Testing at this point means absolutely nothing. It's simply way too early to tell. None of the teams have actually launched their 2005 spec chassis and aero packages.
Not only that, but people scoffed at the F2004, saying Ferrari made no improvements in the offseason. Well look what happened.
F1 cars may be easier to drive than some other racing series, but it's a lot harder to be competitive in F1 than most other racing series. To keep the car perfectly on edge in order to make up a 10th of a second is extremely hard.
When's the last time you saw a driver willingly leave F1 to go to another season? Rarely, if ever.
Well, take this into consideration: F1 drivers must endure extreme G-loads over the course of a race weekend and also off season testing. They can routinely pull ~4 gs. F1 requires EXTREMELY fit drivers. Many of them have workout regimes just as intense as any other "regular" athlete. Not only must they put up with the g-force beatings, they also require absolutely phenomonal hand-eye coordination, and must have amazing reflexes.
So tell me, since when does a sport that requires stamina, extremely fine tuned hand-eye cooridination, and amazing reflexes not involve athletes?
Let's see your Charger try and race a decent Europan sports car on something other than a track that's either: A) A straight line, or B) A straight line with banked turns leading to another straight line. To compare a Smart Car to a Charger is just as stupid as thinking cars should only go fast in straight lines and turn left.
And get this, none of the other teams believed a driver could still do so well stuck in fifth gear... until Benneton released the telemetry from the race.
Yes, but within a second doesn't mean much. Lets see how long it takes him to make up that extra second, and not only that, but do it consistantly over the course of an entire season.
I can't speak for CinePaint and gtoaster, but no free open source product comes anywhere near close to Lightwave or Maya in terms of power. And don't even try and say Blender.
If there were a free alternative that could actualyl compete to such expensive programs as LW and Maya, don't you think companies would have adopted them by now?
Open source is nice, but just because it's open source doesn't mean it's better.
It's kind of a catch 22 though. I don't use Linux for any graphic work whatsoever, because it simply doesn't come close to the stuff I can do on Windows. Not to say Linux isn't capable of it, just that as you said it has catching up to do. I'm perfectly content avoiding Linux rather than compromise workflow and sacrifice features, etc. I'll gladly let other people use it and work with Linux apps to get them up to par, but if everyone thought the way I did, nothing would be accomplished.
As for the Gimp, Photoshop is the market leader for a reason. As a side note, I think that's part of the problem with Linux software alternatives to Windows programs/suites such as Office, Photoshop, etc - they're always playing catch up rather than innovating to stand out in the market.
Yep, this will be really nice. I've contemplated picking up an LCD monitor for a secondary display. The way my desk is set up though, a second CRT would be like 2 inches from my face, so this should be nice. I'm in the graphic design business, so while LCDs are nice for browsing the web and anything non-graphic intensive, they still just don't come close to a good CRT monitor for my needs.
Sorry, I had to. But on a serious note, does anyone know of any good free audio editing software for Windows? I don't currently have a sound card in my linux box, but I might throw one in if this is a nice program.
Finally, a last resort would be Adobe Photoshop. You can take any map or image and simply resize the image with a much higher resolution (say take a map from 72dpi to 600 or 1200 dpi). If there is enough information in the original image to interpret, this might be a good solution to allowing one to zoom in images and maps for ease of interpretation.
Changing the DPI doesn't really make the image any more high resolution. You'll still end up with pixelation. It works better than simply blowing up an image by zooming in, but it's not going to allow you to actually blow the image up flawlessly.
to be younger people who get arrested for these kind of acts. I'm reffering to things such as code theft/release, warez, writing worms, viruses, etc. Is it because the the younger ones aren't as bright and therefor don't cover their tracks as well? Or is it because as you get older, the appeal of these kind of things drops? A combination of both? Something else? I would have to assume it's a combination of both, but I have no idea.
I dunno, this thing has actual performance mods. It'd be RiceRocketOne if it had 20 pounds of vinyl stickers, a huge wing that adds more drag than the added downforce is worth, neon lights, and some chach in the driver's seat with spiked hair (with frosted tips of course) and a gold chain.
Apparently I'm playing the role of Real advocate today. Regardless, have you tried out RealPlayer 10?
No, I haven't. My question regarding the linux-user friendly was sort of more along the lines of the fact that Linux users (ie, geeks, nerds, whathaveyou) tend to be more discriminating when it comes to things like spyware, and thus, they use RealAlternative for MPC.
In fact, I'm indifferent towards Real. If they want to add spyware or anything like that, that's their choice. I choose not to use their products. Does RealPlayer 10 contain any spyware or otherwise unsavory "addons"?
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Testing at this point means absolutely nothing. It's simply way too early to tell. None of the teams have actually launched their 2005 spec chassis and aero packages.
Not only that, but people scoffed at the F2004, saying Ferrari made no improvements in the offseason. Well look what happened.
F1 cars may be easier to drive than some other racing series, but it's a lot harder to be competitive in F1 than most other racing series. To keep the car perfectly on edge in order to make up a 10th of a second is extremely hard.
