The article talks about how there are companies whose sole function is to take native documentation and translate it into another language. Sounds easy, but it's not. These companies deal with all sorts of native land societal, religious and fundamental PC.
Different societies have different views of their world. For example, in the U.S., documentation tends to use a lot of humor to keep things light and lively. This isn't so in Europe. Hungarians know that everything will eventually break and being the industrious do-it-their-selfers they want their manuals to read like a Chilton book. Japanese manuals often contain creative cartoons that if placed in another country's documentation, viewers may not take the company and their product serious.
Another humorous tidbit included several paragraphs describing an event where the box-art for Painter 5 contained a left opened hand palm with flames coming out of it. The article indicated that in several countries the left hand is considered unclean and showing the open palm is extremely offensive. The cake icing flesh burning wasn't smart too.
Though I found the article somewhat lacking is detail. Countries even take offense to certain fonts and colors being used. This is one of the main reasons why most companies like Macromedia, Microsoft and IBM tend to go take the safe route and from the get-to use ubiquitous type styles and colors for their corporate branding, product designs and websites.
The main reason these screens could afford the technology is most happened to be in major cities where they would return their investments.
When Lucas released the digital version of Episode II, only around 100 screens had it. And of those many people said the colors were "blotchy" and separation "not perfect".
When more companies take notice of the huge profit potentials of the digital projection industry you'll start to see big companies (SONY, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, etc.) start to put out their own equipment. Competitive pricing schemas may make current prices reasonable. And like computer technology, as new DP technology is release, old generations will drop in price.
I'd said wait until the market becomes saturated with digital screens then jump on in.
It still can't play SWF files properly. When you pause play, nested movies that contain animation continue playing. QT4 was the last version that played SWF files perfectly. I keep a copy of 4 on my machine to get true playback. I say bring back the SWF playback features of 4 and drop them into 6.
This whole Star Wars versus Spiderman is getting old. Each is a great movie. This is beginning to sound a lot like the Star Trek versus Star Wars arguments that started around the early 80s when Star Trek: The Motion Picture was released.
Let's take for example the movie Saving Private Ryan (Ryan) versus the HBO mini-series event Band of Brothers (BOB). On a whole BOB is simply far and away a much better movie experience than Ryan. Granted there are a few episodes of BOB that where aren't as good as others, yet the richness and depth of the mini-series simply blows away the movie, both of which take place during the same time period. Remember Star Wars is many stories rolled into one. It's about the raise and fall off a dominating empire. It's the story of a family, whose lives are shattered by many events. It's about an alliance of rebel confronting, however enormous the odds are, and an omnipresent empire. It's about redemption. We may not see it now, but when all these films are done and released on DVD then you'll see something magical. Something epic. Something mythic.
I for one now see Darth Vader more as the Anakin character than evil villain we loved to hate. I thank Lucas for introducing the prequels, and I can't wait for Episode III.
Lucas tends to be liberal at times, so I can only hope he will stick with his original 12 episodic grand Epic, or at the very least the 9 episodes I remember him mentioning in an interview back in the early 80s.
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Just don't install the apps on your machine to begin with. Treat your computer as a temple. And only the worthiest of programs may make it into the most holy.
About a month ago I was in a Best Buy, browsing the XBox games section. I remembered I needed another controller so I grabbed one off the shelf. I noticed a few new titles when one of the patrons purusing the section wanted to get my feedback on the Xbox. I told them that it was a nice console but the current amount of games and the pricing of games was high. They asked me if it was worth buying and I told them sure, if you have the funds. But I told them to go buy the console from EB. Basically EB offers a 15-day exchange/refund whereas BB only offers an exchange for the same item, and ONLY if your item proves to be broken.
I bought a HP LaserJet 1200se printer about 4 months ago from a BB in Elk Grove California (in a popular area called Laguna). Anyhow, the staff came up to me and asked me if I needed any help and I told them I saw the HP listed on their site for $429. They helped me find the printer. They even gave me two 500 sheets of LaserJet paper for free! I also purchased a 3-year warranty. Basically what I'm saying is you *can't* say every Best Buy is bad, because I shopped at one that was quite the opposite. I think the receipt you received with "$129.99" was a glitch, instead of the "$329.99". Ecommerce applications are notorious for having bugs.
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I recommend Electronics Boutique for all things video gaming related. Not only do you get an unconditional 15-day exchange/refund policy, but also their staff is professional and knowledge. If your a parent that's very important the next time you want to buy your child a game but aren't up to speed on what's the appropriate and not for young-ones.
