I think this has quite a good chance of being secure. With such a small number of players that aren't publicly available, and with no need for backward compatibility, they can throw in more DRM than you can shake a stick at. Heck, it even appears to record on the disc each time you play it.
My God, that's cool. So you can automate all kinds of applications through a standard UI? And they publish the API so you can add your own apps to the list? That's it, I'm going out and buying an iBook as soon as Tiger comes out.
Google doesn't do a particularly good translation of Portuguese computer jargon - it refers to Nvidia "plates", a "plate mother", PS/2 "doors", "slide bars" (I assume these are expansion slots) and the list goes on and on.
This is so revolutionary because it has no optics. No lens, no mirrors, nothing. Plus because it uses a laser instead of a bulb, it will use less power, last longer and won't need a big fan to cool it.
To the best of my knowledge, the loss of image quality with standard optical equipment occurs due to imperfections in the lens. With this method, there seems to be no actual refraction taking place - it all operates on wave interference. And I quote:
"No lenses are required -- the projected image is formed entirely by diffraction," said Cable.
Believe it or not, the cost is not likely to be that much higher, because there's no need for precision optics, just a tiny screen and a laser.
Even if you don't enable power management on your x86-laptop, Linux will always issue the HLT instruction to your processor whenever nothing needs to be done [1]. Many Microsoft Windows CPU cooling program use this technique. This results in lowering the power consumption of your CPU. Note that the system doesn't power down when it receives the HLT instruction; it just stops executing instructions until there is an interrupt.
Battery-Powered-HOWTO near the bottom of the last page. It was originally published in 1997. Are you happy now?
I know perfectly well that the HLT instruction does not actually stop supplying power to anything; however, it's still true that when the clock is not running, the current flow is lower and less energy is used. The one thing I'm not sure about is whether or not Windows is actually sane enough to use this instruction like Linux does, instead of sitting in an infinite loop. (Wouldn't surprise me one bit, actually.)
Every processor for at least the last 5 years goes into a low-power mode when idle. That "do-nothing" command is actually a HLT instruction, which freezes all CPU activity except for refreshing the on-chip registers, thus saving a certainly non-negligible amount of power.
I just took the test with sample 9, one of the speech ones, and it's amazing how much variability there is in the various codecs. One of them was so good I could only reliably hear the difference after a dozen repeated listenings, and another sounded like a cellphone in a tunnel. I'll be interested to see the results in a week or so.
AS a matter of fact, it certainly is. Follow the link at the bottom of the page (to here) and you'll see this information:
One of the most acclaimed methods of comparing codec quality is by performing so-called "Double Blind Listening Tests". In this sort of test, the participant compares various encoded samples against each other and against an uncompressed reference sample. The blind part means that the participant doesn't know which sample was encoded by which encoder. That guarantees there'll be no psychological bias towards his/her favorite codec, or against the codec he/she dislikes.
I agree with you. I have used MSN search and it is indeed crap, and the new preview even more so. That still doesn't justify writing this kind of misleading nonsense - rational arguments should be enough.
Did you notice that Google didn't change "metals" to "medals"? And with good reason - true artificial intelligence (by which I mean an understanding of the world in order to make this type of decision), while nice to speculate about, is not here and will not be here in the near future. That's what people are for.
...is total and complete FUD. Come on... they searched for "Olympic gold metals." You can't judge the accuracy of the search engine by a query that only finds mistakes. And the number-one Google result for "fastest processor currently available" claimed it to be the Athlon 1.3GHz.
Overall, the biggest problem with the new MSN search seems to be that it doesn't ignore words like "the" and "what" which shouldn't be in your search in the first place. I hate Microsoft and their anticompetitive tactics just as much as the next guy, but how is this article any better?
The article does mention that the firmware is upgradable. Hopefully once Theora hits 1.0 and (fingers crossed) becomes more widely used, Gateway'll take the hint.
<sarcasm>The player can handle "AVI" files, though... obviously that means every codec, past or future, real or imaginary must be supported.</sarcasm>
Gateway's server software, called the "Gateway D5 Streaming Media Server," will only work on Windows operating systems (98SE and later) so Mac or Linux users need not apply.
No, port 25 is used solely for sending email. It has absolutely nothing to do with BitTorrent. Not only that, but Comcast is only blocking it for spammers and open relays.
...they automatically go to sleep when you close the lid...
Minor nitpick: that's not usually hardware-controlled, and I don't want it to be. That is exactly the kind of functionality that should be under the user's or operating system's control. What if I'm listening to music and want to put the laptop in my backpack? Should I have to reboot and mess with the BIOS settings just to get the laptop to keep running?
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I think this has quite a good chance of being secure. With such a small number of players that aren't publicly available, and with no need for backward compatibility, they can throw in more DRM than you can shake a stick at. Heck, it even appears to record on the disc each time you play it.
My God, that's cool. So you can automate all kinds of applications through a standard UI? And they publish the API so you can add your own apps to the list? That's it, I'm going out and buying an iBook as soon as Tiger comes out.
It's the waitng three hours while every application recompiles itself even if there have been no changes
You forgot the "-u" option.
