I bought this record for DJing, but curiosity finally led me to investigate the "data track," so I recorded the Atari track onto tape and set up my dusty old 800XL computer and 1010 cassette recorder. Had to re-record a couple of times to overcome clicks and pops, but it worked!
A roller rink organ plays over the TV speaker while the program loads. The program itself is a simple intro screen and keyboard synth; nothing to get excited about. They did give props to Drexciya in the credits, though.;-)
They also promised free copies of more music if I mailed in a screenshot, but I never received anything. Bastards!
An animator, unlike an actor in a body suit, is in control and aware of every single part of the body in motion
But good actors do exactly that. Your obliviousness to the skill, and the control and practice required to achieve it, only proves that they've done their job.
I'd say instead that an exaggerated, processed reality demands the exaggerated, processed movement that only animation can provide.
I wouldn't expect anything less from a Brad Bird film.
I've been a fan since "Family Dog," the animated short he directed for Speilberg's Amazing Stories TV series.
Now that one of his films is getting the exposure and distribution it deserves (his last pic, Iron Giant, was banished by Fox to the kiddie matinee time slot), maybe he'll finally get the recognition he deserves.
Vote with my wallet? I tried that back when music stores introduced the CD format. The first releases were more expensive than equivalent vinyl LPs, with the claim that they would "eventually" be cheaper. I saw it as a cash grab and chose to continue buying LPs.
That is, until the music distributors instantly and unilaterally stopped accepting stores' vinyl returns, effectively forcing them to stock only CDs.
Now, tell me, will "voting with my wallet" be any more effective this time? Those who don't know history etc. etc.
An attendant question: In the aftermath of these actions, how prevalent are analog music formats (vinyl, cassettes) today? Only DJs, independent artists, and archivists still trade in them. Retroriggers, indeed.
Quicktime, while it has very high quality on high bitrate content, has nothing else whatsoever to offer PC users
"nothing else whatever?" The ability to cut/copy/paste video and audio, not to mention overlay multiple tracks? QT is the only playback platform that lets viewers also be creators.
Okay, maybe you're only a passive consumer of audio and video. In that case, just using a player that doesn't modify the operating system is a plus. It's for this reason that I recommend QT format for the audio and video in my clients' multimedia presentations: no worries of altering users' OSes when installing the playback software.
(Disclaimer: I co-own and operate GK, so this qualifies as shameless self-promotion)
Yes, Ground Kontrol has all but one of the Blip exhibit's games and about 50 more. Our goal is to present arcade gaming's "greatest hits", spanning the decades, all for.25 a play in a true arcade environment, as originally intended.
At the old-timer 'museum' end of the spectrum, we're refurbishing a 1973 QuadraPong. It's the first cocktail table game and only the third Atari produced. It's so early, the screen is a modified off-the-shelf B&W television!
At the top end, we've got Gauntlet: Dark Legacy and San Francisco Rush: The Rock. And, in the middle, plenty of golden-age (1980-1982) classics. Pinball, too.
We have some bignames in the arcade preservation hobby involved, and the place is looking good. If you live anywhere west of the Rockies, please do pay a visit. It's a lot cheaper than driving to NYC.;-)
What Palm did, and Apple didn't do, is find out what people actually wanted, rather than what people thought they wanted.
Yep. The boring, bone-simple issues that make or break a product almost never come up at the focus group, only to pop up in the final stages of production, or even after product launch! Then the team scratches their heads, wondering why no one's buying.
I've been involved with the development of a few retail products, one being a purple, external storage device you may be familiar with. The regular Joes and Janes around the table at those early sessions never discuss practical details; they're off spinning an ideal use scenario that has zero to do with their actual use patterns.
Case in point: everyone's ragging on Graffiti, and handwriting in general, in this topic at the moment. A keyboard is always easier, right? With the original Palm, you do everything with the device in one hand, and the stylus in the other, like a pad and paper. Simple. Well, I was recently forced to upgrade from a Graffiti Palm to a keyboard Treo. With a keyboard, I'm forever switching between tapping menu items with the stylus, then gripping the thing with two hands to attempt typing with my big, ham-like thumbs. Not elegant.
I didn't know how much worse it could get until I needed to write someone's contact info in a darkened club. With Graffiti, I could write away without even looking at the writing area. With the keyboard, I couldn't see what keys I was hitting, and had to fall back to the napkin method for the first time in two years.
If you need a light to see the screen, doesn't it follow that you'd need one to see the keys too? Looks like the focus groupers missed that little detail.
If anyone has a Graffiti Treo they'd like to trade, post a reply. Really.
You'll have to swear off recordable media, just for starters. The record industry gets a percentage from every cassette and, yes, CD-R sold. Their justification is that you're surely buying these to rip them off.
You can also never patronize any public establishment which plays pre-recorded music, either via jukebox or in-house sound system. The record labels get a cut of that, too, whether it's their music playing or not. Just ask jwz.
There are more, but this is too depressing to go on.
On the point of realplayer format; it was the only format that the adverts were available in.
You must not have looked very hard. The most rudimentary search returns my commercials page featuring ads in QuickTime format. It's been on the web since 1996.
Congratulations on the Slashdot listing. But this article ought to also list the dozens of classic commercials sites that have been around for years now!
Notice that the manager makes no comment on whether Toast will include DRM in the future, a modification that this EULA update is expressly designed to enable.
They're asking us to accept unsolicited, undocumented updates to the software at any time they see fit. I highly doubt this is being done for our benefit.
