Another fun thing to do in that game is build one of those "launch" rides that launch a circular platform of people up a shaft, but set the speed to something ridiculously high, and watch the cart fly off and crash into your park.
Muahahhahaa!
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No, they'll blow it up using cheesy special effects just to make you think it was destroyed. Then Henry Rollins will come out and laugh at your misfortune.
David St. Hubbins: I do not, for one, think that the problem was that the band was down. I think that the problem *may* have been, that there was a Stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being *crushed* by a *dwarf*. Alright? That tended to understate the hugeness of the object.
Ian Faith: I really think you're just making much too big a thing out of it.
David St. Hubbins: Making a big thing out of it would have been a good idea!
I just totally realized that this could be asking about non-computer magnification. I'm such a geek.
If this isn't for the computer, then why not just use a plain old magnifying glass, or one of the larger "lenses", like the kind you melt GI Joes and ants with. You know the ones!
Seems to be more efficient than a powered tv/camera type setup.
Hmm, I've been able to do the conversion (export MOV to AVI) for any Quicktime trailer I've downloaded/saved from quicktime.apple.com, so I don't see what the deal is.
I do have the "full" version of Quicktime, if that makes a difference.
See subject. You need to either learn how to code such a beast (I'd make it web driven for the front end, using stored procedures on SQL to drive the backend.) or find/pay someone else to code it for you.
No solution is going to be perfectly suited to your needs, and modifying/retrofitting an existing system might be more trouble than it's worth.
Well, hopefully my AthlonXP 1.53GHz will be buff enough.
Sorry, it's not. My AthlonXP 1.8GHz chops up on some parts of the Microsoft demo videos, especially when chrominance is high (sun reflecting off the water, etc.)
I'm sure if you have a 2.0GHz processor (AMD or Intel) it'll run fine. And most likely there will be a hardware decoder available for this content, so no worries.
The quality is amazing though. I saved the superbowl ads for the Matrix and Terminator 3, and they were in 720i as well. Delicious.
Linked tables are the worst way to do things in Access.
Access has this nice "feature" where it sometimes decides that the ODBC data source can't do the proper filtering (especially when you're using Access's query editor, which has it's own functions for strings and dates) and this causes Access to grab the ENTIRE table and do filtering on the client's computer (running Access.) How insanely stupid is that? Don't even get me started on the amount of locking it does, or the amount of network traffic it generates.
You should be using pass through queries and stored procedures as often as you can be. That's the only proper way to code in Access. If you can't do that, you should be making a web interface or something else.
First, hopefully you're using just the "client" version of Access, which doesn't allow editing of forms/reports/etc., just viewing and executing.
Second, you shouldn't be having your users all access the files at the same time on the same share. It's just asking for trouble (especially since I don't know how compatable a Samba share is with Access's sharing methods.) You'd be better off keeping a local copy on each client's computer. You could do this using a logon script, or if you're savvy enough, could even code it inside your Access application itself (on startup, check it's own version against the one on the server, if not up to date, warn the user, etc.)
A common mistake that people make when working with Access is to try to use it as anything more than a "front end". Sure, it might be 'easy' to code in, but it's pretty damn sloppy and inefficient. You're better off making nice looking forms which call pass through (re: stored procedures) queries on the server, which in turn handle the logic and data processing for you. (You are using Oracle or MSSQL, right? God I hope you're not using Access's tables to store data..) Linked tables are the _worst_ way to do things.
Also, as many others have said on here, you're better off translating your Access database into a web interface...
You should really check this out. Hi Def Windows Media 9. Requires a beast of a processor to decode it though.. my Athlon 1.8GHz chokes on a few parts, noticably when the screen is "bright" (lots of luminance data to process, I guess?)
Here here! You are right about everything. I've been wondering myself why Sci-Fi is going down the crapper. The only thing left watching now is Stargate SG-1, and I've heard rumors that it might not be around for much longer either.
Sci-Fi needs to stop producing shitty movies like Antibody, Riverworld, Do or Die, etc..
I too enjoyed MST3K. I'll never forgive them for killing that.
This whole Slashdot story thread is retarded. Obviously no one read the article to see that this really only applies to.NET (ASP/VB/C#/etc.)
I can't tell you what an improvement assemblies are compared to a "component"/COM object. You'd have to build your DLL, then regsvr32 it into the system.. and if you ever needed to update the DLL, you'd have to stop your service/app that uses the DLL, then regsvr32 -u it... and then overwrite the existing file, then regsvr32 it again, and start your service/program back up..
And now? You just overwrite the DLL..NET takes care of the rest. Piece of cake.
