At the end of the day, if the GIMP developers arent interested in switching PS users (something that would suprise me), then its fine to keep developing software that continues to be irrelevant to the most obvious user base.
I don't think that some simple UI re-arrangement to make GIMP *similar* to PS would be particularly hard. Simply re-ordering the tools palette into the same as PS would be a very useful start.
Michael Robertson cares as much about Linux, free software and the opensource movement, as he did about independent musicians struggling to make a buck from the record industry.
He doesn't.
Anyone who remembered his tireless cattle calls to the masses of artists at mp3.com who naively got suckered into his morose diatribe saw this coming a mile off.
MR is nothing more than an agitator that looks to generate revenue from being a nuisance to real (albeit evil) companies. If he can utilise the surrounding community of underdogs (yesterday new musicians, today the free software supporters) then its even better - free lobbyists!
All he cares about is making a buck, and doesn't mind what bandwagons or communities he has to jump on in order to succeed at this goal.
Linspire will die, don't even bother with it. MR will sell out just before the vaporous company dissipates and move on to something else to exploit.
Yup, no twinkies here (as far as I can tell), but all fast food joints all supersize (if that's what you mean).
Anyone licensed can own a gun, and anyone can get a license - as far as I am concerned it's a much better system than in the states. Let me put it this way, our cops don't even carry guns. They have patrol cars on call with an arsenal in the boot (trunk) for armed offender call outs, but this usually results in a SWAT team that are supposed to be among the best in the world.
Broadband is still not everywhere, though most of the population live in a couple of cities which all have broadband, though it is monopolised by one telco that owns all the lines. The government is currently trying to sort this.
Local phone calls have always been and still are free (think back to the BBS days, it was awesome)
Not sure about that, I don't think Region Coded DVD players are illegal. We have a region here (4) and most players are coded, I had to do unlock mine.
This NZ government also restricted the importation of Non-region 4 DVD's into the country as NZ reps of the major studios where moaning that DVD shops in NZ were selling Region 1 DVD's of movies currently showing at the cinema.. This really irritated me, as there are lots of DVD's that aren't in Region 4, and the studios should get movies here sooner.
It is still legal to import/buy from amazon region n dvd's for personal use though. So I guess it is not really much of a problem.
It'd make me feel guilty, having that much power in a small package while other people can't even get it in a PC tower.
STOP PRESS
Apple's "benchmarks" actually duped a member of the public!!!!
Considering that an Alienware laptop beat the fastest G5 tower in Photoshop tests (yes, those Photoshop tests that Apple Fanboys used to rely on when cold hard figures looked so bad).
But let me guess, all of a sudden Photoshop tests are not a good assessment anymore? Now it's specint benchmarks etc.
Apple User in the 90's "Hahah, peecee users suck! They have a GUI over the top of a CLI"
Apple User of today "Hahah, we rule! We have a GUI over the top of CLI!"
haw-haw-haw!
Classic that one! Gee did you think up the sheep jokes all by yourself?
Let me guess, you are from Australia right? It's obvious...
No need to get all antsy because little brother down here has been making great films like LOTR, (while recent matrix where a disappointment) has the netball world cup, is about to get the rugby world cup, the warriors are about to win the league, and any day our boy Scott Dixon is going to be going to F1...
Are you worried that new matrixes may not be shot in Oz anymore and may go to WETA? Don't worry, this film is made in an entirely different city than where WETA is.
You just keep up with the sheep jokes, and we will keep forging ahead...
OMG..
Racer ain't open source...
You are right.. racer *just* looks better (high poly car). Crappy physics. Only one car at a time. Low FPS etc etc etc...it's garbage...
There is no company... I am a mod of the official LFS forums and I never heard of Krackhouse...
Audiophile? And you think MD is for Audiophiles!? And you think it is LOSSLESS?!?!?! And you think your are an audiophile?!?!?!?!?!?!?
get real man...being an audiophile is nothing to be proud of, and you don't even know what you are talking about...
I have used quicktime on windows before, but never for something this hi-res.. man is it slow.. my machine plays DVD's and DiVX's with ease, and here it is dragging it's toes through this lower res (than DVD, just) movie...
another reason why quicktime blows...
