From TFA: "A spherical shape was chosen for the project because it has no edges that might be damaged, and the volume can be calculated by using its diameter."
Confirmed. Your local Kinko's should have the resources to scan the pages to PDF in an automated fashion. Call around and talk to a couple of locations, if necessary, to get the proper terms and pricing, but it should run about US$0.25 per page. The software used at the Kinko's I'm on familiar terms with (intimately familiar - too much work done there) uses Canon hardware and software and can burn the resulting files on to CD for you (at a cost of US$9.95/cd, of course!)
They can usually do up to tabloid size sheets (11"x17") through the feeder, and expect a turn-around time of 24 hours or so. They can also do OCR scans on the resulting files. The OCR conversion runs around US$9.95 for the first page, and US$2.50-ish for additional pages, and they won't do any correcting of the errors such that result from software retardedness unless you pay extra. It hurts, but if you gotta have it...
Well, I work for a local company specializing in duplications and digital output, and I work with this Bad Boy every day. It's got really nice looking output. It will run just about any stock you put through it, and has a nice RIP interface. Also includes many features that require upgrades on other devices.
Its only weakness that comes to mind is the solid and continuous tone color distribution on non-glossy cardstock. The cardstock absorbs the toner/color goop unevenly causing blotches, making difficult to do large areas of dark, even tones. It's a master at color photos, line art, text, et cetera; as long as the paper stock is suitable.
We also use the Tektronix Phaser 780 and it's really slow. It's decent, but slow. I don't send anything to it unless the Doc12 is in use for a long time. I'm not sure if that's still sold, but I believe it would now be marketed under the Xerox name if so, as they've acquired the laser printer portion of Tektronix.
I graduated from Full Sail, and have met Mr. Arneson in passing and he's a nice fellow. My former room-mates are both associate course directors in the same program he's a course director in, though they teach different classes, and it's my understanding that he gives out autographed copies of a D&D starter kit to his students.
In fact, my former supervisor's cubicle is right across from his!
Yeah this used to be the case for me too - it worked nicely at first, then after a few times it's become a progressively more herculean task to get the devices to chat. Now, it's just more trouble than it's worth; I can key-type an appointment in the time it takes to get the machines to start acknowledging each other's presence.
So, I don't use it anymore. It's a pain. Perhaps I'll try it again some day and things will work. As it is, I don't have the time to troubleshoot it, and the extras/mods I've made to my system are more important to me than restoring this capability and losing so much other functionality. It would be kind of like cutting off your right hand to transplant a finger to your left. Do you see my dilemma?
Do you have OS X on that beast? How much RAM? what size/speed are your OS hard disks? Have you updated your video card? When was the last time you did a full, clean sweep? What do you have running on it besides FCP4 - Mail, web, fileserver, AFX, Photoshop, Illustrator?
My machine seems OK if I want to do one thing at a time, with minimal background applications running, and then I might be lucky for it to be fast enough that I can do some Illustrator work with a little lag. After Effects? It's slow as a sloth, especially if I want to do any 3D setups. I don't even work in Photoshop anymore unless I have to; the files take up too much space, and filters take forever to run.
I don't know what your setup is, but I do know FCP4 video editing isn't nearly as processor intensive as AFX. I do both, and working with 2, 4, 6 or even 8 layers of video just doesn't take the same (processing, not bandwidth) horsepower that most of my work in AFX does.
For the record: Power Mac G4 450 DP 768 MB RAM 80 GB, 7200 RPM Boot volume with 8 MB cache NVidia GeForce2MX Dual-Head w/64 MB VRAM 2 Displays @ 1280x1024 resolution
My choice to protect my privacy does not contradict with my requirement that others with whom I have discussions be somewhat accountable to myself and the other users who are reading. If we're not able to tell what a person has previously said, and what they have advocated or spoken against, no opponent against which to argue. Identifying myself makes my comments and my user history available - you can see what I've written and choose to believe that either I'm not worth the time to respond or I have some idea worth speaking up for.
