information is only lost in the sense that information is lost when going from microcassette to 48khz audio. you're not losing anything that was meant to be there, or was even recorded.
you barely got 300 lines (columns in today's speak) in a composite NTSC signal. compare that to the 702 active (and 720 total) specified by D1 and all after. that's plenty of room.
true enough. though beemers have a reputation for security, so you're less likely to get done anyway. even with a smash and grab.
i loved my old 89 corolla, but i don't miss the frequent break-ins. when will people learn that a glove-box on a banged-up old toyota probably does not contain Treasure. or even enough valuables for your next hit.
to be fair... Murphy's Law states that if it can be done in more than one way, it will be done both ways and you have no control over it. an apostrophe would have prevented all this horror and heartache:)
any citations to the effect that this is what goes on at Foxconn in particular?
as i understand things, choice is somewhat limited in China, but Foxconn apparently is quite a lot better than most. there's certainly no shortage of applicants.
this matters less than you might think if you're watching video which is has an even sparser chroma sampling of 4:2:0. you could get away with a bayer pattern for video. UI might be a different issue.
but the competitors have been doing it for a while.
while i agree that consuming traditional media (movies etc) on these devices is a stupid idea, that doesn't mean Apple couldn't simply have rounded up either the size of the phone or the density of the screen (whichever would be cheapest). 1136x640 is a dumb screen size and complies with no standards - not even apple's own itunes standards (neither HD or SD). it's not so far from 1280x720 that it would have killed their design to do it.
but then they wouldn't have apologists dismissing it with yet another "who would ever need $FEATURE? it's a phone, not a computer!" handwave.
as somebody who spends a good chunk of time dealing with hard-of-hearing subtitles, it seems a little... entitled for certain vocal members of the community to not accept a "cure" (i've seen x-men 3, i know the issues), but expect placing the burden of making adjustments to fit their condition on other people (necessarily - you can't make subtitles if you can't hear the dialogue).
hopefully this wont be taken out of context as flamebait - i have much respect for the deaf community, i can understand it. but they above all other disability groups seem to be the most political. and as with all politics, it's not always something that makes sense. my wife's worked in disability (and has mild CP herself), so i'm not pulling facts out of my nethers but speaking from experience.
personally, if i found myself unable to hear, i'd want it back as soon as possible. living without music after having lived with it for so long would be hellish. i'd probably become super grumpy and get all political and-...oh, i get it.
if an entire industry is not playing by the rules, then that industry absolutely should be allowed to die (but they should be made to clean up their mess first).
enforcement is still a viable solution to your dilemma, and perhaps regulations that the regulators must follow (not as stupid as it sounds - look at Internal Affairs in the police force).
effective government MUST be accountable to those they govern. you can't dodge the issue of ineffective government by knee-jerking and getting rid of it altogether. rather you and everyone else should demand better.
luckily, Americans still have a second amendment that allows them to do this... the question is how much bloodshed are we all willing to tolerate for a greater good?
the whole emerging China thing is a lot less threatening when you realise China isn't out to take over the world - it's out to protect it's own domestic interests for the long term.
that does not imply that they wont fuck other countries over if they have to, but it implies that the wont invade the USA if there's nothing in it for them. China has been doing it's thing for a very very long time and they'll keep right on doing it - just don't get in the way:)
now, as far as empire building goes... how's the USA going?
yeah, there's some FUD floating round in here. strange. i'm trying to figure out who could be threatened by this codec that isn't among the developers of it.
the net's already awash with 10-bit x264 encodes in mkv.
unfortunately the developer said there was an efficiency boost at 10-bit, so all the l33t types out there who would encode with --placebo (and apparently ignore the meaning of that word) went ahead and started pirating in 10-bit because they could.
what's with the FUD, dude? pre-release Opus was included in the hydrogenaudio listening tests months ago alongside all the relevant (not shit) implementations of HE-AAC. just because it doesn't say "plus" doesn't mean it doesn't include SBR (or PS or any of the other bells and whistles).
SBR is good for perceptual "niceness", but as far as _sounding like the original_ goes, it's often quite harmful. all these things are accounted for with the hydrogenaudio listening tests - they're an extremely anal community and wouldn't dare let prejudice through without a long and protracted flamewar. they're actually very trustworthy.
