And that's why this could backfire because everybody has there own preferences. The only reason I ever used Mandrake in the first place was because I could do a bloat-install and experiment with stuff that I wouldn't otherwise bother compiling.
The weakest link in audio reproduction is the monitoring system, seconded by listening enviroment.
Phono leads are always unballanced, no matter how much they cost. (I've yet to see a hi-fi buff use +4dBu XLR's)
The majority of cd's are mixed for joe_public who most likely has his speakers wired out of phase.
Some people are heavily into it of course, they soundproof there listening rooms, construct a floating floor and then attach dense foam pannels to their walls. All so they can hear the background noise on the cd's they purchased a little clearer;)
Unless you have done all that, buying expensive equipment (better DAC's, error correction, less jitter etc) serves no real purpose. The majority of people just buy what the salesman/catalogue/magazine sells them, if they are told it's audiophile quality then that's what they think it is.
I agree about lossy compression (or 1/8" cassette) having no place on an audiophiles system, it just depends on your definition of the word. Ogg is good_enough for the majority of people, it's fine for background music and on a portable.
IMHO Ogg is fine for anybody who doesn't go to the trouble of calculating the RT60 of their listening enviroment too (though they would like to pretend it isn't). Then again that's just my opinion, the emporors new clothes:-o
With the number of producer wannabees, and the poor quality of pro studio films, I expect the film (and music) industrie(s) will be feeling the heat from free media alternatives within a few years.
Enjoy your copyrights!
Yep, alternatively we could develop a equatable technology to DRM in favour of consumers. How about a payment system where the money is returned to the consumers account after their DRM 'lease' is up?
Seriously, if apple's were the only TCPA free platform, that's exactly what I'd be using.
At last a perverse heterogeneous enviroment exists that allows developers to draw on the combined flaws and incompatabilities of linux, windows, cygwin and wine. Which (aside from the uber-cool element), is a boon for masochistic developers everywhere. Perhaps this will spur a new breed of coders that are the cyber-culture equivilent of flagellation cults.
Then again, I probably should go a little easier on the wine.
PIXAR are _MIGRATING_ to linux, as are most of the other major VFX/CG houses. Disney already use linux.
Pixar has only deployed 15 stations in production and 25 in software development, but VP of Technology Darwin Peachey says the studio is on the verge of a major purchase and deployment of desktops to replace their current SGI desktops.
The article that was taken from is HERE Mine was a tounge in cheek comment by the way.
Games are boring, I don't have 20 hours to drudge through level after level of repetitive level after level of repetitive:P
The games industry produces games for gamers, instead of expanding their market - they are restricting it. Even though the graphics are usually 3d the majority of games are very one-dimensional. Why do games companies fail? Because the games are derivitive, too dificult for casual gamers and too easy for the pro's. Like the music industry and hollywood, they look to former glories for innovation instead of breaking the mould and experimenting.
This is Disney/Pixars way of paying back the community that enabled them to build huge powerful and optimised renderfarms so cheaply by restricting the choice of media formats for their trailer.
Indeed they did kill BMRT by claiming patent infingement against Exluna. Thing is that Exluna's flagship commercial product Entropy produced renders that were more photo-realistic to my eyes than pixars PRman - although a little slower.
I thought \. might be focusing a little more on the technology than a stupid film about talking fish. Gee let me see if I can't find some tech info on WETA/LOTR2 which will probably be worth watching - for starters.
You have obviously never been denied entry to a site because you are not using IE. What happens when you become a second class citizen on the net - because your machine is not TCPA enabled?
The Open source development model that you describe is all well and good but what happens when I want to recompile my kernel? How is that possibly going to be compatible with a palladium like service?
But I don't think that's enough of a reason to pull back from this stuff.
If you break your own spine, you will probably never walk again, but don't let that knowledge cause you to 'pull back from this stuff'!
Sounds quite cool actually, this is just the sort of thing that some people (my boss) need to be shown. Differs a little from SUSE live-eval if it can be installed. And the great thing is I can just hand my boss a cd and tell him to try it.
