No, TerminatorX can't do "this kind of thing". The FinalScratch is not just a toy music scratching program - it is a complete DJing solution. With dual soundcard output and an external mixing board, it's pretty kick ass.
That is obviously the wrong market sector to look at. I see home-users, small businesses, and other organizations using these. The type of technology you require is not needed.
I love how you slashdot geeks, that love both AMD and Linux, always seem to pair the two together. It doesn't really make any sense to do that when you see AMD designing their chips for and naming them after Microsoft operating systems....
The problem is that, as the mainstream of people started to really get into computers, Windows 95 was taking over. Simple (as in, non-FPS) DOS games died like flies compared to graphically worse Windows games that were easier to install and run.
The majority of people thinking of computer pinball games must primarily be basing their knowledge of them on Microsoft's "3D Pinball" game that came with Windows NT 4.0 and 98, and later versions of Windows.
It's a really shitty pinball game, for those of you that haven't seen it. It's not "3D" in any sense of the word. The ball is just a sprite flying around a layered bitmap.
Epic Pinball was great... it had good sound, really smooth gameplay, and diverse tables that were lots of fun to play and get good at.
Sadly, Microsoft crushed the market.. if you wanted a pinball game, you already had one, why bother go get something else when pinball games seem to suck (based on experience).
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No, vinyl is not a codec - it's not even "encoded" per se, because the sampling rate is practically infinite. It's raw, analog audio, grooves and bumps that vibrate the needle.
Of course, the people that go around arguing that "vinyl is much better than cd's" really just need to go outside more often and breathe air with a higher concentration of oxygen....
Personally, my favourite non-mp3 audio codec would have to be Ogg... but I don't use it. MP3's are good enough for my shitty sub/speakers and that's all I care about. Besides, if you really need more quality, you can up the bitrate - anybody that actually needs something to be CD quality or higher can obviously afford the additional storage space.
I'm fairly sure one of those 200MHZ+ Pocket PC machines is able to do some pretty amazing graphics work. Keep in mind, DOOM ran on a 486 at 33Mhz with a smooth framerate. You underestimate the power in these units.
Plus, with such small, low-res screens, there's more than enough power for anything you could want on those babies.
Setting up Windows XP is so simple a ninety-year old orangutan with alzheimers could be taught how to do it. If you couldn't figure it out, it's only out of unfamiliarity, not intrinsic "hard to use"-ness.
This review, however, is more than fair:) Saying it's otherwise would be like saying it's unfair to compair the first- and second-place winners in the Olympic men's triathlon; yes, obviously one is faster than the other. Maybe they've got more endurance(greater memory bandwidth), maybe their muscles are bigger(stronger FP units), but if you're not going to compare those two, what else are you going to compare? The winning triathlon athlete vs. the winning 100m swimmer?
Thanks. The sports analogy helped me understand this computer-related subject a great deal better.
I had one of those when I was 5 years old. My dad had it for some reason and he gave it to me.
It wasn't really a PDA because there were no applications. It was mostly a portable programmable calculator. The built in printer was a pretty kickass feature, even though I never managed to get it working so I just used the paper reels to tye my brother to a chair:-)
The first real PDA would have been one of those earlier Casio-organizer style things, with a keyboard and minimalistic applications to help managa information (like a phone book).
Then the Psion and the Newtons rose up and engulfed the market with a new high end, to be joined by Palm and now Microsoft.
First of all, I'm from Romania. I am not a Yankee. Please keep your manifest destiny to yourself.
Second of all, it's not intended at racism. Go read my comment. I don't say these people are terrorists, or that they do anything wrong.
I am saying that the circumstances would arise in which it would be people who don't celebrate Christmas, who are therefore less busy Dec. 24, that would have the time to participate in WSD.
I don't mean racism and I am sorry that you viewed it that way. It's kind of sad that a person can't even MENTION other racial groups without people thinking she's racist.
I think Dec. 24 is one of the worst days they could have chosen to do this. Why?
Just about anybody that celebrates Christmas is busy on Christmas Eve. Mom's gotta clean the house, Dad's gotta find a Turboman actionfigure for Young Jimmy, Highly Paid IT Businessman is busy partying, Joe Homeless is busy begging.
The only people that are going to have no problem doing this on Dec. 24 are people that don't celebrate Christmas at all. Typically these would include various racial groups which the US has declared war on right now....
So, would it be a great idea to have lots of people that (dumb) Yankees would consider to look like terrorists running around, taking pictures of things and getting security all riled up?
I think this WSD should be on a more relaxed time of year. Maybe some time in April or something.
I pay for performance when I spend $3000Cdn on a computer. If a simple, tiny thing like a browser takes ten seconds to start, I am not getting my money's worth.
--That would explain the several Linux boxes I use as servers both in the workplace and at my house.
