'If you believe what Sun, microsoft, IBM etc... are saying by the time the upgrade crash occurs most of the infrastructure for web-based office suites/desktops will be in place for a massive shift away from desktop computing by the average user. (uh, if you're reading this you'r probably *not* an average user) '
No I don't believe them. They've been signalling the demise of the desktop PC for years, while desktop PC's keep getting faster and cheaper. Just a pipe dream.
I always felt powerful peer to peer,on demand, dynamic networks are the future. You connect to who has what you need. People connect to you when you have what they need. You can't do that with wimpy diskless PC's. Today they are called web and application servers, tommorow, who knows.
Suppose a legal but unscrupulous adult web site redirects you to an illegal child porn site? (Just to build up their ad counts). It's happened to me, and I got out as quickly as I could. But if the FBI has the broad powers, they can identify you as a patron of the site and launch a further investigation. How are they supposed to know you were tricked? How can you prove you didn't go there intentionally? And this whole thing about Kidnappers is total crap, exploiting our deepest most primal fears just to get their way.
Full rate, broadcast quality signal (D1) at 720x480@30frames/sec with 4:2:2 color (2 bytes/pixel) has a data rate of 20 MByte/sec.
Full rate, broadcast quality signal D1 at 720x480@29.97frames/sec with 4:1:1 (DV, MiniDV, DVCam) only needs 3MB per second. And its lossless. All Consumer/Prosumer based DV Camcorders support this format. Not quite as good as 4:2:2, but excellent quality none the less.
I just want applaud those commited to creating open source multimedia stuff for Linux.
Other stuff coming.... Though it won't be open source as far as I know, a company in Germany called Main Concepts is currently developing a low cost Video Editing system for both Windows and Linux. They are also developing(or already developed) a software only DV codec that should have generally higher quality than MJPEG with lower bit rate requirements (basically about 25Mb or 3MB per second throughput). DV, unlike MJPEG is lossless. The great thing will be the ability to encode/decode DV video without the requirement to be attached to a 1394 device. The company is very commited to the Linux platform.
You are right. Quicktime, like the Windows media player/Direct Show, is simply an interface. Apple includes a codec to make it useful. They do have a published API so a developer can create a codec that plugs into the QuickTime.(Same for Direct show under Windows). Macromedia has done this with Flash for Quicktime(included with Quicktime 4).
For those interested, MainConcepts has a low cost MJPEG codec that is compatible with many of the popular video capture cards. They are also developing a DV codec that will enable you to output DV compatible video without requiring acess to a 1394 device. Not open source, but low cost and will be available for both Windows and Linux this fall.
Smacker creates smaller video files, but is restricted to 256 optimized colors. It's main claim to speed is to pre-optimize the video, instead of trying to dither down during playback. The same company has a newer and very impressive codec called Bink. I downloaded a demo video from a site that specializes in 3D animation. It was better than DVD quality. Currently the beta version of Bink is free and installs under DirectShow.
There is already software to defeat the Hollywood plus, it's called Zone Selector, and it works great, and it's free.
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Just a little info here. I went to a guys house, who has a very expensive home theater setup (top of the line DVD, very expensive Line multiplier, three color ceiling mounted projector, Dolby....). He then proceeded to hook up a Video Card with the Impact TV chip on it (the one currently used by ATI, but this card was a pre ATI one) and hooked the PC directly up to the VGA port on the projector.
Man, what an incredible experience. Very nearly as good as going to the theater itself, Certainly better than either TV or PC monitor. Full 16/9 projected on the wall across the room, no aliasing, not pixelation. Basically his sub $1000.00 PC was keeping up with over $30,000.00US of dedicated home theater equipment, as far as visual quality went.
With the new ATI and other cards coming out, using your PC as the basis for a high quality projection system becomes viable, and desirable. All of this stuff is available today, not 2 years from now.
Note: The new geForece 256 seems to have line multplication features built in, be interested to see how it will compare to the upcoming ATI home theater chip (aka ATI Rage 128 Pro).
I have both an ATI Rage Fury and a Sigma Designs Hollywood plus. The Hollywood plus is a PCI card that uses VGA pass through for your PC, or SVideo out. There is also several 3rd party hacks that will let you set the card up just about anyway you want. Very similar in features to the announced Linux Card, and it already exists.
I'm just wondering why no one has looked at developing Linux drivers for the Hollywood Plus, since you can get one from several on line sources for less than $100.00 US.
