By replacement for Painter wouldn't you be looking for something that had Painter's focus on replicating various forms of natural and artifial artistic mediums, paints, etc.? Seems like that would be something other than the GIMP. Not quite sure exactly what else is available out there though.
Yeah, it's actually a pretty amazing thing when you think about it........ from the stories, it sounds like Engelbart had come across Bush's article completely by chance. Makes you really wonder how things would have turned out if that never happened, and he never read "As We May Think".
My sentiments exactly. I had also been thinking this would be a cool idea, but never got around to trying to actually implement it in any way. I do take some comfort though in reading that other people on Slashdot have also thought of this....... doesn't make me feel like I was sitting on some million dollar idea that no-one ever thought of and missed some opportunity.
I think "sort of" is the key phrase there. I think there's a big difference between something like a keyboard which uses some sort of OLED/LCD to change the characters/symbols on the keyboard automatically and something like the Zboard which requires you to actually just replace the physical keys with different keysets. Certainly the "idea" is the same, but the actual practical differences between these two approaches to this basic idea are enough that I wouldn't really say it's "already been done", sort of or not.
Just out of curiosity, do you have some examples of this? The reason I ask is that the basic idea (some sort of LCD under each key to allow for a reconfigurable keyboard) is something that had occurred to me a couple of years ago, and I was reading this article now and thinking "Damn, I wish I had actually tried to do something with the idea". I wouldn't feel nearly so bad if it turns out this is something other people have talked about doing before, and hence not such an original idea.
Not everyone has this setup though. It's moot for me since I already have a wifi network setup in my house, but if I didn't, the solution you propose wouldn't work for me. My DSL modem is downstairs, and I keep my console in my room upstairs. Running cat5 to it wouldn't be an option.
Actually, nm. Did some more searching and I guess that is out, but it uses VersaMail.... and I seem to see some people complaining about how well the Exchange ActiveSync component works.
Sorry, I see what you mean. I think that GoodLink's solution is the primary option for this, and it's supposed to be excellent, but it might not be what you have in mind.
If anything comes of this, it might be a good solution, but I haven't heard any follow-up, so who knows:
Maybe I'm missing something, but are you saying that VersaMail is the ONLY thing you can use because that's what the Treo came with? Are you somehow not able to install one of the various third party e-mail programs? Most of the Treo owners I know have installed a variety of other e-mail programs.
But you see, that's all MS HAD to do........ put it in a beta version, then take it out by the time the retail version came out (MS wasn't dumb enough to put something like that in the retail version). The point was that it helped word to spread that Windows wouldn't run well with DR-DOS, so by the time the retail version did come out, it was already a well established "fact". This is the very essence of FUD........... create fear, uncertainty and doubt about a competitor's product.
Regarding Macross, for the hardcore Robotech fans, you're probably not going to be able to do too much with them anyway. I can't tell you how many times I've encountered a Robotech fan who, upon seeing the original Macross (i.e. AnimEigo's release) basically said that Robotech's story was better. Granted, I've also seen Robotech fans who were able to realize the difference.
Either way, this should be interesting. Personally, I hope AnimEigo still gets something out of the sales of this stuff. It really bugs me to think that Harmony Gold is able to somehow take the rights to all the work AnimEigo did to restore it and start selling it again, and AnimEigo might not see anything out of all that work (I know AnimEigo did make a fair amount from selling their version, and I guess it was understood since they had to go through Harmony Gold apparently to get the rights..... but even so).
For what it's worth, I think that as long as ADV does a faithful dub, which I think they will...... that is, do a dub that is actually just an English adaptation of the Japanese dialogue, not something that would incorporate Robotech dialogue and elements, etc..... that this could be a good thing. I'd much rather that more fans get exposed to the original Macross story, and be able to see for themselves how it might have been if it had just been a straight up adaptation instead of a modification.
There are/were actually some very good dubbing studios out there. Coastal Carolina (which did some stuff like the You're Under Arrest and Oh! My Goddess dubbing for AnimEigo) was excellent. I think there are some other fine voice actors out there and some dubbing studios who have done some pretty good stuff, but I don't want to get too much into specifics, because I think it will still come down to personal taste (i.e. I might cite something that I think is a good example of a good dub cast, but someone might say "oh, but I hate that dub").
