"VDPAU (Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix) is an open source library (libvdpau) and API originally designed by Nvidia for its GeForce 8 series and later GPU hardware"
Note, my rig had a GeForce 2 MX, so no to VDPAU and VAAPI. XvMC only available on a GeForce 2 card (if possible) using the proprietary linux blob (which only supports up to the 7000 series GPUs) and would not be available in Windows 2000 due to the locked down DMA for video memory.
Actually, checking the wikis on all three of what you mention, there is essentially no way that I was running any hardware-accelerated bits.
"Let me know when I can slap a desktop class processor in my Nexus10 / netbook / other portable device that doesn't chug down battery like my i5 laptop"
The processor in your Nexus 10 and netbook are likely already far more powerful than my old P4. The Atom D510 smashes the shit out of a 3.2GHz HT-Enabled P4 in 3DMark CPU Bench, and totally dominates in Sandra (excepting memory bandwidth test.)
Which means you should've been able to do 1080p stutter-free for AGES on CPU alone. Your software is the issue here, not your hardware.
"I have never seen really stable frame-rates in video replay without hardware acceleration"
My only recommendation is to stop using substandard hardware or switch to a better software player.. I've been doing 1080p video rendering in software just fine using VLC since the days of my 2.4GHz P4 with a 64MB GeForce 2 and 2GB PC2700 DDR1.
My ass, Amazon. Cloud computing isn't anything new. Distributed servers running software for thin-client has been around since IBM and WYSE and many other companies. You just gave something existing a new name and act like you were one of the first.
Quit lying, Amazon. You do know lying in filed sworn court documents is a crime, yes?
Just by using ping time alone I can get within 20 miles of your location.
Give me a few more servers along that outer rim of 20 miles, I can get your location down to 5 mile diameter.
That's maybe ten seconds of work with data interception and routing.
Give me another ten seconds, I can get it down to within 10 feet if you're using cell towers, and exact address if you're using DSL or cable or fiber. Satellite's a little harder but only a little due to the higher latency and uncertainties in retransmission.
Not even a minute to really have your as nailed down.
Source: I used to do open video signal tracking with the Redlands police. A data signal is no harder to deal with.
" It turns out the massive Model S battery takes almost 2,000 times the number of cells a basic laptop does."
No fucking shit, Sherlock, given the Model S weighs about 2000x what a typical fucking laptop weighs.
" At that point, Tesla would require the *entire* existing global capacity for 18650 commodity cells"
Your link quotes graphs with ZERO production capability. Your rough estimate would be Tesla needing 480 Million 18650 cells just for their vehicles alone. I can guarantee you more than that gets produced (one factory I deal with in China can do 300 million annually by itself. I know of at least six others with an annual capacity of 100 million each. One of the joys of having such a huge coastline and easy access to ocean lithium supplies that us in the USA simply won't do.)
"What should Elon do? Better get on the horn to Panasonic and Samsung."
Aren't you just the shill, CARTECHBOY that knows jack about anything other than the shell of the vehicle and knows nothing about the rest of the world involved in such a contraption?
Come back when you're as deep in global production as I am. Maybe then you'll actually have something worth saying besides shilling and spreading FUD.
"Spoken like someone who doesn't understand the science. "
Hi, research director here. Try again when you can do something other than resort to making rather ridiculous assumptions and statements.
If it's not 100% every single time, then it's useless. Any margin of error or deviation means whatever you think is true simply is not. True 99.99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999% of the time is still not true. Doesn't matter if you're at 100 sigma certainty. If it's not 100% every single time, it's a useless statistic.
Oh, and quantum mechanics? I work with photons all day long, and how they interact with biological systems. Plenty of QM happening there. Again, try again when you can do something other than make ridiculous statements and assumptions.
"And exactly how many accidents have there been that involve a person going through the windshield or side window when wearing a seat belt, even without airbags? "
USA alone or worldwide? I can name several celebrities that have been in auto accidents where they got ejected while wearing a seatbelt. The drummer for Def Leppard, for example, had his arm torn off by the seatbelt as he got ejected.
Exact numbers can't be had as there's someone likely getting ejected from their car, while wearing a seatbelt, every hour.
"If you're wearing a seatbelt, however, it will keep your body stable while the airbag slows your head's travel forward. "
Out of every accident I've been in where airbags deployed, the seatbelt did NOTHING to lock down and keep me in place. If the airbags had not been there, I'd be a smear on the road right now.
I see and hear tons of people going 'statistically speaking' and yet I can almost always show them contrary evidence.
An example I use from my experience in horticulture and photobiology: Statistically speaking, red and blue photons have higher absorption by plant leaves, hence why red and blue LED panels exist and claim to be very energy efficient. Scientifically speaking, green has higher overall quantum yield and thus is a better sustaining light source for photosynthesis, which is why the old-fashioned high-pressure sodium lamp works so well, despite an obvious lack of blue and quite horrible CRI. In this case, lumens (which is measured/weighted at 550-555nm green light) does matter.