Instead of actually asking a serious, important or thought provoking question that actually contributes something to this universe.I will ask what has become the standard type of Ask Slashdot Question.
What is the most pointless geeky question I can ask slashdot that will serve no other purpose but get people talking about the banal and irrelevant. My goal is to spend a lot of time and money, hacking something together that really has no purpose other than to amuse my own sad little life, and hopefully impress fellow slashdotters and provide them with funny anecdotes to share around the lunch table - "Hey some guy on slashdot is building a beowulf cluster out of 3000 gameboy advances, and he wanted to know the best colour to get!"
My end goal is to have wasted everybody's time because I probably won't start on the idea, and if I do it will wind up being an unfinished project on my personal website featuring pictures of my cat.
I agree! This guy is a complete twat! I mean what arrogant consumerist materialist pricks have parties and get people over for "cheese and wine" to gloat about their new imac delivery, or pocket pc phones. Get a life.
And all this crap about getting sweaty if he had to run to work, no shit you lazy bastard. Get fit, then you won't sweat! Duh.
Plus what is this visionary crap about the Segway helping the environment. "Yeah I only need one BMW". If everyone had segways we would still have problems, each in our own vehicle.. in many ways it's worse than a car. Plus doesn't this guy think about where his electricity comes from? Probaby nuclear power, yeah that's pretty green, and you've only lost about 80% of that energy through transmission to your house dumb ass!
I was a little saddened by your initial comment, that essentially China can't create it's own technology because it might be turned into evil weapons! Get a life. Maybe one of the most populous nations in the world doesn't want to be under the power of Microsoft and Palladium. Good on them, at least they have the power to do something about. I wonder what China thinks about America's technical capabilities. Oh yeah, that's right, the good ol US of A and Dubya are allowed them cause you are the "good guys".
Having spent considerable time in Taiwan, Hong Kong and PRC your comments about these nations show no real understanding of the political and historical complexities existing there. The world is not as black and white and good and evil as Dubya would have you believe.
You may be glad to live in a country that defends it's interests. But perhaps you should be questioning the validity of some of the interests.
Your "gung-ho" comments about Europe and America's sovereignty are great examples of the autocracy prevelant in the USA. Maybe you should consider that becoming part of a Union is actually a good thing, and can benefit the greater world instead of just your back yard.
Calling the EU socialists is a laughable jest. Geez, you've only been so far as Canada on your travels, haven't you?
As you can see by my nick, I am neither European, nor American. I would like to think that coming from this part of the world gives me a unique and balanced perspective. I respect America's power, and likewise the stable nature of the UN and the EU. I am undecided on the Iraq war, but I respect America's right to make it's decisions. Don't disrespect other nations or Unions for making different ones.
You know the saying - You live by the sword, you die by the sword. If you want America to assert military dominance over other countries and cultures in order to protect it's interests (some of which I guess logically must be located within their territory) then you must expect (whether justly or unjustly) consequences to those actions. This is your country's choice, and your country has the freedom to do so, but that doesn't mean that all the other nations should make the same decision.
You believe so powerfully in sovereignty, well what to you think China are trying to do. Protect their soveriegnty and independance from the worlds most powerful nation, it just happens to be yours, don't take it personally.
So am I, and I thought I would just clarify a few things you wrote about.
Everest is not the world's biggest mountain, K2 is. Everest is the *highest* mountain (it sits atop a huge range) it is infact the same size as Mount Cook (NZ's biggest mountain).
Rutherford explored the atom (commonly refered to as splitting, though you can't split an atom) using thin metal foil (think it may have been gold).
Sir William Hamilton did not invent a marine jet engine, he invented jet propulsion using an impellor(as in a jet of water). Hamilton jet boats can be powered by conventional combustion engines like in your car (most racing jet boats use american car engines), or jet turbine (like 747) like what Larry Ellisons Katana has.
Rugby is hardly a world sport, and sadly we are not even the world champions. Australia is. Didn't you watch the world cup? We didn't even make the finals.
