As for burning CDs, you stick a blank CD in the drive and the Mac will ask you what you want to do with it, copy files, burn songs, copy pictures, etc. Real ease of use that neither Windows XP or Linux have
In WinXP, if you insert a black CD, you are presented with a list of choices, like the ones you mentioned. If Nero is installed, it's in that list too ("Create a new CD with Nero"). To add files, you just drag-and-drop them, then click on "Burn these files"
I just want to point out that Flash is an open format - you can download the specs from Macromedia.
I think SVG is very promising, but Flash already is available for 95% of the computers. It's reasonably fast, extremely compact (both the plugin and the.swf files) and its scripting language is quite powerful.
What I don't understand is why so many/.-ers hate it so much. Just because it's not GNU/Flash?
I don't know what kind of dogs you had experience with, but I have an old black poodle (13 years old).
Since he was 3 or 6 months old (can't remember) he refuses to pee or defecate in house, any house. He would beg/yell/bark, demanding to be taken to the park or something. No training was necessary:) I think most dogs are like that. Cats, on the other hand...
I think it is so everywhere in Europe; it certainly is here in my country (Eastern Europe) - it is called "The right to reply".
The idea is that if a publication makes a statement (usually some accusations) regarding a company or a person, that person/company has the right to have a reply to that accusations being published.
IIRC MS-DOS 5 or 6 had an antivirus called MS-AV, lincensed from CP-AV (Central Point, before it was bought by Symantec).
I personally like the idea of an integrated antivirus in Windows. Is it anticompetitive? Windows also has a disk defragmenter but I don't hear anyone complaining...
I've seen some incredible stuff developed here, both software and design. Plus, there's something that lacks in India: creativity. You won't find people willing to do boring, repetitive tasks, though.
The firm I work for provides software development for some very big companies, mainly from UK. We aren't just code monkeys, instead we're involved in all stages, from architecture to implementation, including interface design, and so on.
We're doing this for 5 years and have heard only high praise from our customers.
I actually have bought C&C:Generals (I am/was a fan of the series), along with Freelancer. Freelancer got me hooked and I thought "let's try c&c for a change".
I couldn't play it. It was too close to reality to be fun. Don't get me wrong, I play all kind of PC games, but seeing US tanks marching to Baghdad in C&C, it wasn't fun.
The game also have some words in its intro, something like "in times of crisis, wise men resolve their conflicts using words -- words like 'scud missiles', 'carped bombing' [...]" and so on.
The truth is that the war in iraq saddens me. I want to play games where I can get away from the day-by-day reality; maybe that's why I prefer to make trade runs in Freelancer...
No, Corel is dying because their managers have no sense of leadership, vision, marketing strategy of even simple common sense.
Corel Draw is the best illustration software you can buy, Adobe Illustrator or Macromedia Freehand are years behind.
Corel Photopaint is a very decent alternative to Photoshop - the only program that can be called that. Some of its features are less polished, but it has many useful features PS never heard of.
So why are Illustrator and Photoshop "industry standards"? Because of marketing and because historically Corel products are/were buggy. And they were buggy because their CEO insisted in 12-months cycles, which is insane.
I've done some tests by photographing the exact same scene with my Minolta film camera and with a Canon D30. I sent the film to be developed and asked for a 20x30cm print and I printed the digital file myself on a Epson Stylus Photo 810 (6 colors) at 2880 dpi, premium photo glossy paper (260g).
The digital print was almost as good as the print from film, but not quite there.
When you examine a digital print, look at the small details close together (leaves on trees, grass, steam, sand texture). How detailed are they? Digital cameras tend to "wash" the fine detail probably at the processing stage when they get rid of noise. The resulting images are often too clean, which works great for plain surfaces but not for fine texture & patterns (and I haven't even talked about moire problems that I notice sometimes in fabrics).
Bottom line, digital cameras are getting better. Now if only they got cheaper too...
Graphic design: When you work with HUGE files in Photoshop (4500 x 3000 pixels) every second counts.
3D graphics: your computer is never fast enough in this area. The more power, the more details you can add - area shadows, sub-surface scattering; it's now feasable to work with global illumination solutions.
There are many computing-intensive areas where a fast computer is required. Your aunt may not need it, but this doesn't mean I don't need it.
Are your questions rhetorical, you do you actually want some answers?
My company was involved since last year up until July in big project for a major health insurance company and everything was done with.net
So yes, it's in the wild, worked with and tested.
I'm not saying it's a wonderful technology and - tipical for MS - we had many problems in the early stages. Still, considering the client's needs, it was the most effective solution.
I have no karma to lose, so I don't really care if I get modded down.
So far, most posts are along the lines of "free speech is great especially if offensive" when it comes to anti-Catholic messages.
However, the same crowd would be outraged if I said that "Bin Laden is a hero" or that "the WTC people deserved to die for being ignorant/arrogant americans." (By looking at the US media, even showing the twin towers or mentioning them seems offending to many).
