Sorry, but I think I'm getting old. What exactly is Podcasting? Why is it hyped by even non-tech media? It is just an audio-stream recorded at home and put on a blog, is it? Why is it called Podcasting?
I'm not trolling here, but I really wanna know what's so special about Podcasting.
Bullshit. I am a professional photographer and I can tell you that I can produce work on my Epson 2200 that exceeds anything a lab can produce from the same photo. DO not hand out advice when you obviously have NO idea what you are talking about.
Calm down, boy. We're talking about prices. If you'd be a professional photographer, you'd have your own lab or at least realize, that a digital lab can produce much better quality at lower cost.
Just read the comments. Somebody suggested the Samsung CLP550N color laser printer, which has a ton of features for about 400 USD as he says.
Months ago, the ink of my HP DJ815C went dry and I wasn't to be keen to get new ink for about 80 bucks, so I bought a HP LJ 1022N (ethernet print server integrated) for about 400 USD and it really makes a difference. I printed ~2000 pages so far and the printouts are still as black as the first page.
Common sense through all the comments: Do not buy inkjets and if you really wanna print out your pictures, go to an online service. Much cheaper and real photo paper.
"And now we know Novell is a hero in this saga, and I am going out to buy the latest SUSE Linux this exact minute, even though I already have it. I hope you do too, even if you don't need it."
I'm a die-hard Gentoo-user since years, but for exactly this reason I bought SuSE 9.2 as it came out. I also recommend it to Linux-beginners.
Your post is very insightful, but nobody is willing to read it - it's way to long.
There is one major disantvantage of Xen: you can't address more than 4 Gig of RAM for the host machine. That is the reason why everyone's (major businesses) going to implement VMware, which is by far not that effective/performant than Xen.
You're obviously talking about the benefits of virtualization, but if you have to implement it in critical environments, you have to realize that there is nothing else than VMware at the moment. Why? Because of the memory limitation of Xen and the lacking CPU/Memory schedulng of Xen.
I'm not a hardcore linux geek, but I watch the news, read the paper, and I'm on slashdot every day. You guys are going to *have* to do a better job advertising this!
Yes, It's always the same, but I'd say that it's the fault of the media. The Ottawa Linux Symposiom is pretty well know all over the world, but the mainstream media is not interested in it. If you have an idea to promote the event we'd be glad to get your suggestion.
It's not about switching from Microsoft or SGI to Linux. It's just a fact, that the major studios in Hollywood are developing their own applications and I know that the development departments at ILM, Pixar and so on are doing nothing else than trying to get ahead of the contenders. Is it really astonishing that the primary platform is based on Linux?
are there programs out there that are equivalent to say, Final Cut or Adobe Premier... things that an average home movie maker might want??
That's a common mistake. There are some tools out there for non-linear video editing on Linux, but the professional world is surely not working withg "Final Cut" or "Adobe Premiere". Just look at the movie "Sin City". It was all done on Linux, but who remembers the software which was used?
As an independent filmmaker and videographer, and as a Mac AND Linux user, I'm curious to see if they use Linux for rendering or editing? There's a huge difference.
I know what you mean. Rendering on Linux is kind of standard, but editing is a totally differend story? Just look at this. So if you wanna do hardcore editing on Linux, there is something out there.
Screw Hollywood.. they use OSS software but do they give back.. nope. Not really.
That's how it works. Most of the companies I know are using FFTW, zlib and higher level applications, but nobody's giving back to the community. They're trying to protect their IP (Intellectual Property), but they don't realize that they're heavily realying on GPLd software.
Hollywood is something special. This world is not very intellectual. If they'd release all the GPLd code they're writing, we'd have a lot of 3d animation software available for Linux/BSD/OSX.
So is it news that the big animation companies also use OS X instead of XP too? I think the only big name 3d animation company that is Windows only is Discreet with their 3ds Max software, which I think is really only used for games, can't think of a movie that it was used for.
I'm working in the animation business in Hollywood and all I can say is that both, the render farms as well as the workstations, are runing Unix since the beginning. More and more studios are switching over to Linux render farms and just a few are using OSX as workstation machines.
You're right, where're the news? It would be interesting if Pixar would go to Apple Xserve machines for the rendering, but that's far from the reality.
