I don't know about try-before-you-buy, but I definitely bought music I would not otherwise have, simply because downloading allowed me to 'discover' a number of groups. Now, I do not buy music from groups I haven't really heard (i.e., actually heard tracks besides the 2 they play on the radio, which actually is moot in my case because NONE of the bands I discovered are played regularly on the radio where I live), plus I almost never listen to internet radio; so, the chances are about 2% that I would have bought ANY of the music I did, much less ALL of it. I don't even download anymore, simply because I don't feel I have to, but my planned purchases are not over because the groups I discovered still release music periodically.
Now, I don't know what is the best business model for the *AA, or where copying/downloading restrictions SHOULD stop, but I know that in my case, downloading proved useful to me simply for finding music that I would enjoy, and therefore bought.
You may very well be right, though, about there being hundreds of the 'click-and-forget' type for every one like me.
I mean, think of it. I can now play the music I bought for my PC on my Mac. I must install a patch so I can't do that anymore.
Good thing MS was on the ball with this one. Can you imagine how many billions would be lost if they waited, say, six months to fix that? They probably saved the entire econo--er, recording industry single-handedly!
I still go with the original definition - if polar bears and grizzly bears can reproduce (and produce fertile offspring) they are the same species
Why not just use another term that has been in use for millenia: the same kind?
The definition of "species" changes every so many years; the meaning of "kind" has been the same for virtually all of human history, in every language.
here I thought I was the only one who thought of that. The whole "per square inch" thing really only counts in terms of 2-dimensional media. Which brings up the question, How many bits/square inch does this give? That is, how much per square inch, single layer? And just how many layers does this employ?
If the time required to compile (plus trouble) is less than the time/trouble saved through performance gains (assuming you actually compile it correctly to get said gains), then compile. Else download and install.
But then again, if you just have a lot of time on your hands, it doesn't really matter what you do.
what anybody says, last-ditch or whatever, the Dreamcast is still comparable with almost anything on the market today, purely from a technological (read: graphics quality) standpoint.
Are you sure JB weld is conductive? Because I need some conductive epoxy, but all I can find is tiny bottles of this stuff that's more expensive than fine silver (mostly because there *is* silver in it). If JB weld really is that conductive, I'd like to know, because I have some already.
Or is it just conductive enough to cause problems?
I know he didn't want to epoxy the thing back together, but he didn't say anything about going all the way!
1. Set a sheet of wax paper on a table. 2. Spray the wax paper with some PAM (cooking spray, not authentication). 3. Squirt epoxy gel (preferably clear) onto the wax paper into a rough thumbdrive shape. 4. Lightly press thumbdrive into liquid epoxy EXCEPT FOR THE USB PORT!!! KEEP USB PORT FREE OF EPOXY!!! 5. Squirt a little epoxy over the thumbdrive EXCEPT FOR THE USB PORT!!! 6. Let it all set. Make SURE you did NOT pour so much epoxy that it gets on the USB port. Watch it periodically to make sure epoxy STAYS AWAY FROM USB. 7. Smile. Bonus points if you can get your old cap to work with it. Extra bonus if you make a new cap out of epoxy. Triple bonus if your new cap doesn't weld itself to the new body. 8. ????? 9. Profit!!!
Man, now I want to do this if/when my thumbdrive's casing dies.
the article summary describes the fossil as being found
Oh, and we can always take article summaries literally? Even if we do, "found" can mean "bought", you know. Many major fossil "finds" these days are actually bought by fossil dealers from more common people who do the "finding", and then sold to the scientists who start the process of bringing them to front pages of periodicals near you (or not, as the case may be), which periodicals then proclaim "a startling find was found in China recently" (facetiousness mine).
Or did you think that those scientists just spent all their time digging?
the majority of fossil forgeries in China are of already discovered fossils created to be sold to collectors
Well, anyway, the majority of known forgeries are. We have no way of knowing how many forgeries are in museums and institutes, fooling proud discoverers, experts, and viewers alike as we speak; therefore, it's hard to make solid distinctions of any kind on that point. Remember how long it was before Piltdown man was exposed...
