It is probably the best NPR station in the coutry, and they make it a point to have ecclectic programming, with music all night long.
I've heard many bands on this station, that a year or two later became huge stars (i.e. Moby). A couple weeks ago they had a live set/interview with Red Hot Chile Peppers, and past interviews/sets include Yo Yo Ma, Dandy Warhols, Beck, REM, Semisonic, Coldplay, etc. etc.
They are a Los Angeles station (guess where most record companies are?) and a favored station of the LA 'in' crowd.
If this band is as good as you say it is, and if they get radio play on KCRW, they will get noticed.
Now, the reason why I'm running such a power machine is becuase:
a) I'm an architect b) I'm the only one in the office running a Win box (everyone else is Mac OS9) and they plan on converting so they can use AutoCAD instead of PowerCAD (a very very lameass Mac drafting package) c) I work for a sub-firm/department which specializes in web design, 3d modeling and animation. If you want some examples, check out http://www.virtual-design.net, more than half the stuff there (inlcuding the site itself) is my work. d) There is nothing that comes close to Dreamweaver for developing web pages that are complicated to produce because of the design e) Gimp has nothing on Photoshop 6
[i'll stop enumerating now]
FormZ is the 3D package we do most of our work in, great for architectural modeling (and is both Mac and Win)....but horribly slow when rendering, and animation abilities are pratically nill. Hence I'm leading the migration to better software (and 3D studio is a lot easier to learn than Maya). Our licenses for Maya are for 3.5 on Windows....and the firm isn't going to pay the cost to get linux licenses for 4.0 anytime soon.
Where was I? Oh, yeah..... I'm the only person at the firm who knows how to code webpages....and I happen to do an extremely good job at it. I'm the only person who knows x86 hardware/OS, and the only one except for the outsourced IT guy that knows how to handle networks, servers, etc. I'm the only one who knows anything about video editing (which we need to do to prepare animation sequences for clients). I know more than anyone else about 3DS modeling and animation and currently doing extensive, photorealistic 3D scenery work for a Hollywood movie. At the same time I am developing a website for a foundation that helps parents of children with extremely rare diseases. At the same time I am putting together extremely detailed 3D stills and animations for a developer to find funding for his massive office complex.
My machine at home has a dual-boot with Linux...why? because I think someone else can do something better than what Microsoft has put out. Why don't I use it at work? Because, just like you, I think the software options suck. There are a few good 3D modeling programs available for Linux now (Maya for example), but they aren't very good for architectural modeling. And as for my other major apps...gimp ain't gonna cut it, and try and figure out how to do the web coding I did with something like Vi, Pico, or Emacs.
When it comes to getting Linux in my office....forget it....we don't have someone who has the expertise to setup Linux installs that would be easy enough for everyone else to use. My Linux dual-boot at home is the most anyone in the office has dealt with Linux....and I still have to fight it at home. Configuring it is a pain in the ass, but I'll fight it out because I enjoy tinkering and getting under the hood of my computer (and I mastered Win9x and NT a while ago). And as for Mac vs. x86.....don't make me laugh, the other people in the office running FormZ (on Macs) are asking me to run their renderings overnight since my machine runs circles arround their new dual-proc G4s. Sure, Photoshop filters are faster on a Mac, but thats it. But maybe IBM's new powerPC chip will change things...but of course AMD has an impressive 64bit chip showing up also.
Anyways......long rant in response to yours. And I think we misunderstood each other. I am not just a gearhead....I'm one of those rare people who is a creative/artsy/designer-type and is extremely interested in technology. If I could, I would learn how to programm....but I don't have the time becuase of love of design and creation. Likewise, if I could, I would learn how to take designs and create construction documents so that they can get built....but I don't have the time becuase I love tinkering with the hardware and software. But the two diverse interests have helped each other. I pick up software faster because I know how to design and so actually use the software rather than just knowing it. Likewise my designs have improved because I'm not limited by my rudimentary knowledge of the program (like most of my college class was).
But I think we both agree. It sucks having to pick your platform based on software. But we do it nonetheless. I happen to push Win2k/XP because is the only platform that has professional-level applications for all of the tasks I need to do on a daily basis.
I'm sorry I pissed you off.... I would have understood you running CF on your primary machine if you had said you did web development, but you only mentioned doing audio work....which led me to think the same thing that you thought about me, that you were running advanced software mostly just to run it rather than be effective with it. For that I apologize, and find it quite ironic that your response pissed me off in the same way.
