Since it's an analog video signal on the LD, I'd run it out to a video capture card. Or maybe through a DV deck into the computer by Firewire. It'd just be encoding, not reencoding.
Heh. My laserdiscs of the original trilogy are pretty sweet. 3.1 surround, DVD-quality THX-remastered video - and they're the real original versions, the release just before the "Special Edition" came out. Not to mention BEAUTIFUL LP-sized cover art...
Hrm, it would be trivial to rip these and burn to DVD...
...there's been a raging debate about this very topic going on in the MacAch at Ars the past few days. Whatever's to be said has probably been covered there.
I suspect it will rise - the service was just released a few days ago. Only a small portion of Mac users closely follow the industry, and the service hasn't been widely advertised yet. I have several friends with OSX macs who probably have no clue this even exists - they're probably still using iTunes 2...
Once the word gets out, sales will rise. Then they may settle down a bit... until the Windows version is released.
Yeah. So when was the last time the government did anything efficiently or cost-effectively?
Regulated industry is the way to go, but the problem is, the FCC won't regulate. Probably because the industry has its nose (and wallet) so far up the rear of a bunch of senators it's hard to legislate against.
Imagine the interest Apple could draw if they presented the world with a machine that runs the Classic, OS X, Unix and Windows applications... all in one environment and almost seamlessly.
No. Here's why. All developers would immediately stop coding native apps for the Mac-PPC. One version release, runs on Wintel and Mac-x86. But no matter how well Apple integrated it, you'd still be running Windows applications, with associated interface and problems inherited from being Windows programs.
Well-written programs, even share/freeware, are a major part of the Mac experience. Look at how much nicer Office for OSX is vs. Office for Windows. Take that away, you end up killing the Mac.
With things like Virtual PC or PC-emulator cards, you pay a price in terms of performance and you are still runnning Windows, so there is a distinction between when you are using your Mac and when you are not. Lose this distinction and the performance hit, developers write one version, the Mac turns into Windows on less-cheap hardware, and it does a painful death.
It would be friggin cool to be able to run my windows progs direct on the Mac, I agree, but it would kill Apple.
For starters: The maximise button does not work. Want an app to fill the screen? Tough, you cant. At best you'll get a highly annoying 10px margin all around the window, at worst it will go into some completely unwanted portrait-orientation that can even leave you with less of an app window size than you had before.
This illustrates a fundamental misunderstanding of the "maximize" button, which in MacOSX is NOT a "maximize" but a "zoom" button. It switches between the default and the user-resized sizes of the window. In specific situations (such as the Finder) it resizes the window so the most content is displayed WITHOUT HOGGING THE WHOLE SCREEN. Why you would want to waste valuable screen real estate on blank space in a "maximized" window is beyond me...
Similarly, the application's menubar is ALWAYS at the top of the screen. Right at the very top. You have to go out of the application, to go to it's menubar! Where's the sense in that?
There is a fundamental tenet of interface design that says that targets on edges of the screen are "bigger", that is, quicker to reach than targets at some random location in the screen space. It is faster to reach a menu for a relevant app that is along the top of the screen than if it is off in the middle somewhere, even if the top of the screen is farther from the cursor.
Another reason for having one menubar at the top is so there is only one application's menus visible at the same time. This eliminates screen clutter and user confusion - you don't have to think about which menu to go to. Again, more efficient.
Their keyboards and mice are utterly horrible to use, but they can be replaced so that's a short term problem.
This is purely personal preference. The Apple pro keyboard and mouse are some of the nicest I've used. The older, condensed keyboard has it's problems, but types really well. As you said, any old USB kb/mouse will work if you need more buttons or some other form of keyboard.
Not to feed a troll, but these things are the way they are for a reason, and actually serve to make the UI MORE useable.
They should make the shows available online shortly thereafter, for a reduced price. That way people without broadband could get the CD, and people with broadband could get like an SHN, or could choose to get the CD with goodies.
Anyone know if they would include any interesting packaging? Sounds like a regular-old-burner job, on a cheap CD and a blank jewel case, but some kind of custom packaging special to that show would make it sell more, I bet.
Some of these clips are pretty freaky. Imagine one of those people who built an RF-shielded Y2K shelter turning on their car stereo and hearing that "Distortion" clip...
"Mabel, they've come for me! Get the kids in the shelter. Look out for black helicopters!"
I seem to be getting cracks and pops now during PLAYBACK in Carbon apps (iTunes). I also seem to have some quiet popping while nothing is happening and I'm just sitting in the Finder.
Maybe I'm paranoid because of the update and I'm just noticing flaws in my MP3s that I'd missed before, but I could swear it's the same pattern of popping no matter what song is playing. I'll have to try a CD, I guess.
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Since it's an analog video signal on the LD, I'd run it out to a video capture card. Or maybe through a DV deck into the computer by Firewire. It'd just be encoding, not reencoding.
Heh. My laserdiscs of the original trilogy are pretty sweet. 3.1 surround, DVD-quality THX-remastered video - and they're the real original versions, the release just before the "Special Edition" came out. Not to mention BEAUTIFUL LP-sized cover art...
Hrm, it would be trivial to rip these and burn to DVD...
