Yeah, but the hardwood in my table gives me harder, hottter coals, and keeps me warmer longer. You're clearly not in the 3D field. Free software causes more garbage to be introduced to the system because the amateurs 10:1 to the pros. Are you in school at Full Sail? lafffffff.......
Instead of attempting to conjure up a new software package and finding that many others have done this before, and failed... look at the conductors program that Alias|wavefront has for Maya and see how you can add to the community. Check out www.highend3d.com, find some local A|w and 3DS Max users groups and find out what is missing. Fact is, you're not going to make any money, and you're not going to top what A|w already has that is under patent. 5 years ago the price of Maya was 100k per seat.. now it is $2000. Let's put this in contrast with a dining room table that I just purchased. The table (made in asia) was $1299 and the 6 chairs pushed it up to $2500. Someone in Asia made this table for about $50 in parts and labor.. While Maya has costs millions of dollars and now can be had for $2000. See my point? If I were you I wouldn't waste my time.
Zaxwerks Invigorator is a conductor product that has had a wonderful return for the creator. All it does is extrude ai or eps files to 3d objects. This guy has made thousands on something that I bet you would say would be cake to make.
Is it possible to file a class action suite against the plaintiff in this case when he does lose for wasting my tax dollars and choking my legal system with this crap? If so, sign me up.
Monster Price that is. Monster Cables are good for one thing. Thowing them in with a purchase to pacify a buyer when they want a discount. Monster cables have 1000% markup to the retailer.
Right place, right time. The Mona Lisa is as well known as the internet in modern society. But is it the person that commissioned the work that is remembered? No. It is the artist.
There is some debate as to if the Mona Lisa was actualy commissioned, or if it is a self portrait of Leonardo himself... but that is beside the point.
Berman makes no sense. Your point does. Out of the "240M" they are losing, how much of that represents people that would have actually gone and bought the music? I would be that about 5% of that 240% is the real impact. I would actually like to see the RIAA find success in their witch hunt, shut every door for making a copy of a song, and thus cause consumers to finally give into their hate of big corporations. This way their sales will fall flat, and perhaps they will go out of business. No one likes a smartass, and no one likes a bully.
This will make everyone happy. Dancing rocket toting virtual killers. Good for the heart, good for the brain, good for the kids, good for the USofA! I'm all for it.
When Bill Clinton indicated that the average income of families in Arkansas went up 100% while he was governor. I specifically recall Perot stating, "Now see here, if you make 1 penny in a day, and then make 2 pennies the next day, that's 100% growth. But you still can't buy a cow patty in a Texas dairy farm for 2 cents."
Yes folks, that right.. we now have 2, count em, 2 people using the Pay-Napster service! We have doubled our market share!
The groups that support the RIAA (the big 5) simply want what they have always wanted. To maintain ownership of the music, on both the production and consumer sides. The artists sign away the rights to music they create and the RIAA wants us to sign away our money for limited use. RIAA and company want to keep it that way on the consumption side. They assumed that CD was the answer, because you couldn't duplicate the CD cheaply.. problem solved. They didn't see that it would cost a few cents to copy CDs in the future. So they want to remove that control yet again. I'm not shocked by any of this anymore.
Just as if there were a cure for cancer, who in the business world would release it to the public. Not only would people start to live longer, all the pharmaceutical companies would go broke. Or the 100% renewable fuel source.. the energizer battery that lasts a lifetime.. so on and so forth.. Music, food, and healthcare should all be free! *Love, peace and happiness*
All cleared up, the art of visual communication makes for many interpretations. Just re-read, "If you think US sysadmins could get some clue, think again." It's very easy to take that as a bash. I see your side of it.
In summary, the other points you made are exactly the reasons why the anti-virus (viruses, not virii, is correct plural form as you said) software guru's stand to ALWAYS make money.
about "US" sysadmins is uncalled for. Perhaps if the HR department of the educational institution wasn't so gullible, they wouldn't have hired incompetent sysadmins. Your dislike for anything "US" shows by your broad statement. Does your use of the word "they" encompass 2 maybe 3 sysadmins? I'm sure that "they" represent.0000000000000001% of all sysadmins that hold US citizenship.
Yes my post is flame bait, sorry.. but I don't think the last post deserves a 5, perhaps a 3-4 since sys-admin skill has NOTHING to do with citizenship. Perhaps making broad uneducated comments about the people of Morocco will get my post modded up.
