Interesting? This is a fucking joke of a post; typical Slashdot delusions of grandeur style posting. Small talk is part of social interaction; people who can socially interact without "higher level abstract thinking" such as Star Trek nerdrage meltdowns aren't stupid, they just know how to hold normal conversations. You aren't a special precious little genius boy because you and you alone know how to distinguish a chatbot from a real person. Get the fuck over yourself, people who are capable of social interaction aren't below you; you are below them. Stop jerking yourself off about how smart you are.
Hm. Attack quickly followed by condescending smiley? Check. Viewpoint designed to belittle and offend? Check. Ignorance of topic in question and clear lack of qualification to comment based on statements? Check.
I'm gonna go ahead and ask you to shut the fuck up.
Well seeing as how studio grade audio compressors are known for upward compression in mastering, I got the feeling the guy was just talking out of his ass. Furthermore, if you think you need a studio grade compressor to solve this problem, you are even more off base. It still reeks of audiophile BS because thousands of dollars being spent on studio equipment to make ads less annoying is pretty misguided.
You are right though, I didn't think about downward compression in reference to his comment.
I personally think that NYC should go the route of Web 2.0. This would get them some virtual money (they would be theoretically billions richer) and all they have to do is make the signs all lower case and remove the last vowel of the word!
the all lower case shows a nonchalant attitude just like a web 2.0 company and the removal of the vowel is a quick and easy way to turn a word into a trademark
Nice strawman. All money arbitrarily spent is being misappropriated because its not being routed to heartstrings-group-x. That is exactly how everything, ever works
Yah but a true "audiophile" would probably remove extra compression (though I don't know if audiophiles care about TV fidelity). Either way, compression is already applied by the station/tv show producers/etc in mastering, I would think, and that is why the ads are so loud.. a tv show probably isn't mastering for the "loudness war" but a commercial can have the same peaks but with the entire commercial hitting those peaks by compressing the audio track properly. That way, the duration of the commercial is as loud as your current volume setting allows, with no dips in noise. This is also why homegrown commercials for local businesses sound so abnormally quiet; the production values aren't very high and they've probably never heard of compression or mastering.
Tvs probably still have this stuff built in; commercials don't break above the volume controls limit, they are just mastered using heavy compression so that the whole commercial is as close to peak level as possible. Commercials don't need dynamic range, they want to be loud. That is probably why this wasn't as easy to problem to fix as people thought; you basically have to lay down rules for how a commercial should be mastered.
Lol audiophiles are so silly. How long has the GP thought about dropping thousands on a studio grade audio compressor without even understanding what it is? It's not something a consumer would bs using in their playback chain for audio quality purposes, that's for sure. The best part is making the likely correct assumption that the GP complains about the loudness war to anyone who will listen.
Droid originated from Star Wars but it is simply derived from the word android. Pod existed prior, however Apple made an empire around the word Pod when associated with media devices. Why should someone be able to create a media playback device with the word "pod" in it? Furthermore, what is their motivation? Be honest with yourself, it is obvious that anyone creating a media playback device with pod in the name is LOOKING for the subliminal association, and that is why these rules exist. It is the same market, and the word although having prior usage, has specific brand associations in the field.
There are plenty of examples of real words being acquired as a brand name within their field, and yes, this does preclude their usage by others in the same field.
My phrenology professor seems to think there is a correlation between simian jaw structure and mothers who give birth prematurely so i dunno but it sure sounds to me like a group of people who should be forcefully sterilized.
Tell me Hatta, does your view on "breeders" make the high school administration react negatively? I'll bet they made you stop wearing your "What Are You Fucking Looking At" tshirt:( I totally agree with your sig by the way, I also strongly dislike things that I observe others doing
He's right though. Unless you are in high school and trying to play the part of the drug addled schmuck, your mind isn't going to be blown by the exciting news that everyone's survival rate is ultimately 0 in a long enough time frame. It's a stupid thing to point out, it reeks of pseudointellectualism and it ultimately makes the person saying it come off like a complete idiot except to only the most vapid of failures. In fact, the only people who are that easily impressed by shitty wordplay and not-so-witty spin are the same types of people who followed Manson because he talked about God, had a beard and did LSD.
Hipsters, people who attempt to sound intellectual by stating the obvious or talking about things they don't understand and the other weak minded who mistakenly believe they are mentally superior to those around them aren't just annoying. They are dangerous.
Droid was licensed from LucasFilm for use with phones running AndroidOS. So not only do you exhibit a complete lack of knowledge of trademark law, as demonstrated in your post, but you also don't even understand that 'Droid' has it's own set of restrictions and would technically be a licensing violation if LucasFilm didn't get a kickback for allowing it's usage. But by all means, sperg out about Apple while Star Wars and Droid (2 of Slashdot's favorite things) play the same game.
