8 monitors! what a monument to productivity! i'll bet you are _so_ much more efficient, what with 3 im windows, irc, dvd, tv, and itunes running ALL AT ONCE!!!!
he was on o'reilly on 9-17-04, and he made o'reilly look like a chump too, but he didn't quite destroy him like he did in this clip.
on a somewhat related note - why is it that the only people that seem upset by this are on the right? he was taking shots at the leftie there too, but he was apparently smart enough not to step in stewart's way. carlson on the other hand didn't seem to catch on to the fact that he was playing straight into stewarts hand, which made it even funnier.
i personaly can't wait to see how fast o'reilly cuts the mic of any guest that may bring up his recent legal troubles...
the short answer is that what you want will depend on the volume of prints you plan to output.
if you'll look around at most every digital photography review site, you'll find that pretty much everybody recommends and uses epson printers. i'm currently using the epson r800 and it's great for my technical docs and printing direct to cds, and my wife (who is a professional photographer) loves it for photos. epson is very particular about the inks they use, both in terms on longevity and in color gamut.
with any inkjet printer, you're going to get raped on ink from the manufacturer. if you're going to be printing with some serious volume, look into a continuous flow inking system. the system that (used to be) offered here: http://www.inksupply.com/index.cfm?source=html/cfs _r800_new.html is what i'm currently using. i'm not sure what's going on w/ their site, but it looks like they may be re-engineering the unit. anyway, for $400 bucks you get what would roughly be $800-$1000 worth of ink when purchased from epson and refills for this system are $200, resulting in a huge cost savings.
new xboxes are selling for $150, and you can get them used in most places for $100. if you have a USB memory stick (who doesn't), a rental of "007: Agent Under Fire", "MechAssault", or "Splinter Cell" and a 10 minute soldering job can have you modded up in a jiffy (google for "xbox tsop flash").
the difference? this $169 nas box has a 200MHz PPC processor, 4MB flash, 64MB RAM, 10/100 ethernet, 1 USB port and 1 serial port. on the xbox, you get a 700MHz Intel x86, 64MB RAM, 10/100 ethernet, 4 usb ports, but no flash or serial. to make up for the flash you get an 8GB HD which you can replace at will, a DVD drive, and video output (the NAS box has none).
it will run linux all the same, along with running xbox media center (http://www.xboxmediacenter.de) and loads of emulators. oh yeah and it plays xbox games too. check out http://www.xbox-scene.com for tutorials and forums.
you're only further establishing my point - larger sensors result in better photos. they also draw more current, are more expensive to produce, require larger lens elements and larger camera bodies. if you're hunting for a handy point-and-shoot camera from best buy these things are all negatives. if you're taking photos professionally, these things aren't issues.
i think your problem here is that you're shooting crappy photos with a crappy camera and printing it with a crappy printer on crappy paper.
digital photography is taking over not only the commercial photography world but also the art photgraphy world, both of which demand the highest of quality. spend $2000 on something like a canon 10d and an epson r800 and i think you'll find very different results - except for the crappy lighting and composure for which you'd only have yourself to blame.
you're forgetting something basic here - larger sensors, even at the same pixel count, collect more light. this means faster photos, or more flexibility with your lenses for things like depth of field (note here that when i say "faster" i mean in terms of film speed). capturing a large depth of field requires a small aperature, which means either a) loads of light, b) very slow shutter speeds, or c) really fast film. for things like photojournalism and sports photgraphy, "a" and "b" aren't always things you can control, so it's nice to have "c" on your side when you need it.
as mentioned in your linked article, a smaller sensor effectively increases your focal length. using a 35mm sensor means that the focal length listed on the lens is representative of the actual focal length. on the popular canon 10d, for example, the focal length will be 1.6x times that listed on the lens. this has the somewhat annoying effect of turning all your lenses into telephotos.
as you mentioned, the article you linked to does seem to have some bias. it reads like the author is more of an electronics engineer than a photographer. at $8000USD, this camera isn't really aimed at the casual photographer and certainly isn't for ma and pop to snap photos of their new baby.
you don't honestly think it was john kerry himself that answered those questions do you?
here's my favorite bush quote from the "interview": "We can't return to the days of false hope" (in reference to the war on terror). the message? fear good, hope bad. be afraid goddamnit, terrorists and the french are everywhere!
for roughly $65, you can buy a linksys wrt-54g which runs linux out of the box. add to this some freethird-partyreplacementfirmware and you get full control over the unit and loads of features - VPN, packet shaping, advanced packet filtering, captive portals, and all sorts of other stuff. the unit is very flexible, reliable, cheap, and most of all it is supremely hackable - especially if you know your way around linux.
if you do go down this route be sure to avoid sveasoft's firmware, for reasons illustrated here. basically, the guy writing it is a total cockbite. last time i questioned his (ab)use of the GPL here on slashdot he banned me from his forums, so if you do intend to send him $20 you'd better be nice.
downloaded it a couple days ago cause i just couldn't wait, then bought it today as it hit the shelves. do youreself a favor - upgrade your pc then BUY THIS GAME!
