3D is a gimmick, but resolution is not a gimmick. Resolution is very important. Just turn on any HDTV sports broadcast and compare it to old SD sports broadcasts
Awww crap, I just used all my mod points... otherwise I would mod you up.
Just to reinforce what you said (I see there are some rebuttals), the reason why "HD is very important" is due to the screen sizes.
As Skreems already said, most of us "don't care". But the reason we do not care is because we (still) do not have big screens.
I myself have an old not too big CRT (came with the furnished flat I am renting) and of course DVDs and standard Xvid movies look fine.
However, I have seen how horrible a DVD looks in 42'' screen, and believe when I say you can see the compression artifacts (I saw them, and I have astigmatism and other fuckedupness in my eyes).
So, as screens become bigger and bigger, resolution will matter more and more to the standard population.
Whereas, 3D (in its current implementation) is just a gimmick; sure it is a nice novelty and we all spend our time and money to go watch whatever movie and it is in 3D... but it is *not* something to stay long-term as an integral part of the film experience (unlike color or sound)
No... I am in Germany and specifically looked at the Craiglist New York section and it is CENSORED.
What is not censored are the adult sections for countries outside the USA. So, all Americans will have to do is get their prostitutes from Canada (or Mexico... if they are brave enough haha).
There's one reason why some people call prostitution the oldest profession...
I think the main reason why prostitutes exist is because there is demand for it. And I believe there will always be.
The fact that in today's society it is "morally incorrect" to sell sexual services is just a temporary (in the hundreds of years span) thing.
But even if government would be able to ban all prostitution the only thing that would happen is that the service would become more expensive, and the people who provide the service would have less rights.
However, if prostitution was completely legal, open and accepted then it will only be a matter of calling a private number and safely providing/consuming those service at home.
The fact that some people choose to be prostitutes is because it gives them a certain amount of income for another certain amount of work. Sure, those same persons may be able to change their jobs but that would mean doing more work for less payment.
BTW, I remembered an interview a guy in Mexico made to 2 "male prostitutes" (Gigolos) from Mexico City. The two guys were professionals, one of them was a doctor. When asked why did they decide to prostitute they answered that it was because they earned a high salary doing this job whereas doing their day job was not profitable enough *for their lifestyle*
The worst part, in my opinion, is that this isn't even a good movie to pirate. I mean, it was okay to watch on Netflix, but there's no excuse for pirating such a mediocre film. Yea, it won an Oscar, but it was basically just Minesweeper: The Movie.
If this had been over Inception or another really great film, I could understand better. This? Please.
They wont get 5000 trials... if you read the summary they are offering to settle for $2,900.
Assuming that 80% of the people choose to "settle" soon... they will have gained $11,600,000... assuming EVERYBODY settle, they would have recouped more than the cost of the film.
So I definitely think this is their new business model.
I'd be interested to look at these boxes. When you say "WD" are you refering to Western Digital or some other company? I'd be grateful if you could post a link.
I didn't know about this WD media player (yah, I've been living under the HighDefinition Video rock... as I have only an old CRT) and it seems quite good.
My though is that if the original poster wants to spend some money he should buy something like this which is specifically tailored to his needs.
However, if he wants a DIY solution using something he already has, a laptop using a low-resource Linux and running ONLY the decoding task might be a good choice...
Because we like the games? And the other alternative charge to play online? And the other alternative has not the games we like? And the other alternative is buying a computer? (which also may not have the games we like)
I own only a Wii but I have a PS3 in my wallet's sight:)
I have been thinking between buying an Xbox or a ps3... but after xbox live price increment, the PS3 has more and more points (free netplay, blueray, better graphics... and soon homebrew)
Mhhhmmm... I am skeptic (after all... I do science).
Until the guy who stated that Linux is a cancer because of the GPL is the CEO of the company, I won't believe that such a company is playing "nicely" with Open Source.
