I'm not explaining HOW it happened. But, rest assured, it DID happen. And it happened with two cables (of the same type) that had worked just fine on my old TV just a few days before. And it worked fine just as soon as I used the new cable (with no changes to the settings in between). There was something about that particular type of cable that caused the Samsung to drop the audio.
I used to have an old cheap HDMI cable I bought off of newegg that I used for my old TV and it worked fine. When I upgraded to a new Samsung TV, it worked for picture, but not for audio. At first I thought the TV was defective. So I tried another cable of the same type (I had bought them both at the same time) and got the same results--picture was fine but no audio. But when I tried out a newer, more expensive cable it suddenly worked fine. So, while I don't advocate spending big $ on ridiculously overpriced Monster cables, there apparently is a difference between some HDMI cables, at least for some TV's (maybe Samsungs are especially finicky).
My girfriend was convinced that Obama was going to change everything (she's so naive, but it's kind of cute in a girl). I told her that he would just continue 90% of Bush's evil shit once he got into office, and even the 10% of change would be moderate/token at best. It's the one point on which Dick Cheney and I agree. Obama is like every other politician. He only hates the police state when he's not the one in charge of it.
An OSS Facebook will have hundreds of competing distros, several dozen kernel forks, Countless different versions of the standards that developers will argue over for years, horrid UI's, and no documentation. New users wishing to convert over from commercial Facebook will be told "Well, first you have to decide if you want to go with a RTH, KJG, RTY, or TTTY desktop interface; then you need to pick a client from this list which you can download from this obscure irc channel; then you need to config it to your router and find the drivers for your system; and you might also need to download and install Java, Greasemonkey, and a compiler to create binaries for your particular OS" and presented with a long list of bug fixes in lieu of a user manual.
And before you mod me troll, know that this is exactly what Linux (and plenty of other OSS) looks like to a non-geek user.
Apple has the strangest definition of "steal" I've seen in a long time (if I *paid* for my copy of OS X, I'm not stealing it). A more appropriate name would be "Stop Refusing To Obey Us.kext"
Sure, it sounds like a no-brainer right? Who doesn't want to help the handicapped? The problem with requirements like this in the real world though is that inevitabley the non-handicapped (i.e., the average user) will pay a price for compliance.
Got a video on the government website you like? Well, kiss it goodbye, because the odds are that said government agency can't afford to close caption it (close captioning isn't cheap). That means they'll just have to pull it and no one will get to see it.
Got a sophisticated, sharp looking, complex website? Well, kiss that goodbye too. The Section 508 best paractices standards don't like complex layout because it confuses the text readers. Only now it won't just be a suggestion. It will be mandatory.
And don't even THINK about Flash or pretty HTML5 effects! For that matter, don't even think about tables!
Too numerous to list. But if you want a real detailed (and fascinating) insight into the whole system (including specifically the "accidents" of Ecuadorian president Jaime Roldós Aguilera and Panamanian dictator Omar Torrijos), you should read Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. It was written by a guy who worked for an NSA/CIA front company whose job it was to make certain foreign leaders offers that they couldn't (or damn well shouldn't) refuse. If they refused the U.S.'s generous offers of aid, tragic accidents tended to follow.
Advertisers aren't stupid. Google ads are only worthwhile if they're actually generating revenue for the advertiser. Eventually, if they keep allowing this sort of practice, it's only going to drive down their own ad revenue (as advertisers realize they're not getting as much revenue from their ads as they once were).
WILL result in the people who have helped us fight the Taliban and other militant extremist DYING for their work with us.
I've heard that argument, and it's not to be dismissed casually. But I haven't seen any actual evidence that this leak included the specifics of the names of villagers helping us or the names of CIA agents or anything so damaging (I haven't read the documents myself, so if this is really the case, I would concede the point). Documents can certainly be redacted for that sort of thing without compromising their public information value. But this "These leaks could do us harm because they could compromise the names of our allies/agents" argument seems to me more like something that the government trots out at each of these leaks as a catch-all excuse for document suppression rather than something that has actually occurred.
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And it took me forever to get my pics off of fathairybasementdwellers.com
So, Discovery News has that going for them...which is nice.
I would be a lot easier, safer, and more cost-effective to just mine in the deep ocean, which we've barely touched.
Witch!
Why do I have a funny feeling that I shouldn't make any long-term investments in Africa?
Ouh, can I be the odd-looking wisecracker?
I'm not explaining HOW it happened. But, rest assured, it DID happen. And it happened with two cables (of the same type) that had worked just fine on my old TV just a few days before. And it worked fine just as soon as I used the new cable (with no changes to the settings in between). There was something about that particular type of cable that caused the Samsung to drop the audio.
