>bet you wish you'd spent the twenty extra minutes >it'd take to learn "cp *.bmp" and the other >console commands.
it'd take five minutes if the command was "copy these files from folder a to folder b". You simply have to realise that the reason programming or command line driving or MATHS is so impossible for most people is the level of notation/abstraction. Have a look at Applescript and see how good it COULD be.
it doesn't rally matter within reason - ultra low speed emulsions like Technical Pan can easily resolve over 200lpmm, but the highest usable resolution you'll EVER get out of a commercial 35mm SLR lens is around 150lpmm and this ability is completely destroyed but the vibrations inherent in normal 35mm SLR cameras. Shutter curtain movemnet, mirror movement and - worst of all - camera shake. You'd be doing INCREDIBLY well to get detail as fine as 100lpmm with a handheld 35mm SLR even at 1/8000 or 1/12000 sec.
I've looked into this extensively, both as a working press photographer and during my degree in Photographic and EI Science. Aside from the plain fact that scientists rarely talk about resolution in regard to image quality but, rather simply analyse MTF, I've pretty much come to the conclusion that a realistic "resolution" limit for 35mm film is 100lpmm, which gives a 24mmx36mm full frame image a useful information content of around 9 million pixels. This is the sort of figure that lower end film scanners work to (usually 2500-3000 samples per inch). Scanning film at 4000ppi WILL improve system MTF however, so is probably worth doing, despite the fact the vast majority of extra information will just be noise. Interestingly, film "grain" follows a Poisson distribution VERY closely, and is therefore usually benign and - in some cases - actually beneficial. This Canon D1s seems to beat the 100lpmm "aim point", and - with it's inevitable system MTF advantages over scanned film - is almost certainly "better" than film 95% of the time.
I'd like one very much, though as a Contax owner, I'd rather see this chip in an SLr suitable for my existing lenses. Ever since the T-90, Canon has been leading this industry, and this new camera is an impressive achievement indeed.
I must admit to finding it quite disturbing to be tooling down the autobahn at around 210km/h and have some teutonic lunatic flash past in some kind of modified 911 at what must have been 300km/h. The shockwave alone scared the shit out of me. In England, you very rarely get people going muchfaster than 200km/h on the motorway, although I did take my RX-7 up the M40 once at a little over 250Km/h...
Mind you, the shockwave you get from two TGV Atlantiques or two Eurostars going head to head is quite something too! It's enough to spill your coffee!
you have to remember that we're talking to AMERICANS here. When I lived in the USA we had a car called a Pontiac Gran Safari with a V8 motor of something like 6litres displacement. According to my dad it could manage about 150bhp and weighed a little over 2500KG.
What Americans don't know about efficiency you could just about squeeze into the Grand Canyon.
well, I work in TV post production and our facility has just over 30 MILES of cabling in it.
None of it is Monster. Most is Furukawa the rest is plain vanilla OFC copper. If you want areally beautful cable, seek out Sony's high end sets. PC-OCC Copper in Teflon with spot-welded connectors - very strong and worth the money.
If you want better sound, get (or, better yet, build) better speakers or headphones. It's the transducer that makes ALL of the sound that you hear. And here's a tip, just about the best commonly available transducers are those tiny, mylar dome "ear-bud" headphones - use the sound (if not the comfort) of these as your guide.
adding an R2D2 system sound set to a desktop computer so that it whistles when you empty the trash doesn't make you an artist, it just makes you a laughing stock to anyone over the age of 9
you're right about the ATi drivers, but it should also be noted that the nVidia Mac drivers are definitely flaky by comparison. I've lost count of the times my GeForce 2MX equipped Mac has whinged about not having enough memory for OGL, and how perfectly my Radeon equipped machine behaves in comparison. Simple solution, Apple should offer both the 9700Pro and the AIW as BTO options with Apple sanctioned and maintained drivers. With VPU/GPU units contributing so much to system performance now, it's a straightforward way to boost the performance of the Mac platform.
yes they do, at least in the accepted sense. F1 cars use a manual box with an electro-hydraulic change, and a computer programmable or manual shift. Torque converters they AIN'T.
you OBVIOUSLY aren't a driver of any capability whatsoever. Torque-converter autos give you NO control over engine braking. Some autos are VERY sophisticated, but nothing like the human brain.
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>bet you wish you'd spent the twenty extra minutes >it'd take to learn "cp *.bmp" and the other >console commands.
it'd take five minutes if the command was "copy these files from folder a to folder b". You simply have to realise that the reason programming or command line driving or MATHS is so impossible for most people is the level of notation/abstraction. Have a look at Applescript and see how good it COULD be.
just wait 'till you fail your degree - you'll get plenty of adding practice in McDonalds.
