My mini is a 1.66GHz core duo. It does 720p AVC easily. On it VLC can almost do 1080p AVC, but can't quite sustain it*. I imagine the current-gen 2.0GHz core 2 duo can handle it fine, whilst maintaining its whisper-quiet operating volume.
Blu-ray is the highest bandwidth HD source I know of, and it maxes out at 36 Mbits/s. The most pessimistic number I can find for the Drobo is 12MBytes/s sustained write. They claim "up to" (whatever that means) 22MB/s sustained read and 20MB/s sustained write. So if we assume that read throughput is no worse than write, and that the realistic number is 12MB/s, then we're talking about trying to fit 36Mbits/s of data down a 96Mbit/s pipe. Should be no problem. Playing back two different 1080p movies simultaneously would probably require some fairly heavy buffering to work reliably;-)
-Peter
*Now that they've fixed the horrid DTS performance!
Storage server* in a back room, Mac Mini hooked up to the TV. Added a bluetooth keyboard and Mighty Mouse and I'm set. It's even a DVD player smaller than most! (Can't wait 'till they come out with a Blu-ray model.)
You're making the split at the I/O level. Makes much more sense to me to split at the storage level. Storage is still noisy, processing has gotten pretty quiet. Why fling all those signals around when you can just have one Ethernet backhaul, and keep all the I/O in the same room?
-Peter
*Actually just a Newertech drive plugged into the USB port on my Airport Extreme. I hope to upgrade to a Drobo soon.
So you're saying that a mushroom that makes you see our Lord Jesus just spontaneously evolved in parallel with the human that sees Him when he eats it? How absurd!
Evolutionists make me crazy! How, for example, did avocados and bacon evolve independently to make the ultimate sandwich?! Open your eyes and see the Divine power of Jebus. I mean Jesus.
Why do they need fake IDs? The 9/11 guys didn't. Are we meant to imagine that the government has subsequently identified every potential terrorist and an alarm will go off if any of them present their ID?
I think there are two things at work.
First, this is meant to remove the doubt over whether it is okay to travel without papers. Can't have trouble makers of the Samuel Adams stripe running around asserting their rights.
Second, the law enforcement mentality is predicated on the infantile presumption that fear of punishment is what prevents people from committing crimes. Once someone decides they don't give a damn (or, worse, that they want publicity) law enforcement is lost.
I'm not defending the summary, but it is worth remembering that Microsoft actively undermined web standards for the last decade or so. It is laudable that they are finally getting on board with the program, but the reason these sites need to be re-worked is that Microsoft intentionally archived and maintained browser dominance with their own "take" on how web standards should work.
I don't see any reason they shouldn't shoulder the blame for the cleanup costs.
My Mac is backing up to a remote drive right now. It's a SATA drive in a 3rd party enclosure hooked up to an Airport. This is supposedly "unsupported" but I set it up through the GUI. No command line "hacks" required.
As a (possibly) interesting postscript; I was diagnosed with exercise induced asthma yesterday. I now have an inhaler and can start exercising properly! I may live a full life after all!
Now, I sort of look down on Guitar Hero, but I'm a live and let live kind of guy.
But I do want to point out a very real difference between Guitar Hero and most other games. I can't really defend against and alien invasion. I can't really join the mafia. I can't really be a Simpson. I'll probably never fly a jet. But I can do all these things in video games.
On the other hand, for the price of a current-gen console, a couple of "guitar" controllers, and Guitar Hero I could go out and buy a couple of non-heroic guitars. And in the time some people spend playing that game, I could learn to play one passably. To me, for my money, that's a way better deal.
I'm not trying to persuade you here, but I think this may be why others are. Why simulate something you can actually do?
"Contains content that is considered unsuitable for children under the age of 17."
I'm 32. I drink. I drive. I don't combine the two in real life, but I do in GTA IV.
Why shouldn't I be able to play this game? It let's me be very naughty without risk to myself or anyone else. What's the problem here?
As in interesting side note, I'm totally uninterested in lap dances in real life, but I think they're really cool in the game. I think these things are related. In real life I'm concerned for the other people involved. In the game they're all virtual.
I quoted your original statement about HTTPS in my original reply. I'm not going to re-litigate that.
Anything that is not in the list of trusted root certs I would call invalid, indeed all browsers but Safari call these certs invalid
I just went to my corporate webmail, which uses a self-signed cert. On Safari on my iPhone I get the message, "The certificate for the website is invalid. Would you like to connect to the website anyway? [Cancel] [Continue]" (Safari on the Mac gives a similar message.)