This is a troublesome issue for all users of virtual systems in a production environment. You will have the same problem with application support as well - call up tech support for some application and if you even mention that it's running on a virtual system you can pretty much guarentee that they won't help you until you re-create the issue on a non-virtualized system. The same used to be true of applications running under Citrix until so many companies started using it that app developers couldn't get away with not supporting it.
Fortunately, VMWare has an answer to this in the form of a V2P tool (Virtual to Physical). This allows you to transfer an existing virtual environment to a standalone, physical machine. Once you've done this, you can safely volley the issue back to M$ or whomever and they won't have the "but it's running under a virtual machine" crutch that most application tech support companies would use.
don't forget to grab quicktime alternative while you're at it: http://home.hccnet.nl/h.edskes/finalbuilds.htm
media player classic w/ real alternative and quicktime alternative will pretty much handle anything you throw at it. if you want all the other codecs in one handy bundle, check out the defilerpak: http://hellninjacommando.com/defilerpak/
first suggestion - better make sure that anybody in the universe is interested in this project before you spend a lot of money and time on it. there's very little reason at all for anybody to participate in something like this when they can join the community of the internet at large, and still get the local flavor from local websites if they like.
having said that, you could probably accomplish just about everything you need with existing wireless access points with some hacked-up firmware. wi-fi box is offering free replacement firmware for the linksys WRT54G series access points that offers a captive portal and some advanced routing features including WDS. what this means is that you can display a splash page to anybody who types in an arbitrary URL (say, www.slashdot.org) and inform them that they only have access to a certain few pages (links provided of course.) with WDS you can chain multiple access point together wirelessly, although you may be best served splitting some areas into subnets and cabling them together with tradional CAT5.
there are other options for the WRT54G firmware - www.sveasoft.com is one of the most popular. just be careful with this one, because the author thinks that reselling GPL'd software for $20 is a great idea, and if you have the gall to say otherwise here on slashdot he'll ban your ass from his forums and ftp servers in a heartbeat. you can distribute his software as allowed by the GPL, but if he catches you doing it or questioning his policies he'll make sure you can't access the software anymore. here's my original post on sveasoft that lead to the banning in question: http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=109547&cid =9304955
the guy is a real pecker and probably doesn't deserve your $20 anyway.
The core firmware of these routers runs linux, and as such Linksys was compelled to offer the source code back to the community. Sveasoft was kind enough to modify the firmware using the provided source and to then provide compiled binaries and source back to the community.
Now they've changed their model somewhat. Currently you can only download the binaries and source for the older versions of the firmware. To access any of their newer works, you have to pay them a $20/year subscription fee. Once you've ponied up the $20, you can download the new sources and binaries.
While the GPL allows for this sort of action, it's their policing of it that makes me uncomfortable. You can download the code and binaries and post them on a website, but if they figure out which user did this they will cancel your subscription. If you post links in their forums to download sites for their new version your subscription is cancelled, your forum account suspended, and the post is deleted.
What they've done is to take a GPL-covered firmware, improve it, charge $20 for access to it, and then do anything they can to censor any action of sharing that code. While their actions still obey the letter of the GPL, I can't really see that it is in keeping with the spirit of the free software movement.
if disney had no intention of releasing the film, why did they continue to hand out what totaled $6 million to create the film over the last year? seems likea a stupid thing to do for disney if they had no plans in distributing the film.
if you have an issue that's resolved by a hotfix that is still in test, you can get the patch from microsoft for free just by calling. they don't ask for your product key or credit card info or anything. just call them up, tell them the KB number that matches your issue, and they'll email you a link to a password-protected version of the fix you need along w/ the password.
the whole process generally takes less than 15 minutes.
no, it's just a difference in the law. it appears that japanese law requires that the idea in the patent description is actually valid, something which the US does not require. do a US patent search, there are plenty of mechinanisms for perpetual motion and even time travel described in detail. as long as the mechanism described is unique, it can be granted a patent in the US.
