So, basically your asking whether or not ones morals come into play when selecting jobs as an digital fx guy. Kind of like if you were an independent contractor working on the death star.
I was faced with this decision recently. I opted to get a VGA to NTSC converter. This way, I can get the video card I want w/o worrying about whether or not the TV out works (also no Macrovision) and doesn't limit your card selection to only cards that support TV out.
I also figured that I really wanted to be outputting the VGA signal and not NTSC. The box is a hack until displays progress to be large w/ high resolution and directly accept VGA.
The box I got can theoretically go up to 1600x1200
The way I see it, you implicitly give people some limited form of permission by putting it up on the internet freely available to download in the first place.
Amen. I would have to whole-heartedly agree. The internet is a public resource. If the content is not in some way restricted from access (Basic Auth, etc) then you should be able to do this. This is goes the same for linking of any sort to another site. If you don't want it linked to, don't put it up unprotected.
This is getting ridiculous. Is it just me?
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I've been very satisfied with netflix for about the past 3 months. Before signing up, I looked around at someothers. The main visibly missing feature for all other ones I found was the lack of a rating and suggestion system. The reasons I'm a satisfied customer are:
1) Excellent selection w/ movies normally available. Many indy and non-mainstream titles. Blockbuster has about zero selection. 2) Convenience. No more wasted time wandering around the video store looking for something worthwhile. I have about 70 DVDs on my list currently. I would think that would last me for close to a year if it remained static. However, you constantly add more discs to your queue after rating movies you watch and getting more suggestions.
I saw someone post about getting a lot of email/spam from netflix after signing up. I have not received any email from them other than notification that they received movies I returned. Maybe they didn't opt-out.
If you rent a decent amount of movies a month it's well worth it. Even if you don't currently rent a lot, you may find that it's better to watch a movie that the shite that's currently on TV.
I'd like a good book on deploying kerberos in a corporate network. The one book I found in my extensive search (amazon) yielded a single book that got mostly negative reviews from the 5 or so people who reviewed it on amazon.
- configuring kerberos in various types of network configurations. Case study sort of analysis of how kerberos has actually been deployed in real world installations. Including the applications that use it.
- How and what applications it integrates with.
- How and/or to what extent can the MIT krb5 implementation be integrated w/ windows 2000.
- How to kerberize an application. Best practices/strategies for integration.
At $199-$250, I would have bought two, immediately. Instead, at $399, I am buying zero, and expect that many other people will feel the same way.
At first I thought it should be more in the $300 range. However, after looking at the link someone supplied for a device from smartdisk (that most likely uses the same harddrive), I have to realize I was wrong. The smartdisk device is a 5GB firewire harddrive. That's all and it's the exact same price. Suddenly, it looks like a good deal!
KDE is actually pseudo-2.2.1: We took 2.2, and merged all fixes from the stable CVS branch (and a couple of other patches).
Couldn't update to the official 2.2.1 because of the freeze - but the 2.2-* packages in 7.2 have all the fixes from 2.2.1 up to the day before it was released.
This seems odd. If I understand correctly, you're saying that basically, it's 2.2.1, but because of a technicality in the feature freeze (I assume not allowing changes to version numbers) you can't include the official release. It would seem to have been better to include the actual 2.2.1 (it's only a bugfix release) and any redhat specific patches to cause less confusion about what is actually included.
I forget who said it, but it's true. If you're that worried about your privacy use strong encryption. And by the way, if you are worried about your privacy...what are you doing on the internet?;^)
I'm getting to the point where I think there would be some merit in having to pass a test, like a driving test, before you can connect your computer to the public information infrastructure
I would have to agree. It would have to be inforced by ISPs and companies to be worth anything. Only when Sue in accounting has a valid license will your IP be unblocked.
If there was a standardized test I would wield it at our company. Although, we only have about 5 employees who are fairly clueful.
Although, I hope it would be tougher to get than a driver's license since it seems about the only real requirement there is to have a face.
Have any people who have actually seen Star Wars post here? Chronologically they are going to have to fit in the clone wars which Anakin and Obi Wan both fought in. My guess is that's what the movie's about. In which case, the name would make since.
There really isn't much of a need to buy a linux distro 'off-the-shelf' for most people who use it (maybe the first time). All documentation is online, and you can download the software as well. Why spend $30-$50 on something I can download in a few hours over the cablemodem?
Because you want the creator of your distribution to remain in business and continue releasing quality software. If you don't support them some how they will go out of business.
Let the ISPs know what you think, where it counts. If you have an account with one of the ISPs participating in such behaviour, cancel it immediately. Of course, you must be sure to talk to a live human and make sure that they understand the exact reason you are cancelling your account. Do this even if you don't have an interest in sharing files. Continuing using that ISP means you agree to their terms and they have no reason to behave anyway different.
If this turns out to be true, is it really that surprising or shocking to anyone? History will continue to repeat itself. I'm sure the samba developers have comments on what it's like to try and implement a MS "standard".
