"I love it when MS stories are posted. It's so easy to rack up karma!"
"Don't provide an alternative point of view or anything, you got those mod points to burn! Use'em like bullets!"
I'd be happy if I got modded down for a comment like that. It means that you've struck truth.
I haveta agree, though, it's a pity that the moderators that disagree with you think that moderation points are used to surpress alternative ideas. I post this with the fear that I'll get modded down as well. It'll say 'off-topic' although it isn't.
"all you ever do with respect to MS is sneer at them and post negative shit. cunts."
Not the most elegant way of putting it, but he's got a point. If that's not bad enough, the tone of the guy posting the article is pretty much judge/jury/executioner.
I'm getting really sick and tired of reading through the articles to find out things aren't near as bad as they're made out to be. If somebody wants my attention regarding norti shenanigans that MS is pulling, try to sound more objective. I feel like I'm watching commercials for Jerry Springer.
"Beta Sp isn't 3/4 - that is U-matic (or U-matic SP). Beta is 1/2 inch in two different size cartridges."
Thank you. I never could keep those terms straignt in my mind. (I was just the CG guy, heh. Didn't work with tapes much.)
It took a lot of expensive equipment to get the video off those tapes and into a computer. Then one day I plug my $500 DV camera into my Firewire port and I have most of that capability here.
To anybody looking into doing broadcast quality 3D animation: $500 DV camera (Sony TRV-140), $50 firewire card, and a $600 copy of Premiere (Educational license MIGHT work and be cheaper...) are worth the purchase.
"Once again..Betacam (which is the 3/4 inch deck he's talking about) is in no way related to Betamax."
Read my post. Never said it was. I said DV damn close to Betacam.
"Anyone who uses premiere and says they can do the same quality as broadcast is straight up lying to you..."
Um yeah you can. You call people liars, but ya don't say why they're wrong. Premiere doesn't destroy the DV data. If the DV is close to broadcast quality (and it's used in broadcast a ALOT) then Premiere can make the edits without loss of quality. You can pay more and get better products, that's a given. The point I was making was that I have a complete solution for $5,000 and ONE (1) of the components the TV Studio had cost over $20,000. I've already done profesionaly quality using Premiere and DV so arguing with me on this point would prove both fruitless and humiliating.
"same with lightwave...try XSI next time buddy."
Oh boy, another lame 3d religious debate. Never mind that Lightwave is the standard broadcast animation tool. XSI is cool (and costs more) but there is no die-hard reason to use it over LW unless you have a very specific feature you need from it.
So yeah, nice attempt to troll there. I can see why you hid behind an AC mask.
... I don't think earthquakes are an entirely appropriate metaphor. I'd think of it as more like dropping flaming bombs. Then, like in Populus, a flaming dude goes running back home only to set it on fire. Then people run out of it into neighboring homes and set them on fire. And then..
Well shoot now I wanna go play Populus. I don't feel like fleshing out my point.
Not a bad time to do it. DV has matured enough to absorb the impact. As a matter of fact, I bought a $500 video camera that uses Digital8 and am surprised at it's capabilities.
I have Premiere ($500ish), After Effects ($600ish), Photoshop ($600), and Lightwave ($1,600) as well. My $5,000 setup (my computer included) kicks the crap out of the TV studio I worked in a couple of years ago where one 3/4th Beta Deck cost around $20,000. The downside is that I don't quite get the color data that beta does. Can't say I miss it yet.
Price per performance has really changed in the last 5 years.
"But believing that the Universe is 6000 years old and was created in 6 days, woman was created from a man's rib, resurrection and all that other ilk is somehow more serious?"
There's a difference between faith and believing what you see in a movie. I think a lot of religions defy logic, but I can respect them. I have trouble believing in a movie that never made any attempt to accurately portray events around a neighboring galaxy.
"Despite over 70,000 respondents (.37% of the population) replying "Jedi" to an optional faith question on Australia's census, it will not become a recognized religion"
Well duh. Who would put down 'Jedi' and not be considered sarcastic? What'd they expect?
Frankly, I'd be insulted if they took me seriously for a stunt like that. "You believe in a force that requires motion control and wires, your idol is a puppet (muppet?), your bible is a piece of inconsistent fiction that isn't even aware of how slow the speed of light is, and you're willing to hang out with a crowd of people are understandably single."
