And i tend to disagree with people that say 1000 is a bloodbath. More people die in a month from car accidents then we have lost in the ENTIRE operation. Anyone remember WWII? 1000 is a drop in the bucket. You're suggesting that only 1000 people have died in Iraq? I think you need to check your figures.
Sadly I'm cursed with this ability to see rapidly flashing light. The flicker is obvious to me below about 85hz. Even at 85hz, I can see it flicker if the room is lit with bright sunlight. For the longest time my school ran 60hz in the labs. It was pure torture to try and get work done.
Some types of films, and 1080P24 can also be quite annoying, but I'm getting pretty good at just ignoring it.
Not sure where you are from, but around here I don't imagine that too many illegals actually participate in the census taking. For some reason TimeWarner is apparently convinced that there are enough of them to put on EXTRA Spanish language channels though. Wonder how they knew that without accurate census data? Part of taking a proper census is finding a way to calculate the undercount of the census. This undercount represents the number of people they think are skipping out on the census. With this knowledge you can get a fairly accurate picture even if many people skip out.
I think the problem most ISPs are having is last mile. That's certainly the case with bell here. Multicast doesn't really help at all last mile, unless you and your neighbors happen to be getting the same packets. Considering the internet is Really Big, I doubt that would happen much.
I'm a Bell customer. It sounds like you're getting the same treatment I get. From ~4pm-2am p2p is throttled, often as low as 240kbps up/down. On bad days, ive seen it go under 96kbps up/down. Note I pay for a 5mbps 'unlimited' connection.
The only good thing I can say, is at least bell admits they're doing this. I mean it'd be pretty hard to deny it, but some companies try anyway.
Agreed. But I've noticed cows are the complete opposite. Where a horse will find the single exposed nail in the barn, you can put cows in fields with barbed wire, broken cars, scrap machinery, etc.
it may not be a pillar of anonymity, but its damn hard to accidentally publish sensitive data with bittorrent. its not like you'll accidentally share your my documents directory in a torrent.
No clicky rolly thing? I was with you until that point. The mouse wheel, imo, is the most important computer HID developments in ages. But only one dimension of roll, please.
Though from what I've seen of rio, you have to have some pretty weird ideas of how a computer should behave to get used to it. It simply drove me mad.
Exactly like those things. If I want to tear apart my microwave for some upgrade I've dreamed up, then I don't want some DRM or TrustedCooking BS messing it all up.
Typing "sudo port install gimp, then her password when prompted"
Why would anyone tell your grandmother to install software that way? I'd tell her to go to add/remove, click the category of app she wants (games/office/multimedia/etc), click the application - they're rated by popularity and have a little summary, so its easy to find the right one. Then I'd tell her to click the app, and click 'apply changes'. It might seem a bit long in writing, but its similar in difficulty to the usual 'next->next->finish' install process seen elsewhere.
Compression is kind of the "fairy dust" that record producers seem to believe makes their stuff sound better. It makes it sound louder, but it makes you tired. I've heard theories that it's the reason people tend to hit the SKIP button on their mp3 players so much. It's possible.
Since the music on MP3 players is guaranteed to be (filesize) compressed, but will not necessarily have heavy dynamic range compression, it made it seem that you thought they are the same thing.
The audio signal in a CD is stored in 16-bit words, but that's just a way of packing the bits
The word size isn't just a way of packing the bits, it decides the overall data rate. If you quarter the size of the words that are recorded on each clock, then you quarter the data rate. This quarter-data-rate file won't sound the same as the original 16 bit one no matter which DAC you use.
While a Delta-Sigma DAC does operate using a 1bit DAC internally, the effective number of bits is >1.
Most FOSS is only "free" if your time is worthless
Could you expand on this point? I assume you mean that FOS software is hard to set-up or something, but I really haven't experienced that. Sure some programs are shitty, but so is a lot of non FOS stuff.
I have found FOSS to be less of a time commitment in many ways, as I can install it all with a click of the mouse. No cds, serial numbers, allowing the software to phone home, updating programs one by one, etc, etc.
