Animating equipment? Anyway, all that was bluster. Jeffrey very much wanted to sign Pixar (read: John Lassiter). So much so that he personally took over the negotiations.
...and McLeach's vehicle in 'The Rescuers Down Under', and some fish in 'The Little Mermaid', and the gears in 'The Great Mouse Detective', and some stuff I forget in 'Oliver and Company'...and much more!
Disney gets crap because their films are too watered down. Disney gets crap because their films are too violent. Disney gets crap because their films are too PC. Disney gets crap because their films are about revenge. Disney gets crap because Simba's mane makes him look like the equivalent of a long-haired hippie (I am not making that up).
This is nonsense. Disney was already running CAPS, which was written by Pixar. Disney and Pixar had a good working relationship at that time. Steve came to Disney to sell NeXT workstations, not to sell software.
Point two is that if Disney felt so threatened by Pixar, why did they sign Pixar (really John Lassiter) up to a multi-picture deal? Disney never threatened to crush Pixar (ironically, there was a time when they could have)--Jeffrey liked Pixar. I believe Jeffrey's quote was in the context of negotiations for that picture deal (Jeffrey's quite the negotiator).
Somebody actually modded this up? Relax. Disney's Lilo has nothing to do with Linux's Lilo. Nobody is going to confuse the two. Disney lawyers are not going to sue Linus. That's not the way it works.
I'm no PC/Mac audio expert but I do know that professional acts are recording on Macintoshes. For instance, Jon Anderson is recording a surround sound album on it. How can the Mac's sound capabilities suck if that is going on?
While geek favourites are almost guaranteed to make the transition, movies like "Heathers" and "The Breakfast Club" probably never will.
Are you kidding? Studios can't get movies out onto DVD fast enough. Heck, both Heathers and The Breakfast Club are already out on DVD. Chances are, if you can think of it, it will make it onto DVD. Then again, I do think I'm going to have to copy my laserdisc of Easy Wheels onto DVD if I want to see it on my DVD player.
For less afluent people, CDs/CD players are too expensive. Which, of course, puts DVD players way out of their range. But I guess it's OK for poor people to not be able to afford entertainment, right?
Excuse me? Did DVDs, CDs, and other forms of popular entertainment suddenly become a civil right? Hey, I can't afford to buy one of those HDTVs that you can hang on the wall. Who can I sue? I feel oppressed.
You are confused (about a great many things...). If you purchase a movie on a new VHS tape, you have a license to view just that. You can copy it for you personal, non-commercial use. You DO NOT have a license to then download a higher-quality version of the movie for free. If you want DVD-quality, the buy a DVD. However, I am sure you would be happier watching a DivX movie that you actually have a license for so you stay pure and not sell out to the man.
Okay, not all of Hollywood and not just Hollywood but you get the idea.
Apple has the editing and they've just bought the compositing. What's left? Well, there's 3D. There has been talk of Apple buying Alias|Wavefront. What about NewTek to get LightWave?
Don't forget that Pixar has RenderMan. Pixar used to want to get out of the software business. What about selling RenderMan to Apple?
What about spinning all that stuff (editing, compositing, 3D, RenderMan) into it's own company, like Apple did with FileMaker? That way Apple can make sure the Mac is very well supported and the company can continue to support other platforms such as Linux (witness FileMaker on Windows)?
Wild speculation, of course, but that is the funnest kind!
Actually, people have been speculating for a while that Apple would buy Alias|Wavefront from SGI, what with SGI so weakened. It didn't make sense to me but in light of Apple's recent acquisitions, who knows?
You can only compare products that exist. After Effects is...
You weren't comparing products (After Effects), you were comparing processors:
The G4 is slower than the Intel / AMD alternatives
If your original statement was that After Effects was slower on the G4 than Intel/AMD, then the criticism would not be valid. You didn't, though, so it is.
The main problem that I have with Ebay is that people can bid one second before the auction closes and get the item.
Maximum bid is just that. Put in the most you're willing to pay for an item. If you win, great. If you lose, that's too bad but it went for more than you were willing to spend. I don't understand why people have such a hard time with this concept.
But definitely not the best deal for the consumer.
I completely disagree. Every item I buy on eBay is never more than I'm willing to pay. If that means I miss out on something, fine because I didn't want to spend too much for it anyway. Of course, you could say that about buying anything, I suppose.
What do you mean by 'rock solid'? 1.0 just came out, it still has bugs (some of which have been around for years), and the version I used just a couple of months ago would crash once or twice a week. How do you know this version of Mozilla is rock solid?
I'm using it on OS X, too. Not as snappy as IE but it sure does render full Slashdot articles quickly. I see that some of the same bugs I saw when I was using it on Linux months ago are still broken (moving bookmarks, some preferences stuff, printing is horribly broken (but I can use OS X's preview to get around that)). I'll be playing with it every so often but it looks like IE will continue to be my main browser for now.
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Recent events show that it might have been just Jeffrey :-).
Animating equipment? Anyway, all that was bluster. Jeffrey very much wanted to sign Pixar (read: John Lassiter). So much so that he personally took over the negotiations.
Um, Pixar hadn't made any movies before they signed with Disney so there was no competition at that point.
Dinosaur was an attempt to do what Pixar was doing...
