"Video conference calls do not last for hours or days."
Maybe not in your world, but then again it's likely you've never been in a Camfrog room. Also, on Skype, my UK and AUS partners and I just leave the conversation going. If any of us are near the computer and hear the others, we'll speak up and start a conversation. It's much simpler. Our machines are all located in our in-home offices.
I usually leave Camfrog and Skype open and connected 24/7. It's just much simpler that way.
Actually, if everyone were forced to see how stupid patent-encumbered software was via that direct mens, open-source standards would become the mainstream.
Remember, Joe Stupid doesn't like not being able to watch his porn videos.
I can give you a 400MW 550nm EMP to the face and you'd be dead. It's still dangerous at proper power levels, no matter HOW you put it, and it's STILL an EMP.
DDR2 is a different technology. Ahem. DDR2 doesn't require terminator chips. DDR2 operates on a different p/n junction. There's so much physically you probably wouldn't understand unless you were a material engineer, and I can't explain it myself ebcause I'm a few years away from the necessary degree.
But then again, I WORK IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR BUSINESS. Not RAM, specificaly, but RAMBUS lawsuits have been a pain in the ass for emerging LED technologies, and we're going to bury their asses in the ground once we get our momentum, because half of those ideas were taken directly from our field.
Rambus has a HUGE target on its back from the rest of the semiconductor industry. They won't be around for long and I'm going to be one of those pioneers that brings them down.
They are trolls. Here is why. They took ideas from JEDEC standards conference. They then begin to patent those ideas without disclosing that to others involved in setting standards at that conference. They then wait for the technology to mature and become widespread, and they sue everyone. It's bullshit. They invented NOTHING, they stole forming standards, patented them, sat and waited, and sued.
Rambus has innovated and invented very little since the EARLY 90s.
They do not deserve the patent or the favorable rulings, for any legal or ethical reason.
Just get one copy of CamfrogWeb, or plunk down on a bunch of client licenses ($50 per client, BUT each code can be used on two machines at the same time) and pay $200 for the Camfrog Server.
It's really simple to use. Might want to password protect your room, though, and NOT list the server on the main Camfrog directory.
Christ, son, I have that much streaming in NOW. When one goal is to archive the internets useful shit, you come across this problem often. Hell, I burned five roboboards just trying to handle so many incoming 56K streams.
Rank amateurs, I tell you. Are these kids just learning how to utilize a computer in this study?
"The other 90% is waiting for us to make a video game it's good at."
Already made it for myself. It's called "Getting humankind into the space colonization age." Somewhat challenging, but once power requirements get solved it is a rather trivial game that just begs for new rules.
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"Video conference calls do not last for hours or days."
Maybe not in your world, but then again it's likely you've never been in a Camfrog room. Also, on Skype, my UK and AUS partners and I just leave the conversation going. If any of us are near the computer and hear the others, we'll speak up and start a conversation. It's much simpler. Our machines are all located in our in-home offices.
I usually leave Camfrog and Skype open and connected 24/7. It's just much simpler that way.
"Sure, but if they told the buyer one thing, then told Paymate/Visa something else how is Paymate/Visa supposed to know?"
do you not read?
(I was clearly in the right as the small claims court has shown)
It's even in parentheses for effect in the sentence I quoted from!
"It's just like it was with MP3/Vorbis"
HAHAHAHA NO!
Try running a pitchshifter plugin across an MP3 versus an OGG.
You will notice the sound quality in an OGG is much better, because EVERYTHING gets encoded, not cut-then-encoded like MP3.
And for those of us that would rely upon pitch-shifting of compressed files (rare but happens) OGG is superior.
And pretty much that is what gives OGG the advantage over MP3. My pitch-shifted splash cymbals don't sound underwater in OGG compared to MP3.
No.
Of course, you probably know jack shit about fourcc-based codecs, so I'll just be quiet and let you make a fool out of yourself.
"and #2 isn't a solution."
Actually, if everyone were forced to see how stupid patent-encumbered software was via that direct mens, open-source standards would become the mainstream.
Remember, Joe Stupid doesn't like not being able to watch his porn videos.
"H.264 is as much of a closed standard as MP3 is"
Yup, As in VERY CLOSED.