When's the last time you saw a driver willingly leave F1 to go to another season? Rarely, if ever.
Well, take this into consideration: F1 drivers must endure extreme G-loads over the course of a race weekend and also off season testing. They can routinely pull ~4 gs. F1 requires EXTREMELY fit drivers. Many of them have workout regimes just as intense as any other "regular" athlete. Not only must they put up with the g-force beatings, they also require absolutely phenomonal hand-eye coordination, and must have amazing reflexes.
So tell me, since when does a sport that requires stamina, extremely fine tuned hand-eye cooridination, and amazing reflexes not involve athletes?
He would have qualified. He was outside of the 107%, but the year he tested did not have that rule in effect.
Let's see your Charger try and race a decent Europan sports car on something other than a track that's either: A) A straight line, or B) A straight line with banked turns leading to another straight line. To compare a Smart Car to a Charger is just as stupid as thinking cars should only go fast in straight lines and turn left.
And get this, none of the other teams believed a driver could still do so well stuck in fifth gear... until Benneton released the telemetry from the race.
Yes, but within a second doesn't mean much. Lets see how long it takes him to make up that extra second, and not only that, but do it consistantly over the course of an entire season.
To take any information from the numbers in testing right now is pointless. We won't know what teams have competent packages until Melbourne in March.
I can't speak for CinePaint and gtoaster, but no free open source product comes anywhere near close to Lightwave or Maya in terms of power. And don't even try and say Blender.
If there were a free alternative that could actualyl compete to such expensive programs as LW and Maya, don't you think companies would have adopted them by now?
Open source is nice, but just because it's open source doesn't mean it's better.
That won't happen if everyone avoid Linux.
It's kind of a catch 22 though. I don't use Linux for any graphic work whatsoever, because it simply doesn't come close to the stuff I can do on Windows. Not to say Linux isn't capable of it, just that as you said it has catching up to do. I'm perfectly content avoiding Linux rather than compromise workflow and sacrifice features, etc. I'll gladly let other people use it and work with Linux apps to get them up to par, but if everyone thought the way I did, nothing would be accomplished.
As for the Gimp, Photoshop is the market leader for a reason. As a side note, I think that's part of the problem with Linux software alternatives to Windows programs/suites such as Office, Photoshop, etc - they're always playing catch up rather than innovating to stand out in the market.
And you'd have to run just slightly faster than her to catch her...
Yep, this will be really nice. I've contemplated picking up an LCD monitor for a secondary display. The way my desk is set up though, a second CRT would be like 2 inches from my face, so this should be nice. I'm in the graphic design business, so while LCDs are nice for browsing the web and anything non-graphic intensive, they still just don't come close to a good CRT monitor for my needs.
when do we the consumers see this rise in price? Afterall, our health care costs here in the States isn't that great to begin with....
You may be able to crack it and be morally right, but as we all know, legality and morality don't always go hand in hand.
Ooops, I meant audio editing/music production.
will it run on linux?
Sorry, I had to. But on a serious note, does anyone know of any good free audio editing software for Windows? I don't currently have a sound card in my linux box, but I might throw one in if this is a nice program.
You can always try the google cache just in case too!
This is the 2005 season of football. Therefor, it's Madden 2005. Got it?
Finally, a last resort would be Adobe Photoshop. You can take any map or image and simply resize the image with a much higher resolution (say take a map from 72dpi to 600 or 1200 dpi). If there is enough information in the original image to interpret, this might be a good solution to allowing one to zoom in images and maps for ease of interpretation.
Changing the DPI doesn't really make the image any more high resolution. You'll still end up with pixelation. It works better than simply blowing up an image by zooming in, but it's not going to allow you to actually blow the image up flawlessly.
to be younger people who get arrested for these kind of acts. I'm reffering to things such as code theft/release, warez, writing worms, viruses, etc. Is it because the the younger ones aren't as bright and therefor don't cover their tracks as well? Or is it because as you get older, the appeal of these kind of things drops? A combination of both? Something else? I would have to assume it's a combination of both, but I have no idea.
Yeah, I've got some advice.
Stop asking on slashdot and see, oh, I don't know, maybe a doctor?
I dunno, this thing has actual performance mods. It'd be RiceRocketOne if it had 20 pounds of vinyl stickers, a huge wing that adds more drag than the added downforce is worth, neon lights, and some chach in the driver's seat with spiked hair (with frosted tips of course) and a gold chain.
Porn has increased three-fold...
Apparently I'm playing the role of Real advocate today. Regardless, have you tried out RealPlayer 10?
No, I haven't. My question regarding the linux-user friendly was sort of more along the lines of the fact that Linux users (ie, geeks, nerds, whathaveyou) tend to be more discriminating when it comes to things like spyware, and thus, they use RealAlternative for MPC.
In fact, I'm indifferent towards Real. If they want to add spyware or anything like that, that's their choice. I choose not to use their products. Does RealPlayer 10 contain any spyware or otherwise unsavory "addons"?
With today's music, listening to a 3 minute song can be just as bad as 3 minutes of working...