Talk about ColorSync to any pro (and I do mean pro, not corner shop) printer and you'll get laughed at.
Color matching is best done using Pantone (PMS) tables, and PMS books are useless after 9-12 months, because of paper degradation.
You can't win this one. I've worked 10 years in the pre-press industry, writing tools for this highly demanding field. I know first hand how things work, and they don't work with ColorSync.
Anyone who color-corrects using the screen isn't worth their salaries.
A good scanner operator (I'm talking drum scanners) or good touch-up artists ('coz that's what they are: artists) never uses the screen, be it CRT or LCD or even those 20k$ Barco screens, to judge their colors.
There are simply too many factors that will affect the perceived colors (all the way through caffeine intake).
Descent color correction relies on color densities, and white point adjustment (*never* have less than 5% black on a white point, or run the risks of quarter-tone blank-outs).
Tex and LaTex are more a typesetting language. It's aimed at formating text documents.
Meanwhile, PostScript is much more. It's a programming language designed for laying out page content. You can do some pretty funky stuff with PostScript. I've seena PostScript library (a 'dict') that rendersOpenGL models (not ray-tracing, but surface shading that's still convincing).
The PostScript/PDF relationship is analogous to C and pre-processed C.
Because it's sold in Quebec, and things sold in Quebec must be in french and english.
This isn't quite true.
Theatrical releases are required to be in french at the same time as the original language (usually english).
This doesn't affect video and DVD releases. The fact that we usually see french sound tracks on DVDs is mostly a way for Holywood not to get criticized too much, disguised as a courtesy.
Also, "things sold in Quebec" is a little broad interpretation on the same law. Anything published in Quebec must be done so in either languages, unless if part of the media (like newspapers, magazines and television and radio broadcasts). Thus, Quebec-made software must be available in french. But, this is not a requirement for foreign (say, US) software.
based on the GNUstep architecture, originally built by NeXT (OpenSTEP) and is now also used by MacOSX (Cocoa).
The above is wrong. The original NeXT Computer OS was called NeXTSTEP (notice capitalisation--it's important in what follows). When NeXT Computer ditched hardware, it became "NeXT Software", and spun off it's OS (in the 3.x version) into a cross platform OS called OpenStep (4.x).
This OS was to run on Sun, Intel and NeXT boxes. The API was modified, and made public (the API, not implementation).
This API specification was called OPENSTEP (capitalisation differs from the NeXT Software OS name).
GNUStep is therefore based on the OPENSTEP specification. No other permutation of name and inheritance is correct.
Isn't OSX's dispay engine vector based? Very cool but isn't that a fairly big disadvantage when it comes to display photographic images like jpg's etc? Do they have a way around it or am I wrong in general?
You're generally wrong.;-)
Quartz being vector-based doesn't mean it can't do bitmaps. Compare Display PostScript, or PostScript printers.
The first-ever Pixar movie, Luxo Jr., was designed and inspired by a famous lamp company called Luxo. They're famed for their telescopic, arm-held florescent that's the norm (still today) for for architects and drawers alike.
If I'm alone in the world, how did I accumulate 49 karma points?
And an ohter point, relating to this, is concerning the public nature of this information. If I have no friends, I don't want anyone to know about it!
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Apparently the rumor mill has been reporting the large purchase of flat panel displays by Apple (read: flat panel iMac?)
Actually, this isn't a rumor. Check out their last SEC filing. They've signed a contract for delivery of an additional 100,000 15" LCD displays per month.
I think the target demographic for these films has changed a little since the original trilogy.
A New Hope didn't have a target demographic. Not at 600k budget.
The Empire Strikes Back tried the late teens target demographics. It didn't gross out as much as they had anticipated at the time. It caught on later in time.
The Return Of The Jedi targeted kids and up, in attempt to widen the audience. By that time, episode 5 had become a classic, and it caught on.
That's the "magic" formula that was used for episode 1, and don't expect anything for the next two episodes.
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Here's a description of his book, Forever Free:
William and Marygay Mandella are tired of living under the benevolent dictatorship of Man. They get together with other veterans of the Forever War and try to take control of their destiny. They encounter resistance from an unexpected source.
NASA has examined using the Star Wars project (the Raegan one, not the Lucas one) to have orbiting lasers just powerful enough to burn up small (bolt-sized) debris.
