Ok. So it's nice that M$ is starting to 'invent' (well... Ok. Steal old tech that didn't make it at the time). But how about if they try and sell it to do something useful then?
I mean. I navigate with my mouse (err... Trackball). If I wanted the toolbars to go away it would be when I'm not near them or something. It would do no good if they where gone when I wasn't touching the mouse. I am in more need of it when I want to scroll around some document and see if I got it all right. Now if they REALLY want to sell mice that feels when they are touched. They shuld do something like figureing out who is using the mouse and make the system switch to act they way (s)he want's it to act or something else useful (I'm hard pressed to find a good application for touch/release events tho). All this just seems like something M$ would like to sell us and finds a couple of arguments that sounds good if you don't think about them.
Oh well... I'll never give up my trusty trackball... Well... Maybe when they offer me full sensory input and a 3D interface that's usable;)
The iMac DV (and iMac DV SE;) have standard VGA out in the back. So they DID include this. (Jobs said it's important in edu).
So it's there and there's no reason to explain why it shuldn't be there... And acturlly it's nice to see how little/.'ers bash the mac. Compared to other places.
Acturlly I a bit proud of you. If places like ZDnet pring a Mac article you can be damed sure that at LEAST half of the 'talkback's are PC loosers trying to convince themselves that Windows is good and there's no reason anyone shuld use anything else (and they do that by saying foul words about Apple and Macs no matter what's in the article).
Hmmm... IBM released a standard not too long ago. If memory serves. And at least ONE other company is working on making PPC machines (that's based in that standard - I think). Can't remember their name though.
Anyway it's a pretty fair thing not wanthing to open a HW platform for outsiders (and the last time Apple tried it they where pushed out of maketspace instad of expanding the total). It IS there Apple makes the most of their money.
Try asking Psion or IBM (for their server machines that is) or whoever else who makes non-'standard' computers if they want to open their HW platform and let competitors use their research to take some of their marketshare.
In C the '!=' is a question (it's an operator. Meaning it will return someting). If it's correct it returns a 'true' value and if not it returns a 'false' value.
THAT makes '!=' to technically a question and not (as it would be in mathematics) an assertion (where it would state in an equation that these too values is NOT the same).
So there you have it. Hope that clears it up.
Personally I think I would let the matematically count. Since I have little use of C operators outside of a source file;)
All it is, is half black, half transparant pixels. And volá. You have a simi-transparant image that dones the background down. It's all an optical illusion of course.
Since when did GW get the right to every fantacy universe out there.
The Human/Orc thing is is almost EVERY fantacy world out there (since the Orc's usually is the evil version of humans created by god's opposite - or some version of that).
TSR have it in several of their worlds. And many other fantacy worlds have it too... What exactly are they stealing specifically from GW?
They keep saying it was their fastest Mac port and the teams where working closely together.
Then the Wintel version came out and Blizzard said: "Well... it'll be out one of these months"
IT TOOK A YEAR!!!!
6 months (or something like that) before the game came out I played a v 0.96 beta that worked prefectly (well I don't see much diffrence from the version I now own).
I wish they would stop making good games so I could just ignore those bozos at Blizzard. 'course they really piss me off.
Well... Just wanted to point out that you CAN'T count on things coming out. I for one was looking forward for WarCraft Adventure (or what they called it). And it was on their website for several months. And then it died.
Of course at the time they where breaking their one 'just around one release a year' thing so unless they are going to do that again it seems likely this will indeed come out (and counting the fact that fans have screeming for a WCIII it's even more likely).
But just wanted to point it out anyway =)
Err... So Ethernet is the same tech too?
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You seem to miss an important point.
Basically EtherNet, USB and 1394 are all serial busses. So the only difference is that EtherNet don't supply power to the nodes?
Implementation is EVERYTHING here. 1394 have a protocol that makes it a 'better tech'(tm) since it's better engeneered (it's more flexible that USB and better suited for highspeed transfers)
Sony have also embrased FireWire for both their computers AND their hi-fi equipment (mostly DV camaras but in Japan they are using it to transfer music downloaded from a satelite dish to a 4x MiniDisk recorder). And they have talked about how they are going to bind the home entertainment system together with FireWire (or iLink or whatever they call it to get clear of trademark fees to Apple;)
Hmmm. And me that thought everyone was able to see through this one when USB 2.0 was first announced. Ah well...