NZ is fantastic place with an amazing history of important people. Yes, we have been largely ignored by some larger countries with other things to worry about, but who cares. We get to live here and enjoy it. If you are going to try and brag about us at least get some facts straight.
"Worldleading humility" - what a fantastic oxymoron.
I think the article has been misinterpreted. This journo is complaining of his download speed over P2P networks, as far as I can tell Telecom has not disabled these ports, and plus you could change them.
Perhaps this guy doesn't understand the technical issues if P2P, I mean he only has a 128k link that's just 2x56k modems, I wouldn't use gnutella on that!
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I agree with your points. However, Tolken was actually born in South Africa, but he did write LOTR while living in England.
As for the premiere, I think that is is being shown in NZ and London on the same *date* but as NZ is 12 hours ahead, we will actually have the world wide premiere here.
Why would PJ go through all the effort of fighting the US studio's to base and make the film in NZ, and then not have the premiere here...
But yes, point taken, it is a "world" film, I just got a bit carried away with all this talk of it being a "hollywood film":-)
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HAHAHAHA Peter Jackson, an Australian! That is the funniest thing... I hope you are joking...
If you do seriously believe that he is an Aussie, then you need your head read...
Peter Jackson was born in New Zealand on Halloween 1961. He was raised in Pukerua
Bay, a little town west of Wellington by his parents Bill and Joan Jackson...
He has lived in wellington all his life.. perhaps that it why it is where Weta and the Film is based?
"The only reason he's in New Zealand is because they have cheaper labour than here" yeah.. keep telling yourself that mate...there is about as much reason as us Kiwi's making LOTR in OZ, as making it in Mongolia...
"He is using the WETA company"
HE IS WETA! HE STARTED WETA, IT IS HIS COMPANY!
And the word is ROTOscoping.. not ROTOR... and tell me.. who exactly is "creating" the film then?
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Population isn't important mate, how much do you know about China, or Indonesia? Probably about as much as you know about NZ... go on.. name some provences in china..
As far as I can tell, it is pretty hard to determine a person's accent over the internet, so blaming confusion between NZ and Australia on accent is a bit silly.
Australians and New Zealanders wouldn't get pissed off if confused by other people. We all understand that many accents are confusing. But we tell you that we are from New Zealand, and people think that it is connected to Australia over the Sydney Harbour Bridge, or a 15 minute ferry ride, you can see how we become frustrated.
As if NZ doesn't do enough amazing stuff to impress the rest of the world, we still lose the credit to Australia.. if anything LOTR should have increased everybody's awareness of NZ.
I guess we will just have to wait till after the film...
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the underarm bowl!!! we will never forget!:-)
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Lord of The Rings, a series of books written by a South African Author living in England.
The series of Films are being directed by a New Zealander (Peter Jackson), in New Zealand, with a New Zealand Crew, and New Zealand extras.
Weta is a New Zealand CG company, with New Zealand artists, and New Zealand programmers.
Where will the premiere be? New Zealand...
Just to set the record straight...
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What your are asking non-americans to answer is a bit hard. Can you tell me the actual names of the States in Australia? or the Provinces in NZ? Let alone their nicknames...
and you really have no reason to not realise the Australia and New Zealand are too separate countries... You hear about them all the time...
America's Cup? - Team New Zealand
Peter Jackson? - New Zealander
LOTR - New Zealand Film (Shot, produced and CG all in Wellington) Not Hollywood!
All Blacks? - New Zealand
Andrew Nicholls (Writer/Director of Gattaca and The Truman Show) - New Zealander
Scott Dixon (Cart Rookie of the Year) - New Zealander
Apart from being pretty amazing accomplishments for a country of only 3.8 million people, these are all facts that should be relevant to even the most ignorant american...
So this new.us tld can be preceded by.org and.net etc? so you can get.org.us?
If so then that is great...:-)
I am just hoping for tld's to one day be uniform. I am personally all for.com's because they are global tld's which are great. I just think that seening all other countries have variations on co.cc that it would be good for the US to come to the party.
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I totally agree,
At the end of the day, if the GIMP developers arent interested in switching PS users (something that would suprise me), then its fine to keep developing software that continues to be irrelevant to the most obvious user base.