Free uniform, too.
it doesn't rally matter within reason - ultra low speed emulsions like Technical Pan can easily resolve over 200lpmm, but the highest usable resolution you'll EVER get out of a commercial 35mm SLR lens is around 150lpmm and this ability is completely destroyed but the vibrations inherent in normal 35mm SLR cameras. Shutter curtain movemnet, mirror movement and - worst of all - camera shake. You'd be doing INCREDIBLY well to get detail as fine as 100lpmm with a handheld 35mm SLR even at 1/8000 or 1/12000 sec.
except for all of those deaths involving legally held firearms, of course
oh I see! you just pour in a new tank full of electricity! how silly of me not to think of that!
stupid fucking dick
I've looked into this extensively, both as a working press photographer and during my degree in Photographic and EI Science. Aside from the plain fact that scientists rarely talk about resolution in regard to image quality but, rather simply analyse MTF, I've pretty much come to the conclusion that a realistic "resolution" limit for 35mm film is 100lpmm, which gives a 24mmx36mm full frame image a useful information content of around 9 million pixels. This is the sort of figure that lower end film scanners work to (usually 2500-3000 samples per inch). Scanning film at 4000ppi WILL improve system MTF however, so is probably worth doing, despite the fact the vast majority of extra information will just be noise. Interestingly, film "grain" follows a Poisson distribution VERY closely, and is therefore usually benign and - in some cases - actually beneficial. This Canon D1s seems to beat the 100lpmm "aim point", and - with it's inevitable system MTF advantages over scanned film - is almost certainly "better" than film 95% of the time.
I'd like one very much, though as a Contax owner, I'd rather see this chip in an SLr suitable for my existing lenses. Ever since the T-90, Canon has been leading this industry, and this new camera is an impressive achievement indeed.
wasn't THAt one designed in Europe? (hint, yes it was)
diesel particulates are fucking up the planet
I'm afraid the range is only listed as 300Km. So Miami to DisneyWorld would be closer.
I must admit to finding it quite disturbing to be tooling down the autobahn at around 210km/h and have some teutonic lunatic flash past in some kind of modified 911 at what must have been 300km/h. The shockwave alone scared the shit out of me. In England, you very rarely get people going muchfaster than 200km/h on the motorway, although I did take my RX-7 up the M40 once at a little over 250Km/h...
Mind you, the shockwave you get from two TGV Atlantiques or two Eurostars going head to head is quite something too! It's enough to spill your coffee!
you have to remember that we're talking to AMERICANS here. When I lived in the USA we had a car called a Pontiac Gran Safari with a V8 motor of something like 6litres displacement. According to my dad it could manage about 150bhp and weighed a little over 2500KG.
What Americans don't know about efficiency you could just about squeeze into the Grand Canyon.
a Slashdot account?
you're not very bright, are you?
you've sold me, grandad
Ima gonna git me one of them there zaurosees!
yee haw!
well, I work in TV post production and our facility has just over 30 MILES of cabling in it.
None of it is Monster. Most is Furukawa the rest is plain vanilla OFC copper. If you want areally beautful cable, seek out Sony's high end sets. PC-OCC Copper in Teflon with spot-welded connectors - very strong and worth the money.
If you want better sound, get (or, better yet, build) better speakers or headphones. It's the transducer that makes ALL of the sound that you hear. And here's a tip, just about the best commonly available transducers are those tiny, mylar dome "ear-bud" headphones - use the sound (if not the comfort) of these as your guide.
nope, you stooped lower coz you're too afraid to log in
what a pussy
as a proud Brit, I'd like to see a 3D Labs card in there even MORE (and they're the fastest OGL cards on the planet!)
"fiber" doesn't use a modulated light source?? how the fuck does it work then?
don't flatter yourself, nerd
adding an R2D2 system sound set to a desktop computer so that it whistles when you empty the trash doesn't make you an artist, it just makes you a laughing stock to anyone over the age of 9
no no, that's WINNERS
you're right about the ATi drivers, but it should also be noted that the nVidia Mac drivers are definitely flaky by comparison. I've lost count of the times my GeForce 2MX equipped Mac has whinged about not having enough memory for OGL, and how perfectly my Radeon equipped machine behaves in comparison. Simple solution, Apple should offer both the 9700Pro and the AIW as BTO options with Apple sanctioned and maintained drivers. With VPU/GPU units contributing so much to system performance now, it's a straightforward way to boost the performance of the Mac platform.
how much does that hunk of crap weigh, then? I'd bet you a million of your AU$ (about 20quid?) that I could annihalate you in my RX-7.
yes they do, at least in the accepted sense. F1 cars use a manual box with an electro-hydraulic change, and a computer programmable or manual shift. Torque converters they AIN'T.
you OBVIOUSLY aren't a driver of any capability whatsoever. Torque-converter autos give you NO control over engine braking. Some autos are VERY sophisticated, but nothing like the human brain.
ben, if Itanium has already lost ground to Hammer and - especially - Yamhill by the time the economy picks up again, IA64 will already be dead. If Intel are forced by Hammer into cutthroat competition on price/performance (ie using P4 or Yamhill), Itanium may never get the foothold it needs.