Sure, I notice the popup adds more. Unfortunately, it has the exact opposite effect the desire. I remember the company...and the fact that I'm never buying any products from them again for the annoyance. X10.com the perfect example. I've bought things from them in the past, but will no longer after having their adds popped up in my way when trying to read an article.
Unless I'm given a good reason to hate this
change, I think its something Microsoft should
be congratulated on for taking a step in the
right direction. This doesn't mean we should
love them. It means we should send them a sign
that says "That's a start, now keep going."
Congratulate? I didn't get convicted for murder today, can I have cookie too? No one should be congratulated or rewarded for something they are supposed to do anyway.
I'm not sure what the legalize in the EULA is actually trying to say, IANAL. However, it's their software and as far as I'm concerned they can license it however they please. Same as with GPL'd software, if you don't like the terms of the license don't use the software. It's just that simple (assuming you can understand what the license restrictions are).
I saw this last night. It was OK, but disappointing. I wouldn't bother wasting my time seeing at the theater, but it's a good renter. There were probably more laughs in the American Pie 2 trailer, which may have been the best thing about seeing it at the theater.
Ogg Vorbis encoding and/or playback is now native in a wide variety of popular software. It's included in popular players such as Sonique, FreeAmp for Windows, and Unsanity Echo for MacOS. It's also supported in popular audio applications such as CDex, Siren Jukebox, and GoldWave. For a more complete list, refer to our software page. On the hardware side, iObjects has announced Ogg Vorbis support in their Dadio 2.0 OS, designed for portable audio players. Along with other hardware providers, this development should ensure that Ogg Vorbis support is widespread in future consumer audio hardware.
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So, basically your asking whether or not ones morals come into play when selecting jobs as an digital fx guy. Kind of like if you were an independent contractor working on the death star.
jason
There's also a civic model that's a hybrid (like the insight) for 2003.
Civic Hybrid
I was faced with this decision recently. I opted to get a VGA to NTSC converter. This way, I can get the video card I want w/o worrying about whether or not the TV out works (also no Macrovision) and doesn't limit your card selection to only cards that support TV out.
I also figured that I really wanted to be outputting the VGA signal and not NTSC. The box is a hack until displays progress to be large w/ high resolution and directly accept VGA.
The box I got can theoretically go up to 1600x1200
likewise, I'm amazed that they removed jikes. The speed difference between it and the regular jdk javac is required.
xdaliclock would be another disappointing removal. what does it hurt? such a cool and useful screensaver.
jason
Maybe slightly off-topic, but whatever happened to the Runix linux port for PS1 and PS2?
Linux for the PlayStation 1
There website is no longer accessible and I couldn't find anything w/ google. Anyone know anything? Did sony wax them?
There dist had much better hope as it didn't have the RTE, booted from CD, etc.
jason
The way I see it, you implicitly give people some limited form of permission by putting it up on the internet freely available to download in the first place.
Amen. I would have to whole-heartedly agree. The internet is a public resource. If the content is not in some way restricted from access (Basic Auth, etc) then you should be able to do this. This is goes the same for linking of any sort to another site. If you don't want it linked to, don't put it up unprotected.
This is getting ridiculous. Is it just me?
I've been very satisfied with netflix for about the past 3 months. Before signing up, I looked around at someothers. The main visibly missing feature for all other ones I found was the lack of a rating and suggestion system. The reasons I'm a satisfied customer are:
1) Excellent selection w/ movies normally available. Many indy and non-mainstream titles. Blockbuster has about zero selection.
2) Convenience. No more wasted time wandering around the video store looking for something worthwhile. I have about 70 DVDs on my list currently. I would think that would last me for close to a year if it remained static. However, you constantly add more discs to your queue after rating movies you watch and getting more suggestions.
I saw someone post about getting a lot of email/spam from netflix after signing up. I have not received any email from them other than notification that they received movies I returned. Maybe they didn't opt-out.
If you rent a decent amount of movies a month it's well worth it. Even if you don't currently rent a lot, you may find that it's better to watch a movie that the shite that's currently on TV.
jason
jason
Shouldn't there be a patent for this "innovation"? I mean, this wasn't completely obvious.
jason
Even though he didn't know it.
Mr. VALENTI:
If what you own cannot be protected, you own nothing.
You can't protect it, so you don't own it. Shut up and quit bothering everybody.
Except, sadly, I just went to site w/ my nice mozilla standards compliant browser and got a page about how they don't support non-IE browsers.
Will "web designers" ever learn? Of course, when there weren't any people w/ the title "web designer" we didn't have these problems...
jason
I have no windows. No chance of light slipping through cracks.
jason
I'd like a good book on deploying kerberos in a corporate network. The one book I found in my extensive search (amazon) yielded a single book that got mostly negative reviews from the 5 or so people who reviewed it on amazon.