If you have.NET Framework installed, I'd suggest checking out %systemroot\Assembly\ [to see all the assemblies you current have installed, and their versions] and also the "Microsoft.NET Configuration" program under Administrative Tools. In there is an entire interface dedicated to managing the GAC.
You're trying to compare a service to a piece of software. Sorry, but that just doesn't work. Obviously a EULA like that on a piece of software would be most likely illegal. Dealing with a service, like an ISP, or a provider of a service, like a college or school, they are basically free to limit/unlimit that service as they see fit. It's their service to limit. You don't "own" it, nor can you claim any "rights" to it.
but I think your statement ignores the fact that the institution should _not_ have any more say than any ISP over how student use what is in effect their _own home connection_. It's not like they can get Rogers to come and run a cable connection to their room, after all. They have no choice of ISP's.
Hahahahhahahahaha.. thanks for making me laugh so hard I began to cry.
I guess you must have missed the university's "Terms of Service" or "Acceptable Use Policy" documents regarding their network and the internet. See, they pay for the internet. You pay them to use that internet. It is a privilage, not a right. If you want to do something that they don't allow, tough luck. Wait until you're at another internet terminal, or a friend's house.. etc.. to do your file swapping and the like.
Just like another poster said, most college networks are for academic purposes, unless stated otherwise.
The point I was trying to make is that Direct3D/DirectX isn't as shitty as you're making it out to be. It sounds like you just want to hop on the M$-bashing train like everyone else.
The problem is that DirectX and Direct3D totally suck ass. Yeah, I guess so. Games like Unreal (Tournament, 2003, II), Command and Conquer (Red Alert, Red Alert 2, Generals), Splinter Cell, Half-Life, WarCraft 3, Dungeon Siege, etc. all suck ass because of the suck ass Direct3D.
Obviously someone [read: game developers] thinks Direct3D has a future and is a good API. Why not pull your head out of your arse and keep your anti-M$ comments to yourself?
Using the broad install base of Windows to kill OpenGL progression would be considered anti-competitive.
Give me a break, it's up to the game developers to decide what graphics interface to use. If you want to get on someone's case, go ahead and get on theirs.
OpenGL has it's pros/cons, as does Direct3D. But dismissing it as crap and saying it sucks is just ignorant.
Sorry, but pops and hiss are not caused by lossy compression in the MP3 format. Most likely you're forgetting to convert your 44.1KHz audio to 48KHz (which is what a DVD uses..)
If your video/audio editing software was decent, it should have done this for you automagically.
Editing HDTV format(1024x768) content with 6.1 surround audio AND adding 3d video transitions (not just lame 3d rendering... wrapping live video onto a 3d object something that takes much more processor and ram) NEVER touches the swap space in the AVID's I maintain
AHAHAHAHAHA I just have to call bullshit on this entire post, I'm sorry. You don't know what you're talking about. Since when is 1024x768 a "HDTV Format" ? As far as I know, the only official standard vertical HDTV resolutions are 480i/p, 720i/p, and 1080i/p.
I'm seriously doubting you have the hi-end AVID setup (which by the way isn't $160k like you said) because we have one here at work (the $15k starter model, no high-def, just DV) that definitely benefited from the 2 gigs of RAM and dual Xeon's we upgraded to last year. The RAM helps when dealing with a lot of video clips, and the dual Xeon's cut our rendering time more than half. Don't believe me on the RAM? Try it yourself. Downgrade your supposed 1 gig of RAM (to perhaps 256 megs?) and see if you're taking a performance hit while editing.
By the way, if you really do have a high-end AVID setup, the fancy 3d wrapping you're talking about is all done in the AVID hardware board itself, it barely (if ever) hits your CPU and RAM. And if you really do have this system, keep in mind that not everyone out there can afford such a beast.
Uhh, hate to burst your M$-bashing bubble, but ADO.NET and Visual Basic have nothing to do with SQL Server. Try again.
And regarding the "proprietariness" (which I don't believe is even a word) of MSSQL server, it's not more proprietary than any other solution out there (Oracle, MySQL, Postre, etc.) Most of them tend to be ANSI compliant though, making simple select/insert/update's work across all the DB's.
As a side note, I don't think you really understand what.NET is (C# or otherwise.)
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Hey, that's what I do in Rollercoaster Tycoon!
Another fun thing to do in that game is build one of those "launch" rides that launch a circular platform of people up a shaft, but set the speed to something ridiculously high, and watch the cart fly off and crash into your park.
Muahahhahaa!
No, they'll blow it up using cheesy special effects just to make you think it was destroyed. Then Henry Rollins will come out and laugh at your misfortune.
Oh wait, wrong show.
David St. Hubbins: I do not, for one, think that the problem was that the band was down. I think that the problem *may* have been, that there was a Stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being *crushed* by a *dwarf*. Alright? That tended to understate the hugeness of the object.