As a kid at NYU doing compsci who knew these guys (not well but we had classes together), I can say that at my internship is where I learned what it was truly like coding outside of small scale and you do learn a lot about things you would not have otherwise accounted for.
Do you know what imap is? He's gonna have to have some central storage thing but the mail access is platform independent..yeah if he wants his imap server to be his own than he'll have to pick one os to serve from but every nonshit mail application has imap support from desktop to mobile and hands down gives him what he wants if he takes the time to organize and set it all up
I used to not drink for personal reasons and had no problems either with anyone else who drank. Then I started drinking half way through college. I know what you mean, however, I dont think people were trying to insult you guys. I think it is worth noting that its possibly many of the nondrinkers are religious controlfreaks, even if individually many of them aren't. Individuals don't influence studies, hence the generalization. Also a lot of people will use the "if you can only drink to relax" line but no one here is bound to alcohol as the only form of relaxation, unless they do indeed have a problem. Relaxing because of alcohol or going to a party with alcohol and having a good time so that you feel better for the next few days because you did something that wasnt just the daily grind and actually fun arent bad ways to unwind. They can be overdone, but they are useful. To avoid such methods of unwinding only because you think that it is the "wrong" kind of unwinding (ignoring context) is not good either. Then you cant even relax with overthinking it. Obviously, this does not apply to people who have drinking problems. However incorporating alcohol into relaxation is not inherently bad; only when it is done in bad ways.
Maybe one day if you try drinking you will find that unless you reach a serious blackout level of alcohol (something you can avoid if you are smart and not an alcoholic), most of the "loss of control" is really just a combination of lowered inhibitions and the social acceptance of having lowered inhibitions when you and the people around you are also drinking. I honestly think the lowered inhibitions, while definitely present from alcohol alone, is compounded by the fact that its a convenient little excuse where it's like "we're all drinking we can all have fun and do things we wouldn't otherwise do". Society sees alcohol as a social lubricant so it only makes it more of one.
I used to not drink either. I didn't drink freshman year of college and the beginning of sophomore year. To each their own. But it really doesn't have to be scary or ridiculous. You don't lose control unless you have a problem, have no experience (and dont try to gain it before diving in) or want to. Furthrmore, most people who say "I am so drunk" are probably just enjoying the fact that everyone else is saying the same thing and everyone feels much more at ease because of the social bonding aspect of the whole thing.
What is interesting is that while yes, it has been shown to cause cancer, it doesn't have that stigma attached to it. No one says "oh hey you are drinking alcohol? you better be careful you can get cancer!" Grownups drink occasionally, parents drink occasionally, its never "you can never drink ever don't do what mommy does!" like what a smoker mom might say its more like "its something grownups do and you can do as well when you are 21". Furthermore, no one ever has said "yeah my SO AND SO got cancer, I guess they really shouldn't have drank:("
Where is this alcohol induced cancer besides the studies?
You are partially right, but getting drunk off red wine will likely give many people hangovers, au naturel or not. Red wine is filled with things that in excess will just make you feel sick. Furthermore, liquor really is a bit harder to talk about because most types of liquor are bound to a set of processes that have to be met in order for it to be called as such. Whiskey has the same thing as wine going on for it.. all the byproducts of aging can be bad for hangovers and stuff. However smirnoff is not generally seen as a bad brand of vodka its just not high shelf. Too bad vodka sort of is limited in how "good" it can get seeing as how it's the liquor form of neutral spirits; as long as it is filtered decently, every brand is just bottling their own water/ethanol mixture. Arguing about vodka brands is like arguing about bottled water brands; everyone may have a preference but in the end paying a shit ton for bottled water is stupid and if it isnt sludge water its probably fine.
The smirnoff mixed drinks are actually malt beverages (beer). All those mikes hard lemonade/smirnoff ice/etc things arent actually liquor based. They filter beer into a super ice beer where it becomes the vodka equivalent of beer (beer with not flavor/color and high alcohol but still a malt beverage) and inject flavors and dyes into it (like all the mainstream beer you mentioned). They slap a known brand on the label for marketing purposes and sell it in places where beer can be sold (many states and localities will allow corner stores to sell beer and by extension, Mikes and Smirnoff Ice because they are beer derived but not liquor).
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Interesting? This is a fucking joke of a post; typical Slashdot delusions of grandeur style posting. Small talk is part of social interaction; people who can socially interact without "higher level abstract thinking" such as Star Trek nerdrage meltdowns aren't stupid, they just know how to hold normal conversations. You aren't a special precious little genius boy because you and you alone know how to distinguish a chatbot from a real person. Get the fuck over yourself, people who are capable of social interaction aren't below you; you are below them. Stop jerking yourself off about how smart you are.