But then it varies WILDLY per plant anyways, so statistics regarding this is bullshit, and has no place.
There's also the old saying: Lies, damn lies, and statistics. Very wise words to pay heed to when someone says "Statistically speaking..."
"how do these new airbags restrain a person in their seat to stop them being flung out of the vehicle during a crash, like seatbelts are designed to do?"
Same way they have in the past - inflate over every opening and block you from going out. That is one of the few primary functions of wheel and dash airbags - to keep you from flying through the windshield. We have side curtain airbags that deploy and somewhat prevent you from flying out the side windows as well.
I'd imagine better versions of these are available for NASA and the military.
"If you can't pass a field sobriety test because you're just a naturally uncoordinated person, you shouldn't be able to drive."
I know several people that can barely walk yet they drive better than 90% of Southern California. I'm quite sure many others on this site know similar people.
If you can't think logically (like you've shown you really can't) you shouldn't be able to drive.
Oxymoron. Statistics are so variable (and continually variable) that they cannot be considered an effective or reliable part of any part of the scientific method.
Oh, and you're the one that needs to see a professional if you couldn't come up with such a simple fucking thought that 'Oh, maybe he's got the cell phone and isn't using the service.'
You're a fucking moron. Thinking I make things up. Your sorely lacking education and lacking logic skills are showing bigtime.
No, I use my medically-licensed cannabis by myself. That's kind of one of the rules of having a CA medical cannabis registration - with exception of being able to share with other licensed patients (of which I know none.)
Nope. It's called being smart and not taking on expenses that can fuck with your credit score. Cell phone? Nope, don't have one. Internet bill? Paid off monthly.
I don't show up on any of the major three credit bureaus.
And I prefer it like that. They keep sending me offers for credit cards, I just rip them up and throw them in the trash.
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"VDPAU (Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix) is an open source library (libvdpau) and API originally designed by Nvidia for its GeForce 8 series and later GPU hardware"
Note, my rig had a GeForce 2 MX, so no to VDPAU and VAAPI. XvMC only available on a GeForce 2 card (if possible) using the proprietary linux blob (which only supports up to the 7000 series GPUs) and would not be available in Windows 2000 due to the locked down DMA for video memory.
Actually, checking the wikis on all three of what you mention, there is essentially no way that I was running any hardware-accelerated bits.
You probably got a crappy encode with a bitrate far higher than it needed to be or you're using a crappy codec.
"Let me know when I can slap a desktop class processor in my Nexus10 / netbook / other portable device that doesn't chug down battery like my i5 laptop"
The processor in your Nexus 10 and netbook are likely already far more powerful than my old P4. The Atom D510 smashes the shit out of a 3.2GHz HT-Enabled P4 in 3DMark CPU Bench, and totally dominates in Sandra (excepting memory bandwidth test.)
Which means you should've been able to do 1080p stutter-free for AGES on CPU alone. Your software is the issue here, not your hardware.
How do I sue PayPal for tortious interference of contract? I donated money via the kickstarter campaign.
"I have never seen really stable frame-rates in video replay without hardware acceleration"
My only recommendation is to stop using substandard hardware or switch to a better software player.. I've been doing 1080p video rendering in software just fine using VLC since the days of my 2.4GHz P4 with a 64MB GeForce 2 and 2GB PC2700 DDR1.
My ass, Amazon. Cloud computing isn't anything new. Distributed servers running software for thin-client has been around since IBM and WYSE and many other companies. You just gave something existing a new name and act like you were one of the first.
Quit lying, Amazon. You do know lying in filed sworn court documents is a crime, yes?
I guess your dumb ass missed the point where I use a few other servers to figure out how to work it out.
Or maybe your old ass forgot that we had a story about this on Slashdot like... two years ago?
How about you get off my lawn, old fart? You don't even know where yours is!
Just by using ping time alone I can get within 20 miles of your location.
Give me a few more servers along that outer rim of 20 miles, I can get your location down to 5 mile diameter.
That's maybe ten seconds of work with data interception and routing.
Give me another ten seconds, I can get it down to within 10 feet if you're using cell towers, and exact address if you're using DSL or cable or fiber. Satellite's a little harder but only a little due to the higher latency and uncertainties in retransmission.
Not even a minute to really have your as nailed down.
Source: I used to do open video signal tracking with the Redlands police. A data signal is no harder to deal with.
" It turns out the massive Model S battery takes almost 2,000 times the number of cells a basic laptop does."
No fucking shit, Sherlock, given the Model S weighs about 2000x what a typical fucking laptop weighs.
" At that point, Tesla would require the *entire* existing global capacity for 18650 commodity cells"
Your link quotes graphs with ZERO production capability. Your rough estimate would be Tesla needing 480 Million 18650 cells just for their vehicles alone. I can guarantee you more than that gets produced (one factory I deal with in China can do 300 million annually by itself. I know of at least six others with an annual capacity of 100 million each. One of the joys of having such a huge coastline and easy access to ocean lithium supplies that us in the USA simply won't do.)
"What should Elon do? Better get on the horn to Panasonic and Samsung."
