The practical res? And what would you fucking know about it? Even the very concept of using RESOLUTION (a term that I'm sure you don't understand properly) to evaluate an imaging system is stupid and amateurish.
You can EASILY get 4000 dpi out of everyday, amateur use film stocks with a consumer level desktop scanner. That's DPI, not image size - a 35mm STILLS frame (24x36mm) should give a workable image size of something like 4000x6000 pixels, or 24 mega pixels. In real life, the Canon EOS 1ds seems to give image sizes as good as (better in some respects, worse in others) a SCAN taken from the kind of film image a typical 35mm SLR would produce. The EOS 1ds has a RAW image size of 2704x4064 or approximately 11 mega pixels. It's RESOLUTION is most certainly not equivalent to 1 line per pixel, same as any other colour matrix imager.
When I was at university, we performed experiments that showed over 200lpmm RESOLUTION on normal, monochrome film stock.
If you knew anything abotu imaging, you'd look at the system MTF, because it's HERE where digital imaging really makes gains.
"only to find out one year later that you can buy one twice as good for the same price"
so you're just gonna flush YEARS WORTH of utility down the toilet then? This mythical device that you're "waiting for" already exists in several forms. Sony's PC120 is a DV camcorder that can also record stills onto Memory Stick, whereas Fuji have a couple of 3+ MP stills cameras that can record video onto Smart Media or SD cards at 640x480 @ 15fps AND HIGHER.
you don't seem to realise that professional video users DO NOT use the same tape twice, and therefore this new card based approach (which WILL BE reused) represents an enormous saving on tape stock costs.
all professional gear costs loads of cash - my DigiBeta deck cost me £40000 about 6 years ago, and is probably worth about half that now. Anyway, I was under the impression that Sony had already announced a next generation Handycam that will record direct onto it's new Memory Stick Pro cards, which apparently will be available in sizes up to 3GB. Sounds pretty solid state to me.
has it not occurred to you that Apple, in optimising OSX to run on the PPC 970 will also be optimising OSX to run on Power 4 and Power 5? Sure, there's no Altivec support in Power, but a server needs Altivec like I need a bag on my hip.
but if you've got a Duron, then you could just swap it out for one of the now inredibly cheap Athlon or Athlon XP chips. Shit man, they're GIVING them away at today's prices!
Mplayer is a nice PLAYER, but QuickTime is a whole different kind of application. I do agree that the Windows version is a bit crappy, performance-wise. I think it may be time to upgrade your Duron 800, though - that's a pretty feeble chip for heavy tasks like video. Played just fine on my tired old PowerMac G4 400, it has to be said...
Well, he'll be shit, won't he? Haven't you noticed that he's been completely crap in everything since Conan the Barbarian? Cigar-chomping, Humveeeee-driving, dog-crushing twat that he is.
I still think that Commando is one of the worst films of all time.
I tend to agree. I'm a Newton 2100 veteran, and always found that a pen based system - if done properly - has certain features that are impossible to equal using a keyboard/pointer combination. Pen interfaces have drawbacks too, but I still have never found a match for the Newton (paper excepted) when it comes to note taking on the go. My Tungsten T has Bluetooth as it's main USP for me - Palm's implementation JUST WORKS - and this finally makes a mobile email solution for me that hits the spot. The Palm just chats away to my Nokia 8910 in my pocket via Bluetooth, GPRS and Orange do the rest.
But a Bluetooth enabled neo-Newton with a note-takable sized screen and Mac OSX would be the product I've been waiting for since the newton 2100 died.
Apple could do it EASILY with current technology - but will they? So Palm get my money until something better appears.
"though I'm sure our CIO is, whatever is the latest and greatest, he's got it and turns green with envy when someone trots in the door with something newer, more flash A-1."
Yeah, I work with an idiot like that too. When i got my new 'phone a week or so ago (Nokia 8910) I deliberately didn't mention it to him - even though I knew my colleague WOULD - he only managed to contain himself for about a day and a half before DEMANDING to see it - took the shine of his stupid, ugly little T68i - simply because he bought it for all the wrong reasons.
Gadgets for gadgets' sake is a waste of everyone's time.
yeah, but the (much more attractive) Tungsten T DOESN'T use the faster(?) CPU. This is a really dumb move by Palm - their Tugsten T product is REALLY nice, but using a different (better?) CPU in the C naturally causes one to ask "why shouldn't I just wait for them to upgrade the T to the newer Xscale chip?".
So which is better? OMAP or Xscale? And why is the C so fugly?
Slashdot Mirror
explain to me why you're forced to use the UI again?
do you think he means R2?
Sigma has it already in their SD-9 product.
nope - 2k just means the image is APPROXIMATELY 2000 pixels wide.
The practical res? And what would you fucking know about it? Even the very concept of using RESOLUTION (a term that I'm sure you don't understand properly) to evaluate an imaging system is stupid and amateurish.
