Fractal encoding works well in that you can zoom way in on the fractal without noticing obvious compression artifacts. However, there is no straightforward algorithm for doing the compression; as far as I know, you have to brute-force every possibility to get optimal encoding -- not something you can effectively do in real time. But if you've got several days before the segment airs in which to encode it, should should be able to get better quality out of far fewer bits.
If you're watching a soap opera, you only need to see a few frames per week to follow the story. If you are watching a live sports event with a lot of action, most people will notice every dropped frame and compression artifact (I've noticed myself while watching the Olympics via satellite feed.) Methinks they did the testing on a relatively static video. Video compression works by (among other methods) creating a key frame, then sending diffs off that key frame for several frames. If every frame is completely different, compression does not work well.
1) Spread rumors that cheap software can defeat Predator drones.
2) Offer software for sale on the internet.
3) Include tracking device with every copy of software sold.
4) Trace every shipment to it's destination.
5) Send Predator drone to attack destination.
Organic chemistry just refers to any chemical containing carbon... I've no doubt there are organic chemicals on the moon. I seriously doubt they mean "could only have been created as a by-product of living creatures" when they say "organics".
You are confusing the TWO guys with AR-15s at the rally. The one who went to the church whose pastor publicly prayed for Obama's death was white. (Yes, the fact that more than one person was insane enough to bring a gun to political rally is very deeply disturbing.)
There is a difference between saying "I want to harm you" and "I'm going to harm you" as well. Just because I say I want to have sex with Natalie Portman, for example, doesn't mean it's actually going to happen.
But apparently it is perfectly legal to say you want him dead and are actively praying for his death? Note to self: instead of saying "I want to stab that deserving asshole" on Farcebook, you need to say "I desperately pray that someone will stab that deserving asshole" instead... apparently that is a big difference.
One interesting charge that has already arisen: that Intel systematically changed its widely used compiler to stunt the performance of competing processors. If you're giving a compiler away for free to leverage processor sales, why would you bother to optimize it for your competitor's processors? Intel's giving discounts to PC vendors that agree not to use AMD is much more anticompetitive!
So let me get this straight: it's ok to bring an assault rifle to a political rally, it's ok to say you want the president of the united states dead, but it's NOT ok to say you'd like to stab some asshole who's really asking for it? Somebody is lacking perspective here.
I've always had a thing for blue skinned alien girls. I've always had a thing about not dating outside my own species. You do realize that chimpanzees are genetically much closer to us than any aliens could possibly be, don't you? You also realize that Star Trek is fiction, and that the inter-species relations that occurred were actually a metaphor for race relations here on Earth, don't you? If aliens landed here tomorrow, I suspect my first reaction definitely would NOT be "I'd hit that!"
Who's coming with me?!?!? Sorry, I'm waiting for them to develop an even faster spacecraft. But don't worry -- I'll be there to greet you when you arrive!
PC gamers love to obsess over whether PC gaming is dying? No, Console Players obsess over that. PC Gamers just keep playing:) Comments like this do very little to improve the stereotype of the obsessive/compulsive WoW or Evercrack player!
Everybody knows the television broadcasters never turn up the volume for the commercials -- that would be unethical! They turn down the volume for the actual programs instead.
Cost to build doesn't really matter. What does matter is perceived value. When you're talking about strippers, that is true. (What's the marginal cost of a lap dance, anyway?) But I would think corporate buyers would be a little more sophisticated.
Ever thought that's probably because the codebases are incompatible, and not for any nefarious reasons? I never said it was for nefarious reasons. Oracle has spent years paying top dollar to some very bright engineers to optimize it's database core. There would be very little improvement they could make by copying MySQL. I don't have any problem with Oracle's technology; their engineers are top notch. Unfortunately, their sales and marketing people are scumbags. (I should know, I used to work for the Oracle Marketing department, whose members apparently had no problem with billing customers for work that was never done in order to meet their numbers and pull in $40K quarterly bonuses. They apparently also got to keep those bonuses when the revenues were later rolled back.) The fact that Monty is being an asshole doesn't lessen the fact that Oracle was also founded by a major league asshole. Oracle can be trusted only to take advantage of every opportunity they have to screw their customers out of more money.
Damn it, you just cost my $5! Oh well, I guess it's for a good cause...
An EULA is a binding contract. Your statement is not. Generally, unilateral contracts are not enforcable. A EULA, on the other hand, stipulates conditions that the use must agree to as a precondition to using the software. Nobody signs the GPL either, but it is still legally binding!
It's not just like Nissan/Infity. Expensive cars cost more to build. The marginal cost for software is damn near zero. Oracle could easily go after the low-end market by offering a crippled version of the Oracle database. The only reason they have to buy MySQL is to kill it as a competitor because it is cutting into their sales. They certainly aren't going to incorporate any MySQL technology into their bread-and-butter product line.
If the EULA states that the wireless connection can only be used to download books from B&N, then using it for other purposes doesn't make you a crook... but it does make you a contract violator. I would assume it's pretty easy to detect this and shut off access to any Nook that is attempting to use the data connection for other purposes.
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Fractal encoding works well in that you can zoom way in on the fractal without noticing obvious compression artifacts. However, there is no straightforward algorithm for doing the compression; as far as I know, you have to brute-force every possibility to get optimal encoding -- not something you can effectively do in real time. But if you've got several days before the segment airs in which to encode it, should should be able to get better quality out of far fewer bits.