I honestly don't know what you're talking about when you say that Safari doesn't use a root CA. I know I usually don't get a prompt such as the one above when I go to a secure site. (E.g. https://amazon.com/.) Presumably this is the case when the cert is signed by a trusted CA.
So the evidence of my eyes indicates that, in fact, Safari does prompt on invalid certificates and does use a root CA. If you can explain how this jives with your assertion I'd love to hear it.
So in safari when it says "HTTPS" and the cert was issued by "CRACKS.AM" it will look the same as the "HTTPS" when its issued by verisign! Now if this goes over your head, maybe you should read up on it a bit, but don't tell me I'm wrong.
You might want to read up yourself, slick. A self-signed certificate is every bit as cryptographically secure as one signed by a big CA. It isn't trusted by the browser for good reason, but the encryption is unaffected.
The site's identity isn't verified by some "trusted" source (e.g. Verisign), but the transmission is every bit as "HTTPS". That's why Safari prompts the user to manually verify the authenticity of the site.
This may be over your head, but if you can't verify the authenticity of the site don't freakin' click "continue"!
Longer answer: Each of the combinations of synchronous and asynchronous, and visual and aural communication have their place. Need to send a street address, but the recipient doesn't really need it until tomorrow? Send an email. Need to tell a friend that you're at the upstairs bar? Send an SMS.
I find that, now that I'm accustomed to using SMS, it comes in handy often. It hits a sweet spot of high precedence without requiring true synchronicity, while enforcing pithiness.
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My mini is a 1.66GHz core duo. It does 720p AVC easily. On it VLC can almost do 1080p AVC, but can't quite sustain it*. I imagine the current-gen 2.0GHz core 2 duo can handle it fine, whilst maintaining its whisper-quiet operating volume.
;-)
Blu-ray is the highest bandwidth HD source I know of, and it maxes out at 36 Mbits/s. The most pessimistic number I can find for the Drobo is 12MBytes/s sustained write. They claim "up to" (whatever that means) 22MB/s sustained read and 20MB/s sustained write. So if we assume that read throughput is no worse than write, and that the realistic number is 12MB/s, then we're talking about trying to fit 36Mbits/s of data down a 96Mbit/s pipe. Should be no problem. Playing back two different 1080p movies simultaneously would probably require some fairly heavy buffering to work reliably
-Peter
*Now that they've fixed the horrid DTS performance!
Storage server* in a back room, Mac Mini hooked up to the TV. Added a bluetooth keyboard and Mighty Mouse and I'm set. It's even a DVD player smaller than most! (Can't wait 'till they come out with a Blu-ray model.)
You're making the split at the I/O level. Makes much more sense to me to split at the storage level. Storage is still noisy, processing has gotten pretty quiet. Why fling all those signals around when you can just have one Ethernet backhaul, and keep all the I/O in the same room?
-Peter
*Actually just a Newertech drive plugged into the USB port on my Airport Extreme. I hope to upgrade to a Drobo soon.
I sat on a series of excercise balls for about a year. I was on a hardwood floor, and the kept developing leaks.
Anyway, I really liked it except for the fact that the ball doesn't breathe AT ALL. Gross.
-Peter
So you're saying that a mushroom that makes you see our Lord Jesus just spontaneously evolved in parallel with the human that sees Him when he eats it? How absurd!
Evolutionists make me crazy! How, for example, did avocados and bacon evolve independently to make the ultimate sandwich?! Open your eyes and see the Divine power of Jebus. I mean Jesus.
Wait, I don't even believe in Jesus.
-Peter
Why do they need fake IDs? The 9/11 guys didn't. Are we meant to imagine that the government has subsequently identified every potential terrorist and an alarm will go off if any of them present their ID?
I think there are two things at work.
First, this is meant to remove the doubt over whether it is okay to travel without papers. Can't have trouble makers of the Samuel Adams stripe running around asserting their rights.
Second, the law enforcement mentality is predicated on the infantile presumption that fear of punishment is what prevents people from committing crimes. Once someone decides they don't give a damn (or, worse, that they want publicity) law enforcement is lost.
I weep for my species.
-Peter
Yeah, the guilty 11%!
-Peter
Only Jack Thompson has the power to disbar Jack Thompson.
Jack Thompson is the new Chuck Norris.
