But IMHO the timing is a little too perfect... But maybe I'm just pessimistic.
It's not too perfect. Notice, the stock isn't going up, layoffs are happening, and sales aren't really rising that much.
The situation is also not that perfect, because Corel Linux is free, as is PhotoPaint. They're not making any money off of the person who simply downloads it. It's definitely not the Microsoft way (pay big bucks to get an OS patch?!).
PhotoPaint 3 was made in 1992. It's not very good.
Photo-Paint 8 is excellent. It it completely cross-compatible with Adobe PhotoShop, that's with file format and layers, and filters, has a debatably easier to use interface that PhotoShop, and is not in any way weaker.
I use both regularly. There are some things that are easier to do in one program, and some that are easier to tdo in the other. I just use them intermittedly, as the file format is interchangable.
Lately, however, I've only really been using PhotoShop for lens flares (this plugin was not licensed to Corel). The programs are otherwise equal, and I don't see why you would think that Corel is admitting to having an inferior product! They're not.
Corel just wants to show this product, so people can download for free and see that Corel wasn't talking crap when they said that they were porting everything to Linux.
As a grqaphic designer who uses Windows for nearly the sole purpose of Games and the Corel suite of graphics programs, this gives lets me stay in Linux more. I'm very happy about this.
Corel, I believe, is making the right move about porting apps to Linux. Although in many ways it doesn't make sense for the company (just look at the stock), let's face it: without this kind of corporate support, Linux will not grow. So, Corel practically sacrifices itself for the advancement of Linux. This is risky, brave, and noble.
Security is definitely at question, but what's wrong with the ISP being bogged down. AFAIK, the ISP really doesn't put limits on how much bandwidth a customer can use. Unless it was in the terms of the contract somehow, I don't see how this ISP could possibly have a case against Nike!
The beauty of open source projects is that they tend to work in relatively small groups. This in turn means that most people have more than one function. I know many artistic people who are great programmers and would be great for open source game development.
The problem is not necessarily with artists, but IMO a lack of interest towards this on the programmers' side. Games (graphics + code + sound + GUI) take much longer to develop than a regular app (code + GUI), and a lot more things can go wrong. I think it's just too laborious a process for many people.
Just wait for 3rd generation. Of course, 150kbit/sec connections are cool, but look at the cost of running 16 cell phones simultaneously!
Check out Nokia's 3rd Generation Site. Although I can't find the link off hand, I remember reading that its net access should be able to handle about 2.5 megabits/second, which is great for a cellphone or laptop/palmtop connected to it!
According to this site, we can expect to start seeing this around 2001/2002.
I know that you have to have a license to launch large model rockets. This man is launching a rocket big enough for himself. I'm not sure such a license exists to civilians! I wouldn't be surprised if the cops get him before he launches.
Rebel has been looking for faster chips for about a year now. At first they were going to go for the next incarnation of the StrongARM, but since Intel bought it, development slowed (they didn't want to compete with the Pentium). So, now that Crusoe is out, it's the next best choice. The 275 MHz StrongARM is just a little slow nowadays.
As a legal thing, this is probably equal to aiding and abetting a crime. The person linkign to an illegal file may not actually be distributing the file, but they are giving others the means of obtaining it, essentially aiding the crime.
Then again, maybe they should instead be happy about the link pointing them to a site that illegally distributes stuff so that they can shut that site down. *grin*
My first experience with Linux ~4 years ago was with Slackware 2.2.0. Let's just say it didn't leave me with a good impression of Linux. I knew it was supposed to be difficult, but not this difficult. I had an old 486/66 and the thing would take 6 tries before installing properly. Then it still wouldn't work properly.
Then my father got ahold of RedHat 4.2. It installed instantly in 30 minutes or so, no errors, very easy install, really got me going.
Since then I haven't tried SlackWare (although I'm sure I could tackle it now). So that's my story of SlackWare leaving a bad impression on me.
In addition to my previous post: We figured out that the biggest problem with the show was lack of advertising. Perhaps this is what happened to LinuxFest as well. I for one, have not heard of this show before this post.
Not to be a pessimist, but I know because I run the technical stuff for shows relatively often. Not all shows turn out as expected. Just recently I did a great show for a local school celebrating ten years of existence, and only about 50 people showed up. Hundreds were expected. This was disappointing.
So, the moral is, don't judge a book by its cover and if you can go out to this show, by all means do. Think of all the work people put into these things.
More and more companies are making these players, nad more and more people are using them.
Now I know they're designed to pay MP3s, and the companies aren't responsible for legal MP3s being played, but it does encourage the distribution of illegal MP3s.
Wouldn't be surprised if a law suit came up against these players in the near future...
What uses the most power is anything that moves, conatins servos. That would be the hard disk, floppy, and especially the CDROM drive. The display has a backlight which sucks a fair bit so that you can see it in broad daylight.
On the other hand, when you feel around an Intel laptop, one of the warmest parts is just around the processor. Thus, wasted heat.