...there's been a raging debate about this very topic going on in the MacAch at Ars the past few days. Whatever's to be said has probably been covered there.
Actually, halve all of those numbers - it's not a perfect article until its been duped.
... or when you excape from the secret MJ12 lab and realize where you are... chilling...
I suspect it will rise - the service was just released a few days ago. Only a small portion of Mac users closely follow the industry, and the service hasn't been widely advertised yet. I have several friends with OSX macs who probably have no clue this even exists - they're probably still using iTunes 2...
Once the word gets out, sales will rise. Then they may settle down a bit... until the Windows version is released.
Yeah. So when was the last time the government did anything efficiently or cost-effectively?
Regulated industry is the way to go, but the problem is, the FCC won't regulate. Probably because the industry has its nose (and wallet) so far up the rear of a bunch of senators it's hard to legislate against.
No. Here's why. All developers would immediately stop coding native apps for the Mac-PPC. One version release, runs on Wintel and Mac-x86. But no matter how well Apple integrated it, you'd still be running Windows applications, with associated interface and problems inherited from being Windows programs.
Well-written programs, even share/freeware, are a major part of the Mac experience. Look at how much nicer Office for OSX is vs. Office for Windows. Take that away, you end up killing the Mac.
With things like Virtual PC or PC-emulator cards, you pay a price in terms of performance and you are still runnning Windows, so there is a distinction between when you are using your Mac and when you are not. Lose this distinction and the performance hit, developers write one version, the Mac turns into Windows on less-cheap hardware, and it does a painful death.
It would be friggin cool to be able to run my windows progs direct on the Mac, I agree, but it would kill Apple.
This chip in high position 2 emphysema
"What's wrong, Amy? Did you swallow your phone again?"
This illustrates a fundamental misunderstanding of the "maximize" button, which in MacOSX is NOT a "maximize" but a "zoom" button. It switches between the default and the user-resized sizes of the window. In specific situations (such as the Finder) it resizes the window so the most content is displayed WITHOUT HOGGING THE WHOLE SCREEN. Why you would want to waste valuable screen real estate on blank space in a "maximized" window is beyond me...
There is a fundamental tenet of interface design that says that targets on edges of the screen are "bigger", that is, quicker to reach than targets at some random location in the screen space. It is faster to reach a menu for a relevant app that is along the top of the screen than if it is off in the middle somewhere, even if the top of the screen is farther from the cursor.
Another reason for having one menubar at the top is so there is only one application's menus visible at the same time. This eliminates screen clutter and user confusion - you don't have to think about which menu to go to. Again, more efficient.
This is purely personal preference. The Apple pro keyboard and mouse are some of the nicest I've used. The older, condensed keyboard has it's problems, but types really well. As you said, any old USB kb/mouse will work if you need more buttons or some other form of keyboard.
Not to feed a troll, but these things are the way they are for a reason, and actually serve to make the UI MORE useable.
That should be just about the time the MacOSX Aqua, not X11) port of OpenOffice.org is happy and stable, and we can say "screw 'em!" about M$ office.
Also, there's a built-in way around it:
>> Charities, surveys and calls on behalf of politicians would be exempt.
"Hello, we'd like you to take our quick survey... in return, we'll let you switch to our long-distance service for only..."
They should make the shows available online shortly thereafter, for a reduced price. That way people without broadband could get the CD, and people with broadband could get like an SHN, or could choose to get the CD with goodies.
Anyone know if they would include any interesting packaging? Sounds like a regular-old-burner job, on a cheap CD and a blank jewel case, but some kind of custom packaging special to that show would make it sell more, I bet.
>>she's in the spotlight because of the whole mp3 controversy
'Round here, we call that the Slashdot effect...
But this time, used for good, not evil!
This new vehicle is completely recycleable! Save the environment by keeping this car and all it's parts out of the landfill!
(Gets 1.5MPG highway)
Some of these clips are pretty freaky. Imagine one of those people who built an RF-shielded Y2K shelter turning on their car stereo and hearing that "Distortion" clip...
"Mabel, they've come for me! Get the kids in the shelter. Look out for black helicopters!"
Sounds like Skylarov all over again...
Heh. Yeah, just keep the pr0n in an encrypted DMG instead of a folder, and, er... MOUNT it when you want it.
Observe it's effect on this ice swan:
{fizzlemelt}
Of course, that would've melted at room temperature, but I just wanted to get rid of it.
So a program designed to figure these out could be said to be "Rockin' the captcha"?
I seem to be getting cracks and pops now during PLAYBACK in Carbon apps (iTunes). I also seem to have some quiet popping while nothing is happening and I'm just sitting in the Finder.
Maybe I'm paranoid because of the update and I'm just noticing flaws in my MP3s that I'd missed before, but I could swear it's the same pattern of popping no matter what song is playing. I'll have to try a CD, I guess.
Anyone else having a similar prob?
Speak for yourself. Chicks dig big antennas. If it ain't at least 5/8 wave for 2m, I recommend seeing a doctor.
Err... the GPS is in the car with the radio. The position data ends up on the web so someone NOT in the car can track the location.
I was simplifying, but yes, that is correct. Linux and BSD are the most common systems for running these gateways IME.