Sure, I might be loosing a bit of privacy using Facebook, but really, none of the information that I post there is anything I would be afraid or ashamed of handing out flyers containing that same info on a street corner.
My fear is that when the majority starts thinking like you do, not posting information on facebook will be considered something to be ashamed or afraid of.
I did. But I wouldn't buy songs in any lossy format. His 2nd point was entirely irrelevant. As far as lossy audio formats go, MP3 is the best way to ensure a small filesize that will play everywhere.
I've seen a Firefox/iGoogle setup with CoolPreview and indeed the music is audible but the game is not to be seen in iGoogle which would lead to justifiable speculation from some users.
generating the same audio quality with only half the bitrate
Is that ABX-verifiable ? But even if I agree with your statement it still doesn't matter. Double the bitrate and you have the same quality. Bitrate in audio is a trivial issue nowadays.
That said, I like listening radio in AAC+/64kbps but won't matter to me if my favorite station switches to 128kpbs MP3 only.
Anyhow, h.264 will be about as useful 15 years from now as Intel Indeo is right now.
I don't think so. MP3 is still the most widespread audio format for stereo music and it is getting free from patents as we speak (or at least in a few more years in the US)
What this video doesn't tell you is that MIDI could allow pacing of music to the action. MIDI could allow for real climaxes and transitions between different passages depending on the kind of action; a good sound card could give you, in many cases, a better experience to a pre-recorded digital piece.
Great examples: Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis and X-Wing.
When I left Gnutella about 7 years ago it wasn't fully decentralized. It required Hubs (or was that Ultrapeers ?). It was also prone to spam and fake attacks because it was forwarding the query itself so that any spammer could tell you that he had the file you asked for. I eventually chose eMule because:
1) It was open source. While the eDonkey client (which eMule was initially based on) was providing better speeds and had a decentralized searchable network (Overnet) it was closed source. My decision proved wise when some years later eDonkey timebombed itself per RIAA's directive. I had a cold dish served by those eDonkey fanboys who were claiming bollocks on the open source argument.
2) It was, and still is, under heavy development. The official client is somewhat stale but modders are working constantly to improve the client. See mods such as Neo, Xtreme, MorphXT and Shark. Mod development comes mainly from Germany, Italy and some from Israel.
3) It developed its own fully decentralized network which is now standard in any installation. In fact I'm not using servers anymore.
All that combined with an anonymous VPN gives me troublefree access to anything I want. The variety of the material is simply amazing. This is far beyond your plain old piratebay copyrighted stuff:
* Old recordings that have gone out of copyright ? Of course * Fan made movies in their highest quality (without youtube compression) ? You bet * Service manuals ? Anytime * I have even found scanned medieval books there that were impossible to find anywhere else on the internet or a public library (apparently some guy has got hold of these somehow and got them public).
The speeds are not great but the overall service is practically bulletproof. It's not by chance eMule has won Sourceforge awards twice in 2006 and 2007.
But the average USA p2p user has always stuck with US-made oldies like WinMX and Gnutella. I've never figured out why.
Most of your points are insightful. Using an economical paraller printer that works well -- and at the same time not throwing perfectly functional equipment to the landfill makes perfect perfect sense.
There is no shortage of examples of times when outside intervention is not only warranted, but should actually be mandatory.
Yes, that's why I told you to fuck off. The Iraq civil war might have been prevented if bullies like you were convinced to fuck off instead of invading it for Windmills of Mass Destruction.
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This isn't news. Scroogle has been doing this for years and besides security it also adds privacy.
Sure, I might be loosing a bit of privacy using Facebook, but really, none of the information that I post there is anything I would be afraid or ashamed of handing out flyers containing that same info on a street corner.
My fear is that when the majority starts thinking like you do, not posting information on facebook will be considered something to be ashamed or afraid of.
The essence of my argument is that there's enormous advantage for us, when users are giving up some privacy online
There, fixed that for him
I did. But I wouldn't buy songs in any lossy format. His 2nd point was entirely irrelevant. As far as lossy audio formats go, MP3 is the best way to ensure a small filesize that will play everywhere.
And where are the alternatives ? It's being harder and harder to find US made hardware nowadays. (Which by the way is great and I am not a US citizen)
Some people think it's a virus :)
I've seen a Firefox/iGoogle setup with CoolPreview and indeed the music is audible but the game is not to be seen in iGoogle which would lead to justifiable speculation from some users.
generating the same audio quality with only half the bitrate
Is that ABX-verifiable ? But even if I agree with your statement it still doesn't matter. Double the bitrate and you have the same quality. Bitrate in audio is a trivial issue nowadays.