As an AC a person can switch sides, advocating one view or another just as easily as I can respond with a rebuttal to my own argument. It's not that I want to know who you are or anything about you, beyond what you've said already. Self righteousness? I just don't have the time to waste on AC's.
The keyboard uses the same Bluetooth wireless technology that lets you easily sync addresses, calendars, and contacts with your PDA or cell phone.
Well, if my luck with Bluetooth synchronization is any indication, that means if I buy this wireless mouse and keyboard combo it won't be worth the trouble to use it.
I am severely disappointed with my Apple-based purchases of the last few years; perhaps I am too naive to make good purchasing decisions but it seems that the technology that has influenced my buying decisions doesn't seem to hold up to the promise. For instance, my T68i does not, as you guessed, work very well with iSync or with bluetooth in general. I have standard hardware, a D-Link bluetooth adapter, and the latest software. It's just too much work to get anything accomplished. And I should be able to tell iCal to send a single appointment to my phone!
I have trouble with Rendezvous too, but not time to detail the problem.
Even further back, my purchase of a PowerMac G4 450 DP in anticipation of OS X ended up being short sighted, as by the time OS X is actually usable (v10.0 and 10.1 were not, in a production capacity) the hardware is practically outdated. Top that with the fact that the software package that the facility I was working with dropped Lightwave in favor of 3DSMAX and I feel really burned.
So, I'm about to buy a PC. Custom built, AMD, NForce2, 400MHZ FSB, etc. In a nice, good looking case (without all that neon flashing window shite). And I will run 3DSMAX. And I will use my Apple for production while MAX is rendering. And they will be friends. And if you feel the need to flame me for that, grow up. They're just tools.
What does this mean? Make your own. While I'm not familiar with the creation process for other windowing systems (like you mentioned) I do know that you can probably make your own theme to specifications you desire. Those links are where I would start; perhaps there's something there that you can modify or a theme that fits the bill without changes.
Good luck!
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Sorry about the space-breaks in the code - don't know what happened there. You can fix it though, right? I mean this is Slashdot...
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Use these two following Javascripts to get rid of the problem for the most part. Paste the code into a bookmark, and put the bookmark on the bookmark bar. I've got mine set to be first and second on the bar so I can hit command+1 and command+2 to activate them. It deals with most problems with flickering crap for me.
Good Luck!
PS: give the bookmark some short name like [em] and it doesn't take up much space either. Check http://www.macosxhints.com for more tips like this. I got most of this info there.
Losing my moderator status for this story and breaking my tradition of not posting inflammatory comments, I post reply because it's important for others to know that these are not YOUR predictions but the predictions of a number of rumor sites.
My predictions: you will, next time you post something written by another party you'll give them credit. That, or you'll post an obstinate reply about how you're justified in posting these as your own thoughts. For some reason the bar scene in "Good Will Hunting" comes to mind - the one where Will confronts an ivy-league student for "cock-blocking" his buddy.
Of course you could ignore this, or post a reply citing those sites you've plagiarized.
Low Dirty Bad. Do not believe the rampant rumors - they'll only serve to disappoint at a later date. Any AC can post unfounded speculation - But I don't have to tell the intelligent readers of Slashdot this do I?
Rumor = Bad thing, planted my Microsoft to undermine the confidence in current Apple products.
Unfounded Rumor = My Uncle knows this guy who works at a plant that met someone at an IBM booth at a trade show and then happened to wander into an Apple store while a fellow that bought an AMD chip was talking to a cashier who owns a few CD's which means that Universal is buying AMD and Apple is buying Universal and IBM and Universal are going to merge so that Apple can buy SuperPowerPC 9945xm Series chips running at 660GHz in eight-way configurations which means a speed improvement of 10x2^16562194465336 times over the current line! Especially once they implement the HyperTransport Bus!
Just wanted to say thanks for the tips - I'll do some watching. I've seen "Metropolis" and loved it - beautiful film.