Conclusion: Less power consumption is not that significant, IMO.
Looks like Transmeta is going to do better than I thought. Notebooks are likely just the beginning. Palmtops, wearables, internet appliances, 3G cell phones, the list goes on. It's good to see low-power chips being used all over the place.
But why end there? We have yet to see a large-scale usage of the babies, but I'm hoping that it will happen. For now, 3Com and Nokia are switching from Mot chips to Arm chips. This is a step in the right direction, and maybe with some time, Transmeta chips will have their place on their products.
Microsoft addresses the simple user. When a user walks into a supermarket these days, they see discount software on sale, often with just the Jewel case. Immediately, "cheap" clicks into their heads.
Microsoft, of course, feels it has to show a bigger box. American philosophy: bigger is better.
I agree, way too much packaging. A man named Roger Sorensen who has a sci-fi modeling page, has a section of his site dedicated to overpackaged models. You can see an example JPEG here. Maybe CompUSA should invest in a garbage compressor? =P
This is absolutely excellent news! Even with their troubles, Corel can put out good software for Linux.
I use the Corel suite of graphics programs 99% of the time. I don't wish to pick a fight, people are allowed to use Adobe, but I personally prefer Corel very much over Adobe and Macromedia.
CorelDRAW/PhotoPAINT are one of the few reasons I still boot into Windows, so when they first announced it I was very happy. Now I'm even happier. And the fact the PhotoPAINT will be free is kickass.
Plus, if it's based on the Windows code, Adobe fans can use PhotoPaint for Linux to use their PhotoShop plugins (which are 100% compatible). So this is good news for everyone!
I know that the 340 meg IBM Microdriver is in use in TRGPro Palm-clones. Here's the page: http://www.trgpro.com. Notice right under the gray bar they have a photo of a PalmOS device with 340 megs of storage. That's really something. But blowing the 1-gig barrier is way-cool. With 1-gig drives you can now store fairly massive databases in a PDA. I can imagine this is very useful within some companies. I know I'd be impressed if I were talking to a company's big cheese asking him some obscure detail about the company, and he pulls out a PDA and checks his database. That would be cool.
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But IMHO the timing is a little too perfect... But maybe I'm just pessimistic.
It's not too perfect. Notice, the stock isn't going up, layoffs are happening, and sales aren't really rising that much.
The situation is also not that perfect, because Corel Linux is free, as is PhotoPaint. They're not making any money off of the person who simply downloads it. It's definitely not the Microsoft way (pay big bucks to get an OS patch?!).
PhotoPaint 3 was made in 1992. It's not very good.
Photo-Paint 8 is excellent. It it completely cross-compatible with Adobe PhotoShop, that's with file format and layers, and filters, has a debatably easier to use interface that PhotoShop, and is not in any way weaker.
I use both regularly. There are some things that are easier to do in one program, and some that are easier to tdo in the other. I just use them intermittedly, as the file format is interchangable.
Lately, however, I've only really been using PhotoShop for lens flares (this plugin was not licensed to Corel). The programs are otherwise equal, and I don't see why you would think that Corel is admitting to having an inferior product! They're not.
Corel just wants to show this product, so people can download for free and see that Corel wasn't talking crap when they said that they were porting everything to Linux.
Just my CDN$0.02.
As a grqaphic designer who uses Windows for nearly the sole purpose of Games and the Corel suite of graphics programs, this gives lets me stay in Linux more. I'm very happy about this.
Corel, I believe, is making the right move about porting apps to Linux. Although in many ways it doesn't make sense for the company (just look at the stock), let's face it: without this kind of corporate support, Linux will not grow. So, Corel practically sacrifices itself for the advancement of Linux. This is risky, brave, and noble.
Now, if you don't mind, I'm gonna try a download!
Not in a world, in a country known as America.
America undoubtedly has the stupidest lawsuits. There are people in that country that sue for a living. That's some living!
Nike is rich. ISP needs money. America. Sue, easy money.
Security is definitely at question, but what's wrong with the ISP being bogged down. AFAIK, the ISP really doesn't put limits on how much bandwidth a customer can use. Unless it was in the terms of the contract somehow, I don't see how this ISP could possibly have a case against Nike!
The beauty of open source projects is that they tend to work in relatively small groups. This in turn means that most people have more than one function. I know many artistic people who are great programmers and would be great for open source game development.
The problem is not necessarily with artists, but IMO a lack of interest towards this on the programmers' side. Games (graphics + code + sound + GUI) take much longer to develop than a regular app (code + GUI), and a lot more things can go wrong. I think it's just too laborious a process for many people.
Just my CDN$0.02!
Just wait for 3rd generation. Of course, 150kbit/sec connections are cool, but look at the cost of running 16 cell phones simultaneously!
Check out Nokia's 3rd Generation Site. Although I can't find the link off hand, I remember reading that its net access should be able to handle about 2.5 megabits/second, which is great for a cellphone or laptop/palmtop connected to it!
