...already do this. The modular slot in the back of the new blue-ray ProDisc XDCAM cameras (which record in either DVCAM or IMX 30/40/50mbit MPEG2 I-frame only) which is normally occupied by a diversity VHF wireless mic receiver will also accomodate Sony's GPS unit. The unit has no screen etc... it just slots in and metadata is tagged to the file. Great for covering golf, marathons etc so you can tell where on the track the shot is, or on which hole.
We may have similar geography to the US (larger country, actually) First off - no. Back to geography class with you.
Service in urban and rural Ontario right now, provided mostly by Rogers, has reached 5mbit/s for a mere $45 CAN/mo. $32-ish US. Most of the country is like this. We have only 2 real 'major' players in any given market here - the cable company vs the phone company. In Ontario, Rogers vs Bell. BC: Shaw vs Telus.
The insane level of competition has brought us rock-bottom prices, and both sides fighting for the "fastest" title. This has also brought us cell phone plans for $30 CAN / mo which include things like 500 minutes w/free evenings and weekends. On my trips stateside, I just don't see the same level of competition and convergence. You've got enough cell phone companies to sink a ship.
In short, we've got it all for cheap using the business model - not the government-forced model. Because that's worked out so well in the States for DTV...
The only place where resolution/bpc/film size still has the potential to grow is in the actual production industry. I could see myself editing 24bpc projects in AfterEffects in a few years for the sake of quality, but the bottom line in video is that HD is the end of resolution increase in a 2-dimensional display for the consumer.
Like the frame rate (which hasn't increased in 50 years) of 30f/s (29.98 for the purists) any more would be a waste - the human eye can't percieve much motion beyond that. Our eyes are good, but 16bpc is pushing it as it is.
We'll be making 20,000fps cameras for photo-finishes and slow motion, 48bpc images at original acquisition for scientific study, but the TV in front of your couch isn't going to be sucking any more bits until some kind of breakthrough in 3-dimensional displays.
I have tried PuTTY on several occasions. I agree that the download-and-run model is great, however the session load/save interface drives me to distraction. It needs to be cleaned up, and given a multiwindow-inside-a-main-window interface IMHO.
If I ever got off my ass suppose I could write one... nah, complaining is easier;)
but at work (where I spend most of my time), I'm stuck on Windows ME!!
You mean you can actually get work done on WinME? You might want to let Bill know; I think he's been waiting to hear a success story (for about 4 years).
Ssh is pretty much available everywhere, and unlike webpages all ssh clients are actually compliant with one another...
Last time I logged in to a Windows box, I couldn't find an SSH client in the start menu. And I've yet to meet a Win32 SSH client I really liked. I find things like VNC a lot more useful - I started using Timbuktu Pro years ago working at Northern Telecom in IT, and have gradually moved on to simpler, leaner desktop remote apps.
As for the Gmail notifier, yay, another app running in the backround sucking out system resources and liable to bring the system down because someone forgot an endquote in some obscure procedure call.
Speaking of which, when is the beta test over? I'm not a high-octane g33k so I haven't received an invite but am kind of anxious to check it out.
Gee, another wonderful (albeit DRM-laden) online music store where I could pay for my music instead of using Kazaa.
Available only to US residents.
How long is it going to take to move these store out of the US? iTMS keeps promising. There's only 2 options here, and none of them I like (proprietary software being the primary reason).
*launches Kazaa*
Oh brother. Does that hat get old? About as old as the white pointy one?
There's a difference between free speech and hate speech. We have laws for this in Canada - you should check it out. The kind of free speech that leads to the Laramie tragedy (go google Matthew Shepard) and countless others has no place in society.
Hate breeds hate. Hate breeds violence. Its proven. Stop the hate. Its really that simple.
Right, discrimination and hate is still very much a part of society in the States. How quickly I forget.
The fact that Jerry Falwell has the right to publish his sites in the first place chills my blood, and lately has prevented me from crossing the border. Let go of the hate and the paranoia!
If the fallwell.com owner had been insulting or slandering Falwell, I could understand this ruling. All the author of the site seeks to do is show people the truth - in a remarkably friendly and researched manner.
Flame away...
