Sunday, September 30, 2012

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Friday, September 28, 2012

postheadericon Partisan Piracy: Conservative Filmmakers Accuse Obama Supporters Of Uploading Their Film To Youtube


Piracy in general trotted scapegoat for various industries in decline and pointed anger for destroying unaided. In general, content creators and gatekeepers different (especially the latter) to do most of the goal (and lobbying). In the normal scheme of things, the guys are all on the same side, united against file sharers. This is the current situation.

For the first time in memory, an entity has accused another in the same field (political) to use as a weapon. In this rare case, the Conservatives accuse Obama supporters filmmakers download the full version of the documentary "2016: Obama's America," on YouTube to hurt sales at the box office.

The film, the second highest grossing documentary policy in the United States history at the box office, made 32 million dollars in the country since its opening mid-July, but only made $ 938,000 in the last weekend for an average of $ 771 per room, up 27 percent from $ 1,060 per screen in the previous weekend, according BoxOfficeMojo. Overall, the cinema box office fell 53 percent in the last weekend compared to last, its biggest drop since its opening 10 weeks ago.




Although this fall is not unusual for a movie in a week - especially when the number of theater declined from 1876-1216 - but the filmmakers say the results at the box office have been artificially low for two reasons: a disinformation campaign of the false rumor that Fox News Channel is the film in its entirety Sunday and a pirated version of the film shown on YouTube this weekend

The filmmakers contacted the FBI about the hacking possible and the user who uploaded the full movie offline. In addition, these communication messages announced the new (fake) Fox News shows that the film for free on Sundays. Many bloggers and websites has happened in history, but most have issued retractions.

Location is all a bit strange. Obama's official website published a post criticizing the film and one of its creators, Dinesh D'Souza, who has a story saying "time trying to add a veneer of intellectual respectability and conspiracy theories social, the alarmist lies flat. "One does not normally expect the President (or, at least, a chief spokesman) to meet a clearly political documentary. Maybe that" 2016: Obama's America "is now second most successful political documentary added a little pressure
However, although it is clear that some form disinformation campaign. has been made, it is fair to ask for the submission of ticket sales "dirty tricks" of Obama supporters. It is quite common for movies to sharp declines in ticket sales from week to week. It is also quite common to get pirated movies. Another argument against a "concerted action" at the box office deposit is timing. "2016: Obama's America" ??was in theaters for 10 weeks and is slated for release on DVD in October. Zac Gille As Alt Film Guide asks: "Why not now for two months?"



"Reports of the movie appearing on Fox before the elections are completely false," said Dinesh D'Souza, "and we strongly suspect that our result by dirty tricks opponents who spread this rumor to confuse public opinion and avoid going to the local theater. "
If this is the case, why waste time with silly D'Souza and 2016 in the United States States of Obama "opponents." After all, the movie 2016 is rapidly disappearing.

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postheadericon Amanda Palmer raised $1.2m, but is she really 'the future of music'?


The star Dresden Dolls

which hit the U.S. Top 10 this week with an album funded Kickstarter is criticized for its position

Amanda Palmer Dresden Dolls star became famous defender crowd funding site Kickstarter, having raised $ 1.2 million through the site to launch his first solo album, which reached number 10 on the U.S. albums draw last week.

In the process, she became the poster girl for those who pronounce the "old" music industry dead (which may include her husband Neil Gaiman, a patron of the Open Rights Group) . As a matter of fact, she was photographed on the website Kickstarter with a sign saying "This is the future of music." But she claims to be truly innovative?

According to Kickstarter, only half of all his musical projects (not all artists in the center) to reach your goal, and if the project does not reach its objective or sponsors have to pay that they promised. Palmer goal was $ 100,000, and the end result is much greater than any other artist has done on the site (7855 data projects have been successful, grossing $ 39.49m completely, which makes average of $ 5,027 raised). This certainly makes Palmer project a success, but not necessarily the model for the future of the music industry as a whole.

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is amazing how Palmer has managed to squeeze as much money from a relatively small base of fans. His last album sold only about 36,000 copies and walking clubs and small theaters. The money raised on Kickstarter Palmer had 24,883 supporters who are committed anything from $ 1 to download the album (4744 pledgers) $ 10,000 or more for an "art-sitting" and dinner with her ( bought two fans). Many levels focused on its home games to attend, tickets for private views, custom painted decks or art book, while the music itself was the lowest level of commitment.

In May, Palmer has released a breakdown of the $ 1.2 million that went. She said $ 250,000 would be used to "pay the debt lovely - lots of accounts and loans and others - involved in the preparation of all things that should come prior to this project Kick." He cited $ 105,000 for 7000 + "premium CD books and thank you cards," $ 80,000 for art books, $ 15,000 to $ 20,000 for artists, $ 150,000 for his manager, lawyer and other staff, $ 80,000 for music videos, $ 75,000 to $ 100,000 for Kickstarter and Amazon credit card processing, and so on. 'If we reduce our costs, and keep the tour very budget video form below, you can probably put $ 100k in the bank personally, it would be great, "she wrote - but she said she would be just as happy if she broke even would show that the model can work.

