The correct way to do SVG/MathML/etc. is with embed or object tags, as has been possible from HTML 3. Trying to put everything inline, while at the same time insisting that more fundamental things should be separated (CSS), can only lead to pain.
I'm pretty sure that, contrary to the summary, libavcodec doesn't link against libflac - libflac requires an event-driven programming methodology to use which doesn't really fit with libavcodec's design. So, which is the flaw in?
Uh, paging on the same partition is the Right Thing; it's very hard for an inexperienced user to work out how much swap space they will need beforehand. And you can always put it on a different partition yourself if you really want to. I wish linux could page to a dynamicly-sized file on my ordinary filesystem.
It's not a lot better than nothing, really. I move from having to transcode all my media to....still having to transcode all my media (yes, it takes up a bit less space, but that's less of a factor than the convenience). Which suggests it's just a PR move rather than an attempt at something actually useful.
Really? I count two, three if you include google. And "different from myspace" has been one of facebook's main attractions. This won't put any pressure on facebook.
Yeah, locking people out of the voting process because they fall below some standard you set makes for a great defence of democracy.
We already do this - convicted criminals and under 18s don't get to vote. And an intelligence test would be a far more reasonable line than an arbitrary age.
Generations are *meant* to be incremental improvements - the very name implies they're nothing new, mostly the same thing, just done better. PS3 and Xbox360 are exactly "next generation"; they're the same improvement over PS2/Xbox/GC that those were over PSX/N64. The Wii is the console that *isn't* next generation - less improvement in power, fewer similarities, instead it's gone off and done something different. Perhaps it's the "console mutant"?
Can you really be that naive? Standards bodies have been corporate battlegrounds ever since they came into being.
Battling over what goes into the standard, sure - but chess is also a battleground in that sense. The notion of a company joining with the intent of preventing any standard ever being made is, as far as I know, something entirely new.
For example, both the DVD standard and the MPEG standards are really primarily there to let oligopolies control the market and make some patent holders very wealthy.
Not really - the RAND licensing requirements are there to ensure that you don't make loads of money from your licensing if it's going in a standard. There's a lot more money (in proportion to the amount of video played) in the licensing of codecs for web streaming, where there is no standard, than the people who wrote the codecs for DVDs are getting.
To use your analogy, it's like not being able to deal with a passerby kicking the board over and running off with the pieces in a major Chess tournament. You can bet that the match organizers take steps to prevent that.
OK, but in that case the passerby is someone else who's entered the tournament. Which there aren't official methods of dealing with - I'm sure something would be done, just like I'm sure ISO will figure out a way to deal with these people, but there's no standard procedure in place, because the very idea that it would happen is just ludicrous.
A standards committee is not designed as a battlezone; it's run under the assumption that its members, while they may disagree on the technical details, all want to agree a standard - otherwise, why would they be there? Saying not being able to deal with this sort of thing is a problem with ISO is like saying not being able to deal with a passerby kicking the board over and running off with the pieces is a problem with chess.
well how about i DRIVE my way down to an area that had living viable, highly evolved cultures years before any European country did...... I'll see you in Costa Rica, Honduras, and Mexico.
How frequently do your vacations include flying across an ocean? If your trip is any shorter, it isn't at all equivalent to leaving the US.
The real reason many people never leave the USA is because it's simply a huge place, spanning a large continent. Also, everything most people could want to see in their lifetime can be found inside the US. Here in the west, in a day I can drive from my house, to the tallest mountain in the contiguous US (4421m, Mt Whitney), past the oldest living organism (Methuselah tree) on earth, through a forest with the tallest trees on earth (Sequoia), to the lowest point on the content, right through the area with the highest recorded temperature on the planet, then, for good measure, round off the day by visiting The Grand Canyon.
You're doing fine on the nature front, but you're missing out on the human side of it. A good vacation is about more than a bunch of places, it's about the people and the culture too.
You seem to be claiming that you're not criticising metonymy in general, just this specific use, yet not one of your arguments couldn't be applied to other cases.
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Then I submit that firefox and/or mathml are broken; it should have its own mimetype, and browsers should interpret it correctly.
The correct way to do SVG/MathML/etc. is with embed or object tags, as has been possible from HTML 3. Trying to put everything inline, while at the same time insisting that more fundamental things should be separated (CSS), can only lead to pain.
"nearly" is another word for "didn't".
