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I mean to be forced to get his warez at CompUsa instead of getting a copy from a friend... He probably has no internet connection either since he could have easily downloaded office if he had. This is a very sad story.
Most small time 3D hobbyists will not be using Maya because it is way out of their league as far as price in concerned
I fall in that category. I can't afford Maya, so I've no use in spending too much time on the demo. A couple hours to see what it's like yes, but that's all. I'm just not interested by software in that pricerange. I'm quite happy with Blender, Vue D'Esprit, ZBrush and Poser which cost me a reasonable price.
Remember, it's not your right to run Maya any way you see fit.
Absolutley, right. I'm not complaining about their choice to release a demo version and I don't think they should have released a really free version. I just wish they had called it a demo rather to try to get free publicity by claiming to give away Maya for free... There's a Lightwave version crippled in about the same way, and they are calling it a demo. Well, that's just a question of choice of words.
You say you're interested in production quality 3D and want to try the tool of the pros. Fine, as a demo this Maya will let you do that.
But then in some time, after learning the soft you'll probably want to put some of the images on your website, or simply show them to your friends. But what you'll have to show is an image covered by a big text. That's not going to impress anyone. And you won't be able to export any of your creations, should you decide to use another program.
After spending many hours learning this program you'll be at dead end. If you don't buy the full version you won't get any result from your work. So unless you're ready to spend $6000, wouldn't it be better to start learning to use a tool that you can afford to buy? Maya isn't magic, you can make pictures just as good with less expensive tools.
As for stopping piracy, I don't think for one second that a pirate will choose to use this "demo" instead of downloading a full version.
Now, I think it's great they are releasing a demo so that people can try the soft and see if its really worth the money, but calling it a free Maya is misleading.
There are so many limitations in this version. Like huge watermarking on the renders AND inside the program, total incompatibility with all other file formats... That it's just a demo not a free maya.
If you want to get started on on 3D graphics you should rather use one of the really free (as in beer or as in speech) programs or a low-cost one. It will be much more better than this Maya demo.
The only use I can see for this version is if you're already a competent 3D artist and you want to add some Maya experience to your resume.
IANAMB (I'm not a molecular biologist) but I'm not sure that the entrons (unused part of the DNA) are really random either. I thought they were leftovers from archaic genes and maybe genes transmited from viruses a long time ago.
Why complain about these harmless newbies. They'll learn from their mistakes and start more reasonable projects later. One has to make his own experiences. When I was younger, I too started huge projects of this kind. Now I know it's not as easy as it seems.
Get people angry when Warcraft III is going to be released real soon now. But I guess they are going to sale so many warcrafts that they don't care about losing a part of their cutsomers.
The Mars Society is a serious organization promoting the exploration of Mars by humans. Although a lot of its members would love to go on Mars, they also know that only people with the right qualifications can do it. It's possible to go on orbit just for fun but that's not possible on Mars and won't be for decades at least.
The Mars Society might be interested in volunteers for its experiences on Earth like the Arctic base or desert station. You would still need the right qualifications though.
I'm afraid this article won't do any good for the credibility of the Mars Society. Too bad cause they do some real useful scientific work.
In 1ms (millisecond) light can travel 300km not 300m. So yes the travel time of the signal is usualy small compared to the overhead from the network equipment. So at the scale of a city or even of a country, it's still not significant. However, geostationary satellites are quite laggy.
I don't think having many repeaters would be that good for latency. For gamers and more generally interactive communications a low ping is more important than huge bandwidth.
but it's a bit expansive. 150 euro when UAE is free. (But I only own the AmigaOS ROM 2.0) but this one seems to be a fastest way to run my old amiga code.
The truth is this thing is a gadget for amiga nostalgics and I would love to see the face of some people when I'll "boot" an AmigaOS on my PC (not really the truth this is still emulation but I don't have to tell them right away and it still would be fun). Is that worth 150 euros?
If you want to learn a new language, why pick a Microsoft-centric language. Most language out-there are cross-platform and will allow your game to run on all these platforms as well.
Chosing C# seems a little bit like tieing oneself to a tree before starting a race. If the rope is big enough you might not notice you won't finish the race until it's too late.:)
I'll make one last order with the few games I'd like to have (having already purchased most of them months ago).