I don't think that some simple UI re-arrangement to make GIMP *similar* to PS would be particularly hard. Simply re-ordering the tools palette into the same as PS would be a very useful start.
Michael Robertson cares as much about Linux, free software and the opensource movement, as he did about independent musicians struggling to make a buck from the record industry.
He doesn't.
Anyone who remembered his tireless cattle calls to the masses of artists at mp3.com who naively got suckered into his morose diatribe saw this coming a mile off.
MR is nothing more than an agitator that looks to generate revenue from being a nuisance to real (albeit evil) companies. If he can utilise the surrounding community of underdogs (yesterday new musicians, today the free software supporters) then its even better - free lobbyists!
All he cares about is making a buck, and doesn't mind what bandwagons or communities he has to jump on in order to succeed at this goal.
Linspire will die, don't even bother with it. MR will sell out just before the vaporous company dissipates and move on to something else to exploit.
Yup, no twinkies here (as far as I can tell), but all fast food joints all supersize (if that's what you mean).
;)
Anyone licensed can own a gun, and anyone can get a license - as far as I am concerned it's a much better system than in the states. Let me put it this way, our cops don't even carry guns. They have patrol cars on call with an arsenal in the boot (trunk) for armed offender call outs, but this usually results in a SWAT team that are supposed to be among the best in the world.
Broadband is still not everywhere, though most of the population live in a couple of cities which all have broadband, though it is monopolised by one telco that owns all the lines. The government is currently trying to sort this.
Local phone calls have always been and still are free (think back to the BBS days, it was awesome)
Underdeveloped for a geek? Hardly.
Not sure about that, I don't think Region Coded DVD players are illegal. We have a region here (4) and most players are coded, I had to do unlock mine. This NZ government also restricted the importation of Non-region 4 DVD's into the country as NZ reps of the major studios where moaning that DVD shops in NZ were selling Region 1 DVD's of movies currently showing at the cinema.. This really irritated me, as there are lots of DVD's that aren't in Region 4, and the studios should get movies here sooner. It is still legal to import/buy from amazon region n dvd's for personal use though. So I guess it is not really much of a problem.
It'd make me feel guilty, having that much power in a small package while other people can't even get it in a PC tower.
STOP PRESS
Apple's "benchmarks" actually duped a member of the public!!!!
Considering that an Alienware laptop beat the fastest G5 tower in Photoshop tests (yes, those Photoshop tests that Apple Fanboys used to rely on when cold hard figures looked so bad).
But let me guess, all of a sudden Photoshop tests are not a good assessment anymore? Now it's specint benchmarks etc.
Apple User in the 90's "Hahah, peecee users suck! They have a GUI over the top of a CLI"
Apple User of today "Hahah, we rule! We have a GUI over the top of CLI!"
haw-haw-haw! Classic that one! Gee did you think up the sheep jokes all by yourself? Let me guess, you are from Australia right? It's obvious... No need to get all antsy because little brother down here has been making great films like LOTR, (while recent matrix where a disappointment) has the netball world cup, is about to get the rugby world cup, the warriors are about to win the league, and any day our boy Scott Dixon is going to be going to F1... Are you worried that new matrixes may not be shot in Oz anymore and may go to WETA? Don't worry, this film is made in an entirely different city than where WETA is. You just keep up with the sheep jokes, and we will keep forging ahead...
OMG.. Racer ain't open source... You are right.. racer *just* looks better (high poly car). Crappy physics. Only one car at a time. Low FPS etc etc etc...it's garbage... There is no company... I am a mod of the official LFS forums and I never heard of Krackhouse...
You really have no idea what you are talking about do you?
This is the first release requiring activation. All previous versions of LFS were free beta tests.
Audiophile? And you think MD is for Audiophiles!? And you think it is LOSSLESS?!?!?! And you think your are an audiophile?!?!?!?!?!?!? get real man...being an audiophile is nothing to be proud of, and you don't even know what you are talking about...
I have used quicktime on windows before, but never for something this hi-res.. man is it slow.. my machine plays DVD's and DiVX's with ease, and here it is dragging it's toes through this lower res (than DVD, just) movie... another reason why quicktime blows...
read the article...
