The article mentions how this compression technique is similar to image compression. Would anyone care to explain, in detail if necessary, how this is so? Thanks.
The author seems to desire a needlessly complicated way to make these things happen.
The pathos-heavy articles are not going to disappear; rather, they portend HN's inevitable fate. Camel's nose, etc.
What does RSA stand for? I was on their (SecurID) related site, and checked out the "about" page, but the acronym is never defined.
No, but it's not reddit either so if you enjoy this site, be constructive with your comments.
Oh, I meant I found it amusing that something as obscure as Mode 7 could be referred to "colloquially." I'm in no position to hold an opinion on the intricacies of SNES graphics modes.
> in colloquial use "Mode 7" tends to refer (somewhat inaccurately) to that 3D plane effect. That is amusing.
You mean Arrington's defunct rag?
"It isn't clear if getting someone to believe in your 'extremist philosophy of radical openness' is necessarily a con, unless of course you yourself don't believe in it and/or are doing so only in furtherance of some…
The joke I was making is many people are Simpsons purists and say Family Guy is complete crap.
"You just quoted Family Guy" - I thought you liked The Simpsons I don't see how this relates to the rest of the examples.
The article mentions how this compression technique is similar to image compression. Would anyone care to explain, in detail if necessary, how this is so? Thanks.
The author seems to desire a needlessly complicated way to make these things happen.
The pathos-heavy articles are not going to disappear; rather, they portend HN's inevitable fate. Camel's nose, etc.
What does RSA stand for? I was on their (SecurID) related site, and checked out the "about" page, but the acronym is never defined.
No, but it's not reddit either so if you enjoy this site, be constructive with your comments.
Oh, I meant I found it amusing that something as obscure as Mode 7 could be referred to "colloquially." I'm in no position to hold an opinion on the intricacies of SNES graphics modes.
> in colloquial use "Mode 7" tends to refer (somewhat inaccurately) to that 3D plane effect. That is amusing.
You mean Arrington's defunct rag?
"It isn't clear if getting someone to believe in your 'extremist philosophy of radical openness' is necessarily a con, unless of course you yourself don't believe in it and/or are doing so only in furtherance of some…
The joke I was making is many people are Simpsons purists and say Family Guy is complete crap.
"You just quoted Family Guy" - I thought you liked The Simpsons I don't see how this relates to the rest of the examples.