Which is why many MP3 players STILL PAY LICENSE FEES FOR THE FRAUNHOFER MP3 CODEC.
Are you not aware of a job in which you must distinguish between EMPs of varying wavelengths unless you achieve no results?
Here's one - plant physiology. I'll leave the rest as an exercise for you to think about.
I can give you a 400MW 550nm EMP to the face and you'd be dead. It's still dangerous at proper power levels, no matter HOW you put it, and it's STILL an EMP.
SHOW ME THE PATENT INFRINGED.
That is all. Having several in this field, I'll bet you stumble across something I can use to sue Rambus for a hefty sum.
Evidence, please.
DDR2 is a different technology. Ahem. DDR2 doesn't require terminator chips. DDR2 operates on a different p/n junction. There's so much physically you probably wouldn't understand unless you were a material engineer, and I can't explain it myself ebcause I'm a few years away from the necessary degree.
But then again, I WORK IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR BUSINESS. Not RAM, specificaly, but RAMBUS lawsuits have been a pain in the ass for emerging LED technologies, and we're going to bury their asses in the ground once we get our momentum, because half of those ideas were taken directly from our field.
Rambus has a HUGE target on its back from the rest of the semiconductor industry. They won't be around for long and I'm going to be one of those pioneers that brings them down.
Hinges. Keyboard Keys.
"I can pulse a light beam but no one would refer to this as an EMP."
I would because that's exactly what the fuck it is - a pulse in the electromagnetic spectrum.
But then again my job requires such distinctions.
"EMP isn't going to whack your lead-acid battery"
EMPs affect ALL NON-HARDENED Electrical system components. This includes batteries, where the sudden voltage spike will likely fry the cell junctions.
You tell a man to shut up over common knowledge?
Given by how poorly your sentence was constructed, I'll assume you're not even old enough to have taken a basic small engines class in high school.
You be quiet, as intelligent men are having rational discourse.
Rambus PATENTED, but not invented.
They are trolls. Here is why. They took ideas from JEDEC standards conference. They then begin to patent those ideas without disclosing that to others involved in setting standards at that conference. They then wait for the technology to mature and become widespread, and they sue everyone. It's bullshit. They invented NOTHING, they stole forming standards, patented them, sat and waited, and sued.
Rambus has innovated and invented very little since the EARLY 90s.
They do not deserve the patent or the favorable rulings, for any legal or ethical reason.
My old house in Memphis just sold for 74 grand.
We paid 160K on it.
Now if only FireFox will get support.
Just get one copy of CamfrogWeb, or plunk down on a bunch of client licenses ($50 per client, BUT each code can be used on two machines at the same time) and pay $200 for the Camfrog Server.
It's really simple to use. Might want to password protect your room, though, and NOT list the server on the main Camfrog directory.
"You're not going to be able to usably capture a classroom lecture with webcam and associated microphone."
Not true. My Microsoft Lifecam VX-3000 can pick me up from my balcony outside, that's a good fifty feet away from its location.
Almost every card I've bought came with games.
12MB Creative Blaster Voodoo2 came with Unreal and Quake 2.
64MB GeForce2 came with Daikatana (UGH)
256MB 6800NX Came with Doom3
My PNY 9800GTX+ came with Crysis.
Bear in mind I bought these cards from fairly shady retailers, brand new in a box.
So in other words, my older than shit 533 MHz 64-bit DEC with NT4 is technically more secure than any other machine running any other Windows OS.
Thanks for that heads up. Fuck you yet again, Microsoft.
Christ, son, I have that much streaming in NOW. When one goal is to archive the internets useful shit, you come across this problem often. Hell, I burned five roboboards just trying to handle so many incoming 56K streams.
Rank amateurs, I tell you. Are these kids just learning how to utilize a computer in this study?
"The other 90% is waiting for us to make a video game it's good at."
Already made it for myself. It's called "Getting humankind into the space colonization age." Somewhat challenging, but once power requirements get solved it is a rather trivial game that just begs for new rules.
hookers and blow covers this nicely
"More importantly, they have the money and the lobbyists to keep the game rigged in their favor."
This wouldn't be a problem if we were allowed to execute any lobbyist on sight.