And I also believe it doesn't support the afterburner type lights for the gba. Not having decent lighting is the main reason why my game boy advance sits in a bag collecting dust instead of being used for anything useful.
Comming in Summer 2005! One billion gallons of blood are said to be used for the film's special effects (This is at least a thousand gallons more than the first one). Peter Jackson's dreams to take this classic and turn it into a trilogy have finally come real.
Is it just me, or wouldn't you expect a media computer to be a computer that you can hook up your television and view its content (video files, sound files, pictures) on your television using a remote control? Why all this talk about DVD playing? What is so special about a computer playing a DVD?
Taxing software seems impossible. What exactly is importing software? Sending code over FTP? Sending the finished product? If its compiled in the US and developed elsewhere is that still imported?? Maybe taxing the actual labor that would make more sense.
What about dataplay, 500MB in the size roughly of a quarter. Very neat, but i think they ended up filing for bankruptcy over competition with flash cards and hard drive based mp3 players. I think even Britney Spears was scheduled to release an album using this technology.
A few months ago, I made some attempt to digitize some VHS Tapes, with 4 different devices each reletively cheap (under $100) (Linx USB Plus Video Capture Cable, Belkin USB VideoBus II Video Capture Adapter, ATI TV Wonder, and Creative Labs Video Blaster Digital VCR).
I was able to get the best quality out of Digital VCR though the software was buggy and annoying. The one click remote control recording was great, but once recorded, the movies are difficult to work with and extract to a file (The ridiculous little program it came with to extract video files was pure trash).
The two usb devices were convenient, but neither could offer a serious representation of the vhs (each allowing a very limited resolution and quality with the very limited usb 1.0 bandwidth). As for the ATI tv-wonder, i had endless problems with color and quality as well as dropped frames. By the way, I was using an amd 1700+ with a 60gb harddrive.
Some of my problems may have been user based, but after all this trouble, the next time i'll probably go for an analog to dv converter, or a digital camcorder with analog in.
That's no fun. Maybe to preview songs before getting them from somewhere else?? But then again, Amazon.com is now offering mpeg previews so what's the point.
Here: Adobe sues Macromedia over the use of tabbed windows and is awarded 2.8 million by the jury for damages. The funny thing is that Macromedia countersued Adobe shortly after and was awarded 4.9 million for simularly stupid patents. So Adobe ended up loosing 2.1 million plus all the court costs for what they did. Ironic indeed.
If you don't like it, either use IE (not me thanks) or not visit the website (that would be me).
This isn't to discourage Opera users away from using opera, but its to discourage explorer users from trying opera. Many people have msn as their home page because it was defaulted to that, so these people would immediately see these problems if they decide one day to switch to try Opera. Since Microsoft has such a huge amount of the market share, its a good chance that a new Opera user is an ex-Explorer user.
I remember purchasing music from cdnow thinking i was getting an mp3 file i could later burn to a cd, only to find out (after the fact) the music was in this liquid audio format where the "recommended" player was liquid audio player (which i believe was the only player). It also claimed the song was only playable from 1 computer and was crippled in such a way that I had to do an analog rip of the song from one of my computers to the other.
My point is that if they are going to be successful they have to be MORE convenient that file sharing programs. And not just by having easily downloadable mp3s, but an easier interface, more reliability, and faster downloads, etc...
According to their figures (and some bad math), it would take 1 to 50 years to write a square inch at what they said was their desired maximum capacity (4 petabits) considering the write speeds they gave (from 2.5 MB/sec to 125 MB/sec). It also claims the current prototye is "not accurate enough for practical applications" but will be possibly in 5 years. I don't know, but possibly, by that time, another technology will arise with simular or better capacity and a write speed to fill it in minutes or hours though.
i've been hearing about holographic storage for a while. And then there's that whole thing about electric companys providing internet service through power lines which is pretty vapor.
Oh, so you can actually BUY cds from the store without having to download them from the internet for free?? Wow, Its so hard to keep up with current technology these days.
The organic LEDs have kinks to be worked out before they can gain wide acceptance, he said. "Whether it's polymer, large-molecule or small-molecule
Fill-factor issues, which involve defects in which the surface area of a pixel is not completely covered with emissive material, can cause problems with display uniformity and crosstalk. Edge growth is a type of fill-factor defect. Single-pixel, and sometimes subpixel, defects are critical factors that determine display quality
What about higher fees depending on the size of the company/coorperation? and idea?
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Very nice, but from what i can see this volumetric 3d display is only for displaying static 3d models where no animiation whatsoever is possible. Also checkout their pricing scheme:
Perspecta display (hardware): US$45,000
Perspecta "O/S" and SRK (spatial rendering kernel): US$3,000
Developer's Program and Software Development Kit: US$2,000/month
Installation: US$2,100
Hardware Support Programs: Basic (US$3,000/yr) and Premium ($7,000/yr)
Software Support Programs: Basic (US$3,000/yr) and Premium ($7,000/yr)
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And I also believe it doesn't support the afterburner type lights for the gba. Not having decent lighting is the main reason why my game boy advance sits in a bag collecting dust instead of being used for anything useful.