You know if Microsoft released a disc that contained the SDK, toolkits and more tons of people would buy the Xbox for the simple fact that it'll be more than just a gaming machine, and more than a pc. With the SDK in the hands of the development community, we would start to see a LOT of really cool stuff. Stuff that doesn't even necessarily have to be "games". The XBOX, unlike any other console, HAS a hard drive, and a big hard drive too boot (pun intended). I really think Microsoft should leverage this to their advantage. And leverage it soon before their console dies.
And Zarathustra.fi has a great point about Microsoft's game pricing. Some games like Halo, Max Payne and Madden 2002, I would say are worth $50. But games like Arctic Thunder, Azurik: Rise of Perathia, Blood Wake, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Fuzion Frenzy, LOONS -- The Fight For Fame, Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee, Shrek, TransWorld Surf, Unreal Championship and Whacked are definitely a few titles that are worth $40 and under.
How about this idea. Increase the case's width and on the side include hooks where you could mount several fans together in a kind of 2x2 grid (for large fans) or 3x3 grid (for small fans). Then daisy chain then together into one power connector.
This fan could take things one step further by varying its speed based on the heat of the CPU. As far as how this would work, one idea would be to hollow out the central part of the fan and completely enclosed a small amount of liquid inside. The heatsink's heat absorption would cause the liquid inside the fan to stream up, which would in turn set the fan's speed. Thoughts?
I find it interesting that Sierra Studios still continues to use the name Sierra even though their company is now in Washington State. At one point Sierra Studios was called Sierra On-Line. Likewise, Sierra On-line was changed from On-Line Systems when their small company decided to resettle in the foothills community of Oakhurst, California, near the Sierra Mountains. Even Sierra's logo is Yosemite's Half Dome.
The On-line portion of their name came about when Sierra offered a dialup gaming service called The Sierra Network. This proprietary service featured Sierra's top-rated games like Red Baron, Golf, card games, and others. Eventually AT&T became cosponsors of the service. I not sure what cause the service's downfall because I didn't stay with the service long enough. I did remember when they introduced LarryLand. This was an adult themed game park based on the Leisure Suit Larry universe. Games included Poker, Slots, etc. Chatting was not moderated here and people could say whatever they wanted.
I think the target demographic for these films has changed a little since the original trilogy.
What do you mean the target demographic has changed? Star Wars has always been for and will always be for childen and adults that are young at heart. The Saga has never changed its target since the original trilogy, you just grew up and see the world from a little more mature perspective.
So what denomination would we use? Would this also be taxed since this sort of transaction would technically fall under the realm of "purchasable product"?
There will be a boat for Robin based on the studied birds. This will probably make Batman's directions a little harder to say.
"Quick Robin! You go to your BirdBoat, and I'll go to the BatBoat! Meet me at Jokers place in 45 minutes. I may be late. It's rush hour traffic. If I am, use OnStar to locate me. Yadda yadda yadda..." (insert 26 corporate sponsors) Robin yawns. Alfred makes coca. And the Bat signal is still looming in the night sky.
*beep* I'm sorry I can't listen to the corporate media news anymore. Bin Laden, Talaban and Anthrax do not compute. Please leave me news for nerds and stuff that matters. Thanks! *beep*
Hey Coward do you like even read the topics before posting?! Are you like one these people that insist on crossing the street, in heavy traffic when the DON'T WALK sign is flashing or speed up when you see a YIELD sign?
The DDR RAM: Obviously, if speed is the goal, you want to get good, and a goodly amount, of RAM. Having talked the various RAM manufacturers over with ChrisD, I finally settled on the Corsair Micro CM73SD256R-2100. It had a 266 Mhz bus, and Corsair makes a good RAM chip.
Where can I get this Ram? I tried nearly all of Corsair's normal and premier online retailers and all of them say they don't care this Ram.
I found a press release date January 5, 1998 on their website entitled "Polaroid Introduces Improved PDC Digital Camera". So it would seem that they did try to move aware from their instant film image and into the digital media. The problem is Sony, Canon and others are putting out top-notch digital cameras. How can Polaroid compete against that?
As far as I am concerned, the media is very liberal. They excel at igniting fires. It's like they get off on it or something. Several reporters that applied for positions at ABC News were immediately let go after finding out they were conservative and wouldn't change to be liberal.
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The article talks about how there are companies whose sole function is to take native documentation and translate it into another language. Sounds easy, but it's not. These companies deal with all sorts of native land societal, religious and fundamental PC.
Different societies have different views of their world. For example, in the U.S., documentation tends to use a lot of humor to keep things light and lively. This isn't so in Europe. Hungarians know that everything will eventually break and being the industrious do-it-their-selfers they want their manuals to read like a Chilton book. Japanese manuals often contain creative cartoons that if placed in another country's documentation, viewers may not take the company and their product serious.