First let's get it clear it's megaBIT not MB (megaBYTE). Meaning that it's going to be about as fast as FireWire is today.
Second USB 2.0 specs was first released just after Apple made it 'expensive' to make FireWire ports.
Third the specs are clearly a bit too ambiguous. They want to make USB both back AND forward compatible on the same cheap (read: low-quality) cables and connectors they use today.
And then there is the fact that USB 2.0 is not going to hit computers before 2001. At that time FireWire should have reached at LEAST 800 megabit (it's in the works).
And finally FireWire is a lot better suited for highspeed transfers since it reserves 20% for datatransfers as opposed to USB's 10% (you can see how that counts on a chain with many devices that makes a lot of isynchronous traffic that's what the other %'es are used for if needed)
Well... We can be pretty sure it's eather 604's or 7500's (G4). Since at least 750 (G3) is a VERY BAD MP chip. My guess is 7500's tho. Since it's by far the best MP chip of the PPC's
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I have to disagree here.
NOW most people don't know what an IP address is. And belive the net works on DNS addresses alone. And that a machine can't serve a webpage without the address starting with 'www.'
So why would it lead to confusion that the addresses are changed? Only network admins and programmers really need to know (and are the only people likely to find out too). And if API developers at various OS makers are just a bit clever. All a program would need is a recompile to work (if it would even need that).
What WILL be fun is when v4 systems and v6 systems are mixed. And that will bring some chaos.
How open would you like it? The QT movie format haven't changed for years. It's basically just a header that defines a couple of tracks. Than the defines what format they are in. And tracks in QT is usually some standard like MIDI, MPEG or Sorensen (that's not 'standard' but not QT specific eather). Also the QT fileformat is supposed to be used as bases for MPEG-4. The fileformat is at her e btw.
The thing was about AltiVec (the vector unit that is featured in the G4 PPC from Motorola - official name is 7500 I think).
The thing was that since the vector unit can do 16 instructions in one cycle (that's 8-bit instructions BTW:). It can potentially makes things fast enough to reach the status of a supercomputer (as defined by US government sometimes in the 80's i guess).
Can't wait to meet it =)
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The second coming of Jesus? No! That would greatly be ignored - I think. No this is the second coming of Star Wars.
This is a chance to find out what happened before the movies we have already seen. A chance to expand the view into a universe we (or most of us) have come to find as the best alternative to reality. A superb mix of science-fiction and romance of classic fantacy (AD&D/Tolken) stories.
Hopefully George have continued his vision in style. If not we'll still get the story of how Anakin became Darth Vader. And we'll still get some new starfighter designs LucasArts can use for spacefighter games:)
Well. As the subj sayes. GoLive have all the freatures you mentioned. And loads more (one of the really cool ones - although I don't really use it - is the ability to change URL's in QT movies and PDF's if you move things around in the site. Just like when you do it with HTML files).
Anyway. Personally I couldn't stand the first version of Dreamwaver. And so I stick with GoLive (although I haven't really looked into DW 2).
One thing I like about GoLive is that it don't try to do EVERYTHING for you. It is there to assist. But it gives you the freedom to decide most things yourself. And don't mess too much with it. (Unlike a certain M$ thing I could mention that I'm forced to use from time to time).
Hmmm. Let's try this again. NO USB does NOT do 12Mb's a sec. And most serial interfaces I can think of is mesaured in bits a sec (ever heard if the serial port modems are connected to?). And USB and FireWire are both serial interfaces like EtherNet is.
Not that it matters how you measure it as long you use the right numbers. But the 12 number is in BIT's a sec. Try looking at this pice I found at Apple's site (not being able to find a spec on usb.org. You can say alot about Apple. But they don't lie about these things) :
Performance Comparison. USB offers data transfer rates of up to 12 megabits per second, more than 1200 times faster than the 10 kilobits per second provided by Apple Desktop Bus ports (shown here as 1 pixel, though the speed actually scales to less than 1/3 pixel) and more than 50 times faster than the 230 kilobits per second of traditional Apple serial ports.
Try getting the facts right before you rant at somebody!
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Acturlly Atelier did that one too. But Purplesoft is selling it in Europe (it seems)
Ok. So it's nice that M$ is starting to 'invent' (well... Ok. Steal old tech that didn't make it at the time). But how about if they try and sell it to do something useful then?
