Yeah.. I was going to say.. I interpreted the FP as saying they are the customer, so they have every right to be 'unreasonable'. They bought something (seems to be mission critical) so they should have every right to expect it works for them. That's how the customer/provider relationship works, especially one that provides dedicated and one-off services like this seems to indicate.
Of course, 48 hour turn around may not be possible.. that's another issue.
Pretty cool! I'd heard very good things about this game (I'm an adventure gamer rather than a FPS or MMO type) so I went looking for it. Couldn't find it for Xbox/360 in any of the local shops so ebay'd an import version (it's called Fahrenheit in the UK). I've been playing this on PC and it's a damn good game in spite of not really enjoying playing on a PC. I'll definitely get the download version if it's priced appropriately.
Am I the only MST3Kr who preferred Mike over Joel? Joel always gave the impression of not having comic timing, not to mention kind of came off as a stoner. Mike seemed much wittier. *shrug*
I'm sick of the people who think that copyright infringement ISN'T theft.
If you are gaining something (Vista, a car, music, whatever...) that you have no right to gain - either by lack of a payment, lack of an agreement/contract/license, etc, you are stealing that something. The method by which you are stealing is copyright infringement - which carries it's own weight. But the simple fact that you're ending up with something that you are not permitted to obtain - that's the theft.
STOP perpetrating copyright infringement as both something separate and minor compared to theft.
Something interesting to take away from this. The 13 year old (the future of technology) wanted the gadgets - or rather - the useful yet entertaining and social aspects of Vista - rather than the technology underneath. Technology that serves a personal purpose, rather than technology that simply serves a purpose.
As we've all learned for ourselves now back when we started CS/IT/ENG/whatever, we constantly evolve using what we started with as a base. I can trace my usage of linux/unix now back to first using NextStations and IRIX boxes back in school.
What is Linux/Ubuntu/younameit doing to capitalize on the 13 year old market? What does Linux offer a teenager, or better yet, why would a teenage want to use Linux? Social interaction, gadgets/widgets, entertainment, etc may seem like a waste of purpose and time to us hardcore nerds, but these are very important to non-tech types. Once the 13 year old is interested, then the whole 'get em early' evolution begins.
A great example is the XO laptop. The XO has considered the social target audience of the product like few other hardware and software developers previously (except maybe Apple). As such, every review of the laptop so far by a schoolage child (the target) loves it. For Linux to succeed on the desktop for the masses, developers needs to consider what the desktop for the masses actually is - not what developers think the desktop to be where the masses adapt.
If they are going to be this petty.. why not take it one step further.. start suing people for singing to/around another person.. start suing people for quoting/tattooing/anything meaningful stanzas to get their fair share.. start suing people for tattooing band names as those are copyrighted and/or trademarked.
Jesus.. I mean.. seriously.. do they even care about their perception with their customers anymore?
I've been taking it one step further than everyone who refuses to buy RIAA/CRIA/UKIA(?) recordings. I make my living in music and I'm doing everything I can to achieve and maintain my measure of "success" while not succumbing to these measures. Just a few weeks ago, I truthfully walked away from a potential career "discovery" because of the terms and games that would have been required to accept - I wasn't willing to sacrifice who I am, what I believe and what my art means to me. I don't know what I may have missed out on.. I can imagine certainly, but I do know exactly how much I wouldn't respect myself and that's far more important to me.
The whole entertainment industry is disgusting. I hope they keep blacking and withering their essence, they are their own cancer that's going to kill them slowly from the inside out.
Blender runs entirely in one window (X11/osx or otherwise - I use Blender on OSX). You're getting lost because of Blender, not X11. Once you get used to the UI it's amazingly efficient and intuitive, but the immediate unfamiliarity makes it VERY difficult to even consider working with it long term enough to get to the required familiarity. Blender shouldn't change its UI, once you know it, it is pretty damn solid. But it should make changes to make the UI a little more familiar with what people expect. It'll be taken much more seriously.
You can buy individual songs.. and you choose by your own admission not to reboot into a compatible system. How are they locking you out? You're imposing upon yourself.
I wanted to bump this up (no mod points, and noone else has mod'd yet).. this is definitely the case (dealt with a lot of releases for film/video and photo work).
Ultimately, the buck stops with Virgin. As they were the entity who ultimately benefit from the use of the image, it is their responsibility to ensure they have the right to use it. As Virgin had no contract (agreement-intent/active) from the photographer for the work (or to do the work) that specified the model was clear, then they can't hold him accountable that she wasn't cleared. All they had was a license (permission-passive) to the work itself. Crediting the photographer satisifies the 'terms' of the license only to use the work. The responsibility for how the work was actually used falls on Virgin.
