There have been some papers that even survived peer review on possible resolutions to this. But this is by far the biggest stake in FTL heart. Ironically this is not the biggest problem with the Alcubierre drive. Negative mass energy being one of them.
IIRC Einstein said they GR and SR may be proven wrong, but that the laws of entropy will never be broken (ie entropy is always getting bigger). I would aggree with this. ie FTL is less sci fi than "vacuum energy" or anti inertia drives.
But if I were a betting man, I would bet on light speed as the ultimate speed limit of the universe.
I was surprised the other day when one of the dvds I played displayed a simple "thank you for choosing genuine content" or something like that and 3 secs or so later when strait to the menu.
Your original quote suggests a media centric source of information. Maybe its not, in which case why do you think skepticism is so misplaced? Or why is it healthy generally but not for this topic?
I didn't say which papers to pick or what options you would get. I just said you would see there is room for some skepticism. Then you claim that you would only get a different opinion if you read only some selected publications, and then ask for a selection?
In my experience if you need to lead the horse to water it won't drink. But please realize that media and other popular source overstate confidence in science all the time. Not just global warming crap either. Note i have not even said what i think about AGW etc.
I have come across, the ones lacking seem to be the "skeptics".
So Al Gore piece was what? Its politics, and its going both ways. Mention anything against AGW and BAM your getting paid off by oil companies. No evidence required. Or your not a real climate scientist etc. The opposite is also true. But really the debate even here where we are suppose to be just a little more technically inclined, the dissuasion is no more informed. The whole thing is political not scientific. I think that was the point about science is not a consensus by M.C.
Having worked with climate scientist I can assure you that the general options are far from general consensus. So why do you think its trolling to ask for your sources?
Lots of devs work on h264 instead, while very few but hard working devs are working on Theora.... A OS version no less but not really a "free" version. In fact some of the best h264 encoders are from the community....
Firefox would have to pay the maximum fee as would every derived product. Thats not so cheap (4Million+ freking dollars better spent *anywhere* else). And if you think it so cheap, will you donate that money please.
You are also forgetting the fees for producing content in H264 that come into effect later.
They are also leaving out a *lot* of fine print. In order to get a license you don't just have to pay, but you must agree to the license terms (aka hardware players must use zone flags, DRM etc). There is more than they tell you without NDAs. Not to mention all the lawyer fees in between.
They are not even going to let you pay a blanket fee for a product that others can use "free" in there own products. No matter what you pay. Because then there is no one else that needs a license and hence no one to tie into these extra terms.
Also what makes you think the fees won't increase at a latter date?
Yes there are examples. Just ask the mplayer developers. Even in the EU its not as clear cut with software patents as/. will have you believe. Our lawyers said that your fine if you aren't selling it, probably, but don't push it with commercial (for profit) products and services. The idea of using codecs on the basis that "they won't do anything" is about as smart as claiming RIAA won't do anything for downloading music. Quite a few said that back in the napster days. You remember how that went.
Not in RTS I'm afraid. Its too open for good AI, the state space is too big, since things the computer can do well is already done for the human player too. Its like good chess AI verse good Go AI.
Look at youtube. Quality is hardy all that big in a lot of peoples minds, if they notice at all that is.
The performance at youtube bitrates is quite comparable to current youtube quality. But I won't argue that H264 is a winner here, if you don't have to pay for it that is.
Thats parents point. H264 etc are patent encumbered so Theora does add something very dam useful to the community just like MKV does. MPEG-LA is the group that runs the patent pool on mpeg/h264 etc while the OP was suggesting that Theora is without merit.
If we want h264/mpeg4 support in FF you going need about $3M+ donated per year for the license fees.
If you have ever needed to care about the licensing of things like codecs you would know the value of Theora and Dirac.
Presently, this feature of X is being under-utilized.
Speak for yourself. My whole group use this daily and I even need this when i teach some classes. In one of the telecos I was working at, almost every single desktop machine was used as a x client to the big iron (running windows too). This feature is so heavily used where i work that any "X server" that does not support this won't even get installed.
using argumentum ad ignorantiam as an excuse for inaction is just intellectual laziness.
So what are you doing about it? Clearly not using your computer less. Almost everyone I here say this, really mean that they want the government to make *others* do stuff to change......
