Looks like you missed the few dozen words preceding Snow Crash. I agree, that description makes it sound horrible, but I know it will be at the very least halfway decent. Got my pre-order in.
From what others have told me, it was a bit more "realistic" than other comic book stories yet I'm seeing flying blue people and other World Destroyers.
But remember, for many comic book fans that is realistic. : p
He'd probably do everything you suggested. And then he'd write a four-page footnote explaining why each [sic] is there, along with alternate suggestions for how the quote could be worded, with at least 3 citations (which appear as endnotes) for each suggestion to references that back up the aforementioned suggestion.
It could also be the modem/transceiver (cable or DSL). I had a crappy Westell router/modem that Verizon gave to me that would always need resetting. I got a WRT54G and hooked that up to the Westell (set it to act as only a modem at that point) and it still had similar problems. For some reason, rebooting the Linksys would fix it, even though the problem was the modem. I ended up pulling the old 10 year old DSL modem out of the closet and hooked that up to the Linksys and everything's been running perfectly for over 8 months now.
And as was already pointed out to you, DivX and high-bitrate AVC are very different. Try playing back an HD DVD or Blu-ray (you can rip them to your HD to remove the extra overhead of AACS) on that machine and see just how well it does.
Basically history is repeating itself. When DVDs first came out, MPEG-2 decoding was done on the CPU. Then video cards started having hardware supported MPEG-2 decoding. Now that we have the HD video codecs (AVC, VC-1, hires MPEG-2), we went back to square one (especially with AVC and VC-1, which require some pretty heavy lifting). In the past couple of years, video cards have added hardware support for those tasks, which otherwise would max out a fairly decent processor (~2GHz dualcore) trying to decode a high bitrate 1080p stream.
No kidding. But when you look at the geologic record, you realize that there are faults EVERYWHERE. So using Hojima's logic, we can't build anywhere....
You know how you can tell that an earthquake is going to occur by a city? IT'S BUILT ON A FREAKING FAULT LINE. Wouldn't it just make more sense to make building a bit more earthquake proof? Why do so many people REBUILD by a fault line and then say "ZOMFG I hope another tragedy like this doesn't occur. Might as well douse yourself in gasoline and hope a spark never goes off.
Wow, you clearly didn't read very far. You only need to read the abstract to see that it's not just for testing:
"To reduce the likelihood of conflict and confusion, a few top level domain names are reserved for use in private testing, as examples in documentation, and the like. In addition, a few second level domain names reserved for use as examples are documented."
And no, it's not prohibited per se, but it is a good practice so as not to annoy those who own the domains the submitter used.
Are you saying that discontinued products should be made available for free or that they should be open-sourced? If it's the former, that's one thing (though that still doesn't necessarily free the original manufacturer from any license or patent obligations they may have made). If it's the latter (which is what your last sentence makes it sound like), that would be a major issue, since the underlying technologies (which themselves are usually patented or licensed) are often used in the newer products that replaced the older ones.
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Why bother? I already have 5Hz toilet paper that works just fine. I can't overclock it much, but sometimes it's necessary to underclock it a good bit.
Looks like you missed the few dozen words preceding Snow Crash. I agree, that description makes it sound horrible, but I know it will be at the very least halfway decent. Got my pre-order in.
From what others have told me, it was a bit more "realistic" than other comic book stories yet I'm seeing flying blue people and other World Destroyers.
But remember, for many comic book fans that is realistic. : p
Yep. No point in commissioning a new work or paying to license a song when you can just re-use something that's already in the library.
what would david foster wallace do ?
He'd probably do everything you suggested. And then he'd write a four-page footnote explaining why each [sic] is there, along with alternate suggestions for how the quote could be worded, with at least 3 citations (which appear as endnotes) for each suggestion to references that back up the aforementioned suggestion.
Even if it's incremental, getting people to learn better grammar is good for everyone.
It's well for everyone. Sheesh, get it right...