Adobe/Macromedia products.. Logic Studio.. Final Cut Studio.. Pro Tools and compatible hardware.. ANY pro firewire digital audio interface.. and very little tinkering required - it just works.
Don't confuse me as a MacFanBoi (my first linux distro was Yggsdrasil). The target audience the pro-level/price Mac stuff aims for.. we know who we are and why we work on Mac.
The reason Halo is considered so great by the masses...
Until Halo, anyone who played games online or off was a computer/gamer dork. That's how the rest of the world viewed gamers. Somehow people realized it was more fun playing the games than it was making fun of the gamers, and things switched. Halo was the first multiplayer game that was socially acceptable to play. And since it was the masses first, of course they are going to latch onto it and proclaim it king.
Quake.. Doom.. Unreal.. HL1/CS.. even Goldeneye (going console).. only played by gamers and the rest of the world looked down upon us. It wasn't "cool" enough. I don't think Halo switched things, it just benefit from the switch.
Wanted to add on.. my first instrument was trombone and I've played that nearly as long as string bass. This could be why I have no problem discerning G/G#/A/A#(Bb). First possession on trombone is Bb (essentially it's 'open' note), bass with an open A.. by working in both I've most likely trained my brain to be more aware of the difference than most other musicians whose instruments are only in concert tuning, or only guitar tuning, etc.
This is exactly right. I also have perfect pitch. I've been a musician for 20 years (currently making my living as a performer) and I don't know now if this ability was something I was born with or if it was something I developed overtime (though interestingly, my father and my uncle [biological - his brother] who are also professional musicians also have perfect pitch) - probably a bit of both.
I do know that my training has enabled me to identify the invented aspect of PP.. knowing the note name without a previous reference. My main instrument is bass guitar/double bass (upright), and it started off as "recalling" the open strings and then mentally figuring the difference to the pitch in question. Now though, any note (in a typical 88 key piano range - crazy high hz is tough) is pretty much identifiable without this recall.
My totally unscientific finding has been a bit different. Most of my regular associates/peers are musicians and only one other has perfect pitch to the same level I do. Most musicians I know fall into the category of knowing the difference between notes but requiring knowing where they started to figure out where they are now (not sure if that made sense given the description of PP - and I say most because one of the best set drummers I know is tone deaf). My wife and her non-musical friends range anywhere from completely tone deaf (my wife;-) to a musicians ability - though very underdeveloped. The biggest sort-of 'shocker' for me is my wife being unable to recognize something out of tune - like a perfect 5th with one string a little off from the other. She either doesn't recognize or hear the pulsing created by the conflicting frequencies.
I disagree with the article.. having an open A string has triggered something in my brain to always know it's open A which has given me enormous benefit in my chosen profession. The ability to transpose anything from any key to another.. alternate tunings.. etc etc and all of it in real time. I've been able to do this since the beginning.
Actually, nope - Super 8 is making a major comeback (in as much as major can possibly be vs. digital). There's a pretty new(ish) wide 8mm format that a lot of productions are using now for work that is going to HD. Great result for stuff that needs to be filmic and great quality for the target distribution.
Just a heads up (got bit by this recently - nothing sinister)... you can't cancel an auction within the last 12 or 24 hours regardless if it has bids (Ie: cancel all bids and close it - doesn't work). Once it hits that 12/24 hour point of now return, you gotta ride it.
Used to not be like this.
I got bit trying to sell something locally on Craigslist (obscure gear and the local market would most likely latch - but ebay was my backup), had a local buyer, but couldn't end the auction.
I've never quite understood the point of SL and these other listed sites. What do you do on them? Are they like some merging of ICQ/Myspace/Facebook into a 3d game (or some approximation)?
Agreed.. this has been bugging me (and therefore everyone:) for quite a while. Gives the person using it the whole 'buzzword to compensate' impression.
So really, Doom 3 runs on your G5, but you have a crappy LCD (or just an old one - before gaming was LCD-conscious) which is now the G5s fault (?). I've got an old iMac G5 (1.8) that ran Doom 3 just fine. Hell, I played (and beat) Q4 and Prey on it as well.
I just bought a new Macbook Pro (17) and loaded those same Q4 and Prey games onto it - rediculously fast. Buy a new computer or change your expectations.
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Yeah.. I was going to say.. I interpreted the FP as saying they are the customer, so they have every right to be 'unreasonable'. They bought something (seems to be mission critical) so they should have every right to expect it works for them. That's how the customer/provider relationship works, especially one that provides dedicated and one-off services like this seems to indicate.