Instead of actually asking a serious, important or thought provoking question that actually contributes something to this universe.I will ask what has become the standard type of Ask Slashdot Question.
What is the most pointless geeky question I can ask slashdot that will serve no other purpose but get people talking about the banal and irrelevant. My goal is to spend a lot of time and money, hacking something together that really has no purpose other than to amuse my own sad little life, and hopefully impress fellow slashdotters and provide them with funny anecdotes to share around the lunch table - "Hey some guy on slashdot is building a beowulf cluster out of 3000 gameboy advances, and he wanted to know the best colour to get!"
My end goal is to have wasted everybody's time because I probably won't start on the idea, and if I do it will wind up being an unfinished project on my personal website featuring pictures of my cat.
I agree! This guy is a complete twat! I mean what arrogant consumerist materialist pricks have parties and get people over for "cheese and wine" to gloat about their new imac delivery, or pocket pc phones. Get a life.
And all this crap about getting sweaty if he had to run to work, no shit you lazy bastard. Get fit, then you won't sweat! Duh.
Plus what is this visionary crap about the Segway helping the environment. "Yeah I only need one BMW". If everyone had segways we would still have problems, each in our own vehicle.. in many ways it's worse than a car. Plus doesn't this guy think about where his electricity comes from? Probaby nuclear power, yeah that's pretty green, and you've only lost about 80% of that energy through transmission to your house dumb ass!
I was a little saddened by your initial comment, that essentially China can't create it's own technology because it might be turned into evil weapons! Get a life. Maybe one of the most populous nations in the world doesn't want to be under the power of Microsoft and Palladium. Good on them, at least they have the power to do something about. I wonder what China thinks about America's technical capabilities. Oh yeah, that's right, the good ol US of A and Dubya are allowed them cause you are the "good guys".
Having spent considerable time in Taiwan, Hong Kong and PRC your comments about these nations show no real understanding of the political and historical complexities existing there. The world is not as black and white and good and evil as Dubya would have you believe.
You may be glad to live in a country that defends it's interests. But perhaps you should be questioning the validity of some of the interests.
Your "gung-ho" comments about Europe and America's sovereignty are great examples of the autocracy prevelant in the USA. Maybe you should consider that becoming part of a Union is actually a good thing, and can benefit the greater world instead of just your back yard.
Calling the EU socialists is a laughable jest. Geez, you've only been so far as Canada on your travels, haven't you?
As you can see by my nick, I am neither European, nor American. I would like to think that coming from this part of the world gives me a unique and balanced perspective. I respect America's power, and likewise the stable nature of the UN and the EU. I am undecided on the Iraq war, but I respect America's right to make it's decisions. Don't disrespect other nations or Unions for making different ones.
You know the saying - You live by the sword, you die by the sword. If you want America to assert military dominance over other countries and cultures in order to protect it's interests (some of which I guess logically must be located within their territory) then you must expect (whether justly or unjustly) consequences to those actions. This is your country's choice, and your country has the freedom to do so, but that doesn't mean that all the other nations should make the same decision.
You believe so powerfully in sovereignty, well what to you think China are trying to do. Protect their soveriegnty and independance from the worlds most powerful nation, it just happens to be yours, don't take it personally.
So am I, and I thought I would just clarify a few things you wrote about.
Everest is not the world's biggest mountain, K2 is. Everest is the *highest* mountain (it sits atop a huge range) it is infact the same size as Mount Cook (NZ's biggest mountain).
Rutherford explored the atom (commonly refered to as splitting, though you can't split an atom) using thin metal foil (think it may have been gold).
Sir William Hamilton did not invent a marine jet engine, he invented jet propulsion using an impellor(as in a jet of water). Hamilton jet boats can be powered by conventional combustion engines like in your car (most racing jet boats use american car engines), or jet turbine (like 747) like what Larry Ellisons Katana has.
Rugby is hardly a world sport, and sadly we are not even the world champions. Australia is. Didn't you watch the world cup? We didn't even make the finals.