According to this site, we can expect to start seeing this around 2001/2002.
I know that you have to have a license to launch large model rockets. This man is launching a rocket big enough for himself. I'm not sure such a license exists to civilians! I wouldn't be surprised if the cops get him before he launches.
Rebel has been looking for faster chips for about a year now. At first they were going to go for the next incarnation of the StrongARM, but since Intel bought it, development slowed (they didn't want to compete with the Pentium). So, now that Crusoe is out, it's the next best choice. The 275 MHz StrongARM is just a little slow nowadays.
Does the RIAA have jurisdiction outside of America? Can I still link to my illegal MP3s in Canada or Europe, or anywhere else?
As a legal thing, this is probably equal to aiding and abetting a crime. The person linkign to an illegal file may not actually be distributing the file, but they are giving others the means of obtaining it, essentially aiding the crime.
Then again, maybe they should instead be happy about the link pointing them to a site that illegally distributes stuff so that they can shut that site down. *grin*
My first experience with Linux ~4 years ago was with Slackware 2.2.0. Let's just say it didn't leave me with a good impression of Linux. I knew it was supposed to be difficult, but not this difficult. I had an old 486/66 and the thing would take 6 tries before installing properly. Then it still wouldn't work properly.
Then my father got ahold of RedHat 4.2. It installed instantly in 30 minutes or so, no errors, very easy install, really got me going.
Since then I haven't tried SlackWare (although I'm sure I could tackle it now). So that's my story of SlackWare leaving a bad impression on me.
In addition to my previous post:
We figured out that the biggest problem with the show was lack of advertising. Perhaps this is what happened to LinuxFest as well. I for one, have not heard of this show before this post.
Not to be a pessimist, but I know because I run the technical stuff for shows relatively often. Not all shows turn out as expected. Just recently I did a great show for a local school celebrating ten years of existence, and only about 50 people showed up. Hundreds were expected. This was disappointing.
So, the moral is, don't judge a book by its cover and if you can go out to this show, by all means do. Think of all the work people put into these things.
Does the World actually need yet another language? We've got enough as it is.
How legal is reverse-engineering these consoles?
In a way, this MP3 revolution is scary.
More and more companies are making these players, nad more and more people are using them.
Now I know they're designed to pay MP3s, and the companies aren't responsible for legal MP3s being played, but it does encourage the distribution of illegal MP3s.
Wouldn't be surprised if a law suit came up against these players in the near future...
The chip wouldn't do much, IMO.
What uses the most power is anything that moves, conatins servos. That would be the hard disk, floppy, and especially the CDROM drive. The display has a backlight which sucks a fair bit so that you can see it in broad daylight.
On the other hand, when you feel around an Intel laptop, one of the warmest parts is just around the processor. Thus, wasted heat.
Conclusion: Less power consumption is not that significant, IMO.
Looks like Transmeta is going to do better than I thought. Notebooks are likely just the beginning. Palmtops, wearables, internet appliances, 3G cell phones, the list goes on. It's good to see low-power chips being used all over the place.
But why end there? We have yet to see a large-scale usage of the babies, but I'm hoping that it will happen. For now, 3Com and Nokia are switching from Mot chips to Arm chips. This is a step in the right direction, and maybe with some time, Transmeta chips will have their place on their products.
It's Pinky, it's Pinky and the Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain....
Microsoft addresses the simple user. When a user walks into a supermarket these days, they see discount software on sale, often with just the Jewel case. Immediately, "cheap" clicks into their heads.
Microsoft, of course, feels it has to show a bigger box. American philosophy: bigger is better.
I agree, way too much packaging. A man named Roger Sorensen who has a sci-fi modeling page, has a section of his site dedicated to overpackaged models. You can see an example JPEG here.
Maybe CompUSA should invest in a garbage compressor? =P
This is absolutely excellent news! Even with their troubles, Corel can put out good software for Linux.
I use the Corel suite of graphics programs 99% of the time. I don't wish to pick a fight, people are allowed to use Adobe, but I personally prefer Corel very much over Adobe and Macromedia.
CorelDRAW/PhotoPAINT are one of the few reasons I still boot into Windows, so when they first announced it I was very happy. Now I'm even happier. And the fact the PhotoPAINT will be free is kickass.
Plus, if it's based on the Windows code, Adobe fans can use PhotoPaint for Linux to use their PhotoShop plugins (which are 100% compatible). So this is good news for everyone!
I know that the 340 meg IBM Microdriver is in use in TRGPro Palm-clones. Here's the page: http://www.trgpro.com. Notice right under the gray bar they have a photo of a PalmOS device with 340 megs of storage. That's really something. But blowing the 1-gig barrier is way-cool. With 1-gig drives you can now store fairly massive databases in a PDA. I can imagine this is very useful within some companies. I know I'd be impressed if I were talking to a company's big cheese asking him some obscure detail about the company, and he pulls out a PDA and checks his database. That would be cool.
Way to go IBM!
Do I want to censor those images? =P