Comment "The Bobs" Have Evolved (Score 5, Funny) 65
"What would you say ya do here?"
Comment The MS Eye Chart Lives On (Score 2) 12
At least for all things 365, the eye chart (https://m365maps.com) will suffice.
Comment Re: Carls Jr. does this. Everyone hates it. (Score 1) 121
Would you like to try our new Extra Big Ass Taco, now with more molecules?
Comment Re:I listen to a few of these... (Score 1) 277
Hello, citizen! ITM!
Comment The Dollop (Score 1) 277
is where it's at.
My picks from the top of my head:
Ten Cent Beer Night: http://thedollop.net/wp/episod...
Cereal Men with Patton Oswalt: https://allthingscomedy.com/po...
New York to Paris Race: https://allthingscomedy.com/po...
My picks from the top of my head:
Ten Cent Beer Night: http://thedollop.net/wp/episod...
Cereal Men with Patton Oswalt: https://allthingscomedy.com/po...
New York to Paris Race: https://allthingscomedy.com/po...
Comment Because they can (Score 1) 271
As the flagship device manufacturers raise their prices, the more value brands can do so in lockstep.
Some people will pay almost any price for the latest shiny bauble.
Comment Going back to his Jam Pad (Score 1) 124
This should be interesting.
Comment Re:Holy cow (Score 1) 467
If I recall correctly, you could connect with ZTerm/similar and download the FirstClass Client, but you couldn't do much else, much like TeleFinder.
Comment Re:Electric Sheep (Score 1) 467
I ran a Wildcat BBS back in the day and later combined my efforts with another board to form a FirstClass system. Fun times!
Comment This is not some mundane detail, Michael! (Score 2) 169
"I must have put a decimal point in the wrong place or something. I always do that! I always mess up some mundane detail!"
Comment Deathstar Telecom (Score 2) 104
It's now a toss-up for me as to whether they're still Deathstar Telecom or if they've become something more akin to The Doomsday Machine from classic Trek. Once satisfied to rule the galaxy, AT&T's appetite for acquisition has turned its primary weapon into a gaping maw into which many alternative options for consumers have found themselves trapped.
Comment Preference data I don't mind sharing (Score 1) 268
In no particular order:
The Dollop
Motorcycles & Misfits
No Agenda
Wheel Nerds
Daily Tech News Show
Mission Log
This Week in Enterprise Tech
Security Now
ICQ Podcast
HarmonCast
Sword & Laser
QSO Today
How Did This Get Made
Ham Radio Now
Stuff You Should Know
The Twin Peaks Podcast
Welcome to Night Vale
The Documentary
Ham Nation
ARNewsline
SolderSmoke
BBC World Football
The "Why?" is not very complicated. I'm interested in the subject matter, have a long daily commute and would rather listen to content targeting some of my exact interests than the same 10 songs over and over on the radio.
This way, all of that drive time is at least entertaining and often informative.
The Dollop
Motorcycles & Misfits
No Agenda
Wheel Nerds
Daily Tech News Show
Mission Log
This Week in Enterprise Tech
Security Now
ICQ Podcast
HarmonCast
Sword & Laser
QSO Today
How Did This Get Made
Ham Radio Now
Stuff You Should Know
The Twin Peaks Podcast
Welcome to Night Vale
The Documentary
Ham Nation
ARNewsline
SolderSmoke
BBC World Football
The "Why?" is not very complicated. I'm interested in the subject matter, have a long daily commute and would rather listen to content targeting some of my exact interests than the same 10 songs over and over on the radio.
This way, all of that drive time is at least entertaining and often informative.
Comment Re:No Agenda (Score 1) 268
ITM!
Submission + - Open Source Codec Encodes Voice Into Only 700 Bits Per Second (rowetel.com)
Bruce Perens writes: David Rowe VK5DGR has been working on ultra-low-bandwidth digital voice codecs for years, and his latest quest has been to come up with a digital codec that would compete well with single-sideband modulation used by ham contesters to score the longest-distance communications using HF radio. A new codec records clear, but not hi-fi, voice in 700 bits per second, that's 88 bytes per second. Connected to an already-existing Open Source digital modem, it might beat SSB.
Obviously there are other uses for recording voice at ultra-low-bandwidth. Many smartphones could record your voice for your entire life using their existing storage. A single IP packet could carry 15 seconds of speech. Ultra-low-bandwidth codecs don't help conventional VoIP, though. The payload size for low-latency voice is only a few bytes, and the packet overhead will be at least 10 times that size.
Obviously there are other uses for recording voice at ultra-low-bandwidth. Many smartphones could record your voice for your entire life using their existing storage. A single IP packet could carry 15 seconds of speech. Ultra-low-bandwidth codecs don't help conventional VoIP, though. The payload size for low-latency voice is only a few bytes, and the packet overhead will be at least 10 times that size.
Comment Dancing around it (Score 3, Insightful) 531
This dancing around a Ministry of Truth is extremely uncomfortable.
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