The problem they currently face with that is detection. When a chicken Mc-Nugget -sized debris (actually, chicken Mc-Nugget are debris by themselves) is coming at you at 50 000kph, it's hard to detect it before it hits you.
And to detect them long enough for a relatively weak laser (unlike Lucas') to burn them is another problem.
Some of the posters on the debian-devel list aren't too pleased with the idea.
It's interesting to note that, while porting anything TO Linux is acceptable, porting Linux to something else irritates some.
I think this is something positive. If you can give users of other platform a taste of your own cooking, chances are they'll come for a full meal at some point.
Or at the very least, make them taste something else and open up their minds.
I see this as a teaser, and a pretty good way to get some free software (like Gimp), other than the OS itself, a chance to open up to a new crowd.
Have you read that part where Andy Grove, 65, was pushed on the chest while standing on IT, and never fell off?
Well, Given this thing self balances you, and is virtually impossible to fall off of IT, then is opens up huge possibilities for Human Transporting Under Influence!
Now, you can be totally drunk and still manage to get home safe, provided you have a GPS too.
But, make yourself heard. For starters, i'm not aware of vCal (or iCal and vCal) bugs. These are routed to the Core dev team here. (I'm on the Mac dev team)
The Motif 5.0 client is currently nearing ship date. The newly rebuilt team has been very hard at work, catching back with the Mac and Windows features. Previous CEO, here, had killed the Motif client a couple of years ago. He got replaced with a saner one that put the motif client back on track. Surely enough, because of the 1 year (or so) set back, they have been playing catch up for many months.
It's interesting to note that the Mac client 5.2 is pretty much the same as versionn 5.1, except it runs nativelly in Mac OS X (aka, carbonized). So, by now, the motif client really isn't that far behind.
(I'm not sure I should be saying all that, but I don't this this as armful).
The new Linux client (still Motif) is a hell of a lot better than it used to. Really. It brings it on par with version 5.0 of the mac client, plus some stuff from the 5.2.1 client. This includes the new connection manager stuff etc.
The web site doesn't comment on unreleased products, unless they publicly go beta. That's why there's no mention of the upcoming Linux client.
As for the vCal/iCal stuff, there's been much improvements in those core libs since the 4.x Motif client.
I beleive the Motif client will ship around december. And (get this!) there will be a public beta next tuesday! (I just learnt that myself).
By the way, please DO voice your concerns through the appropriate channels (see the web site).
I wont be much use in this regard, being on the mac dev team, as opposed to marketing or lord know what.
When will someone release a calendar/scheduling server (like MS Exchange) for linux. This is a MAJOR thing holding it back from the corporate desktop. Yes, Lotus Notes and MS Exchange both have web interfaces, but if you've used them you would know that they suck.
Please do excuse me for this blatant add, totally biases on top of it. But, it's nonetheless informative.
The company I (gladly) work for offers a cross-platform, groupware calendaring solution. We used to be the OEM provider for Netscape. When we opted not to prolong the contract, it kind of forced Netscape to work on it's own project, which ultimately was abandoned.
Some time later (now), netscape is announcing this new open code base to start a new project. That's fine. We wish 'em luck.
Meanwhile, if you're looking for a Linux-based solution, albeit a commercial one, check out Steltor. We provide servers for unices (including Linux) and Windows, and clients for Win, Unix (motif), Mac, web, WAP and sync stuff for handhelds.
Sorry again for the add. but, it does show that commercial companies out there actually cares about Linux (and Mac).
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Nope.
ColorSync is there for home users.
Talk about ColorSync to any pro (and I do mean pro, not corner shop) printer and you'll get laughed at.
Color matching is best done using Pantone (PMS) tables, and PMS books are useless after 9-12 months, because of paper degradation.
You can't win this one. I've worked 10 years in the pre-press industry, writing tools for this highly demanding field. I know first hand how things work, and they don't work with ColorSync.
Anyone who color-corrects using the screen isn't worth their salaries.
A good scanner operator (I'm talking drum scanners) or good touch-up artists ('coz that's what they are: artists) never uses the screen, be it CRT or LCD or even those 20k$ Barco screens, to judge their colors.