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8 monitors! what a monument to productivity! i'll bet you are _so_ much more efficient, what with 3 im windows, irc, dvd, tv, and itunes running ALL AT ONCE!!!!
he was on o'reilly on 9-17-04, and he made o'reilly look like a chump too, but he didn't quite destroy him like he did in this clip.
on a somewhat related note - why is it that the only people that seem upset by this are on the right? he was taking shots at the leftie there too, but he was apparently smart enough not to step in stewart's way. carlson on the other hand didn't seem to catch on to the fact that he was playing straight into stewarts hand, which made it even funnier.
i personaly can't wait to see how fast o'reilly cuts the mic of any guest that may bring up his recent legal troubles...
the short answer is that what you want will depend on the volume of prints you plan to output.
s _r800_new.html is what i'm currently using. i'm not sure what's going on w/ their site, but it looks like they may be re-engineering the unit. anyway, for $400 bucks you get what would roughly be $800-$1000 worth of ink when purchased from epson and refills for this system are $200, resulting in a huge cost savings.
if you'll look around at most every digital photography review site, you'll find that pretty much everybody recommends and uses epson printers. i'm currently using the epson r800 and it's great for my technical docs and printing direct to cds, and my wife (who is a professional photographer) loves it for photos. epson is very particular about the inks they use, both in terms on longevity and in color gamut.
with any inkjet printer, you're going to get raped on ink from the manufacturer. if you're going to be printing with some serious volume, look into a continuous flow inking system. the system that (used to be) offered here: http://www.inksupply.com/index.cfm?source=html/cf
new xboxes are selling for $150, and you can get them used in most places for $100. if you have a USB memory stick (who doesn't), a rental of "007: Agent Under Fire", "MechAssault", or "Splinter Cell" and a 10 minute soldering job can have you modded up in a jiffy (google for "xbox tsop flash").
the difference? this $169 nas box has a 200MHz PPC processor, 4MB flash, 64MB RAM, 10/100 ethernet, 1 USB port and 1 serial port. on the xbox, you get a 700MHz Intel x86, 64MB RAM, 10/100 ethernet, 4 usb ports, but no flash or serial. to make up for the flash you get an 8GB HD which you can replace at will, a DVD drive, and video output (the NAS box has none).
it will run linux all the same, along with running xbox media center (http://www.xboxmediacenter.de) and loads of emulators. oh yeah and it plays xbox games too. check out http://www.xbox-scene.com for tutorials and forums.
you're only further establishing my point - larger sensors result in better photos. they also draw more current, are more expensive to produce, require larger lens elements and larger camera bodies. if you're hunting for a handy point-and-shoot camera from best buy these things are all negatives. if you're taking photos professionally, these things aren't issues.
i think your problem here is that you're shooting crappy photos with a crappy camera and printing it with a crappy printer on crappy paper.
digital photography is taking over not only the commercial photography world but also the art photgraphy world, both of which demand the highest of quality. spend $2000 on something like a canon 10d and an epson r800 and i think you'll find very different results - except for the crappy lighting and composure for which you'd only have yourself to blame.
you're forgetting something basic here - larger sensors, even at the same pixel count, collect more light. this means faster photos, or more flexibility with your lenses for things like depth of field (note here that when i say "faster" i mean in terms of film speed). capturing a large depth of field requires a small aperature, which means either a) loads of light, b) very slow shutter speeds, or c) really fast film. for things like photojournalism and sports photgraphy, "a" and "b" aren't always things you can control, so it's nice to have "c" on your side when you need it.
as mentioned in your linked article, a smaller sensor effectively increases your focal length. using a 35mm sensor means that the focal length listed on the lens is representative of the actual focal length. on the popular canon 10d, for example, the focal length will be 1.6x times that listed on the lens. this has the somewhat annoying effect of turning all your lenses into telephotos.
as you mentioned, the article you linked to does seem to have some bias. it reads like the author is more of an electronics engineer than a photographer. at $8000USD, this camera isn't really aimed at the casual photographer and certainly isn't for ma and pop to snap photos of their new baby.
you don't honestly think it was john kerry himself that answered those questions do you?
here's my favorite bush quote from the "interview": "We can't return to the days of false hope" (in reference to the war on terror). the message? fear good, hope bad. be afraid goddamnit, terrorists and the french are everywhere!
that's "steganography", not an exploit. get your facts together...
forgot one link - to learn more about sveasoft, read this guy's journal on the topic.
for roughly $65, you can buy a linksys wrt-54g which runs linux out of the box. add to this some free third-party replacement firmware and you get full control over the unit and loads of features - VPN, packet shaping, advanced packet filtering, captive portals, and all sorts of other stuff. the unit is very flexible, reliable, cheap, and most of all it is supremely hackable - especially if you know your way around linux.
if you do go down this route be sure to avoid sveasoft's firmware, for reasons illustrated here. basically, the guy writing it is a total cockbite. last time i questioned his (ab)use of the GPL here on slashdot he banned me from his forums, so if you do intend to send him $20 you'd better be nice.
you can add those drivers to the installation CD yourself. i've written a guide for this process here
i had the same question myself and i found the answer on wikipedia
downloaded it a couple days ago cause i just couldn't wait, then bought it today as it hit the shelves. do youreself a favor - upgrade your pc then BUY THIS GAME!
