That means, us designers who like to use Photoshop or just play games (that don't run on linux that is) can finally put our 64-bit processor to some good use.
Just a few questions:
1). Do you have more than 4gig of RAM in your desktop?
2). Since when is Photoshop a 64bit application?
3). Please could you explain what tangible benefits you will receive by running a 64bit processor on your desktop?
4). What tangible benefits will you receive by running Windows 64bit, besides reduced stability and poor driver support?
Before you rush to buy DVDs from french online stores, make sure your non-french DVD player will play them at all.
Aren't most DVD players region free? I just bought a new Philips Divx player and Phillips had stuffed a photocopied piece of paper in the sealed box with instructions on how to make it region free. My previous DVD player was the same, only that the shop assistant gave me the instructions instead of finding them in the box.
What we might find though is that future DVDs sold in France may only have French audio.
Thanks man. I never realized that you could cancel out of the registration part. I've always hated that. One thing I hate about the installer is the intentional pause/freeze just before the option to install Google Bar. The pause makes some people click twice thinking that they have mis-clicked and the toolbar installs without them ever seeing the question.
Just like MS Word, the Nikon NEF format is a proprietary format. NEF is stated in the specs. You DON'T have to use NEF format. You don't have to buy Nikon even. But you have no right to deman they open up their technologies. You can use their tools to access the files, and companies are free to use the SDK. The extra information in Nikon's proprietary file format is useless unless you use something like Photoshop anyways. If you use Photoshop, then demand a decent plugin from Adobe. It's not like they have no access to Nikon's technology.
Did you ever think that there might be trade secrets and IP in the method that the data is stored in NEF files, that Nikon don't want to simply hand over to competitors such as Canon, Minolta, etc? However, I do concede that the Nikon software should be included free of charge, instead of as an optional extra.
Optional? That indeed sucks. Ooosp....my bad. I thought it was bundled. Or is that only with the high end models? Companies are still free to use the SDK though.
Its a 'Company adds a little GOTCHA in their product and doesn't disclose it on the box' thing.
They mention NEF format on in the specs. What does the NEF acronym stand for? Ah yes, the first word in "Nikon", hence proprietary format, and all that it implies. Most photographers expect RAW format, which Nikon also provides. You don't really expect Nikon to hand over code and specs for their proprietary technology for competitors to use do you? That's like demanding ATI and NVidia release their drivers as open source when it contains their IP.
Its an artificial barrier raised between you and your pictures for the purpose of extracting more money from you.
Hold on a minute. They bundle the software with the camera. They are not exacting more money from you. They also license other companies to access the SDK for free.
People are bleating about wantning NEF/RAW support for OSS like GIMP. Since when does GIMP support CMYK anyways? So even if you get the extra information from NEF files, what good will it do to process your images in GIMP? Wasted information. Rather than the file format being your weakest link, the image processing software will be.
You can only access your picture with software that your camera maker has decided to approve.
If and only if you set your camera to NEF. You can still choose TIFF which is lossless, or JPG perhaps. Pro photographers will be unfazed as they will continue to use Photoshop in combination with the Nikon software.
Open Source zealots are different. If they choose to use GIMP to process their images, why stop there? They might as well be shooting in TIFF, or JPG even. GIMP does not support CMYK, so any extra information from NEF file is wasted anyways.
Nikon has no right to lock up any part of your image data.
Why not? It's their property. You can choose not to use their technology. This is like complaining that you are stuck with using HP printer drivers to access your HP printer. There may arise open source drivers but if you want full access to the full features then you use HP drivers. It's not rocket science.
Yeah, people bitch about how much testing goes into Debian stable and the resulting delays in releases. Then people complain that Linux generally isn't sufficiently tested. It seems people want their cake and eat it too.
Making a remote X connection to my XP2400+ running Debian (KDM login to a full KDE3.3 desktop), via a downloaded X server running on my Windows XP laptop was sweet. None of these issues.