As it is, dubbing generally has improved a lot in recent years as there has been more money to put more time into the dubs. One of the reasons that a lot of dubs in the 80's were so bad is that a) the talent wasn't there, and didn't have as much experience and b) the money wasn't there for doing really proper studio work. More recently, dubbing studios have been able to create environments much closer to how it is done in Japan, which helps everyone.
Evangelion, being a show that was dubbed years ago, isn't going to be a particularly good example of this. But going back to experience, it's worth noting I think that some of the people who did voicework for Evangelion have definitely improved with experience.
I'm with you on this one too....... as old as it is, and as many times as I've seen it, it still manages to make me laugh. And dammit, there's always good opportunities to bring out lines like "you have no chance to survive, make your time" and "move EVERY zig" and "you know what doing" and "what you say!?!?". It is timeless.
Actually, I don't recall him threatening a hostile takeover, but I do remember him discussing this based on a hypothetical question of what he would do if he were in charge of Apple (and his suggestion was that they should just liquidate all of their assets and give it to the shareholders and end it).
True enough. For what it's worth, there is still a lot of generic and mindless anime made, just like anything else. But I'll definitely concede that the best anime being made each year has as much (I'd lean towards saying much more depth) than a lot of television here.
This is actually a common misconception (about the origin of the word "anime"). The french word for animation is, in fact, animation. "Anime" in french is actually a verb, to animate (and I think it can also mean animated, but it's been a long time since I took any french).
The Japanese word "anime" is a shortened form of animeshon, itself essentially a Japanese word that is based on the English word "animation".
I think the assumption that it's a French word comes from the accent that is often used for the e in anime, or just that it sounds like a French word because of the pronunciation.
And anyway, I agree with you. Anime in various forms has been popular for a long time now in many countries.......... the popularity of individual shows or movies may wane, and not everything will last forever (I notice that a lot of modern fans simply don't like some of the classics because they can't deal with the lower quality animation compared to what is being done currently), but when you consider how much of the world's animation is produced in Japan, it is not surprising that it would maintain a strong foothold.
I don't really understand this attitude, but it strikes me sort of like the people who don't like to refer to certain high quality comic books as "comic books".
"anime" simply means Japanese animation. I have no idea why someone would have the attitude that Miyazaki (and Studio Ghibli films in general) couldn't appropriately be called anime. What does it mean to be "more than just anime"? Does that mean that anime, as a baseline definition, only refers to Japanese animation that is just mediocre to average, and that the excellent Japanese animation should be referred to using some other term? Is this some hang-up that non-Japanese have about the use of the term anime (because, of course, in Japan, ANY animation, including non-Japanese animation, is anime, but that's a different issue). Heck, it's like saying that Miyazaki's Nausicaa manga shouldn't be called manga, because it's "more than manga".
I think I understand your point, that Miyazaki's stuff shouldn't necessarily be lumped in with some of the generic TV anime out there, but I think that point can be made without taking this attitude that "anime" isn't an appropriate word to describe what Miyazaki's films are.
Yeah, that more or less seems to be backed up by the NY Times report. They actually reported on both situations..... that IBM basically did say that Apple was going to need to make the investment themselves if they wanted to see these developments in the PPC line. I don't think it's contradicted that IBM didn't find out about Apple's decision to switch to Intel until they saw the news reports, since it sounds like that was done independently (i.e. Apple didn't go to IBM and say "Look, if you don't do this, we're going to Intel").
Ahh, that's pretty cool. I might need to check that out. I'm actually currently using one of the new Saitek Eclipse "gamer's keyboards" (not sure exactly what makes it a gamer's keyboard, since it still seems like a regular keyboard to me) and I actually like the feel and response of it a lot. But hearing that the Matias Tactile Pro uses the same switches (or a variant) is enough to make me try and check it out.
Fair enough. For what it's worth (and this is getting pretty off topic), Apple did actually use to make some really nice keyboards. I especially liked the "Apple Extended Keyboard II", which I think had a lot of fans. There's a peripheral company called MacAlly who even makes an extended USB keyboard that has a pretty similar overall design and feel.