If you're watching a soap opera, you only need to see a few frames per week to follow the story. If you are watching a live sports event with a lot of action, most people will notice every dropped frame and compression artifact (I've noticed myself while watching the Olympics via satellite feed.) Methinks they did the testing on a relatively static video. Video compression works by (among other methods) creating a key frame, then sending diffs off that key frame for several frames. If every frame is completely different, compression does not work well.
They also lowered their math standards. From 16MBps to 9.7 MBps is a 40% reduction, not "almost 50%".
1) Spread rumors that cheap software can defeat Predator drones.
2) Offer software for sale on the internet.
3) Include tracking device with every copy of software sold.
4) Trace every shipment to it's destination.
5) Send Predator drone to attack destination.
Yep, sounds like a winning plan to me!
Any chance all these botnets will eventually merge into one single autonomous intelligent entity, and perhaps start calling itself "SkyNet"?
Organic chemistry just refers to any chemical containing carbon... I've no doubt there are organic chemicals on the moon. I seriously doubt they mean "could only have been created as a by-product of living creatures" when they say "organics".
You are confusing the TWO guys with AR-15s at the rally. The one who went to the church whose pastor publicly prayed for Obama's death was white. (Yes, the fact that more than one person was insane enough to bring a gun to political rally is very deeply disturbing.)
There is a difference between saying "I want to harm you" and "I'm going to harm you" as well. Just because I say I want to have sex with Natalie Portman, for example, doesn't mean it's actually going to happen.
But apparently it is perfectly legal to say you want him dead and are actively praying for his death? Note to self: instead of saying "I want to stab that deserving asshole" on Farcebook, you need to say "I desperately pray that someone will stab that deserving asshole" instead... apparently that is a big difference.
One interesting charge that has already arisen: that Intel systematically changed its widely used compiler to stunt the performance of competing processors. If you're giving a compiler away for free to leverage processor sales, why would you bother to optimize it for your competitor's processors? Intel's giving discounts to PC vendors that agree not to use AMD is much more anticompetitive!
Steve Ballmer has been banned from all Google offices due to his public statements that "I'm going to kill fucking Google!"
So let me get this straight: it's ok to bring an assault rifle to a political rally, it's ok to say you want the president of the united states dead, but it's NOT ok to say you'd like to stab some asshole who's really asking for it? Somebody is lacking perspective here.
Clearly the hotels could increase their income by offering optional in-room trampolines!
I've always had a thing for blue skinned alien girls. I've always had a thing about not dating outside my own species. You do realize that chimpanzees are genetically much closer to us than any aliens could possibly be, don't you? You also realize that Star Trek is fiction, and that the inter-species relations that occurred were actually a metaphor for race relations here on Earth, don't you? If aliens landed here tomorrow, I suspect my first reaction definitely would NOT be "I'd hit that!"
Who's coming with me?!?!? Sorry, I'm waiting for them to develop an even faster spacecraft. But don't worry -- I'll be there to greet you when you arrive!
PC gamers love to obsess over whether PC gaming is dying? No, Console Players obsess over that. PC Gamers just keep playing :) Comments like this do very little to improve the stereotype of the obsessive/compulsive WoW or Evercrack player!
Everybody knows the television broadcasters never turn up the volume for the commercials -- that would be unethical! They turn down the volume for the actual programs instead.
Cost to build doesn't really matter. What does matter is perceived value. When you're talking about strippers, that is true. (What's the marginal cost of a lap dance, anyway?) But I would think corporate buyers would be a little more sophisticated.
Ever thought that's probably because the codebases are incompatible, and not for any nefarious reasons? I never said it was for nefarious reasons. Oracle has spent years paying top dollar to some very bright engineers to optimize it's database core. There would be very little improvement they could make by copying MySQL. I don't have any problem with Oracle's technology; their engineers are top notch. Unfortunately, their sales and marketing people are scumbags. (I should know, I used to work for the Oracle Marketing department, whose members apparently had no problem with billing customers for work that was never done in order to meet their numbers and pull in $40K quarterly bonuses. They apparently also got to keep those bonuses when the revenues were later rolled back.) The fact that Monty is being an asshole doesn't lessen the fact that Oracle was also founded by a major league asshole. Oracle can be trusted only to take advantage of every opportunity they have to screw their customers out of more money.
Damn it, you just cost my $5! Oh well, I guess it's for a good cause...
An EULA is a binding contract. Your statement is not. Generally, unilateral contracts are not enforcable. A EULA, on the other hand, stipulates conditions that the use must agree to as a precondition to using the software. Nobody signs the GPL either, but it is still legally binding!
It's not just like Nissan/Infity. Expensive cars cost more to build. The marginal cost for software is damn near zero. Oracle could easily go after the low-end market by offering a crippled version of the Oracle database. The only reason they have to buy MySQL is to kill it as a competitor because it is cutting into their sales. They certainly aren't going to incorporate any MySQL technology into their bread-and-butter product line.
I agree... I'd much rather see Micro$oft get raped by a judge!
He got caught with his pants down and egg on his face. I've seen the picture... that stuff on his face isn't egg!
YouTube in monochrome... now that would bring back old memories! (Yes, we actually did have a 20" B&W television when I was a kid... I'm OLD! Sigh...)
If the EULA states that the wireless connection can only be used to download books from B&N, then using it for other purposes doesn't make you a crook... but it does make you a contract violator. I would assume it's pretty easy to detect this and shut off access to any Nook that is attempting to use the data connection for other purposes.