That said, I like listening radio in AAC+/64kbps but won't matter to me if my favorite station switches to 128kpbs MP3 only.
Anyhow, h.264 will be about as useful 15 years from now as Intel Indeo is right now.
I don't think so. MP3 is still the most widespread audio format for stereo music and it is getting free from patents as we speak (or at least in a few more years in the US)
What this video doesn't tell you is that MIDI could allow pacing of music to the action. MIDI could allow for real climaxes and transitions between different passages depending on the kind of action; a good sound card could give you, in many cases, a better experience to a pre-recorded digital piece.
Great examples: Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis and X-Wing.
But in this case it isn't your "electricity" they would be after. It's your biogas. Using big, lubricated hoses.
And all this in the name of changing a human being to a gas pump.
When I left Gnutella about 7 years ago it wasn't fully decentralized. It required Hubs (or was that Ultrapeers ?). It was also prone to spam and fake attacks because it was forwarding the query itself so that any spammer could tell you that he had the file you asked for. I eventually chose eMule because:
1) It was open source. While the eDonkey client (which eMule was initially based on) was providing better speeds and had a decentralized searchable network (Overnet) it was closed source. My decision proved wise when some years later eDonkey timebombed itself per RIAA's directive. I had a cold dish served by those eDonkey fanboys who were claiming bollocks on the open source argument.
2) It was, and still is, under heavy development. The official client is somewhat stale but modders are working constantly to improve the client. See mods such as Neo, Xtreme, MorphXT and Shark. Mod development comes mainly from Germany, Italy and some from Israel.
3) It developed its own fully decentralized network which is now standard in any installation. In fact I'm not using servers anymore.
All that combined with an anonymous VPN gives me troublefree access to anything I want. The variety of the material is simply amazing. This is far beyond your plain old piratebay copyrighted stuff:
* Old recordings that have gone out of copyright ? Of course
* Fan made movies in their highest quality (without youtube compression) ? You bet
* Service manuals ? Anytime
* I have even found scanned medieval books there that were impossible to find anywhere else on the internet or a public library (apparently some guy has got hold of these somehow and got them public).
The speeds are not great but the overall service is practically bulletproof. It's not by chance eMule has won Sourceforge awards twice in 2006 and 2007.
But the average USA p2p user has always stuck with US-made oldies like WinMX and Gnutella. I've never figured out why.
Yes she already does "put all those computer things away at night". The rest are now bound to follow. Only he doesn't know.
That from a guy who also said: "Some old school geeks have issues with a technologies that an average joe can use. Makes them feel inadequate."
Is fear of getting old a symptom of old age ?
The iPad has a USB port now?
It comes with an adapter I think.
Most of your points are insightful. Using an economical paraller printer that works well -- and at the same time not throwing perfectly functional equipment to the landfill makes perfect perfect sense.
We no longer have to invade a country anymore to change its politics
No problem then. If you are going to ask a country politely for "Regime Change" it's all fine.
There is no shortage of examples of times when outside intervention is not only warranted, but should actually be mandatory.
Yes, that's why I told you to fuck off. The Iraq civil war might have been prevented if bullies like you were convinced to fuck off instead of invading it for Windmills of Mass Destruction.
If we allow Venezuela
Fuck off
...and you are short on money, get a good 2nd hand laptop, such as an IBM T42:
http://www.usanotebook.com/IBM_display_page.php
or in Europe,
http://www.thelaptopcentre.co.uk/cheap-laptops/ibm-t42-intel-centrino-17g-512mb-40gb-dvd-141tft-external-pcmcia-wireless-xp-pro.html
No, it's the Coke that comes with a free iPad Killer
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But if you can program in C you are wasting your time with Pascal.
Explain that to the programmers
Linux, Windows, (Open)Office, Firefox, Nethack, Doom, etc, etc, etc.
If you can program in Pascal, you can program in C
But if you can program in C you are wasting your time with Pascal.
Worse than the fusion of Shatner & Elton John ?
Do you own a chessboard ?
How old chess is ?
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-sopssa
I still don't believe it's you.
(BTW, is this some new trend in Slashdot? I've noticed others are doing it too)