The dominant image formats that we have are just fine: JPEG, GIF and PNG. Each one has its specific use (JPEG for photos, GIF for 8-bit or animated images, and PNG for alpha or lossless images.)
Currently, I can't think of anything new that this WMP (wimp?) format can do. Unless they can pack all this into ONE format:
1) Compression without introducing artifacts.
2) Accurate color, contrast and brightness.
3) Animation.
4) Alpha channel.
If they can squeeze that into one format, we wouldn't need 3 different formats anymore.
A lot of big business runs on Oracle. Governments, Banks, Corporations, etc. Rushing out a patch with fatal flaws, exploitable flaws would potentially cause more damage to the word than the worst predictions of Y2K. I am glad that Oracle are thoroughly testing the patches before they roll them out. I know the DBA's will test the patches, but there is no substitute for vendors testing the patches.
but it's nice not to have to go through a dist-upgrade every few months on servers that need to be left alone and 'just work'.
I assume you're referring to Ubuntu. Ubuntu does NOT require you to dist-upgrade, it is your choice. You WILL be supported on Hoary and Dapper with security releases for years. It is entirely unneccessary to upgrade every couple of months for a server. Find something, and stick with it.
Some might like it, but 18 months is a long, long time. With distro's like Ubuntu releasing every 6 months (yes, I know about Dapper's delay) with a relatively STABLE product with cutting edge features (Gnome 2.14), is it time for Debian to rethink their policy.
I'm not suggesting Debian shouldn't have long releases schedules (it ensures a rock-solid product), but only that they consider what it is doing to the userbase.
1) I'm pretty sure you're referencing the DMCA. This was a product not of the Bush administration, but the Clinton administration.
No, I'm pretty sure he refers to the P.A.T.R.I.O.T act.
They are "attractively priced" at $200 so the MPAA can recoup the losses that occur when someone who buys the set makes a copy of each disk for individual usage, at 6 disks, $35 for each disk (conservative estimate by the MPAA), they lose $210 (What does the MPAA expect? A user to buy 2 copies?). The MPAA, in their generosity and wisdom, is prepared to accept losing $10 per sale, hence the price of $200
The article failed to mention how he solved it. It was a Polyalphabetic Cipher with the key being the Fibonnaci sequence.
For those who want to crack it, the sequence of numbers for the key is 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34 etc, in recursive form: T(n+1)=T(n)+T(n-1)
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Gives a new meaning to "The Cathedral and the Bazaar", doesn't it!
Students predict the outcome of the World Cup
They use some algorithms and a lot of data. For the record, with 83% accuracy, Brazil will beat Italy.
One link
Just a search for Detox turned this one up. How about some editorial accountability?
And with your UID, you should know that BBCode doesn't work on Slashdot.
Bet they're regretting not running stable on Andy Towns now.
*rimshot*
O RLY? (yes, Digg is lame)
The dominant image formats that we have are just fine: JPEG, GIF and PNG. Each one has its specific use (JPEG for photos, GIF for 8-bit or animated images, and PNG for alpha or lossless images.)
Currently, I can't think of anything new that this WMP (wimp?) format can do. Unless they can pack all this into ONE format:
1) Compression without introducing artifacts.
2) Accurate color, contrast and brightness.
3) Animation.
4) Alpha channel.
If they can squeeze that into one format, we wouldn't need 3 different formats anymore.
Starcraft: Brood War - over 15 hours, the best ever game released. Still played today.
No, it would be: Doctor[Scalpel]Patient Patient: WTF Fag
I saw this in my newspaper several days ago. Isn't the first part of news "new"?
Was I the only one who thought that it was for a 60-inch plasma screen?
Do they smell the sea water?
You win!
What do you mean? I'm typing this on my Nokia phone in the rain and it's doing fin#$@^%@#%#@@!#NO CARRIER
Didn't people get the Pink Floyd reference?
A lot of big business runs on Oracle. Governments, Banks, Corporations, etc. Rushing out a patch with fatal flaws, exploitable flaws would potentially cause more damage to the word than the worst predictions of Y2K. I am glad that Oracle are thoroughly testing the patches before they roll them out. I know the DBA's will test the patches, but there is no substitute for vendors testing the patches.
Unless you're McGuyver, in which case all you need is the aformentioned sticks and dirt, a coathanger, and the game guide to the 1964 Superbowl
How about a water-based weapon with anti-human lasers? A certain Dr. Evil might be interested in that.
I assume you're referring to Ubuntu. Ubuntu does NOT require you to dist-upgrade, it is your choice. You WILL be supported on Hoary and Dapper with security releases for years. It is entirely unneccessary to upgrade every couple of months for a server. Find something, and stick with it.
I'm not suggesting Debian shouldn't have long releases schedules (it ensures a rock-solid product), but only that they consider what it is doing to the userbase.
1) I'm pretty sure you're referencing the DMCA. This was a product not of the Bush administration, but the Clinton administration. No, I'm pretty sure he refers to the P.A.T.R.I.O.T act.
They are "attractively priced" at $200 so the MPAA can recoup the losses that occur when someone who buys the set makes a copy of each disk for individual usage, at 6 disks, $35 for each disk (conservative estimate by the MPAA), they lose $210 (What does the MPAA expect? A user to buy 2 copies?). The MPAA, in their generosity and wisdom, is prepared to accept losing $10 per sale, hence the price of $200
It's not Cringley...
BEHOLD! There is a NEW troll of the internet, posting wild speculations and creating rumours! 'Ware, /.ers! He is on the loose, armed, and unknown!
The article failed to mention how he solved it. It was a Polyalphabetic Cipher with the key being the Fibonnaci sequence. For those who want to crack it, the sequence of numbers for the key is 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34 etc, in recursive form: T(n+1)=T(n)+T(n-1)