Adobe has assured its customers that Flash 10.1 will be able to "...make full use of the new machines. Flash will be able to utilize 100% of the 12 core hardware without fail. That's the reliability customers have come to expect from Adobe."
Boot Camp users running Windows will have to deal with "compatibility issues" that might limit utilization to a mere 15-25%
I've heard OSX's video authoring is better than window's but I don't have first hand knowledge because most people I know either use something free or go full with Adobe Premier
Speaking as someone who has edited everything from home movies, indie shorts, commercial web promo vids to a professional feature film on Macs and PCs, I'll throw my 2 cents in and say OS X is simply a better platform.
The last company I worked for standardized on Avid PC workstations some years back, and the lead editor been regretting it ever since. Theoretically, you should have the same experience on either platform, but it doesn't work that way in a real production environment.
And as bizarre as it may be, I often find myself going Avid > Soundtrack Pro > Avid > Compressor > DVD Studio Pro.
After several years of being told by banks to watch out for large plastic attachments to ATM card slots, I've noticed that an increasing number of bank-owned ATMs now have them as a part of their design. The simple, flush-mounted card slot on a grey plastic / metal bezel is now giving way to a protruding translucent green plastic bulge on grey plastic / metal bezel.
Which makes less than zero sense.
They look fake as can be, especially when paired with a slightly older ATM with the more sensible slot.
Now, one might argue that the crazy card slots are a great theft deterrent because they preclude the attachment of a skimmer, but they also make it impossible for the machine to snap up a stolen card, nor do they really look legitimate enough to give the user peace of mind.
The show, all in, cost about $110 million to make. Each year of its
original run, we know it showed a profit because they TOLD us so. And
in one case, they actually showed us the figures. It's now been on the
air worldwide for ten years. There's been merchandise, syndication,
cable, books, you name it. The DVDs grossed roughly half a BILLION
dollars (and that was just after they put out S5, without all of the S5
sales in).
So what does my last profit statement say? We're $80 million in the
red.
Basically, by the terms of my contract, if a set on a WB movie burns
down in Botswana, they can charge it against B5's profits.
I have to agree. T-Mobile reps have always been willing to find ways to match their various plans and options to my needs and budget.
The consequence of this is that I've been with them for over six years, as opposed to the two I originally planned on.
Another T-Mobile story:
Some years back I got a credit on my account that I couldn't explain. Suspicious, I called T-Mobile and their rep assured me it was legit and not a mistake. It was a mistake. Four months later someone realized that they had given me a few months of free service that should have gone to someone else for whatever reason. They billed me for the credited months. About the same time my Sidekick 2 got destroyed, and I was informed that there was a four to six month or so waiting list for a replacement (this was through the private insurance provider Asurion)
So I had an extra $200 on my bill that I did not expect to find, no phone and no hope of getting a phone anytime soon. Called them up, explained the situation, and they gave me a $100 credit if I promised not to cancel my contract, and told me they would see what they could do about my phone situation.
The next morning there was a voicemail on my phone (put my SIM in an old phone my roommate had) saying that my new Sidekick would be there the following day. Apparently one of the CSRs called Asurion and bumped me up to first on the waiting list, and had T-Mobile cover the cost overnight shipping.
THIS is why I want T-Mobile to be the next carrier to get the iPhone, and it pains me that they haven't yet. I'd rather deal with generally fantastic, but occasionally spotty service than Verizon's nonsense. I don't care if they can promise me 5 bars everywhere I go. I don't want them.
WTC 7 was NOT a hardened building. It was constructed in the early 80s as a run of the mill office building. The only thing unique about it was the unusual arrangement of the load-bearing members. This was needed because the thing was constructed on top of a massive utility vault. The Emergency Command Center was shoehorned into the building and not everyone thought the location made any sense for obvious reasons. (It was located there AFTER the '93 bombing)
As for the collapse, it looks "controlled" because buildings don't usually fall down for any reason other than controlled demolition. That's the only point of reference most people have. That aside, physics ensure that buildings tend to fall straight down, or twist a little and then fall straight down.
But if you want more in-depth detail about how stresses were distributed and how the building was comprimised, then check out this link or or this one.
I don't see why they don't just use real products across the board. I mean,I know Apple has to be paying a pretty penny to have nearly every character who uses a laptop use a Macbook,right?
Apple pays nothing. They give the productions equipment to use, but that's about it. They made such inroads into films and television because other manufacturers wouldn't send over a laptop if a propmaster needed one.
This issue is covered in former Apple CEO Gil Amelio's excellent book On The Firing Line: My 500 Days At Apple
Well, that depends on what your calculations say. Does running three 787s on one route twice a day work out cheaper than two A380's once a day? What do your projections say: do expect to continue running the same route for the next ten or twenty years? Not to mention the serious decline in the number of open takeoff and landing spots at many airports. The rise in air travel combined with the trend towards smaller aircraft has helped choke many of them.
