On the Scandinavian PSN Forum, one of the mods have forwarded a satatement that the expected timeline says partial reactivation pf PSN by may 31st.
http://community.eu.playstation.com/t5/Announcements-Events/PSN-er-nede/m-p/12818124#M2817
"31st is the aim for all the PSN services to be restored and "Restoration of Online game-play across the PlayStation®3 (PS3) and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) systems" is the first phase of that restoration plan."
WebM was probably spurred by the threat that MPEG-LA would only allow use of h.264 without heavy royalties, not just ont he streaming services, but also on the individuals producing the h.264 content. Only after WebM was announced did MPEG-LA retract that lime limit for free use in non-commercial uses. Even then, I guess YouTube partners and YouTube are still in hot water, as they are definitely commercial applications.
As it stands. h.264 is great for high quality, high bandwidth delivery, where WebM seems to be aimed specifically at streaming delivery and web sites..
The cost of PSN is also paid by the games people purchase, and right now I can imagine a bit of noise in a lot of households, where newly purchased games can't play online. The noise is likely to be proportional to the number of kids in the households over the Easter holidays, where parents may have counted on games to keep the kids busy.
Of all the imperial units, the Fahrenheit scale is probably the most nonsensical. It probably only makes sense to people who grew up with it, and even then it's anchor points (0 and 100 degrees) really have no scientific basis, or at least no common basis.
Celsius does.
Originally set at 1 bar pressure (100 kPa) water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius, and boils at 100.
In human senses, 0 is "pretty nippy" and 100 is "hot as hell"
When doing approximations, the conversion doesn't have to be exact. Of course for large numbers you get into trouble pretty fast.
Rule of thumbs (some are actually quite a bit off, but hey, it's approximations). 3 ft = ~ 1 m 1 yard = ~ 1 m 1 inch = ~ 2.5 cm 1 mile = ~ 1.6 km though for very vague indications of distance it's equally valid to just use 1.5 km on the fly. 1/2 and 1/4 mile = ~ 800 and 400 m respectively. 1 gallon = ~ 4 litre 2 pounds = ~ 1 kg
Of course if someone tells me the distance is "about 15 miles" I don't start doing the exact math by multiplying by 1.6, it's a rough estimate, so I can just use 1.5 as the factor. On the other hand, if the imperial unit given is supposed to be accurate, I do use the more accurate conversions as well.
The main problem with imperial measurement is, which imperial scale, US or UK? There are quite a few differences.
While there are slight differences, in laymen terms they are the same. At least here on Earth. Besides, it's the mass that counts and to which the weight scales are calibrated. Properly calibrated scales will show the same weight for a given mass on the north pole as it would at the equator.
However if you want to claim the metric, or SI, units of measurements are inconsistent when it comes to weight and mass, then the same could be said for the imperial system. A pound or an ounce are "just" an expression of mass as well, not weight.
Between library rentals, free services provided by some ISP's and other venues for access through various legal services, there are little to no reason to pirate music. The only time I've done that over the past few years, was when I was searching for a specific version of a track, then I could easily go through dozens of downloads till I had the exact release and title.
I was being sarcastic. Though considering the secrecy that seem to be surrounding all the "negotiations" for controlling rights and maintaining status quo in the media industry, I would not be surprised if these people would try to keep the full list confidential.
As long as they can block the "average" user, there won't be much left for the rest of us.
And about breaking "blocks", I do like the one about it being legal to copy media for our own use, but still illegal as it is illegal to break effective anti-circumvention measures. I'm just saying, if they can be broken, they aren't effective...
First they blocked child porn.
And I didn't listen when people complained, because I really don't like child porn. Then they blocked porn and "violent" games.
And no one would listen when I complained, because they really didn't like porn or "violent" games. Then they blocked information sharing sites.
And no one could listen when I complained, because there were nowhere to complain.
About shooting or otherwise trying to shut down a computer. How often is the screen the target? Apart from an iMac, when have shooting the screen ever stood a fair chance of destroying or shutting down a computer. unless the screen short circuits and does what people really should be doing, pull the plug.
Rant on...
Virus attacks always causes random graphics on the victim computer, even when they use a text console. Static on flat panel digital TV's when there is no signal. LCD screens warp like the good old CRT's when exposed to just about any form of electric or EM interference. Screen content projected onto the users faces. Fully interactive 3D user interfaces, with 300 baud text output. Laser printers sounding like dot-matrix, or where the print magically appear when the sound fx suggests the printer is still warming up/spinning up. (same with aircraft/helicopters, the engines are still spinning up when they take off....) High quality full frame rate footage from "cell phone cams", though now that cell phone cams finally can shoot HD at 30+ fps, they are portrayed like it was 2005 again. Rant off...
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Naah, it was Pornography where actors dressed as "Mooh-Ham-Mad" were literally porking the pigs.
On the Scandinavian PSN Forum, one of the mods have forwarded a satatement that the expected timeline says partial reactivation pf PSN by may 31st. http://community.eu.playstation.com/t5/Announcements-Events/PSN-er-nede/m-p/12818124#M2817 "31st is the aim for all the PSN services to be restored and "Restoration of Online game-play across the PlayStation®3 (PS3) and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) systems" is the first phase of that restoration plan."
After Zetta (10^21) comes Yotta (10^24), but then what? Are SI going to come up with new prefixes for values 10^27 and up?
Sony don't process, they just prosecute, at least when they don't leak data like a sieve, and then prosecute others for their own mistakes.