You're doing it!
Hm. Attack quickly followed by condescending smiley? Check. Viewpoint designed to belittle and offend? Check. Ignorance of topic in question and clear lack of qualification to comment based on statements? Check.
I'm gonna go ahead and ask you to shut the fuck up.
Well seeing as how studio grade audio compressors are known for upward compression in mastering, I got the feeling the guy was just talking out of his ass. Furthermore, if you think you need a studio grade compressor to solve this problem, you are even more off base. It still reeks of audiophile BS because thousands of dollars being spent on studio equipment to make ads less annoying is pretty misguided.
You are right though, I didn't think about downward compression in reference to his comment.
I personally think that NYC should go the route of Web 2.0. This would get them some virtual money (they would be theoretically billions richer) and all they have to do is make the signs all lower case and remove the last vowel of the word!
the all lower case shows a nonchalant attitude just like a web 2.0 company and the removal of the vowel is a quick and easy way to turn a word into a trademark
look at how nonchalant i am
nonchalnt
theres your newest social network
Nice strawman. All money arbitrarily spent is being misappropriated because its not being routed to heartstrings-group-x. That is exactly how everything, ever works
Yah but a true "audiophile" would probably remove extra compression (though I don't know if audiophiles care about TV fidelity). Either way, compression is already applied by the station/tv show producers/etc in mastering, I would think, and that is why the ads are so loud.. a tv show probably isn't mastering for the "loudness war" but a commercial can have the same peaks but with the entire commercial hitting those peaks by compressing the audio track properly. That way, the duration of the commercial is as loud as your current volume setting allows, with no dips in noise. This is also why homegrown commercials for local businesses sound so abnormally quiet; the production values aren't very high and they've probably never heard of compression or mastering.
Tvs probably still have this stuff built in; commercials don't break above the volume controls limit, they are just mastered using heavy compression so that the whole commercial is as close to peak level as possible. Commercials don't need dynamic range, they want to be loud. That is probably why this wasn't as easy to problem to fix as people thought; you basically have to lay down rules for how a commercial should be mastered.
Lol audiophiles are so silly. How long has the GP thought about dropping thousands on a studio grade audio compressor without even understanding what it is? It's not something a consumer would bs using in their playback chain for audio quality purposes, that's for sure. The best part is making the likely correct assumption that the GP complains about the loudness war to anyone who will listen.
I find it cathartic to insult people on this site whenever given a chance
ps: whenever someone has to say "haha no guys im trolling" they've already made a fool of themselves so your point is moot
hth :)
Droid originated from Star Wars but it is simply derived from the word android. Pod existed prior, however Apple made an empire around the word Pod when associated with media devices. Why should someone be able to create a media playback device with the word "pod" in it? Furthermore, what is their motivation? Be honest with yourself, it is obvious that anyone creating a media playback device with pod in the name is LOOKING for the subliminal association, and that is why these rules exist. It is the same market, and the word although having prior usage, has specific brand associations in the field.
There are plenty of examples of real words being acquired as a brand name within their field, and yes, this does preclude their usage by others in the same field.
What the statue of liberty should have said
My phrenology professor seems to think there is a correlation between simian jaw structure and mothers who give birth prematurely so i dunno but it sure sounds to me like a group of people who should be forcefully sterilized.
Tell me Hatta, does your view on "breeders" make the high school administration react negatively? I'll bet they made you stop wearing your "What Are You Fucking Looking At" tshirt :( I totally agree with your sig by the way, I also strongly dislike things that I observe others doing
Yo whats it feel like to blow the minds of everyone in your 10th grade english class on a daily basis
Yeah the parent should be modded informative. I had no idea everyone eventually dies, it was a very helpful post.
He's right though. Unless you are in high school and trying to play the part of the drug addled schmuck, your mind isn't going to be blown by the exciting news that everyone's survival rate is ultimately 0 in a long enough time frame. It's a stupid thing to point out, it reeks of pseudointellectualism and it ultimately makes the person saying it come off like a complete idiot except to only the most vapid of failures. In fact, the only people who are that easily impressed by shitty wordplay and not-so-witty spin are the same types of people who followed Manson because he talked about God, had a beard and did LSD.
Hipsters, people who attempt to sound intellectual by stating the obvious or talking about things they don't understand and the other weak minded who mistakenly believe they are mentally superior to those around them aren't just annoying. They are dangerous.
