CMYK and spot colors by themselves are not patent encumberd. They are actually part of the open published standards for Postscript and PDF. Anyone saying anything different is clueless or spreading FUD and/or openly demonstrating their ignorance of the fact. http://rants.scribus.net/2006/06/03/why-no-cmyk-in-gimp-is-a-good-thing-now/
The Gimp developers do intend to bring CMYK to the app, but the underlying graphics engine is based around 8bpp RGB. Rather than hack the old engine to work with CMYK and higher bit depths, they decided to build the future Gimp on a generic graphical library called GEGL. That meant waiting until GEGL had a stable API and worked well enough to be better than the existing 8bpp engine in production use.
GEGL will most likely be in 2.6, along with the new MMIWorks-designed UI UI
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The Linux boxes aren't being cracked by automated worms. They're being hand cracked.
From the article you quoted;
"We see a lot of Linux machines used in phishing," said Alfred Huger, vice president for Symantec Security Response. "We see them as part of the command and control networks for botnets, but we rarely see them be the actual bots. Botnets are almost uniformly Windows-based."
Your post is labeled informative, but it is so filled with jargon
I think the premise that this tech is based on 3G multicast is wrong too.
Dr Papandriopoulos paper suggests the algorithm works by iteratively lowering power, and therefore reducing crosstalk. The reduced crosstalk allows faster protocols like VDSL to be used on the copper that was previously only capable of ADSL2.
I have 1.2TB over four hard drives, and Clamwin doesn't take anywhere near that long. I run it overnight, and it's finished when I start in the morning.
like his neighbor, Joe. who will, in a year or so, have become as comfortable with his new dual or quad core Vista system
My neighbour's name is Shane. He bought a dual core system with 2 GB ram and Radeon X1550. It had Vista Home Premium installed, and after two months, he asked me to wipe it and install XP.
Sadly, I couldn't convince him to go all the way to Linux, but I did leave him a live CD so he can do his banking safely.
Activation's what drove me away from Microsoft in the first place.
I worked in remote sites, often in areas that were really harsh on computers. Before activation, I used to install my tools (including Office Developer Edition) on a client computer, do the work, then re-image the machine when I left.
I actually had to buy Office XP Developers Edition (for AU$1,500) because of problems when clients upgraded their systems to Office XP. Activation meant I had to buy a laptop to install it on instead of using client computers, and I went through several laptops, each time having to fight to get ODE reinstalled. In the end, I got less than 15 months use out of my $1,500 tool before I gave up and started looking for alternatives.
People who start their own companies don't like having their tools telling them how to run the business.
I still own and actively use a Palm Pilot from 1996.
Yep, just dug out my Palm Pilot 1000/8M Superpilot and chucked a couple of new AAAs in it. It still works fine, in spite of a full length crack in the case. It's impressive how well it works compared to modern PDAs - just the necessities, fast, stable.
Wish I could have said the same of my WinCE machines, though the Symbian smartphone (Sony Ericsson M600i) I have now seems stable enough, if a little sluggish.
I write and perform music too. I normally do so for free because of the joy it gives me, but I often get offered free beer and sometimes money to perform.
I'm also part of a team who are building a railway and port (for iron ore). The port will be providing a service to the West Australian community and generating income for decades at least, and probably hundreds of years. It'd be nice if someone offered me part of the profits of the facilty for the next 70 years.
I don't expect it though, any more than I expect people to give me money for my music.
There's really only one real scientific challenge, and that's the tether.
There's also the construction and materials movement. If we have spacecraft capable of moving an asteroid into geostationary orbit, and putting the initial construction team and equipment on it, chances are they'll be good enough to make the tether redundant.
I have to admit though, I don't even like the concept of a space elevator. Centralised, large scale, multiple single points of failure, untested tech, extremes of environmental conditions; any one of these phrases sends a shiver of fear down a reliability engineer's spine.
1.2 million people isn't really that many people when you are talking about a global release.
It may not he huge in raw numbers, but if poll figures are correct, In Rainbows will have the highest profit margin (for the musicians) of any album ever released.
That's where the story is here. Radiohead bypassed the record companies, gained big kudos from their fans, and look like they've made about four times as much as if it'd been released through an RIAA member.
Why would you sign with a recording company, or even iTunes again?
One laptop WXGA with XP/cleartype, the other a desktop with a 22" 1900x1280 screen running Sabayon/Compiz.
The problem's not specifically with the subpixel rendering. It's because they've reduced the size of the lower-case type, then hinted the horizontals to try to make them more legible. It's a nice theory, but in practice, it makes text in those fonts more tiring to read.
Basically, it looks like change for change's sake, not to make life better for computer users.
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Moon kangaroos.
I like the way you're thinking...
No, that's not the problem.
CMYK and spot colors by themselves are not patent encumberd. They are actually part of the open published standards for Postscript and PDF. Anyone saying anything different is clueless or spreading FUD and/or openly demonstrating their ignorance of the fact. http://rants.scribus.net/2006/06/03/why-no-cmyk-in-gimp-is-a-good-thing-now/The Gimp developers do intend to bring CMYK to the app, but the underlying graphics engine is based around 8bpp RGB. Rather than hack the old engine to work with CMYK and higher bit depths, they decided to build the future Gimp on a generic graphical library called GEGL. That meant waiting until GEGL had a stable API and worked well enough to be better than the existing 8bpp engine in production use.