That is why you md5 or crc all your backup files and verify when the copy is done.
That'll help you if the backup drive is the one corrupting, but not if the main one is.
In fact, if you have the habit of keeping your files compressed on your main system, you have an easy way to test if they are corrupted.
Well, yes, but doing that is slightly silly.
Maybe all file formats should have some sort of error checking/correction built in. Would make detecting such problems much easier.
My point was that if he used RAID it would handle all that, anyway; it's designed for the problem in question, after all.
Sounds great right up until you get a dodgy cable or similar that's corrupting every 6000th byte rather than obviously failing.
I'm pretty sure that, contrary to the summary, libavcodec doesn't link against libflac - libflac requires an event-driven programming methodology to use which doesn't really fit with libavcodec's design. So, which is the flaw in?
No, it really isn't. And if you can't see why, you don't belong on slashdot.
Nonsense; a competent keyboard user can tell when they've gone wrong. Some people may need to proofread, but, really, there are those of us who don't.
Uh, paging on the same partition is the Right Thing; it's very hard for an inexperienced user to work out how much swap space they will need beforehand. And you can always put it on a different partition yourself if you really want to. I wish linux could page to a dynamicly-sized file on my ordinary filesystem.
It's not a lot better than nothing, really. I move from having to transcode all my media to....still having to transcode all my media (yes, it takes up a bit less space, but that's less of a factor than the convenience). Which suggests it's just a PR move rather than an attempt at something actually useful.
As others have said, XviD==DixX. And it's still useful for older hardware, though generally inferior to h.264.
lol you.
Really? I count two, three if you include google. And "different from myspace" has been one of facebook's main attractions. This won't put any pressure on facebook.
Yeah, locking people out of the voting process because they fall below some standard you set makes for a great defence of democracy.
We already do this - convicted criminals and under 18s don't get to vote. And an intelligence test would be a far more reasonable line than an arbitrary age.
A speciality area perhaps, but it would make my PDA (Asus A730W) a lot more useful if I could use the (internal SDIO) wireless card.
Generations are *meant* to be incremental improvements - the very name implies they're nothing new, mostly the same thing, just done better. PS3 and Xbox360 are exactly "next generation"; they're the same improvement over PS2/Xbox/GC that those were over PSX/N64. The Wii is the console that *isn't* next generation - less improvement in power, fewer similarities, instead it's gone off and done something different. Perhaps it's the "console mutant"?
Battling over what goes into the standard, sure - but chess is also a battleground in that sense. The notion of a company joining with the intent of preventing any standard ever being made is, as far as I know, something entirely new.
Not really - the RAND licensing requirements are there to ensure that you don't make loads of money from your licensing if it's going in a standard. There's a lot more money (in proportion to the amount of video played) in the licensing of codecs for web streaming, where there is no standard, than the people who wrote the codecs for DVDs are getting.
OK, but in that case the passerby is someone else who's entered the tournament. Which there aren't official methods of dealing with - I'm sure something would be done, just like I'm sure ISO will figure out a way to deal with these people, but there's no standard procedure in place, because the very idea that it would happen is just ludicrous.
A standards committee is not designed as a battlezone; it's run under the assumption that its members, while they may disagree on the technical details, all want to agree a standard - otherwise, why would they be there? Saying not being able to deal with this sort of thing is a problem with ISO is like saying not being able to deal with a passerby kicking the board over and running off with the pieces is a problem with chess.
All of which involve leaving the US, you tool.
The real reason many people never leave the USA is because it's simply a huge place, spanning a large continent. Also, everything most people could want to see in their lifetime can be found inside the US. Here in the west, in a day I can drive from my house, to the tallest mountain in the contiguous US (4421m, Mt Whitney), past the oldest living organism (Methuselah tree) on earth, through a forest with the tallest trees on earth (Sequoia), to the lowest point on the content, right through the area with the highest recorded temperature on the planet, then, for good measure, round off the day by visiting The Grand Canyon.
You're doing fine on the nature front, but you're missing out on the human side of it. A good vacation is about more than a bunch of places, it's about the people and the culture too.
You do realise it's actually a lot *harder* to collide with someone else in three dimensions, yes?
You seem to be claiming that you're not criticising metonymy in general, just this specific use, yet not one of your arguments couldn't be applied to other cases.
False, e.g. "Kyoto announced ..." is frequently used in videogaming discussions to refer to announcements made by Nintendo.