I always thought the marker for material being quoted as it was spoken or written was [sic].
Minor nitpick, but typographically the square brackets are set roman while the word is set in italics. So it would appear as [sic] instead of [sic].
Hmmm, with a little rot13'ing of that whole thing you just gave me a great big new batch of passwords to use.
You operate the mouse with it.
Is that what the kids are calling it these days?
Doing that will likely get you fired, or at least reprimanded, in most companies.
And remember, it's even gotten Steve Jobs fired before...
This is a science article, right? Use SI units, kdawson.
This is kdawson we're talking about. We should be thankful he gave us any sort of units at all.
We all dream about doing this to our ex-employer, but he's the one who's had the balls to do it!
No, not all of us do. Especially those of us who don't do things that get ourselves fired.
This can easily be proven, since one of the companies has even gone so far as to name themselves Shell.
judging by its photo next to the story text it seems rather thick and bulky for an LCD. Probably as thick as a traditional CRT
Umm, the extra bits stick out maybe 1 to 1-1/4 inches beyond the back. Can I ask where you're finding 2 or 3 inch thick CRTs?
Is this a reflection of middle America's concerns?
Sadly, it's a reflection that middle America isn't concerned.
It could also be the modem/transceiver (cable or DSL). I had a crappy Westell router/modem that Verizon gave to me that would always need resetting. I got a WRT54G and hooked that up to the Westell (set it to act as only a modem at that point) and it still had similar problems. For some reason, rebooting the Linksys would fix it, even though the problem was the modem. I ended up pulling the old 10 year old DSL modem out of the closet and hooked that up to the Linksys and everything's been running perfectly for over 8 months now.
No one bothers people on cell phones.
This is because it's already illegal thanks to the TCPA.
And as was already pointed out to you, DivX and high-bitrate AVC are very different. Try playing back an HD DVD or Blu-ray (you can rip them to your HD to remove the extra overhead of AACS) on that machine and see just how well it does.
Basically history is repeating itself. When DVDs first came out, MPEG-2 decoding was done on the CPU. Then video cards started having hardware supported MPEG-2 decoding. Now that we have the HD video codecs (AVC, VC-1, hires MPEG-2), we went back to square one (especially with AVC and VC-1, which require some pretty heavy lifting). In the past couple of years, video cards have added hardware support for those tasks, which otherwise would max out a fairly decent processor (~2GHz dualcore) trying to decode a high bitrate 1080p stream.
No kidding. But when you look at the geologic record, you realize that there are faults EVERYWHERE. So using Hojima's logic, we can't build anywhere....
You know how you can tell that an earthquake is going to occur by a city? IT'S BUILT ON A FREAKING FAULT LINE. Wouldn't it just make more sense to make building a bit more earthquake proof? Why do so many people REBUILD by a fault line and then say "ZOMFG I hope another tragedy like this doesn't occur. Might as well douse yourself in gasoline and hope a spark never goes off.
And yet the largest recorded quake in the Southeastern US occurred right in the middle of a tectonic plate...
Wow, you clearly didn't read very far. You only need to read the abstract to see that it's not just for testing:
"To reduce the likelihood of conflict and confusion, a few top level domain names are reserved for use in private testing, as examples in documentation, and the like. In addition, a few second level domain names reserved for use as examples are documented."
And no, it's not prohibited per se, but it is a good practice so as not to annoy those who own the domains the submitter used.
Errrrm. That isn't his real address he puts up there. He has an actual domain but doesn't want to put it on Slashdot.
Really? I'm glad you cleared that up for us....
Timothy should of put one in.
Are you saying that discontinued products should be made available for free or that they should be open-sourced? If it's the former, that's one thing (though that still doesn't necessarily free the original manufacturer from any license or patent obligations they may have made). If it's the latter (which is what your last sentence makes it sound like), that would be a major issue, since the underlying technologies (which themselves are usually patented or licensed) are often used in the newer products that replaced the older ones.