I've been in the computer industry for 8 years, since I was 15 years old. Problem is, I'm not buying new computers. Why? Because I don't care any longer. Not only that, but I don't have the time. The problem that Intel will face is that many of my peers are feeling the same way. Why upgrade? Why care to purchase the next best thing when it comes to home computing? I've got much better things to spend my money on. Cars, house, vacation... I would think that Intel would want every last customer it can find; however, by taking this approach, they push me away. Oh well. My 733 Mhz PIII works just fine. Someone give me a reason to submit to something better....
Keep in mind that most all land borders are defined by either a water line or a sales line. When the colonists came to the new world it was pretty much... I claim everything from here until it stops. Ever see what the state of Louisiana looked like? The other states/colonies just kinda went on in a line to the west until they hit water.. Last time I checked, no water was on the moon. So I suppose it's all part of the US! *grin*
As the distribution avenues increase, shouldn't the price of a single album decrease? I would be more than happy to purchase albums if they were priced at $3 each. What are your thoughts on the price points of CDs, DVDs, and computer/console games? Ratios between these 3 main forms of entertainment seem to be very skewed.
Budgets for high profile games reach millions.
Budgets for high profile movies reach a hundred million+.
Budgets for high profile music reach a ??? At the most less than a million.
In fact, most all PCs have the ability to create a music cd of better than average quality with a few simple software tools.
It has been said that marketing costs drive the cost of the CD. I don't believe this, I believe the true cost of the CD is stuffing the pockets of the record industry. Homes in the Hollywood hills cost millions!
The billions spent to stop piracy could simply be replaced by lowering the price of a CD to $3. Why is it that the recording industry can't see this!?!?! Imagine if you walked into Best Buy tomorrow and every CD was $2.99. My god, I'd buy 10 CDs in a heartbeat. But I have NO desire to buy those same 10 CDs for $15.99 a pop. In my opinion it costs me about $3 of my spare time to log on, find, download, and verify an entire album. If there were an alternative.. then why bother with p2p?
But here is the true problem.. I just swapped over 40 gig of music with my buddies at work. 150 albums for 150 albums, simply out of spite. The RIAA, no matter how brilliant their argument has disenfranchised me and more importantly the youth of the world. Music sales are dropping because music diversity sucks. It's no longer original, it's broadcast 100 times a day, MTV has become nothing more than, spoiled 14 year old girls, unrealistic views of life via "The Real World", and glamorization of ridiculous lives. All it takes is finding a few teenagers, teaching them how to dance, and make sure that they can sing just enough so the DSPs can take over. Don't worry, here in the "industry" we will write your music for you, prepare the dance moves, and have someone direct your music video. Moreover, when a DVD movie is the same cost as a CD, and a console or PC game ranges from $20-50, CDs/music is showing it's lack of value when compared to these. Much more work goes into the creation of a movie or a game. As I have said before, it's time for the record execs to finally understand that they are going to have to stop living up here and start living down here (eminem). Sell the Lambo and get yourself a Toyota like the rest of us. Fly business class instead of private jet. Your job as a music peddler is really quite talent less. In case you forgot Mr. exec, the artist is called an artist for a reason.
Can someone help me understand how this matters at all? Yes, this changes things from here out, but I'm sure that most of us have many versions of Winamp archived or have some sort of hardware device that plays MP3s. How does this effect my ability to encode, burn and play MP3's discs in my car or home mp3 players (not even talking about Winamp)? I don't see that it does.
The action of sticking your finger in the hole when the damn is already broken wide open seems pretty pointless. Am I incorrect?
While game designers are using tools like Maya and 3DS MAX to develop more complex models for games, the engines and technologies that are used to power these games are written by entities that have closer connections to the hardware manufacturers. Also, Maya is owned by SGI, which in turn has a huge role in Open GL.
"Designed for $os", should actually read, "Designed for DirectX $version"
Why not sue the telco's for allowing Osama Bin Laden to plot 9/11? The RIAA is a terrorist. I pray to the all mighty that someone does something, rash or irrational to stop the RIAA.
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Yeah, but the hardwood in my table gives me harder, hottter coals, and keeps me warmer longer. You're clearly not in the 3D field. Free software causes more garbage to be introduced to the system because the amateurs 10:1 to the pros. Are you in school at Full Sail? lafffffff.......
