* Posts by integr8d

7 publicly visible posts • joined 7 Sep 2012

Yet more NSA officials whisper of an internal revolt over US spying. And yet it still goes on

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Why the bill was killed...

Dailytech has a write-up on why the bill was narrowly defeated....

http://www.dailytech.com/Rand+Paul+Casts+Crucial+No+Vote+on+ObamaBacked+PATRIOT+Act+Renewal+Bill/article36911.htm

Whisper tracks its users. So we tracked down its LA office. This is what happened next

integr8d

Hit me up anytime you want lunch. Totally regret not swinging by the Reg or Inq while in London for 5 mos.

#NotAffiliateWithWhisper

FCC OKs $5 BEEELLION Wi-Fi cash splash in schools, libraries

integr8d

Re: Wi-Fi for kids? Whatever shall they do with it?

I remember that story. And I was thinking the exact same thing...

Production-ready ZFS offers cosmic-scale storage for Linux

integr8d

Doesn't ZFS have some pretty massive RAM requirements to run smoothly?

Build a bonkers home cinema

integr8d

Re: Pedant alert!

Cinema audio is set to 85dB for L/C/R, 82 for surrounds and 87 for LFE... 115dB would make you deaf in short order.

integr8d

Re: Forgive me for asking a stupid question but...

It has to do with how Kaleidescape deals with copyright issues. The physical media has to be present, in order to play back from the server and also satisfy Hollywood. Silly. But that's what's considered legal.

integr8d

All wrong!

The audio processor is a poor choice. No one is using DTS anymore. Dolby is the winner and the CP750 is perfectly suited to DCI playback and consumer digital formats.

The projector is overpriced and soon to be outdated. The smallest Barco DCI unit is Series 2, 4K upgradable, and plays back high frame rate content in 2D or 3D (hello Hobbit). Most importantly, it has the TI software needed to maintain the encryption link and to provide perfect calibration. It also hits full XYZ Zenon color space (for you UK'ers, think Fiat 500 (REC 709) vs. Airbus A380 (XYZ)). Price with top shelf lens is around $40k USD.

Since you'll need a server for content, Dolby or Doremi have you covered for far less than the questionable Kaleidescape (though they serve two entirely different markets). And since you'll be dropping all this cash, you'll have no problem joining the Bel Air circuit for access to all the latest movies. For consumer content, even the biggest directors in Hollywood are running Blu-ray discs. I was shocked to see it firsthand.

Amplification by QSC for each discrete channel. And cinema JBL for reproduction (not the prosumer stuff mentioned in the article).

Screen by Stewart.

3D by Xpand.

The above IS what the pros use.