Maybe now they'll start voting...
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Generation Wrecked
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Not to get too political on either side of the fence, but perhaps now that the bubble has burst and the easy money has dried up, the Gen X'ers will get some civic responsibility and start voting...
I can see a casemod voiding the warranty on a $600 Dell, where they have zero margin, but this guy's company paid several *million* dollars for two machines.
If I were Sun, I'd thank him profusely for the cash and call him sir. If it needs service, turn off the darn lights before opening the door. Sheeesh.
I use Maya and Photoshop to create my art...
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Open Source Art?
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May I please have the source code for those applications as well? Thanks in advance.
Cool idea - but it seems a bit of a risk to configure the software, then rip the laptop apart and hope it all works when it's hot glued back together. Plus, once it's set up, you wouldn't be able to change the slideshow settings.
Gotta be a more elegant hack for this. Any Mac experts with opinions?
I'm curious - you're an artist who's been in the business for a number of (ahem) years. How has the RIAA changed since you signed your first recording contract?
BetaMAX a standard of video production? It's always been a consumer format. Are you thinking of BetaCAM?
We use BetaCam sp here, as well as Digital BetaCam. Those formats are still very much alive, though DVCAM has put a dent on BetaSP.
Re:BetaMax was actually superior to VHS
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Sony Kills Betamax
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I thought one of the bigger reasons Betamax lost was that Sony refused to license the formant to other vendors. Vaguely reminiscent of the whole Apple vs Microsoft battles around the same time, where Apple refused to license MacOS.
Great idea... I'm always missing shows like Harry Shearer and This American life because I'm never in the car at that particular moment - would rather listen on my drive to work... 'Car TIVO' might be cool...
Then again, the car has to be turned on for the 'Car TIVO' time shifting device to work... and my antenna doesn't really work when the car is inside the garage...
The only place I could see using this is in a car that only has a cassette deck. Even then, you could replace the cassette with an in-dash MP3 cd player for about fifty dollars more. I also really can't see fast-forwarding through 160 megs of Mp3's. Random acess, baby...
Wannabe? Twit? Ummm... I own a small animation studio with about a dozen employees. We have 8 seats of Maya many other things. Our stuff has shown on a number of major networks as well as in Siggraph and many other venues.
At a couple of hundred bucks a pop, packages like Premiere are essentially free anyways - at least in relation to expensive things like talent, cameras, lights, audio, duplication, etc... I really don't see this package as very compelling to anyone who is the least bit serious about making films. Might be nice for the slashdot geek who borrows his Dad's camcorder and edits it for free. Other than that, I'll stick with Adobe.
It's very common to 'google' someone, and the phrase seems to have fallen into general use - particularly among the e-dating crowds. I have a few friends who date over the net and it's very common practice to type a potential date's name into Google to see what pops up.
It seems as though artists can pretty much do just about anything with CGI these days. The technology is pretty ubiquitous, and it seems the only barrier now is simply artistic talent and ability. It almost seems as though CG is 'good enough' for most applications. I've also noticed over the past few years that Siggraph conferences are getting smaller - does this represent a slowdown in the rate of technological innovation?
One of the biggest cues DJ's use when scratching is the pattern of bands on the record. Good DJs can usually drop the needle to with a few grooves of the spot they want.
Not sure how this would be done digitally, but the guy's design is still a pretty cool exercise in man machine interface design.
Wow... I actually wrote both of those episodes. Well, co-wrote the first (Bedfellows.) Didn't even know they were censored later on... I remember pitching the milking machine scene. They loved it at the time.
The Ren & Stimpy people were always mad at us because we could get away with stuff they couldn't. it was because Rocko always played innocent, while Ren was so over the top.
Anyways - sad to say, Rocko will probably never come back. Nickelodeon never really saw it as a huge success. Interestingly, a bunch of Rocko crew members worked on Spongebob, their biggest hit.
Duh... click on the 'more' button to see all the credits...
John wrote/co-wrote & directed many of the first 10-20 or so -- until Nickelodeon pulled the plug on him and installed Bob Camp for the rest of the run.
Granted, Linux is cheaper in the long run, but do these people really think that thousands of government computers are going to be switched over to Linux at the drop of a hat? How much would it cost to rewrite and debug all the MS driven databases/spreadsheets/word macros/etc/etc to Linux? Plus the training costs for the end-users? Sadly, it's probably cheaper to deal with the monopolists. They'll change the law before they change over all the software.
Quick question - I had configured my old Mozilla to get rid of 90 percent of the popups simply by changing a config file or something. (you'd never see that in IE - major reason I use Moze)
I've since upgraded computers and would like to set this up again. Anyone have a pointer/instructions?
Well, an ss25, actually - for one of my employees who uses mostly word processing and other various office suite things. With a flat screen, a 1 Ghz CPU, and 256 megs of ram, the whole thing came out to less than a grand. Runs great, but the graphics don't quite cut it for 3D tasks.
More importantly - my employee loves it, mostly for the size. My daughter wants one, too. For most tasks, it's a pretty cool machine.
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Not to get too political on either side of the fence, but perhaps now that the bubble has burst and the easy money has dried up, the Gen X'ers will get some civic responsibility and start voting...