It's obvious you haven't used Mozilla recently (like, the last three releases). Fantastic standards-compliant browser with excellent USER-FRIENDLY - as opposed to ADVERTISER-FRIENDLY - customization and privacy options.
--It's still slow, and sure it "looks nice" but I'd rather be able to view most of the sites on the internet than have a blue browser.
And on my system, using Mozilla's quick start option, it loads FASTER than IE.
--Well, I wish I could say the same but it seems on my Athlon XP 1800+ that when I click the "e" the brwoser window has appeared before I let go of the mouse button. Mozilla still takes a second, even with Quick start.
I'll get the new release too, but it's still inferior. I would like it to be better, I was always a Netscape fan but seriously IE has stolen the crown. The point is no longer HTML standards compatibility - it is IE compatibility and all the competitors are failing.
The work we are doing involves Mesa? and XFree86, including both 2D and 3D multi-screen technology, and we are working very closely with the OpenGL? ARB to maintain the integrity of the OpenGL API.
-- Mesa is an OpenGL compatible 3D API. Xfree86 is a free version of the X Windowing System.
Multi-screen technology is when two video cards (or one, with DualHead) and two screens are tied together on the same desktop.
The statements about OpenGL simply mean Tungsten is going to make sure their products remain compatible with OpenGL.
We believe that OpenGL 2.0 needs more industry support, so we are working to help generate that support.
---This is pretty clear; the almost-industry-standard OpenGL is being updated to version 2.0 very slowly, and Tungsten is going to try to get this in gear.
DRI? technology is still in its infancy, and TG plans to help bring it to full fruition.
--DRI = Direct Rendering Infrastructure, Xfree86 4.0+'s method of allowing programs to render directly to hardware acceleration, with fewer API layers and bagges.
Our first step in that goal is to significantly improve the existing open source DRI driver for the Radeon chipset. That driver is tentatively scheduled for release in late spring or early summer of 2002.
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I'm running the plugin just fine on Wintel right now. Do some reasearch before posting next time.
No, TerminatorX can't do "this kind of thing". The FinalScratch is not just a toy music scratching program - it is a complete DJing solution. With dual soundcard output and an external mixing board, it's pretty kick ass.
That is obviously the wrong market sector to look at. I see home-users, small businesses, and other organizations using these. The type of technology you require is not needed.
I love how you slashdot geeks, that love both AMD and Linux, always seem to pair the two together. It doesn't really make any sense to do that when you see AMD designing their chips for and naming them after Microsoft operating systems....
You're absolutely right. This shows completely that they know more than the average person about computers and algorithms.
The problem is that, as the mainstream of people started to really get into computers, Windows 95 was taking over. Simple (as in, non-FPS) DOS games died like flies compared to graphically worse Windows games that were easier to install and run.
The majority of people thinking of computer pinball games must primarily be basing their knowledge of them on Microsoft's "3D Pinball" game that came with Windows NT 4.0 and 98, and later versions of Windows.
It's a really shitty pinball game, for those of you that haven't seen it. It's not "3D" in any sense of the word. The ball is just a sprite flying around a layered bitmap.
Epic Pinball was great... it had good sound, really smooth gameplay, and diverse tables that were lots of fun to play and get good at.
Sadly, Microsoft crushed the market.. if you wanted a pinball game, you already had one, why bother go get something else when pinball games seem to suck (based on experience).
No, vinyl is not a codec - it's not even "encoded" per se, because the sampling rate is practically infinite. It's raw, analog audio, grooves and bumps that vibrate the needle.
Of course, the people that go around arguing that "vinyl is much better than cd's" really just need to go outside more often and breathe air with a higher concentration of oxygen....
Personally, my favourite non-mp3 audio codec would have to be Ogg... but I don't use it. MP3's are good enough for my shitty sub/speakers and that's all I care about. Besides, if you really need more quality, you can up the bitrate - anybody that actually needs something to be CD quality or higher can obviously afford the additional storage space.
I'm fairly sure one of those 200MHZ+ Pocket PC machines is able to do some pretty amazing graphics work. Keep in mind, DOOM ran on a 486 at 33Mhz with a smooth framerate. You underestimate the power in these units.
Plus, with such small, low-res screens, there's more than enough power for anything you could want on those babies.
Setting up Windows XP is so simple a ninety-year old orangutan with alzheimers could be taught how to do it. If you couldn't figure it out, it's only out of unfamiliarity, not intrinsic "hard to use"-ness.
Thanks. The sports analogy helped me understand this computer-related subject a great deal better.
not.
Just bought a CD burner, too. I was hoping to make an installation of Solaris for educational purposes.
:D
Does anybody have the ISO's kicking around? Send me an email if you don't mind sending them to me somehow
Nope, it's just you.
(btw, for posts like that, click the "no +1 score bonus" check box, otherwise your karma will be raped).
