Phish has post a free 3 disk show from the end of their last tour... and it sounds -great-. Honestly, it sounds like a studio album with clapping in between every track.
AOL has been on it's way out for years. Time Warner's merger with AOL was dumb.... and not just "regular" dumb... really really dumb.
At one point in time AOL had a fairly nice product to offer; however, over time AOLs service became bloated, annoying, sloppy, and restrictive. Fortunately, AOL had the dot-com bubble to keep them, and their horrible product, profitable. AOL had tons ad revenue coming in from numerous dot com companies, and many consumers where still new to the concept of being "online."
Yet now most of AOLs ad clients have either bit the dust or come to realize that banner ads and spam are not necessarily the best way to advertise. Moreover, now that a number of people in the world have had a chance to use the internet sans AOL (ie, LANs at work, schools, libraries, etc), folks are beginning to realize that AOL is a huge POS.
If Time Warner actually -thought- about what AOL was selling and how they were making money I doubt these two companies would have merged. But, hey, that didn't happen.
Medical scientists have known about adult stem cells for quite some time now. However, they are not the answer to the debate about stem cell research. As I recall, scientists have been able to do certain research with embryonic stem cells that they have not been able to reproduce with adult stem cells.
then again... I'm a web developer, so what they heck do I know about stem cell research. All of my medical knowledge comes from the discovery channel and TLC;).
There are actually a number of places that will press records in the US. Like you noted, vinal is still huge with DJs (and by DJs I don't mean wedding DJs). It sounds better, it has a visual read out, a lot of great equipment has been made for it (ie the Technics 1200), you can listen to it in the store with needle bus, you can skip through it faster in a store, etc etc
Ya, I guess CD turntables and programs such as final scratch are starting to catch on. However, vinal still seems to dominate (for the reasons I listed above) here in SF. CD turntables seem to play the role of "side kick" to vinal turntables.
Yes, Windows machines render faster then Macs. I work in multimedia and I've known this for quite some time. Good 'ol Charlie is wasting his time writing a 4 page essay in order to prove something that thousands of folks already know.
Charlie really doesn't seem to go into depth about why MacOS, a platform that has been at least 6 month behind in processing speed for 4 years, is still so damn popular in the multimedia industry. Not only does MacOS provide users with a more superior windowing scheme and better usability, there is a lot of system software (midi manager, color sync, quartz) and Apple developed multimedia software (FinalCut, Shake, etc) that simply makes MacOS much more desirable.
Honestly, who cares if filters render a third faster on my Athlons, who cares is my machine only has a bajillion MHz and not a bajillion and 2. Having the fastest PC on the block really isn't that important. Hell most print shops, music studios, etc -still- have 3 or 4 year old Mac workstations. Are they slow? of course they are. Nevertheless, they are still extremely functional.
It's rare that I ever find old Windows PCs in multimedia production environments.
Dude, what the *&^% is up with all of these mergers?! What ever happened to those precious anti-trust laws? I swear, by this time next year we all going to be paying some sort of bill to Microsoft Comcast Broadband (an SBC AOL Time Warner Company).
Unfortunately, Discrete has yet to make an OS X version of Max... and Cliff seems to be looking for a Mac solution. As I recall, Max is Windows only.
Cliff should look at the Lightwave and MayaPLE demos.
And as for Poser. I agree, Poser is rad; yet it is still being ported to OS X... which sucks. One might be able to run it in classic; however I'd look for other OS X character modeling solutions. Searching versiontracker.com for OS X software will yield quite few results.
Well I have both an 800mhz g4 and a Dual 450mhz G4 box. OS X is incredibly responsive on both machines. I imagine most mac users will agree with me about this. Window resizes for certain windows can lag a bit (ie: browser windows), however that's about it. All in all, OS X (10.2) is quite quick.
Why on earth would you buy this thing? Who wants to pay 200 bucks to listen to the same 2 (maybe 3) CDs over and over for 12 hours? If this thing was $50 I might deem it cool, but it's not.
