Try central or western PA as a place to find Priuses.
Toyota sends out a set amount of cars to every dealership, even if one doesn't sell a single one and has to ship it to another dealership. Last march i could have driven 3 hours to pickup a fully loaded white prius in western PA if i wanted to, they had it sitting on the lot. The people who sign up for the car wont get called until their specific color comes in. If you take any color, you can get it fast (the toyota dealership around here had two white ones sitting on the lot with no buyers).
Actually a better example would be the Dow - Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal, which killed atleast 14,400 people and permanent injuries range over 50,000.
Of course, that's in India. But the US Gov't isn't exactly pushing Dow - Union Carbide to settle or acknowledge wrong doing.
I don't know if they cite the original source of the project: http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/steadyca m/ It has testimonies of pro's who have used this hand made rig and a $800 steadicam rig, and they say both are great. What you get with the $800 right is a full body vest mount that allows you to mount the camera on your hip, for even smoother shots.
As someone who has used a steadicam professional rig, i can say that with image stabilization on, the image actually produces strange movement, once you learn how to use the steadicam.
You can't just pickup a camera attached to a steadicam and notice an amazing difference unless you have learned how to carry your body with the camera. What the steadicam does is make it a lot easier to do so (first your arm is extended at a lot lower angle than holding the camera in your hand and second, the added weight lessens shakes cause by your body).
If you have ever seen someone use a steadicam, they walk more like a dancer than a doofus with a handicam.
So to answer you question, after you train to use the steadicam (and have degeeked your forearm strength to be able to hold it for 45 minutes or so at a stretch without tiring) you can achieve shots that would have cost you $800 before, now for only $14. the remaining $786 could be spent on a 3ccd panasonic camera. Or saved for a dvx100 or a wireless mic set, etc.
Come on, the pizza hut around me doesn't even deliver.
And I don't play everquest.
I just want someone to write a quick Dashboard app for various pizza places, with built in calculator, and let me order with CC# for those days I don't have any cash on me.
An event like that has really only convinced me in some hippy sort of way, that our perception of reality is really a two way street, and we can effect it as much as it effects us, if we could focus hard enough.
Still is only taking into account the chance of those numbers being drawn, not compounding it with the number of drawings and it happening on that day.
I remember reading a story about carp, and how there is no biological factor to them dieing. As in, they will live as long as their environment will support them. I think the same is true, or close to true, for turtles.
clean install means you are installing from the windows XP disc yourself onto a clean hard drive, the preinstall means that the factory installs the software (usually from an image they have on the network, or pushed onto their hard drives). XP Disc was made two years ago, image that was installed on your wifes laptop is probably updated every week. Big difference.
Your real question is about imovie. Yes, it will work fine. Firewire streams video out at DV quality, the machine doesn't compress it at all, it just dumps it straight to disk. It is the highest quality you can get out of the camera, it will be fine, as you are working with a digital copy from the tape, not digital -> analog -> recompression back to digital.
It is for this reason no one should ever buy those stupid DVD Video cameras, that burn to dvd instead of MiniDV. You're video is compressed to mpeg2 which is compressed in comparison to DV and while it looks good, you lose quality if you want to do professional cuts / editing, etc.
I know what you mean, I work at a college campus coffee house, there isn't a starbucks within 20 miles of here (*crosses fingers and hopes it stays that way*). We got THREE other coffee shops opening up in our town, and they still can't beat us for service. Granted we are selling Seattle's best which is now owned by starbucks, but we don't do venti, grande, etc. Its 12, 16 or 20 oz, small medium large. When customers would come in and ask for a venti, we reply we don't speak starbucks.
Anyway, yah, starbucks is creepy, I rarely drink coffee anymore, and find that the smaller places that actually have people you can get to know tend to have better coffee, maybe its the tears of the "free trade" worker's children on the beans that sour the taste of starbucks coffee for me.
Converter from DVI to VGA is provided with the machine, for $20 you can get svideo/composite out adapter that plugs into DVI port, but you can't have both (moniter and tv). DVI will plug directly into HD TV.
There are numerous audio solutions, check the accessories page.
http://www.apple.com/macmini/accessories.html
Instead of raising the price by added things that not everyone needed (remember, no monitor, keyboard, or mouse), apple went bare minimum, but gave you the ability to add functionality through USB/Firewire.
