holy shit you guys. if this isn't a perfect example of, "don't believe everything you read on the net". remind me to never put my life on the line with a 'certified expert' diver...
the reason why i'll continue to use a crt is because even the best lcd panels have shitastic contrast and accurate color. even a fairly cheap crt will get you better contrast and accurate color than an excellent lcd. if you are doing video editing or graphic design you cannot rely on the colors to match the final output and you have to check your work against a crt to make sure it is proper. you can save a lot of money and headaches by buying a pro grade crt with colormatching...
at some point i imagine lcd's will overcome this issue but it ain't there yet. while everything else i don't see any reason not to move to lcd as the other major limiting factor, refresh rate/response time, has been pretty much addressed.
i wonder if iomega has finally given up their bernoulli technology which they've been renaming the same product (with a sprinkling of updates) over and over again through the years.
heh, corporate espionage will be much easier with this technology. better keep a closer eye on the temps.
ubuntu is a step in the right direction. however its attempts of keeping you from screwing something up by making you jump through hoops to get at just the cli, exiting x, are just one of many things i found incredibly annoying. on top of that installing software, figuring out dependency issues alone are enough to scare lots of folks away, is still a pain in the ass unless you are giddy about running just the stuff that came with the distro. ubuntu's package manager is okay but like i said, you are stuck with a list of things the ubuntu team put together, none of which are of use to me personally for what i do at work.
on top of that you can't separate the ability to run applications you *need* and what you think of the operating system. the console industry is a great analogy. if you don't have enough quality games for the system then the system won't be considered a success no matter how capable for fast the system is. if i can't run the applications i need everyday then what good is it to me (even if it isn't the fault of the operating system)? the two are inseparable in quantifying the value as a desktop operating system. it isn't that linux *can't* do these things but if the apps aren't ported over or real alternatives written then the difference is semantic.
i work in printing and do graphic design and typesetting. i can't run any adobe products, any quark products hell anything i need to do my job. if you want to putter around in gimp have a blast dude, but if you want to get something done there aren't any good apps to do the stuff i need. find me a *real* alternative to illustrator, indesign, pagemaker, quark, photoshop and acrobat among other programs i use on a daily basis. openoffice is getting to be a decent alternative to word and excel but there are still compatibility issues that need resolving.
now make sure they load all of my customer's files because i don't have time to dick around with things like latex or do file conversions (which always have problems of some sort). also i need it to handle rgb, cmyk and pantone color management gracefully. next, give me a lot of quality typestyles because my customers not only use a shitload of them but expect me to have the same ones they use. on top of that make sure i have quality font management tools because i have literally thousands of them and i don't want them all loaded at once. next make sure i don't have to dick around with quirky printing issues or baffling irregularities between applications printing abilities.
that's why i don't use linux on my desktop at work. in fact, i use os x at work on a dual g5. at home i use winxp on an xp3000+ and os x on a dual g4. i do have a copy of ubuntu on a vmware install on my windows machine when i want to tinker around but in all honesty i rarely use it.
i have nothing against linux as an amazingly excellent server os, but it has a long way to go until it gets installed as a desktop replacement os with mass appeal. until people realize this and get over their wetdreams of taking over microsoft's desktop monopoly and really focus on the needs of real world user's, like me, it will take a long time to attain your goal. i have no desire to go writing replacement applications, so don't suggest that i just go ahead and start coding them myself. that's why my company spends the big bucks to have other people write the programs so i can be left to do my job...
or how about silent running (which has douglas trumbull as director among a few other notable names like john dykstra. if you are at all familiar with ilm you will know those names.)? also, john carpenter's college movie, ala thx-1138, dark star (which gave birth to dan o'bannon's alien's saga).
there are a zillion other example's out there. here's another link you might like.
the dude is getting old and i think that is part of what he's insinuating here. he's basically saying:
"i'm getting old and i no longer have to worry about critical acclaim as i've made my money, my name and my mark on the world. if the public doesn't like what i make next, fuck 'em cuz at this point i'm going to do what i want and nobody can say 'no' to me anymore. now get off my lawn and pull up your pants you jerky kids!"
linux guru: "it runs on everything from a wristwatch to the space shuttle. and its free!"
realworld manager: "great now make it work for joe in accounting. he's spent the last 2 hours tring to find his 'a' drive."
it's all well and good that linux is technically better (which is a point other people are making about pc-dos being technically worse than alternatives) but if it is a pain in the ass to implement for the average user it likely won't hit the desktop in a big way. otherwise it is just an academic pissing contest of microsoft's david vs. the penguin-powered goliath which has a not so obvious outcome...
the k in cmyk means 'key plate' which is almost always black. i work in printing and have never seen it referred to as karbon. perhaps it is different outside the us? just curious.
this has been discussed to death in the past (do a/. search) and yes, the ipod is more than capable of doing it (as the author of the vorbis codec has stated). apple just doesn't see a need for it.
is that really 'the real question'? as far as os upgrades go xp64 is fairly underwhelming in general and i don't see anyone rushing out to get it or anyone rushing out to develop for it.
