Like many aspects of Apple's newer business philosophies it is a blatant money grab.
If they want to fix slumping sales then go back to putting the product before profits again. That's how they got to their position in the market today.
Companies are constantly ripping us off. I used to look forward to Apple releases but now I just worry about what they're going to take away so that I have to buy more stuff (and I buy nothing new from Apple anymore).
I was a loyal Apple user since the 80's. Counter to what was said a lot here in the earlier age of OS X it was basically a really good GUI over FreeBSD and was really stable and easy for me to use. It "Just worked". However, I have completely lost faith in the Apple brand over the last few years. They have moved from making good products to just making good profits. All of my computers and devices seem to arbitrarily slow down. You can't upgrade one piece of the software without upgrading the whole thing which then breaks your old hardware and you have to buy the new, crappier hardware with the same frickin specs as the old hardware. I'd rather just buy the new software that should obviously work on my slightly-older hardware. Their biggest lock-in is iMessage but hopefully one of my computers can continue to sync my phone as I move to Linux (still distro shopping). I haven't upgraded my phone OS in years because I see my friends dealing with more and more issues.
It's unfortunate because the software used to be the big selling point. It was so stable and both easy to use and also easy to tweak. The other day I went to ftp an image to a webserver (that doesn't have SFTP enabled) and I learned that apple had removed ftp for 'security reasons'. this is OUTGOING ftp.. not incoming!! and who, that knows how to use the command line, doesn't know the security risk already? I use computers professionally and they seem to be making shiny toys that aren't really meant to do anything except grocery lists and checking the stock market. If they wanted graphic designers they wouldn't dump FTP. If they wanted music professionals they wouldn't make compatibility such a chore.
Pro tools is my "killer app" and it runs better on Windows now. I loved your products for 30 years, Apple, but you betrayed me by wasting my time in all the preventable troubleshooting I've had to endure in the past 5 years.
But a 30 IPS properly aligned Studer multitrack will have frequency response up through 80Khz and dynamic range greater than what can realistically be achieved on most DAWs
A DAW at 88.2k samples and 24 bits can record up to 44khz, well above the ceiling of human hearing (20khz) with a dynamic range of 144 decibels (the difference between more-or-less absolute silence and putting your ear next to a 747's jet engine, which would kill you). You can purchase a converter capable of recording at this bitrate/depth for $500. I think the grandparent seems to know what they are talking about.
Now you can say that you might only get a bit depth of 20 reasonably out of a $500 converter but even if it's only 16 bits (an audio cd) you still have 96 db of dynamic range. Analog tape using Dolby-A noise reduction can have a dynamic range of around 80-90 decibels, at very best 6 decibels less than a mere CD (or even MP3!).
$250,000 is a LOT of money to spend in the audio production world. Personally I would much rather spend that on a huge mic locker, top of the line preamps, acoustic treatment etc. Tape is a royal pain - back in the day there might be a room full of people just to operate the tape decks. Now, I can plug my laptop in to my interface, launch pro tools and be up and running within a couple minutes without worrying about alignment, expensive analog tape etc.
magic is magic, though. If it helps your creative process then by all means, enjoy it! however, it seems clear now that digital is superior on a strictly technological basis
With a fossil fuel based car, you HAVE to burn those fossil fuels. With an electric car, you have a choice. This article seems a bit black-and-white to me when there are many shades of grey. Yes, cars take up a lot of space and have a host of other problems however improving one problem DOES help, even if it is only one piece of the puzzle.
Additionally, all of the subsidies the author writes about are a carrot for investing in the future. Sure, solar panels and cars and whatever other example may take fossil fuels to make now but 1. petroleum burning cars require fossil fuels to make as well and 2. if we are learning to build a machine to use an alternate energy source eventually that technology, when it is cheaper, will reach the manufacturing process.
It's like saying a computer uses more energy to print out a letter that you then need to mail via snail mail. We eventually realized we could bypass printing entirely. Clearly different batteries, charging processes, manufacturing processes etc would need to be and will be developed. While I appreciate calling attention to the defects in electric car manufacturing and quality this article lacks vision and cannot see the potential in the future.
once those electrons hit the wire, they mix in with all the other electrons, so you're actually using power from all the sources, dirty and clean(er), just paying extra for the privilege of bragging about it here.
not quite -- while the electrons are mixed together you get to choose who gets your money.
