is set in the future.... and proposes that one day e-coli actually benefits our digestive system rather than rips though it, once we have 'assimilated it'...
Not talking current day, but sry if i wasnt clear.
>Could this lead to people being framed for murder due to spoofed DNA ?
spoofed DNA? I thought it would be easer to acquire the 'patsy's' dna from their garbage or by breaking into their house. Heck, if they donate blood, break into the bloodbank and take their bag.
This weeks Escape Pod Podcast (hosted by Steve Eley) is called the Giving Plague and touches on viruses, HIV, and the potential symbiotic relationship and borg like integration viruses can have with Human cells.
One of the thoughts is that viruses actually benefit the race in the long term, as we will eventually form a symbiotic relationship with the majority of them. (uses e-coli in our gut as an example), but how one day someone will be resistant to AIDS and that will make the human race stronger.
A good listen if you're fascinated by this topic. check it out. non-disclaimer: I'm just a fan.
>>> "It looks like you are uploading an MP3 with no DRM!
Hey, wanna check out Microsoft's new music file sharing service? Just use the username: "RIAA" and password: "Sue-MSFT-here" for access to 500GB of freshly squeezed illegal tunes that Microsoft are kindly holding on their servers.
You raise a good point. In 30 years time here will be some extreme issue in the white house and they'll release all the data from the current administrations 'doings' as a distraction.
At least then we'll get to see if the majority of Slashdotters were right....
I think you are on to something. I've been keeping tabs on the NZ Mythtv forums & mailing list (am about to move there) and EPG seems an ongoing issue for them.. I've often thought what you've suggested would be their answer.
People further down in the thread suggested that TV channel EPG is right up Google's alley, and I agree... just how do you persuade them???? Hopefully there are a few Mythtv users in the Googleplex that have the sway to pull this off. Google have the funds to purchase the EPG data, AND the customer base to insert ads in the stream (however ads would not be click-able).
I could understand this type of project if you run out of land, but here in Texas there is A LOT of unused farmland that could be used before you have to put these farms in the center of a large city.....
Sure the farmland in Texas and much of NM is not that great, but it has got to be better than a concrete floor / roof with artificial light....?
I understand where Dell is coming from with their lack of support for Ubuntu
That is fine. I just want the ability to buy a computer at a good price, on hardware that Ubuntu has been tested to run on (and works on). I'd be happy if Dell said they wouldn't offer software support for Linux, just hardware support. (of course diagnosis of hardware could be an issue if they don't want to even know about the OS but they could always provide some sort of Dell 'live' hardware diagnosis disk)
I think Dell could get away with selling machines marketed as "Hardware tested against Ubuntu 7.04" etc, so you know the distro will work with it out of the box. I don't care if they have actually installed the OS, or if the disk just comes bundled with it for me to do.
1) Sell Hardware 'Certified for Ubuntu x.xx'
2) Set price at: Normal retail minus nominal cost of Dells discounted 'Windows OS'
3) State clearly that you'll support the hardware, but not the OS.
4) Bundle the Ubuntu OS disk in the box or have it pre-installed, perhaps include a 'live CD' for Dell to diagnose hardware.
5) Point users at a www.dell.ubuntu.com forums for Community OS support.
6) Don't have a problem with some third party offering a $0.99/min help line.
7) Oblig: ????
8) Oblig: Profit!
China, whose consumption has grown some 400% in the past 10 years, America isn't the only country that is buying the oil anymore.
Nice stats monkeyboy.
Sure China's consumption might have 'grown 400% (OMG!!!) in 10 years'... but the USA uses MORE THAN THREE TIMES AS MUCH AS CHINA! Oh and seeing as you were to shy to provide your source, here is mine:
http://www.mrdowling.com/800oil.html
I actually had a similar issue, but the guy had lived in the house for less than a year and still had 3 months to go on his Dish service... which worked out cheaper for him to 'keep' but not use. SO when I tried to sign up with Dish, they said there was service already at my address and wouldn't install it.... the answer.. I went with DirecTv. no problems.
But this is where your system is back to front.... (IMHO):
I'm more than happy to pay a deposit for the first one or two months and the hardware, but the system here works on the provider essentially 'loaning' you the first months service and giving you the hardware free. I'd have no problems if the service is cut off when the outstanding amount owed is greater than the deposit.
