I was writing the judgement on the PC, and it was like "beep beep boop beep beep", and then, it was like, half of my judgement was gone, and I was like "Huh?".
It devoured my judgement.
It was really a good judgement.
And then I had to do it again and I had to do it fast so it wasn't as good. It's kind of a...bummer.
That's funny, my experience was the exact opposite. Setting up an 820c on a Win98se machine - 2 hours, with one of those being on hold with tech support.
iBook with OS X - Almost instantaneous.
And I wish it was just that one printer I had problems with on the Windows machine...
TCO == Total Cost of Ownership.
Which involves the time you spent finding the right parts, building it, testing it, debugging it, downloading drivers for all the installed components, etc. Let's say it takes you five hours for all that.
At $100/hr, that adds $500 to the cost of your linux box. All of a sudden Macs look much better cost-wise.
And of course, a quick look at the apple website would tell you the warranty on all their products is 1 year, not 90 days.
D'oh! Didn't think about reloading. I've never done it, though it would probably save me some $$ in the long run. And are those silencers available to the general public or are they law enforcement only? There was no data I could find on their site.
Although I found a link on the gemtech site to a local gun club that rents (faint) an M2HB.50 cal by the hour, under there supervision.
The mind reels at the thought. Though ammo for that sucker is probably as much an hour as the rental fee.
And dudes, you couldn't be any more wrong yourselves.
I shot digitally for catalogues, where the need to color match the photo, matchprint and press output in some cases overrides even the composition of the photo itself. And I consisently matched colors to the only eyes that matter, the client (who went to the press checks with their product in hand) and who also paid my bill.
You've obviously never worked in a commercial photo studio, where boxes of film used to be shoot just to match the color temp of a light with a processing line that now is done digitally, where the slight color shift from pushing or pulling E-6 can send a shooter into fits, where the client rips a wide strip off your ass with any color shift in the process, so don't presume to know what can and cannot be done. A good color analyzer, a good lab (used to be, now it's a good monitor in an appropriate setting) and a good printing press can cover a myriad of problems.
since people are saying they don't hear the shots, or don't hear very loud shots, so people are theorizing that there's special subsonic rounds being used to minimize noise - not easy to find with these types of bullets, from what I gather
If the shooter was a fair (300 yards+) distance away, the sound would be less, due to the distance. As well, I would imagine the clutter associated with an urban area would play havoc with the echo. As well, the bullet would arrive before the gunshot sound unless it was a subsonic round, which I have never seen, and agree that they must be more difficult to find, especially in the caliber the shooter is using,.223, a round that relies on high velocity to be effective.
Oh, sh!t, better tell these guys to quit the business, their company does not exist, hell, these guys are toast as well.
As an ex-commercial photog working exclusively in digital, I can tell you not only is it possible, it's quite easy and inexpensive to have your monitor, *inkjet printer* (that's right, you heard me), and output (be it CMYK offset, WEB or photoprint) match each other.
Acceptance of digital in the advertising, commercial and fashion markets is glacial at best. Digital is used in catalogue houses, where hundreds, if not thousands, of items are shot daily and has ready acceptance there. However my old shop was one the first in our area to go digital (PhaseOne back on Hassie/Sinar), and it completely revitalized the studio, but it was far and away the exception. Photojournalists embraced digital because it made deadlines much easier to meet. The days of pestering the E-6 guy and 110 degree Rodinal are gone for them. For most of the commercial photography world, the benefits of digital photography are not that clear yet. These cameras are a good step, though.
Hardware-based control, no. But Microsoft's agreement with Dell prevents Dell from shipping computers without an OS, which briefly halted shipments of PC's from Dell with anything other than Windows on it.
Fortunately, Dell worked around it by shipping boxes with a linux variant installed.
It's not paranoia if everyone is actually out to get you.:)
After shooting commercially for a year with a Phase One back on a Hassie after 10+ years of using Fujichrome and Ektachrome, I can tell you that's flat out wrong. The dynamic range of a digital back is about twice that of slide film.
And using that back changed the studio from top to bottom. Much more effecient and profitable. We shot double-trucks (with a little Fractal tools wizardry) that were beautiful. Digital is the way to for the pro now.