Droid was licensed from LucasFilm for use with phones running AndroidOS. So not only do you exhibit a complete lack of knowledge of trademark law, as demonstrated in your post, but you also don't even understand that 'Droid' has it's own set of restrictions and would technically be a licensing violation if LucasFilm didn't get a kickback for allowing it's usage. But by all means, sperg out about Apple while Star Wars and Droid (2 of Slashdot's favorite things) play the same game.
As a kid at NYU doing compsci who knew these guys (not well but we had classes together), I can say that at my internship is where I learned what it was truly like coding outside of small scale and you do learn a lot about things you would not have otherwise accounted for.
People cracking the code and opening up BluRay? Impressive. Your melodramatic commentary on commercialism you willingly participate in? Not so much.
Before I argue how it's different, could you clarify how it's the same? (because it's not)
Do you know what imap is? He's gonna have to have some central storage thing but the mail access is platform independent..yeah if he wants his imap server to be his own than he'll have to pick one os to serve from but every nonshit mail application has imap support from desktop to mobile and hands down gives him what he wants if he takes the time to organize and set it all up
I used to not drink for personal reasons and had no problems either with anyone else who drank. Then I started drinking half way through college. I know what you mean, however, I dont think people were trying to insult you guys. I think it is worth noting that its possibly many of the nondrinkers are religious controlfreaks, even if individually many of them aren't. Individuals don't influence studies, hence the generalization. Also a lot of people will use the "if you can only drink to relax" line but no one here is bound to alcohol as the only form of relaxation, unless they do indeed have a problem. Relaxing because of alcohol or going to a party with alcohol and having a good time so that you feel better for the next few days because you did something that wasnt just the daily grind and actually fun arent bad ways to unwind. They can be overdone, but they are useful. To avoid such methods of unwinding only because you think that it is the "wrong" kind of unwinding (ignoring context) is not good either. Then you cant even relax with overthinking it. Obviously, this does not apply to people who have drinking problems. However incorporating alcohol into relaxation is not inherently bad; only when it is done in bad ways.
Maybe one day if you try drinking you will find that unless you reach a serious blackout level of alcohol (something you can avoid if you are smart and not an alcoholic), most of the "loss of control" is really just a combination of lowered inhibitions and the social acceptance of having lowered inhibitions when you and the people around you are also drinking. I honestly think the lowered inhibitions, while definitely present from alcohol alone, is compounded by the fact that its a convenient little excuse where it's like "we're all drinking we can all have fun and do things we wouldn't otherwise do". Society sees alcohol as a social lubricant so it only makes it more of one.
I used to not drink either. I didn't drink freshman year of college and the beginning of sophomore year. To each their own. But it really doesn't have to be scary or ridiculous. You don't lose control unless you have a problem, have no experience (and dont try to gain it before diving in) or want to. Furthrmore, most people who say "I am so drunk" are probably just enjoying the fact that everyone else is saying the same thing and everyone feels much more at ease because of the social bonding aspect of the whole thing.
What is interesting is that while yes, it has been shown to cause cancer, it doesn't have that stigma attached to it. No one says "oh hey you are drinking alcohol? you better be careful you can get cancer!" Grownups drink occasionally, parents drink occasionally, its never "you can never drink ever don't do what mommy does!" like what a smoker mom might say its more like "its something grownups do and you can do as well when you are 21". Furthermore, no one ever has said "yeah my SO AND SO got cancer, I guess they really shouldn't have drank :("
Where is this alcohol induced cancer besides the studies?
You are partially right, but getting drunk off red wine will likely give many people hangovers, au naturel or not. Red wine is filled with things that in excess will just make you feel sick. Furthermore, liquor really is a bit harder to talk about because most types of liquor are bound to a set of processes that have to be met in order for it to be called as such. Whiskey has the same thing as wine going on for it.. all the byproducts of aging can be bad for hangovers and stuff. However smirnoff is not generally seen as a bad brand of vodka its just not high shelf. Too bad vodka sort of is limited in how "good" it can get seeing as how it's the liquor form of neutral spirits; as long as it is filtered decently, every brand is just bottling their own water/ethanol mixture. Arguing about vodka brands is like arguing about bottled water brands; everyone may have a preference but in the end paying a shit ton for bottled water is stupid and if it isnt sludge water its probably fine.
The smirnoff mixed drinks are actually malt beverages (beer). All those mikes hard lemonade/smirnoff ice/etc things arent actually liquor based. They filter beer into a super ice beer where it becomes the vodka equivalent of beer (beer with not flavor/color and high alcohol but still a malt beverage) and inject flavors and dyes into it (like all the mainstream beer you mentioned). They slap a known brand on the label for marketing purposes and sell it in places where beer can be sold (many states and localities will allow corner stores to sell beer and by extension, Mikes and Smirnoff Ice because they are beer derived but not liquor).