I can see a casemod voiding the warranty on a $600 Dell, where they have zero margin, but this guy's company paid several *million* dollars for two machines.
If I were Sun, I'd thank him profusely for the cash and call him sir. If it needs service, turn off the darn lights before opening the door. Sheeesh.
May I please have the source code for those applications as well? Thanks in advance.
They got their dogs high first... that's where animal testing began.
Cool idea - but it seems a bit of a risk to configure the software, then rip the laptop apart and hope it all works when it's hot glued back together. Plus, once it's set up, you wouldn't be able to change the slideshow settings.
Gotta be a more elegant hack for this. Any Mac experts with opinions?
I'm curious - you're an artist who's been in the business for a number of (ahem) years. How has the RIAA changed since you signed your first recording contract?
BetaMAX a standard of video production? It's always been a consumer format. Are you thinking of BetaCAM?
We use BetaCam sp here, as well as Digital BetaCam. Those formats are still very much alive, though DVCAM has put a dent on BetaSP.
I thought one of the bigger reasons Betamax lost was that Sony refused to license the formant to other vendors. Vaguely reminiscent of the whole Apple vs Microsoft battles around the same time, where Apple refused to license MacOS.
No more Betamax? I guess I'll need to buy a new doorstop then.
Great idea... I'm always missing shows like Harry Shearer and This American life because I'm never in the car at that particular moment - would rather listen on my drive to work... 'Car TIVO' might be cool...
Then again, the car has to be turned on for the 'Car TIVO' time shifting device to work... and my antenna doesn't really work when the car is inside the garage...
oh forget it.
The only place I could see using this is in a car that only has a cassette deck. Even then, you could replace the cassette with an in-dash MP3 cd player for about fifty dollars more. I also really can't see fast-forwarding through 160 megs of Mp3's. Random acess, baby...
Wannabe? Twit? Ummm... I own a small animation studio with about a dozen employees. We have 8 seats of Maya many other things. Our stuff has shown on a number of major networks as well as in Siggraph and many other venues.
We edit on Premiere. Works great... nuff said.
At a couple of hundred bucks a pop, packages like Premiere are essentially free anyways - at least in relation to expensive things like talent, cameras, lights, audio, duplication, etc... I really don't see this package as very compelling to anyone who is the least bit serious about making films. Might be nice for the slashdot geek who borrows his Dad's camcorder and edits it for free. Other than that, I'll stick with Adobe.
It's very common to 'google' someone, and the phrase seems to have fallen into general use - particularly among the e-dating crowds. I have a few friends who date over the net and it's very common practice to type a potential date's name into Google to see what pops up.
Can I also play my audio CDs at 48x? My dog seems to love those high pitches...
It seems as though artists can pretty much do just about anything with CGI these days. The technology is pretty ubiquitous, and it seems the only barrier now is simply artistic talent and ability. It almost seems as though CG is 'good enough' for most applications. I've also noticed over the past few years that Siggraph conferences are getting smaller - does this represent a slowdown in the rate of technological innovation?
One of the biggest cues DJ's use when scratching is the pattern of bands on the record. Good DJs can usually drop the needle to with a few grooves of the spot they want.
Not sure how this would be done digitally, but the guy's design is still a pretty cool exercise in man machine interface design.
Wow... I actually wrote both of those episodes. Well, co-wrote the first (Bedfellows.) Didn't even know they were censored later on... I remember pitching the milking machine scene. They loved it at the time.
The Ren & Stimpy people were always mad at us because we could get away with stuff they couldn't. it was because Rocko always played innocent, while Ren was so over the top.
Anyways - sad to say, Rocko will probably never come back. Nickelodeon never really saw it as a huge success. Interestingly, a bunch of Rocko crew members worked on Spongebob, their biggest hit.
Duh... click on the 'more' button to see all the credits...
John wrote/co-wrote & directed many of the first 10-20 or so -- until Nickelodeon pulled the plug on him and installed Bob Camp for the rest of the run.
Granted, Linux is cheaper in the long run, but do these people really think that thousands of government computers are going to be switched over to Linux at the drop of a hat? How much would it cost to rewrite and debug all the MS driven databases/spreadsheets/word macros/etc/etc to Linux? Plus the training costs for the end-users? Sadly, it's probably cheaper to deal with the monopolists. They'll change the law before they change over all the software.
They built it in - awesome!
One more reason to love Mozilla...
Thanks.
Quick question - I had configured my old Mozilla to get rid of 90 percent of the popups simply by changing a config file or something. (you'd never see that in IE - major reason I use Moze)
I've since upgraded computers and would like to set this up again. Anyone have a pointer/instructions?
Considering Hewlett's lawsuit and opposition to the merger, perhaps they should drop his name and call it Com Packard.
I thought NeXT invented the cube...
Or was it Pythagoras?
Well, an ss25, actually - for one of my employees who uses mostly word processing and other various office suite things. With a flat screen, a 1 Ghz CPU, and 256 megs of ram, the whole thing came out to less than a grand. Runs great, but the graphics don't quite cut it for 3D tasks.
More importantly - my employee loves it, mostly for the size. My daughter wants one, too. For most tasks, it's a pretty cool machine.