I don't know, I saw someone else on Slashdot point out that the perceived benefit of the computer being able to be used as a development platform for a next gen console system isn't necessarily all its cracked up to me..... they brought this point up in regards to what happened with MIPS.
Do you mean from Apple, or someone else? I don't recall Apple making a USB floppy drive, but I do remember the various third parties that made various USB floppy drives. I think the most expensive I ever saw was around $50 or so. I don't remember how long it took before there were like $10-20 USB floppy drives.
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Not sure if that will be what the above poster was looking for though, as this seems to only be available for Windows and OS X, not Linux.
By replacement for Painter wouldn't you be looking for something that had Painter's focus on replicating various forms of natural and artifial artistic mediums, paints, etc.? Seems like that would be something other than the GIMP. Not quite sure exactly what else is available out there though.
Yeah, it's actually a pretty amazing thing when you think about it........ from the stories, it sounds like Engelbart had come across Bush's article completely by chance. Makes you really wonder how things would have turned out if that never happened, and he never read "As We May Think".
My sentiments exactly. I had also been thinking this would be a cool idea, but never got around to trying to actually implement it in any way. I do take some comfort though in reading that other people on Slashdot have also thought of this....... doesn't make me feel like I was sitting on some million dollar idea that no-one ever thought of and missed some opportunity.
I think "sort of" is the key phrase there. I think there's a big difference between something like a keyboard which uses some sort of OLED/LCD to change the characters/symbols on the keyboard automatically and something like the Zboard which requires you to actually just replace the physical keys with different keysets. Certainly the "idea" is the same, but the actual practical differences between these two approaches to this basic idea are enough that I wouldn't really say it's "already been done", sort of or not.
Just out of curiosity, do you have some examples of this? The reason I ask is that the basic idea (some sort of LCD under each key to allow for a reconfigurable keyboard) is something that had occurred to me a couple of years ago, and I was reading this article now and thinking "Damn, I wish I had actually tried to do something with the idea". I wouldn't feel nearly so bad if it turns out this is something other people have talked about doing before, and hence not such an original idea.
Not everyone has this setup though. It's moot for me since I already have a wifi network setup in my house, but if I didn't, the solution you propose wouldn't work for me. My DSL modem is downstairs, and I keep my console in my room upstairs. Running cat5 to it wouldn't be an option.
Actually, nm. Did some more searching and I guess that is out, but it uses VersaMail.... and I seem to see some people complaining about how well the Exchange ActiveSync component works.
If anything comes of this, it might be a good solution, but I haven't heard any follow-up, so who knows:
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Maybe I'm missing something, but are you saying that VersaMail is the ONLY thing you can use because that's what the Treo came with? Are you somehow not able to install one of the various third party e-mail programs? Most of the Treo owners I know have installed a variety of other e-mail programs.
But you see, that's all MS HAD to do........ put it in a beta version, then take it out by the time the retail version came out (MS wasn't dumb enough to put something like that in the retail version). The point was that it helped word to spread that Windows wouldn't run well with DR-DOS, so by the time the retail version did come out, it was already a well established "fact". This is the very essence of FUD........... create fear, uncertainty and doubt about a competitor's product.
Either way, this should be interesting. Personally, I hope AnimEigo still gets something out of the sales of this stuff. It really bugs me to think that Harmony Gold is able to somehow take the rights to all the work AnimEigo did to restore it and start selling it again, and AnimEigo might not see anything out of all that work (I know AnimEigo did make a fair amount from selling their version, and I guess it was understood since they had to go through Harmony Gold apparently to get the rights..... but even so).
For what it's worth, I think that as long as ADV does a faithful dub, which I think they will...... that is, do a dub that is actually just an English adaptation of the Japanese dialogue, not something that would incorporate Robotech dialogue and elements, etc. .... that this could be a good thing. I'd much rather that more fans get exposed to the original Macross story, and be able to see for themselves how it might have been if it had just been a straight up adaptation instead of a modification.
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As it is, dubbing generally has improved a lot in recent years as there has been more money to put more time into the dubs. One of the reasons that a lot of dubs in the 80's were so bad is that a) the talent wasn't there, and didn't have as much experience and b) the money wasn't there for doing really proper studio work. More recently, dubbing studios have been able to create environments much closer to how it is done in Japan, which helps everyone.