BTW - tried to find some way of leaving a message to you personally, through your user link, and found none. I'm not sure if anything like it exists here on/. but many of the PBB systems have private messaging and such. I'm a long time reader but a minimal participator (other than meta- and normal moderation) so I don't have all the little specifics figured out yet on that sort of thing...
From the "I-Want-More-Now" department...
Glowurm writes: "I am not new to Anime, but am not a completely junkie fan either. I have my favorites, and enjoy a few here and there while recognizing the contribution of certain films to the genre. For instance, while I understand the value of Akira, it seemed primitive to me, as the artwork was oddly stylized and rough."
"I've enjoyed 'Urotsokidoji,' 'Lain,' and a number of other series, but have found few that rival the epic, apocalyptic feeling of 'The Animatrix' which is also felt in films such as 'Terminator 2.' What else, in anime, fills these shoes?"
I too find frustration at the key combo's Adobe chooses - but I generally understand why that they are the way that they are. I agree that it's very irritating to intend one action with another result.
For you, the solution may be to change the shortcut key. You can do this by choosing "Edit" --> "Keyboard Shortcuts" and then choosing "Menu Commands" in the popup menu that, by default, is labeled "Tools" (Rather, the "Tools" menu item is chosen by default.) You'll find that under the section titled "View" (turn down the arrow next to it by clicking) there's an item for "Show/Hide Edges." If you click on the actual text indicated as a shortcut you can enter a new key combo. Hit "OK" and resume your work in a frustration-free manner.
I know you probably could've used a much simpler explaination but there are many who would've asked questions or may not have been able to completely understand how to find what I was talking about. Besides, when my students ask this question now I can point them here and be done with it. [Kidding!]
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From TFA:
"A spherical shape was chosen for the project because it has no edges that might be damaged, and the volume can be calculated by using its diameter."
That is population control.
I forfeited moderation of this thread to post this.
Confirmed. Your local Kinko's should have the resources to scan the pages to PDF in an automated fashion. Call around and talk to a couple of locations, if necessary, to get the proper terms and pricing, but it should run about US$0.25 per page. The software used at the Kinko's I'm on familiar terms with (intimately familiar - too much work done there) uses Canon hardware and software and can burn the resulting files on to CD for you (at a cost of US$9.95/cd, of course!)
They can usually do up to tabloid size sheets (11"x17") through the feeder, and expect a turn-around time of 24 hours or so. They can also do OCR scans on the resulting files. The OCR conversion runs around US$9.95 for the first page, and US$2.50-ish for additional pages, and they won't do any correcting of the errors such that result from software retardedness unless you pay extra. It hurts, but if you gotta have it...
Good luck!
Fo' drizzle, my nizzle!
With no damage to my SID, I post & claim, victorious at last!
Well, I work for a local company specializing in duplications and digital output, and I work with this Bad Boy every day. It's got really nice looking output. It will run just about any stock you put through it, and has a nice RIP interface. Also includes many features that require upgrades on other devices.
Its only weakness that comes to mind is the solid and continuous tone color distribution on non-glossy cardstock. The cardstock absorbs the toner/color goop unevenly causing blotches, making difficult to do large areas of dark, even tones. It's a master at color photos, line art, text, et cetera; as long as the paper stock is suitable.
We also use the Tektronix Phaser 780 and it's really slow. It's decent, but slow. I don't send anything to it unless the Doc12 is in use for a long time. I'm not sure if that's still sold, but I believe it would now be marketed under the Xerox name if so, as they've acquired the laser printer portion of Tektronix.
I graduated from Full Sail, and have met Mr. Arneson in passing and he's a nice fellow. My former room-mates are both associate course directors in the same program he's a course director in, though they teach different classes, and it's my understanding that he gives out autographed copies of a D&D starter kit to his students.
In fact, my former supervisor's cubicle is right across from his!
(I can already hear the paparazzi!)
Shit. Should've known someone else would beat me to it.
