If the machines themselves won't be a theft target, the people using the machines will be. Thieves will wait until you see someone using the machine, then follow and mug them at an opportune time/location.
You're misinformed. All PNG formats are lossless. It uses deflate compression, like gzip or pkzip.
The compression level indicates how hard the deflate algorithm searches for compressible bit sequences. It is the same option that gzip takes as -1 to -9. In any case, the result of a gunzip is the same original file you had. Lossless.
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That is silly in this case. A screenshot of a game is not the game itself, and so is already a minimization of the copyrighted work in question. Any game publisher going after reviewers of the game will quickly find themselves in a lot of hot water. Wouldn't fly, would probably get laughed out of court.
Yes, that is correct. The problem is that it was saved as a low-quality JPEG full of compression artifacts, then converted to PNG. Pointless. Might as well have kept it as a JPEG, since switching it to PNG will just make the file size larger than the JPEG with no added benefit. Ideally we would have the screenshot saved as or converted to a lossless PNG straight away.
Taking a screenshot, scaling it down, saving it as a JPEG and then converting the result to PNG results in terrible image quality. Please don't think this reflects the actual visuals of the game.
We have not yet announced the pricing for MonoDroid, but you should anticipate that the price will be in the same range as MonoTouch ($400 USD for individual users, and $1,000 for enterprise users).
How is MonoDroid licensed?
MonoDroid is a commercial/proprietary offering that is built on top of the open source Mono project and is licensed on a per-developer basis.
Can anyone recommend a new-ish video card (released last 3-5 years) that works well with open source 2D and 3D drivers? I'm looking to upgrade, but not sure what is out there that works well. It doesn't have to be super-fast 3D for the latest games, just something that will run google earth and quake would be cool. For 2D, it would be cool if it could do 1080p video scaling well.
It is the government office saving money instead of hiring a plane to fly over the neighborhood and take pictures. Or are you going to say that you have a right to privacy from the air? Get real. A $300 fine ($75,000 / 250) doesn't sound excessive for a permit violation either. Now all those pools also need to be inspected for possible code violations. That is where it might get expensive.
It looks like the new generation of engines and exhaust management has succeeded where previous versions have failed. Good deal. When I left California, that was not the case. I stand corrected.
You can't buy a NEW diesel car in California. But you can bring one in from out-of-state. I registered my '96 Passat TDI in CA, drove it there for several years, and eventually sold it to another CA resident. When I put it up for sale on Craigslist, I got 50 phone calls and emails of interest. There is huge demand for secondhand diesels there. To get one new, your best bet might be to go to NV or AZ and then bring it in already under your ownership.
As for whether the diesels are more "green", I think the CA concern is about particulate matter (sooty hydrocarbons) in diesel exhaust, and how they contribute to smog. Newer diesels do much better in this regard than older ones, but I'm not sure what the threshold is of CA regulation on the exhaust. Oh, and CA-registered diesel cars are not subject to the "smog testing" where they check exhaust output at high RPM (at least as of 2006 or so). Go figure.
Works for me. I have Debian AMD64 installed. Skype runs in a 32-bit chroot and accesses the UVC webcam with no issue. Looking at video of my kid on it right now.
Maybe some biologists can answer this.. but why haven't humans or other mammalian species evolved to see/detect/transmit infrared or microwave radio? It seems that long neurons could act as conductor antennas. No evolutionary advantage? Just the night sensing possibilities alone seem worthwhile.
The people on the left keep walking, and those on the right stand. I guess for that to become a custom you'd need escalators that are typically crowded, which most in the US are not.
We do that here in NYC at the commuter rail hubs. Stand on the right, walk on the left. I see it at the WTC PATH station, Grand Central Terminal, and Penn Station.
BTW, you've got it backwards, in Japan they drive and walk on the left. So the slow lane (standing lane) is on the left and the passing (walking) lane is on the right.
Some things are not worth the risk to me. You may have a different perspective, but why should you prevent labeling that would allow others to make informed decisions?
Produce is labeled "conventional" or "organic" (no chemical pesticides) where I shop. Meat is labeled "growth-hormone free, antibiotic-free" or "grass fed". All labeling does is provide that same kind of information for GMO or non-GMO foods. Why would you be opposed to that?
Bruce Perens, K6BP, proposed replacing the proprietary AMBE codec with a new open codec. David Rowe, VK5DGR, has strted a project to replace the codec, but needs support in order to continue.
That is not correct for North America. The 700MHz band is what was freed up, UHF channels 52-69. Channel 69 was at 800 MHz. The highest channel ever allocated was 83, at 885MHz (rescinded sometime in the 80s). There was no 1.3 GHz broadcast TV channel in the US.
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If the machines themselves won't be a theft target, the people using the machines will be. Thieves will wait until you see someone using the machine, then follow and mug them at an opportune time/location.
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You're misinformed. All PNG formats are lossless. It uses deflate compression, like gzip or pkzip.
The compression level indicates how hard the deflate algorithm searches for compressible bit sequences. It is the same option that gzip takes as -1 to -9. In any case, the result of a gunzip is the same original file you had. Lossless.