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...already do this. The modular slot in the back of the new blue-ray ProDisc XDCAM cameras (which record in either DVCAM or IMX 30/40/50mbit MPEG2 I-frame only) which is normally occupied by a diversity VHF wireless mic receiver will also accomodate Sony's GPS unit. The unit has no screen etc... it just slots in and metadata is tagged to the file. Great for covering golf, marathons etc so you can tell where on the track the shot is, or on which hole.
We may have similar geography to the US (larger country, actually)
/mo. $32-ish US. Most of the country is like this. We have only 2 real 'major' players in any given market here - the cable company vs the phone company. In Ontario, Rogers vs Bell. BC: Shaw vs Telus.
First off - no. Back to geography class with you.
Service in urban and rural Ontario right now, provided mostly by Rogers, has reached 5mbit/s for a mere $45 CAN
The insane level of competition has brought us rock-bottom prices, and both sides fighting for the "fastest" title. This has also brought us cell phone plans for $30 CAN / mo which include things like 500 minutes w/free evenings and weekends. On my trips stateside, I just don't see the same level of competition and convergence. You've got enough cell phone companies to sink a ship.
In short, we've got it all for cheap using the business model - not the government-forced model. Because that's worked out so well in the States for DTV...
DRM-filled and available to US residents only. These stories are getting a bit tiresome.
NTSC Television: 30fps (60 fields per second)
PAL television: 25fps (interlaced)
Film: 24fps (progressive)
That's only 11.574fps. Perfectly likely to happen. Video is 30 ;)
;)
And you'll have to quantify with a frame size there...
The only place where resolution/bpc/film size still has the potential to grow is in the actual production industry. I could see myself editing 24bpc projects in AfterEffects in a few years for the sake of quality, but the bottom line in video is that HD is the end of resolution increase in a 2-dimensional display for the consumer.
Like the frame rate (which hasn't increased in 50 years) of 30f/s (29.98 for the purists) any more would be a waste - the human eye can't percieve much motion beyond that. Our eyes are good, but 16bpc is pushing it as it is.
We'll be making 20,000fps cameras for photo-finishes and slow motion, 48bpc images at original acquisition for scientific study, but the TV in front of your couch isn't going to be sucking any more bits until some kind of breakthrough in 3-dimensional displays.
I have tried PuTTY on several occasions. I agree that the download-and-run model is great, however the session load/save interface drives me to distraction. It needs to be cleaned up, and given a multiwindow-inside-a-main-window interface IMHO.
;)
If I ever got off my ass suppose I could write one... nah, complaining is easier
but at work (where I spend most of my time), I'm stuck on Windows ME!!
You mean you can actually get work done on WinME? You might want to let Bill know; I think he's been waiting to hear a success story (for about 4 years).
Ssh is pretty much available everywhere, and unlike webpages all ssh clients are actually compliant with one another...
Last time I logged in to a Windows box, I couldn't find an SSH client in the start menu. And I've yet to meet a Win32 SSH client I really liked. I find things like VNC a lot more useful - I started using Timbuktu Pro years ago working at Northern Telecom in IT, and have gradually moved on to simpler, leaner desktop remote apps.
As for the Gmail notifier, yay, another app running in the backround sucking out system resources and liable to bring the system down because someone forgot an endquote in some obscure procedure call.
Speaking of which, when is the beta test over? I'm not a high-octane g33k so I haven't received an invite but am kind of anxious to check it out.
Gee, another wonderful (albeit DRM-laden) online music store where I could pay for my music instead of using Kazaa. Available only to US residents. How long is it going to take to move these store out of the US? iTMS keeps promising. There's only 2 options here, and none of them I like (proprietary software being the primary reason). *launches Kazaa*
Oh brother. Does that hat get old? About as old as the white pointy one? There's a difference between free speech and hate speech. We have laws for this in Canada - you should check it out. The kind of free speech that leads to the Laramie tragedy (go google Matthew Shepard) and countless others has no place in society. Hate breeds hate. Hate breeds violence. Its proven. Stop the hate. Its really that simple.
Right, discrimination and hate is still very much a part of society in the States. How quickly I forget. The fact that Jerry Falwell has the right to publish his sites in the first place chills my blood, and lately has prevented me from crossing the border. Let go of the hate and the paranoia! If the fallwell.com owner had been insulting or slandering Falwell, I could understand this ruling. All the author of the site seeks to do is show people the truth - in a remarkably friendly and researched manner. Flame away...