The one I was thinking of had no real "surface" to write on. You could use it on your desk, a text book, whatever, the actual recording of motion was done on a highly sensative optical device on the tip of the pen. I believe one of the selling features was that you could write in the air and it'd be able to tell what you wrote.
I did a Google search and I found similar products (not the one I was thinking of) but they all seem to be pretty pricey.
Just like there are musicians who tour around all over town in a broken down van trying to get by doing public gigs at the local bar.
There ARE a margin of very successful Artists and Graphics Designers to reflect how many successful rockstars there are.
You think the guys who worked on Avatar got half your salary?
You think the guys who do Blizzards Concept art don't get paid?
I personally know graphics designers who drive Ferraris simply because they can colour co-ordinate web pages better than I can.
If you have never looked at art, and wished that you could produce something of the same quality, then that is one characteristic you don't share with alot of people.
Ive seen the "envy" argument so many times its baffling.
The envy arguement I was making was about their job description and not the machine they use. Which you addressed later in your post so I'll jump there.
As far as "Joe Cubicle" wishing he was a graphic designer? Err, what grounds do you have to make that statement?
The success of games like Rockband, Drawn to Life/scribblenaughts, or even those silly "Make your own Movie" sims they've got out there. The games that target people who wish they were a rock star, or a graphics artist, or a film producer.They're doing particularily well. Those jobs that Macs do particularily well...
I remember seeing a product about 2 years ago that does everything you mentioned in your first sentence. It was a wireless USB Pencil, worked on Macs and PC's. But its name is escaping me right now (someone else might remember).
It wasn't able to store your textbooks though, I don't know of anything that will help you do that lest you know how to get a digital copy.
And I understand the first part. I WOULD claim I'm a graphic artist if I were any good at it, but I do dabble in it for some side projects, but all in all I prefer the nice logical problems that programming offers. Macs are also annoying around our office. Why they need to use Keynotes over a power point or even one-note or some FOSS that could do they same task I don't know.
But I'd be hard-pressed to say that Macs are a niche market. I'll admit that when people ask me "Why a Mac over PC" I tend to mention the niche market things, only because they are what set Macs apart. But with their whole iLife system (which I have not tried, nor do I have any intention to) it seems like they have actually made a product with everyone (or everyone rich) in mind. Thats not to say I couldn't find an equally good product system on the PC that will do the same thing, but the point is that Macs are no longer JUST for Artists, even though thats one of the major reasons they sell.
The majority of PAD users aren't going to give 2 flips for photoshop, per se. For the most part, they'll be doing what people do now. Email, IM, shopping, surfing. Writing and now, reading.
You fail to realize that it has an influence on the people who aren't artists. Average people look at Macs and PC's and think that Macs are the fun computers and PCs are the work computers, why is that?
Because the people who WORK on the Macs are the people who draw for a living, compose music, make videos, etc. They are the people who have the jobs Cubible Joe wish he could have (and are obviously successful enough at it to afford apple products).
This "Niche Market" is what drives alot of other people to Apple.
You can use this just about anywhere. Now I have an excuse to bring the train into the office!
Boss: What's this?
Me: I'm calibrating the security cameras motion detection system. We need to know at what speeds the motion detection fails, lest the server room be broken into by someone with alot of patience.
I didn't bother reading the full summary, but I wonder what technique the hackers were using to only hit 200,000. If it was by individual account, thats some pretty tedious changes to make. If they managed to hack the computers, why not set up a spamming botnet the good old fashion way? If they managed to hack hotmail, why not infect them all?
My guess is they were using some phishing to get usernames and passwords?
There are ALOT of books out there which would NOT be suitable for this method. A friend of mine in University for Museum Studies often has to read these books which are incredibly old. I believe the University has a couple that date somewhere around the 1830's which is older than the books you find in the historical village we have in town.
Yes, the university lets you read books that are old enough to belong in a museum. She showed me one of them one time. It was like a manuscript, Thick leather binding, nothing written on the front, heavy faded pages. I almost couldn't believe it.
Sadly, that was the most exciting part of it. The writing was dryer than a desert, and it was on some subject that I had zero interest in. They are supposedly starting to go ALL digital, so I have no idea what they're going to do with those old books and mansucripts they've got sitting around.
I am just so unsure about it. It has alot of potential, but it could be a huge bomb. I think Latency in commands is going to be a big issue. But maybe its not as laggy as the initial demos seem.
If I could only somehow get into E3 without being someone really important or selling my body.
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The one I was thinking of had no real "surface" to write on. You could use it on your desk, a text book, whatever, the actual recording of motion was done on a highly sensative optical device on the tip of the pen. I believe one of the selling features was that you could write in the air and it'd be able to tell what you wrote.
I did a Google search and I found similar products (not the one I was thinking of) but they all seem to be pretty pricey.
Just like there are musicians who tour around all over town in a broken down van trying to get by doing public gigs at the local bar.
There ARE a margin of very successful Artists and Graphics Designers to reflect how many successful rockstars there are.
You think the guys who worked on Avatar got half your salary?
You think the guys who do Blizzards Concept art don't get paid?
I personally know graphics designers who drive Ferraris simply because they can colour co-ordinate web pages better than I can.
If you have never looked at art, and wished that you could produce something of the same quality, then that is one characteristic you don't share with alot of people.
EXACTLY
Ive seen the "envy" argument so many times its baffling.