This long track record of forgeries came from sources just like what you describe: vendors, farmers, basically lots of extremely poor people out to make a quick year's wages. New Scientist had an articleway back in Feb 2000 outlining just how bad it was back then. Now, would you conclude, given the incredible amount of money that can be had for so little labor in such an incredibly poor region, that such a practice would become more widespread, or less so?
I hope this makes it past the lameness filter. Anyway, if you're running Windows, just call it something like "tinycat.pl" and open a command prompt or something and open it with "perl -n tinycat.pl" or somesuch. If you're running Linux, you probably already know how to run it.
Indeed, it appears you are quite right (thanks for the link, BTW). The "personal use exemption", as you well put it, appears to be valid in Europe, but NOT in the U.S. of A.
It seems to me that it used to be valid here. If so, I then wonder, When was it changed?
anybody who makes use of the invention without the OK of the patent holder is liable for patent infringement
I think you meant anybody who makes money off of the invention (or attempts to). It's never been illegal to make something for yourself, even if it has technology from 10,000 patents. It's also never been illegal to give said object to someone else. It is, however, illegal to infringe on the patent holder's right to make money (or attempt to) off of their invention.
Remember, patents don't give patent holders any power over your ability to make stuff.
I have an Athlon64 (desktop) with C&Q, and it didn't do that on its own. I had to set up cpuspeed daemon to do that. It is quite effective. When idling at 1GHz, the CPU draws about 21W, as opposed to 67 when running at 2GHz.
Furthermore, it seems to me that C&Q is more about the CPU fan speed than just scaling. My system does automatically slow the fan when the CPU is cool (~3400-4000 RPM), and it speeds it up when the chip heats up (up to ~5500 RPM, very very noisy).
As far as I can tell, scaling is controlled in software, but C&Q appears to be handled by the BIOS (although you can use the Windows-only C&Q utility to change settings on-the-fly).
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The Article claims 20-30% absolute efficiency. Doesn't sound unreasonable to me.
I don't know about try-before-you-buy, but I definitely bought music I would not otherwise have, simply because downloading allowed me to 'discover' a number of groups. Now, I do not buy music from groups I haven't really heard (i.e., actually heard tracks besides the 2 they play on the radio, which actually is moot in my case because NONE of the bands I discovered are played regularly on the radio where I live), plus I almost never listen to internet radio; so, the chances are about 2% that I would have bought ANY of the music I did, much less ALL of it. I don't even download anymore, simply because I don't feel I have to, but my planned purchases are not over because the groups I discovered still release music periodically.
Now, I don't know what is the best business model for the *AA, or where copying/downloading restrictions SHOULD stop, but I know that in my case, downloading proved useful to me simply for finding music that I would enjoy, and therefore bought.
You may very well be right, though, about there being hundreds of the 'click-and-forget' type for every one like me.
I mean, think of it. I can now play the music I bought for my PC on my Mac. I must install a patch so I can't do that anymore.
Good thing MS was on the ball with this one. Can you imagine how many billions would be lost if they waited, say, six months to fix that? They probably saved the entire econo--er, recording industry single-handedly!
</sarcasm>
* I had a very small problem getting it to work the first time, but that problem has been fixed since then.
Maybe you meant to say key frame? B frames come at about 24 or 30/sec, if I'm not mistaken. ;-)
How about markers?
Why not just use another term that has been in use for millenia: the same kind?
The definition of "species" changes every so many years; the meaning of "kind" has been the same for virtually all of human history, in every language.
No need to overcomplicate things.
here I thought I was the only one who thought of that. The whole "per square inch" thing really only counts in terms of 2-dimensional media. Which brings up the question, How many bits/square inch does this give? That is, how much per square inch, single layer? And just how many layers does this employ?
of course. A lot of people know that. Is the adjective 'wacked' inapplicable? No.
if you tilt your head AT ALL, the picture goes wacked.
If the time required to compile (plus trouble) is less than the time/trouble saved through performance gains (assuming you actually compile it correctly to get said gains), then compile. Else download and install.
But then again, if you just have a lot of time on your hands, it doesn't really matter what you do.
I know the 360 is superior, hence my hesitance to make an all-encompassing statement. Gamecube? It's a wash, in my opinion.
what anybody says, last-ditch or whatever, the Dreamcast is still comparable with almost anything on the market today, purely from a technological (read: graphics quality) standpoint.