Oh, btw, I know about Gammage, having gone to architecture school and all, and having friends at/from ASU. But I think it looks too similar to his Greek Orthodox Temple, the Unity Temple is much more innovative as a gathering space, and the same architectural languague/styling is much better developed in his art gallery in San Francisco. But people will be soon saying the same thing about Gehry's Bilbao and upcoming Disney Concert Hall (even though the DCH was designed long before, and originally in stone indstead of titanium). But I digress.....its funny how people can get infuriated by each other so easily isn't it?
If you were running 3 heavyduty audio editing programs AND a big-overhead webserver like ColdFusion on a Mac, you would see just as many crashes as you do on a Win2K box. I mean, your talking about 4 major apps, all of which are designed to be the primary app on the machine. I had to build a top of the line multiproc machine at work because unforutneately I must run 3DStudio, Combustion, Dreamweaver, Flash, Photoshop, FormZ(another 3D app), AutoCAD, Filemaker, and MSOffice all on one workstation. If I could convince the powers that be that I should have multiple machines for everything I must run, I would. Take my advice, if you are using the audio tools for pro work, move ColdFusion to its own server, the performance cut isn't worth it when working with other highend programs.
(oh, and move your games to a different machine as well:D )
My answering machine was a program on my computer, complete with menu system and everything.....of course my message said it all:
"Hello? [brief pause] Oh hi!, uh, could you hold on a second? I have another call coming through [click]"
From there it went into the menu system.
Several of my friends fell for it. One in particular leave a really freaked out message at 3 am because she thought I had hung up on her. Of course it was nothing important, but she thought it was, and her screaming/whining was quite hilarious; we all got a good laugh out of it.
Its just like Mac users. My friend is always mad that he has to wait a couple extra months so he can get the Mac version of the game. But he waits. Why? Because he has no alternative. (Most) Linux users have the ability to run a Windows dual-boot. Hence, they can play the games right away, and don't complain as much as say, a Mac user who is limited by the hardware.
no....but of those, only one ran a no-cd crack....and that was because the copy protection scheme on Diablo II didn't work on the DVD/CDRW drive on his new laptop.
sorry bud, but the majority of games released today require the CD in the drive in order to play. Of course there are cracks for most of them, but most people who buy the games and play them aren't running the cracks.
We had one of these in the student commons of my university. Nice big widescreen digital display hanging on the wall above it too......unfortuneately I wasn't able to figure out a way to snake the display without anyone noticing, but I did take hundreds of the 'free' paper CD sleaves from the machine.
I've designed pages with popups.....I admit, popup advertising is annoying, but having the larger version of an image appear in a popup when I click on a button....or poll results, or a movie clip, or....etc,etc,etc is a interface feature I like and employ. I don't like having to leave a page or having an entire page of content be regenerated for 1 small thing.
And I hate tabs. They are annoying in the photoshop toolsets, they are annoying in the macromedia toolsets, they are annoying in NN/'zilla since they take up more window space on the smaller resolutions I have to design for. I like having pages in seperate windows so that I can resize them however I feel apropriate for comparing the data I'm looking at. I want to be able to place them on different monitors and desktops without opening another instance of the application. Or so I can send only 1 window to the alternate monitor and/or desktop without sending them all.
Actually, I'm betting that the ability to sing (not talent mind you) fueled the spread of the gene. It would go a long way in explaining the popularity of groups like the Backstreet Boys now wouldn't it?
Birds can sure control the air over their vocal chords.....they don't chirp with every breath
Any creature that can make a vocal noise can control it...otherwise predators/prey would be warned of its presence...an evolutionary necessetiy.
So mammals can hold their breath.......what about birds? Same evolutionary tree? Why then to reptiles have such limited capabilities (especially compared to birds, their closes relative)
You don't get it do you....the proposal and the engagement ring is supposed to be somewhat of a suprise. If you are sitting down and talking about it, the point is sortof ruined isn't it?
And he's asking for alternatives. What's better, asking 1 person for ideas of possible alternatives, or a couple hundred thousand?
Hell, I built a top of the line workstation for high-quality 3D graphics work for my company, and saved about $3000!! compared to an equivalent machine from Dell or IBM. And that was with a $300 Coolermaster case and full licenses for Office XP and WinXP Pro.
I hope they avoid the LA freeways. I-15 between SoCal and Vegas is also one of the busiest roads in the country.
