For some reason the owners of the orinoco driver will not include monitor mode by default, and you have to patch it in. Super annoying.
Yes, I'll second that, especially if you don't have 2.6.2, which is the only 2.6 kernel that has a monitor patch, if you don't want to use the separate pcmcia distro.
I just patched 2.6.6 and it's kind of a pain to get all the failed hunks in airport.c manually.
By the way, WAN has nothing to do with wireless, it means "wide area network". I seem to recall the official wireless acronym/hip term is "WiFi" (which is a bitch because it always reminds me of my divorce. That's why I call them "802.11b", or *gasp* "wireless" cards).
is it that hard to recognize Dino from The Flintstones
You're making the assumption that everybody knows the Flintstones. Those who don't know Dino will be glad it was simply called a "pink dinosaur" in the article.
1) Is it really a codec? Seems to me it is a compression method for media, like.zip.tar etc., not an encoder... technically.
"Codec" means "coder-decoder". FLAC sounds encoded to me, if you need a FLAC library to enable a piece of music-playing software to read it, then I'd say the FLAC library is a codec.
2) It should sound exactly like the original. LOSSLESS = no loss. No point in comparing it to lossy codecs, unless it's not truly lossless.
Actually, it's interesting to compare lossless and lossy compressions because, these days, there's a fair chance that very good lossy compression sound so good it's almost impossible to tell the difference with the lossless compression.
3) The stored file sizes although smaller than the raw music are still way to big to be portable IMO.
Depends how much smaller. I'd say anything that doesn't produce at least 5x compression is worthless in any music player. You can zip a wav file and despite being much smaller than the original, it will still feel worthless to you in a compactflash card in terms of size.
This might be of interest to musicians but the proverbial "jane doe" will keep using mp3 for quite a while
Actually it's not that simple. Jane and Joe Doe will start using Ogg, AoTuV or other TLA and ETLA compression schemes when their favorite music players feature them. In the case of Ogg, it's not going to happen anytime soom because:
1 - There's an entrenched MP3 market, as you said
2 - It's an open-source format, i.e. it reeks of piracy and hackers in the minds of music player manufacturers and of the public
3 - It doesn't have the backing of major industry players, being seen as a "maverick" effort to undermine other potentially money-making closed-source formats
4 - It certainly doesn't have the backing of the RIAA, because it doesn't have DRM and other in-the-customer's-face copyright protection schemes
In short, people using Ogg will be opensource-aware and advocates for a long time to come. As for other Apple customer-unfriendly sort of schemes, I'm not convinced the general populace has bought into the idea of paying for music tracks that can become unplayable at the next Apple format-change-du-jour, because they're copyright-protected and therefore impossible to convert to another standard (in theory).
So yes, you're right, MP3 will stay around for a long time. I certainly won't convert my collection anytime soon...
younger people are easier to persuade to work harder, longer hours, and that they usually doesn't require as high pay as older, more experienced applicants.
It is NOT because younger people are smarter or brighter than older people
Younger people are not bright when it comes to refusing to work overtime so much that it destroys health and family life.
I know that often they can't refuse to work hard, because jobs are hard to come by these days and some other youngster is ready to take the place, but also it's usually illegal to fire someone for refusing gross overtime. The only trouble for young people is how do you prove you were fired by your boss on that ground in court.
This sort of thing is the best way to get something through to the public. What's more likely to get people interested: pages of plain text or a comic strip?
Thank you. I'll remember your post next time I try to explain to someone why the education system isn't doing its job...
I've known at least 10 people who have started businesses around the idea of giving old PCs a new life. One of them, Roger Gross, started Icentrix ltd. (now defunct), that used to make "MarioNet" appliances (essentially old PC serving as X servers and web browsers, talking to a centralized box).
Most of these guys' companies either don't fare too well, or are kaput, because the idea is, well, obvious...
I'm not sure what he used for control surfaces (in fact, I'm not sure it has any control at all, and maybe just flies forward)
It looks guided though, so I'm guessing the back edge of the disk bear the control surfaces.
I'm a bit disappointed that the propeller is at the front though. It would have been so cool at the back of the main "exhaust". Perhaps even inside it, but I can't really tell from the video if it would be large enough for a small prop.
Very cool though. Next task: make a model Bird of Prey that cloaks...
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on a rainy day.
Yes but, does it run Windows CE?
Another great Frenchman. Yah-boo sucks to you, Yankees...
For some reason the owners of the orinoco driver will not include monitor mode by default, and you have to patch it in. Super annoying.
Yes, I'll second that, especially if you don't have 2.6.2, which is the only 2.6 kernel that has a monitor patch, if you don't want to use the separate pcmcia distro.
I just patched 2.6.6 and it's kind of a pain to get all the failed hunks in airport.c manually.
Please explain how Linux software and transmit data via a wireless network without any hardware.
There: RFC1149/CPIP
By the way, WAN has nothing to do with wireless, it means "wide area network". I seem to recall the official wireless acronym/hip term is "WiFi" (which is a bitch because it always reminds me of my divorce. That's why I call them "802.11b", or *gasp* "wireless" cards).
Where are kismet? airsnort? kwifimanager? the various useful Orinoco patches for pcmcia?
