"2k" is the industry term for an image with 2048 horizontal pixels (and 1080 vertical). It's comparable to the use of the number of vertical pixels to denote the resolution of an HDTV system (eg 1080p)
The effective resolution of a 35mm film print is about the same as HDTV. Film productions tend not to use the slow, fine-grain films that you need for recording fine detail, and the process of producing successive prints for distribution reduces the detail even further.
Also, don't forget that although the cinema screen might be twelve times bigger than a television, you'll probably be sitting twelve times further away.
So what you're saying is that those hot water systems have a low-power "standby" state in which they just monitor the mains for a pulse? Do you happen to know how much power they consume in that standby state?:-)
It's not always just engineering laziness. At least for the UK, some digital television manufacturers need to find a compromise between turning everything off when in standby and listening for over-the-air firmware updates, which are typically only delivered in the middle of the night.
My point was that there aren't any commercials on the BBC channels I watch. Since magical horses that shit money are as yet unknown to science, I don't think it should come as a surprise to readers that some other means of funding is involved.
OK, here's an issue that I never see discussed when White Space devices come up. If I live in a fringe TV reception area and need an aerial 10m above the ground to get an adequate signal, a White Space transmitter at ground level next door isn't going to be able to see the TV signal. But when it assumes the spectrum is free and starts transmitting, boy is it going to knock out my TV reception!
Surely 1% of users making 50% of the edits is exactly the kind of long-tailed distribution one would expect from a site like Wikipedia? How is that evidence of "secret elitism"?
If people want to complain about something then complain about the poor coverage of Digital Freeview in the UK, where two houses a mere 5 metres apart can get completely different reception.
Sadly not even the BBC can alter the laws of physics. The best it can do is launch a "free" satellite service on the same principles, and continue to try and make its programmes available at no extra charge on as many platforms as possible. Which it is.
Unfortunately the people who own the copyright on the content (which sometimes but not always includes the BBC itself) want to be able to sell it in other countries, often as "new" episodes. This makes them disinclined to license their content to the BBC on terms that allow the latter to distribute it worldwide for free, even for a limited period.
I'm not sure I agree. The ongoing writers' guild strike amply demonstrates how willing people are to withdraw their services if they don't think they're being treated fairly. The BBC would suffer an immense loss of goodwill within the industry, and quite possibly with the public too if it adopted a hard-nosed attitude. YMMV of course.
In-house production is still almost invariably encumbered with other people's rights. Music is a particular issue - the BBC (and other broadcasters) have agreements in place with music copyright collecting societies that act for musicians and record labels, but these have to be negotiated in advance for each type of use (eg domestic broadcast, international distribution, DVD releases). Actors, writers and other contributors often have contracts with clauses that give them residual rights. Again, this means that each kind of use for the programmes must be negotiated, often with unions such as Equity. If a programme makes use of archive or library footage, or material from a wire service, then the rights to use that material must also be negotiated. The fact that the programme itself was directed, produced and filmed by BBC employees only negligibly simplifies the rights situation.
You can glean a lot of information on the subject from this page detailing the paperwork that the BBC requires independent production companies to submit with their programmes.
What's the point of doing this kind of analysis if you're not going to calculate the probability that the balls used are unweighted? If you want to admire some random numbers, go and roll some dice - the interesting question is whether or not the pattern analysis can be put to use.
It's a good analogy but not a great one - people who want to access video content via the internet pay their ISP for the privilege of being able to do so, sometimes (in the UK at least) by the gigabyte, above some token free allowance. In your analogy, this would imply that people who received parcels from Amazon paid the owners of the toll road for the privilege of allowing UPS vehicles to travel to their address, which doesn't happen in real life.
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You mean it's a waste of time trying to gain all these achievements? OH NOES ;-)
"2k" is the industry term for an image with 2048 horizontal pixels (and 1080 vertical). It's comparable to the use of the number of vertical pixels to denote the resolution of an HDTV system (eg 1080p)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_3-D_films
or
http://www.reald.com/Content/Pages.aspx?pageID=5
I've been watching 3D films at Odeon cinemas for over a year - this isn't their first rollout of 3D-capable projectors.