Sorry, OSX is all cool, but when it comes to hardcore workloads, nobody would use it.
that were used to render amazingly vivid water scenes in Finding Nemo for less than a million dollars a second
You just disqualifed yourself. "less than a million dollars a second", just for a movie like The Incredibles? You're kinda kidding.
On the other hand, it's Pixar. They're using XServe machines because of the "Steve Jobs" "Pixar" connection, but nobody in this business would buy overpriced servers from Apple, just to do clustered rendering.
I'm sorry. I love the strategy behind Apple, but whoever posts statements about the advantages XServe machines is just an Apple fanboy for me.
...and adding another $500k for windows liscences is no small change.
You're so wrong. It's not about money, it's about control. The bigger studios - I've been working for them - are more interested in control. They wanna change the code as they want. There're just a hand full of CGI companies out there and they're trying to compete not with the standard tools but with there own development of tools.
If you think that they care about any licences, you're dead wrong, because the major part of the software is developed in-house. What dit you say? "Windows-lisences"? Wake up. It's not about writing some documents...
It's the typical mistake, done by most of the windows-fanboys: It's just a very little market and especially in the crative area (designers, cutters,...), the computing world is not ruled by Microsoft.
Who cares. Mod me down, but parent post suggest that it's all about the windows license, which is a little short sighted in this context.
Since I put my Amiga 2040 into the basement years ago, I'm wondering what the name of a specific game is. It's about a jumping ball and you had to collect keys for locks. The ball jumped up and down all the time and you where able to direct the ball left and right. I don't remember its name, but maybe one of you know it?
Slashdot Mirror
First post?
What happened? The comment system isn't working anymore. Don't mod me down, it's really broken. No comments since the last three stories.
Why is this flamebait? This is actually quite funny and on topic.
So it's flamebait!
C'est dommage pour la Pomme, mais si tout le monde peut utiliser ca, c'est tres cher pour la Pomme.
Franzosen sind so gar nicht i18n.
It was a fsking joke. Asshole mods...
We know, but it wasn't fsking funny...
Thanks!
Sorry, but I think I'm getting old. What exactly is Podcasting? Why is it hyped by even non-tech media? It is just an audio-stream recorded at home and put on a blog, is it? Why is it called Podcasting?
I'm not trolling here, but I really wanna know what's so special about Podcasting.
Bullshit. I am a professional photographer and I can tell you that I can produce work on my Epson 2200 that exceeds anything a lab can produce from the same photo. DO not hand out advice when you obviously have NO idea what you are talking about.
Calm down, boy. We're talking about prices. If you'd be a professional photographer, you'd have your own lab or at least realize, that a digital lab can produce much better quality at lower cost.
I forgot to mention, my HP LJ is very small. About the same size as my old HP DJ, maybe a little smaller.
We should check Netcrafts tommy.com page from time to time. At the moment, it doesn't look so good for their new solution, but we'll see...
Just read the comments. Somebody suggested the Samsung CLP550N color laser printer, which has a ton of features for about 400 USD as he says.
Months ago, the ink of my HP DJ815C went dry and I wasn't to be keen to get new ink for about 80 bucks, so I bought a HP LJ 1022N (ethernet print server integrated) for about 400 USD and it really makes a difference. I printed ~2000 pages so far and the printouts are still as black as the first page.
Common sense through all the comments: Do not buy inkjets and if you really wanna print out your pictures, go to an online service. Much cheaper and real photo paper.
"And now we know Novell is a hero in this saga, and I am going out to buy the latest SUSE Linux this exact minute, even though I already have it. I hope you do too, even if you don't need it."
I'm a die-hard Gentoo-user since years, but for exactly this reason I bought SuSE 9.2 as it came out. I also recommend it to Linux-beginners.
To the point!
That's the reason why I quit my job as admin some weeks ago after doing it for years.
Xen
Your post is very insightful, but nobody is willing to read it - it's way to long.
There is one major disantvantage of Xen: you can't address more than 4 Gig of RAM for the host machine. That is the reason why everyone's (major businesses) going to implement VMware, which is by far not that effective/performant than Xen.
You're obviously talking about the benefits of virtualization, but if you have to implement it in critical environments, you have to realize that there is nothing else than VMware at the moment. Why? Because of the memory limitation of Xen and the lacking CPU/Memory schedulng of Xen.