Of course, 48 hour turn around may not be possible.. that's another issue.
Pretty cool! I'd heard very good things about this game (I'm an adventure gamer rather than a FPS or MMO type) so I went looking for it. Couldn't find it for Xbox/360 in any of the local shops so ebay'd an import version (it's called Fahrenheit in the UK). I've been playing this on PC and it's a damn good game in spite of not really enjoying playing on a PC. I'll definitely get the download version if it's priced appropriately.
You're comparing one-off appliances with user purposed and modifiable systems. There's a world of difference and not a very good comparison.
Am I the only MST3Kr who preferred Mike over Joel? Joel always gave the impression of not having comic timing, not to mention kind of came off as a stoner. Mike seemed much wittier. *shrug*
FYI, Mac IIs (his mentioned was a IIFX) had 6 Nubus (video cards, among other things) slots. Back in the day I used a Mac II with at least 4 displays.
I'm sick of the people who think that copyright infringement ISN'T theft.
If you are gaining something (Vista, a car, music, whatever...) that you have no right to gain - either by lack of a payment, lack of an agreement/contract/license, etc, you are stealing that something. The method by which you are stealing is copyright infringement - which carries it's own weight. But the simple fact that you're ending up with something that you are not permitted to obtain - that's the theft.
STOP perpetrating copyright infringement as both something separate and minor compared to theft.
Something interesting to take away from this. The 13 year old (the future of technology) wanted the gadgets - or rather - the useful yet entertaining and social aspects of Vista - rather than the technology underneath. Technology that serves a personal purpose, rather than technology that simply serves a purpose.
As we've all learned for ourselves now back when we started CS/IT/ENG/whatever, we constantly evolve using what we started with as a base. I can trace my usage of linux/unix now back to first using NextStations and IRIX boxes back in school.
What is Linux/Ubuntu/younameit doing to capitalize on the 13 year old market? What does Linux offer a teenager, or better yet, why would a teenage want to use Linux? Social interaction, gadgets/widgets, entertainment, etc may seem like a waste of purpose and time to us hardcore nerds, but these are very important to non-tech types. Once the 13 year old is interested, then the whole 'get em early' evolution begins.
A great example is the XO laptop. The XO has considered the social target audience of the product like few other hardware and software developers previously (except maybe Apple). As such, every review of the laptop so far by a schoolage child (the target) loves it. For Linux to succeed on the desktop for the masses, developers needs to consider what the desktop for the masses actually is - not what developers think the desktop to be where the masses adapt.
Retaliation for the shirt? *ducks*
If they are going to be this petty.. why not take it one step further.. start suing people for singing to/around another person.. start suing people for quoting/tattooing/anything meaningful stanzas to get their fair share.. start suing people for tattooing band names as those are copyrighted and/or trademarked.
Jesus.. I mean.. seriously.. do they even care about their perception with their customers anymore?
I've been taking it one step further than everyone who refuses to buy RIAA/CRIA/UKIA(?) recordings. I make my living in music and I'm doing everything I can to achieve and maintain my measure of "success" while not succumbing to these measures. Just a few weeks ago, I truthfully walked away from a potential career "discovery" because of the terms and games that would have been required to accept - I wasn't willing to sacrifice who I am, what I believe and what my art means to me. I don't know what I may have missed out on.. I can imagine certainly, but I do know exactly how much I wouldn't respect myself and that's far more important to me.
The whole entertainment industry is disgusting. I hope they keep blacking and withering their essence, they are their own cancer that's going to kill them slowly from the inside out.
Blender runs entirely in one window (X11/osx or otherwise - I use Blender on OSX). You're getting lost because of Blender, not X11. Once you get used to the UI it's amazingly efficient and intuitive, but the immediate unfamiliarity makes it VERY difficult to even consider working with it long term enough to get to the required familiarity. Blender shouldn't change its UI, once you know it, it is pretty damn solid. But it should make changes to make the UI a little more familiar with what people expect. It'll be taken much more seriously.
You can buy individual songs.. and you choose by your own admission not to reboot into a compatible system. How are they locking you out? You're imposing upon yourself.
emusic isn't mainstream. 9 out of 10 non-slashdot'r haven't heard of it.
I wanted to bump this up (no mod points, and noone else has mod'd yet).. this is definitely the case (dealt with a lot of releases for film/video and photo work).
Ultimately, the buck stops with Virgin. As they were the entity who ultimately benefit from the use of the image, it is their responsibility to ensure they have the right to use it. As Virgin had no contract (agreement-intent/active) from the photographer for the work (or to do the work) that specified the model was clear, then they can't hold him accountable that she wasn't cleared. All they had was a license (permission-passive) to the work itself. Crediting the photographer satisifies the 'terms' of the license only to use the work. The responsibility for how the work was actually used falls on Virgin.