;)
I mean. I navigate with my mouse (err... Trackball). If I wanted the toolbars to go away it would be when I'm not near them or something. It would do no good if they where gone when I wasn't touching the mouse. I am in more need of it when I want to scroll around some document and see if I got it all right. Now if they REALLY want to sell mice that feels when they are touched. They shuld do something like figureing out who is using the mouse and make the system switch to act they way (s)he want's it to act or something else useful (I'm hard pressed to find a good application for touch/release events tho). All this just seems like something M$ would like to sell us and finds a couple of arguments that sounds good if you don't think about them.
Oh well... I'll never give up my trusty trackball... Well... Maybe when they offer me full sensory input and a 3D interface that's usable
The iMac DV (and iMac DV SE ;) have standard VGA out in the back. So they DID include this. (Jobs said it's important in edu).
/.'ers bash the mac. Compared to other places.
So it's there and there's no reason to explain why it shuldn't be there... And acturlly it's nice to see how little
Acturlly I a bit proud of you. If places like ZDnet pring a Mac article you can be damed sure that at LEAST half of the 'talkback's are PC loosers trying to convince themselves that Windows is good and there's no reason anyone shuld use anything else (and they do that by saying foul words about Apple and Macs no matter what's in the article).
Hmmm... IBM released a standard not too long ago. If memory serves. And at least ONE other company is working on making PPC machines (that's based in that standard - I think). Can't remember their name though.
Anyway it's a pretty fair thing not wanthing to open a HW platform for outsiders (and the last time Apple tried it they where pushed out of maketspace instad of expanding the total). It IS there Apple makes the most of their money.
Try asking Psion or IBM (for their server machines that is) or whoever else who makes non-'standard' computers if they want to open their HW platform and let competitors use their research to take some of their marketshare.
No.
;)
In C the '!=' is a question (it's an operator. Meaning it will return someting). If it's correct it returns a 'true' value and if not it returns a 'false' value.
THAT makes '!=' to technically a question and not (as it would be in mathematics) an assertion (where it would state in an equation that these too values is NOT the same).
So there you have it. Hope that clears it up.
Personally I think I would let the matematically count. Since I have little use of C operators outside of a source file
As the file name sayes it's dither.
All it is, is half black, half transparant pixels. And volá. You have a simi-transparant image that dones the background down. It's all an optical illusion of course.
Since when did GW get the right to every fantacy universe out there.
The Human/Orc thing is is almost EVERY fantacy world out there (since the Orc's usually is the evil version of humans created by god's opposite - or some version of that).
TSR have it in several of their worlds. And many other fantacy worlds have it too... What exactly are they stealing specifically from GW?
They keep saying it was their fastest Mac port and the teams where working closely together.
Then the Wintel version came out and Blizzard said: "Well... it'll be out one of these months"
IT TOOK A YEAR!!!!
6 months (or something like that) before the game came out I played a v 0.96 beta that worked prefectly (well I don't see much diffrence from the version I now own).
I wish they would stop making good games so I could just ignore those bozos at Blizzard. 'course they really piss me off.
Damn, the world is so unfair.
Well... Just wanted to point out that you CAN'T count on things coming out. I for one was looking forward for WarCraft Adventure (or what they called it). And it was on their website for several months. And then it died.
Of course at the time they where breaking their one 'just around one release a year' thing so unless they are going to do that again it seems likely this will indeed come out (and counting the fact that fans have screeming for a WCIII it's even more likely).
But just wanted to point it out anyway =)
You seem to miss an important point.
Basically EtherNet, USB and 1394 are all serial busses. So the only difference is that EtherNet don't supply power to the nodes?
Implementation is EVERYTHING here. 1394 have a protocol that makes it a 'better tech'(tm) since it's better engeneered (it's more flexible that USB and better suited for highspeed transfers)
Sony have also embrased FireWire for both their computers AND their hi-fi equipment (mostly DV camaras but in Japan they are using it to transfer music downloaded from a satelite dish to a 4x MiniDisk recorder). And they have talked about how they are going to bind the home entertainment system together with FireWire (or iLink or whatever they call it to get clear of trademark fees to Apple ;)
Hmmm. And me that thought everyone was able to see through this one when USB 2.0 was first announced. Ah well...