For another $100 bucks you can snag a 5gig FireWire iPod half the size of a deck of cards, which doubles as an external harddisk, address book, calender, device to play Break-Out on, etc.
I don't know about that UI. Everything seems slightly off and not quite right. Kind of like those car-audio or sun glasses booths at a flee market. No doubt, Microsoft is trying... however they don't seem to put a lot of love or thought into an UI design.
I can't understand why anyone earth anyone would think this user interface is functional. Basic file browsing windows have been converted into a freak'n sideshow. Windows have a top toolbar, a side bar, header graphics with shortcuts, popup menus, etc etc. Heck, the "My Pictures" window, by default, is setup to look more complex then Photoshop LE. A desktop window should -not- look like this. It is a poor use of work space, it's difficult to read, and functions are not properly prioritized. Moreover, options to turn-off this horrible UI clutter are practically hidden from novice users.
And then there is the quick launch bar and the start menu. Those things are disasters by default. Things are not prioritized properly and they both handle similar (if not identical) tasks. It schizophrenic.
As I recall there was some legal gobble-de-gook that was preventing AOL from doing this earlier. What this "gook" was, I don't recall. Perhaps there is an old slashdot article on this subject.
Anyway, I'm glad to see AIM and ICQ finally get merged. Out of the corporate IM clients these two are the best. I'd very much like to see MSN Messenger rot in hell. Stupid passports >:|
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Phish has post a free 3 disk show from the end of their last tour... and it sounds -great-. Honestly, it sounds like a studio album with clapping in between every track.
AOL has been on it's way out for years. Time Warner's merger with AOL was dumb.... and not just "regular" dumb... really really dumb.
At one point in time AOL had a fairly nice product to offer; however, over time AOLs service became bloated, annoying, sloppy, and restrictive. Fortunately, AOL had the dot-com bubble to keep them, and their horrible product, profitable. AOL had tons ad revenue coming in from numerous dot com companies, and many consumers where still new to the concept of being "online."
Yet now most of AOLs ad clients have either bit the dust or come to realize that banner ads and spam are not necessarily the best way to advertise. Moreover, now that a number of people in the world have had a chance to use the internet sans AOL (ie, LANs at work, schools, libraries, etc), folks are beginning to realize that AOL is a huge POS.
If Time Warner actually -thought- about what AOL was selling and how they were making money I doubt these two companies would have merged. But, hey, that didn't happen.
hehe... that was good ;)
Medical scientists have known about adult stem cells for quite some time now. However, they are not the answer to the debate about stem cell research. As I recall, scientists have been able to do certain research with embryonic stem cells that they have not been able to reproduce with adult stem cells.
;).
then again... I'm a web developer, so what they heck do I know about stem cell research. All of my medical knowledge comes from the discovery channel and TLC
Is John Coner being played by the doctor from Star Trek DS9? Looks like him.
I got a money clip last year.
Sounds like GeriaTreK to me ;)
What if I lost my iPod and someone found it and returned it to Tony Hawk?
There are actually a number of places that will press records in the US. Like you noted, vinal is still huge with DJs (and by DJs I don't mean wedding DJs). It sounds better, it has a visual read out, a lot of great equipment has been made for it (ie the Technics 1200), you can listen to it in the store with needle bus, you can skip through it faster in a store, etc etc
Ya, I guess CD turntables and programs such as final scratch are starting to catch on. However, vinal still seems to dominate (for the reasons I listed above) here in SF. CD turntables seem to play the role of "side kick" to vinal turntables.
Yes, Windows machines render faster then Macs. I work in multimedia and I've known this for quite some time. Good 'ol Charlie is wasting his time writing a 4 page essay in order to prove something that thousands of folks already know.