i think it is going to be a fairly slow adoption and we will likely only see drivers being developed en masse for longhorn64, not xp64. not even microsoft seems that excited about it...
i played the batman 720p trailer on my handmedown dual 450mhz g4 and it did *okay*. it wasn't what i would call watchable per se but it wasn't so bad that it was a slideshow. however, the fantastic 4 trailer uses lots and lots of very quick cuts with lots of movement and it looks pretty awful on my poky old mac. hopefully the windows qt7 will be out soon as my (much newer) pc should be able to play it w/o any problem.
here's a tip for idiots that think they can hide things in pdf's: if you own a copy of pitstop i can break just about any pdf you produce. unless of course it is a scan that you first blacked out details before scanning. but hiding things with pdf "masking tape" will fail because i can rip elements out of a pdf with ease. if i can do it anyone one can. 'nuff said.
btw, if you work with pdf's a lot like i do (i work in offset printing) another wonderful program is quite imposing.
gee, going by your philosophy all modern electronics were just 'copied' from bell lab's back in the 40's when they developed the transistor... whatever dude.
I was recently talking to a friend about this (somewhat related issue) in reference to the PSP. Sony is such a big company they have so many differing and sometimes conflicting interests. Sadly, sometimes those conflicts get in the way of their success which I feel might happen with the PSP depending on how things go. Here's why...
The PSP seems almost like it was designed by a committee of the various depts of Sony. The games dept says we want a nice big screen and similar controls as the PlayStation. The music dept says we want music playback and compatibility with Sony Connect music service. The movie dept says we want it to play back movies, most importantly Sony movies. The electronics dept said we need to make sure that MemStick finally gets used in something because nobody seems to like (yet another Sony) standard. The movie, game and electronics dept also decide they need a new format that ensures copy protection and control over the media. Finally, the marketing dept said they want to make sure it's shiny so it gets the oohs and ahhs and sells well. I'd make a joke in there about the QA dept wanting to make sure it only lasts a few years so folks would be forced to buy a replacement unit but I won't say that. Oops, I guess I did.
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thank you cap'n obvious...
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holy shit you guys. if this isn't a perfect example of, "don't believe everything you read on the net". remind me to never put my life on the line with a 'certified expert' diver...
anyway... that dude in the pic could be ron howard's lost twin. they are absolutely identical.
the reason why i'll continue to use a crt is because even the best lcd panels have shitastic contrast and accurate color. even a fairly cheap crt will get you better contrast and accurate color than an excellent lcd. if you are doing video editing or graphic design you cannot rely on the colors to match the final output and you have to check your work against a crt to make sure it is proper. you can save a lot of money and headaches by buying a pro grade crt with colormatching...
at some point i imagine lcd's will overcome this issue but it ain't there yet. while everything else i don't see any reason not to move to lcd as the other major limiting factor, refresh rate/response time, has been pretty much addressed.
yeah and by that time you won't be free to leave. we'll call this new nation... the people's republic of china.
perhaps you need to go back to jpeg 2000...
i'd say that kid needs new friends...
i wonder if iomega has finally given up their bernoulli technology which they've been renaming the same product (with a sprinkling of updates) over and over again through the years.
heh, corporate espionage will be much easier with this technology. better keep a closer eye on the temps.
depending on your point of view, order 66 could also be interpreted as plan 9...
ubuntu is a step in the right direction. however its attempts of keeping you from screwing something up by making you jump through hoops to get at just the cli, exiting x, are just one of many things i found incredibly annoying. on top of that installing software, figuring out dependency issues alone are enough to scare lots of folks away, is still a pain in the ass unless you are giddy about running just the stuff that came with the distro. ubuntu's package manager is okay but like i said, you are stuck with a list of things the ubuntu team put together, none of which are of use to me personally for what i do at work.
on top of that you can't separate the ability to run applications you *need* and what you think of the operating system. the console industry is a great analogy. if you don't have enough quality games for the system then the system won't be considered a success no matter how capable for fast the system is. if i can't run the applications i need everyday then what good is it to me (even if it isn't the fault of the operating system)? the two are inseparable in quantifying the value as a desktop operating system. it isn't that linux *can't* do these things but if the apps aren't ported over or real alternatives written then the difference is semantic.
i work in printing and do graphic design and typesetting. i can't run any adobe products, any quark products hell anything i need to do my job. if you want to putter around in gimp have a blast dude, but if you want to get something done there aren't any good apps to do the stuff i need. find me a *real* alternative to illustrator, indesign, pagemaker, quark, photoshop and acrobat among other programs i use on a daily basis. openoffice is getting to be a decent alternative to word and excel but there are still compatibility issues that need resolving.
now make sure they load all of my customer's files because i don't have time to dick around with things like latex or do file conversions (which always have problems of some sort). also i need it to handle rgb, cmyk and pantone color management gracefully. next, give me a lot of quality typestyles because my customers not only use a shitload of them but expect me to have the same ones they use. on top of that make sure i have quality font management tools because i have literally thousands of them and i don't want them all loaded at once. next make sure i don't have to dick around with quirky printing issues or baffling irregularities between applications printing abilities.