I see their current position just as their next towards eliminating this cancer in order to embrace, extend and extinguish.
So before committing a crime which my lead you to have a shock-bracer people will actually *think* about the consequences? becoming preys from attackers uh?
I am sure that will be a good incentive to avoid committing a crime no?
Personally I would prefer they sub-contract prisoners to do manual labor which nowadays is outsourced to other countries and pay them the same (so that companies are attracted).
And then, charge prisoners some rent from their hard earn cash.
That way tax payers do not have to pay to maintain those bastards.
Yes it is. The implication is quite clear in this sentence:
Somehow they figured out the free software "clean room implementation" of their own (patented) TrueType technology must better suit their needs."
This is nothing but Microsoft saving time and money by using Freetype that is already ported to the Mac instead of doing the work to port Cleartype. This a non-story at best.
You mean, it is like FreeType "suits better Microsoft's needs" when porting MS Office to OSX??
And they indeed dumped ClearType for Freetype for this OSX version; that is a true assertion. The fact that they decided to compile others code instead of use their own is exactly that.
Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
BTW just today I started tinkering with ActiveDesktop... it is really cool what you can achieve with a bit of HTML and "stealing" data from some web pages...
If you zoom in the screen reflections you will only get the *back* of the devices.
You were closer, however what needs to be done is to zoom on the screen reflections looking for the eyes, then zoom into those and zoom again on the respective eye reflections to get the image of the front of the devices.
On a serious note, I have lost every desire to buy HP devices. Nowadays they are *very* poor quality.
The last thing I bought was an HP notebook about 10 years ago... it lasted for about 3 years and suddenly the DC connector stopped working (it seems it was a known issue on HPs that the solder points of the jacks were crappy). In addition, my brother recently bought an HP netbook... it a bit more than 1 year (enough so that the warranty ended) before it just stopped working (the motherboard was fried).
I have been buying ASUS since about 15 years (first, mainboards... GREAT mainboards along with ABit) and later I have bought 3 EEE netbooks (1 for me, 1 for my wife and 1 for a friend who liked our devices) and they all have been great so far (2 years the oldest).
I am a scientist (PhD in Comp. Sci., currently working in an EU project along with around other 20 scientists and their PhD students) and do not see any issue with the Kahn material.
Basically, because he is not claiming any new scientific achievement but just explaining currently known and proven facts and processes in a way which is easy to understand to the majority of people.
Hence, he does not need any "scientific method" to impart such knowledge.
So I reiterate, can you please elaborate what is wrong with his approach?
This tutorial describes how to stream some file from one PC to another using VLC.
You can do the same but only select stream from "capture device".
You can add this to Hamachi (Log me In), so that you have a secure Virtual LAN
Once you do this in both computers (so that each streaming is redirected to the other) you will have what you wanted.
In fact... I should try this now that my wife went to visit her family in Mexico for 3 weeks (we're living in Germany, so we have similar problems to stay in touch with the family).
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3D is a gimmick, but resolution is not a gimmick. Resolution is very important. Just turn on any HDTV sports broadcast and compare it to old SD sports broadcasts
Awww crap, I just used all my mod points... otherwise I would mod you up.
Just to reinforce what you said (I see there are some rebuttals), the reason why "HD is very important" is due to the screen sizes.
As Skreems already said, most of us "don't care". But the reason we do not care is because we (still) do not have big screens.
I myself have an old not too big CRT (came with the furnished flat I am renting) and of course DVDs and standard Xvid movies look fine.
However, I have seen how horrible a DVD looks in 42'' screen, and believe when I say you can see the compression artifacts (I saw them, and I have astigmatism and other fuckedupness in my eyes).
So, as screens become bigger and bigger, resolution will matter more and more to the standard population.
Whereas, 3D (in its current implementation) is just a gimmick; sure it is a nice novelty and we all spend our time and money to go watch whatever movie and it is in 3D... but it is *not* something to stay long-term as an integral part of the film experience (unlike color or sound)
Two words:
Referer Spoofing.