Airlines are being faced with the situation of not having the ability to add more and more flights to their schedules from certain locations. So it's not even necessarily a choice between fuel cost X and fuel cost Y. More like "We've got Z number of landing spots, and we can free up three of them with one plane. We can serve other markets with the two open spots the A380 gives us."
The Airbus isn't some magical solution applicable to all situations, and there are many where the 787 is the better option, but it's disingenuous to say the A380 is some kind of relic of a time gone by, a plane that doesn't meet the requirements of today's airlines.
A capsule-based launch system offers far greater simplicity, and also offers numerous modes of recovery in the event of a failure.
I always wondered why the control cabin of the space shuttle wasn't designed as a detachable capsule or mini-shuttle that could fall back to the surface. They thought about this, but the weight issue kept them from pursuing it. That being said, it might have been worked into the design if the shuttle hadn't been designed to meet all kinds of esoteric mission profiles (the major one involving a Soviet satellite snatch and return in a single orbit) that were never used.
Is anyone really surprised that there is such a huge difference of opinion between someone who actually produces something, and those who spend all day theorizing and writing missives about the way things should be produced?
Growing up in the '80s and '90s, I saw that half of my Dad's electronic equipment had been custom-built from Heathkit plans, and I longed for the day when I could finally get into the action and start ordering kits myself.
Thanks to Heathkit, that day will never come.
I really can't believe that no one has stepped up to replace them. You would think that there would be a decent-sized market out there.
The Orion is designed to basically function as the shuttle's crew compartment + SpaceLab module; which will be able to carry out the kind of work the shuttles are doing right now.
Actually servicing satellites is something that (except for rare cases like the Hubble) ends up costing more than it would to just send a new one up there.
Additionally, the limited useful life of the Orion will mean that the spacecraft won't have to be cobbled together from one-off copies of parts that went out of production two and a half decades ago.
...there is a discussion over building nuclear power plants, remember that the "WTF ATOMZ" rationale is not the only, or often the primary reason to oppose a reactor.
I personally have no problem with the idea of a nuclear reactor nearby, but I do have a problem with the flippant attitudes towards safety that have been exhibited by the authorities in charge of operating a number of nuclear facilities. "Yeah...we'll be OK, that should work. We've got money to make after all." has been the SOP time and time again. Usually, the lax safety procedures and outright mismanagement come to light long after the fact, everyone wipes their brow and says a little prayer in thanks that nothing more came of it.
If the guy who murdered him gets released in ten, twenty years he can move anywhere without ending up on a list or being forced to tell his neighbors of his past.
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Adobe has assured its customers that Flash 10.1 will be able to "...make full use of the new machines. Flash will be able to utilize 100% of the 12 core hardware without fail. That's the reliability customers have come to expect from Adobe."
Boot Camp users running Windows will have to deal with "compatibility issues" that might limit utilization to a mere 15-25%
I've heard OSX's video authoring is better than window's but I don't have first hand knowledge because most people I know either use something free or go full with Adobe Premier
Speaking as someone who has edited everything from home movies, indie shorts, commercial web promo vids to a professional feature film on Macs and PCs, I'll throw my 2 cents in and say OS X is simply a better platform.
The last company I worked for standardized on Avid PC workstations some years back, and the lead editor been regretting it ever since. Theoretically, you should have the same experience on either platform, but it doesn't work that way in a real production environment.
And as bizarre as it may be, I often find myself going Avid > Soundtrack Pro > Avid > Compressor > DVD Studio Pro.
After several years of being told by banks to watch out for large plastic attachments to ATM card slots, I've noticed that an increasing number of bank-owned ATMs now have them as a part of their design. The simple, flush-mounted card slot on a grey plastic / metal bezel is now giving way to a protruding translucent green plastic bulge on grey plastic / metal bezel.
Which makes less than zero sense.
They look fake as can be, especially when paired with a slightly older ATM with the more sensible slot.
Now, one might argue that the crazy card slots are a great theft deterrent because they preclude the attachment of a skimmer, but they also make it impossible for the machine to snap up a stolen card, nor do they really look legitimate enough to give the user peace of mind.
Still waiting...
The social sciences, arts, humanities, etc have no need as they do not do massive equations.
Um... when was the last time the arts did ANY equations, let alone "massive" ones.
Take Cinematography and get back to me on that.
I have to agree. T-Mobile reps have always been willing to find ways to match their various plans and options to my needs and budget.
The consequence of this is that I've been with them for over six years, as opposed to the two I originally planned on.
Another T-Mobile story:
Some years back I got a credit on my account that I couldn't explain. Suspicious, I called T-Mobile and their rep assured me it was legit and not a mistake. It was a mistake. Four months later someone realized that they had given me a few months of free service that should have gone to someone else for whatever reason. They billed me for the credited months. About the same time my Sidekick 2 got destroyed, and I was informed that there was a four to six month or so waiting list for a replacement (this was through the private insurance provider Asurion)
So I had an extra $200 on my bill that I did not expect to find, no phone and no hope of getting a phone anytime soon. Called them up, explained the situation, and they gave me a $100 credit if I promised not to cancel my contract, and told me they would see what they could do about my phone situation.