Or just use the built in X11 server and still run *nix apps remotely, but organize your photos, movies, music, etc. locally.
I STILL want a central Music Server for all my machines, that lets me sync my ipod with music from my computer in the other room, or lets me check out albums to bring on my laptop with me. A machine like this makes a small house server possible.
I didn't realize you could command click and not loose mouse focus on your main app!
Man, that is neat.
Also, in comparison to windows, built in spell checker in the OS that is carried across to every text input box. Also built in X11 server that seamless lets you transfer copy/paste from an X11 app to an OS X app, already pre-configured so you can just ssh -X into your remote box.
So i get to record my video from my micro camera onto a small 4gb microdrive, in mpeg 2.
I was hoping more for a AG-DVX 100 3ccd, 24p camera that would accept some form of firewire hard drive to dump video onto, in DV Stream format.
Wait, you can already do that.
This is just a DVD-R camera with microdrives instead of mini dvd-rs. Its small and nifty, and I would carry it with me to shoot quick shots, but I'm going to stick with my DVX 100 for my professional shoots.
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Try central or western PA as a place to find Priuses.
Toyota sends out a set amount of cars to every dealership, even if one doesn't sell a single one and has to ship it to another dealership. Last march i could have driven 3 hours to pickup a fully loaded white prius in western PA if i wanted to, they had it sitting on the lot. The people who sign up for the car wont get called until their specific color comes in. If you take any color, you can get it fast (the toyota dealership around here had two white ones sitting on the lot with no buyers).
For having me investigate, and yes NETFLIX HAS MST3K series.
ALL OF THEM.
you have made my summer.
Actually a better example would be the Dow - Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal, which killed atleast 14,400 people and permanent injuries range over 50,000.
Of course, that's in India. But the US Gov't isn't exactly pushing Dow - Union Carbide to settle or acknowledge wrong doing.
shoot me an email
cbarker at bucknell edu
I can host about 40-80 megs on my webspace and piss off my university admins.
I don't know if they cite the original source of the project:a m/
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/steadyc
It has testimonies of pro's who have used this hand made rig and a $800 steadicam rig, and they say both are great. What you get with the $800 right is a full body vest mount that allows you to mount the camera on your hip, for even smoother shots.
As someone who has used a steadicam professional rig, i can say that with image stabilization on, the image actually produces strange movement, once you learn how to use the steadicam.
You can't just pickup a camera attached to a steadicam and notice an amazing difference unless you have learned how to carry your body with the camera. What the steadicam does is make it a lot easier to do so (first your arm is extended at a lot lower angle than holding the camera in your hand and second, the added weight lessens shakes cause by your body).
If you have ever seen someone use a steadicam, they walk more like a dancer than a doofus with a handicam.
So to answer you question, after you train to use the steadicam (and have degeeked your forearm strength to be able to hold it for 45 minutes or so at a stretch without tiring) you can achieve shots that would have cost you $800 before, now for only $14. the remaining $786 could be spent on a 3ccd panasonic camera. Or saved for a dvx100 or a wireless mic set, etc.
Anti-Gerasone- Cheap immortality comes to your neighborhood convenience store.
I can't wait for the cities to grow until there is no border between them.
No papa johns?
Come on, the pizza hut around me doesn't even deliver.
And I don't play everquest.
I just want someone to write a quick Dashboard app for various pizza places, with built in calculator, and let me order with CC# for those days I don't have any cash on me.
Sept 11, 2002.
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Winning lottery numbers were 9-1-1
An event like that has really only convinced me in some hippy sort of way, that our perception of reality is really a two way street, and we can effect it as much as it effects us, if we could focus hard enough.
Now according to this link:
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/WhosCounting/sto
It was a one in 500 chance.
Still is only taking into account the chance of those numbers being drawn, not compounding it with the number of drawings and it happening on that day.
For the ARGer's out there:
> creepy
I remember reading a story about carp, and how there is no biological factor to them dieing. As in, they will live as long as their environment will support them. I think the same is true, or close to true, for turtles.
clean install means you are installing from the windows XP disc yourself onto a clean hard drive, the preinstall means that the factory installs the software (usually from an image they have on the network, or pushed onto their hard drives). XP Disc was made two years ago, image that was installed on your wifes laptop is probably updated every week. Big difference.