Redhat has become famous even among the computer illiterate (my wifes boss, who knows next to nothing about computers, was advised to buy Redhat stock). So protecting their name is important. Vendors pretending to sell a version of Redhat that comes with RedHat support (when in fact it doesn't) are being dishonest, period.
Just to lighten things up a bit, when can we expect to see Redhat release their latest version with the new 'Mandrake compatible optimizations'. Tit for Tat hehe.
Just for the record. Many in both the high end and low end of the entertainment industry are switching over to affordable networked PCs setup as renderfarms. 3D animation programs like Animation Master Network version and LightWave have built in support for this. A 20 to 60 pc renderfarm (made up of PIIs and PIIIs) is usually cheaper and faster than an Onyx. More importantly, if one of those PCs goes down, all the rest can still perform while you get it replaced. Both the above mentioned programs can also do this with MACs.
I noticed you said 16 bit video. Does this mean it will support up to 16 bit per channel color? aka rgb48a they way MNG does? that would be incredibly awesome. (note for readers, the current 32bit video aka rgb24a only supports 8 bit per channel sampling and play back. Broadcast television supports up to 10 bit per channel sampling and play back, true 35mm film is closer to 96 bit or 32bit per channel). this is independent of things like gamma and transparancy)
Your link is just what I mean. No official anouncment, just a release of the survey results. I think people are engaging in wishful thinking at this point.
Hey all you ACs, you are a bunch of typical lazy shitheads who enjoys the benefits of all who have served their country and even sacrificed their lives. You don't have to like the military or want to be part of it in order to appreciate their contributions. Admitedly military service is not for everyone, but at least have enough respect to recognize what they've accomplished.
Go back to your self-indulgent stink hole of an existance.
besides.your'e not even brave enough to get an account here. Typical.
this is kind of weird. Since NT is supposed to be 64bit in the near future, and would finally take advantage of the Alpha architecture.
On the other hand, in the pre-Compaq days, there was a huge legal fight going on between DEC and Intel. The final outcome was DEC would stop further development on Alpha after the Merced design was commercially released. Of course now that Merced has been dissed by HP, it makes you wonder what the hell is going on.
Sorry don't know Nick:). Turbine engines have been used on ships since WWI. From an enviromental point of view, it would be cool to have a fuel source that wouldn't leak into the ocean if the hull got punctured.
From a aviation point of view, if this fuel could be used to power turbine based jet engines,it could reduce the problem of those terrible fuel fires when a jet crashes. If they could build engines that didn't need air-intake ducts, they could further streamline and increase fuel efficiency.
Just my SciFi saturated Imagination going into overload.
Actually no, no reWritten, just new ones added. A scenario could be like this.. They decide to use the QT lib (which is available on both Linux and Windows) and make VCL wrappers around it. Using those VCLs instead of the Win32 specific ones would enable a developer to write for both KDE/Linux and Windows.
To be honest, I don't know how well QT runs on Windows, or if Inprise would ever consider using them, so the above is a SWAG in order to make a point).
You've brought up a good point and a potential limitation concerning Delphi and Inprise in General. They are currently an Intel only tool provider. Even on the windows side there are many who wished they had at least ported to WinNT/Alpha. But according to Inprise/Borland, there was no market for it. Any comments disagreeing with that statement were ignored.
I think the issue of open sourced vs Closed source compilers is a legitimate one where Linux is concerned. But if this will help, everything but the compiler itself is already opened sourced in Delphi (all the 100+ VCLs, libraries,...) This has helped developers identify bugs that have turned up in Delphi (yes there are bugs). Also, Delphi is written in Delphi, not C++ or C.
Borland/Inprise has what they call backend compiler technology that is used in both C++ and Delphi. Because they view this tech as giving them somewhat of a competitive advantage over MS, they are unlikely to release source code for that particular piece.
If they port Delphi to Linux (and that's a big "IF"), they will probably take a similar approach.
Lastly, in case this sounds like a lovefest with Inprise/Borland. Version 4 of Delphi (the most recent version until version 5 gets released later this month, or early September) is generally regarded as an unstable/unreliable release. Because of Delphi 4's problems,many developers are still using Delphi 3 and hoping the problems go away with Delphi 5.
So in the end,there may be legitimate concern over a closed source vs open sourced compiler if they screw up as bad as they did with Delphi 4.
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'If you believe what Sun, microsoft, IBM etc... are saying by the time the upgrade crash occurs most of the infrastructure for web-based office suites/desktops will be in place for a massive shift away from desktop computing by the average user. (uh, if you're reading this you'r probably *not* an average user) '
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No I don't believe them. They've been signalling the demise of the desktop PC for years, while desktop PC's keep getting faster and cheaper. Just a pipe dream.