Instead of attempting to conjure up a new software package and finding that many others have done this before, and failed... look at the conductors program that Alias|wavefront has for Maya and see how you can add to the community. Check out www.highend3d.com, find some local A|w and 3DS Max users groups and find out what is missing. Fact is, you're not going to make any money, and you're not going to top what A|w already has that is under patent. 5 years ago the price of Maya was 100k per seat.. now it is $2000. Let's put this in contrast with a dining room table that I just purchased. The table (made in asia) was $1299 and the 6 chairs pushed it up to $2500. Someone in Asia made this table for about $50 in parts and labor.. While Maya has costs millions of dollars and now can be had for $2000. See my point? If I were you I wouldn't waste my time.
Zaxwerks Invigorator is a conductor product that has had a wonderful return for the creator. All it does is extrude ai or eps files to 3d objects. This guy has made thousands on something that I bet you would say would be cake to make.
Is it possible to file a class action suite against the plaintiff in this case when he does lose for wasting my tax dollars and choking my legal system with this crap? If so, sign me up.
Monster Price that is. Monster Cables are good for one thing. Thowing them in with a purchase to pacify a buyer when they want a discount. Monster cables have 1000% markup to the retailer.
Right place, right time. The Mona Lisa is as well known as the internet in modern society. But is it the person that commissioned the work that is remembered? No. It is the artist. There is some debate as to if the Mona Lisa was actualy commissioned, or if it is a self portrait of Leonardo himself... but that is beside the point.
How has the "internet" as it is commonly defined today changed your life?
Berman makes no sense. Your point does. Out of the "240M" they are losing, how much of that represents people that would have actually gone and bought the music? I would be that about 5% of that 240% is the real impact. I would actually like to see the RIAA find success in their witch hunt, shut every door for making a copy of a song, and thus cause consumers to finally give into their hate of big corporations. This way their sales will fall flat, and perhaps they will go out of business. No one likes a smartass, and no one likes a bully.
This will make everyone happy. Dancing rocket toting virtual killers. Good for the heart, good for the brain, good for the kids, good for the USofA! I'm all for it.
When Bill Clinton indicated that the average income of families in Arkansas went up 100% while he was governor. I specifically recall Perot stating, "Now see here, if you make 1 penny in a day, and then make 2 pennies the next day, that's 100% growth. But you still can't buy a cow patty in a Texas dairy farm for 2 cents." Yes folks, that right.. we now have 2, count em, 2 people using the Pay-Napster service! We have doubled our market share!
The groups that support the RIAA (the big 5) simply want what they have always wanted. To maintain ownership of the music, on both the production and consumer sides. The artists sign away the rights to music they create and the RIAA wants us to sign away our money for limited use. RIAA and company want to keep it that way on the consumption side. They assumed that CD was the answer, because you couldn't duplicate the CD cheaply.. problem solved. They didn't see that it would cost a few cents to copy CDs in the future. So they want to remove that control yet again. I'm not shocked by any of this anymore.
Just as if there were a cure for cancer, who in the business world would release it to the public. Not only would people start to live longer, all the pharmaceutical companies would go broke. Or the 100% renewable fuel source.. the energizer battery that lasts a lifetime.. so on and so forth.. Music, food, and healthcare should all be free! *Love, peace and happiness*
The address in the registrant details is 100% bogus. Street can't be found, nor can the city/town. Not to mention that phone number...
213-555-0088
555? C'mon now.
All cleared up, the art of visual communication makes for many interpretations. Just re-read, "If you think US sysadmins could get some clue, think again." It's very easy to take that as a bash. I see your side of it.
In summary, the other points you made are exactly the reasons why the anti-virus (viruses, not virii, is correct plural form as you said) software guru's stand to ALWAYS make money.
about "US" sysadmins is uncalled for. Perhaps if the HR department of the educational institution wasn't so gullible, they wouldn't have hired incompetent sysadmins. Your dislike for anything "US" shows by your broad statement. Does your use of the word "they" encompass 2 maybe 3 sysadmins? I'm sure that "they" represent .0000000000000001% of all sysadmins that hold US citizenship.
Yes my post is flame bait, sorry.. but I don't think the last post deserves a 5, perhaps a 3-4 since sys-admin skill has NOTHING to do with citizenship. Perhaps making broad uneducated comments about the people of Morocco will get my post modded up.