I'm not a hardcore linux geek, but I watch the news, read the paper, and I'm on slashdot every day. You guys are going to *have* to do a better job advertising this!
Yes, It's always the same, but I'd say that it's the fault of the media. The Ottawa Linux Symposiom is pretty well know all over the world, but the mainstream media is not interested in it. If you have an idea to promote the event we'd be glad to get your suggestion.
I think, we had a story about that in the year 2001:
Linux In Hollywood: Status Report.
It's not about switching from Microsoft or SGI to Linux. It's just a fact, that the major studios in Hollywood are developing their own applications and I know that the development departments at ILM, Pixar and so on are doing nothing else than trying to get ahead of the contenders. Is it really astonishing that the primary platform is based on Linux?
are there programs out there that are equivalent to say, Final Cut or Adobe Premier... things that an average home movie maker might want??
That's a common mistake. There are some tools out there for non-linear video editing on Linux, but the professional world is surely not working withg "Final Cut" or "Adobe Premiere". Just look at the movie "Sin City". It was all done on Linux, but who remembers the software which was used?
As an independent filmmaker and videographer, and as a Mac AND Linux user, I'm curious to see if they use Linux for rendering or editing? There's a huge difference.
I know what you mean. Rendering on Linux is kind of standard, but editing is a totally differend story? Just look at this. So if you wanna do hardcore editing on Linux, there is something out there.
Screw Hollywood.. they use OSS software but do they give back.. nope. Not really.
That's how it works. Most of the companies I know are using FFTW, zlib and higher level applications, but nobody's giving back to the community. They're trying to protect their IP (Intellectual Property), but they don't realize that they're heavily realying on GPLd software.
Hollywood is something special. This world is not very intellectual. If they'd release all the GPLd code they're writing, we'd have a lot of 3d animation software available for Linux/BSD/OSX.
So is it news that the big animation companies also use OS X instead of XP too? I think the only big name 3d animation company that is Windows only is Discreet with their 3ds Max software, which I think is really only used for games, can't think of a movie that it was used for.
I'm working in the animation business in Hollywood and all I can say is that both, the render farms as well as the workstations, are runing Unix since the beginning. More and more studios are switching over to Linux render farms and just a few are using OSX as workstation machines.
You're right, where're the news? It would be interesting if Pixar would go to Apple Xserve machines for the rendering, but that's far from the reality.
Sorry, OSX is all cool, but when it comes to hardcore workloads, nobody would use it.
that were used to render amazingly vivid water scenes in Finding Nemo for less than a million dollars a second
You just disqualifed yourself. "less than a million dollars a second", just for a movie like The Incredibles? You're kinda kidding.
On the other hand, it's Pixar. They're using XServe machines because of the "Steve Jobs" "Pixar" connection, but nobody in this business would buy overpriced servers from Apple, just to do clustered rendering.
I'm sorry. I love the strategy behind Apple, but whoever posts statements about the advantages XServe machines is just an Apple fanboy for me.
"and Linux is declared a "Copyright circumvention device" by His Majesty George W. Bush"
You should put a link into your assertion/citation. If it's true what you say, it's pretty harsh and almost unbelievable.
You're so wrong. It's not about money, it's about control. The bigger studios - I've been working for them - are more interested in control. They wanna change the code as they want. There're just a hand full of CGI companies out there and they're trying to compete not with the standard tools but with there own development of tools.
If you think that they care about any licences, you're dead wrong, because the major part of the software is developed in-house. What dit you say? "Windows-lisences"? Wake up. It's not about writing some documents...
It's the typical mistake, done by most of the windows-fanboys: It's just a very little market and especially in the crative area (designers, cutters,
Who cares. Mod me down, but parent post suggest that it's all about the windows license, which is a little short sighted in this context.
Wall was one of the early inverstors in the Caldera/SCO scam.
You're absolutely right!
It looks more like this.
Since I put my Amiga 2040 into the basement years ago, I'm wondering what the name of a specific game is. It's about a jumping ball and you had to collect keys for locks. The ball jumped up and down all the time and you where able to direct the ball left and right. I don't remember its name, but maybe one of you know it?