I thought Ext2/3 supported "extended attributes", which are basically the same thing.
Google doesn't do a particularly good translation of Portuguese computer jargon - it refers to Nvidia "plates", a "plate mother", PS/2 "doors", "slide bars" (I assume these are expansion slots) and the list goes on and on.
Just wait till they start projecting basilisk images! o_O
This is so revolutionary because it has no optics. No lens, no mirrors, nothing. Plus because it uses a laser instead of a bulb, it will use less power, last longer and won't need a big fan to cool it.
To the best of my knowledge, the loss of image quality with standard optical equipment occurs due to imperfections in the lens. With this method, there seems to be no actual refraction taking place - it all operates on wave interference. And I quote:
"No lenses are required -- the projected image is formed entirely by diffraction," said Cable.
Believe it or not, the cost is not likely to be that much higher, because there's no need for precision optics, just a tiny screen and a laser.
OK, fine. Here you go:
Even if you don't enable power management on your x86-laptop, Linux will always issue the HLT instruction to your processor whenever nothing needs to be done [1]. Many Microsoft Windows CPU cooling program use this technique. This results in lowering the power consumption of your CPU. Note that the system doesn't power down when it receives the HLT instruction; it just stops executing instructions until there is an interrupt.
Battery-Powered-HOWTO near the bottom of the last page. It was originally published in 1997. Are you happy now?
I know perfectly well that the HLT instruction does not actually stop supplying power to anything; however, it's still true that when the clock is not running, the current flow is lower and less energy is used. The one thing I'm not sure about is whether or not Windows is actually sane enough to use this instruction like Linux does, instead of sitting in an infinite loop. (Wouldn't surprise me one bit, actually.)
I gather that they are compression formats of known very low and high quality, respectively. They're used as experimental controls.
Every processor for at least the last 5 years goes into a low-power mode when idle. That "do-nothing" command is actually a HLT instruction, which freezes all CPU activity except for refreshing the on-chip registers, thus saving a certainly non-negligible amount of power.
I just took the test with sample 9, one of the speech ones, and it's amazing how much variability there is in the various codecs. One of them was so good I could only reliably hear the difference after a dozen repeated listenings, and another sounded like a cellphone in a tunnel. I'll be interested to see the results in a week or so.
AS a matter of fact, it certainly is. Follow the link at the bottom of the page (to here) and you'll see this information:
One of the most acclaimed methods of comparing codec quality is by performing so-called "Double Blind Listening Tests". In this sort of test, the participant compares various encoded samples against each other and against an uncompressed reference sample. The blind part means that the participant doesn't know which sample was encoded by which encoder. That guarantees there'll be no psychological bias towards his/her favorite codec, or against the codec he/she dislikes.
That's it, Gromit! Cheeeese! We'll go somewhere where there's cheeeeese!
Sorry, I already patented royalties. You can start sending me my royalties now... oh wait...
I agree with you. I have used MSN search and it is indeed crap, and the new preview even more so. That still doesn't justify writing this kind of misleading nonsense - rational arguments should be enough.
Did you notice that Google didn't change "metals" to "medals"? And with good reason - true artificial intelligence (by which I mean an understanding of the world in order to make this type of decision), while nice to speculate about, is not here and will not be here in the near future. That's what people are for.
...is total and complete FUD. Come on... they searched for "Olympic gold metals." You can't judge the accuracy of the search engine by a query that only finds mistakes. And the number-one Google result for "fastest processor currently available" claimed it to be the Athlon 1.3GHz.
Overall, the biggest problem with the new MSN search seems to be that it doesn't ignore words like "the" and "what" which shouldn't be in your search in the first place. I hate Microsoft and their anticompetitive tactics just as much as the next guy, but how is this article any better?
you do have a constitutionally protected privacy that this may or may not infringe upon
Care to back this up? This seems to be a common argument, but I can't find any mention of individual privacy in the Constitution.
Proof in point? Some cams are labled as telesync.
Yeah... and I once found a copy of AutoCAD labeled "Beethoven's 5th Symphony.mp3.iso". Your point?
The article does mention that the firmware is upgradable. Hopefully once Theora hits 1.0 and (fingers crossed) becomes more widely used, Gateway'll take the hint.
<sarcasm>The player can handle "AVI" files, though... obviously that means every codec, past or future, real or imaginary must be supported.</sarcasm>
Gateway's server software, called the "Gateway D5 Streaming Media Server," will only work on Windows operating systems (98SE and later) so Mac or Linux users need not apply.
Gentlemen, start your packet sniffers...
No, port 25 is used solely for sending email. It has absolutely nothing to do with BitTorrent. Not only that, but Comcast is only blocking it for spammers and open relays.
Well, it works fine with my HP laptop. There goes my motivation to buy an iBook.
...they automatically go to sleep when you close the lid...
Minor nitpick: that's not usually hardware-controlled, and I don't want it to be. That is exactly the kind of functionality that should be under the user's or operating system's control. What if I'm listening to music and want to put the laptop in my backpack? Should I have to reboot and mess with the BIOS settings just to get the laptop to keep running?