Hopefully windows problems will be a thing of the past for me soon.
Cyber armagedeon is coming... Companies can be assured of discretion when reporting computer crimes... Give the FBI more tax-dollars and everything will be ok. Can't have those horrible 'hacker' types extorting money from the system now can we?
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They can't do anything anyway unless they outlaw Open/FreeBSD. Or have I just booped by actually reading the article?
And that's why this could backfire because everybody has there own preferences. The only reason I ever used Mandrake in the first place was because I could do a bloat-install and experiment with stuff that I wouldn't otherwise bother compiling.
Most Audiophiles I've met are idiots.
;)
:-o
The weakest link in audio reproduction is the monitoring system, seconded by listening enviroment.
Phono leads are always unballanced, no matter how much they cost. (I've yet to see a hi-fi buff use +4dBu XLR's)
The majority of cd's are mixed for joe_public who most likely has his speakers wired out of phase.
Some people are heavily into it of course, they soundproof there listening rooms, construct a floating floor and then attach dense foam pannels to their walls. All so they can hear the background noise on the cd's they purchased a little clearer
Unless you have done all that, buying expensive equipment (better DAC's, error correction, less jitter etc) serves no real purpose. The majority of people just buy what the salesman/catalogue/magazine sells them, if they are told it's audiophile quality then that's what they think it is.
I agree about lossy compression (or 1/8" cassette) having no place on an audiophiles system, it just depends on your definition of the word. Ogg is good_enough for the majority of people, it's fine for background music and on a portable.
IMHO Ogg is fine for anybody who doesn't go to the trouble of calculating the RT60 of their listening enviroment too (though they would like to pretend it isn't). Then again that's just my opinion, the emporors new clothes
Seriously, if apple's were the only TCPA free platform, that's exactly what I'd be using.
Look on the bright side.
At last a perverse heterogeneous enviroment exists that allows developers to draw on the combined flaws and incompatabilities of linux, windows, cygwin and wine. Which (aside from the uber-cool element), is a boon for masochistic developers everywhere. Perhaps this will spur a new breed of coders that are the cyber-culture equivilent of flagellation cults.
Then again, I probably should go a little easier on the wine.
The games industry produces games for gamers, instead of expanding their market - they are restricting it. Even though the graphics are usually 3d the majority of games are very one-dimensional. Why do games companies fail? Because the games are derivitive, too dificult for casual gamers and too easy for the pro's. Like the music industry and hollywood, they look to former glories for innovation instead of breaking the mould and experimenting.
DOOM 4?
TR27?
This is Disney/Pixars way of paying back the community that enabled them to build huge powerful and optimised renderfarms so cheaply by restricting the choice of media formats for their trailer.
Leaves a bitter taste doesn't it?
Indeed they did kill BMRT by claiming patent infingement against Exluna. Thing is that Exluna's flagship commercial product Entropy produced renders that were more photo-realistic to my eyes than pixars PRman - although a little slower.
I thought \. might be focusing a little more on the technology than a stupid film about talking fish. Gee let me see if I can't find some tech info on WETA/LOTR2 which will probably be worth watching - for starters.
You have obviously never been denied entry to a site because you are not using IE. What happens when you become a second class citizen on the net - because your machine is not TCPA enabled? The Open source development model that you describe is all well and good but what happens when I want to recompile my kernel? How is that possibly going to be compatible with a palladium like service? But I don't think that's enough of a reason to pull back from this stuff. If you break your own spine, you will probably never walk again, but don't let that knowledge cause you to 'pull back from this stuff'!
Sounds quite cool actually, this is just the sort of thing that some people (my boss) need to be shown. Differs a little from SUSE live-eval if it can be installed. And the great thing is I can just hand my boss a cd and tell him to try it.
Hopefully windows problems will be a thing of the past for me soon.
Cyber armagedeon is coming...
Companies can be assured of discretion when reporting computer crimes...
Give the FBI more tax-dollars and everything will be ok. Can't have those horrible 'hacker' types extorting money from the system now can we?
Give us your money...OR ELSE!