I've been in the computer industry for 8 years, since I was 15 years old. Problem is, I'm not buying new computers. Why? Because I don't care any longer. Not only that, but I don't have the time. The problem that Intel will face is that many of my peers are feeling the same way. Why upgrade? Why care to purchase the next best thing when it comes to home computing? I've got much better things to spend my money on. Cars, house, vacation... I would think that Intel would want every last customer it can find; however, by taking this approach, they push me away. Oh well. My 733 Mhz PIII works just fine. Someone give me a reason to submit to something better....
Keep in mind that most all land borders are defined by either a water line or a sales line. When the colonists came to the new world it was pretty much... I claim everything from here until it stops. Ever see what the state of Louisiana looked like? The other states/colonies just kinda went on in a line to the west until they hit water.. Last time I checked, no water was on the moon. So I suppose it's all part of the US! *grin*
patented the process to get a patent, and you can't use that process unless you pay me first.
As the distribution avenues increase, shouldn't the price of a single album decrease? I would be more than happy to purchase albums if they were priced at $3 each. What are your thoughts on the price points of CDs, DVDs, and computer/console games? Ratios between these 3 main forms of entertainment seem to be very skewed.
Budgets for high profile games reach millions.
Budgets for high profile movies reach a hundred million+.
Budgets for high profile music reach a ??? At the most less than a million.
In fact, most all PCs have the ability to create a music cd of better than average quality with a few simple software tools.
It has been said that marketing costs drive the cost of the CD. I don't believe this, I believe the true cost of the CD is stuffing the pockets of the record industry. Homes in the Hollywood hills cost millions!
What are your thoughts on this?
The billions spent to stop piracy could simply be replaced by lowering the price of a CD to $3. Why is it that the recording industry can't see this!?!?! Imagine if you walked into Best Buy tomorrow and every CD was $2.99. My god, I'd buy 10 CDs in a heartbeat. But I have NO desire to buy those same 10 CDs for $15.99 a pop. In my opinion it costs me about $3 of my spare time to log on, find, download, and verify an entire album. If there were an alternative.. then why bother with p2p?
But here is the true problem.. I just swapped over 40 gig of music with my buddies at work. 150 albums for 150 albums, simply out of spite. The RIAA, no matter how brilliant their argument has disenfranchised me and more importantly the youth of the world. Music sales are dropping because music diversity sucks. It's no longer original, it's broadcast 100 times a day, MTV has become nothing more than, spoiled 14 year old girls, unrealistic views of life via "The Real World", and glamorization of ridiculous lives. All it takes is finding a few teenagers, teaching them how to dance, and make sure that they can sing just enough so the DSPs can take over. Don't worry, here in the "industry" we will write your music for you, prepare the dance moves, and have someone direct your music video. Moreover, when a DVD movie is the same cost as a CD, and a console or PC game ranges from $20-50, CDs/music is showing it's lack of value when compared to these. Much more work goes into the creation of a movie or a game. As I have said before, it's time for the record execs to finally understand that they are going to have to stop living up here and start living down here (eminem). Sell the Lambo and get yourself a Toyota like the rest of us. Fly business class instead of private jet. Your job as a music peddler is really quite talent less. In case you forgot Mr. exec, the artist is called an artist for a reason.
Can someone help me understand how this matters at all? Yes, this changes things from here out, but I'm sure that most of us have many versions of Winamp archived or have some sort of hardware device that plays MP3s. How does this effect my ability to encode, burn and play MP3's discs in my car or home mp3 players (not even talking about Winamp)? I don't see that it does.
The action of sticking your finger in the hole when the damn is already broken wide open seems pretty pointless. Am I incorrect?
TIA!
While game designers are using tools like Maya and 3DS MAX to develop more complex models for games, the engines and technologies that are used to power these games are written by entities that have closer connections to the hardware manufacturers. Also, Maya is owned by SGI, which in turn has a huge role in Open GL. "Designed for $os", should actually read, "Designed for DirectX $version"
laff...
require a 10Ghz system with a 600 gb array?? *grin*
playing my PS2.
pr0n and gamers have always driven the home market.
NEXT!!! *grin*
Why not sue the telco's for allowing Osama Bin Laden to plot 9/11? The RIAA is a terrorist. I pray to the all mighty that someone does something, rash or irrational to stop the RIAA.