Evangelion, being a show that was dubbed years ago, isn't going to be a particularly good example of this. But going back to experience, it's worth noting I think that some of the people who did voicework for Evangelion have definitely improved with experience.
As your link points out, the density of neurons in Einstein's brain was greater though.
What does this have to do with phrenology? Were you trying to say phrenology was based on the size of the brain, and not the shape of the skull?
I'm with you on this one too....... as old as it is, and as many times as I've seen it, it still manages to make me laugh. And dammit, there's always good opportunities to bring out lines like "you have no chance to survive, make your time" and "move EVERY zig" and "you know what doing" and "what you say!?!?". It is timeless.
Actually, I don't recall him threatening a hostile takeover, but I do remember him discussing this based on a hypothetical question of what he would do if he were in charge of Apple (and his suggestion was that they should just liquidate all of their assets and give it to the shareholders and end it).
True enough. For what it's worth, there is still a lot of generic and mindless anime made, just like anything else. But I'll definitely concede that the best anime being made each year has as much (I'd lean towards saying much more depth) than a lot of television here.
The Japanese word "anime" is a shortened form of animeshon, itself essentially a Japanese word that is based on the English word "animation".
I think the assumption that it's a French word comes from the accent that is often used for the e in anime, or just that it sounds like a French word because of the pronunciation.
And anyway, I agree with you. Anime in various forms has been popular for a long time now in many countries.......... the popularity of individual shows or movies may wane, and not everything will last forever (I notice that a lot of modern fans simply don't like some of the classics because they can't deal with the lower quality animation compared to what is being done currently), but when you consider how much of the world's animation is produced in Japan, it is not surprising that it would maintain a strong foothold.
"anime" simply means Japanese animation. I have no idea why someone would have the attitude that Miyazaki (and Studio Ghibli films in general) couldn't appropriately be called anime. What does it mean to be "more than just anime"? Does that mean that anime, as a baseline definition, only refers to Japanese animation that is just mediocre to average, and that the excellent Japanese animation should be referred to using some other term? Is this some hang-up that non-Japanese have about the use of the term anime (because, of course, in Japan, ANY animation, including non-Japanese animation, is anime, but that's a different issue). Heck, it's like saying that Miyazaki's Nausicaa manga shouldn't be called manga, because it's "more than manga".
I think I understand your point, that Miyazaki's stuff shouldn't necessarily be lumped in with some of the generic TV anime out there, but I think that point can be made without taking this attitude that "anime" isn't an appropriate word to describe what Miyazaki's films are.
Yeah, that more or less seems to be backed up by the NY Times report. They actually reported on both situations..... that IBM basically did say that Apple was going to need to make the investment themselves if they wanted to see these developments in the PPC line. I don't think it's contradicted that IBM didn't find out about Apple's decision to switch to Intel until they saw the news reports, since it sounds like that was done independently (i.e. Apple didn't go to IBM and say "Look, if you don't do this, we're going to Intel").
Ahh, that's pretty cool. I might need to check that out. I'm actually currently using one of the new Saitek Eclipse "gamer's keyboards" (not sure exactly what makes it a gamer's keyboard, since it still seems like a regular keyboard to me) and I actually like the feel and response of it a lot. But hearing that the Matias Tactile Pro uses the same switches (or a variant) is enough to make me try and check it out.
Fair enough. For what it's worth (and this is getting pretty off topic), Apple did actually use to make some really nice keyboards. I especially liked the "Apple Extended Keyboard II", which I think had a lot of fans. There's a peripheral company called MacAlly who even makes an extended USB keyboard that has a pretty similar overall design and feel.
I don't know, I saw someone else on Slashdot point out that the perceived benefit of the computer being able to be used as a development platform for a next gen console system isn't necessarily all its cracked up to me..... they brought this point up in regards to what happened with MIPS.
Do you mean from Apple, or someone else? I don't recall Apple making a USB floppy drive, but I do remember the various third parties that made various USB floppy drives. I think the most expensive I ever saw was around $50 or so. I don't remember how long it took before there were like $10-20 USB floppy drives.