One Firefox extension: refspoof
One windows prog: quickspoof
One webpage: WTF do I have to do everything for you? look for shit and brains...
No... I am in Germany and specifically looked at the Craiglist New York section and it is CENSORED.
What is not censored are the adult sections for countries outside the USA. So, all Americans will have to do is get their prostitutes from Canada (or Mexico... if they are brave enough haha).
"Is it moral in general to pay for prostitutes?"
Howdy crap, I didn't know mother Teresa posted on slashdot.
Welcome!
" Clients won't screw their prostitutes in this case
Bah... then what do Swedish people do with the prostitutes? do they play charades?
There's one reason why some people call prostitution the oldest profession...
I think the main reason why prostitutes exist is because there is demand for it. And I believe there will always be.
The fact that in today's society it is "morally incorrect" to sell sexual services is just a temporary (in the hundreds of years span) thing.
But even if government would be able to ban all prostitution the only thing that would happen is that the service would become more expensive, and the people who provide the service would have less rights.
However, if prostitution was completely legal, open and accepted then it will only be a matter of calling a private number and safely providing/consuming those service at home.
The fact that some people choose to be prostitutes is because it gives them a certain amount of income for another certain amount of work. Sure, those same persons may be able to change their jobs but that would mean doing more work for less payment.
BTW, I remembered an interview a guy in Mexico made to 2 "male prostitutes" (Gigolos) from Mexico City. The two guys were professionals, one of them was a doctor. When asked why did they decide to prostitute they answered that it was because they earned a high salary doing this job whereas doing their day job was not profitable enough *for their lifestyle*
The worst part, in my opinion, is that this isn't even a good movie to pirate. I mean, it was okay to watch on Netflix, but there's no excuse for pirating such a mediocre film. Yea, it won an Oscar, but it was basically just Minesweeper: The Movie.
If this had been over Inception or another really great film, I could understand better. This? Please.
FTFM.
Mhmmm... I saw that trailer.
Unfortunately as it is now common, after watching the Hurt Locker I realized the only good scenes were the ones in the trailer...
They wont get 5000 trials... if you read the summary they are offering to settle for $2,900.
Assuming that 80% of the people choose to "settle" soon... they will have gained $11,600,000 ... assuming EVERYBODY settle, they would have recouped more than the cost of the film.
So I definitely think this is their new business model.
I'd be interested to look at these boxes.
When you say "WD" are you refering to Western Digital or some other company?
I'd be grateful if you could post a link.
Sure, this is what I did: linky
Mod parent up!!
I didn't know about this WD media player (yah, I've been living under the HighDefinition Video rock... as I have only an old CRT) and it seems quite good.
My though is that if the original poster wants to spend some money he should buy something like this which is specifically tailored to his needs.
However, if he wants a DIY solution using something he already has, a laptop using a low-resource Linux and running ONLY the decoding task might be a good choice...
Sony founded: May 7, 1946
Microsoft Founded: April 4, 1975
So mmm... Sony's closed proprietary business tactics have been quite a long time before Microsoft
Because we like the games?
And the other alternative charge to play online?
And the other alternative has not the games we like?
And the other alternative is buying a computer? (which also may not have the games we like)
I own only a Wii but I have a PS3 in my wallet's sight :)
I have been thinking between buying an Xbox or a ps3... but after xbox live price increment, the PS3 has more and more points (free netplay, blueray, better graphics... and soon homebrew)
Actually it was Georges Lemaître who proposed the Big Bang Theory.
And for the amusement of the current discussion, he was a catholic priest
Mhhhmmm... I am skeptic (after all... I do science).
Until the guy who stated that Linux is a cancer because of the GPL is the CEO of the company, I won't believe that such a company is playing "nicely" with Open Source.