The truth is that sometimes words hurt. And sometimes they hurt even more than physical abuse.
I usually enjoy reading/. , but whenever we're discussing social issues (as opposed to tech. ones) I can't help feeling disgusted by some of the expressed opinions.
If a scene is reasonably illuminated, you don't need the flash. The "fixed speed" as you call it won't help either to get something better than without flash.
In photography, correct exposure is a factor of three elements: film speed (the ISO number), shutter speed (1/sec) and aperture (in f-numbers or mm).
The camera, using the light meter, will try to get the scene to gray. Dumb point-n-shoots can only change the shutter speed, and I think for a limited range of values (most likely 1/60, 1/125, 1/250). The camera won't allow longer exposures because it is assumed that it is hand-held and longer exposures will result in bluriness.
So anyway you look at it, shooting distant objects in the dark with a simple automatic camera is dumb, flash or no flash.
Oh come on. If you (or your kids) were starving, would you go out on the street and just kill someone? The fact that you only push a button doesn't change anything: murder is murder.
This view stands even when talking about Bin Laden or anyone else: if you kill someone just because you can, you are a murderer, plain and simple.
Interestingly, I've recently found my old Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis game... to my absolute surprise it works just fine on WinXP except for sound (I'm sure I could get it to work but I was too lazy). Sure, playing a VGA game at 320x200 on a 21" screen was a turn-off, but the game was fully playable and the speed was optimal.
... or maybe people need to realize that CGI can't compete with 'the real thing'. One only has to look at AOTC to see what I mean. Great effects, but you still know it's fake.
Peter and Valentine are VITAL in order to understand Ender.
If you remove them, Ender becomes a shallow cardboard character - "the super-intelligent kid trained by the government to save the Earth from killer bugs from outer space". Bam! "Ender's Game" becomes "Starship Troopers".
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In WinXP, if you insert a black CD, you are presented with a list of choices, like the ones you mentioned. If Nero is installed, it's in that list too ("Create a new CD with Nero"). To add files, you just drag-and-drop them, then click on "Burn these files"
I'd love to see that in Linux...
For a sample size of 50, the margin of error is 15%
For a sample size of 400, the margin would be 5%.
I just want to point out that Flash is an open format - you can download the specs from Macromedia.
.swf files) and its scripting language is quite powerful.
/.-ers hate it so much. Just because it's not GNU/Flash?
I think SVG is very promising, but Flash already is available for 95% of the computers. It's reasonably fast, extremely compact (both the plugin and the
What I don't understand is why so many
I know we're getting off-topic, but...
:) I think most dogs are like that. Cats, on the other hand...
I don't know what kind of dogs you had experience with, but I have an old black poodle (13 years old).
Since he was 3 or 6 months old (can't remember) he refuses to pee or defecate in house, any house. He would beg/yell/bark, demanding to be taken to the park or something. No training was necessary
I think it is so everywhere in Europe; it certainly is here in my country (Eastern Europe) - it is called "The right to reply".
The idea is that if a publication makes a statement (usually some accusations) regarding a company or a person, that person/company has the right to have a reply to that accusations being published.
IIRC MS-DOS 5 or 6 had an antivirus called MS-AV, lincensed from CP-AV (Central Point, before it was bought by Symantec).
I personally like the idea of an integrated antivirus in Windows. Is it anticompetitive? Windows also has a disk defragmenter but I don't hear anyone complaining...
Agreed.
My country (in Central Europe) introduced them too in 2000.
Besides being more secure, they are more durable (you can wash them, they won't tear easily)
Just curious, why Asia?
Why not Central/Eastern Europe or Russia?
I've seen some incredible stuff developed here, both software and design. Plus, there's something that lacks in India: creativity. You won't find people willing to do boring, repetitive tasks, though.
The firm I work for provides software development for some very big companies, mainly from UK. We aren't just code monkeys, instead we're involved in all stages, from architecture to implementation, including interface design, and so on.
We're doing this for 5 years and have heard only high praise from our customers.
I didn't think I'll see such a post on ./
I actually have bought C&C:Generals (I am/was a fan of the series), along with Freelancer. Freelancer got me hooked and I thought "let's try c&c for a change".
I couldn't play it. It was too close to reality to be fun. Don't get me wrong, I play all kind of PC games, but seeing US tanks marching to Baghdad in C&C, it wasn't fun.
The game also have some words in its intro, something like "in times of crisis, wise men resolve their conflicts using words -- words like 'scud missiles', 'carped bombing' [...]" and so on.
The truth is that the war in iraq saddens me. I want to play games where I can get away from the day-by-day reality; maybe that's why I prefer to make trade runs in Freelancer...
No, Corel is dying because their managers have no sense of leadership, vision, marketing strategy of even simple common sense.
Corel Draw is the best illustration software you can buy, Adobe Illustrator or Macromedia Freehand are years behind.
