Of course, those same golden-eared audiophiles would NEVER do an a/b or a/b/x comparison of analog to digital... more often than not a/b/x tests show that even the most golden-eared cannot distinguish between an analog and a digital recording. Most people expect to hear a difference, and then they do.
I've posted this once in reply, but I think it bears repeating since there's already 10 posts concerning this topic... the Sears Tower IS the tallest building in the world. The Sears Tower once again became the tallest building in the world in 1997, when the Council on Tall Buildings met and announced new standards upon which the tallest building would be judged.
The Petronas Towers were previously the world's tallest building, but only because of a decorative spire on top of both of the towers, the Empire State building is the tallest including the antenna, the Sears Tower is the tallest in the other two categories (highest occupied floor and highest to the top of the roof). You can read all about it here.
Actually, the Sears Tower was dethroned by the Petronas Twin Towers in 1996, but regained the title in 1997. The way the Petronas Twin Towers gained the title was by putting decorative spires on top of the top floor of the buildings. In 1997 the Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat met and declared the Sears Tower the tallest building again.
You can read about it at this link.
One of the nice aspects about Jabber being open source is that a solution can be worked out quickly. Within an hour of AOL blocking Jabber a solution presented itself, and so long as enough people are interested in Jabber that will continue to be the case. I think it's a positive step for Jabber that they're finally not below AOL's radar screen, it means they're gaining popularity and are now considered a threat by AOL.
For those of you who haven't used Jabber yet, you should check it out, it really is the most convenient IM system out there.
Anybody remember the Slashdot contest?
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A few weeks back Slashdot had a contest to see if anyone could accurately guess the splashdown date of Mir... is anybody still in the running? If I'm not mistaken I'm already out (I picked Mar-20 sometime or other).
Of course, I guess I can still hold out hope for the Mir hitting Taco Bell's floating target out in the middle of the Pacific.:)
it seems like they're making the right decision here. There really isn't any good reason why they should be holding this process up, there's been plenty of time for public discussion and I think it's time to get things moving now.
My one chief concern is that this might set a bad precedent concerning how quickly they make policy decisions. Some of you might remember the article posted recently about refusing renewal or registration of.org domains to those who are not non-profits (it's also referenced in the above-referenced reports under Proposed Revision to VeriSign Agreements), there's been ALOT of negative feedback concerning this agreement... ICANN meets April 2 to discuss this proposal, should they decide to ram it through the same way they did with this proposal, we'd all be worse off.
You might try looking at a traditional home and see how you can refit it to meet your geek needs. I live in a 5 bedroom house with 4 other geeks, and we couldn't be really picky about where we lived (being 5 college-aged males).
Once we got the house we decided if we put the server in the basement, we could run CAT-5 cables through the laundry chute, then along the baseboards to all of our rooms (and the living room and the dining room), you really don't even see the cabling, it's a pretty decent job. So you could look for a house with a laundry chute, or you could just put the server in a central room and then run it along the baseboards from there (there's no place in our house that requires more than 100 ft of cable).
Anyhow, if you're a bit creative you can make any house a geek house, and you won't have to spend a fortune to do it.
Getting it going might take you some time, especially if you're a novice. You may have to drop everything and start over a couple of times, but if you have patience you'll get it. I've got IPMasq setup and am able to VPN using PPTP, browse Network Neighborhood, and use PCAnywhere to get to any box I want (multiple boxes too). You don't need much power either, mine is running on a P100. Prior to running the Linux box I was using Win98 I can't even begin to describe to you how much happier I am with Linux. If you want to take a look at some howtos go to http://howto.linuxberg.com. Take a look at the IPMasq howto. Best of luck
In my book the stupidest name is "Pentium Pro". Prior to the Pentium, Intel's chips were, 286, 386, 486...if they were going to change the naming convention, the next generation of chips after Pentium should have been "Sexium" followed by Septium. Around the time of the Pentium my friends and I all were awaiting the release of the Sexium, I still wait for that day...
Although I think this site is a really great idea, I think they could do alot more to make Linux more palatable for those people who have "wanted to work with Linux, but never got arount to it." For instance, instead of just allowing them access to the command line, have screen shots and help documentation pop up in the browser, have an index, a tutorial, streaming video. Many people shy away from Linux due to the amount of time and resources (i.e. lost computer if unsuccessfully installed), this seems to me like the first step towards a pain-free linux trial.
It amazes me how differently corporations (in this case Sony) view the internet. If they're not trying to patent banner ads (ala Doubleclick) then they're trying to wrest away our first Amendment right to freedom of speech. What does Sony think the difference is between a fan web site and a fan magazine? I think ultimately the problem is that "big business" sees the internet more like television than anything else. That's why we saw the channel paradigm a few years ago, and that's why we see portals today. Sony thinks that if it cuts off competition, it will get more viewers. What they don't get is that the internet is meant to be an active medium, and that active participation produces far more buzz than a passive medium does (witness/.). Ultimately, if Sony were to try to shut down fan website, they'd fail...but it still leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
A Funny thing about the first MWave modems: I used to do tech support for a national ISP, and when IBM first released the MWave they had the sound part and the modem sharing an IRQ, so that whenever your computer tried to play a sound when you were online, it would temporarily disconnect the modem to access the sound card. The author's referring to the MWave as "advanced" gave me a little chuckle.
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The article makes a reference to UO2 dying, I don't follow game news that closely, can anyone explain what happened (or provide a link?).
Thanks.
