I started developing XODA (xoda.org, sf.net/projects/xoda) some years ago for the same needs. Now it does the job for me even though some more features were implemented as users started requesting them. You may want to give it a try.:)
Disclaimer: as already mentioned, I am the developer.
Most significant should be the month?
Like the Sunday we call start of the week and at the same time part of the week end?
Or... the "World Series"?
That kind of the {arr,ign}ogance I was talking about! You, pipe throwing clown.:)
Being an American, I feel ashamed by the ignorance a lot of Americans show despite of their pretensions to be (oh-so-cool-)"geeks".
The "Month-Day-Year" format is used almost exclusively in the US. And this is basic knowledge!
How should this day be then an "International" Pi day?
How is it possible for this to make it to the Slashdot index without being corrected??
I abandon Netflix!
First time I visited the website, I was really willing to subscribe and use it. Then I saw this requirement... I never went there again.
Why don't you first read the official statement of the American Dietetic Association on vegan and vegetarian diet and then try to talk nonsense about the diet of several hundreds of millions people on Earth?
Even if the results would have been published a year ago, exposure to options like this are preserved only to people participating in studies until the therapy is approved and established. This takes some 3-5 years at least.
Also keep in mind that newer things are by far not always better.
Btw., here is another interesting article regarding this topic showing that there is a lot of space to work in this direction: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1600-6143.2012.03992.x/abstract
The point is, I don't care if the others can get the difference! Regardless of the data!
I can and couple of blind tests (yes, using sox and some shell scripting, it is possible to test yourself blindly) on myself proved for me(!) that there is a clear difference between 16/44 and 24/96. I could not hear the difference between 24/96 and 24/192 though.
But banning higher resolution sound because the majority can not appreciate quality is like closing galleries because most people don't understand Edward Munch.
I could understand some price differences in offering different qualities on a carrier (e.g. CD vs. DVD-A). But I definitely can not understand why I don't have the opportunity to buy the highest available quality.
Studio recordings are done in 24bit/192kHz and not in 16bit/44kHz. The difference is as audible as it is between mp3 (even at 320kbit/s) and 16bit/44kHz (CD quality) when you have equipment used to be called audiophile but easily available nowadays.
As long as 24/96 recordings are offered for $80 per album, I will refuse to buy them. And I am not sure that this is the goal of the music industry. It is just that greed and stupidity run hand by hand.
Unfortunately the discussion about higher quality recordings is far from getting relevance, as we know that the most successful online music store price a song at $1. (On top of that they put also some restrictions on how you should use it.) At this price you could get a CD with CD-quality sound, carrier and a booklet. Still, this music store is so successful that the music stores almost disappeared from the streets.
Gates citing objective data is a rare event. The problem is not that (this time) he said the truth. The problem is that it should be not him propagating something that makes sense. Because the thinking part of the population would start looking suspicious on something which might have been previously widely accepted.
He should just keep his mouth shut! Even if he has the truth in his mind!
Why should a debug release make it to Slashdot? And then it's dropbox... something I waived as being quite overpriced long time ago. Their prices didn't change for quite a while. I found CrashPlan and did not even think about dropbox again until today when I was surprised to see this advertisement here.
There are alternatives out there! Even though it is still tough for a Linux user.
Not that I care what Apple does, but I heard that what they do works. When you are successful in one thing (e.g. making operating systems for computers), you can try succeeding in something else. And Apple obviously can succeed.
Let me type my point down, should you have missed it: As long as Microsoft is trying to make something that they proved for decades that they are not able to, they will do nothing more than struggle. They should just give up and try something else.
Microsoft? Was that not the company trying so hard to build software?
They try to sell phones now?
This is probably not a bad idea... I always thought they should do something different.
Your knowledge about the OS's produced in Redmond does not make them better.
My parents use also Ubuntu since years and the problems they had in the past with Windows are gone... however you may name this phenomenon.
I don't see any reason except for some gamers to stick with Windows anymore.
This is a perfect situation for a Linux/BSD/Solaris solution.
I read most of the answers but could not get a real argument against the online storage. There are enough companies offering a very good price/GB ratio. Then they have to take care of the backups, which my web space company claims to do several times/day.
And I get 1/2 TB for less than $8/month.
Considering the fact that I don't care for anything than the upload, it is a deal.
Long upload time? So?
Who cares about Russia? There are 140M (mostly poor) people(1) and 26K Internet users(2). Even if the other big countries of the former Soviet Union should be considered, the amount of the relevant Internet users would not raise significantly.
It would be difficult for Google or whichever US-based corporation to make a breakthrough in Russia as most people there consider not using US services as an important way to emboss the power of the own tragic country.
Unfortunately, I have to say this based on own experience.
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1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia
2. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/rs.html
Debile and unwashed "keegs" still believe, a function with a complicated name, should be a great function. Imbecile ones consider the Linux kernel as the greatest achievement of the IT thoughts and try to convince the blinds that everything else is dead, if ever existed. Keep visiting the Anonymous {Debiles,Imbeciles} for having to do with rootkits!
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Exagerated? :)
These "news" are just wrong! Flickr is the best Yahoo! service and a flourishing community and devoted paying customers.
I am shocked by the incompetency of the author of this posting today.