>> Not to mention if one person uses all the terminal server's CPU everyone else's thinclient freezes up.
>>
> That's why you could use more than one server and more than one CPU.
We use dual Athlon XP CPU 2003 Servers for our thin clients at uni. When a student runs matlab, the whole system grinds to a halt. Scrolling a document in MS Word is a nightmare - pages keep scrolling long after letting go of the mouse. Using any of the selection tools in Photoshop make the app slow to a crawl or freezes. Various unexplained pauses freezes the entire desktop for seconds/minutes.
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Any one get such an app to work on an ATI Radeon 8500DV which has a Philips chipset and WDM drivers? I get an error saying "video device already in use" whenever I try an run any such app including hVCplus, FreeTV, etc, etc.
That's because many big companies are too lazy to fix their software. They do not encourage people to use non-admin accounts. I mean, Photoshop, CorelDraw, VisualStudio, ProTools (until the latest release), Homesite, StudioMX, Sibelius, etc, all have problems unless you are an administrator! Heck, even Office 2000 Organizational Chart won't run as a normal user - it tries to write a file in the Windows directory and then errors! Many of these can be fixed by manual messing with file, folder and registry permissions, but it shouldn't be so.
Except on most Linux dists:
1). the default user is not an administrator
2). 99.9% of malware cannot run. If it did, then it'd cause minimal damage (see 1.)
3). There is no ActiveX
4). etc, etc, etc
The average Linux (non root) user can be as clueless as he/she likes and won't get into trouble.
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'nuff said!
That means, us designers who like to use Photoshop or just play games (that don't run on linux that is) can finally put our 64-bit processor to some good use.
Just a few questions:
1). Do you have more than 4gig of RAM in your desktop?
2). Since when is Photoshop a 64bit application?
3). Please could you explain what tangible benefits you will receive by running a 64bit processor on your desktop?
4). What tangible benefits will you receive by running Windows 64bit, besides reduced stability and poor driver support?
Before you rush to buy DVDs from french online stores, make sure your non-french DVD player will play them at all.
Aren't most DVD players region free? I just bought a new Philips Divx player and Phillips had stuffed a photocopied piece of paper in the sealed box with instructions on how to make it region free. My previous DVD player was the same, only that the shop assistant gave me the instructions instead of finding them in the box.
What we might find though is that future DVDs sold in France may only have French audio.
Thanks man. I never realized that you could cancel out of the registration part. I've always hated that. One thing I hate about the installer is the intentional pause/freeze just before the option to install Google Bar. The pause makes some people click twice thinking that they have mis-clicked and the toolbar installs without them ever seeing the question.
Take a pill, brother!
Just like MS Word, the Nikon NEF format is a proprietary format. NEF is stated in the specs. You DON'T have to use NEF format. You don't have to buy Nikon even. But you have no right to deman they open up their technologies. You can use their tools to access the files, and companies are free to use the SDK. The extra information in Nikon's proprietary file format is useless unless you use something like Photoshop anyways. If you use Photoshop, then demand a decent plugin from Adobe. It's not like they have no access to Nikon's technology.
Did you ever think that there might be trade secrets and IP in the method that the data is stored in NEF files, that Nikon don't want to simply hand over to competitors such as Canon, Minolta, etc? However, I do concede that the Nikon software should be included free of charge, instead of as an optional extra.
You have a girlfriend?
Yup, her name is Brandine, but she's currently got a puncture.
Well it will be as soon as someone installs a WiFi AP without changing the default settings. ;-)
"Optional Accessories....Nikon Capture 4 (ver.4.3) Software"
Optional? That indeed sucks. Ooosp....my bad. I thought it was bundled. Or is that only with the high end models? Companies are still free to use the SDK though.
Its a 'Company adds a little GOTCHA in their product and doesn't disclose it on the box' thing.