That's strange, there was a time where you could buy loki games almost everywhere they sold PC games and now they are closing. Linux World Domination isn't for tomorrow...
I was just about to make a post about that when I saw you already did.
So what will happen when one of these microbes asks itself "What is the Matrix?".;)
of running a windows game on linux through half-working emulations when there is an excellent game that has native binaries. Besides the half-life engine doesn't look as good as the quake 3 engine.
It's true that I do a lot of gaming on Windows but I often buy a linux version of games when available (even if I have the windows version). At work, for example, I have not installed Windows (and yes I do play games at work;) and even at home I like to be able to quickly go for a few online games when I need a break from my linux coding.
Being able to run the game on linux also allows me to avoid buying more windows licences. Since I don't need to have windows installed on all the machines in a LAN game.
So RtCW is not only one of the best games of 2001, it's also one that supports alternative operating systems (OsX and linux)!!
Anything less and I'll get increasingly tired until I need to sleep 12+ hours to compensate.
Off course I can't really get more than 6-7 hours during the week so I'm always late for work (I don't hear my alarm clocks when too tired) and I'm not able to do much work until I've had a massive dose of caffeine (and even then;)
You're right. The basic molecules of life (including sugars) could have been created on earth. The problem is that we are currently unable to explain the process of how that would happen.
It's then logical to think that maybe, we can't explain it because it didn't happen and instead these molecules came from space.
Explaining how they are created in space is also a very important question in order to confirm this "extraterrestrial" origin of the components of life. But this process seems to exist since we find, for example, sugars in meteors
There's a lot of open questions remaining, and a lot of fascinating subjects to research.
Here's an interesting paper on the same subject and by the same professor that spoke at the conference. You can find it in.pdf on his caltech homepage.
He told us that water spins the other way in sinks of the southern hemisphere. I've always been skeptical that the coriolis effect could be that important on such a small scall and I've learned since then that it's just an urban legend. Funny that a physics teacher in an engineering school didn't know better.
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I mean to be forced to get his warez at CompUsa instead of getting a copy from a friend... He probably has no internet connection either since he could have easily downloaded office if he had. This is a very sad story.
Most small time 3D hobbyists will not be using Maya because it is way out of their league as far as price in concerned
I fall in that category. I can't afford Maya, so I've no use in spending too much time on the demo. A couple hours to see what it's like yes, but that's all. I'm just not interested by software in that pricerange. I'm quite happy with Blender, Vue D'Esprit, ZBrush and Poser which cost me a reasonable price.
Remember, it's not your right to run Maya any way you see fit.
Absolutley, right. I'm not complaining about their choice to release a demo version and I don't think they should have released a really free version. I just wish they had called it a demo rather to try to get free publicity by claiming to give away Maya for free... There's a Lightwave version crippled in about the same way, and they are calling it a demo. Well, that's just a question of choice of words.
You say you're interested in production quality 3D and want to try the tool of the pros. Fine, as a demo this Maya will let you do that.
But then in some time, after learning the soft you'll probably want to put some of the images on your website, or simply show them to your friends. But what you'll have to show is an image covered by a big text. That's not going to impress anyone. And you won't be able to export any of your creations, should you decide to use another program.
After spending many hours learning this program you'll be at dead end. If you don't buy the full version you won't get any result from your work. So unless you're ready to spend $6000, wouldn't it be better to start learning to use a tool that you can afford to buy? Maya isn't magic, you can make pictures just as good with less expensive tools.
As for stopping piracy, I don't think for one second that a pirate will choose to use this "demo" instead of downloading a full version.
Now, I think it's great they are releasing a demo so that people can try the soft and see if its really worth the money, but calling it a free Maya is misleading.
There are so many limitations in this version. Like huge watermarking on the renders AND inside the program, total incompatibility with all other file formats... That it's just a demo not a free maya.
If you want to get started on on 3D graphics you should rather use one of the really free (as in beer or as in speech) programs or a low-cost one. It will be much more better than this Maya demo.
The only use I can see for this version is if you're already a competent 3D artist and you want to add some Maya experience to your resume.
IANAMB (I'm not a molecular biologist) but I'm not sure that the entrons (unused part of the DNA) are really random either. I thought they were leftovers from archaic genes and maybe genes transmited from viruses a long time ago.