-Peter
Referring to The Big Lebowski, mostly.
-Peter
Walter, this isn't a First Amendment thing.
Oh, wait. Yes it is.
-Peter
I'm not defending the summary, but it is worth remembering that Microsoft actively undermined web standards for the last decade or so. It is laudable that they are finally getting on board with the program, but the reason these sites need to be re-worked is that Microsoft intentionally archived and maintained browser dominance with their own "take" on how web standards should work.
I don't see any reason they shouldn't shoulder the blame for the cleanup costs.
-Peter
My Mac is backing up to a remote drive right now. It's a SATA drive in a 3rd party enclosure hooked up to an Airport. This is supposedly "unsupported" but I set it up through the GUI. No command line "hacks" required.
Works great. I'm using GigE, not wireless.
-Peter
As a (possibly) interesting postscript; I was diagnosed with exercise induced asthma yesterday. I now have an inhaler and can start exercising properly! I may live a full life after all!
-Peter
Does this mean I'm finally in a class that the government is going to throw money at?
Oh, and I plan to live 20% fewer years than average, so it's really a 2% gain for the planet.
-Peter
Until I read this article, I thought that Hot Fuzz was a comedy.
-Peter
I love GTA IV. I don't play Guitar Hero.
Now, I sort of look down on Guitar Hero, but I'm a live and let live kind of guy.
But I do want to point out a very real difference between Guitar Hero and most other games. I can't really defend against and alien invasion. I can't really join the mafia. I can't really be a Simpson. I'll probably never fly a jet. But I can do all these things in video games.
On the other hand, for the price of a current-gen console, a couple of "guitar" controllers, and Guitar Hero I could go out and buy a couple of non-heroic guitars. And in the time some people spend playing that game, I could learn to play one passably. To me, for my money, that's a way better deal.
I'm not trying to persuade you here, but I think this may be why others are. Why simulate something you can actually do?
-Peter
My font looks like a database connection error. :-(
-Peter
For the first time in my life, I want Java!
-Peter
"Contains content that is considered unsuitable for children under the age of 17."
I'm 32. I drink. I drive. I don't combine the two in real life, but I do in GTA IV.
Why shouldn't I be able to play this game? It let's me be very naughty without risk to myself or anyone else. What's the problem here?
As in interesting side note, I'm totally uninterested in lap dances in real life, but I think they're really cool in the game. I think these things are related. In real life I'm concerned for the other people involved. In the game they're all virtual.
-Peter
I know that forum is all part of your elaborate ruse!
-Peter
I just went to my corporate webmail, which uses a self-signed cert. On Safari on my iPhone I get the message, "The certificate for the website is invalid. Would you like to connect to the website anyway? [Cancel] [Continue]" (Safari on the Mac gives a similar message.)
I honestly don't know what you're talking about when you say that Safari doesn't use a root CA. I know I usually don't get a prompt such as the one above when I go to a secure site. (E.g. https://amazon.com/
So the evidence of my eyes indicates that, in fact, Safari does prompt on invalid certificates and does use a root CA. If you can explain how this jives with your assertion I'd love to hear it.
-Peter
Not one word of your post contradicts my previous post. You have changed assertions mid-stream. Conversing with you is useless.
Oh, well.
-Peter
You might want to read up yourself, slick. A self-signed certificate is every bit as cryptographically secure as one signed by a big CA. It isn't trusted by the browser for good reason, but the encryption is unaffected.
The site's identity isn't verified by some "trusted" source (e.g. Verisign), but the transmission is every bit as "HTTPS". That's why Safari prompts the user to manually verify the authenticity of the site.
This may be over your head, but if you can't verify the authenticity of the site don't freakin' click "continue"!
-Peter
Me: I'm upstairs.
Friend: WHAT?
Me: I'M UPSTAIRS
Friend: WHAT?
Me: I'M UPSTAIRS
Friend: WHAT?
Me: *click*
I'll take my chances with SMS, thanks.
-Peter
Two word answer: Night club.
Longer answer: Each of the combinations of synchronous and asynchronous, and visual and aural communication have their place. Need to send a street address, but the recipient doesn't really need it until tomorrow? Send an email. Need to tell a friend that you're at the upstairs bar? Send an SMS.
I find that, now that I'm accustomed to using SMS, it comes in handy often. It hits a sweet spot of high precedence without requiring true synchronicity, while enforcing pithiness.
-Peter
Could be worse, could have been mistaken for kagogi.
-Peter