There are simply too many factors that will affect the perceived colors (all the way through caffeine intake).
Descent color correction relies on color densities, and white point adjustment (*never* have less than 5% black on a white point, or run the risks of quarter-tone blank-outs).
Actually, the report findings says:
Death of the crew was from asphyxia due to inhalation of toxic gases due to fire. A contributory cause of death was thermal burns.
which means the fire had a contributing factor to their deaths, not just the smoke.
Tex and LaTex are more a typesetting language. It's aimed at formating text documents.
Meanwhile, PostScript is much more. It's a programming language designed for laying out page content. You can do some pretty funky stuff with PostScript. I've seena PostScript library (a 'dict') that rendersOpenGL models (not ray-tracing, but surface shading that's still convincing).
The PostScript/PDF relationship is analogous to C and pre-processed C.
...there goes my karma cap ...
Prfltltlt!
You're just jealous.
Because it's sold in Quebec, and things sold in Quebec must be in french and english.
This isn't quite true.
Theatrical releases are required to be in french at the same time as the original language (usually english).
This doesn't affect video and DVD releases. The fact that we usually see french sound tracks on DVDs is mostly a way for Holywood not to get criticized too much, disguised as a courtesy.
Also, "things sold in Quebec" is a little broad interpretation on the same law. Anything published in Quebec must be done so in either languages, unless if part of the media (like newspapers, magazines and television and radio broadcasts). Thus, Quebec-made software must be available in french. But, this is not a requirement for foreign (say, US) software.
And in what way is what you're saying different than my original post?
And we also pay a yearly tribute in forms of gifts to her majesty (she's not my majesty!).
Some people call these multi-million dollars gifts "royalties" for using her head on our coins.
based on the GNUstep architecture, originally built by NeXT (OpenSTEP) and is now also used by MacOSX (Cocoa).
The above is wrong. The original NeXT Computer OS was called NeXTSTEP (notice capitalisation--it's important in what follows). When NeXT Computer ditched hardware, it became "NeXT Software", and spun off it's OS (in the 3.x version) into a cross platform OS called OpenStep (4.x).
This OS was to run on Sun, Intel and NeXT boxes. The API was modified, and made public (the API, not implementation).
This API specification was called OPENSTEP (capitalisation differs from the NeXT Software OS name).
GNUStep is therefore based on the OPENSTEP specification. No other permutation of name and inheritance is correct.
Isn't OSX's dispay engine vector based? Very cool but isn't that a fairly big disadvantage when it comes to display photographic images like jpg's etc? Do they have a way around it or am I wrong in general?
;-)
You're generally wrong.
Quartz being vector-based doesn't mean it can't do bitmaps. Compare Display PostScript, or PostScript printers.
You're so-called Pixar lamp is not Pixar's.
The first-ever Pixar movie, Luxo Jr., was designed and inspired by a famous lamp company called Luxo. They're famed for their telescopic, arm-held florescent that's the norm (still today) for for architects and drawers alike.
Drop your fucking prices!!!!
Get a fucking job!
Yeah... I was wondering that myself.
If I'm alone in the world, how did I accumulate 49 karma points?
And an ohter point, relating to this, is concerning the public nature of this information. If I have no friends, I don't want anyone to know about it!
Apparently the rumor mill has been reporting the large purchase of flat panel displays by Apple (read: flat panel iMac?)
Actually, this isn't a rumor. Check out their last SEC filing. They've signed a contract for delivery of an additional 100,000 15" LCD displays per month.
I think the target demographic for these films has changed a little since the original trilogy.
A New Hope didn't have a target demographic. Not at 600k budget.
The Empire Strikes Back tried the late teens target demographics. It didn't gross out as much as they had anticipated at the time. It caught on later in time.
The Return Of The Jedi targeted kids and up, in attempt to widen the audience. By that time, episode 5 had become a classic, and it caught on.
That's the "magic" formula that was used for episode 1, and don't expect anything for the next two episodes.
(Spoiler: the unexpected source is BSD)
NASA has examined using the Star Wars project (the Raegan one, not the Lucas one) to have orbiting lasers just powerful enough to burn up small (bolt-sized) debris.
The problem they currently face with that is detection. When a chicken Mc-Nugget -sized debris (actually, chicken Mc-Nugget are debris by themselves) is coming at you at 50 000kph, it's hard to detect it before it hits you.