Odds are the problem they're having with Word or IE has been around long enough for you to have encountered it before you "didn't do windows/IE/MS-Office/etc anymore".
I don't know about him, but for me that would mean a bug that hasn't been fixed in 6 years or so. That on its own would be reason enough to switch to something else.
It exists! Hooray!
Do a proper bit-perfect rip of the cd, encode with Lame 3.97 at quality -V0.
If somehow that isn't good enough, then encode it to FLAC instead.
There you are, better than low-bitrate MP3, and more feasible than a record! I accept cash and personal cheque.
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Sadly I'm cursed with this ability to see rapidly flashing light. The flicker is obvious to me below about 85hz. Even at 85hz, I can see it flicker if the room is lit with bright sunlight. For the longest time my school ran 60hz in the labs. It was pure torture to try and get work done.
Some types of films, and 1080P24 can also be quite annoying, but I'm getting pretty good at just ignoring it.
Really? I see that all the time. As long as I choose the right hosts I rarely have any trouble saturating my 5mbps connection with a single stream.
I think the problem most ISPs are having is last mile. That's certainly the case with bell here. Multicast doesn't really help at all last mile, unless you and your neighbors happen to be getting the same packets. Considering the internet is Really Big, I doubt that would happen much.
I use mouse gestures, so right click + mousewheel rolls through all the open tabs.
Now I wouldn't want to run 40+ tabs regularly, but it isn't too inconvenient when I do happen to have an obscene number open.
indeed. as one of those canadians, I can assure you I would be thrilled.
My bell connection is rated for 5mbps, but it gets throttled down to 10-30k/sec during peak hours.
I'm a Bell customer. It sounds like you're getting the same treatment I get. From ~4pm-2am p2p is throttled, often as low as 240kbps up/down. On bad days, ive seen it go under 96kbps up/down. Note I pay for a 5mbps 'unlimited' connection.
The only good thing I can say, is at least bell admits they're doing this. I mean it'd be pretty hard to deny it, but some companies try anyway.
Agreed. But I've noticed cows are the complete opposite. Where a horse will find the single exposed nail in the barn, you can put cows in fields with barbed wire, broken cars, scrap machinery, etc.
We just need to train cows to be better mounts.
it may not be a pillar of anonymity, but its damn hard to accidentally publish sensitive data with bittorrent. its not like you'll accidentally share your my documents directory in a torrent.
the peasant!
we did a similar delayed autoexec thing w/ loadlin to cause the lab computers to boot clusterknoppix on the last day of school.
The school didn't seem terribly pleased about their new 'supercomputer' tho.
No clicky rolly thing? I was with you until that point. The mouse wheel, imo, is the most important computer HID developments in ages. But only one dimension of roll, please.
Though from what I've seen of rio, you have to have some pretty weird ideas of how a computer should behave to get used to it. It simply drove me mad.
you fell for it man. that was clearly a joke.
Being a nerd site, making a Faraday cage joke would be a lot funnier.
Microwaves radiate electromagnetic waves, they aren't radioactive.
or put another way, "WINDMILLS DON'T WORK THAT WAY!" - Morbo
prior to 1930? Is the RIAA really the afraid of us pirating all of those good ol' Tin Pan Alley hits?
Minstrelsy was pretty awesome too.
Exactly like those things. If I want to tear apart my microwave for some upgrade I've dreamed up, then I don't want some DRM or TrustedCooking BS messing it all up.
3 Second Burritos here I come!
uh, no reason.
What does that have to do with anything?
While a Delta-Sigma DAC does operate using a 1bit DAC internally, the effective number of bits is >1.
I have found FOSS to be less of a time commitment in many ways, as I can install it all with a click of the mouse. No cds, serial numbers, allowing the software to phone home, updating programs one by one, etc, etc.
Do a proper bit-perfect rip of the cd, encode with Lame 3.97 at quality -V0.
If somehow that isn't good enough, then encode it to FLAC instead.
There you are, better than low-bitrate MP3, and more feasible than a record! I accept cash and personal cheque.