Corel Photopaint is a very decent alternative to Photoshop - the only program that can be called that. Some of its features are less polished, but it has many useful features PS never heard of.
So why are Illustrator and Photoshop "industry standards"? Because of marketing and because historically Corel products are/were buggy. And they were buggy because their CEO insisted in 12-months cycles, which is insane.
Macromedia is already doing this with Flash, they actually try to present it as an alternative to Acrobat.
While it's not nearly as versatile in this area, Flash can be used effectively to print hi-res.
I've done some tests by photographing the exact same scene with my Minolta film camera and with a Canon D30. I sent the film to be developed and asked for a 20x30cm print and I printed the digital file myself on a Epson Stylus Photo 810 (6 colors) at 2880 dpi, premium photo glossy paper (260g).
The digital print was almost as good as the print from film, but not quite there.
When you examine a digital print, look at the small details close together (leaves on trees, grass, steam, sand texture). How detailed are they? Digital cameras tend to "wash" the fine detail probably at the processing stage when they get rid of noise. The resulting images are often too clean, which works great for plain surfaces but not for fine texture & patterns (and I haven't even talked about moire problems that I notice sometimes in fabrics).
Bottom line, digital cameras are getting better. Now if only they got cheaper too...
Just to add a country on this list:
Romania has this too via Romtelecom and XNet
I'm sure there are many many other countries.
Graphic design: When you work with HUGE files in Photoshop (4500 x 3000 pixels) every second counts.
3D graphics: your computer is never fast enough in this area. The more power, the more details you can add - area shadows, sub-surface scattering; it's now feasable to work with global illumination solutions.
There are many computing-intensive areas where a fast computer is required. Your aunt may not need it, but this doesn't mean I don't need it.
Are your questions rhetorical, you do you actually want some answers?
.net
My company was involved since last year up until July in big project for a major health insurance company and everything was done with
So yes, it's in the wild, worked with and tested.
I'm not saying it's a wonderful technology and - tipical for MS - we had many problems in the early stages. Still, considering the client's needs, it was the most effective solution.
I have no karma to lose, so I don't really care if I get modded down.
/. , but whenever we're discussing social issues (as opposed to tech. ones) I can't help feeling disgusted by some of the expressed opinions.
So far, most posts are along the lines of "free speech is great especially if offensive" when it comes to anti-Catholic messages.
However, the same crowd would be outraged if I said that "Bin Laden is a hero" or that "the WTC people deserved to die for being ignorant/arrogant americans." (By looking at the US media, even showing the twin towers or mentioning them seems offending to many).
The truth is that sometimes words hurt. And sometimes they hurt even more than physical abuse.
I usually enjoy reading
BTW, how do Italians feel about this?
If a scene is reasonably illuminated, you don't need the flash. The "fixed speed" as you call it won't help either to get something better than without flash.
In photography, correct exposure is a factor of three elements: film speed (the ISO number), shutter speed (1/sec) and aperture (in f-numbers or mm).
The camera, using the light meter, will try to get the scene to gray. Dumb point-n-shoots can only change the shutter speed, and I think for a limited range of values (most likely 1/60, 1/125, 1/250). The camera won't allow longer exposures because it is assumed that it is hand-held and longer exposures will result in bluriness.
So anyway you look at it, shooting distant objects in the dark with a simple automatic camera is dumb, flash or no flash.
Oh come on.
If you (or your kids) were starving, would you go out on the street and just kill someone?
The fact that you only push a button doesn't change anything: murder is murder.
This view stands even when talking about Bin Laden or anyone else: if you kill someone just because you can, you are a murderer, plain and simple.
Interestingly, I've recently found my old Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis game... to my absolute surprise it works just fine on WinXP except for sound (I'm sure I could get it to work but I was too lazy). Sure, playing a VGA game at 320x200 on a 21" screen was a turn-off, but the game was fully playable and the speed was optimal.
Yeah and they still looked fake...
Just because they can build a city on computer, it doesn't mean they should.
... or maybe people need to realize that CGI can't compete with 'the real thing'. One only has to look at AOTC to see what I mean. Great effects, but you still know it's fake.
Don't you know? Slashdot crowd hates Flash!
I actually think it could have been done better in Flash, with a continous zoom and cross-fades to enhance the feeling.
Mozilla/NS6 have about 1% market share (+/-0.5%). It's actually lower than Navigator 4.
It's a bit depressing, but I still hope that the numbers will increase.
Peter and Valentine are VITAL in order to understand Ender.
If you remove them, Ender becomes a shallow cardboard character - "the super-intelligent kid trained by the government to save the Earth from killer bugs from outer space". Bam! "Ender's Game" becomes "Starship Troopers".
No, thanks.
Is now Macromedia on Slashdot's hit list too? Just let me know so I can adjust accordingly.
Why don't you quote the entire FAQ? (No, I'm not posting it here, I'm no karma whore). By default the settings are off.