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Yes, I know... I must be crazy. But it sounds like a lot of fun. I signed up for June 15th. Check Camp Pendleton's site and some pictures of a previous race can be found here and here. ~Chivo
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I would definetly go for that. I don't rent often, but about 90% of the time I get movies from BlockBuster, I'm returning the rentals late. Not having to return them would save me a lot of $$$ in penalties. Obviously it depends on how much they plan to charge for them. ~Chivo
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I use it too... every day... and if you doubt it... check the i=i++; post! ! ~Chivo
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The behavior of i++ is, like you said, equal to i=i+1. But the problem is shown when you do... int i = 0; i = i++; In Java, the value of i should be 0. ~Chivo
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Courage is not lack of fear, but having fear and doing it anyway. For a long time I was always afraid to jump. I did 3 tandems and then AFF, and I was still afraid. It was a real struggle to drive to the DZ. I wanted to be a skydiver, but I felt that I wasn't. I felt that I was fooling myself. It was fear. I thought: What kind of skydiver is afraid to skydive? I kept going and jumping (every time that I had enough courage to do it). I don't know when it happend, but now I know... I AM A SKYDIVER. That's who I AM, and that's who I WANT TO BE. Who are you? Who do you want to be? ~Chivo
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BWAHAHAHAHA!!! That's hilarious!!!! ~Chivo
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To USB or to Firewire (I-Link)? That is the question!
Chivo replied to Chivo's topic in Photography and Video
Thanks, I got 2 cables: 4-to-4 pin to do transfers from camera to camera, and a 4-to-6 pin to do transfers between camera and computer. After further research, turns out that thru USB you can only get an Mpeg stream at 360x240@29.97fps, whereas thru Firewire its DV (not Mpeg) 720x480@29.97fps. If you have a 5 min video, it'll take 5 minutes to record that on the computer, but the difference is that thru Firewire you get the actual DV format (full frames uncompressed) so you don't lose quality. And thru USB, it does MPEG EX Mode which uses a lossy format and each frame is sampled to a lower resolution. If you have enough hard drive space... do the editing on DV format (Firewire). You can achieve the best quality by rendering your final edited video from DV to any other format: Mpeg2 (if you're recording DVDs, VCDs or SVCDs), Mpeg4 or DivX (if you want to do playback on the computer), etc. ~Chivo -
To USB or to Firewire (I-Link)? That is the question!
Chivo replied to Chivo's topic in Photography and Video
Thanks, guess I'll stop @ fry's to get the firewire cables after work. ~Chivo -
To USB or to Firewire (I-Link)? That is the question!
Chivo replied to Chivo's topic in Photography and Video
Ok guys, I finally got my PC-101. But I'm curious... when you're transferring a video to the computer for editing, which port do you use? The few ppl I've talked to about this have recommended Firewire, what do you think? And what is the pros/cons of using one or the other? Edit 1: As I understand, USB 1.1 is only useful for transferring images from the Memory Stick. Its too slow (12 Mbps) to handle video. USB 2.0 is comparable to Firewire but USB requires more CPU usage. Other than that, USB 2.0 and Firewire are about the same speed. Edit 2: Looks like the camera plays the video realtime during the xfer in Firewire, but it's the full quality video. Whereas USB will downconvert the image & be a lossy xfer. Am I right? Edit 3: I can't seem to find which USB ver. is in the camcorder, but if its 1.1, the only choice would be to do transfers thru Firewire. ~Chivo -
If you take a close look at this one... ...it seems that the guy in the yellow container pulled the other guy's throwout! ~Chivo
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That is the problem. C/C++ doesn't define the expected behavior for that scenario. If you try that same C++ code in a different compiler the result might not be the same. A little confusing isn't it? Specially when you have been programming both in C/C++ and Java. ~Chivo
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I agree... this examples were just to show that many ppl expect a different behavior from the language. There's no need to write production code like that. Bitchslap anyone who does. WITH or WITHOUT comments, code like that should NOT be used in production. NO EXCUSES! ~Chivo
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Ok, its not a quirk but I've found a LOT of Java and C/C++ developers that expect a different result. The problem relies on how ppl expect certain behavior without really understanding the language. Some think that the ++ is evaluated after the expression, other think its immediately after the i++, and others think its before the assignment. int i = 1; i = i++ + i++ + i++; What should the value of i be? And it gets worse when there's optimization... and short circuiting... like... if (false && (i++ > 0)) { } since the expression is always false, it should short circuit the (i++ > 0), so the i++ would never be executed. Anyway, if I ever see a programmer writing code like... i=i++ or any of the other examples I put here... I would KICK HIS AZZ!!!! ~Chivo
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G'DAMN!!!! Those videos are really scary! I've seen malfunctions & cutaway videos but nothing like this. ~Chivo
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I've been studying to get my first two levels of certification (Java Programmer & Java Developer). Its interesting to learn the behavior of the language, specially in trivial things like... int i = 0; i = i++; System.out.println("" + i); What do you think the result would be? 0 or 1? Funny how many ppl get this wrong... but shouldn't this be trivial? The good news is that this behavior is expected and documented. Thats the only way Sun can make sure that their Virtual Machine works the same way in all platforms. What a pain!!! And this is one of the many many little quirks I've come across. Yes... I'd rather be skydiving! ~Chivo
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Many riggers seem to have problems with them and often do an AWFUL job when closing the container. The poptop should lie flat on the container. An easy test is to pass a line over the poptop. It should not get caught. I've had a racer for about 2 years and I'm very happy with it. Once you find a good rigger for your racer, make sure you keep him/her happy. Beer seems to do the trick . ~Chivo
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WTF? Didn't know that 'la putia' was writing in dz.com!!!! HAHAHA! ~Chivo
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Its been a day since the WU were completed. Both PCs show the correct username and team number, so either its taking a long time for the stats to get updated... or as you said, something is up. ~Chivo
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Hi Cajones, what's up? I've been running Folding@Home on 2 pcs, each PC have 1 Finished WU. But when I go into my user's statistics, its blank, it displays that I have done 0 WUs. And when I check the team's stats, I'm not even on the list! WTF??? Does it take a while for the stats to be updated? Any idea of what's wrong? Username: Chivo Team Number: 31515 Edit: I searched before and username 'Chivo' was not being used. ~Chivo
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'Nuff said. Somebody will pay for this! ~Chivo
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Thanks for everybody's answers. I also heard that they do a neat job installing the CamEye, but I don't know where they leave the button on the helmet. Anybody knows? Or if it is possible (due to length) to put it on the other side of the helmet (close to the audible pockets)? Edit: Remember that this is a SIDE-mounted cam helmet. ~Chivo
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I know it depends on the helmet, but I'm curious about where is the best location both for accessibility and safety. I'm prolly going to get the FFX. Is there a standard location for the CamEye? What helmet do you use and where is the CamEye button located? Is that a good place? Have you had any problems with it? ~Chivo
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Ain't that from Hercules and/or Xena??? Wow... the memories... the afternoons wasted watching those shows... ~Chivo
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That was AWESOME!!!! At first I thought how pathetic the kid looked and laughed... then I realized how pathetic the kid looked and felt sorry for him... then I saw the remix and I really enjoyed it. It was great! ~Chivo
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Clicky! ~Chivo