There's definitely a "type" that loses important things.
not sure what you mean by that.
there are situations that occur that are unkind to paper.
like being a live-in carer for someone with alzheimer's... they're very fond of getting the mail for you, then throwing/hiding anything that's "not theirs". of course, as their ability to read disappears, more and more letters aren't theirs, and one finds themselves getting angry calls out of the blue about fines and whatnot.
there's definitely a "type" that can eat a bag of dicks. i'd call those narrow minded elitists.
shows are made to spec. the spec comes from the network that shows the show.
they specify the number of commercial breaks per program length, whether there's a fade to black and a fade up, how much mute audio should be in the tops and tails of the program segments, etc, etc.
syndicated shows are licensed and adapted as required. the licensing discussion involves all parties. nobody is having ads inserted without their knowledge or against their will.
or do you want to be a cranky webmaster with no traffic?
note that google image search now shows the image in the page's context by default (albeit shaded dark and with the image sitting on top in an ugly-ish box thing). i think this is evidence of google attempting to do the right thing while maintaining it's effectiveness as a search engine.
i wonder what the wayback machine would have to say? but then imagine if the wayback machine planted ads on old sites you dredged up.
but if you'd look briefly at the history of SI, as these things were discovered, the units were gracefully adapted to the new knowledge without breaking the old stuff, and new units added where appropriate (look at the Sievert measure that is being throw around so much at the moment. it's made up of joules per kilogram of mammal meat).
whereas the philosophy behind imperial measurements (even the name! the fiercely independent Americans are using the system of their former oppressors!) is that it is the way it is because it is the way it is, and if it wasn't the way it is it wouldn't be the way it is.
so that's your argument? "what would the aliens think?"
SI is a planetary standard. the only (ONLY) arbitrary measure in it is the actual length of the metre, because at some point someone had to choose something.
everything else relates to that one measurement, and mass measurements relate back via water at 4 degrees celcius (water is most dense at this point). 1Kg of water is equal to 1 litre in volume, which fits into a cube 10cm to a side.
or if you prefer, 1 cubic metre of water at 4 degrees weighs exactly one metric tonne.
now give me the above in ounces, furlongs, feet, and pints and we can discuss what the aliens would think.
so much of that childhood disability stuff is boring and painful. even a dreamcast would be an improvement if it could be worked in to the physio regimen.
iRiver were pretty big before iPod took over completely. they've supported vorbis for years.
also, game makers use a lot of vorbis exactly because there's no need to worry about licensing. same deal with bink video (which is kinda not that good but has some unique features).
webm = matroska(VP8,vorbis). there's some kinda subtitles in there too.
matroska is patent free and open standard
vorbis is patent free (by design) and has been around and in pretty wide use long enough that if there were submarines they'd have sunk by now.
VP8 was the last work of On2 tech, who famously donated the patents and source for VP3 to xiph for use in theora. there have been no challenges in court to this, and VP3 was used for years in flash video and youtube itself.
now, the technical problems:
matroska doesn't actually support standard frame rates - it has a frame length stored on every frame, set in nanoseconds. this mauls standard rates like 24000/1001 and 30000/1001, but it isn't a huge issue as a competent splitter will know what to do.
vorbis doesn't really have a lot of problems, though computational complexity (and hence battery time) used to be an issue. not sure if it is still (i think it used to be float only, but i've no idea).
VP8 is a big mess and has some roadblocks to quality. these appear to have been a consequence of on2 consciously avoiding as many patents as possible. the x264 crew appear to be working on a VP8 encoder, so we'll see what happens there.
it's not like we sit alone, crying, listening to linkin park and eating chilies.
we get drunk with our mates and try to out-do each other. then after a minute or 5 of searing pain, you get the sweet sweet rush.
after 1 such experience, you've developed a tolerance to the pain (but the rush still happens), and a wee bit of an addiction to the rush.
chili wussies are the reason it's so hard to find decent Thai food outside of Thailand. everything in my town is overburdened with coconut cream and palm sugar, because white bread dicks can't take a little spice.
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There's definitely a "type" that loses important things.
not sure what you mean by that.
there are situations that occur that are unkind to paper.
like being a live-in carer for someone with alzheimer's... they're very fond of getting the mail for you, then throwing/hiding anything that's "not theirs". of course, as their ability to read disappears, more and more letters aren't theirs, and one finds themselves getting angry calls out of the blue about fines and whatnot.
there's definitely a "type" that can eat a bag of dicks. i'd call those narrow minded elitists.
that the best you can do? lol.
trolls on ritalin.
dammit, i need modpoints. the long weekend made mine expire.
shows are made to spec. the spec comes from the network that shows the show.
they specify the number of commercial breaks per program length, whether there's a fade to black and a fade up, how much mute audio should be in the tops and tails of the program segments, etc, etc.
syndicated shows are licensed and adapted as required. the licensing discussion involves all parties. nobody is having ads inserted without their knowledge or against their will.
you have a precedent in baloney.
simple.
do you want your site to be found by others?
or do you want to be a cranky webmaster with no traffic?
note that google image search now shows the image in the page's context by default (albeit shaded dark and with the image sitting on top in an ugly-ish box thing). i think this is evidence of google attempting to do the right thing while maintaining it's effectiveness as a search engine.
i wonder what the wayback machine would have to say? but then imagine if the wayback machine planted ads on old sites you dredged up.