4 4/ qid=1013025758/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_3_1/104-3227082-325 3536
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/02013792
Subtopics:
- configuring kerberos in various types of network configurations. Case study sort of analysis of how kerberos has actually been deployed in real world installations. Including the applications that use it.
- How and what applications it integrates with.
- How and/or to what extent can the MIT krb5 implementation be integrated w/ windows 2000.
- How to kerberize an application. Best practices/strategies for integration.
jason
At $199-$250, I would have bought two, immediately. Instead, at $399, I am buying zero, and expect that many other people will feel the same way.
At first I thought it should be more in the $300 range. However, after looking at the link someone supplied for a device from smartdisk (that most likely uses the same harddrive), I have to realize I was wrong. The smartdisk device is a 5GB firewire harddrive. That's all and it's the exact same price. Suddenly, it looks like a good deal!
http://www.smartdisk.com (It's the firefly)
jason
KDE is actually pseudo-2.2.1: We took 2.2, and merged all fixes from the stable CVS branch (and a couple of other patches).
Couldn't update to the official 2.2.1 because of the freeze - but the 2.2-* packages in 7.2 have all the fixes from 2.2.1 up to the day before it was released.
This seems odd. If I understand correctly, you're saying that basically, it's 2.2.1, but because of a technicality in the feature freeze (I assume not allowing changes to version numbers) you can't include the official release. It would seem to have been better to include the actual 2.2.1 (it's only a bugfix release) and any redhat specific patches to cause less confusion about what is actually included.
jason
I forget who said it, but it's true. If you're that worried about your privacy use strong encryption. And by the way, if you are worried about your privacy...what are you doing on the internet? ;^)
jason
I'm getting to the point where I think there would be some merit in having to pass a test, like a driving test, before you can connect your computer to the public information infrastructure
I would have to agree. It would have to be inforced by ISPs and companies to be worth anything. Only when Sue in accounting has a valid license will your IP be unblocked.
If there was a standardized test I would wield it at our company. Although, we only have about 5 employees who are fairly clueful.
Although, I hope it would be tougher to get than a driver's license since it seems about the only real requirement there is to have a face.
Have any people who have actually seen Star Wars post here? Chronologically they are going to have to fit in the clone wars which Anakin and Obi Wan both fought in. My guess is that's what the movie's about. In which case, the name would make since.
There really isn't much of a need to buy a linux distro 'off-the-shelf' for most people who use it (maybe the first time). All documentation is online, and you can download the software as well. Why spend $30-$50 on something I can download in a few hours over the cablemodem?
Because you want the creator of your distribution to remain in business and continue releasing quality software. If you don't support them some how they will go out of business.
jason
Let the ISPs know what you think, where it counts. If you have an account with one of the ISPs participating in such behaviour, cancel it immediately. Of course, you must be sure to talk to a live human and make sure that they understand the exact reason you are cancelling your account. Do this even if you don't have an interest in sharing files. Continuing using that ISP means you agree to their terms and they have no reason to behave anyway different.
If this turns out to be true, is it really that surprising or shocking to anyone? History will continue to repeat itself. I'm sure the samba developers have comments on what it's like to try and implement a MS "standard".
jason
Sure, I notice the popup adds more. Unfortunately, it has the exact opposite effect the desire. I remember the company...and the fact that I'm never buying any products from them again for the annoyance. X10.com the perfect example. I've bought things from them in the past, but will no longer after having their adds popped up in my way when trying to read an article.
Unless I'm given a good reason to hate this
change, I think its something Microsoft should
be congratulated on for taking a step in the
right direction. This doesn't mean we should
love them. It means we should send them a sign
that says "That's a start, now keep going."
Congratulate? I didn't get convicted for murder today, can I have cookie too? No one should be congratulated or rewarded for something they are supposed to do anyway.
I'm not sure what the legalize in the EULA is actually trying to say, IANAL. However, it's their software and as far as I'm concerned they can license it however they please. Same as with GPL'd software, if you don't like the terms of the license don't use the software. It's just that simple (assuming you can understand what the license restrictions are).
I saw this last night. It was OK, but disappointing. I wouldn't bother wasting my time seeing at the theater, but it's a good renter. There were probably more laughs in the American Pie 2 trailer, which may have been the best thing about seeing it at the theater.
From the vorbis faq
What software and hardware supports Ogg Vorbis?
Ogg Vorbis encoding and/or playback is now native in a wide variety of popular software. It's included in popular players such as Sonique, FreeAmp for Windows, and Unsanity Echo for MacOS. It's also supported in popular audio applications such as CDex, Siren Jukebox, and GoldWave. For a more complete list, refer to our software page. On the hardware side, iObjects has announced Ogg Vorbis support in their Dadio 2.0 OS, designed for portable audio players. Along with other hardware providers, this development should ensure that Ogg Vorbis support is widespread in future consumer audio hardware.