I see their current position just as their next towards eliminating this cancer in order to embrace, extend and extinguish.
Well, that is sweet.
So before committing a crime which my lead you to have a shock-bracer people will actually *think* about the consequences? becoming preys from attackers uh?
I am sure that will be a good incentive to avoid committing a crime no?
Personally I would prefer they sub-contract prisoners to do manual labor which nowadays is outsourced to other countries and pay them the same (so that companies are attracted).
And then, charge prisoners some rent from their hard earn cash.
That way tax payers do not have to pay to maintain those bastards.
16 colors??
Back in my day we only had 4 (including the screen background which was black) and we played driving simulators in it (tdcga.exe) and we liked it!
And I mean... I am not thaaat old (28 years old)
Yes it is. The implication is quite clear in this sentence:
Somehow they figured out the free software "clean room implementation" of their own (patented) TrueType technology must better suit their needs."
This is nothing but Microsoft saving time and money by using Freetype that is already ported to the Mac instead of doing the work to port Cleartype. This a non-story at best.
You mean, it is like FreeType "suits better Microsoft's needs" when porting MS Office to OSX??
And they indeed dumped ClearType for Freetype for this OSX version; that is a true assertion. The fact that they decided to compile others code instead of use their own is exactly that.
How did that go?
Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
BTW just today I started tinkering with ActiveDesktop... it is really cool what you can achieve with a bit of HTML and "stealing" data from some web pages...
Both you and GP where close...
If you zoom in the screen reflections you will only get the *back* of the devices.
You were closer, however what needs to be done is to zoom on the screen reflections looking for the eyes, then zoom into those and zoom again on the respective eye reflections to get the image of the front of the devices.
On a serious note, I have lost every desire to buy HP devices. Nowadays they are *very* poor quality.
The last thing I bought was an HP notebook about 10 years ago... it lasted for about 3 years and suddenly the DC connector stopped working (it seems it was a known issue on HPs that the solder points of the jacks were crappy). In addition, my brother recently bought an HP netbook... it a bit more than 1 year (enough so that the warranty ended) before it just stopped working (the motherboard was fried).
I have been buying ASUS since about 15 years (first, mainboards... GREAT mainboards along with ABit) and later I have bought 3 EEE netbooks (1 for me, 1 for my wife and 1 for a friend who liked our devices) and they all have been great so far (2 years the oldest).
Can you elaborate on that?
I am a scientist (PhD in Comp. Sci., currently working in an EU project along with around other 20 scientists and their PhD students) and do not see any issue with the Kahn material.
Basically, because he is not claiming any new scientific achievement but just explaining currently known and proven facts and processes in a way which is easy to understand to the majority of people.
Hence, he does not need any "scientific method" to impart such knowledge.
So I reiterate, can you please elaborate what is wrong with his approach?
Haha... I would love to see his son become an Open Source advocate. ;-)
Definitely...
Shit, not the Gates and Melinda foundation. It would be good if Bill would give a "relatively small" donation to this guy for his services.
And just a bit of further information...
This tutorial describes how to stream some file from one PC to another using VLC.
You can do the same but only select stream from "capture device".
You can add this to Hamachi (Log me In), so that you have a secure Virtual LAN
Once you do this in both computers (so that each streaming is redirected to the other) you will have what you wanted.
In fact... I should try this now that my wife went to visit her family in Mexico for 3 weeks (we're living in Germany, so we have similar problems to stay in touch with the family).
This is why I still got some hope on slashdot.
Really, WTF was that with all the noise? (get a new job, forget it, wife banging, etc etc...).
Parent's post is the solution. Where did all the geeks from slashdot went?
A quick search through my memory after parent's suggestion lead me to VLC streaming features ( someone posed a relevant question here.
Back around 2003 when I started reading slashdot I liked the comments because the sentiment around was that *nothing* was impossible with technology.
Nowadays I just read a bunch of grumpy kids or old guys without any interest in technology :(