Fully 1/3rd of our workstations are Macs. At our location here in Detroit (Southfield) we have around 400 G3s and above.
I'd say our IT department has taken Apple seriously. Its also interesting to note that there are only two members of our IT staff are devoted to servicing the aforementioned Mac userbase.
Macs are easier to keep running. Simple as that. While/. is full of people who consider tinkering on a PC as entertainment (hell, 1/3 of the people here consider that a social life!;) ), the vast majority of users out there just want a machine that works and does what they need it to.
Yes.:)
Depends on the type of user. Macs seem to a have good user base in the home, less so in the coprorate world. And it's the home user that buys games (solitaire does NOT count). So, lots of people use Macs in their homes, and the mac has a smaller user base overall.
Which brings up an interesting point. Windows comes with solitaire pre-installed, and OS X has a chess game. Does that mean Mac users prefer more intellectually challenging games?:)
It's probably due to perception.For years, Apple ignored the game market, as they wanted the Mac to be a "serious" computer, and games where seen to be secondary/tertiary to business/educational use. For years, Mac gamers had little choices, and most were released first in PC format (except for a smattering of titles), then on the Mac.
Mac users are only now getting Ghost Recon, Jedi Outcast and the latest Sims. And other games, like CounterStrike and Serious Sam, never make it to the Mac.
Hopefully, this will change, as Apple makes the Mac more useful for the average home user and increases it's market share.
With the installation of decent to excellent video cards in every Apple product now, and the recent trend for games to spur sales in the PC market, I see good times ahead for Mac gamers.
Not trying to stir the flames, but I think that comment may have been based more on the lack of driver support and native/carbonized apps for 10.0 rather than about crashes and ease of use. I didn't switch to OS X until the Holy Trinity of apps I use became OS X native, Photoshop, Illustrator and Dreamweaver.
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I was writing the judgement on the PC, and it was like "beep beep boop beep beep", and then, it was like, half of my judgement was gone, and I was like "Huh?".
It devoured my judgement.
It was really a good judgement.
And then I had to do it again and I had to do it fast so it wasn't as good. It's kind of a...bummer.
I'm Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, and I'm a judge.
/me begins to feel the ominous signs of withdrawl symptoms....
Oh, crap, better tell Google that their latest web use stats showing an increase in Mac use are wrong!
Apple uses IBM G3 Chips in all it's products that currently have such.
iBook with OS X - Almost instantaneous.
And I wish it was just that one printer I had problems with on the Windows machine...TCO == Total Cost of Ownership.
Which involves the time you spent finding the right parts, building it, testing it, debugging it, downloading drivers for all the installed components, etc. Let's say it takes you five hours for all that.
At $100/hr, that adds $500 to the cost of your linux box. All of a sudden Macs look much better cost-wise.
And of course, a quick look at the apple website would tell you the warranty on all their products is 1 year, not 90 days.
having to fill up the tank of a 757 using those little tiny bottles.
D'oh! Didn't think about reloading. I've never done it, though it would probably save me some $$ in the long run. And are those silencers available to the general public or are they law enforcement only? There was no data I could find on their site. .50 cal by the hour, under there supervision.
Although I found a link on the gemtech site to a local gun club that rents (faint) an M2HB
The mind reels at the thought. Though ammo for that sucker is probably as much an hour as the rental fee.
And dudes, you couldn't be any more wrong yourselves.
I shot digitally for catalogues, where the need to color match the photo, matchprint and press output in some cases overrides even the composition of the photo itself. And I consisently matched colors to the only eyes that matter, the client (who went to the press checks with their product in hand) and who also paid my bill.
You've obviously never worked in a commercial photo studio, where boxes of film used to be shoot just to match the color temp of a light with a processing line that now is done digitally, where the slight color shift from pushing or pulling E-6 can send a shooter into fits, where the client rips a wide strip off your ass with any color shift in the process, so don't presume to know what can and cannot be done. A good color analyzer, a good lab (used to be, now it's a good monitor in an appropriate setting) and a good printing press can cover a myriad of problems.