I'm sure there are legal issues with what the provider can do with your deposit money, and I thought the had to pay interest when you eventually go re-paid... but still, it would stop companies getting ripped off wholesale making it a pain in the arse for the next guy.
I consider myself an Ubuntu fan-boy, and I'll usually tell people that I am to Caveat my sales pitch...
My fanboyism is really just that I see people wasting money on software they don't need. I have colleagues that end up stressing about their kids computers getting viruses etc and having to deal with spyware and all that crap, and I try to pitch Ubuntu and will usually burn them an ISO for them to try.
I'll 'fanboy' just about anything I think is great.... But I do try hard to temper the 'sell' so I don't look like an Amway salesman or a bible carrying door knocker.
There was a radio breakfast show in Melbourne Australia talking to the legendary (and not very bright) Warwick Capper who they were interviewing by phone while he was in his car. Warwick says he has to put the phone down because there is a cop up ahead and does so... you then heard the high-pitch thick aussie accent shrill of a female saying "Warrick.... I'm the one driving".
Wow, thanks for that. I've never thought highly of ECS boards... but that slide show seems to show they have a more modern production facility than Gigabytes. Although their facilities may be more modern and that doesn't relate to the features of the board, the two companies quality assessments may be completely different. I've personally never had any problems with Gigabyte and from the main posts sideshow they appear to have a fair bit of human-in-the-loop to pick up on quality issues.
It's one of my pet hates when "as a result of a policy decision X cannot do Y". And I've encountered it where the 'policy' was 'written(?) by the very person telling you.....
A number of times I've asked 'where is this policy written?', or 'does the person/committee that wrote the policy have the ability to make an exception?'....
Saying "as a result of a policy decision" is a cop-out. In this instance they should say "We don't want to lose our market share or go out of business by opening up to competition"
I agree. I also notice that insurance companies come looking for more money each term.... how long till microsoft asks for more money? (Just like the mob).
i.e We won't lawyer up on you (break your knee caps) unless you pay us money... or at least until we want more money.
Thanks for your response. I really appreciate it. If i've got this straight you're saying H.263 is a subset of MPEG4. I'm still a little confused though as I've been reading through the page linked: http://www.chiariglione.org/mpeg/standards/mpeg-4/ mpeg-4.htm, which says...
H.263 uses 'Group of Block' (macroblock) resync, and Mpeg 4 uses ' the packet approach'
H.263 also puts information on the macroblock in the header, the document says MPEG4 uses a 'picture start code'. These appear to be different and the page indicates they are used by hardware decoders to tell them apart.
Same page references H.263 using 'spatial resynchronization' which is more susceptible to errors in high motion environments (so ideal for video conference, but maybe not motor racing), and states the resync markers may not be equally spaced. The MPEG4 appears to use video packets for resync with markers in the bit stream which allows them to be equally placed. Also states MPEG4 use a second method called "fixed interval synchronization" which requires start codes and resynchronization markers to appear at 'legal' fixed interval locations in the bit stream which is not supported by H.263
H.263 packets are determined by the number of macroblocks (variable). MPEG4 is based on the number of Bits (not variable) and will spill over to the next packet if required.
Because of the major difference in macroblock vs fixed number of bits and regularly timed markers, I just cant see how H.263 can be a subset of an MPEG4 standard.
I'd appreciate any comments you (or anyone else) has.
I've had some guys at my work try to tell me that H.263 = MPEG4. It actually got quite nasty.
I recognize their are similarities, but I do not believe they are the 'exact same'. My evidence is that the video cards we use have Mpeg4 hardware encoders, yet will not 'hardware decode' the H.263 stream.
also, FTFA's reference:
The resynchronization approach adopted by MPEG-4, referred to as a packet approach, is similar to the Group of Blocks (GOBs) structure utilized by the ITU-T standards of H.261 and H.263. In these standards a GOB is defined as one or more rows of macroblocks (MBs)....... ...... The video packet approach adopted by MPEG-4 is based on providing periodic resynchronization markers throughout the bitstream. In other words, the length of the video packets are not based on the number of macroblocks, but instead on the number of bits contained in that packet. If the number of bits contained in the current video packet exceeds a predetermined threshold, then a new video packet is created at the start of the next macroblock.
Bold emphasis mine.
Can any video experts comment? Can you provide me with a reference or some more information that would stand up in court? (not that it will get to that)
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is set in the future.... and proposes that one day e-coli actually benefits our digestive system rather than rips though it, once we have 'assimilated it'...
