"It was horrible. I sat in the big hall and put my packet of Polos on the desk. And my spare pencil and my support gonk. And my chewing gum and my extra pen. And my extra Polos and my lucky gonk. And my pencil sharpener shaped like a cream cracker. And more gonks with a packet of Polos in each. And lead for my retractable pencil. And my retractable pencil. And spare lead for my retractable pencil. And chewing gum and pencils and pens and more gonks, and the guy says "Stop writing, please."
It didn't take long on my 2 GHz Compaq/512 MB RAM. I think it has shitty Intel shared video, too... Only took a few seconds at most for all the layers to build up.
Also, when you did the "walking away from the camera on the tripod" bit, I was waiting for someone to grab the cam and make a run for it (a la "European Vacation").
You need to decide what your target medium will be.
If you forsee yourself producing material that will be delivered at standard definition on TVs (delivered by broadcast, intranet or DVD) then you can select any of a dozen good consumer level cameras. Sony, Canon. It's all good. A 3 CCD system will serve you better.
If you want true widescreen, then factor that in as well. Canon XL2 seems to be the one to beat these days.
If you want to transfer to film, a camera that records at 24 progressive frames per second may make life easier. Once again, the Canon XL2 would be the one to look at.
If you want HD on FCP, I'd recommend you use what Apple recommends, which at the moment seems to be the Pansonic DVCPRO range. Some HD systems work by compressing the video on the fly to MPEG2, which is less than optimal.
So it's difficult to recommend a camera until you know yourself what you want.
Then I'd recommend a you check out sites that deal with this sort of stuff a bit more than here. 2-pop.com and places like that.
To add my anecdote, my Compaq at work is 2 years old and doing just fine. 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, 48 weeks a year. Further anecdote: not too many failures at work. There seems to be the occasional lemon of the "this computer is dodgy but I'm not sure why" variety.
My dual 1.25 G4 is fine too. 8 hours a night, 7 days a week, 48 weeks a year.
It's about inclusion. This is about the right of people with a disability to be included in the day-to-day interactions with society. (It is, in fact, about the rights of anyone to be included, but since we seem to have moved beyond racial and sexual discrimination, then it's certainly time to consider disability discrimination.)
This is why ramps are built for wheel chairs. This is why disabled car parking spaces are made. This is why pedestrian crossing buttons make the chirping noise. Many of these things add little to no cost, they just require a little forethought. A little politeness.
This is not about "voting with your money". Disabled people are in the minority. They probably always will be. So their dollars won't count for much, especially given the limited employment opportunities (and, hence, dollars) available for them. Do we really want to live in a place where the rules are decided simply by who has more money? Or do we want a place where all people are valued regardless of any disability.
The irony is that the web, with all these computar thingies, is most suited to enabling people with disabilities interact with the modern world. Remember the "on the internet, no-one knows you're a dog" comic. Well, no-one need know if you're deaf, blind or have a physical disability that makes keyboard/mouse interaction difficult. It's not hard to make accessible web sites. Just a little forethought. A little training to do the job you're being paid to do. You can even do it with Flash if you REALLY have to (but please don't. we're over the Flash thing.)
Why *should* you care about excluding people? People with a disability? Slashdot really brings out the best in people...
Well done, Matthew. There needs to be more awareness of issues like this. My workplace endeavours to make web developers consider accessibility issues when developing web sites.
It's not so much that it's an uphill battle here, but more of an awareness thing. Once they realise the issues, they generally work toward accessibility.
Fight the good fight and don't let the bastards get you down.
I'm afraid you'll have to retract that jibe at NZ unless you're an Aussie. There is a longterm agreement between Australia and New Zealand that only we may trade insults about each others' countries, while fiercely defending the others' honour to the rest of the world. Sorry, it's a closed shop.
Now if God wanted to give the world an enema, Rotorua is where he'd stick the tube...
Is it just me, or do a lot of US corporations pay shit dividends? I see Apple's statements "yeah, we done good for the year, sold boatloads of stuff and things are looking up..." and then they pay 19cents/share divident. And the damn things were worth $12 or $20 or something... And MS pays... nothing?
How do people make money from the stock market? Surely you don't rely on ever-increasing share prices?
Slashdot Mirror
"What problems cause people to turn to drugs"?
There is no problem. DRUGS ARE FUN. It's only when it gets to be a habit that the fun stops.
I thought it was Ross trapped in the vestibule.
(that was the first Friends episode I saw. And it WAS funny then)
MEN! Whip it out, drop it in, push some buttons and walk away happy! Typical!
Why can't they just take their time for once?
"Haha! I have your laptop AND your money!"
Nelson Muntz is running an escrow service?
Wednesday? That was yesterday. It's Thursday. Nearly lunch time.