Aren't you just the shill, CARTECHBOY that knows jack about anything other than the shell of the vehicle and knows nothing about the rest of the world involved in such a contraption?
Come back when you're as deep in global production as I am. Maybe then you'll actually have something worth saying besides shilling and spreading FUD.
"Spoken like someone who doesn't understand the science. "
Hi, research director here. Try again when you can do something other than resort to making rather ridiculous assumptions and statements.
If it's not 100% every single time, then it's useless. Any margin of error or deviation means whatever you think is true simply is not. True 99.99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999% of the time is still not true. Doesn't matter if you're at 100 sigma certainty. If it's not 100% every single time, it's a useless statistic.
Oh, and quantum mechanics? I work with photons all day long, and how they interact with biological systems. Plenty of QM happening there. Again, try again when you can do something other than make ridiculous statements and assumptions.
"And exactly how many accidents have there been that involve a person going through the windshield or side window when wearing a seat belt, even without airbags? "
USA alone or worldwide? I can name several celebrities that have been in auto accidents where they got ejected while wearing a seatbelt. The drummer for Def Leppard, for example, had his arm torn off by the seatbelt as he got ejected.
Exact numbers can't be had as there's someone likely getting ejected from their car, while wearing a seatbelt, every hour.
Other guy was going too fast (hooray EDR!) I have a flawless driving record, 400K and still going strong.
"If you're wearing a seatbelt, however, it will keep your body stable while the airbag slows your head's travel forward. "
Out of every accident I've been in where airbags deployed, the seatbelt did NOTHING to lock down and keep me in place. If the airbags had not been there, I'd be a smear on the road right now.
I see and hear tons of people going 'statistically speaking' and yet I can almost always show them contrary evidence.
An example I use from my experience in horticulture and photobiology: Statistically speaking, red and blue photons have higher absorption by plant leaves, hence why red and blue LED panels exist and claim to be very energy efficient. Scientifically speaking, green has higher overall quantum yield and thus is a better sustaining light source for photosynthesis, which is why the old-fashioned high-pressure sodium lamp works so well, despite an obvious lack of blue and quite horrible CRI. In this case, lumens (which is measured/weighted at 550-555nm green light) does matter.
But then it varies WILDLY per plant anyways, so statistics regarding this is bullshit, and has no place.
There's also the old saying: Lies, damn lies, and statistics. Very wise words to pay heed to when someone says "Statistically speaking..."
Gee, wonder what that first A in NASA means........
Certainly doesn't mean Asshole.
"how do these new airbags restrain a person in their seat to stop them being flung out of the vehicle during a crash, like seatbelts are designed to do?"
Same way they have in the past - inflate over every opening and block you from going out. That is one of the few primary functions of wheel and dash airbags - to keep you from flying through the windshield. We have side curtain airbags that deploy and somewhat prevent you from flying out the side windows as well.
I'd imagine better versions of these are available for NASA and the military.
"If you can't pass a field sobriety test because you're just a naturally uncoordinated person, you shouldn't be able to drive."
I know several people that can barely walk yet they drive better than 90% of Southern California. I'm quite sure many others on this site know similar people.
If you can't think logically (like you've shown you really can't) you shouldn't be able to drive.
"statistical science."
Oxymoron. Statistics are so variable (and continually variable) that they cannot be considered an effective or reliable part of any part of the scientific method.
Oh, and you're the one that needs to see a professional if you couldn't come up with such a simple fucking thought that 'Oh, maybe he's got the cell phone and isn't using the service.'
You're a fucking moron. Thinking I make things up. Your sorely lacking education and lacking logic skills are showing bigtime.
You are a complete fucking idiot. You can have a cell phone and not use the cell service. Ever hear of WiFi, dumbass?
Holy shit you're pretty fucking stupid. I found my MetroPCS phone in a fucking parking lot. And I don't use their service.
You should just leave slashdot with your incompetence and obviously failing brain.
His words don't mean much given it's obvious he's never done a 30-year loan.
You're paying almost 4-5X (or WAY more depending upon loan APR) that price if you follow the monthly payment and only pay off the monthly minimum.
I watched my father get fucked by home loans. Thankfully, his father died and bailed him out with the inheritance money.
No, I use my medically-licensed cannabis by myself. That's kind of one of the rules of having a CA medical cannabis registration - with exception of being able to share with other licensed patients (of which I know none.)
I'm also not on Facebook.
Nope. It's called being smart and not taking on expenses that can fuck with your credit score. Cell phone? Nope, don't have one. Internet bill? Paid off monthly.
I don't show up on any of the major three credit bureaus.
And I prefer it like that. They keep sending me offers for credit cards, I just rip them up and throw them in the trash.
"If you still have no credit history at 38, then you almost certainly still smoke weed with that high school friend in his mom's basement."
I'm 31 with zero credit and zero debt - fuck you.
" But lenders aren't venture capitalists; nobody's going to pay them back 10x their investment."
This comment shows your true ignorance. Go buy a house some time using a loan.
Until then, your words mean nothing.