Another humorous tidbit included several paragraphs describing an event where the box-art for Painter 5 contained a left opened hand palm with flames coming out of it. The article indicated that in several countries the left hand is considered unclean and showing the open palm is extremely offensive. The cake icing flesh burning wasn't smart too.
Though I found the article somewhat lacking is detail. Countries even take offense to certain fonts and colors being used. This is one of the main reasons why most companies like Macromedia, Microsoft and IBM tend to go take the safe route and from the get-to use ubiquitous type styles and colors for their corporate branding, product designs and websites.
All in all this article was is a great read.
The main reason these screens could afford the technology is most happened to be in major cities where they would return their investments.
When Lucas released the digital version of Episode II, only around 100 screens had it. And of those many people said the colors were "blotchy" and separation "not perfect".
When more companies take notice of the huge profit potentials of the digital projection industry you'll start to see big companies (SONY, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, etc.) start to put out their own equipment. Competitive pricing schemas may make current prices reasonable. And like computer technology, as new DP technology is release, old generations will drop in price.
I'd said wait until the market becomes saturated with digital screens then jump on in.
It still can't play SWF files properly. When you pause play, nested movies that contain animation continue playing. QT4 was the last version that played SWF files perfectly. I keep a copy of 4 on my machine to get true playback. I say bring back the SWF playback features of 4 and drop them into 6.
There's other things to life than Television. Try reading, playing videos or go outside and play some b-ball.
This whole Star Wars versus Spiderman is getting old. Each is a great movie. This is beginning to sound a lot like the Star Trek versus Star Wars arguments that started around the early 80s when Star Trek: The Motion Picture was released.
Let's take for example the movie Saving Private Ryan (Ryan) versus the HBO mini-series event Band of Brothers (BOB). On a whole BOB is simply far and away a much better movie experience than Ryan. Granted there are a few episodes of BOB that where aren't as good as others, yet the richness and depth of the mini-series simply blows away the movie, both of which take place during the same time period. Remember Star Wars is many stories rolled into one. It's about the raise and fall off a dominating empire. It's the story of a family, whose lives are shattered by many events. It's about an alliance of rebel confronting, however enormous the odds are, and an omnipresent empire. It's about redemption. We may not see it now, but when all these films are done and released on DVD then you'll see something magical. Something epic. Something mythic.
I for one now see Darth Vader more as the Anakin character than evil villain we loved to hate. I thank Lucas for introducing the prequels, and I can't wait for Episode III.
Lucas tends to be liberal at times, so I can only hope he will stick with his original 12 episodic grand Epic, or at the very least the 9 episodes I remember him mentioning in an interview back in the early 80s.
Just don't install the apps on your machine to begin with. Treat your computer as a temple. And only the worthiest of programs may make it into the most holy.
About a month ago I was in a Best Buy, browsing the XBox games section. I remembered I needed another controller so I grabbed one off the shelf. I noticed a few new titles when one of the patrons purusing the section wanted to get my feedback on the Xbox. I told them that it was a nice console but the current amount of games and the pricing of games was high. They asked me if it was worth buying and I told them sure, if you have the funds. But I told them to go buy the console from EB. Basically EB offers a 15-day exchange/refund whereas BB only offers an exchange for the same item, and ONLY if your item proves to be broken.
I bought a HP LaserJet 1200se printer about 4 months ago from a BB in Elk Grove California (in a popular area called Laguna). Anyhow, the staff came up to me and asked me if I needed any help and I told them I saw the HP listed on their site for $429. They helped me find the printer. They even gave me two 500 sheets of LaserJet paper for free! I also purchased a 3-year warranty. Basically what I'm saying is you *can't* say every Best Buy is bad, because I shopped at one that was quite the opposite. I think the receipt you received with "$129.99" was a glitch, instead of the "$329.99". Ecommerce applications are notorious for having bugs.
I recommend Electronics Boutique for all things video gaming related. Not only do you get an unconditional 15-day exchange/refund policy, but also their staff is professional and knowledge. If your a parent that's very important the next time you want to buy your child a game but aren't up to speed on what's the appropriate and not for young-ones.
You know if Microsoft released a disc that contained the SDK, toolkits and more tons of people would buy the Xbox for the simple fact that it'll be more than just a gaming machine, and more than a pc. With the SDK in the hands of the development community, we would start to see a LOT of really cool stuff. Stuff that doesn't even necessarily have to be "games". The XBOX, unlike any other console, HAS a hard drive, and a big hard drive too boot (pun intended). I really think Microsoft should leverage this to their advantage. And leverage it soon before their console dies.