They mention NEF format on in the specs. What does the NEF acronym stand for? Ah yes, the first word in "Nikon", hence proprietary format, and all that it implies. Most photographers expect RAW format, which Nikon also provides. You don't really expect Nikon to hand over code and specs for their proprietary technology for competitors to use do you? That's like demanding ATI and NVidia release their drivers as open source when it contains their IP.
Its an artificial barrier raised between you and your pictures for the purpose of extracting more money from you.
Hold on a minute. They bundle the software with the camera. They are not exacting more money from you. They also license other companies to access the SDK for free.
People are bleating about wantning NEF/RAW support for OSS like GIMP. Since when does GIMP support CMYK anyways? So even if you get the extra information from NEF files, what good will it do to process your images in GIMP? Wasted information. Rather than the file format being your weakest link, the image processing software will be.
You can only access your picture with software that your camera maker has decided to approve.
If and only if you set your camera to NEF. You can still choose TIFF which is lossless, or JPG perhaps. Pro photographers will be unfazed as they will continue to use Photoshop in combination with the Nikon software.
Open Source zealots are different. If they choose to use GIMP to process their images, why stop there? They might as well be shooting in TIFF, or JPG even. GIMP does not support CMYK, so any extra information from NEF file is wasted anyways.
Nikon has no right to lock up any part of your image data.
Why not? It's their property. You can choose not to use their technology. This is like complaining that you are stuck with using HP printer drivers to access your HP printer. There may arise open source drivers but if you want full access to the full features then you use HP drivers. It's not rocket science.
Yeah, people bitch about how much testing goes into Debian stable and the resulting delays in releases. Then people complain that Linux generally isn't sufficiently tested. It seems people want their cake and eat it too.
No, he means that he will swim vicariously through a paid athlete/ringer.
Or Adobe could obtain a license from Nikon to support their RAW format?
Thanks dude! I have blocked 'googlesyndication.com' and 'qksrv.net' in my router now.
:-)
Perhaps I should add 'ads.osdn.com' to the list?
Making a remote X connection to my XP2400+ running Debian (KDM login to a full KDE3.3 desktop), via a downloaded X server running on my Windows XP laptop was sweet. None of these issues.
>> Not to mention if one person uses all the terminal server's CPU everyone else's thinclient freezes up.
>>
> That's why you could use more than one server and more than one CPU.
We use dual Athlon XP CPU 2003 Servers for our thin clients at uni. When a student runs matlab, the whole system grinds to a halt. Scrolling a document in MS Word is a nightmare - pages keep scrolling long after letting go of the mouse. Using any of the selection tools in Photoshop make the app slow to a crawl or freezes. Various unexplained pauses freezes the entire desktop for seconds/minutes.
I was critical of Open source developers releasing software with no originality
Dude, the writer of Ecclesiastes 1:9 said well, when he wrote: "there is no new thing under the sun".
To be fair, he does have an HTML only option for slower machines (not that you'll see anything useful there though). ;-)
Goofy Goober!
Does such an app exist? Drawbacks?
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Any one get such an app to work on an ATI Radeon 8500DV which has a Philips chipset and WDM drivers? I get an error saying "video device already in use" whenever I try an run any such app including hVCplus, FreeTV, etc, etc.
That's because many big companies are too lazy to fix their software. They do not encourage people to use non-admin accounts. I mean, Photoshop, CorelDraw, VisualStudio, ProTools (until the latest release), Homesite, StudioMX, Sibelius, etc, all have problems unless you are an administrator! Heck, even Office 2000 Organizational Chart won't run as a normal user - it tries to write a file in the Windows directory and then errors! Many of these can be fixed by manual messing with file, folder and registry permissions, but it shouldn't be so.
Except on most Linux dists:
1). the default user is not an administrator
2). 99.9% of malware cannot run. If it did, then it'd cause minimal damage (see 1.)
3). There is no ActiveX
4). etc, etc, etc
The average Linux (non root) user can be as clueless as he/she likes and won't get into trouble.