What's yours? Honestly, if all you people are going to do is talk about my 50 wpm typing speed, then it is offtopic at best. I've never had a minimum wage data entry job, so sue me.
(Hint: reply to my original post about keyboards to be on-topic)
Wouldn't it be easier for the keyboard to come with software to recognize which app is focused, along with community-designed key maps for common programs? And a standard XML key map file that could optionally be generated by apps when you change their key mappings?
I hate the sound of keyboards, especially in computer labs or busy offices. My perfect keyboard would provide no tactile feedback at all. Just touch-sensitive with some "mushiness" or "give", so that your fingers aren't pressing against a hard surface. Include a tiny speaker (or use the computer's sound card) for key press sounds for those that want them. You could even use headphones for it if you ran through the sound card. Silent to all around you. The best feedback is the letters appearing on the screen anyway.
Yes, DVDs inverse telecined from 24 frames to 60 fields is similar to the process I was talking about. Games, which generate whole frames on-the-fly no matter what, wouldn't need to inverse the 3:2 pulldown, as the 2 fields would be from the same frame. If you have 1080i60(fields) in that case, you can construct perfect 1080p30(frames).
As far as 1080p60, search Google and see how many real products there are that actually support it. 1080p60 doesn't exist in consumer products if you ask me.
Myth is so close, and yet so far, because it is a royal pain in the ass to set up, and the easy-to-configure distribution (Knoppmyth) is fully two generations behind when it comes to chipset and video card support.
MythTV is pretty godawful. Why is the setup like 20 pages of crap that I have no interest in changing, or even knowing about? Knoppmyth is similarly bad, and the process of installing the ivtv driver for Hauppauge cards is way too complex, extracting firmware from a Windows driver package.
OTOH, SageTV is pretty damn simple. Install card, run driver install wizard, install SageTV, pick your local cable, done.
As much as I'd like to like MythTV, it's pretty bad. I'll try it again sometime when I have way too much time on my hands.
For some more anecdotes: I record shows on my comp using SageTV, and toss the DVDs in a pile, sometimes on the floor. Then step on them. Every single one of 150+ still plays without even skipping. Some take longer to read after popping them in, but no biggie.
I don't know where the myth that 720p is better than 1080i started, but it seems to show up in every article related to HD.
You still get far greater resolution from 1080i than from 720p. The only time the interlacing is noticeable is when you take a screenshot. 1080p HDTVs could theoretically rebuild a perfect 1080p frame from 1080i, if the fields the PS3 generates match up correctly.
Quick summary: If your TV doesn't support a given resolution (720p), the PS3 prefers to downscale (to 480p) instead of upscale (to 1080i), giving you low resolution games (480p).
The games' only fault is being released at 720p. The PS3 does the rest of the crappiness by turning that into 480p.
I wonder why there isn't a DVD install version for people who won't have access to the internet after install. That would be awfully useful in packaging for countries where fast internet access isn't a given.
I noticed after I posted that instead of 5 pages of 40, plus 10 on the first page, plus 2 on the last, it's actually (4 pages x 40) + 10 + 2 = 172. Funky layout of pages on NetFlix so I miscounted. Amazon has 164 for sale, so it sounds about right.
Still, Sony is successful if other studios produce Blu-Ray discs, because it means they didn't lose the format war. I'd also find it very hard to believe that the standards organization that spent all the money developing the Blu-Ray technology wouldn't get licensing fees from every disc that uses it.
Even if Sony hopes Blue-Ray will become a big factor, there are 23 Sony Blue-Ray DVDs out and not alot of those titles are going to appeal to everyone (little man? Stealth? The list goes on,)
Netflix has 212, and that's probably not even everything that has been released.
Also, debian specifically has an "official" image, which is only used on their website and has a community image, which is "free".
So does Firefox. Have you never used the unofficial "optimized" builds (mmoy, etc.), or even Deer Park? They all use the globe with no fox in front of it.
Yea you're right. I was just about to post a followup. The traceroute for blackbox1.org leads to floridawebmasters.com, unlike blackboxvoting.org. Black Box Voting is based in Renton, WA.
Slashdot Mirror
Let's see: average programmer in the US in 2001 produced 6200 lines of code per year, according to Gartner.
6200 lines/year * 10 words/line = 62000 words/year
62000 words/year / 1080 hours/year = 57 words/hour
57 words/hour / 60 mins/hour = 1 wpm
Apparently, considering no coder types at anywhere near 1 wpm, writing code is bottlenecked by thinking, not typing.
What's yours? Honestly, if all you people are going to do is talk about my 50 wpm typing speed, then it is offtopic at best. I've never had a minimum wage data entry job, so sue me.
(Hint: reply to my original post about keyboards to be on-topic)
BTW, according to wikipedia (and a few other sites), average WPM is about 30-45 wpm, so no that is not "really slow."
Actually its about 50 wpm according to this. Faster if I'm not transcribing something like in these tests. As I said, I hadn't tested recently.
At least 35wpm. Haven't checked recently. Computer has no problem keeping up with that though.
Wouldn't it be easier for the keyboard to come with software to recognize which app is focused, along with community-designed key maps for common programs? And a standard XML key map file that could optionally be generated by apps when you change their key mappings?
I hate the sound of keyboards, especially in computer labs or busy offices. My perfect keyboard would provide no tactile feedback at all. Just touch-sensitive with some "mushiness" or "give", so that your fingers aren't pressing against a hard surface. Include a tiny speaker (or use the computer's sound card) for key press sounds for those that want them. You could even use headphones for it if you ran through the sound card. Silent to all around you. The best feedback is the letters appearing on the screen anyway.