GEGL will most likely be in 2.6, along with the new MMIWorks-designed UI UI
It'll still help.
The Linux boxes aren't being cracked by automated worms. They're being hand cracked.
From the article you quoted;
"We see a lot of Linux machines used in phishing," said Alfred Huger, vice president for Symantec Security Response. "We see them as part of the command and control networks for botnets, but we rarely see them be the actual bots. Botnets are almost uniformly Windows-based."Squirting?
I think the premise that this tech is based on 3G multicast is wrong too.
Dr Papandriopoulos paper suggests the algorithm works by iteratively lowering power, and therefore reducing crosstalk. The reduced crosstalk allows faster protocols like VDSL to be used on the copper that was previously only capable of ADSL2.
Pro-Linux threads generally are. It's a sensible marketing approach from Microsoft, and a lot cheaper than good engineering.
I have 1.2TB over four hard drives, and Clamwin doesn't take anywhere near that long. I run it overnight, and it's finished when I start in the morning.
My neighbour's name is Shane. He bought a dual core system with 2 GB ram and Radeon X1550. It had Vista Home Premium installed, and after two months, he asked me to wipe it and install XP.
Sadly, I couldn't convince him to go all the way to Linux, but I did leave him a live CD so he can do his banking safely.
Just install Virtualbox. It's Open Source, and dead easy to use. You can even move your existing Windows install to the virtual one
Activation's what drove me away from Microsoft in the first place.
I worked in remote sites, often in areas that were really harsh on computers. Before activation, I used to install my tools (including Office Developer Edition) on a client computer, do the work, then re-image the machine when I left.
I actually had to buy Office XP Developers Edition (for AU$1,500) because of problems when clients upgraded their systems to Office XP. Activation meant I had to buy a laptop to install it on instead of using client computers, and I went through several laptops, each time having to fight to get ODE reinstalled. In the end, I got less than 15 months use out of my $1,500 tool before I gave up and started looking for alternatives.
People who start their own companies don't like having their tools telling them how to run the business.
Fixed that for you.
Yes, though you might want to make a few of those sputniks in case of "accidents"
Dark vision?
That was Heinlein's depiction of a libertarian paradise!
Going on the numbers given here, the Shuttle costs $18,400/kg lifted to LEO, while the Soyuz costs $28,400 for the same lift.
Yep, just dug out my Palm Pilot 1000/8M Superpilot and chucked a couple of new AAAs in it. It still works fine, in spite of a full length crack in the case. It's impressive how well it works compared to modern PDAs - just the necessities, fast, stable.
Wish I could have said the same of my WinCE machines, though the Symbian smartphone (Sony Ericsson M600i) I have now seems stable enough, if a little sluggish.
The Xbox 360 failure rate in Australia during the initial launch period was about 30%, according to retailers, so your numbers sound about right.
You might also enjoy this "enlightening" interview with Todd Holmdahl, Microsoft's corporate vice president of Gaming and Xbox Products Group.
http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2007/06/a_qa_with_todd_holmdahl_the_hardware_guy_at_microsoft_about_xbox_360_failures.html
I write and perform music too. I normally do so for free because of the joy it gives me, but I often get offered free beer and sometimes money to perform.
I'm also part of a team who are building a railway and port (for iron ore). The port will be providing a service to the West Australian community and generating income for decades at least, and probably hundreds of years. It'd be nice if someone offered me part of the profits of the facilty for the next 70 years.
I don't expect it though, any more than I expect people to give me money for my music.
Compared to the competition, Stallman seems relatively sane...
That one's already been tested.
They're looking for volunteers for the human trials, if you're interested.
There's also the construction and materials movement. If we have spacecraft capable of moving an asteroid into geostationary orbit, and putting the initial construction team and equipment on it, chances are they'll be good enough to make the tether redundant.
I have to admit though, I don't even like the concept of a space elevator. Centralised, large scale, multiple single points of failure, untested tech, extremes of environmental conditions; any one of these phrases sends a shiver of fear down a reliability engineer's spine.
It may not he huge in raw numbers, but if poll figures are correct, In Rainbows will have the highest profit margin (for the musicians) of any album ever released.
That's where the story is here. Radiohead bypassed the record companies, gained big kudos from their fans, and look like they've made about four times as much as if it'd been released through an RIAA member.
Why would you sign with a recording company, or even iTunes again?
Anyone who is inclined to believe this, please check dhavleak's posting history.
In hindsight, I think you're right.
Sincere apologies to GPP.
One laptop WXGA with XP/cleartype, the other a desktop with a 22" 1900x1280 screen running Sabayon/Compiz.
The problem's not specifically with the subpixel rendering. It's because they've reduced the size of the lower-case type, then hinted the horizontals to try to make them more legible. It's a nice theory, but in practice, it makes text in those fonts more tiring to read.
Basically, it looks like change for change's sake, not to make life better for computer users.