But seriously, if a autonomous neurological-network-enabled quadropod such as a cat, dog, or squirrel can't navigate the freeways, I don't expect a robot to.
Ok, does Megatokyo have that large of a following here @/. ??
Because amongst other webcomics: Goats Is currently at Comicon putting out a second book. Achewood is finishing up the polishing touches on a book. Cat and Girl has a book going out. As doa wholeslewof others. Why don't they get mentioned??
wouldn't happen.....there are buildings built arround the country that straddle state lines. Meaning the owners must split their taxes proportionately between two states. A certain resort with the pool on the border of California and Nevada comes to mind
But where does that funding come from to pay for the kid's schooling? Property taxes. No state is going to want to take a decrease in their property taxes without the associated decrease in students. So a change in tax structure will affect everyday lives. The money to pay for that kid's education doesn't just appear out of loopholes, and it would cost more to transfer the money between states than it does to send that kid to school.
And what happens when the parents have another kid? Does he/she go to the same school or to one in their "new" state? How long does it get grandfathered? One generation? One continuous family line? Does it stick with the property? If so, then give the property to the state where the people are using the tax money.
And there's more than just taxes to fund schools...you also have roads, sewer, zoning issues, etc. etc. etc....
Part of why the US isn't a true democracy is because the majority typically overules the minority. So, by correcting state lines, some 50 people out of a combined population of a couple million are affected....an extremely small minority that probably won't notice much of a difference anyways.
actually....its still a bit more common than you might think.....
If I telnet into my university, and start banging away, and start hitting backspace, I end up with the ^H^H^H^H......of course thats only at the command prompt. Everything works perfectly fine in editors and such, I just have to remember to use ctrl+backspace at the command line
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My #1 suggestion:
get radio play on this station KCRW.
It is probably the best NPR station in the coutry, and they make it a point to have ecclectic programming, with music all night long.
I've heard many bands on this station, that a year or two later became huge stars (i.e. Moby). A couple weeks ago they had a live set/interview with Red Hot Chile Peppers, and past interviews/sets include Yo Yo Ma, Dandy Warhols, Beck, REM, Semisonic, Coldplay, etc. etc.
They are a Los Angeles station (guess where most record companies are?) and a favored station of the LA 'in' crowd.
If this band is as good as you say it is, and if they get radio play on KCRW, they will get noticed.
Wow, nice rant...and I do agree with all of it.
Now, the reason why I'm running such a power machine is becuase:
a) I'm an architect
b) I'm the only one in the office running a Win box (everyone else is Mac OS9) and they plan on converting so they can use AutoCAD instead of PowerCAD (a very very lameass Mac drafting package)
c) I work for a sub-firm/department which specializes in web design, 3d modeling and animation. If you want some examples, check out http://www.virtual-design.net, more than half the stuff there (inlcuding the site itself) is my work.
d) There is nothing that comes close to Dreamweaver for developing web pages that are complicated to produce because of the design
e) Gimp has nothing on Photoshop 6
[i'll stop enumerating now]
FormZ is the 3D package we do most of our work in, great for architectural modeling (and is both Mac and Win)....but horribly slow when rendering, and animation abilities are pratically nill. Hence I'm leading the migration to better software (and 3D studio is a lot easier to learn than Maya). Our licenses for Maya are for 3.5 on Windows....and the firm isn't going to pay the cost to get linux licenses for 4.0 anytime soon.
Where was I? Oh, yeah..... I'm the only person at the firm who knows how to code webpages....and I happen to do an extremely good job at it. I'm the only person who knows x86 hardware/OS, and the only one except for the outsourced IT guy that knows how to handle networks, servers, etc. I'm the only one who knows anything about video editing (which we need to do to prepare animation sequences for clients). I know more than anyone else about 3DS modeling and animation and currently doing extensive, photorealistic 3D scenery work for a Hollywood movie. At the same time I am developing a website for a foundation that helps parents of children with extremely rare diseases. At the same time I am putting together extremely detailed 3D stills and animations for a developer to find funding for his massive office complex.
My machine at home has a dual-boot with Linux...why? because I think someone else can do something better than what Microsoft has put out. Why don't I use it at work? Because, just like you, I think the software options suck. There are a few good 3D modeling programs available for Linux now (Maya for example), but they aren't very good for architectural modeling. And as for my other major apps...gimp ain't gonna cut it, and try and figure out how to do the web coding I did with something like Vi, Pico, or Emacs.