Your real question is about imovie. Yes, it will work fine. Firewire streams video out at DV quality, the machine doesn't compress it at all, it just dumps it straight to disk. It is the highest quality you can get out of the camera, it will be fine, as you are working with a digital copy from the tape, not digital -> analog -> recompression back to digital.
It is for this reason no one should ever buy those stupid DVD Video cameras, that burn to dvd instead of MiniDV. You're video is compressed to mpeg2 which is compressed in comparison to DV and while it looks good, you lose quality if you want to do professional cuts / editing, etc.
chording works also.
Control - Click = right mouse button in most cases (contextual menu).
Command - click +link = open link new window, in tab, in background, by default.
Command - click - scroll bar= move scroll bar in the background without swapping focus from main window.
Enjoy
Well, it ONLY does books. However it appears that iSight scanning was added in july, so I wonder who did it first, DM or Booxter.
However, there appears to be NO support for dvd's, cd's, etc.
And iTunes is a ripoff of winamp, because both play mp3s!
I know what you mean, I work at a college campus coffee house, there isn't a starbucks within 20 miles of here (*crosses fingers and hopes it stays that way*). We got THREE other coffee shops opening up in our town, and they still can't beat us for service. Granted we are selling Seattle's best which is now owned by starbucks, but we don't do venti, grande, etc. Its 12, 16 or 20 oz, small medium large. When customers would come in and ask for a venti, we reply we don't speak starbucks.
Anyway, yah, starbucks is creepy, I rarely drink coffee anymore, and find that the smaller places that actually have people you can get to know tend to have better coffee, maybe its the tears of the "free trade" worker's children on the beans that sour the taste of starbucks coffee for me.
Converter from DVI to VGA is provided with the machine, for $20 you can get svideo/composite out adapter that plugs into DVI port, but you can't have both (moniter and tv). DVI will plug directly into HD TV.
/Firewire.
There are numerous audio solutions, check the accessories page.
http://www.apple.com/macmini/accessories.html
Instead of raising the price by added things that not everyone needed (remember, no monitor, keyboard, or mouse), apple went bare minimum, but gave you the ability to add functionality through USB
Yes, but do they have USB rechargeable batteries?
I just checked to replies links that include alternatives, and it doesn't mention the power at quick glance.
Or just use the built in X11 server and still run *nix apps remotely, but organize your photos, movies, music, etc. locally.
I STILL want a central Music Server for all my machines, that lets me sync my ipod with music from my computer in the other room, or lets me check out albums to bring on my laptop with me. A machine like this makes a small house server possible.
Called KeySpan, Express Remote.
http://www.apple.com/macmini/accessories.html
USB -> IR remote, been around for ages, i love it.
(And for posterity?)f le.jpg
http://www.students.bucknell.edu/cbarker/iPodShuf
Are you making Halo for the Gizmondo?
w ee klywhatsjan07
I am told Microsoft does have a relationship with the handheld maker, but I can tell you right now the arrangement does not include Halo.
http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?story=
And the way you always find out new things about!
I didn't realize you could command click and not loose mouse focus on your main app!
Man, that is neat.
Also, in comparison to windows, built in spell checker in the OS that is carried across to every text input box. Also built in X11 server that seamless lets you transfer copy/paste from an X11 app to an OS X app, already pre-configured so you can just ssh -X into your remote box.
hahaa, my bad, confused my tabs and thought you were replying to the dlink link below.
http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=342
802.11g, motion detection and will email you also (which you can bounce to your cellphone).
http://www.ipodbattery.com/
$40 and you should be good as new. If you look around some more, you could even find some larger capacity batteries for it.
And check around for FAQs on proper ipod charge usage (you should have it charging whenever you possibly can).
So i get to record my video from my micro camera onto a small 4gb microdrive, in mpeg 2.
I was hoping more for a AG-DVX 100 3ccd, 24p camera that would accept some form of firewire hard drive to dump video onto, in DV Stream format.
Wait, you can already do that.
This is just a DVD-R camera with microdrives instead of mini dvd-rs. Its small and nifty, and I would carry it with me to shoot quick shots, but I'm going to stick with my DVX 100 for my professional shoots.