I know a lesbian dolphin trainer that is quite fetching!
To respond to the GP: Just because someone is online doesn't mean they aren't highly desirable. I met my highly intelligent, fun and hot girlfriend through okcupid and the chances of meeting her normally would have been slim to nil since at the time she rarely had time to go out due to school.
After any type of introduction it's just two people and a relationship. Sure she might initially think you're awesome because Chuck Norris introduced her to you saying you are more badass than he is but eventually she will realize the truth.
This small company doesn't seem to be any part of it, but the real problem is the extreme distaste directed toward companies like Electronic Arts. I feel good about paying for a game like yours, or the last game I bought, Firaxis's Civilization but if I buy something from Electronic Arts I feel like somehow I'm letting the man win. While Firaxis has a parent company (that has a parent company) the difference between them and EA is that they don't seem to buy up franchise after endless franchise ala Clear Channel, gut them of their valuable innards and then spit out crap. Maxis used to be a great company but doesn't seem to exist anymore other than in name and rights to the games, and that's really annoying. It seems like they have a chokehold on the industry with their aggressive acquisitions.
I don't want to pay for games made by EA because I feel like I'm just fueling the acquisition machine to ruin more of the gaming industry. People pirate games all the time, but EA seems to pirate games too in a much bigger, badder way.
I think this is a step in the right direction, and a funny and ironic idea. Hopefully your game sells well, but you might do better if you figured out an elegant way to let customers know that you aren't a part of the faceless gaming juggernaut.
Thee Kingdoms rocks! I still play after trying countless graphical games. In addition, like many others, 3k taught me how to touch type at close to 120 WPM.
For those of you who like to read and play computer games this MUD might be the perfect marriage.
3k.org (Since 1992)
And to answer your question -- Jedi were quasi-recoded, believe it or not!
Recently Zuggsoft released a brand new, full-featured MUD client. Rather amazing that new software is still being released for such an aging computer past-time.
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Like many aspects of Apple's newer business philosophies it is a blatant money grab. If they want to fix slumping sales then go back to putting the product before profits again. That's how they got to their position in the market today. Companies are constantly ripping us off. I used to look forward to Apple releases but now I just worry about what they're going to take away so that I have to buy more stuff (and I buy nothing new from Apple anymore).
I was a loyal Apple user since the 80's. Counter to what was said a lot here in the earlier age of OS X it was basically a really good GUI over FreeBSD and was really stable and easy for me to use. It "Just worked". However, I have completely lost faith in the Apple brand over the last few years. They have moved from making good products to just making good profits. All of my computers and devices seem to arbitrarily slow down. You can't upgrade one piece of the software without upgrading the whole thing which then breaks your old hardware and you have to buy the new, crappier hardware with the same frickin specs as the old hardware. I'd rather just buy the new software that should obviously work on my slightly-older hardware. Their biggest lock-in is iMessage but hopefully one of my computers can continue to sync my phone as I move to Linux (still distro shopping). I haven't upgraded my phone OS in years because I see my friends dealing with more and more issues. It's unfortunate because the software used to be the big selling point. It was so stable and both easy to use and also easy to tweak. The other day I went to ftp an image to a webserver (that doesn't have SFTP enabled) and I learned that apple had removed ftp for 'security reasons'. this is OUTGOING ftp .. not incoming!! and who, that knows how to use the command line, doesn't know the security risk already? I use computers professionally and they seem to be making shiny toys that aren't really meant to do anything except grocery lists and checking the stock market. If they wanted graphic designers they wouldn't dump FTP. If they wanted music professionals they wouldn't make compatibility such a chore.
Pro tools is my "killer app" and it runs better on Windows now. I loved your products for 30 years, Apple, but you betrayed me by wasting my time in all the preventable troubleshooting I've had to endure in the past 5 years.
It's like in that old ghost story ... he's INSIDE THE HOUSE!