When it comes to getting Linux in my office....forget it....we don't have someone who has the expertise to setup Linux installs that would be easy enough for everyone else to use. My Linux dual-boot at home is the most anyone in the office has dealt with Linux....and I still have to fight it at home. Configuring it is a pain in the ass, but I'll fight it out because I enjoy tinkering and getting under the hood of my computer (and I mastered Win9x and NT a while ago). And as for Mac vs. x86.....don't make me laugh, the other people in the office running FormZ (on Macs) are asking me to run their renderings overnight since my machine runs circles arround their new dual-proc G4s. Sure, Photoshop filters are faster on a Mac, but thats it. But maybe IBM's new powerPC chip will change things...but of course AMD has an impressive 64bit chip showing up also.
Anyways......long rant in response to yours. And I think we misunderstood each other. I am not just a gearhead....I'm one of those rare people who is a creative/artsy/designer-type and is extremely interested in technology. If I could, I would learn how to programm....but I don't have the time becuase of love of design and creation. Likewise, if I could, I would learn how to take designs and create construction documents so that they can get built....but I don't have the time becuase I love tinkering with the hardware and software. But the two diverse interests have helped each other. I pick up software faster because I know how to design and so actually use the software rather than just knowing it. Likewise my designs have improved because I'm not limited by my rudimentary knowledge of the program (like most of my college class was).
But I think we both agree. It sucks having to pick your platform based on software. But we do it nonetheless. I happen to push Win2k/XP because is the only platform that has professional-level applications for all of the tasks I need to do on a daily basis.
I'm sorry I pissed you off.... I would have understood you running CF on your primary machine if you had said you did web development, but you only mentioned doing audio work....which led me to think the same thing that you thought about me, that you were running advanced software mostly just to run it rather than be effective with it. For that I apologize, and find it quite ironic that your response pissed me off in the same way.
Oh, btw, I know about Gammage, having gone to architecture school and all, and having friends at/from ASU. But I think it looks too similar to his Greek Orthodox Temple, the Unity Temple is much more innovative as a gathering space, and the same architectural languague/styling is much better developed in his art gallery in San Francisco. But people will be soon saying the same thing about Gehry's Bilbao and upcoming Disney Concert Hall (even though the DCH was designed long before, and originally in stone indstead of titanium). But I digress.....its funny how people can get infuriated by each other so easily isn't it?
If you were running 3 heavyduty audio editing programs AND a big-overhead webserver like ColdFusion on a Mac, you would see just as many crashes as you do on a Win2K box. I mean, your talking about 4 major apps, all of which are designed to be the primary app on the machine. I had to build a top of the line multiproc machine at work because unforutneately I must run 3DStudio, Combustion, Dreamweaver, Flash, Photoshop, FormZ(another 3D app), AutoCAD, Filemaker, and MSOffice all on one workstation. If I could convince the powers that be that I should have multiple machines for everything I must run, I would. Take my advice, if you are using the audio tools for pro work, move ColdFusion to its own server, the performance cut isn't worth it when working with other highend programs.
:D )
(oh, and move your games to a different machine as well
My answering machine was a program on my computer, complete with menu system and everything.....of course my message said it all:
"Hello? [brief pause] Oh hi!, uh, could you hold on a second? I have another call coming through [click]"
From there it went into the menu system.
Several of my friends fell for it. One in particular leave a really freaked out message at 3 am because she thought I had hung up on her. Of course it was nothing important, but she thought it was, and her screaming/whining was quite hilarious; we all got a good laugh out of it.
Ahhh, the joys of automation!
Considering how fast they've been /.ed I'm betting they tried using one of these as their webserver.
Its just like Mac users. My friend is always mad that he has to wait a couple extra months so he can get the Mac version of the game. But he waits. Why? Because he has no alternative. (Most) Linux users have the ability to run a Windows dual-boot. Hence, they can play the games right away, and don't complain as much as say, a Mac user who is limited by the hardware.
no....but of those, only one ran a no-cd crack....and that was because the copy protection scheme on Diablo II didn't work on the DVD/CDRW drive on his new laptop.
sorry bud, but the majority of games released today require the CD in the drive in order to play. Of course there are cracks for most of them, but most people who buy the games and play them aren't running the cracks.
We had one of these in the student commons of my university. Nice big widescreen digital display hanging on the wall above it too......unfortuneately I wasn't able to figure out a way to snake the display without anyone noticing, but I did take hundreds of the 'free' paper CD sleaves from the machine.
and when you get something like a stuck italics function where there is no character? How do you select it?
