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2003 Jan 17
2
Ogg Vorbis files can be compressed ?!?
...there. I have a short .ogg with Vorbis stream @56kbps from a 44.1 16bits stereo sample, which weights exactly 135'781 bytes. Packed to ZIP, it goes down to 109'485 bytes, that's a 80% ratio ! Even worse with latest RAR3 archive, with which the file size goes to 104'349 (76%). <sceptical> I admit this sample is a bit repetitive, but I guess the probability of having the beats match exactly the window frame edge is relatively low, so is the one of having multiple similar stream frames. Even though, I don't know if the coding inside Vorbis would let this happen. This is just...
2004 Aug 31
2
I've forgotten, why is box("") the default?
...;ve already forgotten, without (re)discovering the reason for S using "non-joining" axes by default, instead of box("l"). MASS points me towards Cleveland (1993) but I don't have ready access to this any more. Could someone give me a one-liner to justify this choice to a sceptic? It's something to do with not mis-interpreting the axes intersection as (0,0), isn't it? TIA, Simon Simon Fear Senior Statistician Syne qua non Ltd Tel: +44 (0) 1379 644449 Fax: +44 (0) 1379 644445 email: Simon.Fear at synequanon.com web: http://www.synequanon.com Number of...
2018 May 04
2
RFC: Are auto-generated assertions a good practice?
...e python `update` scripts under `utils` directory. My first reaction was wow! I found it very practical and useful. It saves you significant amount of time when writing a regression test. So I gave it a try. The generated checks were satisfying enough, almost exactly what I wanted. Then I got a bit sceptical about them. I am worried that auto-generating tests based on the compiler output can be quite dangerous. The tests will always pass regardless of whether the compiler emits right or wrong code, therefore you have to be certain that they impose the desired compiler behaviour. I guess the question...
2020 Sep 23
2
Raspberry Pi Version of Samba?
...ured to a different job on the network and has been running for over a year with the same microsd card. No device failure as yet. Any device running as a DC seldom spikes the cpu while maintaining the network doing their Samba 4 job. I did not use the RPi as a permanent DC because, like you, I was sceptical of the reliability of the hardware. I don't think it was designed or intended to be run 24/7 like these nanopc's are. I have two nanopc that are coming up on five years running 24/7 without any hardware failure, as yet. On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 8:21 PM Gregory Sloop via samba < samba...
2014 Sep 20
2
[PATCH 2/4]
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2006 Oct 21
1
Box M test
Dear List I am looking for a script that will calculate the Box M test to test the homogeneity of the variance/covariance matrix between two matrices. If anyone could send me the script I would appreciate it. I am aware of the scepticism about this test, where due to extreme sensitivity a p value of 0.01 is recommended. Despite this however Box's M test is the established method for identification of stable strategic time periods within the strategic management literature and I would like the opportunity to use this method w...
2007 Jun 18
6
Something like rcov but more explicit?
Hey list, Does anything exist that can show me which lines are explicitly tested? RCov is great, but it doesn''t really give a sense of _actual_ coverage, indeed, there is no guarantee that functions executed were in fact called as the result of a line being tested. I know nothing of the rspec internals, but would a simple list of executed lines be a relatively simple feature to add?
2009 Jan 07
2
New York Times Article: Data Analysts Captivated by R's Power
Readers of this list might be interested in the following article in the New York Times and might find amusing the notion that "Some people familiar with R describe it as a supercharged version of Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet software...". http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/technology/business-computing/07progra m.html?_r=1&ref=technology Art
2016 Oct 26
2
Error joining Linux member to 4.5.0 DC: Indicates the SID structure is not valid
I had the same issue with 4.5.1 vanilla. I was able to reverse the fixes from 11520 against 4.5.1. You can see the resulting patch here: http://pastebin.com/4wTQdLKL. A 4.5.1 build with that patch applied is working fine for me. Thanks, Arthur This e-mail and any attachments may contain CONFIDENTIAL information, including PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION. If you are not the intended
2011 May 19
15
Are there source codes for Xen-IB?
Hi, I found a link: http://xenbits.xensource.com/ext/xen-smartio.hg for Xen-IB source codes, but it did''t exist anymore. Are there other ways to get the Xen-IB source codes? Thanks. Regards, Yi-Man _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
2014 Apr 30
2
[LLVMdev] RFC:LNT Improvements
...k, but I don't want the noise of the rest. > 1. Get 5-10 samples per run > 2. Do the Wilcoxon/Mann-Whitney test 5-10 samples on an ARM board is not feasible. Currently it takes 1 hour to run the whole set. Making it run for 5-10 hours will reduce its value to zero. > I am a little sceptical on this. Machines should generally not be noisy. ARM machines work at a much lower power level than Intel ones. The scheduler is a lot more aggressive and the quality of the peripherals is *a lot* worse. Even if you set up the board for benchmarks (fix the scheduler, put everything up to 11), t...