Lesson learned: Satirical criticism of somebody's post (who wasn't modded as off-topic) is off-topic.
I wouldn't be bothered by it if the guy ahead of me was modded down. I wish there was some flexibility with what 'off-topic' really means. I think there are people taking it too literally. Coincidentally, freedom to speak your mind without fear of consequences is what this article is about.
a.) It's a computer sniffing the traffic. No big deal. I prefer a computer getting nauseated by my lovenotes to my gf than a human.
b.) Who's been busted by it? I mean if I saw a story saying somebody was improperly jailed over it, then yeah I'd be all over getting it removed.
c.) Who didn't expect this after 9-11? What I think will happen is they'll sift through the data and realize "there's nothing we can do to use this to stop another attack." However, if everybody stars PGP'ing everything, then they won't stop until they've got the technology to break encyrption. The good news is that it might aceellerate development of a quantum computer, but once that's done you're hosed.
d.) Despite what scifi movies tell us, the Gov't can't really use this to control anybody. What resources do they have to use this for blackmail? "Heh, you think my wife's going to believe I had cybersex with a 13 year old? HAHAHAH!" It's not like the United States is hiding a Clone Army ready to swoop down and restore order.
e.) You're not being very smart if you're putting sensitive info on the net to begin with. Never mind the Gov't, somebody could be watching everything you do right now. It might be your employer, it might be a curious trainee at your ISP, it could be somebody playing with one of the servers routing your data. If info you are transmitting around the net is so sensitive you don't want the gov't anyway, you'd best be encrypting it anyway instead of acting surprised. Security on the internet is a pipe-dream. It wasn't built that way. Heck, this post is going to go through 19 different computers before it gets to the Slashdot server. You guys are worried about carnivore variants? You guys should be worried that you can't attain privacy on the internet PERIOD.
So maybe I'm being naieve, but I don't see it is a huge stinking threat that wasn't already there. It's certainly not going to change my privacy habits.
"Commenting on editors' spelling = legitimate expectation of quality from a service that claims to be "news."
Only it's not the news. Slashdot does no journalism. All it does is provide a table of contents for relevant news around the web. Frankly, the criticisms the editors' spelling is far more obnoxious than the spelling errors themselves. "Hey! Look at me! It hurts my brain to see a typo! I think this gives me a legitimate reason to be a nitpicky bastard!"
I don't think that the *AA understands that content is only part of value, service is the other. The movie Ghostbusters is of little value if you can't watch it in entertaining conditions. If you can't pause the video so you can use the bathroom, then you've made viewing conditions 'less entertaining'. When commercials are added to a TV show, it becomes less entertaining. And so on.
That's why P2P hasn't replaced DVD sales. DVD's are a service that P2P can't replicate. But, if the *AA relies too much on the content and not enough on the service it provides, then yes the internet could potentially be a danger. Not from would-be pirates, but from the new content producers down the road who understand this.
Kansas City (KS and/or MO) might actually turn into a technology city. They're already on their way to doing that. I can't believe how much its changed in the last 5 years.
I know I'm way off topic here, but is there something about Kansas that makes it valuable in the technology field? Maybe it's because it's dead in the middle of the country and can act as a hub between the coasts?
If that's the case, why not turn Oklahoma into a big landfill for monitors? heh.
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"I love it when MS stories are posted. It's so easy to rack up karma!"
"Don't provide an alternative point of view or anything, you got those mod points to burn! Use'em like bullets!"
I'd be happy if I got modded down for a comment like that. It means that you've struck truth.
I haveta agree, though, it's a pity that the moderators that disagree with you think that moderation points are used to surpress alternative ideas. I post this with the fear that I'll get modded down as well. It'll say 'off-topic' although it isn't.
"all you ever do with respect to MS is sneer at them and post negative shit. cunts."
Not the most elegant way of putting it, but he's got a point. If that's not bad enough, the tone of the guy posting the article is pretty much judge/jury/executioner.
I'm getting really sick and tired of reading through the articles to find out things aren't near as bad as they're made out to be. If somebody wants my attention regarding norti shenanigans that MS is pulling, try to sound more objective. I feel like I'm watching commercials for Jerry Springer.