You can EASILY get 4000 dpi out of everyday, amateur use film stocks with a consumer level desktop scanner. That's DPI, not image size - a 35mm STILLS frame (24x36mm) should give a workable image size of something like 4000x6000 pixels, or 24 mega pixels. In real life, the Canon EOS 1ds seems to give image sizes as good as (better in some respects, worse in others) a SCAN taken from the kind of film image a typical 35mm SLR would produce. The EOS 1ds has a RAW image size of 2704x4064 or approximately 11 mega pixels. It's RESOLUTION is most certainly not equivalent to 1 line per pixel, same as any other colour matrix imager.
When I was at university, we performed experiments that showed over 200lpmm RESOLUTION on normal, monochrome film stock.
If you knew anything abotu imaging, you'd look at the system MTF, because it's HERE where digital imaging really makes gains.
what the hell are you talking about?
"only to find out one year later that you can buy one twice as good for the same price"
so you're just gonna flush YEARS WORTH of utility down the toilet then? This mythical device that you're "waiting for" already exists in several forms. Sony's PC120 is a DV camcorder that can also record stills onto Memory Stick, whereas Fuji have a couple of 3+ MP stills cameras that can record video onto Smart Media or SD cards at 640x480 @ 15fps AND HIGHER.
You just sound like a twat to me.
you don't seem to realise that professional video users DO NOT use the same tape twice, and therefore this new card based approach (which WILL BE reused) represents an enormous saving on tape stock costs.
all professional gear costs loads of cash - my DigiBeta deck cost me £40000 about 6 years ago, and is probably worth about half that now. Anyway, I was under the impression that Sony had already announced a next generation Handycam that will record direct onto it's new Memory Stick Pro cards, which apparently will be available in sizes up to 3GB. Sounds pretty solid state to me.
has it not occurred to you that Apple, in optimising OSX to run on the PPC 970 will also be optimising OSX to run on Power 4 and Power 5? Sure, there's no Altivec support in Power, but a server needs Altivec like I need a bag on my hip.
spot on.
I've been a Mac user for over 10 years and therefore have a great many classic apps on my machine. I hardly ever touch them now.
Classic performance is irrelevant to me, I want OSX and HARDWARE performance boosts for my NEXT machine.
but if you've got a Duron, then you could just swap it out for one of the now inredibly cheap Athlon or Athlon XP chips. Shit man, they're GIVING them away at today's prices!
"Producers better not piss-off the nerds"
yeah, they might only buy THREE versions of the DVD if they do that, or maybe only see it in the cinema FIVE times. Those nerds sure are scary.
you do realise that Akamai know what they're doing, right?
and what's a mow?
Mplayer is a nice PLAYER, but QuickTime is a whole different kind of application. I do agree that the Windows version is a bit crappy, performance-wise. I think it may be time to upgrade your Duron 800, though - that's a pretty feeble chip for heavy tasks like video. Played just fine on my tired old PowerMac G4 400, it has to be said...
Well, he'll be shit, won't he? Haven't you noticed that he's been completely crap in everything since Conan the Barbarian? Cigar-chomping, Humveeeee-driving, dog-crushing twat that he is.
I still think that Commando is one of the worst films of all time.
the Gattling guns aren't what makes Predator good, it's the shit-hot editing and great music combined with an Alien that doesn't speak English.
Awesome movie, John McTiernan is great when he's on form.
are you 3 years old?
offtopic - but your sig is a great quote, and one I've never heard before. cool as.
you've misspelled both FUCKING and LOSER there, chum.
it may stun you to know this, but I may actually not be the FICTIONAL Alan Partridge.
Anyway, Alan gets laid all the time!
I tend to agree. I'm a Newton 2100 veteran, and always found that a pen based system - if done properly - has certain features that are impossible to equal using a keyboard/pointer combination. Pen interfaces have drawbacks too, but I still have never found a match for the Newton (paper excepted) when it comes to note taking on the go. My Tungsten T has Bluetooth as it's main USP for me - Palm's implementation JUST WORKS - and this finally makes a mobile email solution for me that hits the spot. The Palm just chats away to my Nokia 8910 in my pocket via Bluetooth, GPRS and Orange do the rest.
But a Bluetooth enabled neo-Newton with a note-takable sized screen and Mac OSX would be the product I've been waiting for since the newton 2100 died.
Apple could do it EASILY with current technology - but will they? So Palm get my money until something better appears.
"though I'm sure our CIO is, whatever is the latest and greatest, he's got it and turns green with envy when someone trots in the door with something newer, more flash A-1."
Yeah, I work with an idiot like that too. When i got my new 'phone a week or so ago (Nokia 8910) I deliberately didn't mention it to him - even though I knew my colleague WOULD - he only managed to contain himself for about a day and a half before DEMANDING to see it - took the shine of his stupid, ugly little T68i - simply because he bought it for all the wrong reasons.
Gadgets for gadgets' sake is a waste of everyone's time.
yeah, but the (much more attractive) Tungsten T DOESN'T use the faster(?) CPU. This is a really dumb move by Palm - their Tugsten T product is REALLY nice, but using a different (better?) CPU in the C naturally causes one to ask "why shouldn't I just wait for them to upgrade the T to the newer Xscale chip?".
So which is better? OMAP or Xscale? And why is the C so fugly?
shouldn't that be:-
DARPA is trying to kill BSD?
We?
Who the fuck is we?
If you want to wear a dorky t-shirt go right ahead, pal. Good luck getting laid.