Not talking current day, but sry if i wasnt clear.
>Could this lead to people being framed for murder due to spoofed DNA ?
spoofed DNA? I thought it would be easer to acquire the 'patsy's' dna from their garbage or by breaking into their house. Heck, if they donate blood, break into the bloodbank and take their bag.
This weeks Escape Pod Podcast (hosted by Steve Eley) is called the Giving Plague and touches on viruses, HIV, and the potential symbiotic relationship and borg like integration viruses can have with Human cells.
One of the thoughts is that viruses actually benefit the race in the long term, as we will eventually form a symbiotic relationship with the majority of them. (uses e-coli in our gut as an example), but how one day someone will be resistant to AIDS and that will make the human race stronger.
A good listen if you're fascinated by this topic. check it out. non-disclaimer: I'm just a fan.
Not when you consider that they might be sending him the exact same unit back to him, over and over.......
>>> "It looks like you are uploading an MP3 with no DRM!
Hey, wanna check out Microsoft's new music file sharing service? Just use the username: "RIAA" and password: "Sue-MSFT-here" for access to 500GB of freshly squeezed illegal tunes that Microsoft are kindly holding on their servers.
and I really don't think jumping in the air each time you go around a corner and yelling "BOOM, HEAD-SHOT" is going to impress the librarians.......
You raise a good point. In 30 years time here will be some extreme issue in the white house and they'll release all the data from the current administrations 'doings' as a distraction.
At least then we'll get to see if the majority of Slashdotters were right....
I think you are on to something. I've been keeping tabs on the NZ Mythtv forums & mailing list (am about to move there) and EPG seems an ongoing issue for them.. I've often thought what you've suggested would be their answer.
People further down in the thread suggested that TV channel EPG is right up Google's alley, and I agree... just how do you persuade them???? Hopefully there are a few Mythtv users in the Googleplex that have the sway to pull this off. Google have the funds to purchase the EPG data, AND the customer base to insert ads in the stream (however ads would not be click-able).
Google... please buy ZAP2IT LABS!!! please!!!
I could understand this type of project if you run out of land, but here in Texas there is A LOT of unused farmland that could be used before you have to put these farms in the center of a large city.....
Sure the farmland in Texas and much of NM is not that great, but it has got to be better than a concrete floor / roof with artificial light....?
That is fine. I just want the ability to buy a computer at a good price, on hardware that Ubuntu has been tested to run on (and works on). I'd be happy if Dell said they wouldn't offer software support for Linux, just hardware support. (of course diagnosis of hardware could be an issue if they don't want to even know about the OS but they could always provide some sort of Dell 'live' hardware diagnosis disk)
I think Dell could get away with selling machines marketed as "Hardware tested against Ubuntu 7.04" etc, so you know the distro will work with it out of the box. I don't care if they have actually installed the OS, or if the disk just comes bundled with it for me to do.
1) Sell Hardware 'Certified for Ubuntu x.xx'
2) Set price at: Normal retail minus nominal cost of Dells discounted 'Windows OS'
3) State clearly that you'll support the hardware, but not the OS.
4) Bundle the Ubuntu OS disk in the box or have it pre-installed, perhaps include a 'live CD' for Dell to diagnose hardware.
5) Point users at a www.dell.ubuntu.com forums for Community OS support.
6) Don't have a problem with some third party offering a $0.99/min help line.
7) Oblig: ????
8) Oblig: Profit!
Nice stats monkeyboy.
Sure China's consumption might have 'grown 400% (OMG!!!) in 10 years'... but the USA uses MORE THAN THREE TIMES AS MUCH AS CHINA! Oh and seeing as you were to shy to provide your source, here is mine: http://www.mrdowling.com/800oil.html
I actually had a similar issue, but the guy had lived in the house for less than a year and still had 3 months to go on his Dish service... which worked out cheaper for him to 'keep' but not use. SO when I tried to sign up with Dish, they said there was service already at my address and wouldn't install it.... the answer.. I went with DirecTv. no problems.
But this is where your system is back to front.... (IMHO): I'm more than happy to pay a deposit for the first one or two months and the hardware, but the system here works on the provider essentially 'loaning' you the first months service and giving you the hardware free. I'd have no problems if the service is cut off when the outstanding amount owed is greater than the deposit.