From actual papers on the subject. From the IPCC report, and from the climatologist them selfs as I did work with them. There is a wide range of predctions with the most extreme at the 2-4C range. Thats what *at the most* means.
What exactly did you read on the subject? Second hand toilet paper? Or the next worse thing, Al frekin Gore or a some dam newspaper?
Frak global warming. Try habitat removal via farming. Thats where almost all the extinctions from man have come from. Also there is evidence that some of the historic climate changes where in fact very rapid. The current predictions are for about 2C (4C max) change over 100 years, thats not so fast.
I am currently writing the security layer for a game. This is based around cheat prevention, not copyright infringement type protection. Long story short you need some kind of unique ID (aka no privacy issues) and some *cost* ie money. The idea is you ban them thay must pay again to play.
However it turns out that this has questionable legal standing. If they paid for a service you would have to give them the money back in some places. However you can mark the account as "caught cheating". Now in the lobby provide a option for others to block "cheaters". This could also apply to potty mouth trolls. The nice thing about it is that if someone gets the mark by mistake it can get taken off easily.
I'm referring to the case of this woman in Japan.....
Sorry, missed that. My bad.
This is different from a bank account, where you actually legally own something the bank is holding on your behalf...
Case in point, this is not always so. In some countries at least, the bank owes you money, but they money they have is theres. Thats why you can't tell them who and who not to lend money too (ie what to do with your money, cus its not yours).
This analog hole is worse in a digital age than people think too. You lose quality just once, no matter how many copies of your new shiny DRM free digital copies you make. The analog quality loss really only matters with copy's of copy's which no longer applies. Even high quality music with a high end audio setup would not lose much in one analog bridge with proper setup.
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There have been some papers that even survived peer review on possible resolutions to this. But this is by far the biggest stake in FTL heart. Ironically this is not the biggest problem with the Alcubierre drive. Negative mass energy being one of them.
IIRC Einstein said they GR and SR may be proven wrong, but that the laws of entropy will never be broken (ie entropy is always getting bigger). I would aggree with this. ie FTL is less sci fi than "vacuum energy" or anti inertia drives.
But if I were a betting man, I would bet on light speed as the ultimate speed limit of the universe.
IIRC it was Bank Job. Oh I'm in Austria
I was surprised the other day when one of the dvds I played displayed a simple "thank you for choosing genuine content" or something like that and 3 secs or so later when strait to the menu.
Your original quote suggests a media centric source of information. Maybe its not, in which case why do you think skepticism is so misplaced? Or why is it healthy generally but not for this topic?
I didn't say which papers to pick or what options you would get. I just said you would see there is room for some skepticism. Then you claim that you would only get a different opinion if you read only some selected publications, and then ask for a selection?
In my experience if you need to lead the horse to water it won't drink. But please realize that media and other popular source overstate confidence in science all the time. Not just global warming crap either. Note i have not even said what i think about AGW etc.
I have come across, the ones lacking seem to be the "skeptics".
So Al Gore piece was what? Its politics, and its going both ways. Mention anything against AGW and BAM your getting paid off by oil companies. No evidence required. Or your not a real climate scientist etc. The opposite is also true. But really the debate even here where we are suppose to be just a little more technically inclined, the dissuasion is no more informed. The whole thing is political not scientific. I think that was the point about science is not a consensus by M.C.
Having worked with climate scientist I can assure you that the general options are far from general consensus. So why do you think its trolling to ask for your sources?
translation: you haven't and won't read them....
Skepticism is rational, "global warming skepticism" is anything but.
Based on what? Because The NY Times told you? Because /. group think said so?
Read the real peer reviewed papers, and you will see that Skepticism is entirely justified. Its not cut and dry like everyone likes to make out.
Lots of devs work on h264 instead, while very few but hard working devs are working on Theora.... A OS version no less but not really a "free" version. In fact some of the best h264 encoders are from the community....
You mean like all the easy point and click tools for H264 etc? Give me a break, good encoding is a long way from point and click.
Firefox would have to pay the maximum fee as would every derived product. Thats not so cheap (4Million+ freking dollars better spent *anywhere* else). And if you think it so cheap, will you donate that money please.