Here's the true History of Unix.
If you're careful, you can easily get on, attach a Dino, and get off again.
Hmmmmm, and how would you know so much about going there, attaching a Dino and getting off again, eh?
HERE HE IS EVERYBODY, HE'S THE GUILTY MAN!
is it that hard to recognize Dino from The Flintstones
You're making the assumption that everybody knows the Flintstones. Those who don't know Dino will be glad it was simply called a "pink dinosaur" in the article.
"Some wag" is a cop out. They did it and are afraid to admit it. Who else would have the necessary safety equipment to put the toy there
What tells you there isn't the horribly burnt, decomposing cadaver of the tourist prankster down on the ground, out of the camera's field of view?
here comes Enzy...
1) Is it really a codec? Seems to me it is a compression method for media, like .zip .tar etc., not an encoder... technically.
"Codec" means "coder-decoder". FLAC sounds encoded to me, if you need a FLAC library to enable a piece of music-playing software to read it, then I'd say the FLAC library is a codec.
2) It should sound exactly like the original. LOSSLESS = no loss. No point in comparing it to lossy codecs, unless it's not truly lossless.
Actually, it's interesting to compare lossless and lossy compressions because, these days, there's a fair chance that very good lossy compression sound so good it's almost impossible to tell the difference with the lossless compression.
3) The stored file sizes although smaller than the raw music are still way to big to be portable IMO.
Depends how much smaller. I'd say anything that doesn't produce at least 5x compression is worthless in any music player. You can zip a wav file and despite being much smaller than the original, it will still feel worthless to you in a compactflash card in terms of size.
This might be of interest to musicians but the proverbial "jane doe" will keep using mp3 for quite a while
Actually it's not that simple. Jane and Joe Doe will start using Ogg, AoTuV or other TLA and ETLA compression schemes when their favorite music players feature them. In the case of Ogg, it's not going to happen anytime soom because:
1 - There's an entrenched MP3 market, as you said
2 - It's an open-source format, i.e. it reeks of piracy and hackers in the minds of music player manufacturers and of the public
3 - It doesn't have the backing of major industry players, being seen as a "maverick" effort to undermine other potentially money-making closed-source formats
4 - It certainly doesn't have the backing of the RIAA, because it doesn't have DRM and other in-the-customer's-face copyright protection schemes
In short, people using Ogg will be opensource-aware and advocates for a long time to come. As for other Apple customer-unfriendly sort of schemes, I'm not convinced the general populace has bought into the idea of paying for music tracks that can become unplayable at the next Apple format-change-du-jour, because they're copyright-protected and therefore impossible to convert to another standard (in theory).
So yes, you're right, MP3 will stay around for a long time. I certainly won't convert my collection anytime soon...
Tracks will cost between 75p and 99p, with 10p going to Oxfam. Acts featured include Coldplay and George Michael.
"Artists will see their music help some of the poorest people in the world," Oxfam's Adrian Lovett said.
10p for the poor, a large portion of 75p to 99p to the record companies, a itty bit of the rest to Big Noise and the artists.
In short, helping the poor helps the record companies. Just give 10p to the poors in your area, or to the local charity, you'll feel better...
younger people are easier to persuade to work harder, longer hours, and that they usually doesn't require as high pay as older, more experienced applicants.
It is NOT because younger people are smarter or brighter than older people
Younger people are not bright when it comes to refusing to work overtime so much that it destroys health and family life.
I know that often they can't refuse to work hard, because jobs are hard to come by these days and some other youngster is ready to take the place, but also it's usually illegal to fire someone for refusing gross overtime. The only trouble for young people is how do you prove you were fired by your boss on that ground in court.
Have you heard of the tall poppy syndrome?
That PDB made me stupider.
and dyslexic.
This sort of thing is the best way to get something through to the public. What's more likely to get people interested: pages of plain text or a comic strip?
Thank you. I'll remember your post next time I try to explain to someone why the education system isn't doing its job...
...this pdf looks like a japanese VCR user's manual?
I've known at least 10 people who have started businesses around the idea of giving old PCs a new life. One of them, Roger Gross, started Icentrix ltd. (now defunct), that used to make "MarioNet" appliances (essentially old PC serving as X servers and web browsers, talking to a centralized box).
Most of these guys' companies either don't fare too well, or are kaput, because the idea is, well, obvious...
PLAYFUL Act - Parents Legitimately Against Young Fellahs Using LSD Act
FUCKEDUP Act - Firemen Uneased by Cocker-spaniels Killing Effeminate Dandies Using Pot Act
Will these forced acronyms never end?
WITH-FANE
Here you can read about evolutionary computing, where teams of mobile robots with neural networks playing the Capture the flag game.
I'm not sure what he used for control surfaces (in fact, I'm not sure it has any control at all, and maybe just flies forward)
It looks guided though, so I'm guessing the back edge of the disk bear the control surfaces.
I'm a bit disappointed that the propeller is at the front though. It would have been so cool at the back of the main "exhaust". Perhaps even inside it, but I can't really tell from the video if it would be large enough for a small prop.
Very cool though. Next task: make a model Bird of Prey that cloaks...
You should see my model Borg cube...