I remember way back on the old Macs there was a program called the Talking Moose that used MacInTalk to simulate the voice and had primitive lip syncronization. From the article, it sounds like this brand new-cutting edge-gee whiz-It'll only-take-2-years-to-render movie trick is just an extension of the moose.
"Of course I could be wrong, that's just my opinion" (tm)
Or I'll just keep using the same player I've been using. Besides, I suspect the RIAA would have a tough time outlawing players simply because they can play pirated music. It would be like outlawing zip programs because people transmit pirated software using it, or outlawing cars because people drive burnt CDs over to their friends house.
One big problem with the "This modem utility works for every modem in the world" is that most modem manufacturers don't write drivers/give their init strings to Linux developers. That means a piece of hardware is only supported once someone gets it, gets the documentation (which can be very difficult at times), and actually writes a driver for it.
That comment struck me as strange since I don't know how you couldn't handle Linux. Maybe he means they don't SUPPORT Linux, which is common. Just because they don't support it doesn't mean you can't use it, it just means their tech support will not be able to help you if something goes wrong, however there are a lot of Linux resources out there that can help you instead*.
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RE: that Disney thing.
I remember way back on the old Macs there was a program called the Talking Moose that used MacInTalk to simulate the voice and had primitive lip syncronization. From the article, it sounds like this brand new-cutting edge-gee whiz-It'll only-take-2-years-to-render movie trick is just an extension of the moose.
"Of course I could be wrong, that's just my opinion" (tm)
Or I'll just keep using the same player I've been using. Besides, I suspect the RIAA would have a tough time outlawing players simply because they can play pirated music. It would be like outlawing zip programs because people transmit pirated software using it, or outlawing cars because people drive burnt CDs over to their friends house.
Or I'll just keep using the same player I've been using.
One big problem with the "This modem utility works for every modem in the world" is that most modem manufacturers don't write drivers/give their init strings to Linux developers. That means a piece of hardware is only supported once someone gets it, gets the documentation (which can be very difficult at times), and actually writes a driver for it.
That comment struck me as strange since I don't know how you couldn't handle Linux. Maybe he means they don't SUPPORT Linux, which is common. Just because they don't support it doesn't mean you can't use it, it just means their tech support will not be able to help you if something goes wrong, however there are a lot of Linux resources out there that can help you instead*.
* Unfortunatly they are usually on the net.
I think we have a winner for a survay topic:
The new Mozilla widget scheme:
( ) Good
( ) Bad
( ) Huh?