actually, xyz. hue, saturation and brightness. that's the best, simple representation we know of.
to allow broadcast of every single colour, you want hue data. if it's not somewhere on the colour spectrum, it's not a colour, and we only have a limited area on that spectrum that we can actually see. then, you want to tone that up or down to the right brightness and saturation. in theory, you could send data about every single wavelength detected in a pixel, but we only have three receptors anyway. so, hue, saturation and brightness. or a variant of that.
allocate enough bits for the spectrum and we can use it to encode infrared and ultraviolet too, although the only reason not to just map them to higher or lower frequencies is either communication with aliens/bugs or ultimate customization ("i prefer green as my infrared colour!")
... "jerbs"? that sounds like a unit of distance in some corny sci-fi movie. "we're going at fifty jerbs a gleeb, sir! and they're still catching up!"
but yeah. sarcasm and silly words aside, you're probably right: paper itself may be carbon-neutral, but the process of making it still requires an awful lot of energy. energy that usually comes from burning stuff and putting more CO2 in the air.
past expirience, ac. i don't know how thís drm will turn out because i haven't bought assassin's creed 2 on the pc (and drm on the ps3 isn't all that bad), but i've had a couple of windows installations come to a crashing halt, needing to be reinstalled, after a run-in with various drm schemes. don't even bother trying to bring up linux or macs: since when has drm ever allowed games to be played on those?
problem is: this is not like a luxury good that people will just stop buying. plenty of people are addicted to gaming, and many others simply don't care enough about the crap ubisoft's pulling to stop buying.
games are more akin to food or drinks (can't stop buying, because you can't do without) than tv sets or cars (demand will drop completely if bad stuff happens)
well, my bio teacher explained that away with that it has to qualify for MOST of the rules he named, and mules didn't really come up. virii/viruses did, though.
there's the biological definition of life: a few simple rules that apply to (nearly) all that we know of as "living". - it has dna - it reproduces (and can produce at least grandchildren) - it takes in substances and processes it into other substances for nourishment - something something - ??? - profit!... waaaait. something went wrong there.
if you're worried about your filesystem, keep regular backups. i fully agree with you on everything else, but really.. the filesystem going awry isn't the worst thing in the world of computers and bad ideas.
you'd like it to be, but it wouldn't surprise me if it had a clause about that somewhere just like plenty of software does. thou shalt not use unclean software!
yep. and the only way i see that happening is if some commitee had to approve any ads before they could be launched. putting any non-approved ads on an ad network would have to be made illegal, easily tracked and harshly punished for it to have any effect.
lots of companies would lose money, the whole system would cost a lot to maintain and the only people benefitting from it are used to seeing every website for free. how high are the odds of some huge donation-based initiative to work out, this way?
doesn't even need to be forever either, but thanks for pointing it out. right now it's more like one of those beaches where wars were fought: most mines are gone, but there's always a chance that you'll run into one. i know i've had my fair share of that: thinking of something that seems new, searching for it on the net to make sure, and discovering some obscure company's already thought of that before.
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shirtless o' clock perhaps?
good point. so we WOULD need multi-wavelength data, or we'd need to "fake it" using that purple wraparound you mentioned.
actually, xyz. hue, saturation and brightness. that's the best, simple representation we know of.
to allow broadcast of every single colour, you want hue data. if it's not somewhere on the colour spectrum, it's not a colour, and we only have a limited area on that spectrum that we can actually see. then, you want to tone that up or down to the right brightness and saturation. in theory, you could send data about every single wavelength detected in a pixel, but we only have three receptors anyway. so, hue, saturation and brightness. or a variant of that.
allocate enough bits for the spectrum and we can use it to encode infrared and ultraviolet too, although the only reason not to just map them to higher or lower frequencies is either communication with aliens/bugs or ultimate customization ("i prefer green as my infrared colour!")
... "jerbs"? that sounds like a unit of distance in some corny sci-fi movie. "we're going at fifty jerbs a gleeb, sir! and they're still catching up!"
but yeah. sarcasm and silly words aside, you're probably right: paper itself may be carbon-neutral, but the process of making it still requires an awful lot of energy. energy that usually comes from burning stuff and putting more CO2 in the air.
past expirience, ac. i don't know how thís drm will turn out because i haven't bought assassin's creed 2 on the pc (and drm on the ps3 isn't all that bad), but i've had a couple of windows installations come to a crashing halt, needing to be reinstalled, after a run-in with various drm schemes. don't even bother trying to bring up linux or macs: since when has drm ever allowed games to be played on those?
problem is: this is not like a luxury good that people will just stop buying. plenty of people are addicted to gaming, and many others simply don't care enough about the crap ubisoft's pulling to stop buying.
games are more akin to food or drinks (can't stop buying, because you can't do without) than tv sets or cars (demand will drop completely if bad stuff happens)
security through fatality?
a simple black hole would be funnier :)
i think they'd just grab popcorn and enjoy the show. come on, if they can do interstellar space travel they don't need to worry about our defenses!
1s y0ur fl0ppy t00 sm4ll? call now! we have the cure, and it's not vi-... bleh. i need to go bleach my brain now.
in soviet russia, YOU need more cowbell?
i think i took a wrong turn somewhere..
isn't the past tense of "shit" "shat"?
i doubt he's been shooting bricks. that's rather counterproductive..
no need to worry about saving face anymore now!
well, my bio teacher explained that away with that it has to qualify for MOST of the rules he named, and mules didn't really come up. virii/viruses did, though.
because you're a cruel, cruel person?
i should really make a comment about eardrums and banging... but i got nothing.
i loved MW3 and MW4 disappointed me constantly. it's a matter of personal preference, icebalm.
i think you got some... cooking mama.. in your... lovecraftian horror?
*headdesk* i need some sleep.
there's the biological definition of life: a few simple rules that apply to (nearly) all that we know of as "living". ... waaaait. something went wrong there.
- it has dna
- it reproduces (and can produce at least grandchildren)
- it takes in substances and processes it into other substances for nourishment
- something something
- ???
- profit!
if you're worried about your filesystem, keep regular backups. i fully agree with you on everything else, but really.. the filesystem going awry isn't the worst thing in the world of computers and bad ideas.
you'd like it to be, but it wouldn't surprise me if it had a clause about that somewhere just like plenty of software does. thou shalt not use unclean software!
and a sysadmin's servers aren't his own little treasure? i could swear i've heard one call his "his precioussss..."
whoosh. also, look up the song "code monkey". i thought it was funny.
yep. and the only way i see that happening is if some commitee had to approve any ads before they could be launched. putting any non-approved ads on an ad network would have to be made illegal, easily tracked and harshly punished for it to have any effect.
lots of companies would lose money, the whole system would cost a lot to maintain and the only people benefitting from it are used to seeing every website for free. how high are the odds of some huge donation-based initiative to work out, this way?
doesn't even need to be forever either, but thanks for pointing it out. right now it's more like one of those beaches where wars were fought: most mines are gone, but there's always a chance that you'll run into one. i know i've had my fair share of that: thinking of something that seems new, searching for it on the net to make sure, and discovering some obscure company's already thought of that before.
i've spent too much time on the internet; i laughed instead of crying.