And when has the focus of ANY of the Bell sections been providing service to customers as opposed to making money for investors?
Or is it just conductive enough to cause problems?
1. Set a sheet of wax paper on a table.
2. Spray the wax paper with some PAM (cooking spray, not authentication).
3. Squirt epoxy gel (preferably clear) onto the wax paper into a rough thumbdrive shape.
4. Lightly press thumbdrive into liquid epoxy EXCEPT FOR THE USB PORT!!! KEEP USB PORT FREE OF EPOXY!!!
5. Squirt a little epoxy over the thumbdrive EXCEPT FOR THE USB PORT!!!
6. Let it all set. Make SURE you did NOT pour so much epoxy that it gets on the USB port. Watch it periodically to make sure epoxy STAYS AWAY FROM USB.
7. Smile. Bonus points if you can get your old cap to work with it. Extra bonus if you make a new cap out of epoxy. Triple bonus if your new cap doesn't weld itself to the new body.
8. ?????
9. Profit!!!
Man, now I want to do this if/when my thumbdrive's casing dies.
Well, it can output the Linux kernel (source and machine--any language), but it takes a while...
Oh, and we can always take article summaries literally? Even if we do, "found" can mean "bought", you know. Many major fossil "finds" these days are actually bought by fossil dealers from more common people who do the "finding", and then sold to the scientists who start the process of bringing them to front pages of periodicals near you (or not, as the case may be), which periodicals then proclaim "a startling find was found in China recently" (facetiousness mine).
Or did you think that those scientists just spent all their time digging?
the majority of fossil forgeries in China are of already discovered fossils created to be sold to collectors
Well, anyway, the majority of known forgeries are. We have no way of knowing how many forgeries are in museums and institutes, fooling proud discoverers, experts, and viewers alike as we speak; therefore, it's hard to make solid distinctions of any kind on that point. Remember how long it was before Piltdown man was exposed...
F is for Fake, New Scientist, Feb. 19, 2000. Sorry, but you must give money or use bugmenot to view more than the first 2 paragraphs or so.
This long track record of forgeries came from sources just like what you describe: vendors, farmers, basically lots of extremely poor people out to make a quick year's wages. New Scientist had an article way back in Feb 2000 outlining just how bad it was back then. Now, would you conclude, given the incredible amount of money that can be had for so little labor in such an incredibly poor region, that such a practice would become more widespread, or less so?
#!/usr/bin/perl -n /\.([^.]+)/g;
printf "Serial: %s Type: %s Code: %s\n",
map {
tr/a-zA-Z0-9+-/ -_/;
$_ = unpack 'u', chr(32 + length()*3/4) . $_;
s/\0+$//;
$_ ^= "C" x length;
}
I hope this makes it past the lameness filter. Anyway, if you're running Windows, just call it something like "tinycat.pl" and open a command prompt or something and open it with "perl -n tinycat.pl" or somesuch. If you're running Linux, you probably already know how to run it.
Hope this helps!
It seems to me that it used to be valid here. If so, I then wonder, When was it changed?
I think you meant anybody who makes money off of the invention (or attempts to). It's never been illegal to make something for yourself, even if it has technology from 10,000 patents. It's also never been illegal to give said object to someone else. It is, however, illegal to infringe on the patent holder's right to make money (or attempt to) off of their invention.
Remember, patents don't give patent holders any power over your ability to make stuff.
Yes, Athlon64's do scale, but...
I have an Athlon64 (desktop) with C&Q, and it didn't do that on its own. I had to set up cpuspeed daemon to do that. It is quite effective. When idling at 1GHz, the CPU draws about 21W, as opposed to 67 when running at 2GHz.
Furthermore, it seems to me that C&Q is more about the CPU fan speed than just scaling. My system does automatically slow the fan when the CPU is cool (~3400-4000 RPM), and it speeds it up when the chip heats up (up to ~5500 RPM, very very noisy).
As far as I can tell, scaling is controlled in software, but C&Q appears to be handled by the BIOS (although you can use the Windows-only C&Q utility to change settings on-the-fly).
I have one full-length movie (about 2 hours) in HD (1920x1080). It is a bit over 11 GB. Just a stat based on my observation.