Ian Faith: I really think you're just making much too big a thing out of it.
David St. Hubbins: Making a big thing out of it would have been a good idea!
I just totally realized that this could be asking about non-computer magnification. I'm such a geek.
If this isn't for the computer, then why not just use a plain old magnifying glass, or one of the larger "lenses", like the kind you melt GI Joes and ants with. You know the ones!
Seems to be more efficient than a powered tv/camera type setup.
WindowsKey+U, Start the Magnifier. Bam.
Hmm, I've been able to do the conversion (export MOV to AVI) for any Quicktime trailer I've downloaded/saved from quicktime.apple.com, so I don't see what the deal is.
I do have the "full" version of Quicktime, if that makes a difference.
See subject. You need to either learn how to code such a beast (I'd make it web driven for the front end, using stored procedures on SQL to drive the backend.) or find/pay someone else to code it for you.
No solution is going to be perfectly suited to your needs, and modifying/retrofitting an existing system might be more trouble than it's worth.
Wow, that has to be one of the most ignorant and retarded comments I've seen on Slashdot. Congrats for setting a new low.
You should be able to just export the Quicktime as an uncompressed AVI, then compress it to MPEG using your favorite MPEG encoder.
But why would you want to do that anyhow? Your MPEG would have to be a higher bitrate than your original Quicktime.
Awesome! I have no idea why someone modded me "Overrated", but thanks man. I appreciate it. My post certainly was that!
Either your eyes are shot, your monitor is broken, or you're just plain retarded. Take your pick. I'll even let you choose all three if you want.
Well, hopefully my AthlonXP 1.53GHz will be buff enough.
Sorry, it's not. My AthlonXP 1.8GHz chops up on some parts of the Microsoft demo videos, especially when chrominance is high (sun reflecting off the water, etc.)
I'm sure if you have a 2.0GHz processor (AMD or Intel) it'll run fine. And most likely there will be a hardware decoder available for this content, so no worries.
The quality is amazing though. I saved the superbowl ads for the Matrix and Terminator 3, and they were in 720i as well. Delicious.
Linked tables are the worst way to do things in Access.
Access has this nice "feature" where it sometimes decides that the ODBC data source can't do the proper filtering (especially when you're using Access's query editor, which has it's own functions for strings and dates) and this causes Access to grab the ENTIRE table and do filtering on the client's computer (running Access.) How insanely stupid is that? Don't even get me started on the amount of locking it does, or the amount of network traffic it generates.
You should be using pass through queries and stored procedures as often as you can be. That's the only proper way to code in Access. If you can't do that, you should be making a web interface or something else.
Ok ok. Let's back up here.
First, hopefully you're using just the "client" version of Access, which doesn't allow editing of forms/reports/etc., just viewing and executing.
Second, you shouldn't be having your users all access the files at the same time on the same share. It's just asking for trouble (especially since I don't know how compatable a Samba share is with Access's sharing methods.) You'd be better off keeping a local copy on each client's computer. You could do this using a logon script, or if you're savvy enough, could even code it inside your Access application itself (on startup, check it's own version against the one on the server, if not up to date, warn the user, etc.)
A common mistake that people make when working with Access is to try to use it as anything more than a "front end". Sure, it might be 'easy' to code in, but it's pretty damn sloppy and inefficient. You're better off making nice looking forms which call pass through (re: stored procedures) queries on the server, which in turn handle the logic and data processing for you. (You are using Oracle or MSSQL, right? God I hope you're not using Access's tables to store data..) Linked tables are the _worst_ way to do things.
Also, as many others have said on here, you're better off translating your Access database into a web interface...
You should really check this out. Hi Def Windows Media 9. Requires a beast of a processor to decode it though.. my Athlon 1.8GHz chokes on a few parts, noticably when the screen is "bright" (lots of luminance data to process, I guess?)
Or you could run VDMSound under XP..
I have yet to find an old DOS game that doesn't work under VDMSound. I loaded up Ween: The Prophecy and had a blast. Along with Conquest of Camelot.
Here here! You are right about everything. I've been wondering myself why Sci-Fi is going down the crapper. The only thing left watching now is Stargate SG-1, and I've heard rumors that it might not be around for much longer either.
Sci-Fi needs to stop producing shitty movies like Antibody, Riverworld, Do or Die, etc..
I too enjoyed MST3K. I'll never forgive them for killing that.
Sci-Fi, you're pissing off your viewers.
This whole Slashdot story thread is retarded. Obviously no one read the article to see that this really only applies to .NET (ASP/VB/C#/etc.)
.NET takes care of the rest. Piece of cake.