Would it even be possible to make a stack with Commodore 64's?
I can only agree, considering that PSN have been down for about a week now. So technically PSN have 0 subscribers as of 21 April..
WebM was probably spurred by the threat that MPEG-LA would only allow use of h.264 without heavy royalties, not just ont he streaming services, but also on the individuals producing the h.264 content. Only after WebM was announced did MPEG-LA retract that lime limit for free use in non-commercial uses. Even then, I guess YouTube partners and YouTube are still in hot water, as they are definitely commercial applications.
As it stands. h.264 is great for high quality, high bandwidth delivery, where WebM seems to be aimed specifically at streaming delivery and web sites..
5 posts and no on "First post"?
Probably not, at least not without a jailbreak, and we have seen that Sony reacts badly to those.
But will they be able to produce these in any significant number, after the Tsunami?
The cost of PSN is also paid by the games people purchase, and right now I can imagine a bit of noise in a lot of households, where newly purchased games can't play online.
The noise is likely to be proportional to the number of kids in the households over the Easter holidays, where parents may have counted on games to keep the kids busy.
Anonymous is fast becoming the preferred scapegoat when a large corporation have an outage.
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Maybe I should have posted this as "Anonymous Coward"?
If they could not make it transparent, it would be really revolutionary. Considering it's "just" carbon, it does have that potential...
Of all the imperial units, the Fahrenheit scale is probably the most nonsensical. It probably only makes sense to people who grew up with it, and even then it's anchor points (0 and 100 degrees) really have no scientific basis, or at least no common basis.
Celsius does.
Originally set at 1 bar pressure (100 kPa) water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius, and boils at 100.
In human senses, 0 is "pretty nippy" and 100 is "hot as hell"
Not more convenient, it is just what pilots and sailors are brought up with.
The Russians used metric in their air force if I recall.
I fail to see the actual benefit of using knots and ft in for instance aviation, apart from the fact that "it's just what we are used to".
Not to forget "Bus lengths", the "statue of Liberty" and the "Empire State building"
When doing approximations, the conversion doesn't have to be exact. Of course for large numbers you get into trouble pretty fast.
Rule of thumbs (some are actually quite a bit off, but hey, it's approximations).
3 ft = ~ 1 m
1 yard = ~ 1 m
1 inch = ~ 2.5 cm
1 mile = ~ 1.6 km though for very vague indications of distance it's equally valid to just use 1.5 km on the fly.
1/2 and 1/4 mile = ~ 800 and 400 m respectively.
1 gallon = ~ 4 litre
2 pounds = ~ 1 kg
Of course if someone tells me the distance is "about 15 miles" I don't start doing the exact math by multiplying by 1.6, it's a rough estimate, so I can just use 1.5 as the factor. On the other hand, if the imperial unit given is supposed to be accurate, I do use the more accurate conversions as well.
The main problem with imperial measurement is, which imperial scale, US or UK? There are quite a few differences.
As mirix said, it's a troll question.
While there are slight differences, in laymen terms they are the same. At least here on Earth.
Besides, it's the mass that counts and to which the weight scales are calibrated. Properly calibrated scales will show the same weight for a given mass on the north pole as it would at the equator.
However if you want to claim the metric, or SI, units of measurements are inconsistent when it comes to weight and mass, then the same could be said for the imperial system. A pound or an ounce are "just" an expression of mass as well, not weight.
Between library rentals, free services provided by some ISP's and other venues for access through various legal services, there are little to no reason to pirate music. The only time I've done that over the past few years, was when I was searching for a specific version of a track, then I could easily go through dozens of downloads till I had the exact release and title.
I was being sarcastic. Though considering the secrecy that seem to be surrounding all the "negotiations" for controlling rights and maintaining status quo in the media industry, I would not be surprised if these people would try to keep the full list confidential.
That is a sate secret, and I'd be surprised if the ISP's or rights holders doesn't sue the first person leaking the list.
As long as they can block the "average" user, there won't be much left for the rest of us.
And about breaking "blocks", I do like the one about it being legal to copy media for our own use, but still illegal as it is illegal to break effective anti-circumvention measures. I'm just saying, if they can be broken, they aren't effective...
First they blocked child porn.
And I didn't listen when people complained, because I really don't like child porn.
Then they blocked porn and "violent" games.
And no one would listen when I complained, because they really didn't like porn or "violent" games.
Then they blocked information sharing sites.
And no one could listen when I complained, because there were nowhere to complain.
At least the San Andreas fault line runs inland, so the likelihood of getting the double whammy like the one that hit Japan is fairly remote.
About shooting or otherwise trying to shut down a computer.
How often is the screen the target? Apart from an iMac, when have shooting the screen ever stood a fair chance of destroying or shutting down a computer. unless the screen short circuits and does what people really should be doing, pull the plug.
Rant on...
Virus attacks always causes random graphics on the victim computer, even when they use a text console.
Static on flat panel digital TV's when there is no signal.
LCD screens warp like the good old CRT's when exposed to just about any form of electric or EM interference.
Screen content projected onto the users faces.
Fully interactive 3D user interfaces, with 300 baud text output.
Laser printers sounding like dot-matrix, or where the print magically appear when the sound fx suggests the printer is still warming up/spinning up. (same with aircraft/helicopters, the engines are still spinning up when they take off....)
High quality full frame rate footage from "cell phone cams", though now that cell phone cams finally can shoot HD at 30+ fps, they are portrayed like it was 2005 again.
Rant off...