If that's the case, then why are you using this software?
Why complain about these harmless newbies. They'll learn from their mistakes and start more reasonable projects later. One has to make his own experiences. When I was younger, I too started huge projects of this kind. Now I know it's not as easy as it seems.
Get people angry when Warcraft III is going to be released real soon now. But I guess they are going to sale so many warcrafts that they don't care about losing a part of their cutsomers.
even the first mouse had 3 buttons! ;)
The Mars Society is a serious organization promoting the exploration of Mars by humans. Although a lot of its members would love to go on Mars, they also know that only people with the right qualifications can do it. It's possible to go on orbit just for fun but that's not possible on Mars and won't be for decades at least.
The Mars Society might be interested in volunteers for its experiences on Earth like the Arctic base or desert station. You would still need the right qualifications though.
I'm afraid this article won't do any good for the credibility of the Mars Society. Too bad cause they do some real useful scientific work.
I wake up, and the first thing I do is read slashdot where I learn that I've just decreased my life expectancy. That's a good way to start the week :)
In 1ms (millisecond) light can travel 300km not 300m. So yes the travel time of the signal is usualy small compared to the overhead from the network equipment. So at the scale of a city or even of a country, it's still not significant. However, geostationary satellites are quite laggy.
I don't think having many repeaters would be that good for latency. For gamers and more generally interactive communications a low ping is more important than huge bandwidth.
but it's a bit expansive. 150 euro when UAE is free. (But I only own the AmigaOS ROM 2.0) but this one seems to be a fastest way to run my old amiga code.
The truth is this thing is a gadget for amiga nostalgics and I would love to see the face of some people when I'll "boot" an AmigaOS on my PC (not really the truth this is still emulation but I don't have to tell them right away and it still would be fun). Is that worth 150 euros?
If you want to learn a new language, why pick a Microsoft-centric language. Most language out-there are cross-platform and will allow your game to run on all these platforms as well.
:)
Chosing C# seems a little bit like tieing oneself to a tree before starting a race. If the rope is big enough you might not notice you won't finish the race until it's too late.
I'll make one last order with the few games I'd like to have (having already purchased most of them months ago).
That's strange, there was a time where you could buy loki games almost everywhere they sold PC games and now they are closing. Linux World Domination isn't for tomorrow...
I was just about to make a post about that when I saw you already did. So what will happen when one of these microbes asks itself "What is the Matrix?". ;)
of running a windows game on linux through half-working emulations when there is an excellent game that has native binaries. Besides the half-life engine doesn't look as good as the quake 3 engine.
It's true that I do a lot of gaming on Windows but I often buy a linux version of games when available (even if I have the windows version). At work, for example, I have not installed Windows (and yes I do play games at work ;) and even at home I like to be able to quickly go for a few online games when I need a break from my linux coding.
Being able to run the game on linux also allows me to avoid buying more windows licences. Since I don't need to have windows installed on all the machines in a LAN game.
So RtCW is not only one of the best games of 2001, it's also one that supports alternative operating systems (OsX and linux)!!
Anything less and I'll get increasingly tired until I need to sleep 12+ hours to compensate. ;)
Off course I can't really get more than 6-7 hours during the week so I'm always late for work (I don't hear my alarm clocks when too tired) and I'm not able to do much work until I've had a massive dose of caffeine (and even then
Every linux gamer has to own these two games.
You're right. The basic molecules of life (including sugars) could have been created on earth. The problem is that we are currently unable to explain the process of how that would happen.
It's then logical to think that maybe, we can't explain it because it didn't happen and instead these molecules came from space. Explaining how they are created in space is also a very important question in order to confirm this "extraterrestrial" origin of the components of life. But this process seems to exist since we find, for example, sugars in meteors
There's a lot of open questions remaining, and a lot of fascinating subjects to research.
Here's an interesting paper on the same subject and by the same professor that spoke at the conference. You can find it in .pdf on his caltech homepage.
He told us that water spins the other way in sinks of the southern hemisphere. I've always been skeptical that the coriolis effect could be that important on such a small scall and I've learned since then that it's just an urban legend. Funny that a physics teacher in an engineering school didn't know better.
The guy is cheap ;)
Anyway IANP but I don't think the Higgs boson exists either.