I always felt powerful peer to peer,on demand, dynamic networks are the future. You connect to who has what you need. People connect to you when you have what they need. You can't do that with wimpy diskless PC's. Today they are called web and application servers, tommorow, who knows.
Just my
We just had ours yesterday in Boca. Got very positive response from both experienced and non-experienced people.
Suppose a legal but unscrupulous adult web site redirects you to an illegal child porn site? (Just to build up their ad counts). It's happened to me, and I got out as quickly as I could. But if the FBI has the broad powers, they can identify you as a patron of the site and launch a further investigation. How are they supposed to know you were tricked? How can you prove you didn't go there intentionally? And this whole thing about Kidnappers is total crap, exploiting our deepest most primal fears just to get their way.
Full rate, broadcast quality signal (D1) at 720x480@30frames/sec with 4:2:2 color (2 bytes/pixel) has a data rate of 20 MByte/sec.
Full rate, broadcast quality signal D1 at 720x480@29.97frames/sec with 4:1:1 (DV, MiniDV, DVCam) only needs 3MB per second. And its lossless. All Consumer/Prosumer based DV Camcorders support this format. Not quite as good as 4:2:2, but excellent quality none the less.
I just want applaud those commited to creating open source multimedia stuff for Linux.
Other stuff coming....
Though it won't be open source as far as I know, a company in Germany called Main Concepts is currently developing a low cost Video Editing system for both Windows and Linux. They are also developing(or already developed) a software only DV codec that should have generally higher quality than MJPEG with lower bit rate requirements (basically about 25Mb or 3MB per second throughput). DV, unlike MJPEG is lossless. The great thing will be the ability to encode/decode DV video without the requirement to be attached to a 1394 device. The company is very commited to the Linux platform.
Please no Flames, just putting out some info.
http://www.mainconcepts.com
You are right. Quicktime, like the Windows media player/Direct Show, is simply an interface. Apple includes a codec to make it useful. They do have a published API so a developer can create a codec that plugs into the QuickTime.(Same for Direct show under Windows). Macromedia has done this with Flash for Quicktime(included with Quicktime 4).
For those interested, MainConcepts has a low cost MJPEG codec that is compatible with many of the popular video capture cards. They are also developing a DV codec that will enable you to output DV compatible video without requiring acess to a 1394 device. Not open source, but low cost and will be available for both Windows and Linux this fall.
http://www.MainConcepts.com.
Smacker creates smaller video files, but is restricted to 256 optimized colors. It's main claim to speed is to pre-optimize the video, instead of trying to dither down during playback. The same company has a newer and very impressive codec called Bink. I downloaded a demo video from a site that specializes in 3D animation. It was better than DVD quality. Currently the beta version of Bink is free and installs under DirectShow.
>>But Kira, I like.
Escpecially in that paralell universe where she goes around in skin tight latex, and likes to have sex with everything in sight. Yummy.
Maybe the have incriminating videos of all the senior MS execs? Just kidding.
There is already software to defeat the Hollywood plus, it's called Zone Selector, and it works great, and it's free.
Just a little info here. I went to a guys house, who has a very expensive home theater setup (top of the line DVD, very expensive Line multiplier, three color ceiling mounted projector, Dolby....). He then proceeded to hook up a Video Card with the Impact TV chip on it (the one currently used by ATI, but this card was a pre ATI one) and hooked the PC directly up to the VGA port on the projector.
Man, what an incredible experience. Very nearly as good as going to the theater itself, Certainly better than either TV or PC monitor. Full 16/9 projected on the wall across the room, no aliasing, not pixelation. Basically his sub $1000.00 PC was keeping up with over $30,000.00US of dedicated home theater equipment, as far as visual quality went.
With the new ATI and other cards coming out, using your PC as the basis for a high quality projection system becomes viable, and desirable. All of this stuff is available today, not 2 years from now.
Note: The new geForece 256 seems to have line multplication features built in, be interested to see how it will compare to the upcoming ATI home theater chip (aka ATI Rage 128 Pro).
I have both an ATI Rage Fury and a Sigma Designs Hollywood plus. The Hollywood plus is a PCI card that uses VGA pass through for your PC, or SVideo out. There is also several 3rd party hacks that will let you set the card up just about anyway you want. Very similar in features to the announced Linux Card, and it already exists.
I'm just wondering why no one has looked at developing Linux drivers for the Hollywood Plus, since you can get one from several on line sources for less than $100.00 US.
Just MHO.