Of course, those same golden-eared audiophiles would NEVER do an a/b or a/b/x comparison of analog to digital... more often than not a/b/x tests show that even the most golden-eared cannot distinguish between an analog and a digital recording. Most people expect to hear a difference, and then they do.
I've posted this once in reply, but I think it bears repeating since there's already 10 posts concerning this topic... the Sears Tower IS the tallest building in the world. The Sears Tower once again became the tallest building in the world in 1997, when the Council on Tall Buildings met and announced new standards upon which the tallest building would be judged.
The Petronas Towers were previously the world's tallest building, but only because of a decorative spire on top of both of the towers, the Empire State building is the tallest including the antenna, the Sears Tower is the tallest in the other two categories (highest occupied floor and highest to the top of the roof). You can read all about it here.
Actually, the Sears Tower was dethroned by the Petronas Twin Towers in 1996, but regained the title in 1997. The way the Petronas Twin Towers gained the title was by putting decorative spires on top of the top floor of the buildings. In 1997 the Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat met and declared the Sears Tower the tallest building again. You can read about it at this link.
One of the nice aspects about Jabber being open source is that a solution can be worked out quickly. Within an hour of AOL blocking Jabber a solution presented itself, and so long as enough people are interested in Jabber that will continue to be the case. I think it's a positive step for Jabber that they're finally not below AOL's radar screen, it means they're gaining popularity and are now considered a threat by AOL.
For those of you who haven't used Jabber yet, you should check it out, it really is the most convenient IM system out there.
A few weeks back Slashdot had a contest to see if anyone could accurately guess the splashdown date of Mir... is anybody still in the running? If I'm not mistaken I'm already out (I picked Mar-20 sometime or other).
:)
Of course, I guess I can still hold out hope for the Mir hitting Taco Bell's floating target out in the middle of the Pacific.
I'd better make sure to hide my Casio Databank Watch, it stores all kinds of information, names, phone numbers, it's even got a calculator.
They can take away my life, but can't take away my Casio!
it seems like they're making the right decision here. There really isn't any good reason why they should be holding this process up, there's been plenty of time for public discussion and I think it's time to get things moving now.
.org domains to those who are not non-profits (it's also referenced in the above-referenced reports under Proposed Revision to VeriSign Agreements), there's been ALOT of negative feedback concerning this agreement... ICANN meets April 2 to discuss this proposal, should they decide to ram it through the same way they did with this proposal, we'd all be worse off.
My one chief concern is that this might set a bad precedent concerning how quickly they make policy decisions. Some of you might remember the article posted recently about refusing renewal or registration of
That's right, 2001-03-20 19:49:24 is my guess.
You might try looking at a traditional home and see how you can refit it to meet your geek needs. I live in a 5 bedroom house with 4 other geeks, and we couldn't be really picky about where we lived (being 5 college-aged males). Once we got the house we decided if we put the server in the basement, we could run CAT-5 cables through the laundry chute, then along the baseboards to all of our rooms (and the living room and the dining room), you really don't even see the cabling, it's a pretty decent job. So you could look for a house with a laundry chute, or you could just put the server in a central room and then run it along the baseboards from there (there's no place in our house that requires more than 100 ft of cable). Anyhow, if you're a bit creative you can make any house a geek house, and you won't have to spend a fortune to do it.
Getting it going might take you some time, especially if you're a novice. You may have to drop everything and start over a couple of times, but if you have patience you'll get it. I've got IPMasq setup and am able to VPN using PPTP, browse Network Neighborhood, and use PCAnywhere to get to any box I want (multiple boxes too). You don't need much power either, mine is running on a P100. Prior to running the Linux box I was using Win98 I can't even begin to describe to you how much happier I am with Linux. If you want to take a look at some howtos go to http://howto.linuxberg.com. Take a look at the IPMasq howto. Best of luck
In my book the stupidest name is "Pentium Pro". Prior to the Pentium, Intel's chips were, 286, 386, 486...if they were going to change the naming convention, the next generation of chips after Pentium should have been "Sexium" followed by Septium. Around the time of the Pentium my friends and I all were awaiting the release of the Sexium, I still wait for that day...
Although I think this site is a really great idea, I think they could do alot more to make Linux more palatable for those people who have "wanted to work with Linux, but never got arount to it." For instance, instead of just allowing them access to the command line, have screen shots and help documentation pop up in the browser, have an index, a tutorial, streaming video. Many people shy away from Linux due to the amount of time and resources (i.e. lost computer if unsuccessfully installed), this seems to me like the first step towards a pain-free linux trial.
It amazes me how differently corporations (in this case Sony) view the internet. If they're not trying to patent banner ads (ala Doubleclick) then they're trying to wrest away our first Amendment right to freedom of speech. What does Sony think the difference is between a fan web site and a fan magazine? I think ultimately the problem is that "big business" sees the internet more like television than anything else. That's why we saw the channel paradigm a few years ago, and that's why we see portals today. Sony thinks that if it cuts off competition, it will get more viewers. What they don't get is that the internet is meant to be an active medium, and that active participation produces far more buzz than a passive medium does (witness /.). Ultimately, if Sony were to try to shut down fan website, they'd fail...but it still leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
A Funny thing about the first MWave modems: I used to do tech support for a national ISP, and when IBM first released the MWave they had the sound part and the modem sharing an IRQ, so that whenever your computer tried to play a sound when you were online, it would temporarily disconnect the modem to access the sound card. The author's referring to the MWave as "advanced" gave me a little chuckle.