You have no idea what you are talking about
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But a 30 IPS properly aligned Studer multitrack will have frequency response up through 80Khz and dynamic range greater than what can realistically be achieved on most DAWs
A DAW at 88.2k samples and 24 bits can record up to 44khz, well above the ceiling of human hearing (20khz) with a dynamic range of 144 decibels (the difference between more-or-less absolute silence and putting your ear next to a 747's jet engine, which would kill you). You can purchase a converter capable of recording at this bitrate/depth for $500. I think the grandparent seems to know what they are talking about.
Now you can say that you might only get a bit depth of 20 reasonably out of a $500 converter but even if it's only 16 bits (an audio cd) you still have 96 db of dynamic range. Analog tape using Dolby-A noise reduction can have a dynamic range of around 80-90 decibels, at very best 6 decibels less than a mere CD (or even MP3!).
$250,000 is a LOT of money to spend in the audio production world. Personally I would much rather spend that on a huge mic locker, top of the line preamps, acoustic treatment etc. Tape is a royal pain - back in the day there might be a room full of people just to operate the tape decks. Now, I can plug my laptop in to my interface, launch pro tools and be up and running within a couple minutes without worrying about alignment, expensive analog tape etc.
magic is magic, though. If it helps your creative process then by all means, enjoy it! however, it seems clear now that digital is superior on a strictly technological basis
The irony -- the above is me, I had forgotten to sign in!
With a fossil fuel based car, you HAVE to burn those fossil fuels. With an electric car, you have a choice. This article seems a bit black-and-white to me when there are many shades of grey. Yes, cars take up a lot of space and have a host of other problems however improving one problem DOES help, even if it is only one piece of the puzzle.
Additionally, all of the subsidies the author writes about are a carrot for investing in the future. Sure, solar panels and cars and whatever other example may take fossil fuels to make now but 1. petroleum burning cars require fossil fuels to make as well and 2. if we are learning to build a machine to use an alternate energy source eventually that technology, when it is cheaper, will reach the manufacturing process.
It's like saying a computer uses more energy to print out a letter that you then need to mail via snail mail. We eventually realized we could bypass printing entirely. Clearly different batteries, charging processes, manufacturing processes etc would need to be and will be developed. While I appreciate calling attention to the defects in electric car manufacturing and quality this article lacks vision and cannot see the potential in the future.
once those electrons hit the wire, they mix in with all the other electrons, so you're actually using power from all the sources, dirty and clean(er), just paying extra for the privilege of bragging about it here.
not quite -- while the electrons are mixed together you get to choose who gets your money.
I know a lesbian dolphin trainer that is quite fetching! To respond to the GP: Just because someone is online doesn't mean they aren't highly desirable. I met my highly intelligent, fun and hot girlfriend through okcupid and the chances of meeting her normally would have been slim to nil since at the time she rarely had time to go out due to school. After any type of introduction it's just two people and a relationship. Sure she might initially think you're awesome because Chuck Norris introduced her to you saying you are more badass than he is but eventually she will realize the truth.
This small company doesn't seem to be any part of it, but the real problem is the extreme distaste directed toward companies like Electronic Arts. I feel good about paying for a game like yours, or the last game I bought, Firaxis's Civilization but if I buy something from Electronic Arts I feel like somehow I'm letting the man win. While Firaxis has a parent company (that has a parent company) the difference between them and EA is that they don't seem to buy up franchise after endless franchise ala Clear Channel, gut them of their valuable innards and then spit out crap. Maxis used to be a great company but doesn't seem to exist anymore other than in name and rights to the games, and that's really annoying. It seems like they have a chokehold on the industry with their aggressive acquisitions. I don't want to pay for games made by EA because I feel like I'm just fueling the acquisition machine to ruin more of the gaming industry. People pirate games all the time, but EA seems to pirate games too in a much bigger, badder way. I think this is a step in the right direction, and a funny and ironic idea. Hopefully your game sells well, but you might do better if you figured out an elegant way to let customers know that you aren't a part of the faceless gaming juggernaut.
Thee Kingdoms rocks! I still play after trying countless graphical games. In addition, like many others, 3k taught me how to touch type at close to 120 WPM. For those of you who like to read and play computer games this MUD might be the perfect marriage. 3k.org (Since 1992) And to answer your question -- Jedi were quasi-recoded, believe it or not! Recently Zuggsoft released a brand new, full-featured MUD client. Rather amazing that new software is still being released for such an aging computer past-time.