that's why i don't use linux on my desktop at work. in fact, i use os x at work on a dual g5. at home i use winxp on an xp3000+ and os x on a dual g4. i do have a copy of ubuntu on a vmware install on my windows machine when i want to tinker around but in all honesty i rarely use it.
i have nothing against linux as an amazingly excellent server os, but it has a long way to go until it gets installed as a desktop replacement os with mass appeal. until people realize this and get over their wetdreams of taking over microsoft's desktop monopoly and really focus on the needs of real world user's, like me, it will take a long time to attain your goal. i have no desire to go writing replacement applications, so don't suggest that i just go ahead and start coding them myself. that's why my company spends the big bucks to have other people write the programs so i can be left to do my job...
or how about silent running (which has douglas trumbull as director among a few other notable names like john dykstra. if you are at all familiar with ilm you will know those names.)? also, john carpenter's college movie, ala thx-1138, dark star (which gave birth to dan o'bannon's alien's saga).
there are a zillion other example's out there. here's another link you might like.
the dude is getting old and i think that is part of what he's insinuating here. he's basically saying:
"i'm getting old and i no longer have to worry about critical acclaim as i've made my money, my name and my mark on the world. if the public doesn't like what i make next, fuck 'em cuz at this point i'm going to do what i want and nobody can say 'no' to me anymore. now get off my lawn and pull up your pants you jerky kids!"
quite frankly, i'd be the same way...
need spurs creativity; far more has been created with far less...
linux guru: "it runs on everything from a wristwatch to the space shuttle. and its free!"
realworld manager: "great now make it work for joe in accounting. he's spent the last 2 hours tring to find his 'a' drive."
it's all well and good that linux is technically better (which is a point other people are making about pc-dos being technically worse than alternatives) but if it is a pain in the ass to implement for the average user it likely won't hit the desktop in a big way. otherwise it is just an academic pissing contest of microsoft's david vs. the penguin-powered goliath which has a not so obvious outcome...
just a side note...
the k in cmyk means 'key plate' which is almost always black. i work in printing and have never seen it referred to as karbon. perhaps it is different outside the us? just curious.
this has been discussed to death in the past (do a /. search) and yes, the ipod is more than capable of doing it (as the author of the vorbis codec has stated). apple just doesn't see a need for it.
is that really 'the real question'? as far as os upgrades go xp64 is fairly underwhelming in general and i don't see anyone rushing out to get it or anyone rushing out to develop for it.
i think it is going to be a fairly slow adoption and we will likely only see drivers being developed en masse for longhorn64, not xp64. not even microsoft seems that excited about it...
btw, the l080 trailers are an absolute slideshow. heh ;)
i played the batman 720p trailer on my handmedown dual 450mhz g4 and it did *okay*. it wasn't what i would call watchable per se but it wasn't so bad that it was a slideshow. however, the fantastic 4 trailer uses lots and lots of very quick cuts with lots of movement and it looks pretty awful on my poky old mac. hopefully the windows qt7 will be out soon as my (much newer) pc should be able to play it w/o any problem.
here's a tip for idiots that think they can hide things in pdf's:
if you own a copy of pitstop i can break just about any pdf you produce. unless of course it is a scan that you first blacked out details before scanning. but hiding things with pdf "masking tape" will fail because i can rip elements out of a pdf with ease. if i can do it anyone one can. 'nuff said.
btw, if you work with pdf's a lot like i do (i work in offset printing) another wonderful program is quite imposing.
what about exxon and their "put a tiger in your tank" classic ad campaign?
strange... the box for office for mac i have at work came in a plastic box...
gee, going by your philosophy all modern electronics were just 'copied' from bell lab's back in the 40's when they developed the transistor... whatever dude.
I was recently talking to a friend about this (somewhat related issue) in reference to the PSP. Sony is such a big company they have so many differing and sometimes conflicting interests. Sadly, sometimes those conflicts get in the way of their success which I feel might happen with the PSP depending on how things go. Here's why...
The PSP seems almost like it was designed by a committee of the various depts of Sony. The games dept says we want a nice big screen and similar controls as the PlayStation. The music dept says we want music playback and compatibility with Sony Connect music service. The movie dept says we want it to play back movies, most importantly Sony movies. The electronics dept said we need to make sure that MemStick finally gets used in something because nobody seems to like (yet another Sony) standard. The movie, game and electronics dept also decide they need a new format that ensures copy protection and control over the media. Finally, the marketing dept said they want to make sure it's shiny so it gets the oohs and ahhs and sells well. I'd make a joke in there about the QA dept wanting to make sure it only lasts a few years so folks would be forced to buy a replacement unit but I won't say that. Oops, I guess I did.
Anyway,
just as long as breakfast isn't a poppler and neither are you...
who would have guessed that would be your opinion? /me looks as your .sig... ;p