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I bought this record for DJing, but curiosity finally led me to investigate the "data track," so I recorded the Atari track onto tape and set up my dusty old 800XL computer and 1010 cassette recorder. Had to re-record a couple of times to overcome clicks and pops, but it worked!
A roller rink organ plays over the TV speaker while the program loads. The program itself is a simple intro screen and keyboard synth; nothing to get excited about. They did give props to Drexciya in the credits, though. ;-)
They also promised free copies of more music if I mailed in a screenshot, but I never received anything. Bastards!
An animator, unlike an actor in a body suit, is in control and aware of every single part of the body in motion
But good actors do exactly that. Your obliviousness to the skill, and the control and practice required to achieve it, only proves that they've done their job.
I'd say instead that an exaggerated, processed reality demands the exaggerated, processed movement that only animation can provide.
I wouldn't expect anything less from a Brad Bird film. I've been a fan since "Family Dog," the animated short he directed for Speilberg's Amazing Stories TV series.
Now that one of his films is getting the exposure and distribution it deserves (his last pic, Iron Giant, was banished by Fox to the kiddie matinee time slot), maybe he'll finally get the recognition he deserves.
Vote with my wallet? I tried that back when music stores introduced the CD format. The first releases were more expensive than equivalent vinyl LPs, with the claim that they would "eventually" be cheaper. I saw it as a cash grab and chose to continue buying LPs.
That is, until the music distributors instantly and unilaterally stopped accepting stores' vinyl returns, effectively forcing them to stock only CDs.
Now, tell me, will "voting with my wallet" be any more effective this time? Those who don't know history etc. etc.
An attendant question: In the aftermath of these actions, how prevalent are analog music formats (vinyl, cassettes) today? Only DJs, independent artists, and archivists still trade in them. Retroriggers, indeed.
Okay, maybe you're only a passive consumer of audio and video. In that case, just using a player that doesn't modify the operating system is a plus. It's for this reason that I recommend QT format for the audio and video in my clients' multimedia presentations: no worries of altering users' OSes when installing the playback software.
The software is only one piece of the puzzle, of course. Its killing was enabled by the hubris of its developers and the blind trust of its users.
And our ROMs come complete with free plastic shells and labels!
In other words, we sell the original cartridges. Just making sure Nintendo of America doesn't get the wrong idea ;-)
-El D.
(Disclaimer: I co-own and operate GK, so this qualifies as shameless self-promotion)
Yes, Ground Kontrol has all but one of the Blip exhibit's games and about 50 more. Our goal is to present arcade gaming's "greatest hits", spanning the decades, all for .25 a play in a true arcade environment, as originally intended.
At the old-timer 'museum' end of the spectrum, we're refurbishing a 1973 QuadraPong. It's the first cocktail table game and only the third Atari produced. It's so early, the screen is a modified off-the-shelf B&W television!
At the top end, we've got Gauntlet: Dark Legacy and San Francisco Rush: The Rock. And, in the middle, plenty of golden-age (1980-1982) classics. Pinball, too.
We have some big names in the arcade preservation hobby involved, and the place is looking good. If you live anywhere west of the Rockies, please do pay a visit. It's a lot cheaper than driving to NYC. ;-)
Yep. The boring, bone-simple issues that make or break a product almost never come up at the focus group, only to pop up in the final stages of production, or even after product launch! Then the team scratches their heads, wondering why no one's buying.
I've been involved with the development of a few retail products, one being a purple, external storage device you may be familiar with. The regular Joes and Janes around the table at those early sessions never discuss practical details; they're off spinning an ideal use scenario that has zero to do with their actual use patterns.
Case in point: everyone's ragging on Graffiti, and handwriting in general, in this topic at the moment. A keyboard is always easier, right? With the original Palm, you do everything with the device in one hand, and the stylus in the other, like a pad and paper. Simple. Well, I was recently forced to upgrade from a Graffiti Palm to a keyboard Treo. With a keyboard, I'm forever switching between tapping menu items with the stylus, then gripping the thing with two hands to attempt typing with my big, ham-like thumbs. Not elegant.
I didn't know how much worse it could get until I needed to write someone's contact info in a darkened club. With Graffiti, I could write away without even looking at the writing area. With the keyboard, I couldn't see what keys I was hitting, and had to fall back to the napkin method for the first time in two years.
If you need a light to see the screen, doesn't it follow that you'd need one to see the keys too? Looks like the focus groupers missed that little detail.
If anyone has a Graffiti Treo they'd like to trade, post a reply. Really.
Nice thought, but tough in practice.
You'll have to swear off recordable media, just for starters. The record industry gets a percentage from every cassette and, yes, CD-R sold. Their justification is that you're surely buying these to rip them off.
You can also never patronize any public establishment which plays pre-recorded music, either via jukebox or in-house sound system. The record labels get a cut of that, too, whether it's their music playing or not. Just ask jwz.
There are more, but this is too depressing to go on.
On the point of realplayer format; it was the only format that the adverts were available in.
You must not have looked very hard. The most rudimentary search returns my commercials page featuring ads in QuickTime format. It's been on the web since 1996.
Congratulations on the Slashdot listing. But this article ought to also list the dozens of classic commercials sites that have been around for years now!
Notice that the manager makes no comment on whether Toast will include DRM in the future, a modification that this EULA update is expressly designed to enable.
They're asking us to accept unsolicited, undocumented updates to the software at any time they see fit. I highly doubt this is being done for our benefit.
--El Destructo, Toast user since 1994