AC bashing = pompous douchebag behaviour.
unless it's me doing it.
GPL = Google Payroll License
cheap investment?
stand by your words or shut the fuck up..
oh, sorry, i'll do that immediately, AC.
(btw, i lean toward the "just putting it out there..." prefix, rather than the "just sayin" suffix)
face-saving talk...
if they say "may have been", they mean "definitely has been".
if they say "working around the clock to fix it", they mean "shitting in our pants and yelling at our techies but not authorizing overtime for them".
the mere mention of CC details, and the advice to avoid scammers is basically confirmation.
they're using the same language that TEPCO has been using the last month (not just Japanese).
how's that reality distortion field going there?
the man thinks the Jedi Mind Trick works on the general public.
sadly, i suspect it does.
get your ass to Mars
valid points.
but if you'd look briefly at the history of SI, as these things were discovered, the units were gracefully adapted to the new knowledge without breaking the old stuff, and new units added where appropriate (look at the Sievert measure that is being throw around so much at the moment. it's made up of joules per kilogram of mammal meat).
whereas the philosophy behind imperial measurements (even the name! the fiercely independent Americans are using the system of their former oppressors!) is that it is the way it is because it is the way it is, and if it wasn't the way it is it wouldn't be the way it is.
so that's your argument? "what would the aliens think?"
SI is a planetary standard. the only (ONLY) arbitrary measure in it is the actual length of the metre, because at some point someone had to choose something.
everything else relates to that one measurement, and mass measurements relate back via water at 4 degrees celcius (water is most dense at this point). 1Kg of water is equal to 1 litre in volume, which fits into a cube 10cm to a side.
or if you prefer, 1 cubic metre of water at 4 degrees weighs exactly one metric tonne.
now give me the above in ounces, furlongs, feet, and pints and we can discuss what the aliens would think.
DIAF this is interesting.
so much of that childhood disability stuff is boring and painful. even a dreamcast would be an improvement if it could be worked in to the physio regimen.
hivemind
true, ish.
iRiver were pretty big before iPod took over completely. they've supported vorbis for years.
also, game makers use a lot of vorbis exactly because there's no need to worry about licensing. same deal with bink video (which is kinda not that good but has some unique features).
nah, you got them confused with Aerosmith.
webm = matroska(VP8,vorbis). there's some kinda subtitles in there too.
matroska is patent free and open standard
vorbis is patent free (by design) and has been around and in pretty wide use long enough that if there were submarines they'd have sunk by now.
VP8 was the last work of On2 tech, who famously donated the patents and source for VP3 to xiph for use in theora. there have been no challenges in court to this, and VP3 was used for years in flash video and youtube itself.
now, the technical problems:
matroska doesn't actually support standard frame rates - it has a frame length stored on every frame, set in nanoseconds. this mauls standard rates like 24000/1001 and 30000/1001, but it isn't a huge issue as a competent splitter will know what to do.
vorbis doesn't really have a lot of problems, though computational complexity (and hence battery time) used to be an issue. not sure if it is still (i think it used to be float only, but i've no idea).
VP8 is a big mess and has some roadblocks to quality. these appear to have been a consequence of on2 consciously avoiding as many patents as possible. the x264 crew appear to be working on a VP8 encoder, so we'll see what happens there.
so i put a tinfoil hat in your tinfoil hat so you can block out the aliens while you block out the aliens.
yes. too much can go wrong. this has the potential to be another Windscale.
i suggest we go to nuclear as soon as feasible.
Or smoke it
holy shit! i never thought of that.
i'm absolutely going to do this.
it goes away after a while.
both in the immediate sense and the long term.
this thread is full of chili wussies.
it's not like we sit alone, crying, listening to linkin park and eating chilies.
we get drunk with our mates and try to out-do each other. then after a minute or 5 of searing pain, you get the sweet sweet rush.
after 1 such experience, you've developed a tolerance to the pain (but the rush still happens), and a wee bit of an addiction to the rush.
chili wussies are the reason it's so hard to find decent Thai food outside of Thailand. everything in my town is overburdened with coconut cream and palm sugar, because white bread dicks can't take a little spice.