The envy arguement I was making was about their job description and not the machine they use. Which you addressed later in your post so I'll jump there.
As far as "Joe Cubicle" wishing he was a graphic designer? Err, what grounds do you have to make that statement?
The success of games like Rockband, Drawn to Life/scribblenaughts, or even those silly "Make your own Movie" sims they've got out there. The games that target people who wish they were a rock star, or a graphics artist, or a film producer.They're doing particularily well. Those jobs that Macs do particularily well...
I think the problem isn't the failed gesture recognition but rather your peculiar list of favourites.
Then again, to each his own.
You won't need to swipe your fingers over smallish touch screens
Thats what the first sentence seems to implicate.
I remember seeing a product about 2 years ago that does everything you mentioned in your first sentence. It was a wireless USB Pencil, worked on Macs and PC's. But its name is escaping me right now (someone else might remember).
It wasn't able to store your textbooks though, I don't know of anything that will help you do that lest you know how to get a digital copy.
How many people do you know with the same position? How many are in the same company and how many are in different companies?
(I'm actually just curious this has nothing to do with point/counterpoints)
You'll notice they mention arms, hands AND fingers in the full summary.
Meaning it will also read the gestures of your fingers.
Making it essentially a non-touch touch screen.
And I understand the first part. I WOULD claim I'm a graphic artist if I were any good at it, but I do dabble in it for some side projects, but all in all I prefer the nice logical problems that programming offers. Macs are also annoying around our office. Why they need to use Keynotes over a power point or even one-note or some FOSS that could do they same task I don't know.
But I'd be hard-pressed to say that Macs are a niche market. I'll admit that when people ask me "Why a Mac over PC" I tend to mention the niche market things, only because they are what set Macs apart. But with their whole iLife system (which I have not tried, nor do I have any intention to) it seems like they have actually made a product with everyone (or everyone rich) in mind. Thats not to say I couldn't find an equally good product system on the PC that will do the same thing, but the point is that Macs are no longer JUST for Artists, even though thats one of the major reasons they sell.
I suppose that'd be a benefit of having a hand-held device like a tablet? Or one you could place on your lap, or on your desk....
The majority of PAD users aren't going to give 2 flips for photoshop, per se. For the most part, they'll be doing what people do now. Email, IM, shopping, surfing. Writing and now, reading.
You fail to realize that it has an influence on the people who aren't artists. Average people look at Macs and PC's and think that Macs are the fun computers and PCs are the work computers, why is that?
Because the people who WORK on the Macs are the people who draw for a living, compose music, make videos, etc. They are the people who have the jobs Cubible Joe wish he could have (and are obviously successful enough at it to afford apple products).
This "Niche Market" is what drives alot of other people to Apple.
One of these days I'm going to have to set up my laptop right beside the drumset and read slashdot.
Gotta practice those rimshots.
(who knows, maybe one day I'll be a great sidekick on a late night talk show!)
Why buy the plow when you can sew the fields for free?
No wait... How's it go again?
You can use this just about anywhere. Now I have an excuse to bring the train into the office!
Boss: What's this?
Me: I'm calibrating the security cameras motion detection system. We need to know at what speeds the motion detection fails, lest the server room be broken into by someone with alot of patience.
To be fair, he also came up with this crazy-wrong idea about how the earth's motion was responsible for the tides.
To be fair, that's not entirely wrong. If the Earth rotated at different speeds the tides would be observably different.
I just don't see why there is anymore reason to celebrate it tonight than there is to celebrate it in June...
Oh was that like, 400 years ago TODAY?
Your Live Action scenes.
I'm a big fan of History, and I'm also a fan of Astronomy. Jupiter is a little rare but its no Haley's Comet...
So what exactly are we "Celebrating"?
I didn't bother reading the full summary, but I wonder what technique the hackers were using to only hit 200,000. If it was by individual account, thats some pretty tedious changes to make.
If they managed to hack the computers, why not set up a spamming botnet the good old fashion way?
If they managed to hack hotmail, why not infect them all?
My guess is they were using some phishing to get usernames and passwords?
There are ALOT of books out there which would NOT be suitable for this method. A friend of mine in University for Museum Studies often has to read these books which are incredibly old. I believe the University has a couple that date somewhere around the 1830's which is older than the books you find in the historical village we have in town.
Yes, the university lets you read books that are old enough to belong in a museum. She showed me one of them one time. It was like a manuscript, Thick leather binding, nothing written on the front, heavy faded pages. I almost couldn't believe it.
Sadly, that was the most exciting part of it. The writing was dryer than a desert, and it was on some subject that I had zero interest in. They are supposedly starting to go ALL digital, so I have no idea what they're going to do with those old books and mansucripts they've got sitting around.
I hope they don't destroy them.
I am just so unsure about it. It has alot of potential, but it could be a huge bomb. I think Latency in commands is going to be a big issue. But maybe its not as laggy as the initial demos seem.
If I could only somehow get into E3 without being someone really important or selling my body.
So I just did a Wikipedia Crash course on RSA (I knew it was for public/private key encryption) and how it all works mathematically.
But I still don't know what they mean by Factorization, or what that exactly means.
I'm guessing they found all and compiled and tested the possible values and now have a nice big chart? Is 768-bit RSA now considered "broken"?
Or you could go watch a play.
(Just kidding. Sort of)