NZ is fantastic place with an amazing history of important people. Yes, we have been largely ignored by some larger countries with other things to worry about, but who cares. We get to live here and enjoy it. If you are going to try and brag about us at least get some facts straight.
"Worldleading humility" - what a fantastic oxymoron.
oops, I meant...
<xml>
{insert proprietary data in closed format}
</xml>
{insert proprietary data in closed format}
I think the article has been misinterpreted. This journo is complaining of his download speed over P2P networks, as far as I can tell Telecom has not disabled these ports, and plus you could change them.
Perhaps this guy doesn't understand the technical issues if P2P, I mean he only has a 128k link that's just 2x56k modems, I wouldn't use gnutella on that!
I agree with your points. However, Tolken was actually born in South Africa, but he did write LOTR while living in England. As for the premiere, I think that is is being shown in NZ and London on the same *date* but as NZ is 12 hours ahead, we will actually have the world wide premiere here.
:-)
Why would PJ go through all the effort of fighting the US studio's to base and make the film in NZ, and then not have the premiere here...
But yes, point taken, it is a "world" film, I just got a bit carried away with all this talk of it being a "hollywood film"
HAHAHAHA Peter Jackson, an Australian! That is the funniest thing... I hope you are joking...
If you do seriously believe that he is an Aussie, then you need your head read...
Peter Jackson was born in New Zealand on Halloween 1961. He was raised in Pukerua Bay, a little town west of Wellington by his parents Bill and Joan Jackson...
He has lived in wellington all his life.. perhaps that it why it is where Weta and the Film is based?
"The only reason he's in New Zealand is because they have cheaper labour than here" yeah.. keep telling yourself that mate...there is about as much reason as us Kiwi's making LOTR in OZ, as making it in Mongolia...
"He is using the WETA company"
HE IS WETA! HE STARTED WETA, IT IS HIS COMPANY!
And the word is ROTOscoping.. not ROTOR... and tell me.. who exactly is "creating" the film then?
Population isn't important mate, how much do you know about China, or Indonesia? Probably about as much as you know about NZ... go on.. name some provences in china..
As far as I can tell, it is pretty hard to determine a person's accent over the internet, so blaming confusion between NZ and Australia on accent is a bit silly.
Australians and New Zealanders wouldn't get pissed off if confused by other people. We all understand that many accents are confusing. But we tell you that we are from New Zealand, and people think that it is connected to Australia over the Sydney Harbour Bridge, or a 15 minute ferry ride, you can see how we become frustrated.
As if NZ doesn't do enough amazing stuff to impress the rest of the world, we still lose the credit to Australia.. if anything LOTR should have increased everybody's awareness of NZ.
I guess we will just have to wait till after the film...
the underarm bowl!!! we will never forget! :-)
Lord of The Rings, a series of books written by a South African Author living in England.
The series of Films are being directed by a New Zealander (Peter Jackson), in New Zealand, with a New Zealand Crew, and New Zealand extras.
Weta is a New Zealand CG company, with New Zealand artists, and New Zealand programmers.
Where will the premiere be? New Zealand...
Just to set the record straight...
What your are asking non-americans to answer is a bit hard. Can you tell me the actual names of the States in Australia? or the Provinces in NZ? Let alone their nicknames...
and you really have no reason to not realise the Australia and New Zealand are too separate countries... You hear about them all the time...
America's Cup? - Team New Zealand
Peter Jackson? - New Zealander
LOTR - New Zealand Film (Shot, produced and CG all in Wellington) Not Hollywood!
All Blacks? - New Zealand
Andrew Nicholls (Writer/Director of Gattaca and The Truman Show) - New Zealander
Scott Dixon (Cart Rookie of the Year) - New Zealander
Apart from being pretty amazing accomplishments for a country of only 3.8 million people, these are all facts that should be relevant to even the most ignorant american...
So this new .us tld can be preceded by .org and .net etc? so you can get .org.us?
:-)
.com's because they are global tld's which are great. I just think that seening all other countries have variations on co.cc that it would be good for the US to come to the party.
If so then that is great...
I am just hoping for tld's to one day be uniform. I am personally all for