First let's get it clear it's megaBIT not MB (megaBYTE). Meaning that it's going to be about as fast as FireWire is today.
Second USB 2.0 specs was first released just after Apple made it 'expensive' to make FireWire ports.
Third the specs are clearly a bit too ambiguous. They want to make USB both back AND forward compatible on the same cheap (read: low-quality) cables and connectors they use today.
And then there is the fact that USB 2.0 is not going to hit computers before 2001. At that time FireWire should have reached at LEAST 800 megabit (it's in the works).
And finally FireWire is a lot better suited for highspeed transfers since it reserves 20% for datatransfers as opposed to USB's 10% (you can see how that counts on a chain with many devices that makes a lot of isynchronous traffic that's what the other %'es are used for if needed)
Well... We can be pretty sure it's eather 604's or 7500's (G4). Since at least 750 (G3) is a VERY BAD MP chip. My guess is 7500's tho. Since it's by far the best MP chip of the PPC's
I have to disagree here.
NOW most people don't know what an IP address is. And belive the net works on DNS addresses alone. And that a machine can't serve a webpage without the address starting with 'www.'
So why would it lead to confusion that the addresses are changed? Only network admins and programmers really need to know (and are the only people likely to find out too). And if API developers at various OS makers are just a bit clever. All a program would need is a recompile to work (if it would even need that).
What WILL be fun is when v4 systems and v6 systems are mixed. And that will bring some chaos.
How open would you like it? The QT movie format haven't changed for years. It's basically just a header that defines a couple of tracks. Than the defines what format they are in. And tracks in QT is usually some standard like MIDI, MPEG or Sorensen (that's not 'standard' but not QT specific eather). Also the QT fileformat is supposed to be used as bases for MPEG-4. The fileformat is at her e btw.
Iris scanning works by analyzing the pattern in the iris. Color is not an issue.
Acturlly they have been in the European product catalog for about a year...
So no. It's not really a new Sony product
Yeah. It was up at some point.
:). It can potentially makes things fast enough to reach the status of a supercomputer (as defined by US government sometimes in the 80's i guess).
The thing was about AltiVec (the vector unit that is featured in the G4 PPC from Motorola - official name is 7500 I think).
The thing was that since the vector unit can do 16 instructions in one cycle (that's 8-bit instructions BTW
Can't wait to meet it =)
The second coming of Jesus? No! That would greatly be ignored - I think. No this is the second coming of Star Wars.
:)
This is a chance to find out what happened before the movies we have already seen. A chance to expand the view into a universe we (or most of us) have come to find as the best alternative to reality. A superb mix of science-fiction and romance of classic fantacy (AD&D/Tolken) stories.
Hopefully George have continued his vision in style. If not we'll still get the story of how Anakin became Darth Vader. And we'll still get some new starfighter designs LucasArts can use for spacefighter games
What can I say. Star Wars tech is comming back (it's a long long time ago. remember? :)
Well. As the subj sayes. GoLive have all the freatures you mentioned. And loads more (one of the really cool ones - although I don't really use it - is the ability to change URL's in QT movies and PDF's if you move things around in the site. Just like when you do it with HTML files).
Anyway. Personally I couldn't stand the first version of Dreamwaver. And so I stick with GoLive (although I haven't really looked into DW 2).
One thing I like about GoLive is that it don't try to do EVERYTHING for you. It is there to assist. But it gives you the freedom to decide most things yourself. And don't mess too much with it. (Unlike a certain M$ thing I could mention that I'm forced to use from time to time).
Hmmm. Let's try this again. NO USB does NOT do 12Mb's a sec. And most serial interfaces I can think of is mesaured in bits a sec (ever heard if the serial port modems are connected to?). And USB and FireWire are both serial interfaces like EtherNet is.
Not that it matters how you measure it as long you use the right numbers. But the 12 number is in BIT's a sec. Try looking at this pice I found at Apple's site (not being able to find a spec on usb.org. You can say alot about Apple. But they don't lie about these things) :
Performance Comparison.
USB offers data transfer rates of up to 12 megabits per second, more than 1200 times faster than the 10 kilobits per second provided by Apple Desktop Bus ports (shown here as 1 pixel, though the speed actually scales to less than 1/3 pixel) and more than 50 times faster than the 230 kilobits per second of traditional Apple serial ports.
Try getting the facts right before you rant at somebody!