The effective resolution of a 35mm film print is about the same as HDTV. Film productions tend not to use the slow, fine-grain films that you need for recording fine detail, and the process of producing successive prints for distribution reduces the detail even further.
Also, don't forget that although the cinema screen might be twelve times bigger than a television, you'll probably be sitting twelve times further away.
So what you're saying is that those hot water systems have a low-power "standby" state in which they just monitor the mains for a pulse? Do you happen to know how much power they consume in that standby state? :-)
It's not always just engineering laziness. At least for the UK, some digital television manufacturers need to find a compromise between turning everything off when in standby and listening for over-the-air firmware updates, which are typically only delivered in the middle of the night.
My point was that there aren't any commercials on the BBC channels I watch. Since magical horses that shit money are as yet unknown to science, I don't think it should come as a surprise to readers that some other means of funding is involved.
I don't have adverts on my television channels... ;-)
OK, here's an issue that I never see discussed when White Space devices come up. If I live in a fringe TV reception area and need an aerial 10m above the ground to get an adequate signal, a White Space transmitter at ground level next door isn't going to be able to see the TV signal. But when it assumes the spectrum is free and starts transmitting, boy is it going to knock out my TV reception!
Surely 1% of users making 50% of the edits is exactly the kind of long-tailed distribution one would expect from a site like Wikipedia? How is that evidence of "secret elitism"?
There are UK contributors to that project - where does this "rest of the EU" stuff come from?
What, posting as ACs on Slashdot?
Isn't that usually the cue for a bunch of vanity posts?
If people want to complain about something then complain about the poor coverage of Digital Freeview in the UK, where two houses a mere 5 metres apart can get completely different reception.
Sadly not even the BBC can alter the laws of physics. The best it can do is launch a "free" satellite service on the same principles, and continue to try and make its programmes available at no extra charge on as many platforms as possible. Which it is.
Unfortunately the people who own the copyright on the content (which sometimes but not always includes the BBC itself) want to be able to sell it in other countries, often as "new" episodes. This makes them disinclined to license their content to the BBC on terms that allow the latter to distribute it worldwide for free, even for a limited period.
No - if you want proper telly, put the telly on. The iPlayer is a "catch-up service".
FWIW, the BBC doesn't even own the rights to the stuff it produces in-house.
I'm not sure I agree. The ongoing writers' guild strike amply demonstrates how willing people are to withdraw their services if they don't think they're being treated fairly. The BBC would suffer an immense loss of goodwill within the industry, and quite possibly with the public too if it adopted a hard-nosed attitude. YMMV of course.
It doesn't necessitate DRM, but the rights-holders still demand it.
In-house production is still almost invariably encumbered with other people's rights. Music is a particular issue - the BBC (and other broadcasters) have agreements in place with music copyright collecting societies that act for musicians and record labels, but these have to be negotiated in advance for each type of use (eg domestic broadcast, international distribution, DVD releases). Actors, writers and other contributors often have contracts with clauses that give them residual rights. Again, this means that each kind of use for the programmes must be negotiated, often with unions such as Equity. If a programme makes use of archive or library footage, or material from a wire service, then the rights to use that material must also be negotiated. The fact that the programme itself was directed, produced and filmed by BBC employees only negligibly simplifies the rights situation.
You can glean a lot of information on the subject from this page detailing the paperwork that the BBC requires independent production companies to submit with their programmes.
Try http://www.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/tv/network/wocc.shtml
What's the point of doing this kind of analysis if you're not going to calculate the probability that the balls used are unweighted? If you want to admire some random numbers, go and roll some dice - the interesting question is whether or not the pattern analysis can be put to use.
It's a good analogy but not a great one - people who want to access video content via the internet pay their ISP for the privilege of being able to do so, sometimes (in the UK at least) by the gigabyte, above some token free allowance. In your analogy, this would imply that people who received parcels from Amazon paid the owners of the toll road for the privilege of allowing UPS vehicles to travel to their address, which doesn't happen in real life.
You appear to be overlooking the time domain...