You are also forgetting the fees for producing content in H264 that come into effect later.
They are also leaving out a *lot* of fine print. In order to get a license you don't just have to pay, but you must agree to the license terms (aka hardware players must use zone flags, DRM etc). There is more than they tell you without NDAs. Not to mention all the lawyer fees in between.
They are not even going to let you pay a blanket fee for a product that others can use "free" in there own products. No matter what you pay. Because then there is no one else that needs a license and hence no one to tie into these extra terms.
Also what makes you think the fees won't increase at a latter date?
Encumbered means just that. Encumbered.
ps I have talked to them about a license......
Yes there are examples. Just ask the mplayer developers. Even in the EU its not as clear cut with software patents as /. will have you believe. Our lawyers said that your fine if you aren't selling it, probably, but don't push it with commercial (for profit) products and services. The idea of using codecs on the basis that "they won't do anything" is about as smart as claiming RIAA won't do anything for downloading music. Quite a few said that back in the napster days. You remember how that went.
Not in RTS I'm afraid. Its too open for good AI, the state space is too big, since things the computer can do well is already done for the human player too. Its like good chess AI verse good Go AI.
All we need now is ASCII Theora for lynx!
Look at youtube. Quality is hardy all that big in a lot of peoples minds, if they notice at all that is.
The performance at youtube bitrates is quite comparable to current youtube quality. But I won't argue that H264 is a winner here, if you don't have to pay for it that is.
Thats parents point. H264 etc are patent encumbered so Theora does add something very dam useful to the community just like MKV does. MPEG-LA is the group that runs the patent pool on mpeg/h264 etc while the OP was suggesting that Theora is without merit.
If we want h264/mpeg4 support in FF you going need about $3M+ donated per year for the license fees.
If you have ever needed to care about the licensing of things like codecs you would know the value of Theora and Dirac.
Presently, this feature of X is being under-utilized.
Speak for yourself. My whole group use this daily and I even need this when i teach some classes. In one of the telecos I was working at, almost every single desktop machine was used as a x client to the big iron (running windows too). This feature is so heavily used where i work that any "X server" that does not support this won't even get installed.
using argumentum ad ignorantiam as an excuse for inaction is just intellectual laziness.
So what are you doing about it? Clearly not using your computer less. Almost everyone I here say this, really mean that they want the government to make *others* do stuff to change......
From actual papers on the subject. From the IPCC report, and from the climatologist them selfs as I did work with them. There is a wide range of predctions with the most extreme at the 2-4C range. Thats what *at the most* means.
What exactly did you read on the subject? Second hand toilet paper? Or the next worse thing, Al frekin Gore or a some dam newspaper?
Frak global warming. Try habitat removal via farming. Thats where almost all the extinctions from man have come from. Also there is evidence that some of the historic climate changes where in fact very rapid. The current predictions are for about 2C (4C max) change over 100 years, thats not so fast.
I am currently writing the security layer for a game. This is based around cheat prevention, not copyright infringement type protection. Long story short you need some kind of unique ID (aka no privacy issues) and some *cost* ie money. The idea is you ban them thay must pay again to play.
However it turns out that this has questionable legal standing. If they paid for a service you would have to give them the money back in some places. However you can mark the account as "caught cheating". Now in the lobby provide a option for others to block "cheaters". This could also apply to potty mouth trolls. The nice thing about it is that if someone gets the mark by mistake it can get taken off easily.
I'm referring to the case of this woman in Japan.....
Sorry, missed that. My bad.
This is different from a bank account, where you actually legally own something the bank is holding on your behalf...
Case in point, this is not always so. In some countries at least, the bank owes you money, but they money they have is theres. Thats why you can't tell them who and who not to lend money too (ie what to do with your money, cus its not yours).
Thats why I say invest in Platinum. Its rare and bloody useful.
So if i beat the crap out of you till you *give* me your PIN number, I then have permission to take the money?
FTA, beatings were involved.
This analog hole is worse in a digital age than people think too. You lose quality just once, no matter how many copies of your new shiny DRM free digital copies you make. The analog quality loss really only matters with copy's of copy's which no longer applies. Even high quality music with a high end audio setup would not lose much in one analog bridge with proper setup.