Charlie really doesn't seem to go into depth about why MacOS, a platform that has been at least 6 month behind in processing speed for 4 years, is still so damn popular in the multimedia industry. Not only does MacOS provide users with a more superior windowing scheme and better usability, there is a lot of system software (midi manager, color sync, quartz) and Apple developed multimedia software (FinalCut, Shake, etc) that simply makes MacOS much more desirable.
Honestly, who cares if filters render a third faster on my Athlons, who cares is my machine only has a bajillion MHz and not a bajillion and 2. Having the fastest PC on the block really isn't that important. Hell most print shops, music studios, etc -still- have 3 or 4 year old Mac workstations. Are they slow? of course they are. Nevertheless, they are still extremely functional.
It's rare that I ever find old Windows PCs in multimedia production environments.
Wow, these sherlock extras are RAD. I'm actually using this damn thing now.
Perhaps not today, perhaps not tommorow... but you WILL buy an xbox.
Dude, what the *&^% is up with all of these mergers?! What ever happened to those precious anti-trust laws? I swear, by this time next year we all going to be paying some sort of bill to Microsoft Comcast Broadband (an SBC AOL Time Warner Company).
Unfortunately, Discrete has yet to make an OS X version of Max... and Cliff seems to be looking for a Mac solution. As I recall, Max is Windows only.
Cliff should look at the Lightwave and MayaPLE demos.
And as for Poser. I agree, Poser is rad; yet it is still being ported to OS X... which sucks. One might be able to run it in classic; however I'd look for other OS X character modeling solutions. Searching versiontracker.com for OS X software will yield quite few results.
Well I have both an 800mhz g4 and a Dual 450mhz G4 box. OS X is incredibly responsive on both machines. I imagine most mac users will agree with me about this. Window resizes for certain windows can lag a bit (ie: browser windows), however that's about it. All in all, OS X (10.2) is quite quick.
Why on earth would you buy this thing? Who wants to pay 200 bucks to listen to the same 2 (maybe 3) CDs over and over for 12 hours? If this thing was $50 I might deem it cool, but it's not.
For another $100 bucks you can snag a 5gig FireWire iPod half the size of a deck of cards, which doubles as an external harddisk, address book, calender, device to play Break-Out on, etc.
Guns an Oil Wars for everyone! Troll
I don't know about that UI. Everything seems slightly off and not quite right. Kind of like those car-audio or sun glasses booths at a flee market. No doubt, Microsoft is trying... however they don't seem to put a lot of love or thought into an UI design.
I can't understand why anyone earth anyone would think this user interface is functional. Basic file browsing windows have been converted into a freak'n sideshow. Windows have a top toolbar, a side bar, header graphics with shortcuts, popup menus, etc etc. Heck, the "My Pictures" window, by default, is setup to look more complex then Photoshop LE. A desktop window should -not- look like this. It is a poor use of work space, it's difficult to read, and functions are not properly prioritized. Moreover, options to turn-off this horrible UI clutter are practically hidden from novice users.
And then there is the quick launch bar and the start menu. Those things are disasters by default. Things are not prioritized properly and they both handle similar (if not identical) tasks. It schizophrenic.
hehe, ya can't beat an ITT Tech education ;)
As I recall there was some legal gobble-de-gook that was preventing AOL from doing this earlier. What this "gook" was, I don't recall. Perhaps there is an old slashdot article on this subject.
Anyway, I'm glad to see AIM and ICQ finally get merged. Out of the corporate IM clients these two are the best. I'd very much like to see MSN Messenger rot in hell. Stupid passports >:|
Interesting... mod this guy up.
Don't you mean, switch from Unix to begin using Unix? Last time I checked the open group still said OS X is a unix OS.
Apple's notebook line is due for an update in a few weeks. They haven't been updated in quite some time.
Moreover, it's typically never done quite right. That note book looks like a bizzaro-Ti-Book. It's not a very interesting case design at all.
I agree, I think thebig boys should spend a few bucks to screw these guys now while they're small