And why do you have to go through an obtuse menu for each block of text? Why can't I see the entire document's formatting options at once?
I've designed pages with popups.....I admit, popup advertising is annoying, but having the larger version of an image appear in a popup when I click on a button....or poll results, or a movie clip, or ....etc,etc,etc is a interface feature I like and employ. I don't like having to leave a page or having an entire page of content be regenerated for 1 small thing.
And I hate tabs. They are annoying in the photoshop toolsets, they are annoying in the macromedia toolsets, they are annoying in NN/'zilla since they take up more window space on the smaller resolutions I have to design for. I like having pages in seperate windows so that I can resize them however I feel apropriate for comparing the data I'm looking at. I want to be able to place them on different monitors and desktops without opening another instance of the application. Or so I can send only 1 window to the alternate monitor and/or desktop without sending them all.
Actually, I'm betting that the ability to sing (not talent mind you) fueled the spread of the gene. It would go a long way in explaining the popularity of groups like the Backstreet Boys now wouldn't it?
Birds can sure control the air over their vocal chords.....they don't chirp with every breath
Any creature that can make a vocal noise can control it...otherwise predators/prey would be warned of its presence...an evolutionary necessetiy.
So mammals can hold their breath.......what about birds? Same evolutionary tree? Why then to reptiles have such limited capabilities (especially compared to birds, their closes relative)
You don't get it do you....the proposal and the engagement ring is supposed to be somewhat of a suprise. If you are sitting down and talking about it, the point is sortof ruined isn't it?
And he's asking for alternatives. What's better, asking 1 person for ideas of possible alternatives, or a couple hundred thousand?
or in other words, permently mounted motion capture refference points
go to siggraph sometime, stephenson isn't as far out there as you think
I remember as a kid that we used to try "getting Mars to call"
We would dial a number, hang up, and a few minutes later we would get a return call that would be all random noise.
I realize now that what was happening was a modem was picking up and attempting a dial back.
After a few months the number didn't work anymore. No "out of service" message, it just didn't respond, just dead air.
Hell, I built a top of the line workstation for high-quality 3D graphics work for my company, and saved about $3000!! compared to an equivalent machine from Dell or IBM. And that was with a $300 Coolermaster case and full licenses for Office XP and WinXP Pro.
It's all fun and games till someone looses an eye. And then it's all fun and games that you just can't see :D
I hope they avoid the LA freeways. I-15 between SoCal and Vegas is also one of the busiest roads in the country.
But seriously, if a autonomous neurological-network-enabled quadropod such as a cat, dog, or squirrel can't navigate the freeways, I don't expect a robot to.
Ok, does Megatokyo have that large of a following here @ /. ??
Because amongst other webcomics:
Goats Is currently at Comicon putting out a second book.
Achewood is finishing up the polishing touches on a book.
Cat and Girl has a book going out.
As do a whole slew of others. Why don't they get mentioned??
Um..... yeah.... this was a slashdot article only a month and a half ago. We remember
Actually, in a true democracy everyone must agree in order for an action to be taken, not just the majority.
wouldn't happen.....there are buildings built arround the country that straddle state lines. Meaning the owners must split their taxes proportionately between two states. A certain resort with the pool on the border of California and Nevada comes to mind
But where does that funding come from to pay for the kid's schooling? Property taxes. No state is going to want to take a decrease in their property taxes without the associated decrease in students. So a change in tax structure will affect everyday lives. The money to pay for that kid's education doesn't just appear out of loopholes, and it would cost more to transfer the money between states than it does to send that kid to school.
And what happens when the parents have another kid? Does he/she go to the same school or to one in their "new" state? How long does it get grandfathered? One generation? One continuous family line? Does it stick with the property? If so, then give the property to the state where the people are using the tax money.
And there's more than just taxes to fund schools...you also have roads, sewer, zoning issues, etc. etc. etc....
Part of why the US isn't a true democracy is because the majority typically overules the minority. So, by correcting state lines, some 50 people out of a combined population of a couple million are affected....an extremely small minority that probably won't notice much of a difference anyways.
actually....its still a bit more common than you might think.....
If I telnet into my university, and start banging away, and start hitting backspace, I end up with the ^H^H^H^H......of course thats only at the command prompt. Everything works perfectly fine in editors and such, I just have to remember to use ctrl+backspace at the command line