2008 May 13
4
[LLVMdev] Size and performance figures for LLVM?
...iagnose the problems, and now I find that my entire project was stalled because of this. The concrete problem is that Ubuntu's way of doing cross compilations seems incompatible with LLVM's way of using the autoconf machinery. I've been told that this is Ubuntu's fault, but I'm sceptical: I have seen LLVM's autoconf do things that autoconf shouldn't do if properly set up. Unfortunately, nobody stepped up to clear this up, and I'm increasingly frustrated because I've been lacking the time to do it myself. Devang's answer didn't seem to give any of the info...
2017 Aug 10
5
Centos 7 specific cure for Spamassassin DNS lookup problem
...in or other cures. Before I start changing things I was wondering if there was a Centos 7 specific resolution. Where possible, on production machines I prefer to stay with RPM's rather than amending software directly. Also, many of these responses are over 10 years old, so I'm a little sceptical about their success today. Gary
2007 Aug 23
4
Me, the grouser?
...t purpose do you still stick around? What is your intention?" Am I really coming through like such a beefy grouser? I hope people knowing me a little bit better realize that I've spent quite some time on Xiph related work, which however does not keep me from being realistic and rather sceptic towards many of the approaches I've seen to support Xiph. It might just be me, but I don't think bashing around on other formats or claiming incorrect advantages of the Xiph formats will do any good. Regards, Tor
2014 Mar 14
1
Replying to Posts
...ot because it has to, it is just that I have seldom, if ever, seen it done any other way. And regular business communication with non-technical folk comprises well over 75% of my daily written communication. And while I understand the cultural motivation behind the dogma of bottom posting I remain sceptical respecting its utility. Is there any objective evidence whatsoever that top or bottom posting makes any difference to the reader's understanding of the message? Does any rigorously determined data exist to support that contention? If not then this is simply a matter of trying to impose a s...
2010 Aug 12
1
Bug#584583: [PATCH] Additional fix for ipconfig
...behaviour on busy LANs with UDP noise. > > Commit 4efbcf90f60e27febe883ef052454d8cfded5c15 really is the root of all > evil, it badly broke ipconfig by doing a lot of changes all over the place > that were not warranted and badly tested. Indeed as mailinglist history show I had been sceptic to that monster patch, but several users had pushed for it, see: http://bugs.debian.org/511959 > After this commit, if a random UDP packet comes in before the expected > DHCP reply packet_recv() will exit with an error and the interface will be > sent into DEVST_ERROR instead of just i...
2018 May 04
0
RFC: Are auto-generated assertions a good practice?
...ripts under `utils` directory. My first reaction was wow! > I found it very practical and useful. It saves you significant amount of > time when writing a regression test. So I gave it a try. The generated > checks were satisfying enough, almost exactly what I wanted. Then I got a > bit sceptical about them. I am worried that auto-generating tests based on > the compiler output can be quite dangerous. The tests will always pass > regardless of whether the compiler emits right or wrong code, therefore you > have to be certain that they impose the desired compiler behaviour. I gues...
2003 May 13
3
Via EPIA Mini-ITX motherboard
...r a while now (i couldn't reproduce this problem) i think. regards, OLivier Le Jeudi 12 D?cembre 2002 03:45, The Anarcat a ?crit : > Andrew Thompson wrote: > >>Does the on-board Etherernet work with FreeBSD? > > > >The onboard ethernet also works fine (vr0), but I am sceptical about > > its reliability/performance. > > Just a personal experience: I had a lot of problems delivering > high-bandwidth data through a vr-driven card, some time ago. The card > would just freeze and a ifconfig down/up was necessary to bring back > proper functionality. &gt...
2018 May 04
2
RFC: Are auto-generated assertions a good practice?
...tory. My first reaction was > wow! > > I found it very practical and useful. It saves you significant amount of > > time when writing a regression test. So I gave it a try. The generated > > checks were satisfying enough, almost exactly what I wanted. Then I got a > > bit sceptical about them. I am worried that auto-generating tests based > on > > the compiler output can be quite dangerous. The tests will always pass > > regardless of whether the compiler emits right or wrong code, therefore > you > > have to be certain that they impose the desired c...
2015 Mar 18
2
[LLVMdev] GSoC:Loop Reversal Transformation
...riously > prone to measurement errors, so I'd be a little careful drawing conclusions > from the sample you listed. Also; what architecture did you measure on, and > what spec machine? > > Not at all to dissuade you from investigating this optimization! I'm just > a little sceptical of the benchmark you posted! > > Best regards, > > Matt > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/attachments/20150318/ecd31c8c/attachment.html> -------------- next part -------------- A no...