I have been using a 450MHz PII as my main computer for 5 years, doing high-end 3d modeling and rendering along with industrial CAD work. I also use it for typing reports, edit digital video and work with print quality images in Photoshop.
WETA was originally a non-CG effects shop, just like ILM. Both were created before the dawn of CG and specialized in miniatures, painting, puppetry etc. work.
"Even hardcore CSSers get all excited when they do simple things like layout pages in columns." Indeed, not only because of the struggle involved, but because of the great flexibility in using CSS instead of tables. It's not just "thank god I made a nice layout with CSS, it took me 7 hours!" but also "thank god I made a nice layout with CSS, now I can adjust it much more easily in the future and have far greater control than with any table hacks." And they are just that; hacks. The table tag was originally meant only for displaying data in a grid-like format (keep in mind HTML was originally for scientific documents).
And also we're all still learning. How many tablers got excited when they first figured they could use tables for page layout? A lot I bet. Now complex table layouts are all old-hat. Soon matured CSS layouts will be too, with the simplicity of layouts like this (check out the CSS, doesn't look too scary does it?).
I've believed for quite a while that XP's graphical design was a greater influence on the rest of the computer art world than most others believed. It seemed like right after beta screenshots of XP started floating around, subtle low-contrast gradients were being used everywhere. Note I'm not saying they were never used before XP used them, just that XP popularized them.
"how many just code for IE6" Too many probably. According to some web browser statistics, Mozilla and its derivatives are used by about 10% of the web (or the part of the web that visits that site). While 10% is small, you're still talking a significant amount of users, possibly thousands depending on the site's total traffic.
It is easier to ignore those relatively few Gecko users of course, but sooner or later web designers won't.
Dreamweaver MX 2004 (which follows DW MX, which followed DW 4...) has excellent CSS support. It knows when to use div and when to to use span and has an easy interface for creating comprehensive CSS styles. It interprets CSS shorthand flawlessly. It has a convenient CSS reference. It also knows the difference between styles, pseudo-styles, and re-defining tags using CSS.
The WYSIWYG can display CSS elements far better than GoLive or FrontPage, though I mostly use the Code view.
Maybe you should try a more recent version of Dreamweaver. Also, you might be interested in the Dreamweaver Task Force which helped bring DW to greater standards compliance.
Also, sound echos based on 3d geometry have been possible since the release of the Aureal Vortex 2 chipset several years ago. But that was not creating audio, just simulating its propagation through a 3d space by tracing the soundwave paths.
During landing, take off, turbulent flight... the wings shake and shudder a bit. In fact an older issue of AIR International detailed the wing flex testing of the A380, which showed that it could adequately handle wingtip deviations of several feet. My point is that modern aircraft materials are already designed to withstand the inevitable flexing caused by normal flight. We don't see wings just disintegrating after rough flights, do we?
Modern aluminum alloys with a carbon fiber/resin infrastructure could handle these well known aeroelastic stresses. One shouldn't just lay a blanket of assumption saying that any non-natural bending material that retains strength is impossible, though handling the problems of aeroelasticity remains a very active research area.
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UNIX? That's BSD you mean.
PCI-X? No, that was not made by Apple
I have been using a 450MHz PII as my main computer for 5 years, doing high-end 3d modeling and rendering along with industrial CAD work. I also use it for typing reports, edit digital video and work with print quality images in Photoshop.
It works quite well.
Ahahaha. This is one of the funniest comments I read in a while :)
I have been running XP on a PII 450 MHz with 384mb ram for about two years doing high end 3d modeling and rendering. It works fine.
The /. mods are the same as the /. users, and I'd say they are anything but right-wing...