When the album, the theater is Evil, was released this month, fans can download from their website, pay for what they thought it sentence - or even get for free. According to Billboard, sold 24,000 in its first week of hitting the number 10.

Palmer last month issued a request for local professionals "-ish horns and strings" players to play in the group, the Grand Theft Orchestra, in some of his tour dates. They would have to stand trial in advance, and in return, Palmer said he would "feed" the musicians of beer "hug / high five and down (pick your poison), give merch, and thank you for adding powerfully to the great noise that we intend to do. "


Palmer wrote a longwinded answer his critics, his defense was that he does not force anyone to do, and had played many times for free.


After a barrage of criticism even more, was forced to retire this week, wrote in his blog on Wednesday:. "Me and my group have discussed at length and decided that we should pay our guest musicians. We have the power to do so, and we will do so. (In fact, we started doing three shows.)


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Thursday, September 27, 2012

postheadericon Wi-Fi: are there any health risks?

Hermie Wi-Fi uses radio frequency as your microwave. Does this mean that Wi-Fi is dangerous for your health?


If possible microwave signals interfere with Wi-Fi - I just read something on your blog - because they operate on the same frequency, Wi-Fi is not so dangerous to your health? You do not have Wi-Fi at home would be like leaving the door open for the microwave?

Hermie

It is a question that arises from time to time, and the short answer is no. In fact, we could rephrase your question and pretend you had asked about the baby alarms, radio-controlled cars, cordless telephones (DECT), Bluetooth headsets, security alarms, and many other things that work in the same band unlicensed radio frequency source of concern. Having a baby alarm in your home is not like leaving the door open microwave?

The long answer is that the WiFi signal strength is about 100,000 times smaller than a microwave. The furnace is a device operating at very high target voltage and short distances. WLAN routers operate with very low voltages, propagating in all directions, and are used for relatively long distances.

radio waves follow the inverse square law - such as light, sound and gravity - then every time you double the distance, you only get a quarter of the energy. In other words, the signal strength decreases rapidly. At distances normal operation, the intensity of the Wi-Fi is usually so small that it is not to worry: this is only part of the "smog" that is generated by radio signals and television, AC power wiring, motors, appliances and the universe in general. (As my colleague Charles Arthur once said here, the wavelength of Wi-Fi signals is the same as the cosmic background radiation: 12cm .. If you are concerned, do not go outside)

Guardian

As readers know, the electromagnetic spectrum extends to the end of the frequency of radio waves to gamma rays very long wavelengths very short, with visible light somewhere environment. We know the types of ionizing radiation wavelengths shorter than the light tends to be dangerous. Examples include ultraviolet (UV), X-rays and gamma rays. (The ultraviolet portion of the sun is certainly dangerous. Wear sunscreen.)

However, non-ionizing wavelengths that are longer than light is usually not dangerous. These include infrared, microwaves and radio waves. At 2.45 GHz, Wi-Fi is in the microwave band with baby monitors and mobile phones. Followed by the frequency bands used for television and AM / FM radio, and later, the long-wave radio (famous only for Test Match Special and Economy 7 heating signals).

Now it is certainly possible to do dangerous things with radiation, even if it's just by concentrating sunlight with parabolic mirrors to set the Roman fleet on fire (not that there is much demand for it). You can also use a jet of high pressure water to cut steel, but that does not mean that you will die to take a bath or standing under a fountain. course, it makes sense to minimize the risk, as long as you focus on the greatest risks are not negligible. If you do this, the mobile phone should be the first thing to do. In practice, the device is held close to the brain, while the Wi-Fi router could be in another room (the inverse square law). It has been estimated that received a higher dose of microwave phone call 20 minutes from one year free Wi-Fi.

Twenty-two laptops and routers is roughly equivalent to that of a mobile phone.

Your microwave should be safe enough because the designs are tested to ensure they are properly protected. However, you can check that your oven is not leaking radiation, or stay away from it while it is running. (In this case, "absent" is 1 m.) There must be no risk of leaving the door open as the magnetron must be turned off when the door opens. However, if the oven is faulty and if you continue to work, do not put any part of his body inside.
If you are very picky with Wi-Fi, then make sure you sit 1m (or more) away from the router, and do not use your laptop on your lap. Put it on a table or shelf in place. I do not think there is a risk, but you can feel more secure if you delete a non-existent risk.


