I've been looking at the LiDE series of scanners (as I am very impressed with Canon's printers.)
Three questions: 1 - Can I treat the scanner as a generic TWAIN device? Or do I have to use Canon's drivers? 2 - Can the front buttons be programmed to any task I like? 3 - How is the *nix support?
Many of the engines in modern cars are smaller than the old Model T engines and probably turn easier, so a crank could be a viable option.
I'm not sure the size of the engine has as much to do with it as the compression ratio. Looking quickly online the highest compression ratio I see quoted for a Model T is 4.5:1, while the lowest compression ratio for a Honda I can find is 9.3:1 (for the 1.3L engine found in the low end Civic CX.)
Yet we don't see a lot of installations out there being used in a constructive way.
Rather than just do Linux on a mainframe, we want to bring those mainframe-class capabilities to Linux and open source. That's the part IBM hasn't done.
IBM talks loud about open source, but I don't see a lot of credibility there.
IBM hates the GPL.
They do everything they can to avoid the GPL because they don't like the GPL model.
Is this simply FUD or is there something to his claim?
as of 5/31 "Rumors have it that Centropy is going INTERNAL on all future releases" Looks like too little, too late.
INTERNAL in this instance does not mean that Centrophy was planning to drop below the radar.
From a Scene glossary: (emphasis mine)
INTERNAL
In the Internet piracy scene, this term is used to mark a release that is only intended for the group who released it and not an external release. Basically, by the rules of the scene, you cannot release a PROPER release after a certain number of days, so if that number of days passes you will have to label your release as INTERNAL to protect it from being nuked. Some groups have used this term to protect a lot of their releases from being nuked. The term is also often misunderstood when people refer to a group as going internal, they mean that from now on, they wont be releasing anything to the general public, just to the group. A group may also label a release as INTERNAL if it is not up to the scene standards.
But don't be under the impression that Centropy releases would become any less common in the real world. Just because couriers can no longer earn credit for posting them to servers doesn't mean that they won't.
The fact of the matter is, proofreading dialog boxes and checking for consistent menu options and whatnot is not all that fun.
I have not programmed a line of code since writing games in BASIC on an Apple ][e, but want to contribute towards a better OSS desktop. I would be very willing to do this sort of work for either of the two big desktop packages (KDE or GNOME.) Is this what is really needed? If someone would convince me that this is a large part of what is missing I'd work 20+ hours a week on the project.
Some little birdie is telling me, though, that there isn't such an easy and large target. My gut tells me it's the thousands of software packages available for KDE/GNOME that individually need polish, and as long as there are no PHBs looking over developer's shoulder and dictating such conformity I don't think we will get it.
Questioning DVD features in MPEG4 Jeff DeMaagd said:
The question wasn't about space but actual capabilities, whether it can perform those functions. Sure, director's commentaries don't take much space, but if a person has to re-encode a movie twice to get normal audio and a director's commentary, then forget it, it is stupidly inconvenient.
The question isn't if MPEG4 has those features - it doesn't. MPEG4 (DivX/XviD/others) is a compression format for video, not a wrapper (avi/ogm) OGM supports multiple audio and subtitle streams in one file, AVI does not support multiple subtitle streams, but it does support multiple audio streams. I doubt this device supports OGM, but if all you want is the multiple audio streams (normal/comentary/alt. language) than you can rip a movie to an MPEG4 AVI with those features.
Then the question becomes if this device supports playing alternative audio streams.....
So let me get this straight. They're paranoid that a big pirating ring is going to be started by the 15 percent of homes that don't even have cable?
I am a cable subscriber - yet through some amazing miracle I am also able to receive broadcast TV.
The sky is not falling, and that 15% is not your worry when it comes to protecting broadcast television.
They are not worried about the 15% who are technologically unmotivated / illiterate / uncaring. They just simply see a future where it is easier to make HQ rips from broadcast than it is from cable/satellite.
Sure, all the real stuff is still done via ftps(including these releases), but eventually it gets off the affil sites onto the topsites, then comes the general public stage (used to be where it hits the xdcc bots and usenet, now thats mostly hitting torrent sites).
Usually that is the normal path. This was a non-scene release. The initial release was on Bittorrent this time around.
Most people probably can't hear the difference between 44k and 48k audio (frequency range, not bitrate). I know I can.
1: 44.1k and 48k are not frequency ranges, they are sampling rates.
2: You are either comparing apples to oranges (CD to DVDA), or you are listening to music on your computer equipped with a known flawed soundcard. Many many many soundcards out there (including popular SoundBlasters) can not play 44.1k material and upsample it to 48k. This is not a problem. The problem is that their hardware upsampler is broken and produces distorted sound. This would cause native 48k to sound good and 44.1k material to sound bad.
The solution to this is to upsample all your CD derived media in software. (Foobar2000 does an excellent job of this, though plug-ins are available for most any player including Winamp.)
Thost bullets don't have "fear me" written on them, they're made of soft lead designed to leave a large exit wound.
Actually a large exit wound means the soft lead bullet failed to do it's job to the best of it's abilities. An exit wound of any size means that the bullet passed through the target with at least some energy - energy that would have been better spent causing damage and shock inside the target.
BTW - I'll mention as a little aside - most gunshot victims die of shock, not tissue damage nor blood loss.