I disagree. Pixar (consciously) does not make photo-realistic movies.
Name another company of its size or larger that you would not level that criticism at.
...and McLeach's vehicle in 'The Rescuers Down Under', and some fish in 'The Little Mermaid', and the gears in 'The Great Mouse Detective', and some stuff I forget in 'Oliver and Company'...and much more!
Disney gets crap because their films are too watered down. Disney gets crap because their films are too violent. Disney gets crap because their films are too PC. Disney gets crap because their films are about revenge. Disney gets crap because Simba's mane makes him look like the equivalent of a long-haired hippie (I am not making that up).
I've worked at Disney for over 10 years, and have never seen more than 1-2 Macintoshes.
Then you don't make it over to Feature Animation that much.
No. Humans still in-between on traditional movies.
This is nonsense. Disney was already running CAPS, which was written by Pixar. Disney and Pixar had a good working relationship at that time. Steve came to Disney to sell NeXT workstations, not to sell software.
Point two is that if Disney felt so threatened by Pixar, why did they sign Pixar (really John Lassiter) up to a multi-picture deal? Disney never threatened to crush Pixar (ironically, there was a time when they could have)--Jeffrey liked Pixar. I believe Jeffrey's quote was in the context of negotiations for that picture deal (Jeffrey's quite the negotiator).
Somebody actually modded this up? Relax. Disney's Lilo has nothing to do with Linux's Lilo. Nobody is going to confuse the two. Disney lawyers are not going to sue Linus. That's not the way it works.
I'm no PC/Mac audio expert but I do know that professional acts are recording on Macintoshes. For instance, Jon Anderson is recording a surround sound album on it. How can the Mac's sound capabilities suck if that is going on?
Thank you, Jesus, for the Internet!
While geek favourites are almost guaranteed to make the transition, movies like "Heathers" and "The Breakfast Club" probably never will.
Are you kidding? Studios can't get movies out onto DVD fast enough. Heck, both Heathers and The Breakfast Club are already out on DVD. Chances are, if you can think of it, it will make it onto DVD. Then again, I do think I'm going to have to copy my laserdisc of Easy Wheels onto DVD if I want to see it on my DVD player.
For less afluent people, CDs/CD players are too expensive. Which, of course, puts DVD players way out of their range. But I guess it's OK for poor people to not be able to afford entertainment, right?
Excuse me? Did DVDs, CDs, and other forms of popular entertainment suddenly become a civil right? Hey, I can't afford to buy one of those HDTVs that you can hang on the wall. Who can I sue? I feel oppressed.
You are confused (about a great many things...). If you purchase a movie on a new VHS tape, you have a license to view just that. You can copy it for you personal, non-commercial use. You DO NOT have a license to then download a higher-quality version of the movie for free. If you want DVD-quality, the buy a DVD. However, I am sure you would be happier watching a DivX movie that you actually have a license for so you stay pure and not sell out to the man.
Okay, not all of Hollywood and not just Hollywood but you get the idea.
Apple has the editing and they've just bought the compositing. What's left? Well, there's 3D. There has been talk of Apple buying Alias|Wavefront. What about NewTek to get LightWave?
Don't forget that Pixar has RenderMan. Pixar used to want to get out of the software business. What about selling RenderMan to Apple?
What about spinning all that stuff (editing, compositing, 3D, RenderMan) into it's own company, like Apple did with FileMaker? That way Apple can make sure the Mac is very well supported and the company can continue to support other platforms such as Linux (witness FileMaker on Windows)?
Wild speculation, of course, but that is the funnest kind!
Actually, people have been speculating for a while that Apple would buy Alias|Wavefront from SGI, what with SGI so weakened. It didn't make sense to me but in light of Apple's recent acquisitions, who knows?
Well, not the entire movie business. There's that little thing called 'Maya' that they haven't bought yet.
You can only compare products that exist. After Effects is...
You weren't comparing products (After Effects), you were comparing processors:The G4 is slower than the Intel / AMD alternatives
If your original statement was that After Effects was slower on the G4 than Intel/AMD, then the criticism would not be valid. You didn't, though, so it is.
The main problem that I have with Ebay is that people can bid one second before the auction closes and get the item.
Maximum bid is just that. Put in the most you're willing to pay for an item. If you win, great. If you lose, that's too bad but it went for more than you were willing to spend. I don't understand why people have such a hard time with this concept.
But definitely not the best deal for the consumer.
I completely disagree. Every item I buy on eBay is never more than I'm willing to pay. If that means I miss out on something, fine because I didn't want to spend too much for it anyway. Of course, you could say that about buying anything, I suppose.
Even though Mozilla is a rock solid browser...
What do you mean by 'rock solid'? 1.0 just came out, it still has bugs (some of which have been around for years), and the version I used just a couple of months ago would crash once or twice a week. How do you know this version of Mozilla is rock solid?
Printing.
I'm using it on OS X, too. Not as snappy as IE but it sure does render full Slashdot articles quickly. I see that some of the same bugs I saw when I was using it on Linux months ago are still broken (moving bookmarks, some preferences stuff, printing is horribly broken (but I can use OS X's preview to get around that)). I'll be playing with it every so often but it looks like IE will continue to be my main browser for now.