The next morning there was a voicemail on my phone (put my SIM in an old phone my roommate had) saying that my new Sidekick would be there the following day. Apparently one of the CSRs called Asurion and bumped me up to first on the waiting list, and had T-Mobile cover the cost overnight shipping.
THIS is why I want T-Mobile to be the next carrier to get the iPhone, and it pains me that they haven't yet. I'd rather deal with generally fantastic, but occasionally spotty service than Verizon's nonsense. I don't care if they can promise me 5 bars everywhere I go. I don't want them.
WTC 7 was NOT a hardened building. It was constructed in the early 80s as a run of the mill office building. The only thing unique about it was the unusual arrangement of the load-bearing members. This was needed because the thing was constructed on top of a massive utility vault. The Emergency Command Center was shoehorned into the building and not everyone thought the location made any sense for obvious reasons. (It was located there AFTER the '93 bombing)
As for the collapse, it looks "controlled" because buildings don't usually fall down for any reason other than controlled demolition. That's the only point of reference most people have. That aside, physics ensure that buildings tend to fall straight down, or twist a little and then fall straight down.
But if you want more in-depth detail about how stresses were distributed and how the building was comprimised, then check out this link or or this one.
"The IT backbone for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is to be cut"
Ouch.
Not even the first successful mp3 player; Linux Journal had one on the cover (IIRC) a couple of years before the first iPod was launched.
I hear the drivers are almost ready!
I don't see why they don't just use real products across the board. I mean,I know Apple has to be paying a pretty penny to have nearly every character who uses a laptop use a Macbook,right?
Apple pays nothing. They give the productions equipment to use, but that's about it. They made such inroads into films and television because other manufacturers wouldn't send over a laptop if a propmaster needed one.
This issue is covered in former Apple CEO Gil Amelio's excellent book On The Firing Line: My 500 Days At Apple
Do we get a book of pixelated cell phone camera pics of the back of the subject's head just like the real, post-Photo Nazi Wikipedia?
Airlines are being faced with the situation of not having the ability to add more and more flights to their schedules from certain locations. So it's not even necessarily a choice between fuel cost X and fuel cost Y. More like "We've got Z number of landing spots, and we can free up three of them with one plane. We can serve other markets with the two open spots the A380 gives us."
The Airbus isn't some magical solution applicable to all situations, and there are many where the 787 is the better option, but it's disingenuous to say the A380 is some kind of relic of a time gone by, a plane that doesn't meet the requirements of today's airlines.
And 1950 of them are text editors. :)
They have some kind of business, much less a main business?
I always wondered why the control cabin of the space shuttle wasn't designed as a detachable capsule or mini-shuttle that could fall back to the surface. They thought about this, but the weight issue kept them from pursuing it. That being said, it might have been worked into the design if the shuttle hadn't been designed to meet all kinds of esoteric mission profiles (the major one involving a Soviet satellite snatch and return in a single orbit) that were never used.
Would it be accurate to refer to these insects as "Africanized Mosquitos"?
;)
whatcouldpossiblygowrong, indeed.
Is anyone really surprised that there is such a huge difference of opinion between someone who actually produces something, and those who spend all day theorizing and writing missives about the way things should be produced?
Growing up in the '80s and '90s, I saw that half of my Dad's electronic equipment had been custom-built from Heathkit plans, and I longed for the day when I could finally get into the action and start ordering kits myself.
Thanks to Heathkit, that day will never come.
I really can't believe that no one has stepped up to replace them. You would think that there would be a decent-sized market out there.
The Orion is designed to basically function as the shuttle's crew compartment + SpaceLab module; which will be able to carry out the kind of work the shuttles are doing right now.
Actually servicing satellites is something that (except for rare cases like the Hubble) ends up costing more than it would to just send a new one up there.
Additionally, the limited useful life of the Orion will mean that the spacecraft won't have to be cobbled together from one-off copies of parts that went out of production two and a half decades ago.
Each of the Christmas cards features the same well.
...there is a discussion over building nuclear power plants, remember that the "WTF ATOMZ" rationale is not the only, or often the primary reason to oppose a reactor.
I personally have no problem with the idea of a nuclear reactor nearby, but I do have a problem with the flippant attitudes towards safety that have been exhibited by the authorities in charge of operating a number of nuclear facilities. "Yeah...we'll be OK, that should work. We've got money to make after all." has been the SOP time and time again. Usually, the lax safety procedures and outright mismanagement come to light long after the fact, everyone wipes their brow and says a little prayer in thanks that nothing more came of it.
If the guy who murdered him gets released in ten, twenty years he can move anywhere without ending up on a list or being forced to tell his neighbors of his past.