For some reason no one seems to ever ask the question, are they really losing as much money as they say they are? I, for one, would do without something I don't want to pay for, which is why I "pirate" it, the programs, games, and other media that I really think are worth buying I do pay for, am I the only person who does this?
You aren't the only person who claims to do this...
For more than 50 years, the average american has been brainwashed by car and petroleum companies into believing that their car-centric "life" is the best thing since industrial bakeries have invented sliced bread.
I call bull.
The United States has an average population density of 31 people per square km. Japan averages 337. England 243. Italy 193. Switzerland 181.
Ireland has 57, Brazil has 22. Their experiences with mass transit (including rail) would provide a much more reasonable basis for discussion than the way this thread is heading.
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I've been looking at the LiDE series of scanners (as I am very impressed with Canon's printers.)
Three questions:
1 - Can I treat the scanner as a generic TWAIN device? Or do I have to use Canon's drivers?
2 - Can the front buttons be programmed to any task I like?
3 - How is the *nix support?
Thanks.
I'm not sure the size of the engine has as much to do with it as the compression ratio.
Looking quickly online the highest compression ratio I see quoted for a Model T is 4.5:1, while the lowest compression ratio for a Honda I can find is 9.3:1 (for the 1.3L engine found in the low end Civic CX.)
So, let me get this straight...
It's a battery.
Shipped dry.
Electrolyte added only when needed.
How is this new?
(It's not really urine powered anyway. Urine is just the electrolyte.)
Someone care to explain what exactly I did to get labeled "troll"?
Is this simply FUD or is there something to his claim?
I do not think you understand what support means in this context.
INTERNAL in this instance does not mean that Centrophy was planning to drop below the radar.
From a Scene glossary: (emphasis mine)
But don't be under the impression that Centropy releases would become any less common in the real world. Just because couriers can no longer earn credit for posting them to servers doesn't mean that they won't.
Uhh, maybe because TIFF does support compression.
Both lossy and lossless.
I have not programmed a line of code since writing games in BASIC on an Apple ][e, but want to contribute towards a better OSS desktop. I would be very willing to do this sort of work for either of the two big desktop packages (KDE or GNOME.)
Is this what is really needed? If someone would convince me that this is a large part of what is missing I'd work 20+ hours a week on the project.
Some little birdie is telling me, though, that there isn't such an easy and large target. My gut tells me it's the thousands of software packages available for KDE/GNOME that individually need polish, and as long as there are no PHBs looking over developer's shoulder and dictating such conformity I don't think we will get it.
But my offer is stands.
12 seconds to open Word 2000 on my W2K laptop with a freakin P-133 and 80 megs of ram.
The article is Bull.
The question isn't if MPEG4 has those features - it doesn't. MPEG4 (DivX/XviD/others) is a compression format for video, not a wrapper (avi/ogm)
OGM supports multiple audio and subtitle streams in one file, AVI does not support multiple subtitle streams, but it does support multiple audio streams.
I doubt this device supports OGM, but if all you want is the multiple audio streams (normal/comentary/alt. language) than you can rip a movie to an MPEG4 AVI with those features.
Then the question becomes if this device supports playing alternative audio streams.....
I am a cable subscriber - yet through some amazing miracle I am also able to receive broadcast TV.
They are not worried about the 15% who are technologically unmotivated / illiterate / uncaring. They just simply see a future where it is easier to make HQ rips from broadcast than it is from cable/satellite.
Not if some malicious web site slips some fnords in there.
I was going to post an insightful reply dispelling your unfounded fears.
I was going to post a funny reply making fun of your unfounded fears.
But, honestly, I'm so taken aback I don't even know where to begin.
Usually that is the normal path.
This was a non-scene release.
The initial release was on Bittorrent this time around.
I agree.
Killing all humans would greatly reduce fossil fuel consumption.
1: 44.1k and 48k are not frequency ranges, they are sampling rates.
2: You are either comparing apples to oranges (CD to DVDA), or you are listening to music on your computer equipped with a known flawed soundcard. Many many many soundcards out there (including popular SoundBlasters) can not play 44.1k material and upsample it to 48k. This is not a problem. The problem is that their hardware upsampler is broken and produces distorted sound. This would cause native 48k to sound good and 44.1k material to sound bad.
The solution to this is to upsample all your CD derived media in software. (Foobar2000 does an excellent job of this, though plug-ins are available for most any player including Winamp.)
Prettier maybe, but not more accurate or easy to compile.
Thost bullets don't have "fear me" written on them, they're made of soft lead designed to leave a large exit wound.
Actually a large exit wound means the soft lead bullet failed to do it's job to the best of it's abilities. An exit wound of any size means that the bullet passed through the target with at least some energy - energy that would have been better spent causing damage and shock inside the target.
BTW - I'll mention as a little aside - most gunshot victims die of shock, not tissue damage nor blood loss.
Does this mean I can meet the meat?
You aren't the only person who claims to do this...
While I am not normally a defender of Amtrak, I don't know how defective brake rotors could be blamed on them.
I call bull.
The United States has an average population density of 31 people per square km.
Japan averages 337.
England 243.
Italy 193.
Switzerland 181.
Ireland has 57, Brazil has 22. Their experiences with mass transit (including rail) would provide a much more reasonable basis for discussion than the way this thread is heading.
New Wave was the radio friendly style...of punk.
Uh, the movie (House on Haunted Hill) and the video (Closer) both draw from the same source...Joel Peter Witkin.