I used to have an old cheap HDMI cable I bought off of newegg that I used for my old TV and it worked fine. When I upgraded to a new Samsung TV, it worked for picture, but not for audio. At first I thought the TV was defective. So I tried another cable of the same type (I had bought them both at the same time) and got the same results--picture was fine but no audio. But when I tried out a newer, more expensive cable it suddenly worked fine. So, while I don't advocate spending big $ on ridiculously overpriced Monster cables, there apparently is a difference between some HDMI cables, at least for some TV's (maybe Samsungs are especially finicky).
Not to worry. Nuclear winter will cancel it out long before it becomes a threat.
My girfriend was convinced that Obama was going to change everything (she's so naive, but it's kind of cute in a girl). I told her that he would just continue 90% of Bush's evil shit once he got into office, and even the 10% of change would be moderate/token at best. It's the one point on which Dick Cheney and I agree. Obama is like every other politician. He only hates the police state when he's not the one in charge of it.
Flight of the Conchords taught me that kiwis are still using Commodore 64's and dialup. YOU LIED TO ME, BRETT AND JERMAINE!
Thanks for the clarification, Steve.
An OSS Facebook will have hundreds of competing distros, several dozen kernel forks, Countless different versions of the standards that developers will argue over for years, horrid UI's, and no documentation. New users wishing to convert over from commercial Facebook will be told "Well, first you have to decide if you want to go with a RTH, KJG, RTY, or TTTY desktop interface; then you need to pick a client from this list which you can download from this obscure irc channel; then you need to config it to your router and find the drivers for your system; and you might also need to download and install Java, Greasemonkey, and a compiler to create binaries for your particular OS" and presented with a long list of bug fixes in lieu of a user manual.
And before you mod me troll, know that this is exactly what Linux (and plenty of other OSS) looks like to a non-geek user.
Apple has the strangest definition of "steal" I've seen in a long time (if I *paid* for my copy of OS X, I'm not stealing it). A more appropriate name would be "Stop Refusing To Obey Us.kext"
I think 1984 has pretty much become synonymous with "freedom."
No, we must endeavor to build a MechaSpongeBob.
So, where can I collect my money?
You could always just pass them for even showing up.
Sure, it sounds like a no-brainer right? Who doesn't want to help the handicapped? The problem with requirements like this in the real world though is that inevitabley the non-handicapped (i.e., the average user) will pay a price for compliance.
Got a video on the government website you like? Well, kiss it goodbye, because the odds are that said government agency can't afford to close caption it (close captioning isn't cheap). That means they'll just have to pull it and no one will get to see it.
Got a sophisticated, sharp looking, complex website? Well, kiss that goodbye too. The Section 508 best paractices standards don't like complex layout because it confuses the text readers. Only now it won't just be a suggestion. It will be mandatory.
And don't even THINK about Flash or pretty HTML5 effects! For that matter, don't even think about tables!
In an unrelated story there was a tragic plane crash in Pakistan today. Terrible weather lately over there I hear.
Too numerous to list. But if you want a real detailed (and fascinating) insight into the whole system (including specifically the "accidents" of Ecuadorian president Jaime Roldós Aguilera and Panamanian dictator Omar Torrijos), you should read Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. It was written by a guy who worked for an NSA/CIA front company whose job it was to make certain foreign leaders offers that they couldn't (or damn well shouldn't) refuse. If they refused the U.S.'s generous offers of aid, tragic accidents tended to follow.
Advertisers aren't stupid. Google ads are only worthwhile if they're actually generating revenue for the advertiser. Eventually, if they keep allowing this sort of practice, it's only going to drive down their own ad revenue (as advertisers realize they're not getting as much revenue from their ads as they once were).
It turns out their REAL kink is being cuckolded by powerful military contractors. And, on that front, this project was a stunning success.
IMHO, Dan Savage is the only sex columnist worth a damn. He's the only one who knows anything about men, for one thing.
I've heard that argument, and it's not to be dismissed casually. But I haven't seen any actual evidence that this leak included the specifics of the names of villagers helping us or the names of CIA agents or anything so damaging (I haven't read the documents myself, so if this is really the case, I would concede the point). Documents can certainly be redacted for that sort of thing without compromising their public information value. But this "These leaks could do us harm because they could compromise the names of our allies/agents" argument seems to me more like something that the government trots out at each of these leaks as a catch-all excuse for document suppression rather than something that has actually occurred.