Actually it's not flash - it's their own package called Live Motion. It produces Flash-compatible graphics and SVG-based anims. SVG is open-source and where Adobe wants to go. Flash is binary and somewhat more constricted and where Macromedia keeps it's cashflow. Adobe wants to kill 2 birds with one stone...
Absotootly - in a linup, the Amiga would knock the socks off of any of the competition, up until recently. Our hardware was the best - easy to work with yet tough as nails. The only issues we had was with SCSI voodoo out the back of the Zeus SCSI connector (people alternativly added and removed terminator blocks at random...ah, the days!)
For a 60K microkernal, AmigaDos had it wrapped up. Amazing amount of power, and the user always had it at his fingertips, kind of like the effect the "multitasking" the old Mac OS had. Frontmost apps jumped to the GUI's touch, and unlike the old MacOS to v9.x, the background tasks pretty much didn't sink the system. I'm running OS X 10.1.2 and I wish it felt that pliable under my fingertips.
Why do I feel like I'vce just set myself up for a goats.cx post?? Gotta filter higher!
Ack! Replying to my own mail...bah!
One thing I wanted to add...we went belly-up because we were recovering from a devistating fire at our old offices on Kalamath street, and cash was tight then. We really needed a good christmas to stay afloat.
Aparently Fat Jack only need to keep his yacht afloat.
I'll agree with a bunch of that! I used to be the Tech Support/Graphic Designer/Doc Writer for Progressive Peripherals, a big Amiga hardware and software manufacturer, waaaay back in 1991.
We were doing pretty well - 030 & 040 accellerators (anyone remember Mercury and Zeus?) for the 2000 & 3000 line, software like Disk Master and 3D Professional (one fo the first 3d apps to use NURBs), and lots of kick-ass stuff. We were seriously in the zone - our stuff kicked the butt of the competition (like...hack!..GVP) when it came to reliability and speed.
Users loved us. We were doing well. Then Commodore nailed the coffin shut.
That last Christmas in 92, Commdore just let the Amiga die. No adverts. No promotion. I think Tramiel wanted to keep all that off-shore Jamacian bank cash to himself and get out of the biz, and then PPI went belly up a few months later.
They regrouped and formed Aspen System, making Alpha motherboards (always geeks...god save 'em!)
But our people loved the Amiga. It was *SO* far beyond it's time...just a perfect example of waste via marketing.
Agreed - so, you want a DVD player, HD recorder and game system? Oh wait - you say you want a GOOD DVD, HD player and game system? Then don't expect them in one generic box...
It's the second law of the Universe all over again: The more you put things together, the more they fall apart!
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>>Can't you see that a vehicle which uses Dynamic Stability to be driven as an
>>extension of your own body movements is a great innovation?
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>What, you mean like... a bicycle? Or roller skates?
Um, maybe, but I've never seen anyone a bike or rollerblades (especially in a stationary position) defined as stabile.
And what of it! If the invention is as evolutionary and successful as EITHER a bike or rollerblades, then he's got a hit on his hands. I know I want one...if only for short distance drives that would be long-distance walks.
I live in Holland now, after 38 years in the US. I've not had a car in 3.5 years and I'm miserable. The train/tram infrastructure, possibly the best in Europe, is breaking down to the point where entire lines are closed and I doubt a line can run a few hours without delays or cancellations. It's a tiny country, so those of us who are forced out onto the roads in cars are stuck in traffic... horrendous traffic, even by LA standards. And once you've arrived, good luck even trying to find a parking place or paying for expensive gas to get back.
Traditional scooters here use the bike paths and are maniacs, absolute terrors on the walk for pedestrians...the delivery boys, 15-year olds in packs (male and female) and the grandmas speeding off to a sale in the marketplace would more quickly knock you down than share a path peacefully.
If Kamen's invention can remove or reduce any of this crap to the point where people can co-exist without with pedestrians and avoid traffic, I'd GLADLY pay $3000 US for one. And I'd fly over to get it too!
This can be an extremely CIVILIZING invention... think of the possibilities! And for slashdotters who can spend months talking about the coolness of an iPod or iOpener...open your eyes! Oh man, do I want to see how this thing works!
Anyone who doesn't squirt a bit just thinking of playing with one is being a tech-misogynist dinosaur. Stop kidding yourself - get into it! This *is* so cool..
- the Archos is a brick, where this is a bar of Ivory. It's gonna be slightly bigger than the FACEPLATE on the Archos controls!