Unfortunately, no it doesn't have analog inputs. >:I
"Beta Sp isn't 3/4 - that is U-matic (or U-matic SP). Beta is 1/2 inch in two different size cartridges."
Thank you. I never could keep those terms straignt in my mind. (I was just the CG guy, heh. Didn't work with tapes much.)
It took a lot of expensive equipment to get the video off those tapes and into a computer. Then one day I plug my $500 DV camera into my Firewire port and I have most of that capability here.
To anybody looking into doing broadcast quality 3D animation: $500 DV camera (Sony TRV-140), $50 firewire card, and a $600 copy of Premiere (Educational license MIGHT work and be cheaper...) are worth the purchase.
"Once again..Betacam (which is the 3/4 inch deck he's talking about) is in no way related to Betamax."
Read my post. Never said it was. I said DV damn close to Betacam.
"Anyone who uses premiere and says they can do the same quality as broadcast is straight up lying to you..."
Um yeah you can. You call people liars, but ya don't say why they're wrong. Premiere doesn't destroy the DV data. If the DV is close to broadcast quality (and it's used in broadcast a ALOT) then Premiere can make the edits without loss of quality. You can pay more and get better products, that's a given. The point I was making was that I have a complete solution for $5,000 and ONE (1) of the components the TV Studio had cost over $20,000. I've already done profesionaly quality using Premiere and DV so arguing with me on this point would prove both fruitless and humiliating.
"same with lightwave...try XSI next time buddy."
Oh boy, another lame 3d religious debate. Never mind that Lightwave is the standard broadcast animation tool. XSI is cool (and costs more) but there is no die-hard reason to use it over LW unless you have a very specific feature you need from it.
So yeah, nice attempt to troll there. I can see why you hid behind an AC mask.
... I don't think earthquakes are an entirely appropriate metaphor. I'd think of it as more like dropping flaming bombs. Then, like in Populus, a flaming dude goes running back home only to set it on fire. Then people run out of it into neighboring homes and set them on fire. And then..
Well shoot now I wanna go play Populus. I don't feel like fleshing out my point.
bitchin!
Thanks dude, that's the cheapest device I've seen like that!
(I forgot to mention that I wanted a $500 device for that... hehe)
Not a bad time to do it. DV has matured enough to absorb the impact. As a matter of fact, I bought a $500 video camera that uses Digital8 and am surprised at it's capabilities.
I have Premiere ($500ish), After Effects ($600ish), Photoshop ($600), and Lightwave ($1,600) as well. My $5,000 setup (my computer included) kicks the crap out of the TV studio I worked in a couple of years ago where one 3/4th Beta Deck cost around $20,000. The downside is that I don't quite get the color data that beta does. Can't say I miss it yet.
Price per performance has really changed in the last 5 years.
I wish I could record TV to MiniDV, though...
"But believing that the Universe is 6000 years old and was created in 6 days, woman was created from a man's rib, resurrection and all that other ilk is somehow more serious?"
There's a difference between faith and believing what you see in a movie. I think a lot of religions defy logic, but I can respect them. I have trouble believing in a movie that never made any attempt to accurately portray events around a neighboring galaxy.
It's easier to defend the inconsistencies in the bible than it is with the Star Wars hexilogy. Uhh.. hex? Heh. Star Wars is sinful!!!
"Despite over 70,000 respondents (.37% of the population) replying "Jedi" to an optional faith question on Australia's census, it will not become a recognized religion"
Well duh. Who would put down 'Jedi' and not be considered sarcastic? What'd they expect?
Frankly, I'd be insulted if they took me seriously for a stunt like that. "You believe in a force that requires motion control and wires, your idol is a puppet (muppet?), your bible is a piece of inconsistent fiction that isn't even aware of how slow the speed of light is, and you're willing to hang out with a crowd of people are understandably single."
Yep, I'd be insulted by being accepted as a Jedi.
Lesson learned: Satirical criticism of somebody's post (who wasn't modded as off-topic) is off-topic.
I wouldn't be bothered by it if the guy ahead of me was modded down. I wish there was some flexibility with what 'off-topic' really means. I think there are people taking it too literally. Coincidentally, freedom to speak your mind without fear of consequences is what this article is about.
