Actually, according to the MLA Handbook guidelines, the necessity for two spaces following a period is getting phazed out. Mainly with the plethora of dtp software and type-setting programs, the period/space rules are ignored, since most columns and text is justified (variable spaces)
http://www.mla.org for more details of the Rules for Period/Space.
Digital Photographers enjoy the RAW format over JPEG or TIFF for several reasons. A good analogy is to consider a RAW file as a digital negative, or a JPEG or TIFF as a color slide.
RAW images contain more information from the camera - they're unprocessed, like a digital negative. JPEG's will have much of the same information, and with a low compression ratio will often have similar 'quality'. When you bring these into Photoshop and try to modify or play with the pictures, a RAW file will give you more information to fiddle with.
Because RAW photos are mostly unprocessed in the camera, the white balance, hue, contrast, sharpening and exposure settings can be overridden in software after the fact. All but exposure can be overridden completely; that is, the resulting processed photo will look exactly as if the photo was shot on the correct settings in the camera in the first place. Most RAW file processing apps, with most RAW file formats, allow for great underexposure recovery: shoot the picture at ISO 200, underexpose by 2 stops, use the magical software exposure compensation control to brighten the picture 2 stops, and in most respects the processed photo will resemble an ISO 800 photo straight out of the camera.
(snip)
So, another measure of image quality is the ability to fix white balance, exposure and other errors after the fact, in a manner that is vastly more effective, and quicker, than what could be accomplished in Photoshop with a JPEG or standard TIFF. RAW allows news photographers to continue to shoot colour negative in effect, with the same sort of latitude for various types of technical errors, instead of having to switch to the more unforgiving colour slide, which is what JPEG or standard TIFF conceptually. This analogy isn't perfect, because unlike colour negative film, which doesn't offer the same overall quality of color slide, RAW photos inherently offer better quality than JPEG or standard TIFF.
Not that forth is dead by any means, but it has sort of lapsed into obscurity.
Nice to see recent development is still happening,
as forth always has been the best for what its designed for, controlling stuff. Probably always will.
Requirements: Quartz Extreme functionality is supported by the following video GPUs: NVIDIA GeForce2 MX, GeForce3, GeForce4 MX, or GeForce4 Ti or any AGP-based ATI RADEON GPU. A minimum of 16MB VRAM is required.
DESCRIPTION
The sysctl utility retrieves kernel state and allows processes with
appropriate privilege to set kernel state. The state to be retrieved or
set is described using a ``Management Information Base'' (``MIB'') style
name, described as a dotted set of components. The -a flag can be used
to list all the currently available string or integer values. The -A
flag will list all the known MIB names including tables. Those with
string or integer values will be printed as with the -a flag; for the
table values, the name of the utility to retrieve them is given.
(...the rest is availible in Mac OS X CLI)
BTW - you can get even more details about each value with the following command: % man 3 sysctl
Austin, TX - The Blood and Tissue Center has been in communication all morning with the National Blood Exchange and the New York Blood Center. The National Blood Exchange is coordinating the efforts of all blood centers across the country and the tremendous outpouring of people wanting to donate blood. They are working with people at the two disaster sites to determine what blood products are needed and how many. They are also coordinating the transportation of the blood products to the disaster sites or nearby facilities that will be handling victims. As of right now, they have asked that people do not YET organize blood drives until the needs for blood have been determined - they do not want to have to waste blood products. Currently at the Blood and Tissue Center, there have been so many people who have come to donate that there is at least a three-hour wait. The Center has pulled every available staff member into the Center at 4300 North Lamar Blvd to help process donors as quickly and efficiently as we can. In light of the requests from the New York Blood Center and the National Blood Exchange, we ask people to come donate blood later this week. Given the magnitude of these disasters, blood is going to be critically needed tomorrow, next week and beyond. The Center will continue to update the community as developments occur. If you have questions regarding blood donation, please call the Center at 512-206-1266.
The Blood and Tissue Center of Central Texas 4300 N. Lamar Boulevard
Austin, TX 78756 Mon-Fri 8:00am-6:00pm
Sat 8:00am- 2:00pm
(512) 206-1266 Fax: (512) 458-3859 For more information, contact us at bloodandtissue@tcms.com
They were doing the year based version scheme a decade ago, then switched over to standard numbers. Hmm... Now if everyone wasn't so panicky about Y2k, we'd probably still be running with the original decimal version increases.
Course, Microsoft always has to find some nifty gimic to capture attention. I still feel those year-based versions are for internal use, like an absolute deadline for software release... otherwise their stuff would be permanently delayed.