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I feel so much better after a good bit of whoring.
Yeah this used to be the case for me too - it worked nicely at first, then after a few times it's become a progressively more herculean task to get the devices to chat. Now, it's just more trouble than it's worth; I can key-type an appointment in the time it takes to get the machines to start acknowledging each other's presence.
So, I don't use it anymore. It's a pain. Perhaps I'll try it again some day and things will work. As it is, I don't have the time to troubleshoot it, and the extras/mods I've made to my system are more important to me than restoring this capability and losing so much other functionality. It would be kind of like cutting off your right hand to transplant a finger to your left. Do you see my dilemma?
I don't. That's a futile goal. But I can see that you have over 500 posts, so you didn't just make this up to bother me. That's all I'm worried about.
Do you have OS X on that beast? How much RAM? what size/speed are your OS hard disks? Have you updated your video card? When was the last time you did a full, clean sweep? What do you have running on it besides FCP4 - Mail, web, fileserver, AFX, Photoshop, Illustrator?
My machine seems OK if I want to do one thing at a time, with minimal background applications running, and then I might be lucky for it to be fast enough that I can do some Illustrator work with a little lag. After Effects? It's slow as a sloth, especially if I want to do any 3D setups. I don't even work in Photoshop anymore unless I have to; the files take up too much space, and filters take forever to run.
I don't know what your setup is, but I do know FCP4 video editing isn't nearly as processor intensive as AFX. I do both, and working with 2, 4, 6 or even 8 layers of video just doesn't take the same (processing, not bandwidth) horsepower that most of my work in AFX does.
For the record:
Power Mac G4 450 DP
768 MB RAM
80 GB, 7200 RPM Boot volume with 8 MB cache
NVidia GeForce2MX Dual-Head w/64 MB VRAM
2 Displays @ 1280x1024 resolution
My choice to protect my privacy does not contradict with my requirement that others with whom I have discussions be somewhat accountable to myself and the other users who are reading. If we're not able to tell what a person has previously said, and what they have advocated or spoken against, no opponent against which to argue. Identifying myself makes my comments and my user history available - you can see what I've written and choose to believe that either I'm not worth the time to respond or I have some idea worth speaking up for.
As an AC a person can switch sides, advocating one view or another just as easily as I can respond with a rebuttal to my own argument. It's not that I want to know who you are or anything about you, beyond what you've said already. Self righteousness? I just don't have the time to waste on AC's.
Please log in to post replies if you expect a respectful response. AC's will not be considered as having the balls to discuss anything.
Well, if my luck with Bluetooth synchronization is any indication, that means if I buy this wireless mouse and keyboard combo it won't be worth the trouble to use it.
I am severely disappointed with my Apple-based purchases of the last few years; perhaps I am too naive to make good purchasing decisions but it seems that the technology that has influenced my buying decisions doesn't seem to hold up to the promise. For instance, my T68i does not, as you guessed, work very well with iSync or with bluetooth in general. I have standard hardware, a D-Link bluetooth adapter, and the latest software. It's just too much work to get anything accomplished. And I should be able to tell iCal to send a single appointment to my phone!
I have trouble with Rendezvous too, but not time to detail the problem.
Even further back, my purchase of a PowerMac G4 450 DP in anticipation of OS X ended up being short sighted, as by the time OS X is actually usable (v10.0 and 10.1 were not, in a production capacity) the hardware is practically outdated. Top that with the fact that the software package that the facility I was working with dropped Lightwave in favor of 3DSMAX and I feel really burned.
So, I'm about to buy a PC. Custom built, AMD, NForce2, 400MHZ FSB, etc. In a nice, good looking case (without all that neon flashing window shite). And I will run 3DSMAX. And I will use my Apple for production while MAX is rendering. And they will be friends. And if you feel the need to flame me for that, grow up. They're just tools.