If the shooter was a fair (300 yards+) distance away, the sound would be less, due to the distance. As well, I would imagine the clutter associated with an urban area would play havoc with the echo. As well, the bullet would arrive before the gunshot sound unless it was a subsonic round, which I have never seen, and agree that they must be more difficult to find, especially in the caliber the shooter is using, .223, a round that relies on high velocity to be effective.
Oh, sh!t, better tell these guys to quit the business, their company does not exist, hell, these guys are toast as well.
As an ex-commercial photog working exclusively in digital, I can tell you not only is it possible, it's quite easy and inexpensive to have your monitor, *inkjet printer* (that's right, you heard me), and output (be it CMYK offset, WEB or photoprint) match each other.
"The Iraqi biochemical weapons factory is ray-shielded, so you'll have to use proton torpedoes."
Right. Apple of course, is known for it's lack of innovative hardware....
Hell, they even invented the flaming laptop battery! How much more innovation do you need than that? ;)
Acceptance of digital in the advertising, commercial and fashion markets is glacial at best. Digital is used in catalogue houses, where hundreds, if not thousands, of items are shot daily and has ready acceptance there. However my old shop was one the first in our area to go digital (PhaseOne back on Hassie/Sinar), and it completely revitalized the studio, but it was far and away the exception.
Photojournalists embraced digital because it made deadlines much easier to meet. The days of pestering the E-6 guy and 110 degree Rodinal are gone for them. For most of the commercial photography world, the benefits of digital photography are not that clear yet. These cameras are a good step, though.
Fortunately, Dell worked around it by shipping boxes with a linux variant installed.
It's not paranoia if everyone is actually out to get you.After shooting commercially for a year with a Phase One back on a Hassie after 10+ years of using Fujichrome and Ektachrome, I can tell you that's flat out wrong. The dynamic range of a digital back is about twice that of slide film.
And using that back changed the studio from top to bottom. Much more effecient and profitable. We shot double-trucks (with a little Fractal tools wizardry) that were beautiful. Digital is the way to for the pro now.
1. Pixel bit depth?
2. Total file size of a RAW/TIFF file?
File size is everything. Megapixels are nice, but the more data a CCD spits out, the better the image.
Fully 1/3rd of our workstations are Macs. At our location here in Detroit (Southfield) we have around 400 G3s and above. I'd say our IT department has taken Apple seriously. Its also interesting to note that there are only two members of our IT staff are devoted to servicing the aforementioned Mac userbase.
Macs are easier to keep running. Simple as that. WhileAnd that's where a Mac will always shine.
The years I'm referring to were long before the introduction of the iMac.
Yes. :)
Depends on the type of user. Macs seem to a have good user base in the home, less so in the coprorate world. And it's the home user that buys games (solitaire does NOT count). So, lots of people use Macs in their homes, and the mac has a smaller user base overall.
Which brings up an interesting point. Windows comes with solitaire pre-installed, and OS X has a chess game. Does that mean Mac users prefer more intellectually challenging games? :)
It's probably due to perception.For years, Apple ignored the game market, as they wanted the Mac to be a "serious" computer, and games where seen to be secondary/tertiary to business/educational use. For years, Mac gamers had little choices, and most were released first in PC format (except for a smattering of titles), then on the Mac.
Mac users are only now getting Ghost Recon, Jedi Outcast and the latest Sims. And other games, like CounterStrike and Serious Sam, never make it to the Mac.
Hopefully, this will change, as Apple makes the Mac more useful for the average home user and increases it's market share.
With the installation of decent to excellent video cards in every Apple product now, and the recent trend for games to spur sales in the PC market, I see good times ahead for Mac gamers.
Not trying to stir the flames, but I think that comment may have been based more on the lack of driver support and native/carbonized apps for 10.0 rather than about crashes and ease of use. I didn't switch to OS X until the Holy Trinity of apps I use became OS X native, Photoshop, Illustrator and Dreamweaver.
And jagwire is.... astounding.
When it was call the G4 Cube.
"A child raised by monkeys can "uninstall" apps on a Mac."
Steve Ballmer has kids?