Yeah that whole sell-adspace-next-to-text thing must be hard for them to figure out.
Yes, DVDs inverse telecined from 24 frames to 60 fields is similar to the process I was talking about. Games, which generate whole frames on-the-fly no matter what, wouldn't need to inverse the 3:2 pulldown, as the 2 fields would be from the same frame. If you have 1080i60(fields) in that case, you can construct perfect 1080p30(frames).
As far as 1080p60, search Google and see how many real products there are that actually support it. 1080p60 doesn't exist in consumer products if you ask me.
MythTV is pretty godawful. Why is the setup like 20 pages of crap that I have no interest in changing, or even knowing about? Knoppmyth is similarly bad, and the process of installing the ivtv driver for Hauppauge cards is way too complex, extracting firmware from a Windows driver package.
OTOH, SageTV is pretty damn simple. Install card, run driver install wizard, install SageTV, pick your local cable, done.
As much as I'd like to like MythTV, it's pretty bad. I'll try it again sometime when I have way too much time on my hands.
For some more anecdotes: I record shows on my comp using SageTV, and toss the DVDs in a pile, sometimes on the floor. Then step on them. Every single one of 150+ still plays without even skipping. Some take longer to read after popping them in, but no biggie.
I don't know where the myth that 720p is better than 1080i started, but it seems to show up in every article related to HD.
You still get far greater resolution from 1080i than from 720p. The only time the interlacing is noticeable is when you take a screenshot. 1080p HDTVs could theoretically rebuild a perfect 1080p frame from 1080i, if the fields the PS3 generates match up correctly.
1080i > 720p
Quick summary:
If your TV doesn't support a given resolution (720p), the PS3 prefers to downscale (to 480p) instead of upscale (to 1080i), giving you low resolution games (480p).
The games' only fault is being released at 720p. The PS3 does the rest of the crappiness by turning that into 480p.
Well, now I have at least one reason to buy a Zune.
Ubuntu DVD on Amazon.
About your second point, currently it is only available in the US though.
Personally I prefer the Edgy look. I never thought I'd say this, but Ubuntu has Gnome looking less drab than (Kubuntu's) KDE.
I'm not sure I understand. If you use component or DVI, then open YouTube, there's no file conversion.
Or do you download the
1. Download FLVSplitter.
2. Put flvsplitter.ax in \Windows\System32.
3. Run regsvr32 flvsplitter.ax
4. Associate
Ahh...I see. Sony manufactured Blu-Ray.
I noticed after I posted that instead of 5 pages of 40, plus 10 on the first page, plus 2 on the last, it's actually (4 pages x 40) + 10 + 2 = 172. Funky layout of pages on NetFlix so I miscounted. Amazon has 164 for sale, so it sounds about right.
Still, Sony is successful if other studios produce Blu-Ray discs, because it means they didn't lose the format war. I'd also find it very hard to believe that the standards organization that spent all the money developing the Blu-Ray technology wouldn't get licensing fees from every disc that uses it.
Netflix has 212, and that's probably not even everything that has been released.
So does Firefox. Have you never used the unofficial "optimized" builds (mmoy, etc.), or even Deer Park? They all use the globe with no fox in front of it.
Come on. HD-DVD (like Blu-Ray) supports MPEG-2 (DVD-format), MPEG-4 H.264 (Quicktime is one example), and VC-1 (WMP).
Which of those formats do you believe there is not a player for?
The traceroute for one actually leads to floridawebmasters.com after going through rackspace.net.
See my traceroute.
Why would Black Box Voting in Renton, WA hire a local Florida webmaster, who doesn't even have a real company homepage?
(I admit, I'm not going to call them)
Yea you're right. I was just about to post a followup. The traceroute for blackbox1.org leads to floridawebmasters.com, unlike blackboxvoting.org. Black Box Voting is based in Renton, WA.
TraceRoute to 72.32.2.234 [blackbox1.org]
Hop (ms) (ms) (ms) IP Address Host name
1 1 0 0 x
2 0 0 0 x
3 0 0 0 x
4 1 0 1 38.99.206.177 -
5 1 1 1 66.28.64.65 g10-3-0.core01.iah01.atlas.cogentco.com
6 10 6 6 66.28.4.97 p5-0.core01.dfw01.atlas.cogentco.com
7 7 Timed out 6 154.54.2.94 t3-1.mpd01.dfw01.atlas.cogentco.com
8 8 6 6 154.54.6.66 t4-4.mpd01.dfw03.atlas.cogentco.com
9 7 6 7 154.54.11.194 verio.dfw03.atlas.cogentco.com
10 7 7 7 129.250.3.226 xe-4-1.r03.dllstx09.us.bb.gin.ntt.net
11 7 7 8 157.238.225.58 d1-4-0-21.a12.dllstx01.us.ce.verio.net
12 7 7 7 72.3.128.21 vlan901.core1.dfw1.rackspace.com
13 7 7 7 72.3.129.11 aggr3a.dfw1.rackspace.net
14 7 7 7 72.32.2.234 floridawebmasters.com
Answer records
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blackbox1.org 1 NS ns2.rackspace.com 86339s
Additional records
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ns2.rackspace.com 1 A 65.61.188.4 159770s
Answer records
blackboxvoting.org 1 NS ns.rackspace.com 86258s
blackboxvoting.org 1 NS ns2.rackspace.com 86258s
Additional records
ns.rackspace.com 1 A 69.20.95.4 159721s
ns2.rackspace.com 1 A 65.61.188.4 159721s
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