-molo
That is silly in this case. A screenshot of a game is not the game itself, and so is already a minimization of the copyrighted work in question. Any game publisher going after reviewers of the game will quickly find themselves in a lot of hot water. Wouldn't fly, would probably get laughed out of court.
And agreed, the FBI logo case is ridiculous.
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Yes, that is correct. The problem is that it was saved as a low-quality JPEG full of compression artifacts, then converted to PNG. Pointless. Might as well have kept it as a JPEG, since switching it to PNG will just make the file size larger than the JPEG with no added benefit. Ideally we would have the screenshot saved as or converted to a lossless PNG straight away.
-molo
Taking a screenshot, scaling it down, saving it as a JPEG and then converting the result to PNG results in terrible image quality. Please don't think this reflects the actual visuals of the game.
-molo
From the FAQ:
How much will MonoDroid Cost?
We have not yet announced the pricing for MonoDroid, but you should anticipate that the price will be in the same range as MonoTouch ($400 USD for individual users, and $1,000 for enterprise users).
How is MonoDroid licensed?
MonoDroid is a commercial/proprietary offering that is built on top of the open source Mono project and is licensed on a per-developer basis.
620mi = 1000km. Round number in the metric system.
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Can anyone recommend a new-ish video card (released last 3-5 years) that works well with open source 2D and 3D drivers? I'm looking to upgrade, but not sure what is out there that works well. It doesn't have to be super-fast 3D for the latest games, just something that will run google earth and quake would be cool. For 2D, it would be cool if it could do 1080p video scaling well.
Thanks for any info you can offer.
-molo
Because HTML renderers compact whitespace. You would have to use to do otherwise, which is a fucking pain in the ass.
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It is the government office saving money instead of hiring a plane to fly over the neighborhood and take pictures. Or are you going to say that you have a right to privacy from the air? Get real. A $300 fine ($75,000 / 250) doesn't sound excessive for a permit violation either. Now all those pools also need to be inspected for possible code violations. That is where it might get expensive.
-molo
It looks like the new generation of engines and exhaust management has succeeded where previous versions have failed. Good deal. When I left California, that was not the case. I stand corrected.
-molo
You can't buy a NEW diesel car in California. But you can bring one in from out-of-state. I registered my '96 Passat TDI in CA, drove it there for several years, and eventually sold it to another CA resident. When I put it up for sale on Craigslist, I got 50 phone calls and emails of interest. There is huge demand for secondhand diesels there. To get one new, your best bet might be to go to NV or AZ and then bring it in already under your ownership.
As for whether the diesels are more "green", I think the CA concern is about particulate matter (sooty hydrocarbons) in diesel exhaust, and how they contribute to smog. Newer diesels do much better in this regard than older ones, but I'm not sure what the threshold is of CA regulation on the exhaust. Oh, and CA-registered diesel cars are not subject to the "smog testing" where they check exhaust output at high RPM (at least as of 2006 or so). Go figure.
-molo
Scientology is not a religion, it is a confidence scam.
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http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0100.pdf
"Small Latin Letter S with Caron"
"Czech, Estonian, Finnish, Slovak, and many other languages."
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Hi, could you expand on your use of a 25W VHF amplifier? Is this a commercially available unit? And with what antenna do you use it?
Thanks.
-molo
Works for me. I have Debian AMD64 installed. Skype runs in a 32-bit chroot and accesses the UVC webcam with no issue. Looking at video of my kid on it right now.
-molo
Think far infrared (blackbody radiation), not near infrared.
-molo
Maybe some biologists can answer this.. but why haven't humans or other mammalian species evolved to see/detect/transmit infrared or microwave radio? It seems that long neurons could act as conductor antennas. No evolutionary advantage? Just the night sensing possibilities alone seem worthwhile.
-molo
Nice, thanks for the info.
-molo
The people on the left keep walking, and those on the right stand. I guess for that to become a custom you'd need escalators that are typically crowded, which most in the US are not.
We do that here in NYC at the commuter rail hubs. Stand on the right, walk on the left. I see it at the WTC PATH station, Grand Central Terminal, and Penn Station.
BTW, you've got it backwards, in Japan they drive and walk on the left. So the slow lane (standing lane) is on the left and the passing (walking) lane is on the right.
-molo
Some things are not worth the risk to me. You may have a different perspective, but why should you prevent labeling that would allow others to make informed decisions?
-molo
Produce is labeled "conventional" or "organic" (no chemical pesticides) where I shop. Meat is labeled "growth-hormone free, antibiotic-free" or "grass fed". All labeling does is provide that same kind of information for GMO or non-GMO foods. Why would you be opposed to that?
-molo
Bruce Perens, K6BP, proposed replacing the proprietary AMBE codec with a new open codec. David Rowe, VK5DGR, has strted a project to replace the codec, but needs support in order to continue.
Anyone willing to help out or donate?
-molo
That is not correct for North America. The 700MHz band is what was freed up, UHF channels 52-69. Channel 69 was at 800 MHz. The highest channel ever allocated was 83, at 885MHz (rescinded sometime in the 80s). There was no 1.3 GHz broadcast TV channel in the US.
-molo
Google "California prison overcrowding".
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/14/california-prison-overcro_0_n_611281.html
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