Hope they help:
ResExcellence ThemesTheme Park Tutorial
What does this mean? Make your own. While I'm not familiar with the creation process for other windowing systems (like you mentioned) I do know that you can probably make your own theme to specifications you desire. Those links are where I would start; perhaps there's something there that you can modify or a theme that fits the bill without changes.
Good luck!
Sorry about the space-breaks in the code - don't know what happened there. You can fix it though, right? I mean this is Slashdot...
Code 1: Images:
Code 2: Embeds:
Good Luck! PS: give the bookmark some short name like [em] and it doesn't take up much space either. Check http://www.macosxhints.com for more tips like this. I got most of this info there.
Losing my moderator status for this story and breaking my tradition of not posting inflammatory comments, I post reply because it's important for others to know that these are not YOUR predictions but the predictions of a number of rumor sites.
My predictions: you will, next time you post something written by another party you'll give them credit. That, or you'll post an obstinate reply about how you're justified in posting these as your own thoughts. For some reason the bar scene in "Good Will Hunting" comes to mind - the one where Will confronts an ivy-league student for "cock-blocking" his buddy.
Of course you could ignore this, or post a reply citing those sites you've plagiarized.
I hope you do the right thing.
Low Dirty Bad. Do not believe the rampant rumors - they'll only serve to disappoint at a later date. Any AC can post unfounded speculation - But I don't have to tell the intelligent readers of Slashdot this do I?
Rumor = Bad thing, planted my Microsoft to undermine the confidence in current Apple products.
Unfounded Rumor = My Uncle knows this guy who works at a plant that met someone at an IBM booth at a trade show and then happened to wander into an Apple store while a fellow that bought an AMD chip was talking to a cashier who owns a few CD's which means that Universal is buying AMD and Apple is buying Universal and IBM and Universal are going to merge so that Apple can buy SuperPowerPC 9945xm Series chips running at 660GHz in eight-way configurations which means a speed improvement of 10x2^16562194465336 times over the current line! Especially once they implement the HyperTransport Bus!
Just wanted to say thanks for the tips - I'll do some watching. I've seen "Metropolis" and loved it - beautiful film.
/. but many of the PBB systems have private messaging and such. I'm a long time reader but a minimal participator (other than meta- and normal moderation) so I don't have all the little specifics figured out yet on that sort of thing...
BTW - tried to find some way of leaving a message to you personally, through your user link, and found none. I'm not sure if anything like it exists here on
Thx again!
Glowurm writes: "I am not new to Anime, but am not a completely junkie fan either. I have my favorites, and enjoy a few here and there while recognizing the contribution of certain films to the genre. For instance, while I understand the value of Akira, it seemed primitive to me, as the artwork was oddly stylized and rough."
"I've enjoyed 'Urotsokidoji,' 'Lain,' and a number of other series, but have found few that rival the epic, apocalyptic feeling of 'The Animatrix' which is also felt in films such as 'Terminator 2.' What else, in anime, fills these shoes?"
Seems somewhat primitive at this point, but has possibilities!
Good points. Proper refute with style. Too bad I tossed all my mod points yesterday.
The bit about the arm in particular - very astute - never thought of it until your mention. What a nice little backdoor.
I too find frustration at the key combo's Adobe chooses - but I generally understand why that they are the way that they are. I agree that it's very irritating to intend one action with another result.
For you, the solution may be to change the shortcut key. You can do this by choosing "Edit" --> "Keyboard Shortcuts" and then choosing "Menu Commands" in the popup menu that, by default, is labeled "Tools" (Rather, the "Tools" menu item is chosen by default.) You'll find that under the section titled "View" (turn down the arrow next to it by clicking) there's an item for "Show/Hide Edges." If you click on the actual text indicated as a shortcut you can enter a new key combo. Hit "OK" and resume your work in a frustration-free manner.
I know you probably could've used a much simpler explaination but there are many who would've asked questions or may not have been able to completely understand how to find what I was talking about. Besides, when my students ask this question now I can point them here and be done with it. [Kidding!]