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it's a consortium. Dolby developed AC-3, and some tools they've developed are no doubt in the AAC spec, but AAC is essentially mp3 without the filterbank (which of course changed it a ton), and some nice features like long-term prediction, noise substitution etc etc.
the two people responsible got three years jail... (true, mostly suspended, but then they have soft rich-boy arses, so a short time in the joint will change them a lot).
of course, it's not perfect, but i think there are avenues that can be pursued well before giving up on the known for the great unknown, at a great price to those who care for you.
see a shrink, try all the meds that are on offer, if those don't work, try some illegal ones (MDMA, LSD, psilocybin), THEN tell me life's not worth living.
if you have the energy to argue on slashdot, you have the energy to seek help.
some of them are trying to figure out what to do about it. who knows if they'll be successful.
i'm finding the occupy thing fascinating as a social experiment. and also as a means of making business and politicians pee their pants in fear. their (over)reactions have also been fascinating.
it could conceivably be replaced by nerve gas or biological agents. much much cheaper.
but a nuke has that "shock and awe" factor that's just so attractive in a weapon of mass distruction.
in the news after a chemical attack all you see is hopeless human misery. with a nuke you get footage of buildings flying apart, trees and buses tipped over, strangely beautiful mushroom clouds, charts of fallout distribution, and a bit of human misery. much better for the hearts and minds.
IIRC the US don't keep live nukes on their missiles. not since a missile popped in it's silo and sent the nuke flying a few hundred metres (it was fine).
a bit like keeping a gun in the top drawer with the safety off and a round in the chamber.
face it, this stone's been turned, and it can't be turned back. even if we abandon nuclear weapons today, the knowledge exists to make them again (as it should - to ignore all of nuclear physics would be a bad idea).
in this game, anyone who can wipe out millions of people at the touch of a button is going to hold some sway. so these weapons are desirable, and always will be, even if the rest of the world is playing along.
and not to sound far-right, but i think a nominal deterrent is needed as well. the USA's policy of consolidating, simplifying and idiot-proofing it's arsenal is not a bad one. not so much having the stockpile, but having the ability to churn out cheap, simple, reliable nukes at a moment's notice is useful, as well as a small number of "active" nukes just in case anyone gets any ideas.
of course, if everyone had nukes, the world would be less safe. but they say that about handguns, too. *trollface.png*
i wonder if this stuff will find applications in night-vision cloaking (far infrared), or in making more efficient solar cells by absorbing nearly all useful incident light?
could it be used on CCD arrays to make them more light-sensitive?
some universities actively advise tutors and lecturers to ignore cheating from certain students, citing "cultural differences", but really just wanting them to stay as long as possible to extract the most cash out of them.
perhaps it's a subtle form of industrial sabotage - sending incompetent graduates to our economic adversaries.
that distinction comes down to a matter of using the right metrics. capitalism approaches your idea of meritocracy when the metrics are well thought out and long-term.
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it's a consortium. Dolby developed AC-3, and some tools they've developed are no doubt in the AAC spec, but AAC is essentially mp3 without the filterbank (which of course changed it a ton), and some nice features like long-term prediction, noise substitution etc etc.
it's a phone, genius. a device for sending your voice to other locations.
planes have wifi these days.
in other news, you're no longer allowed to smoke.
sounds like a fun prank to play on apple's servers :)
the two people responsible got three years jail... (true, mostly suspended, but then they have soft rich-boy arses, so a short time in the joint will change them a lot).
that's still a few inflatable boats and a shitload of weed.
you speak as if mental illness is not treatable.
of course, it's not perfect, but i think there are avenues that can be pursued well before giving up on the known for the great unknown, at a great price to those who care for you.
see a shrink, try all the meds that are on offer, if those don't work, try some illegal ones (MDMA, LSD, psilocybin), THEN tell me life's not worth living.
if you have the energy to argue on slashdot, you have the energy to seek help.
and you have ICANN finding that every time they allow another .* TLD, people scramble to buy them all up.
so they release .xxx and all hell breaks loose, and a lot of registrars make a lot of easy money for no added benefit.
+1
who gets modpoints these days? i haven't had them in weeks.
maybe i troll too much?
Zynga might possibly be liable for lost hours of productivity in many other companies... but so would Slashdot.
some of them are trying to figure out what to do about it. who knows if they'll be successful.
i'm finding the occupy thing fascinating as a social experiment. and also as a means of making business and politicians pee their pants in fear. their (over)reactions have also been fascinating.
it could conceivably be replaced by nerve gas or biological agents. much much cheaper.
but a nuke has that "shock and awe" factor that's just so attractive in a weapon of mass distruction.
in the news after a chemical attack all you see is hopeless human misery. with a nuke you get footage of buildings flying apart, trees and buses tipped over, strangely beautiful mushroom clouds, charts of fallout distribution, and a bit of human misery. much better for the hearts and minds.
IIRC the US don't keep live nukes on their missiles. not since a missile popped in it's silo and sent the nuke flying a few hundred metres (it was fine).
a bit like keeping a gun in the top drawer with the safety off and a round in the chamber.
gabe says the passwords are salted.
this means random strings of text are added to your password before hashing.
this is extremely difficult to crack - leaves you having to bruteforce it, as rainbow tables become nearly useless.
Israel, UK, France.
face it, this stone's been turned, and it can't be turned back. even if we abandon nuclear weapons today, the knowledge exists to make them again (as it should - to ignore all of nuclear physics would be a bad idea).
in this game, anyone who can wipe out millions of people at the touch of a button is going to hold some sway. so these weapons are desirable, and always will be, even if the rest of the world is playing along.
and not to sound far-right, but i think a nominal deterrent is needed as well. the USA's policy of consolidating, simplifying and idiot-proofing it's arsenal is not a bad one. not so much having the stockpile, but having the ability to churn out cheap, simple, reliable nukes at a moment's notice is useful, as well as a small number of "active" nukes just in case anyone gets any ideas.
of course, if everyone had nukes, the world would be less safe. but they say that about handguns, too.
*trollface.png*
i wonder if this stuff will find applications in night-vision cloaking (far infrared), or in making more efficient solar cells by absorbing nearly all useful incident light?
could it be used on CCD arrays to make them more light-sensitive?
he can always take the offer, and still go above his bosses' heads.
parting words are always fun. letting them know they're a sinking ship, and you're a smart rat is quite satisfying.
and the rest come from canada. which still counts as "america"...
umad? looking up someone's comment history because you ran out of argument here and now?
we're not talking about Steve Jobs here... i think GP will remain visible (though i can't vouch for this post)
CO2 causes ocean acidification, not atmospheric. you're thinking of SO2, which actually has a cooling effect.
not being political, i just don't like wrong facts on any side.
it's a case of Fractional Strawman Distillation.
no university would ever do this.
cashed-up imports are their lifeblood.
some universities actively advise tutors and lecturers to ignore cheating from certain students, citing "cultural differences", but really just wanting them to stay as long as possible to extract the most cash out of them.
perhaps it's a subtle form of industrial sabotage - sending incompetent graduates to our economic adversaries.
that distinction comes down to a matter of using the right metrics. capitalism approaches your idea of meritocracy when the metrics are well thought out and long-term.
they've got more to lose than some AC
yeah, he just got divorced from Kim Kardashian