I'm sure there are legal issues with what the provider can do with your deposit money, and I thought the had to pay interest when you eventually go re-paid... but still, it would stop companies getting ripped off wholesale making it a pain in the arse for the next guy.
I consider myself an Ubuntu fan-boy, and I'll usually tell people that I am to Caveat my sales pitch...
My fanboyism is really just that I see people wasting money on software they don't need. I have colleagues that end up stressing about their kids computers getting viruses etc and having to deal with spyware and all that crap, and I try to pitch Ubuntu and will usually burn them an ISO for them to try.
I'll 'fanboy' just about anything I think is great.... But I do try hard to temper the 'sell' so I don't look like an Amway salesman or a bible carrying door knocker.
continuing in that stream.... Looks like Allofmp3 is winning!
t ab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
http://www.google.com/trends?q=riaa%2C+allofmp3&c
There was a radio breakfast show in Melbourne Australia talking to the legendary (and not very bright) Warwick Capper who they were interviewing by phone while he was in his car. Warwick says he has to put the phone down because there is a cop up ahead and does so... you then heard the high-pitch thick aussie accent shrill of a female saying "Warrick.... I'm the one driving".
Wow, thanks for that. I've never thought highly of ECS boards... but that slide show seems to show they have a more modern production facility than Gigabytes. Although their facilities may be more modern and that doesn't relate to the features of the board, the two companies quality assessments may be completely different. I've personally never had any problems with Gigabyte and from the main posts sideshow they appear to have a fair bit of human-in-the-loop to pick up on quality issues.
I'll maybe consider an ECS board.... maybe.
It's one of my pet hates when "as a result of a policy decision X cannot do Y". And I've encountered it where the 'policy' was 'written(?) by the very person telling you.....
A number of times I've asked 'where is this policy written?', or 'does the person/committee that wrote the policy have the ability to make an exception?'....
Saying "as a result of a policy decision" is a cop-out. In this instance they should say "We don't want to lose our market share or go out of business by opening up to competition"
Auctioneer: Going once.... going twice..... *bang!* This Soul goes to the man in red suit who just threw his chair.
I agree. I also notice that insurance companies come looking for more money each term.... how long till microsoft asks for more money? (Just like the mob).
i.e We won't lawyer up on you (break your knee caps) unless you pay us money... or at least until we want more money.
Again, thanks. I appreciate your comments and I've certainly learned something.
Thanks for your comments. After having read your articles that you posted later in this thread it is obvious you know your stuff. Thanks.
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I would be interested if you had a reply to JohnnyLocusts reply above...? http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=237843&cid=19
Wow dude. Those are some great, fantastic articles.
Thanks for your response. I really appreciate it. If i've got this straight you're saying H.263 is a subset of MPEG4. I'm still a little confused though as I've been reading through the page linked: http://www.chiariglione.org/mpeg/standards/mpeg-4/ mpeg-4.htm, which says...
H.263 uses 'Group of Block' (macroblock) resync, and Mpeg 4 uses ' the packet approach'
H.263 also puts information on the macroblock in the header, the document says MPEG4 uses a 'picture start code'. These appear to be different and the page indicates they are used by hardware decoders to tell them apart.
Same page references H.263 using 'spatial resynchronization' which is more susceptible to errors in high motion environments (so ideal for video conference, but maybe not motor racing), and states the resync markers may not be equally spaced. The MPEG4 appears to use video packets for resync with markers in the bit stream which allows them to be equally placed. Also states MPEG4 use a second method called "fixed interval synchronization" which requires start codes and resynchronization markers to appear at 'legal' fixed interval locations in the bit stream which is not supported by H.263
H.263 packets are determined by the number of macroblocks (variable). MPEG4 is based on the number of Bits (not variable) and will spill over to the next packet if required.
Because of the major difference in macroblock vs fixed number of bits and regularly timed markers, I just cant see how H.263 can be a subset of an MPEG4 standard.
I'd appreciate any comments you (or anyone else) has.
I recognize their are similarities, but I do not believe they are the 'exact same'. My evidence is that the video cards we use have Mpeg4 hardware encoders, yet will not 'hardware decode' the H.263 stream.
also, FTFA's reference: Bold emphasis mine.
Can any video experts comment? Can you provide me with a reference or some more information that would stand up in court? (not that it will get to that)
As long as you provide the source code (?) when you spread your seed?
You'll have to give those dna spectrum pictures to those dirty girls you visit. They'll be like WTF is this?