20 years later and it still makes me laugh :-)
Adobe/Macromedia products.. Logic Studio.. Final Cut Studio.. Pro Tools and compatible hardware.. ANY pro firewire digital audio interface.. and very little tinkering required - it just works.
Don't confuse me as a MacFanBoi (my first linux distro was Yggsdrasil). The target audience the pro-level/price Mac stuff aims for.. we know who we are and why we work on Mac.
Arundel Mills?
The reason Halo is considered so great by the masses...
Until Halo, anyone who played games online or off was a computer/gamer dork. That's how the rest of the world viewed gamers. Somehow people realized it was more fun playing the games than it was making fun of the gamers, and things switched. Halo was the first multiplayer game that was socially acceptable to play. And since it was the masses first, of course they are going to latch onto it and proclaim it king.
Quake.. Doom.. Unreal.. HL1/CS.. even Goldeneye (going console).. only played by gamers and the rest of the world looked down upon us. It wasn't "cool" enough. I don't think Halo switched things, it just benefit from the switch.
first possession?? I mean position (duur? gotta go back to bed :)
Wanted to add on.. my first instrument was trombone and I've played that nearly as long as string bass. This could be why I have no problem discerning G/G#/A/A#(Bb). First possession on trombone is Bb (essentially it's 'open' note), bass with an open A.. by working in both I've most likely trained my brain to be more aware of the difference than most other musicians whose instruments are only in concert tuning, or only guitar tuning, etc.
This is exactly right. I also have perfect pitch. I've been a musician for 20 years (currently making my living as a performer) and I don't know now if this ability was something I was born with or if it was something I developed overtime (though interestingly, my father and my uncle [biological - his brother] who are also professional musicians also have perfect pitch) - probably a bit of both.
;-) to a musicians ability - though very underdeveloped. The biggest sort-of 'shocker' for me is my wife being unable to recognize something out of tune - like a perfect 5th with one string a little off from the other. She either doesn't recognize or hear the pulsing created by the conflicting frequencies.
I do know that my training has enabled me to identify the invented aspect of PP.. knowing the note name without a previous reference. My main instrument is bass guitar/double bass (upright), and it started off as "recalling" the open strings and then mentally figuring the difference to the pitch in question. Now though, any note (in a typical 88 key piano range - crazy high hz is tough) is pretty much identifiable without this recall.
My totally unscientific finding has been a bit different. Most of my regular associates/peers are musicians and only one other has perfect pitch to the same level I do. Most musicians I know fall into the category of knowing the difference between notes but requiring knowing where they started to figure out where they are now (not sure if that made sense given the description of PP - and I say most because one of the best set drummers I know is tone deaf). My wife and her non-musical friends range anywhere from completely tone deaf (my wife
I disagree with the article.. having an open A string has triggered something in my brain to always know it's open A which has given me enormous benefit in my chosen profession. The ability to transpose anything from any key to another.. alternate tunings.. etc etc and all of it in real time. I've been able to do this since the beginning.
Actually, nope - Super 8 is making a major comeback (in as much as major can possibly be vs. digital). There's a pretty new(ish) wide 8mm format that a lot of productions are using now for work that is going to HD. Great result for stuff that needs to be filmic and great quality for the target distribution.
Just a heads up (got bit by this recently - nothing sinister)... you can't cancel an auction within the last 12 or 24 hours regardless if it has bids (Ie: cancel all bids and close it - doesn't work). Once it hits that 12/24 hour point of now return, you gotta ride it.
Used to not be like this.
I got bit trying to sell something locally on Craigslist (obscure gear and the local market would most likely latch - but ebay was my backup), had a local buyer, but couldn't end the auction.
I've never quite understood the point of SL and these other listed sites. What do you do on them? Are they like some merging of ICQ/Myspace/Facebook into a 3d game (or some approximation)?
Maybe I'm just not nerd enough anymore..
Agreed.. this has been bugging me (and therefore everyone :) for quite a while. Gives the person using it the whole 'buzzword to compensate' impression.
So really, Doom 3 runs on your G5, but you have a crappy LCD (or just an old one - before gaming was LCD-conscious) which is now the G5s fault (?). I've got an old iMac G5 (1.8) that ran Doom 3 just fine. Hell, I played (and beat) Q4 and Prey on it as well.
I just bought a new Macbook Pro (17) and loaded those same Q4 and Prey games onto it - rediculously fast. Buy a new computer or change your expectations.