Redhat has become famous even among the computer illiterate (my wifes boss, who knows next to nothing about computers, was advised to buy Redhat stock). So protecting their name is important. Vendors pretending to sell a version of Redhat that comes with RedHat support (when in fact it doesn't) are being dishonest, period.
Just to lighten things up a bit, when can we expect to see Redhat release their latest version with the new 'Mandrake compatible optimizations'. Tit for Tat hehe.
Just for the record. Many in both the high end and low end of the entertainment industry are switching over to affordable networked PCs setup as renderfarms. 3D animation programs like Animation Master Network version and LightWave have built in support for this. A 20 to 60 pc renderfarm (made up of PIIs and PIIIs) is usually cheaper and faster than an Onyx. More importantly, if one of those PCs goes down, all the rest can still perform while you get it replaced.
Both the above mentioned programs can also do this with MACs.
I noticed you said 16 bit video. Does this mean it will support up to 16 bit per channel color?
aka rgb48a they way MNG does? that would be incredibly awesome. (note for readers, the current 32bit video aka rgb24a only supports 8 bit per channel sampling and play back. Broadcast television supports up to 10 bit per channel sampling and play back, true 35mm film is closer to 96 bit or 32bit per channel). this is independent of things like gamma and transparancy)
Your link is just what I mean. No official anouncment, just a release of the survey results. I think people are engaging in wishful thinking at this point.
I read the anouncement at it-director. So where is the official announcement from Inprise? Anyone have a link to an 'offical' press release?
Heh, good one:).
Hey all you ACs, you are a bunch of typical lazy shitheads who enjoys the benefits of all who have served their country and even sacrificed their lives. You don't have to like the military or want to be part of it in order to appreciate their contributions. Admitedly military service is not for everyone, but at least have enough respect to recognize what they've accomplished.
Go back to your self-indulgent stink hole of an existance.
besides.your'e not even brave enough to get an account here. Typical.
this is kind of weird. Since NT is supposed to be 64bit in the near future, and would finally take advantage of the Alpha architecture.
On the other hand, in the pre-Compaq days, there was a huge legal fight going on between DEC and Intel. The final outcome was DEC would stop further development on Alpha after the Merced design was commercially released. Of course now that Merced has been dissed by HP, it makes you wonder what the hell is going on.
Sorry don't know Nick:). Turbine engines have been used on ships since WWI. From an enviromental point of view, it would be cool to have a fuel source that wouldn't leak into the ocean if the hull got punctured.
From a aviation point of view, if this fuel could be used to power turbine based jet engines,it could reduce the problem of those terrible fuel fires when a jet crashes. If they could build engines that didn't need air-intake ducts, they could further streamline and increase fuel efficiency.
Just my SciFi saturated Imagination going into overload.
Also, the QT lib is available on both Linux and Windows. Don't know how good the windows port is though.
Actually no, no reWritten, just new ones added. A scenario could be like this.. They decide to use the QT lib (which is available on both Linux and Windows) and make VCL wrappers around it. Using those VCLs instead of the Win32 specific ones would enable a developer to write for both KDE/Linux and Windows.
To be honest, I don't know how well QT runs on Windows, or if Inprise would ever consider using them, so the above is a SWAG in order to make a point).
You've brought up a good point and a potential limitation concerning Delphi and Inprise in General. They are currently an Intel only tool provider. Even on the windows side there are many who wished they had at least ported to WinNT/Alpha. But according to Inprise/Borland, there was no market for it. Any comments disagreeing with that statement were ignored.
I think the issue of open sourced vs Closed source compilers is a legitimate one where Linux is concerned. But if this will help, everything but the compiler itself is already opened sourced in Delphi (all the 100+ VCLs, libraries,...) This has helped developers identify bugs that have turned up in Delphi (yes there are bugs). Also, Delphi is written in Delphi, not C++ or C.
Borland/Inprise has what they call backend compiler technology that is used in both C++ and Delphi. Because they view this tech as giving them somewhat of a competitive advantage over MS, they are unlikely to release source code for that particular piece.
If they port Delphi to Linux (and that's a big "IF"), they will probably take a similar approach.
Lastly, in case this sounds like a lovefest with Inprise/Borland. Version 4 of Delphi (the most recent version until version 5 gets released later this month, or early September) is generally regarded as an unstable/unreliable release. Because of Delphi 4's problems,many developers are still using Delphi 3 and hoping the problems go away with Delphi 5.
So in the end,there may be legitimate concern over a closed source vs open sourced compiler if they screw up as bad as they did with Delphi 4.