.NET Framework installed, I'd suggest checking out %systemroot\Assembly\ [to see all the assemblies you current have installed, and their versions] and also the "Microsoft .NET Configuration" program under Administrative Tools. In there is an entire interface dedicated to managing the GAC.
.NET rocks the hizzy.
I can't tell you what an improvement assemblies are compared to a "component"/COM object. You'd have to build your DLL, then regsvr32 it into the system.. and if you ever needed to update the DLL, you'd have to stop your service/app that uses the DLL, then regsvr32 -u it... and then overwrite the existing file, then regsvr32 it again, and start your service/program back up..
And now? You just overwrite the DLL.
If you have
It's pretty cool stuff.
You're trying to compare a service to a piece of software. Sorry, but that just doesn't work. Obviously a EULA like that on a piece of software would be most likely illegal. Dealing with a service, like an ISP, or a provider of a service, like a college or school, they are basically free to limit/unlimit that service as they see fit. It's their service to limit. You don't "own" it, nor can you claim any "rights" to it.
but I think your statement ignores the fact that the institution should _not_ have any more say than any ISP over how student use what is in effect their _own home connection_. It's not like they can get Rogers to come and run a cable connection to their room, after all. They have no choice of ISP's.
Hahahahhahahahaha.. thanks for making me laugh so hard I began to cry.
I guess you must have missed the university's "Terms of Service" or "Acceptable Use Policy" documents regarding their network and the internet. See, they pay for the internet. You pay them to use that internet. It is a privilage, not a right. If you want to do something that they don't allow, tough luck. Wait until you're at another internet terminal, or a friend's house.. etc.. to do your file swapping and the like.
Just like another poster said, most college networks are for academic purposes, unless stated otherwise.
The point I was trying to make is that Direct3D/DirectX isn't as shitty as you're making it out to be. It sounds like you just want to hop on the M$-bashing train like everyone else.
The problem is that DirectX and Direct3D totally suck ass.
Yeah, I guess so. Games like Unreal (Tournament, 2003, II), Command and Conquer (Red Alert, Red Alert 2, Generals), Splinter Cell, Half-Life, WarCraft 3, Dungeon Siege, etc. all suck ass because of the suck ass Direct3D.
Obviously someone [read: game developers] thinks Direct3D has a future and is a good API. Why not pull your head out of your arse and keep your anti-M$ comments to yourself?
Using the broad install base of Windows to kill OpenGL progression would be considered anti-competitive.
Give me a break, it's up to the game developers to decide what graphics interface to use. If you want to get on someone's case, go ahead and get on theirs.
OpenGL has it's pros/cons, as does Direct3D. But dismissing it as crap and saying it sucks is just ignorant.
Sorry, but pops and hiss are not caused by lossy compression in the MP3 format. Most likely you're forgetting to convert your 44.1KHz audio to 48KHz (which is what a DVD uses..)
If your video/audio editing software was decent, it should have done this for you automagically.
Editing HDTV format(1024x768) content with 6.1 surround audio AND adding 3d video transitions (not just lame 3d rendering... wrapping live video onto a 3d object something that takes much more processor and ram) NEVER touches the swap space in the AVID's I maintain
AHAHAHAHAHA I just have to call bullshit on this entire post, I'm sorry. You don't know what you're talking about. Since when is 1024x768 a "HDTV Format" ? As far as I know, the only official standard vertical HDTV resolutions are 480i/p, 720i/p, and 1080i/p.
I'm seriously doubting you have the hi-end AVID setup (which by the way isn't $160k like you said) because we have one here at work (the $15k starter model, no high-def, just DV) that definitely benefited from the 2 gigs of RAM and dual Xeon's we upgraded to last year. The RAM helps when dealing with a lot of video clips, and the dual Xeon's cut our rendering time more than half. Don't believe me on the RAM? Try it yourself. Downgrade your supposed 1 gig of RAM (to perhaps 256 megs?) and see if you're taking a performance hit while editing.
By the way, if you really do have a high-end AVID setup, the fancy 3d wrapping you're talking about is all done in the AVID hardware board itself, it barely (if ever) hits your CPU and RAM. And if you really do have this system, keep in mind that not everyone out there can afford such a beast.
Uhh, hate to burst your M$-bashing bubble, but ADO.NET and Visual Basic have nothing to do with SQL Server. Try again.
.NET is (C# or otherwise.)
And regarding the "proprietariness" (which I don't believe is even a word) of MSSQL server, it's not more proprietary than any other solution out there (Oracle, MySQL, Postre, etc.) Most of them tend to be ANSI compliant though, making simple select/insert/update's work across all the DB's.
As a side note, I don't think you really understand what