- The Archos is USB. Firewire is heckka faster
- Twice the (corporate-claimed) battery life
- The Controls are, I betcha, better (but this is subjective...the jog-dial on the iPod looks wicked cool)
Is it worth $150 more for 1GB less? If size and power matters (ahem), than probably yes. The FireWire hookup and controls alone interest me (although I currently listen to MP3s on my Siemens SL45 phone...hee hee hee!)
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Actually it's not flash - it's their own package called Live Motion. It produces Flash-compatible graphics and SVG-based anims. SVG is open-source and where Adobe wants to go. Flash is binary and somewhat more constricted and where Macromedia keeps it's cashflow. Adobe wants to kill 2 birds with one stone...
For a 60K microkernal, AmigaDos had it wrapped up. Amazing amount of power, and the user always had it at his fingertips, kind of like the effect the "multitasking" the old Mac OS had. Frontmost apps jumped to the GUI's touch, and unlike the old MacOS to v9.x, the background tasks pretty much didn't sink the system. I'm running OS X 10.1.2 and I wish it felt that pliable under my fingertips.
Why do I feel like I'vce just set myself up for a goats.cx post?? Gotta filter higher!
Lemmings!
Defender of the Crown
Deluxe Paint
and it goes on and on...I think I lost a thumb muscle with Arkanoid.
bah!
Aparently Fat Jack only need to keep his yacht afloat.
double-bah!
We were doing pretty well - 030 & 040 accellerators (anyone remember Mercury and Zeus?) for the 2000 & 3000 line, software like Disk Master and 3D Professional (one fo the first 3d apps to use NURBs), and lots of kick-ass stuff. We were seriously in the zone - our stuff kicked the butt of the competition (like...hack!..GVP) when it came to reliability and speed.
Users loved us. We were doing well. Then Commodore nailed the coffin shut.
That last Christmas in 92, Commdore just let the Amiga die. No adverts. No promotion. I think Tramiel wanted to keep all that off-shore Jamacian bank cash to himself and get out of the biz, and then PPI went belly up a few months later.
They regrouped and formed Aspen System, making Alpha motherboards (always geeks...god save 'em!)
But our people loved the Amiga. It was *SO* far beyond it's time...just a perfect example of waste via marketing.
bah!
What an absolute loser...
Agreed - so, you want a DVD player, HD recorder and game system? Oh wait - you say you want a GOOD DVD, HD player and game system? Then don't expect them in one generic box...
It's the second law of the Universe all over again: The more you put things together, the more they fall apart!
>>Can't you see that a vehicle which uses Dynamic Stability to be driven as an
... horrendous traffic, even by LA standards. And once you've arrived, good luck even trying to find a parking place or paying for expensive gas to get back.
>>extension of your own body movements is a great innovation?
>
>What, you mean like... a bicycle? Or roller skates?
Um, maybe, but I've never seen anyone a bike or rollerblades (especially in a stationary position) defined as stabile.
And what of it! If the invention is as evolutionary and successful as EITHER a bike or rollerblades, then he's got a hit on his hands. I know I want one...if only for short distance drives that would be long-distance walks.
I live in Holland now, after 38 years in the US. I've not had a car in 3.5 years and I'm miserable. The train/tram infrastructure, possibly the best in Europe, is breaking down to the point where entire lines are closed and I doubt a line can run a few hours without delays or cancellations. It's a tiny country, so those of us who are forced out onto the roads in cars are stuck in traffic
Traditional scooters here use the bike paths and are maniacs, absolute terrors on the walk for pedestrians...the delivery boys, 15-year olds in packs (male and female) and the grandmas speeding off to a sale in the marketplace would more quickly knock you down than share a path peacefully.
If Kamen's invention can remove or reduce any of this crap to the point where people can co-exist without with pedestrians and avoid traffic, I'd GLADLY pay $3000 US for one. And I'd fly over to get it too!
This can be an extremely CIVILIZING invention... think of the possibilities! And for slashdotters who can spend months talking about the coolness of an iPod or iOpener...open your eyes! Oh man, do I want to see how this thing works!
Anyone who doesn't squirt a bit just thinking of playing with one is being a tech-misogynist dinosaur. Stop kidding yourself - get into it! This *is* so cool..
Yeah - but remember this:
- the Archos is a brick, where this is a bar of Ivory. It's gonna be slightly bigger than the FACEPLATE on the Archos controls!
- The Archos is USB. Firewire is heckka faster
- Twice the (corporate-claimed) battery life
- The Controls are, I betcha, better (but this is subjective...the jog-dial on the iPod looks wicked cool)
Is it worth $150 more for 1GB less? If size and power matters (ahem), than probably yes. The FireWire hookup and controls alone interest me (although I currently listen to MP3s on my Siemens SL45 phone...hee hee hee!)