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ingenius until you decide you want to shoot the Bourne trilogy (quadrilogy?) in Technicolor... those things were HEAVY.
people complain about how much a tricked out RED one weighs, but these things...
try shooting 6 simultaneous 70mm films for technicolor 3D!
information is only lost in the sense that information is lost when going from microcassette to 48khz audio. you're not losing anything that was meant to be there, or was even recorded.
you barely got 300 lines (columns in today's speak) in a composite NTSC signal. compare that to the 702 active (and 720 total) specified by D1 and all after. that's plenty of room.
those three examples are no more standard than flash!
true enough. though beemers have a reputation for security, so you're less likely to get done anyway. even with a smash and grab.
i loved my old 89 corolla, but i don't miss the frequent break-ins. when will people learn that a glove-box on a banged-up old toyota probably does not contain Treasure. or even enough valuables for your next hit.
to be fair... Murphy's Law states that if it can be done in more than one way, it will be done both ways and you have no control over it. an apostrophe would have prevented all this horror and heartache :)
oh, come on, mods! have a sense of humour!
any citations to the effect that this is what goes on at Foxconn in particular?
as i understand things, choice is somewhat limited in China, but Foxconn apparently is quite a lot better than most. there's certainly no shortage of applicants.
this matters less than you might think if you're watching video which is has an even sparser chroma sampling of 4:2:0. you could get away with a bayer pattern for video. UI might be a different issue.
but the competitors have been doing it for a while.
while i agree that consuming traditional media (movies etc) on these devices is a stupid idea, that doesn't mean Apple couldn't simply have rounded up either the size of the phone or the density of the screen (whichever would be cheapest). 1136x640 is a dumb screen size and complies with no standards - not even apple's own itunes standards (neither HD or SD). it's not so far from 1280x720 that it would have killed their design to do it.
but then they wouldn't have apologists dismissing it with yet another "who would ever need $FEATURE? it's a phone, not a computer!" handwave.
if the display is anything like the 4S and iPad, its colour accuracy is deliberately hobbled to make your hipstamatic crap look better.
that said, it's amoung the best screens in it's class (the samsungs are pretty damn good too).
try do colour critical work and see just how bad screens are.
i don't colour grade on ipads of course, but when i see my work on them i want to scream.
does it work for anyone, or just you? :)
as somebody who spends a good chunk of time dealing with hard-of-hearing subtitles, it seems a little... entitled for certain vocal members of the community to not accept a "cure" (i've seen x-men 3, i know the issues), but expect placing the burden of making adjustments to fit their condition on other people (necessarily - you can't make subtitles if you can't hear the dialogue).
hopefully this wont be taken out of context as flamebait - i have much respect for the deaf community, i can understand it. but they above all other disability groups seem to be the most political. and as with all politics, it's not always something that makes sense. my wife's worked in disability (and has mild CP herself), so i'm not pulling facts out of my nethers but speaking from experience.
personally, if i found myself unable to hear, i'd want it back as soon as possible. living without music after having lived with it for so long would be hellish. i'd probably become super grumpy and get all political and- ...oh, i get it.
if an entire industry is not playing by the rules, then that industry absolutely should be allowed to die (but they should be made to clean up their mess first).
enforcement is still a viable solution to your dilemma, and perhaps regulations that the regulators must follow (not as stupid as it sounds - look at Internal Affairs in the police force).
effective government MUST be accountable to those they govern. you can't dodge the issue of ineffective government by knee-jerking and getting rid of it altogether. rather you and everyone else should demand better.
luckily, Americans still have a second amendment that allows them to do this... the question is how much bloodshed are we all willing to tolerate for a greater good?
would it be a possible replacement for activated carbon as an adsorbent?
would it be reusable?
please to do this quick google for us.
the whole emerging China thing is a lot less threatening when you realise China isn't out to take over the world - it's out to protect it's own domestic interests for the long term.
that does not imply that they wont fuck other countries over if they have to, but it implies that the wont invade the USA if there's nothing in it for them. China has been doing it's thing for a very very long time and they'll keep right on doing it - just don't get in the way :)
now, as far as empire building goes... how's the USA going?
well... the Internet allows people from the USA and Europe to buy from China if they like.
I suspect a lot of Alibaba's sales come from the same market that Amazon and eBay compete in. welcome to globalization.
who said anything about racism? it's about walking the walk.
that's actually a very good point.
however, how are we to stop the status quo for suing over something they didn't invent or implement?
there's always MS on the good side here though, and they hold a fair bit of sway with MPEG-LA. just nobody tell Sony anything.
suck it up, deafie!
you can put subtitles in the ogg container too, you know :)
it does wonderfully on images.
yeah, there's some FUD floating round in here. strange. i'm trying to figure out who could be threatened by this codec that isn't among the developers of it.
the net's already awash with 10-bit x264 encodes in mkv.
unfortunately the developer said there was an efficiency boost at 10-bit, so all the l33t types out there who would encode with --placebo (and apparently ignore the meaning of that word) went ahead and started pirating in 10-bit because they could.
what's with the FUD, dude? pre-release Opus was included in the hydrogenaudio listening tests months ago alongside all the relevant (not shit) implementations of HE-AAC. just because it doesn't say "plus" doesn't mean it doesn't include SBR (or PS or any of the other bells and whistles).
SBR is good for perceptual "niceness", but as far as _sounding like the original_ goes, it's often quite harmful. all these things are accounted for with the hydrogenaudio listening tests - they're an extremely anal community and wouldn't dare let prejudice through without a long and protracted flamewar. they're actually very trustworthy.
that show would be alright if not for that stupid Moe crap.