This is a troublesome issue for all users of virtual systems in a production environment. You will have the same problem with application support as well - call up tech support for some application and if you even mention that it's running on a virtual system you can pretty much guarentee that they won't help you until you re-create the issue on a non-virtualized system. The same used to be true of applications running under Citrix until so many companies started using it that app developers couldn't get away with not supporting it.
Fortunately, VMWare has an answer to this in the form of a V2P tool (Virtual to Physical). This allows you to transfer an existing virtual environment to a standalone, physical machine. Once you've done this, you can safely volley the issue back to M$ or whomever and they won't have the "but it's running under a virtual machine" crutch that most application tech support companies would use.
don't forget to grab quicktime alternative while you're at it: http://home.hccnet.nl/h.edskes/finalbuilds.htm
media player classic w/ real alternative and quicktime alternative will pretty much handle anything you throw at it. if you want all the other codecs in one handy bundle, check out the defilerpak: http://hellninjacommando.com/defilerpak/
shoulda hit preview! here's the links in question:
wi-fi box - a true free replacement WRT54G firmware
how to get banned from using sveasoft's firmware
first suggestion - better make sure that anybody in the universe is interested in this project before you spend a lot of money and time on it. there's very little reason at all for anybody to participate in something like this when they can join the community of the internet at large, and still get the local flavor from local websites if they like.
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having said that, you could probably accomplish just about everything you need with existing wireless access points with some hacked-up firmware. wi-fi box is offering free replacement firmware for the linksys WRT54G series access points that offers a captive portal and some advanced routing features including WDS. what this means is that you can display a splash page to anybody who types in an arbitrary URL (say, www.slashdot.org) and inform them that they only have access to a certain few pages (links provided of course.) with WDS you can chain multiple access point together wirelessly, although you may be best served splitting some areas into subnets and cabling them together with tradional CAT5.
there are other options for the WRT54G firmware - www.sveasoft.com is one of the most popular. just be careful with this one, because the author thinks that reselling GPL'd software for $20 is a great idea, and if you have the gall to say otherwise here on slashdot he'll ban your ass from his forums and ftp servers in a heartbeat. you can distribute his software as allowed by the GPL, but if he catches you doing it or questioning his policies he'll make sure you can't access the software anymore. here's my original post on sveasoft that lead to the banning in question: http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=109547&ci
the guy is a real pecker and probably doesn't deserve your $20 anyway.
The core firmware of these routers runs linux, and as such Linksys was compelled to offer the source code back to the community. Sveasoft was kind enough to modify the firmware using the provided source and to then provide compiled binaries and source back to the community.
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Now they've changed their model somewhat. Currently you can only download the binaries and source for the older versions of the firmware. To access any of their newer works, you have to pay them a $20/year subscription fee. Once you've ponied up the $20, you can download the new sources and binaries.
While the GPL allows for this sort of action, it's their policing of it that makes me uncomfortable. You can download the code and binaries and post them on a website, but if they figure out which user did this they will cancel your subscription. If you post links in their forums to download sites for their new version your subscription is cancelled, your forum account suspended, and the post is deleted.
What they've done is to take a GPL-covered firmware, improve it, charge $20 for access to it, and then do anything they can to censor any action of sharing that code. While their actions still obey the letter of the GPL, I can't really see that it is in keeping with the spirit of the free software movement.
Sveasoft's FAQ about charging $20 for GPL software and canceling accounts that are caught distributing the software: http://www.sveasoft.com/modules/phpBB2/viewtopic.
if disney had no intention of releasing the film, why did they continue to hand out what totaled $6 million to create the film over the last year? seems likea a stupid thing to do for disney if they had no plans in distributing the film.
the question is - would you want it to come back?
if you have an issue that's resolved by a hotfix that is still in test, you can get the patch from microsoft for free just by calling. they don't ask for your product key or credit card info or anything. just call them up, tell them the KB number that matches your issue, and they'll email you a link to a password-protected version of the fix you need along w/ the password.
the whole process generally takes less than 15 minutes.
no, it's just a difference in the law. it appears that japanese law requires that the idea in the patent description is actually valid, something which the US does not require. do a US patent search, there are plenty of mechinanisms for perpetual motion and even time travel described in detail. as long as the mechanism described is unique, it can be granted a patent in the US.
or option c) SP2 beta isn't recognized by winupdate, so you're going to be exposed.
revolutionary features that we might want to use: pushed back!
unecessary "features" (restrictions and shopping tie-ins) that nobody asked for?: coming soon!