"It was horrible. I sat in the big hall and put my packet of Polos on the desk. And my spare pencil and my support gonk. And my chewing gum and my extra pen. And my extra Polos and my lucky gonk. And my pencil sharpener shaped like a cream cracker. And more gonks with a packet of Polos in each. And lead for my retractable pencil. And my retractable pencil. And spare lead for my retractable pencil. And chewing gum and pencils and pens and more gonks, and the guy says "Stop writing, please."
I'm not stealing an iPod until Apple supports OGG!
It didn't take long on my 2 GHz Compaq/512 MB RAM. I think it has shitty Intel shared video, too...
Only took a few seconds at most for all the layers to build up.
How'd you get on Archive.org?
Also, when you did the "walking away from the camera on the tripod" bit, I was waiting for someone to grab the cam and make a run for it (a la "European Vacation").
You need to decide what your target medium will be.
If you forsee yourself producing material that will be delivered at standard definition on TVs (delivered by broadcast, intranet or DVD) then you can select any of a dozen good consumer level cameras. Sony, Canon. It's all good. A 3 CCD system will serve you better.
If you want true widescreen, then factor that in as well. Canon XL2 seems to be the one to beat these days.
If you want to transfer to film, a camera that records at 24 progressive frames per second may make life easier. Once again, the Canon XL2 would be the one to look at.
If you want HD on FCP, I'd recommend you use what Apple recommends, which at the moment seems to be the Pansonic DVCPRO range. Some HD systems work by compressing the video on the fly to MPEG2, which is less than optimal.
So it's difficult to recommend a camera until you know yourself what you want.
Then I'd recommend a you check out sites that deal with this sort of stuff a bit more than here. 2-pop.com and places like that.
I know that the iTMS sells, and the iPod supports, Audiobooks, but I didn't think they did e-books.
Once the UK goes REALLY metric, it will be a 226.7962 kg fine.
4 weeks holidays :-)
Apple wouldn't silk screen shirts. They'd tie dye them.
To add my anecdote, my Compaq at work is 2 years old and doing just fine. 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, 48 weeks a year. Further anecdote: not too many failures at work. There seems to be the occasional lemon of the "this computer is dodgy but I'm not sure why" variety.
My dual 1.25 G4 is fine too. 8 hours a night, 7 days a week, 48 weeks a year.
these guys had a go at it here.
And we're watching you right back.
It's about inclusion. This is about the right of people with a disability to be included in the day-to-day interactions with society. (It is, in fact, about the rights of anyone to be included, but since we seem to have moved beyond racial and sexual discrimination, then it's certainly time to consider disability discrimination.)
This is why ramps are built for wheel chairs. This is why disabled car parking spaces are made. This is why pedestrian crossing buttons make the chirping noise. Many of these things add little to no cost, they just require a little forethought. A little politeness.
This is not about "voting with your money". Disabled people are in the minority. They probably always will be. So their dollars won't count for much, especially given the limited employment opportunities (and, hence, dollars) available for them. Do we really want to live in a place where the rules are decided simply by who has more money? Or do we want a place where all people are valued regardless of any disability.
The irony is that the web, with all these computar thingies, is most suited to enabling people with disabilities interact with the modern world. Remember the "on the internet, no-one knows you're a dog" comic. Well, no-one need know if you're deaf, blind or have a physical disability that makes keyboard/mouse interaction difficult. It's not hard to make accessible web sites. Just a little forethought. A little training to do the job you're being paid to do. You can even do it with Flash if you REALLY have to (but please don't. we're over the Flash thing.)
Why *should* you care about excluding people? People with a disability? Slashdot really brings out the best in people...
Well done, Matthew. There needs to be more awareness of issues like this. My workplace endeavours to make web developers consider accessibility issues when developing web sites.
It's not so much that it's an uphill battle here, but more of an awareness thing. Once they realise the issues, they generally work toward accessibility.
Fight the good fight and don't let the bastards get you down.
Maybe it did in 1997.
he was gonna update it but he got tired...
I am tired of people who toss in fake links to add credibility to their moronic posts.
Shut ya yappin' an' git back to the kitchen.
Nahh. Just wait for Tiger. I hope.
I'm afraid you'll have to retract that jibe at NZ unless you're an Aussie. There is a longterm agreement between Australia and New Zealand that only we may trade insults about each others' countries, while fiercely defending the others' honour to the rest of the world. Sorry, it's a closed shop.
Now if God wanted to give the world an enema, Rotorua is where he'd stick the tube...
Is it just me, or do a lot of US corporations pay shit dividends? I see Apple's statements "yeah, we done good for the year, sold boatloads of stuff and things are looking up..." and then they pay 19cents/share divident. And the damn things were worth $12 or $20 or something... And MS pays ... nothing?
How do people make money from the stock market? Surely you don't rely on ever-increasing share prices?
2005. some time.