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Actually, according to the MLA Handbook guidelines, the necessity for two spaces following a period is getting phazed out. Mainly with the plethora of dtp software and type-setting programs, the period/space rules are ignored, since most columns and text is justified (variable spaces)
http://www.mla.org for more details of the Rules for Period/Space.
Digital Photographers enjoy the RAW format over JPEG or TIFF for several reasons. A good analogy is to consider a RAW file as a digital negative, or a JPEG or TIFF as a color slide.
RAW images contain more information from the camera - they're unprocessed, like a digital negative. JPEG's will have much of the same information, and with a low compression ratio will often have similar 'quality'. When you bring these into Photoshop and try to modify or play with the pictures, a RAW file will give you more information to fiddle with.
Rob Galbraith explains this in greater detailI've included some relevant quotes below: (snip)
In fact - any modifications to the Open Firmware variables will require a minimal understanding of Forth.
Some reference documents:
Apple Tech Note TN1061 - Fundamentals of Open Firmware: Part 1
Apple Tech Note TN1062 - Fundamentals of Open Firmware: Part 2
NetBSD MacPPC FAQ:What is Open Firmware?
I thought the idea of a linux trash can was pretty neat.
lighten up, eh?
Apparently Quartz Extreme has that taken care of.
For PowerBooks, this should cover everything after the
PowerBook G4 (Gigabit Ethernet)
For iBooks, the latest model: iBook (16MB VRAM) is the first to have a Radeon Video card.
From Apple's main page on Mac OS X
If you haven't already, contact Apple.
There's an issue where the wiring gets shorted out on the PowerSwitch of the LCD Monitor.
An AASP can re-wire the monitor, or Apple can setup a Mail-In Dispatch Repair.
1-800-sos-apple (800 767 2275)
Basically he's boosting the values for TCP/UDP communications in the Mac OS X Kernel. The default values were half of what he proposed.
I haven't read too much into it all, but remember, YMMV.
% man sysctl
... ...
NAME
sysctl - get or set kernel state
SYNOPSIS
sysctl [-n] name
sysctl [-n] -w name=value
sysctl [-n] -aA
DESCRIPTION
The sysctl utility retrieves kernel state and allows processes with
appropriate privilege to set kernel state. The state to be retrieved or
set is described using a ``Management Information Base'' (``MIB'') style
name, described as a dotted set of components. The -a flag can be used
to list all the currently available string or integer values. The -A
flag will list all the known MIB names including tables. Those with
string or integer values will be printed as with the -a flag; for the
table values, the name of the utility to retrieve them is given.
(...the rest is availible in Mac OS X CLI)
BTW - you can get even more details about each value with the following command:
% man 3 sysctl
Those in other cities of the US should also keep this in mind
September 11, 2001
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Nicolette Abernathy, 512-206-1125; Leslie Searcey, 512-206-1120; or Dolly Mogonye, 512-206-1265
DISASTER REQUESTS REGARDING BLOOD DONATION
Austin, TX - The Blood and Tissue Center has been in communication all morning with the National Blood Exchange and the New York Blood Center. The National Blood Exchange is coordinating the efforts of all blood centers across the country and the tremendous outpouring of people wanting to donate blood. They are working with people at the two disaster sites to determine what blood products are needed and how many. They are also coordinating the transportation of the blood products to the disaster sites or nearby facilities that will be handling victims. As of right now, they have asked that people do not YET organize blood drives until the needs for blood have been determined - they do not want to have to waste blood products.
Currently at the Blood and Tissue Center, there have been so many people who have come to donate that there is at least a three-hour wait. The Center has pulled every available staff member into the Center at 4300 North Lamar Blvd to help process donors as quickly and efficiently as we can. In light of the requests from the New York Blood Center and the National Blood Exchange, we ask people to come donate blood later this week. Given the magnitude of these disasters, blood is going to be critically needed tomorrow, next week and beyond.
The Center will continue to update the community as developments occur. If you have questions regarding blood donation, please call the Center at 512-206-1266.
The Blood and Tissue Center of Central Texas
4300 N. Lamar Boulevard
Austin, TX 78756
Mon-Fri 8:00am-6:00pm
Sat 8:00am- 2:00pm
(512) 206-1266 Fax: (512) 458-3859
For more information, contact us at bloodandtissue@tcms.com
©1996-2001 The Blood and Tissue Center of Central Texas
Updated September 11, 2001. Online since February, 1999.
They were doing the year based version scheme a decade ago, then switched over to standard numbers. Hmm... Now if everyone wasn't so panicky about Y2k, we'd probably still be running with the original decimal version increases.
Course, Microsoft always has to find some nifty gimic to capture attention. I still feel those year-based versions are for internal use, like an absolute deadline for software release... otherwise their stuff would be permanently delayed.