Adobe has(had) 3 main Desktop publishing apps, each with its own domain:
Pagemaker: Executive Secretary and home stuff(Kinda like Photoshop Elements), wants something prettier than MS Word, or they already know Pagemaker. Still supported on Mac OS with a carbonized Pagemaker 7
InDesign: Direct competition with Quark, Finally serious competition with InDesign 3.
Framemaker: Large Technical documents with LOTS of references, standard formatting, stuff that BIG companies and their vendors care about.
There is very little competition between these products from each other or other companies besides than the Quark-Indesign thing. (esp on the Mac). Chances are that since Adobe has neglected the Mac Framemaker community for so long, they would have to create a carbonized version of Framemaker for anyone to take it seriously and they simply don't want to expend the resources to do it.
Better question would be if this could be adapted to work like a bootable CD. Imagine having a Knoppix-like distro on one of these things, You could upgrade packages piecemeal without having to burn a new CD, you could store data back to the card and it would fit in your wallet. It has 12x the storage of a CD, 3-4x the transfer rate, and faster access times by several orders of magnitude.
I am using outlook XP with windows XP and Mozilla 2.5
Considering that Mozilla 1.6 was Just Released that is quite a feat. Perhaps The Mozilla team will figure out how to fool Windows into thinking that Mozilla is IE by then?
Granted, you couldn't really just copy and paste Linux kernel code directly into Windows source, but this should be enough to get the tin-foil hat guys going...
please note that I didn't say she was complaining. In fact, she's never complained once. I'm simply a considerate human fucking being, and wanted to try to keep the noise level down when I'm working at night. She sleeps straight through it, and I can too.
Have you ever tried experimenting with having your GF click the mouse while you are in bed and see if you can actually hear it? It might be you are being over sensitive to the sound around you since you are worried that you may wake her up. Kinda like when you step on a squeaky floorboard at 2am and it sounds like a freaking tree falling onto a busy expressway rather than the little 5dB noise that it really is.
Re:An entire useless third of the population...
on
Sub-Zero Squirrels
·
· Score: 4, Funny
Europe tried that a few hundred years ago and it came back to bite them in the ass:-)
The problem with this analogy is that when you have to change a spark plug or improve something in your home you are working with something physical. People are usually able to grasp and retain that better than an abstract software issue that usually requires knowledge of other aspects of a computer's architecture, security issues, software compatibility, client/server relationships, etc.
Imagine instead that your father was a mathematician and you needed help with a vector calc problem. Do you think that he could teach you how to solve the problem without several years of supplementary instruction? Like it or not, computers, x86 based systems especially, require quite a bit of abstract knowledge in multiple areas to maintain effectively.
So you are whining about the whining on Slashdot, therefore becoming that which you despise.:-)
Of course when the comunity yells loud enough for a particular feature, some determined hacker will eventually act, and things will get done. Look at the amount of noise generated in favor of font anti-aliasing, someone listened, took the time to do it, and now the community has one less thing to bitch about:-)
Actually the "Good Reason" that those scenes ended up being cut is that Peter Jackson was contractually obligated to deliver movies that were only 3 hours in length,(so theaters could maximize the number of times they could show it per day) with the understanding that he could then release DVD's with the special stuff later on. In a sense, they are not just taking scenes and sticking them back in, but really developing two different versions of the same film, the theatrical to appeal to the general audience and the extended DVD to appeal to the fans.
The FotR Extended version added so much to the movie that I know I could never appreciate the theatrical version again, and I'm willing to bet that Two Towers will be even better.
Apple does not note, however, that Software Update will attempt to quit Terminal.app when installing the Security Update.
Gee, An application that is currently open needs to be closed in order to update it. Seems to be the correct course of action to attempt to close the app to prevent corruption. Why is this a problem?
JuK actually looks and behaves like all the other apps on its desktop.
I have never understood this argument. Why would a user expect their MP3 player to look and behave like a word processor or web browser? To put it in more abstract terms, where is the expectation that a program designed for audio playback look and work like an app designed for text manipulation and display?
The extra buttons on the juk toolbar are there in the interest of consistency with other KDE apps.
Why would I want or need a save button in an app that deals with read-only data 99% of the time? I can see maintaining consistency between similar apps. If I open a web browser I should be able to refer to my previous experience using other web browsers and be able to navigate. However, if I launch Photoshop, there is a certain understanding that "Hey I'm using an app that is different than my audio player or web browser, things may not be the same"
Desktop integration should only dictate the look an feel of an app when nessecarry, but there should be enough leeway given to applications with fundamentally different paradigms to avoid unessecarry features and UI cruft.
I would think that using some sort of Non-MS based PC would make perfect economical sense when shooting a film. It really isn't hard to get the point across that a character is using an web-browser, why bother spending $199 for a license to run Windows, when the same thing can be accomplished on any semi-recent stock Linux distro with used hardware?
Not to mention that you get the added bonus of being able to customize the appearance of the GUI to suit the needs of the movie.
I could just see a fairly serious scene be ruined by XP's Fischer-Price GUI...
Slashdot Mirror
Adobe has(had) 3 main Desktop publishing apps, each with its own domain:
Pagemaker: Executive Secretary and home stuff(Kinda like Photoshop Elements), wants something prettier than MS Word, or they already know Pagemaker. Still supported on Mac OS with a carbonized Pagemaker 7
InDesign: Direct competition with Quark, Finally serious competition with InDesign 3.
Framemaker: Large Technical documents with LOTS of references, standard formatting, stuff that BIG companies and their vendors care about.