I started developing XODA (xoda.org, sf.net/projects/xoda) some years ago for the same needs. Now it does the job for me even though some more features were implemented as users started requesting them. You may want to give it a try. :)
Disclaimer: as already mentioned, I am the developer.
Most significant should be the month? Like the Sunday we call start of the week and at the same time part of the week end? Or... the "World Series"? That kind of the {arr,ign}ogance I was talking about! You, pipe throwing clown. :)
Being an American, I feel ashamed by the ignorance a lot of Americans show despite of their pretensions to be (oh-so-cool-)"geeks". The "Month-Day-Year" format is used almost exclusively in the US. And this is basic knowledge! How should this day be then an "International" Pi day? How is it possible for this to make it to the Slashdot index without being corrected??
I abandon Netflix! First time I visited the website, I was really willing to subscribe and use it. Then I saw this requirement... I never went there again.
Why don't you first read the official statement of the American Dietetic Association on vegan and vegetarian diet and then try to talk nonsense about the diet of several hundreds of millions people on Earth?
Even if the results would have been published a year ago, exposure to options like this are preserved only to people participating in studies until the therapy is approved and established. This takes some 3-5 years at least. Also keep in mind that newer things are by far not always better. Btw., here is another interesting article regarding this topic showing that there is a lot of space to work in this direction: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1600-6143.2012.03992.x/abstract
The point is, I don't care if the others can get the difference! Regardless of the data! I can and couple of blind tests (yes, using sox and some shell scripting, it is possible to test yourself blindly) on myself proved for me(!) that there is a clear difference between 16/44 and 24/96. I could not hear the difference between 24/96 and 24/192 though. But banning higher resolution sound because the majority can not appreciate quality is like closing galleries because most people don't understand Edward Munch.
What is Azure? (Are you kidding asking about a service run by a company with the reputation like the owner of Azure?)
I could understand some price differences in offering different qualities on a carrier (e.g. CD vs. DVD-A). But I definitely can not understand why I don't have the opportunity to buy the highest available quality. Studio recordings are done in 24bit/192kHz and not in 16bit/44kHz. The difference is as audible as it is between mp3 (even at 320kbit/s) and 16bit/44kHz (CD quality) when you have equipment used to be called audiophile but easily available nowadays. As long as 24/96 recordings are offered for $80 per album, I will refuse to buy them. And I am not sure that this is the goal of the music industry. It is just that greed and stupidity run hand by hand. Unfortunately the discussion about higher quality recordings is far from getting relevance, as we know that the most successful online music store price a song at $1. (On top of that they put also some restrictions on how you should use it.) At this price you could get a CD with CD-quality sound, carrier and a booklet. Still, this music store is so successful that the music stores almost disappeared from the streets.
Gates citing objective data is a rare event. The problem is not that (this time) he said the truth. The problem is that it should be not him propagating something that makes sense. Because the thinking part of the population would start looking suspicious on something which might have been previously widely accepted. He should just keep his mouth shut! Even if he has the truth in his mind!
What is "Bing"?
Very nice design! Thank you to all who contributed getting /. a modern look! :)
That's a sign for dropbox. Not for the people on Slashdot. :)
Why should a debug release make it to Slashdot? And then it's dropbox... something I waived as being quite overpriced long time ago. Their prices didn't change for quite a while. I found CrashPlan and did not even think about dropbox again until today when I was surprised to see this advertisement here. There are alternatives out there! Even though it is still tough for a Linux user.
Not that I care what Apple does, but I heard that what they do works. When you are successful in one thing (e.g. making operating systems for computers), you can try succeeding in something else. And Apple obviously can succeed. Let me type my point down, should you have missed it: As long as Microsoft is trying to make something that they proved for decades that they are not able to, they will do nothing more than struggle. They should just give up and try something else.
Oh, I understand. They couldn't make (proper) software for computers, now they try with phones. Struggling is what they do anyway.
Microsoft? Was that not the company trying so hard to build software? They try to sell phones now? This is probably not a bad idea... I always thought they should do something different.
Safari is actually not a real browser!
Your knowledge about the OS's produced in Redmond does not make them better. My parents use also Ubuntu since years and the problems they had in the past with Windows are gone... however you may name this phenomenon. I don't see any reason except for some gamers to stick with Windows anymore. This is a perfect situation for a Linux/BSD/Solaris solution.
I read most of the answers but could not get a real argument against the online storage. There are enough companies offering a very good price/GB ratio. Then they have to take care of the backups, which my web space company claims to do several times/day. And I get 1/2 TB for less than $8/month. Considering the fact that I don't care for anything than the upload, it is a deal. Long upload time? So?
Who cares about Russia? There are 140M (mostly poor) people(1) and 26K Internet users(2). Even if the other big countries of the former Soviet Union should be considered, the amount of the relevant Internet users would not raise significantly. It would be difficult for Google or whichever US-based corporation to make a breakthrough in Russia as most people there consider not using US services as an important way to emboss the power of the own tragic country. Unfortunately, I have to say this based on own experience. ----- 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia 2. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/rs.html
Debile and unwashed "keegs" still believe, a function with a complicated name, should be a great function. Imbecile ones consider the Linux kernel as the greatest achievement of the IT thoughts and try to convince the blinds that everything else is dead, if ever existed.
Keep visiting the Anonymous {Debiles,Imbeciles} for having to do with rootkits!
This should be a real long agony since I read such debile postings for years, Mr. Ballmer.