And to detect them long enough for a relatively weak laser (unlike Lucas') to burn them is another problem.
Some of the posters on the debian-devel list aren't too pleased with the idea.
It's interesting to note that, while porting anything TO Linux is acceptable, porting Linux to something else irritates some.
I think this is something positive. If you can give users of other platform a taste of your own cooking, chances are they'll come for a full meal at some point.
Or at the very least, make them taste something else and open up their minds.
I see this as a teaser, and a pretty good way to get some free software (like Gimp), other than the OS itself, a chance to open up to a new crowd.
Hey, I just realized something...
Have you read that part where Andy Grove, 65, was pushed on the chest while standing on IT, and never fell off?
Well, Given this thing self balances you, and is virtually impossible to fall off of IT, then is opens up huge possibilities for Human Transporting Under Influence!
Now, you can be totally drunk and still manage to get home safe, provided you have a GPS too.
... is that review, given there's a link to "find the lowest prices on an X-Box" at the bottom of the page?
I mean, sheesh... that's not even trying to hide any kind of affiliation.
Microsoft says it's "irresponsible" to expect them to get a patch out for a critical flaw within "a few days"
Are they referring to the recent release of XP?
This is the very worst horror story.
You can't copyright colours. Apple cannot stop me from using a total rip off of the OSX interface, so long as I don't use their logo,
Actually, that's not quite correct.
While you can't copyright colors, you must also remember that AQUA is not a color. But an overall design and functionality spec.
Now that you can protect, and it's called a trade dress.
A trade dress is a visual representation of an object that identifies a product to it's manufacturer.
Basically, this is what Apple used to defend it's iMac from cheap knock-offs, like what eMachine had with it's eOne.
Your criticism is well founded.
But, make yourself heard. For starters, i'm not aware of vCal (or iCal and vCal) bugs. These are routed to the Core dev team here. (I'm on the Mac dev team)
The Motif 5.0 client is currently nearing ship date. The newly rebuilt team has been very hard at work, catching back with the Mac and Windows features. Previous CEO, here, had killed the Motif client a couple of years ago. He got replaced with a saner one that put the motif client back on track. Surely enough, because of the 1 year (or so) set back, they have been playing catch up for many months.
It's interesting to note that the Mac client 5.2 is pretty much the same as versionn 5.1, except it runs nativelly in Mac OS X (aka, carbonized). So, by now, the motif client really isn't that far behind.
(I'm not sure I should be saying all that, but I don't this this as armful).
The new Linux client (still Motif) is a hell of a lot better than it used to. Really. It brings it on par with version 5.0 of the mac client, plus some stuff from the 5.2.1 client. This includes the new connection manager stuff etc.
The web site doesn't comment on unreleased products, unless they publicly go beta. That's why there's no mention of the upcoming Linux client.
As for the vCal/iCal stuff, there's been much improvements in those core libs since the 4.x Motif client.
I beleive the Motif client will ship around december. And (get this!) there will be a public beta next tuesday! (I just learnt that myself).
By the way, please DO voice your concerns through the appropriate channels (see the web site).
I wont be much use in this regard, being on the mac dev team, as opposed to marketing or lord know what.
When will someone release a calendar/scheduling server (like MS Exchange) for linux. This is a MAJOR thing holding it back from the corporate desktop. Yes, Lotus Notes and MS Exchange both have web interfaces, but if you've used them you would know that they suck.
Please do excuse me for this blatant add, totally biases on top of it. But, it's nonetheless informative.
The company I (gladly) work for offers a cross-platform, groupware calendaring solution. We used to be the OEM provider for Netscape. When we opted not to prolong the contract, it kind of forced Netscape to work on it's own project, which ultimately was abandoned.
Some time later (now), netscape is announcing this new open code base to start a new project. That's fine. We wish 'em luck.
Meanwhile, if you're looking for a Linux-based solution, albeit a commercial one, check out Steltor. We provide servers for unices (including Linux) and Windows, and clients for Win, Unix (motif), Mac, web, WAP and sync stuff for handhelds.
Sorry again for the add. but, it does show that commercial companies out there actually cares about Linux (and Mac).
Humbly yours --a Mac dev over there.