There is very little competition between these products from each other or other companies besides than the Quark-Indesign thing. (esp on the Mac). Chances are that since Adobe has neglected the Mac Framemaker community for so long, they would have to create a carbonized version of Framemaker for anyone to take it seriously and they simply don't want to expend the resources to do it.
IIRC 3DNow is different from SSE and SSE2, it isn't just a marketing name.
Here is an article on the various Intel and AMD x86 Instruction sets.
Yeah, I've had bad experiences with Computers in general, sticking to pen and paper for years to come.
( This was posted using protocols described in RFC 1149 )
+5 Flamebait
Only Thing better is the coveted +5 Troll...
Better question would be if this could be adapted to work like a bootable CD. Imagine having a Knoppix-like distro on one of these things, You could upgrade packages piecemeal without having to burn a new CD, you could store data back to the card and it would fit in your wallet. It has 12x the storage of a CD, 3-4x the transfer rate, and faster access times by several orders of magnitude.
What are we waiting for again?
I dunno, "Deep-Throat" is a common term in certain popular night time activities and shows...
Depending on his processor, he might have L3 Cache, which would bump the HDD to level 5.
I am using outlook XP with windows XP and Mozilla 2.5
Considering that Mozilla 1.6 was Just Released that is quite a feat. Perhaps The Mozilla team will figure out how to fool Windows into thinking that Mozilla is IE by then?
"What does the "i" stand for? information? internet? integrated?"
Yup
Actually in Book 5 they are 15 years old, each book is one year in the series.
Not Ctrl-P, Ctrl-V... Need to get more than 3 hrs of sleep a night.
Granted, you couldn't really just copy and paste Linux kernel code directly into Windows source, but this should be enough to get the tin-foil hat guys going...
please note that I didn't say she was complaining. In fact, she's never complained once. I'm simply a considerate human fucking being, and wanted to try to keep the noise level down when I'm working at night. She sleeps straight through it, and I can too.
Have you ever tried experimenting with having your GF click the mouse while you are in bed and see if you can actually hear it? It might be you are being over sensitive to the sound around you since you are worried that you may wake her up. Kinda like when you step on a squeaky floorboard at 2am and it sounds like a freaking tree falling onto a busy expressway rather than the little 5dB noise that it really is.
Europe tried that a few hundred years ago and it came back to bite them in the ass :-)
Was I the only one who initially read GM as Game Master?
Hey, Windows security is often a crap shoot...
Rimshot
The problem with this analogy is that when you have to change a spark plug or improve something in your home you are working with something physical. People are usually able to grasp and retain that better than an abstract software issue that usually requires knowledge of other aspects of a computer's architecture, security issues, software compatibility, client/server relationships, etc.
Imagine instead that your father was a mathematician and you needed help with a vector calc problem. Do you think that he could teach you how to solve the problem without several years of supplementary instruction? Like it or not, computers, x86 based systems especially, require quite a bit of abstract knowledge in multiple areas to maintain effectively.
How exactly would you steer with a 2 wheel drive bike?
I wonder what he's getting because no sane person would use exciting and Palladium in the same sentence.
I can come up with one:
"The RIAA, MPAA, and Proprietary software vendors, are all excited about the amount of choice taken away from users with Palladium"
So you are whining about the whining on Slashdot, therefore becoming that which you despise. :-)
:-)
Of course when the comunity yells loud enough for a particular feature, some determined hacker will eventually act, and things will get done. Look at the amount of noise generated in favor of font anti-aliasing, someone listened, took the time to do it, and now the community has one less thing to bitch about
Actually the "Good Reason" that those scenes ended up being cut is that Peter Jackson was contractually obligated to deliver movies that were only 3 hours in length,(so theaters could maximize the number of times they could show it per day) with the understanding that he could then release DVD's with the special stuff later on. In a sense, they are not just taking scenes and sticking them back in, but really developing two different versions of the same film, the theatrical to appeal to the general audience and the extended DVD to appeal to the fans.
The FotR Extended version added so much to the movie that I know I could never appreciate the theatrical version again, and I'm willing to bet that Two Towers will be even better.
Apple does not note, however, that Software Update will attempt to quit Terminal.app when installing the Security Update.
Gee, An application that is currently open needs to be closed in order to update it. Seems to be the correct course of action to attempt to close the app to prevent corruption. Why is this a problem?
JuK actually looks and behaves like all the other apps on its desktop.
I have never understood this argument. Why would a user expect their MP3 player to look and behave like a word processor or web browser? To put it in more abstract terms, where is the expectation that a program designed for audio playback look and work like an app designed for text manipulation and display?
The extra buttons on the juk toolbar are there in the interest of consistency with other KDE apps.
Why would I want or need a save button in an app that deals with read-only data 99% of the time? I can see maintaining consistency between similar apps. If I open a web browser I should be able to refer to my previous experience using other web browsers and be able to navigate. However, if I launch Photoshop, there is a certain understanding that "Hey I'm using an app that is different than my audio player or web browser, things may not be the same"
Desktop integration should only dictate the look an feel of an app when nessecarry, but there should be enough leeway given to applications with fundamentally different paradigms to avoid unessecarry features and UI cruft.
Linus mentions that he hopes to have 2.6 out by "Early December". Who wants to take bets we aren't talking about December 2003? :-)
I would think that using some sort of Non-MS based PC would make perfect economical sense when shooting a film. It really isn't hard to get the point across that a character is using an web-browser, why bother spending $199 for a license to run Windows, when the same thing can be accomplished on any semi-recent stock Linux distro with used hardware?
Not to mention that you get the added bonus of being able to customize the appearance of the GUI to suit the needs of the movie.
I could just see a fairly serious scene be ruined by XP's Fischer-Price GUI...