Something tells me that the Nvidia Nforce chipset is not for Pentium 4 motherboards, but hey, it could be the voices in my head again.
Wow, 0.25% browser usage! That must be a lot!
I had one of those when I was 5 years old. My dad had it for some reason and he gave it to me.
:-)
It wasn't really a PDA because there were no applications. It was mostly a portable programmable calculator. The built in printer was a pretty kickass feature, even though I never managed to get it working so I just used the paper reels to tye my brother to a chair
The first real PDA would have been one of those earlier Casio-organizer style things, with a keyboard and minimalistic applications to help managa information (like a phone book).
Then the Psion and the Newtons rose up and engulfed the market with a new high end, to be joined by Palm and now Microsoft.
For $300k per episode you'd think they could at least spell "save".
3com audrey is a linux webpad, isnt it? dont know if it's still available however
you might be able to pick one up on ebay or something
maybe use the lcd screen for something else if the unit itself isn't up to snuff
I live in Canada, but I'm Romanian. I'm also an atheist, and a libertarian.
I don't know what your response is supposed to mean. I don't hate Russians, I don't follow the politics of my homeland anymore (why should I?)
First of all, I'm from Romania. I am not a Yankee. Please keep your manifest destiny to yourself.
Second of all, it's not intended at racism. Go read my comment. I don't say these people are terrorists, or that they do anything wrong.
I am saying that the circumstances would arise in which it would be people who don't celebrate Christmas, who are therefore less busy Dec. 24, that would have the time to participate in WSD.
I don't mean racism and I am sorry that you viewed it that way. It's kind of sad that a person can't even MENTION other racial groups without people thinking she's racist.
I think Dec. 24 is one of the worst days they could have chosen to do this. Why?
Just about anybody that celebrates Christmas is busy on Christmas Eve. Mom's gotta clean the house, Dad's gotta find a Turboman actionfigure for Young Jimmy, Highly Paid IT Businessman is busy partying, Joe Homeless is busy begging.
The only people that are going to have no problem doing this on Dec. 24 are people that don't celebrate Christmas at all. Typically these would include various racial groups which the US has declared war on right now....
So, would it be a great idea to have lots of people that (dumb) Yankees would consider to look like terrorists running around, taking pictures of things and getting security all riled up?
I think this WSD should be on a more relaxed time of year. Maybe some time in April or something.
"Episode 1" = Phantom Menace.
:D
"Episode 2" = Attack of teh Clones.
It's set up for the idiots, just like anything else....
I pay for performance when I spend $3000Cdn on a computer. If a simple, tiny thing like a browser takes ten seconds to start, I am not getting my money's worth.
Ooh Wow, another Microsoft indentured servant!
--That would explain the several Linux boxes I use as servers both in the workplace and at my house.
It's obvious you haven't used Mozilla recently (like, the last three releases). Fantastic standards-compliant browser with excellent USER-FRIENDLY - as opposed to ADVERTISER-FRIENDLY - customization and privacy options.
--It's still slow, and sure it "looks nice" but I'd rather be able to view most of the sites on the internet than have a blue browser.
And on my system, using Mozilla's quick start option, it loads FASTER than IE.
--Well, I wish I could say the same but it seems on my Athlon XP 1800+ that when I click the "e" the brwoser window has appeared before I let go of the mouse button. Mozilla still takes a second, even with Quick start.
I'll get the new release too, but it's still inferior. I would like it to be better, I was always a Netscape fan but seriously IE has stolen the crown. The point is no longer HTML standards compatibility - it is IE compatibility and all the competitors are failing.
Ooh Wow, the lastest version of a buggy, slow, bloated browser! I can't wait to downgrade my system again!
I'll stick with IE, thanks.
The work we are doing involves Mesa? and XFree86, including both 2D and 3D multi-screen technology, and we are working very closely with the OpenGL? ARB to maintain the integrity of the OpenGL API.
:D
-- Mesa is an OpenGL compatible 3D API. Xfree86 is a free version of the X Windowing System.
Multi-screen technology is when two video cards (or one, with DualHead) and two screens are tied together on the same desktop.
The statements about OpenGL simply mean Tungsten is going to make sure their products remain compatible with OpenGL.
We believe that OpenGL 2.0 needs more industry support, so we are working to help generate that support.
---This is pretty clear; the almost-industry-standard OpenGL is being updated to version 2.0 very slowly, and Tungsten is going to try to get this in gear.
DRI? technology is still in its infancy, and TG plans to help bring it to full fruition.
--DRI = Direct Rendering Infrastructure, Xfree86 4.0+'s method of allowing programs to render directly to hardware acceleration, with fewer API layers and bagges.
Our first step in that goal is to significantly improve the existing open source DRI driver for the Radeon chipset. That driver is tentatively scheduled for release in late spring or early summer of 2002.
-- They want to fix the drivers.