What the fuck are you trying to say?
iPod
Cost: $400
Capacity: 20GB
Weight: 5.6 ounces
Formats: MP3 AAC AIFF WAV
Interfaces: Firewire 400
Battery Life: "Over 8 hours"
Extras: Games, Contacts, Calendar, Alarm, Sleep Timer, Clock, "20 equalizer settings"
LCD: 160x128 backlit
Karma
Cost: $260 on Amazon
Capacity: 20GB
Weight: 5.5 ounces
Formats: MP3 WMA OGG FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec making WAV not needed)
Interfaces: USB 2 and Ethernet
Battery Life: 15 hours
Extras: Dynamic playlists, Dual RCA Line-Outs, 5 band equalizer
LCD: 160x128 backlit
Don't you see? We stand to lose everything!
why genitive singular (-is)? why not accusative plural (-es)?
"Oh, and terrorism works better because of open source, and the "Star Wars" program was a good idea."
Finally, a man I can agree with!
props to simoniker for sprucing up the story, adding appropriate links. i was in a bit of a rush when i submitted it.
WETA was originally a non-CG effects shop, just like ILM. Both were created before the dawn of CG and specialized in miniatures, painting, puppetry etc. work.
"Even hardcore CSSers get all excited when they do simple things like layout pages in columns."
Indeed, not only because of the struggle involved, but because of the great flexibility in using CSS instead of tables. It's not just "thank god I made a nice layout with CSS, it took me 7 hours!" but also "thank god I made a nice layout with CSS, now I can adjust it much more easily in the future and have far greater control than with any table hacks." And they are just that; hacks. The table tag was originally meant only for displaying data in a grid-like format (keep in mind HTML was originally for scientific documents).
And also we're all still learning. How many tablers got excited when they first figured they could use tables for page layout? A lot I bet. Now complex table layouts are all old-hat. Soon matured CSS layouts will be too, with the simplicity of layouts like this (check out the CSS, doesn't look too scary does it?).
I've believed for quite a while that XP's graphical design was a greater influence on the rest of the computer art world than most others believed. It seemed like right after beta screenshots of XP started floating around, subtle low-contrast gradients were being used everywhere. Note I'm not saying they were never used before XP used them, just that XP popularized them.
Same with Wired (except for a few places where tables are used canonically, to show data in a grid-like format).
"how many just code for IE6"
Too many probably. According to some web browser statistics, Mozilla and its derivatives are used by about 10% of the web (or the part of the web that visits that site). While 10% is small, you're still talking a significant amount of users, possibly thousands depending on the site's total traffic.
It is easier to ignore those relatively few Gecko users of course, but sooner or later web designers won't.
Here's one from bluerobot.com
And here's one I developed myself...
Not if the doctype starts with a question mark...
Dreamweaver MX 2004 (which follows DW MX, which followed DW 4...) has excellent CSS support. It knows when to use div and when to to use span and has an easy interface for creating comprehensive CSS styles. It interprets CSS shorthand flawlessly. It has a convenient CSS reference. It also knows the difference between styles, pseudo-styles, and re-defining tags using CSS.
The WYSIWYG can display CSS elements far better than GoLive or FrontPage, though I mostly use the Code view.
Maybe you should try a more recent version of Dreamweaver. Also, you might be interested in the Dreamweaver Task Force which helped bring DW to greater standards compliance.
Features wise, Thunderbird is to Evolution as Outlook Express is to Outlook.
Sound synthesis is more than just raytracing.
Also, sound echos based on 3d geometry have been possible since the release of the Aureal Vortex 2 chipset several years ago. But that was not creating audio, just simulating its propagation through a 3d space by tracing the soundwave paths.
Representative Democracy
Republic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representative_democr acy
A type of Republic.
you think the current system and its participants are being productive?
During landing, take off, turbulent flight... the wings shake and shudder a bit. In fact an older issue of AIR International detailed the wing flex testing of the A380, which showed that it could adequately handle wingtip deviations of several feet. My point is that modern aircraft materials are already designed to withstand the inevitable flexing caused by normal flight. We don't see wings just disintegrating after rough flights, do we?
Modern aluminum alloys with a carbon fiber/resin infrastructure could handle these well known aeroelastic stresses. One shouldn't just lay a blanket of assumption saying that any non-natural bending material that retains strength is impossible, though handling the problems of aeroelasticity remains a very active research area.