Comming in Summer 2005! One billion gallons of blood are said to be used for the film's special effects (This is at least a thousand gallons more than the first one). Peter Jackson's dreams to take this classic and turn it into a trilogy have finally come real.
Is it just me, or wouldn't you expect a media computer to be a computer that you can hook up your television and view its content (video files, sound files, pictures) on your television using a remote control? Why all this talk about DVD playing? What is so special about a computer playing a DVD?
Why doesn't the US tax the import of software?
Taxing software seems impossible. What exactly is importing software? Sending code over FTP? Sending the finished product? If its compiled in the US and developed elsewhere is that still imported?? Maybe taxing the actual labor that would make more sense.
What about dataplay, 500MB in the size roughly of a quarter. Very neat, but i think they ended up filing for bankruptcy over competition with flash cards and hard drive based mp3 players. I think even Britney Spears was scheduled to release an album using this technology.
A smart, creative, experienced, determined attacker can find flaws in just about any standard commercial product.
And if your determined enough, you probably don't even need the other 3 qualities.
A few months ago, I made some attempt to digitize some VHS Tapes, with 4 different devices each reletively cheap (under $100) (Linx USB Plus Video Capture Cable, Belkin USB VideoBus II Video Capture Adapter, ATI TV Wonder, and Creative Labs Video Blaster Digital VCR). I was able to get the best quality out of Digital VCR though the software was buggy and annoying. The one click remote control recording was great, but once recorded, the movies are difficult to work with and extract to a file (The ridiculous little program it came with to extract video files was pure trash). The two usb devices were convenient, but neither could offer a serious representation of the vhs (each allowing a very limited resolution and quality with the very limited usb 1.0 bandwidth). As for the ATI tv-wonder, i had endless problems with color and quality as well as dropped frames. By the way, I was using an amd 1700+ with a 60gb harddrive. Some of my problems may have been user based, but after all this trouble, the next time i'll probably go for an analog to dv converter, or a digital camcorder with analog in.
That's no fun. Maybe to preview songs before getting them from somewhere else?? But then again, Amazon.com is now offering mpeg previews so what's the point.
Here: Adobe sues Macromedia over the use of tabbed windows and is awarded 2.8 million by the jury for damages. The funny thing is that Macromedia countersued Adobe shortly after and was awarded 4.9 million for simularly stupid patents. So Adobe ended up loosing 2.1 million plus all the court costs for what they did. Ironic indeed.
...are the hackers of today.
Is is just me, or does anyone else find it strange that the teams always finish on time. Some editing tricks perhaps?
I remember purchasing music from cdnow thinking i was getting an mp3 file i could later burn to a cd, only to find out (after the fact) the music was in this liquid audio format where the "recommended" player was liquid audio player (which i believe was the only player). It also claimed the song was only playable from 1 computer and was crippled in such a way that I had to do an analog rip of the song from one of my computers to the other. My point is that if they are going to be successful they have to be MORE convenient that file sharing programs. And not just by having easily downloadable mp3s, but an easier interface, more reliability, and faster downloads, etc...
According to their web site. 5 gigs will be availiable in 2005.
According to their figures (and some bad math), it would take 1 to 50 years to write a square inch at what they said was their desired maximum capacity (4 petabits) considering the write speeds they gave (from 2.5 MB/sec to 125 MB/sec). It also claims the current prototye is "not accurate enough for practical applications" but will be possibly in 5 years. I don't know, but possibly, by that time, another technology will arise with simular or better capacity and a write speed to fill it in minutes or hours though.
i've been hearing about holographic storage for a while. And then there's that whole thing about electric companys providing internet service through power lines which is pretty vapor.
Oh, so you can actually BUY cds from the store without having to download them from the internet for free?? Wow, Its so hard to keep up with current technology these days.
Well, I guess they've finally invented hard drives that last for exactly 366 days, and then self destruct.
For those interested in how other processors did with these benchmarks. look here and here.
The organic LEDs have kinks to be worked out before they can gain wide acceptance, he said. "Whether it's polymer, large-molecule or small-molecule Fill-factor issues, which involve defects in which the surface area of a pixel is not completely covered with emissive material, can cause problems with display uniformity and crosstalk. Edge growth is a type of fill-factor defect. Single-pixel, and sometimes subpixel, defects are critical factors that determine display quality
What about higher fees depending on the size of the company/coorperation? and idea?
Very nice, but from what i can see this volumetric 3d display is only for displaying static 3d models where no animiation whatsoever is possible. Also checkout their pricing scheme:
Perspecta display (hardware): US$45,000
Perspecta "O/S" and SRK (spatial rendering kernel): US$3,000
Developer's Program and Software Development Kit: US$2,000/month
Installation: US$2,100
Hardware Support Programs: Basic (US$3,000/yr) and Premium ($7,000/yr)
Software Support Programs: Basic (US$3,000/yr) and Premium ($7,000/yr)
Software Maintenance: 30%/yr of software