated hourly and
the nz team got a lot of responses about the inflatable dino.
so im assuming this information is known and available to the public and also that enough people follow the cam. i dont know these things for sure cause nz is getting
i think you have some excellent points -- and another poster here even said something like "what we need is open source marketing"....
but unfortunately what we are dealing with is something larger than the marketing of an audio format or even -- perhaps more importantly -- an audio playback device. the riaa probably wouldnt be too keen on an open format being used for the encoding of music that they want to make money off of.
when -- and i say when cause i believe it will have to change -- the model of payment changes for recording artists to something such as subscription or etc, then we may see a flourish of superior technologies being used. especially those that are open source which may allow companies to save money the r&d end of things.
to beat anyone else to the punch:
i am constantly surprised at what people will listen to. my friends (well some of them) have no problem cranking low quality mp3s of 50 cent, while i drop my jaw
yes i would drop my jaw if my friends cranked 50 cent too!
oh come on 50, i kid, i kid.
please dont shoot me.
You can critise the 'timbral change in the cymbals' but why do we worry so much about this when, in many cases came off a synthesizer anyway.
no, im afraid you may have misunderstood. what i was trying to convey is that while i may have a personal preference for a more 'accurate' representation, that doesnt really matter because most people dont seem to care too much. it has nothing to do with the synthesizing of it. i make electronic music so i tend to be quite fond of that, personally. (^_^)
it can be considered personal preference and if someone would rather listen to an downsampled, 8bit version of my music, well by all means, let them.
but in the pursuit of standards and codecs, etc, i think we should strive for accuracy -- but keeping in mind that it may not be adopted: whatever means you give the majority that is readily available and working, i believe *that* is what they will use.
That really doesn't look very fair to me! MPC and Vorbis using about 20% more bits than Lame and iTunes AAC.
thats a feature, not a bug:
Vorbis! Now with 20% more bits!
i realize the geeks of the populace want the highest quality encoding to win. naturally. and it helps when something such as vorbis is rated so highly; it gives it even more geek cred.
however: as someone who studied music and audio, i am constantly surprised at what people will listen to. my friends (well some of them) have no problem cranking low quality mp3s of 50 cent, while i drop my jaw at the poor audio quality as a result of lost information. one time i even remarked to my dad "oh its an mp3" when he was playing something i had given to him which had been apparently later encoded. he wasnt sure (he didnt do the encoding) but doublechecked and yes it was mp3 (probably 160 kbps). he was impressed, when to me the timbral change in the cymbals was a dead giveaway. another time i asked a friend of mine if he was using aac to import all his cds in to itunes when he had been recently doing so. he looked at me blankly and said "whats aac?". which meant, yes he was.
i apologize for rambling, this is what im arriving at:
despite early adoption influence etc that geeks hold, how much does all of this really matter. most people dont care what format its in as long as they can listen to it. and often they cant discern loss of quality unless its extreme. so while i applaud these efforts, im simply wondering if -- aside from research -- they arent futile.
We have blackouts in California and NYC that made world news over the last couple years, yet the local energy companies can't build new power producing plants to keep up with demand... whether it be coal, gas or nuclear. Why? Enviro-nut
um... how is the solution to energy shortages to use more energy? this is simply illogical. if we are outstripping our resources (and i am including here a long term view), we need to rethink how we use them, etc. i would hardly classify myself as one of your 'enviro-nuts' yet i am slightly worried about large jump in co2 levels for the last three years in a row. building more plants to use more energy... well i dont really think thats a solution to the problem but rather to the symptom.
as for nuclear energy...
damn. whatever it takes? i dont know. one of the difficult things about a decision like this is it is very hard to know the effects over a long course of time.... so while it may be obvious something has to change, i dont know that there is such a clear solution. and as many have already said here, if nuclear is being advocated by lovelock, it seems to be a case of the lesser evil. sigh.
overheard in springfield, ??:
excellent!
not much else to say than that.
seems like a pretty bleak future is ahead if we cant figure this out.... maybe even if we can
i dont mean to nitpick but the gentlemans name is Reeve. no 's' on the end.
the site you linked to makes that pretty clear.
is anyone using this? regularly? ..or?
any particular setup anyone recommends?
or troubles?
i think i may get rid of the cell and switch on over...
sounds like this is where things may be headed
What do you do for a living?
i make music
Do you love it?
absofuckinglutely
slashdot japan?!
what?!
you mean to tell me ive been reading this all this time and i couldve been the uber1337 version from the land of the rising sun?!
sezu-sai....
time to go learn japanese.....