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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

postheadericon Imagination Technologies falls 10% on worries about partner Texas Instruments' plans

Comments United States Conference suggested group had planned to leave the smartphone and tablet markets, reaching gains Fantasy

Despite a disappointing profit warning Shanks and sales growth Domino pizza, the biggest faller in the FTSE 250 is chip designer

Imagination Technologies

The company fell 53.4pa 466.6p, a drop of 10%, after the associated long Texas Instruments suggested in an investor conference during the night was the reorientation of investments outside the market smartphones and tablets. James Goodman Investec said:

This is clearly a material negative imagination, environmental risks, apparently coming to the forefront. We believe that this could affect up to 20% of group profits (on a pro forma basis) base over time, and place our target price under review.




said the conference was not clear about the plans for Texas Instruments, but reports indicate that emerging markets


An article in the Financial Times suggests that the revenue of this division of Texas is approximately $ 900 million. Take a royalty rate of about 1.5% maximum exposure imagination suggest about 10 million pounds. It will not disappear immediately (and could win again through potentially other accounts), but we expect that a significant proportion of the devices could increase to Qualcomm, Nvidia and others using their own graphics chips or those which are members of arms. £ 10 million or about 12% of the estimated turnover Stock Technology 2013 (pro forma) and approximately 20% of group profits.


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Friday, September 21, 2012

postheadericon Web browser showdown: Which Windows app is really the best?


JavaScript in your Web browser is probably the most used application on the PC. You check your email, write to it, collaborate with colleagues to it, who use it to watch videos of cats. With so much at stake, you must use a browser that works well for you.

But which one is the best? We have three main browsersâ Windows???? Google Chrome 21, Internet Explorer 9 and Mozilla Firefox 15A???? A test and a winner crowned.

browser performance

When you look at the contenders browser before, we conclude that all major browsers load pages at similar speeds.

However, many Web applications and new services rely heavily on HTML5 and JavaScript for browser vendors have spent a lot of development time to ensure that their programs and services such applications quickly and efficiently.

To measure how browsers handle HTML5 and JavaScript code, we submitted Chrome, IE and Firefox with the SunSpider JavaScript benchmark and reference point for HTML5 WebVizBench. In addition, we tested on a PC with Nvidia switchable hardware to see how each browser uses the processing power of the graphics card.
Our test computer was an Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra LAPTOPA M5 with 1.7 GHz Intel Core i5 processor and 6GB of memory. The switchable graphics system consisted of an integrated Intel HD Graphics 4000 chipset and a dedicated Nvidia GeForce GT 640M

a graphics card with 1GB of video memory.

In our benchmark WebVizBench HTML5, Chrome and Internet Explorer 9 has seen a sharp increase in performance when connected to the dedicated graphics card instead of the integrated graphics chip.

Chrome an average score of 5502 when you use the integrated graphics, with an average of 5825 when using an Nvidia graphics card. IE 9 is second with scores of 4797 and 5642, respectively, Firefox finished third after posting average scores of 4492 and 5600. In particular, Chrome did almost as well in this test using the integrated graphics hardware that other browsers are used the most powerful graphics card Nvidia. So if your PC has a weak graphics card, you can get better performance from Chrome to Firefox or IE.
Our JavaScript performance tests were less conclusive, with three sailors who référenceA? S JavaScript code within 15 milliseconds each. Internet Explorer 9 has achieved a narrow victory, completing the SunSpider benchmark in 200 milliseconds. Chrome 21 finished second in 206 milliseconds, and Firefox 15 to 214 over three milliseconds.

Winner: Google Chrome.

browser performance may vary slightly depending on your PC, but Chrome is a solid all-around performance in our tests.
Ergonomics

Browsers follow the current trend less is more, which began with the introduction of Google Chrome in 2008, looking toolbars thin and minimalist so that the content of the page is center.

Browser Tool comparison. Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome

Internet Explorer 9:

In Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft has chosen the approach hyperminimalist with a toolbar very narrow and few controls screen. By default, Internet Explorer 9 shows the address bar and tabs on the same line, which can make things a little too tight, especially if you often have a lot of tabs open at the same time (you can choose Show Tab Bar on a separate line, however). At the far right of the toolbar are three buttons that take you to the homepage of the browser, show your favorites or change various settings.

A subtlety in IE 9 is the discrete method to provide notifications: instead of displaying a warning message that interrupts your navigation, it displays a bar at the bottom of the browser window, where you may encounter when you're good and ready. In addition, IE 9 shows the progress of a download via its icon in the taskbar, which is filled with green as a file download.

Chrome 21:
Google has stuck with the same basic look and feel of Chrome since its launch in 2008. It has a title bar, and by default displays only the back, forward and reload buttons and bar combined search / address and the right mouse button opens a menu of tools. The home screen allows you to reach the most visited sites and web applications that you have added in the Chrome Web Store. When you download a file, it appears in a gray bar that lives at the bottom of the window.

Click the orange button in the upper left corner of any window of the Firefox browser to access frequently used commands.


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