...What's the big deal? Seriously?
a.) It's a computer sniffing the traffic. No big deal. I prefer a computer getting nauseated by my lovenotes to my gf than a human.
b.) Who's been busted by it? I mean if I saw a story saying somebody was improperly jailed over it, then yeah I'd be all over getting it removed.
c.) Who didn't expect this after 9-11? What I think will happen is they'll sift through the data and realize "there's nothing we can do to use this to stop another attack." However, if everybody stars PGP'ing everything, then they won't stop until they've got the technology to break encyrption. The good news is that it might aceellerate development of a quantum computer, but once that's done you're hosed.
d.) Despite what scifi movies tell us, the Gov't can't really use this to control anybody. What resources do they have to use this for blackmail? "Heh, you think my wife's going to believe I had cybersex with a 13 year old? HAHAHAH!" It's not like the United States is hiding a Clone Army ready to swoop down and restore order.
e.) You're not being very smart if you're putting sensitive info on the net to begin with. Never mind the Gov't, somebody could be watching everything you do right now. It might be your employer, it might be a curious trainee at your ISP, it could be somebody playing with one of the servers routing your data. If info you are transmitting around the net is so sensitive you don't want the gov't anyway, you'd best be encrypting it anyway instead of acting surprised. Security on the internet is a pipe-dream. It wasn't built that way. Heck, this post is going to go through 19 different computers before it gets to the Slashdot server. You guys are worried about carnivore variants? You guys should be worried that you can't attain privacy on the internet PERIOD.
So maybe I'm being naieve, but I don't see it is a huge stinking threat that wasn't already there. It's certainly not going to change my privacy habits.
I oversimplified the article and am acting cynical to sound smarter than I really am.
Whoop de shit.
It's a joke. :P
Yes, you are missing something. Here's the detail in the summary of the article that you missed:
"Using the Verizon Wireless CDPD network in US..."
This isn't 802.11, it's wireless data like your cell phone gets. I.e. more coverage at slower speed and metered rates.
"Ironic, everybody hates Starbuck's for being everywhere, but they may be our saviors when it comes to getting wireless broadband up."
Yeah, but now they're preventing mom & pop places from going broke trying to make a service that's not quite as good! They're destroying America!
"Commenting on editors' spelling = legitimate expectation of quality from a service that claims to be "news."
Only it's not the news. Slashdot does no journalism. All it does is provide a table of contents for relevant news around the web. Frankly, the criticisms the editors' spelling is far more obnoxious than the spelling errors themselves. "Hey! Look at me! It hurts my brain to see a typo! I think this gives me a legitimate reason to be a nitpicky bastard!"
I don't think that the *AA understands that content is only part of value, service is the other. The movie Ghostbusters is of little value if you can't watch it in entertaining conditions. If you can't pause the video so you can use the bathroom, then you've made viewing conditions 'less entertaining'. When commercials are added to a TV show, it becomes less entertaining. And so on.
That's why P2P hasn't replaced DVD sales. DVD's are a service that P2P can't replicate. But, if the *AA relies too much on the content and not enough on the service it provides, then yes the internet could potentially be a danger. Not from would-be pirates, but from the new content producers down the road who understand this.
Woulda been funnier if we were talking about Nebraska. Kansas is a little too well known for having some geek sectors.
KCK. A little bit of exaggeration on my part, I'm sure my parents and friends back home would find it amusing though. :)
Too bad some moderator thought I was trolling.
"...and eventually, a tornado will come through and get dispose of them for you."
That's Australia's problem. Heh.
Ozzie Ozzie Ozzie! Oi oi oi oi!
Hmm I doubt anybody'll get that heh.
Okay. Now where's the part that says "We only post a story once."?
Remember that news is topical, not choronological.
Kansas City (KS and/or MO) might actually turn into a technology city. They're already on their way to doing that. I can't believe how much its changed in the last 5 years.
I know I'm way off topic here, but is there something about Kansas that makes it valuable in the technology field? Maybe it's because it's dead in the middle of the country and can act as a hub between the coasts?
If that's the case, why not turn Oklahoma into a big landfill for monitors? heh.
"Still in Kansas myself, and happy to report a high, relatively, concentration of geeks here..."
That's true, but they have a way of nomadding to the West Coast. That's what I did. (I'm not in Kansas anymore, heh.)