And Zarathustra.fi has a great point about Microsoft's game pricing. Some games like Halo, Max Payne and Madden 2002, I would say are worth $50. But games like Arctic Thunder, Azurik: Rise of Perathia, Blood Wake, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Fuzion Frenzy, LOONS -- The Fight For Fame, Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee, Shrek, TransWorld Surf, Unreal Championship and Whacked are definitely a few titles that are worth $40 and under.
How about this idea. Increase the case's width and on the side include hooks where you could mount several fans together in a kind of 2x2 grid (for large fans) or 3x3 grid (for small fans). Then daisy chain then together into one power connector.
This fan could take things one step further by varying its speed based on the heat of the CPU. As far as how this would work, one idea would be to hollow out the central part of the fan and completely enclosed a small amount of liquid inside. The heatsink's heat absorption would cause the liquid inside the fan to stream up, which would in turn set the fan's speed. Thoughts?
I find it interesting that Sierra Studios still continues to use the name Sierra even though their company is now in Washington State. At one point Sierra Studios was called Sierra On-Line. Likewise, Sierra On-line was changed from On-Line Systems when their small company decided to resettle in the foothills community of Oakhurst, California, near the Sierra Mountains. Even Sierra's logo is Yosemite's Half Dome.
The On-line portion of their name came about when Sierra offered a dialup gaming service called The Sierra Network. This proprietary service featured Sierra's top-rated games like Red Baron, Golf, card games, and others. Eventually AT&T became cosponsors of the service. I not sure what cause the service's downfall because I didn't stay with the service long enough. I did remember when they introduced LarryLand. This was an adult themed game park based on the Leisure Suit Larry universe. Games included Poker, Slots, etc. Chatting was not moderated here and people could say whatever they wanted.
I think the target demographic for these films has changed a little since the original trilogy.
What do you mean the target demographic has changed? Star Wars has always been for and will always be for childen and adults that are young at heart. The Saga has never changed its target since the original trilogy, you just grew up and see the world from a little more mature perspective.
So what denomination would we use? Would this also be taxed since this sort of transaction would technically fall under the realm of "purchasable product"?
There will be a boat for Robin based on the studied birds. This will probably make Batman's directions a little harder to say.
"Quick Robin! You go to your BirdBoat, and I'll go to the BatBoat! Meet me at Jokers place in 45 minutes. I may be late. It's rush hour traffic. If I am, use OnStar to locate me. Yadda yadda yadda..." (insert 26 corporate sponsors) Robin yawns. Alfred makes coca. And the Bat signal is still looming in the night sky.
*beep* I'm sorry I can't listen to the corporate media news anymore. Bin Laden, Talaban and Anthrax do not compute. Please leave me news for nerds and stuff that matters. Thanks! *beep*
pfft... some people don't get it do they?
Another off-topic poster?! What's this world coming too... while your on this rumor that talk radio guys must have author Steven King Ainsworth and his numerous books like Welcome to Hell: The Dead and the Damned, Sister Helen and the Nobel Peace Prize, and The Fear Factor. You can reach him at San Quentin Prison, San Quentin, CA -- Cellmate number C-13201 4E81L
Hey Coward do you like even read the topics before posting?! Are you like one these people that insist on crossing the street, in heavy traffic when the DON'T WALK sign is flashing or speed up when you see a YIELD sign?
I found that design uncannyingly similar to a da Vinci drawing. Does anyone else notice the similarities?
The DDR RAM: Obviously, if speed is the goal, you want to get good, and a goodly amount, of RAM. Having talked the various RAM manufacturers over with ChrisD, I finally settled on the Corsair Micro CM73SD256R-2100. It had a 266 Mhz bus, and Corsair makes a good RAM chip.
Where can I get this Ram? I tried nearly all of Corsair's normal and premier online retailers and all of them say they don't care this Ram.
I found a press release date January 5, 1998 on their website entitled "Polaroid Introduces Improved PDC Digital Camera". So it would seem that they did try to move aware from their instant film image and into the digital media. The problem is Sony, Canon and others are putting out top-notch digital cameras. How can Polaroid compete against that?
Microsoft has decided to patent ones and zeros. http://www.theonion.com/onion3311/microsoftpatents .html
...folks will be passing out cans of beer and yelling "This bugs for you".
As far as I am concerned, the media is very liberal. They excel at igniting fires. It's like they get off on it or something. Several reporters that applied for positions at ABC News were immediately let go after finding out they were conservative and wouldn't change to be liberal.