The 340 now has a successor, the D-360L. It improves a number of new features, and I think some places actually sold it for less! (Similar to being able to find the C-2020 cheaper than the C-2000)
I wish that company that was creating "digital film" for 35mm SLRs would get their damn product out. Oh, and make it cost less... It was basically a 35mm film canister with a CCD that would convert any 35mm camera into a digicam. Unfortunately, last I checked they intended to sell it for over $700-800 despite the fact that digital cameras with optics,LCD, etc. run in the $300 and up range.
My family has a Pentax PZ-70. The whole outfit (Body and Sigma 28-200 lens) cost around $600.
The main thing I don't like about it is that Pentax isn't that big a brand, so accessories are harder to find. And nowadays you can get a "major" name SLR that beats the PZ-70 for less than $600 including a newer 28-200 lens that can focus a lot closer. (The only other gripe I have about my particular outfit is the focusing distance needed for the 28-200. Sigma now has lenses with far better specs for less than this lens cost.)
Thos grainy photos are just a bad picture... Either because you underexposed or you used bad film. (Like high-speed Kodak Max. Compare Kodak Max 800 to Fuji's 800, the difference is amazing. And if you really care about grains, use ISO 100 or less film.)
Properly exposed good film has a resolution of well over 2000 dots (I think over 3000, even) for 35mm film.
Then you have medium/large format, where you have film that measures on the order of 4x5 inches at a resolution of over 2000 dpi. (I don't recall the specs, but 2000 is being VERY conservative)
For the average home user, a digicam is a good bet. But for a serious (or semi-serious) photographer, a $600 SLR (Like my old Pentax PZ-70, nowadays I could get an even better camera for less) will obliterate a $600 digicam. (Like the Olympus C-2020. It's sweet as far as digicams go, and my mom is giving my dad one for his birthday, but our old Pentax blows it away if you want to do anything more than a basic picture.)
I was mainly speaking of price/performance here, not top-end availability. Yes, Apple's PB selections is somewhat limited. But if you're looking for a laptop so that you have something portable when you need it, the iBook is a great deal. If you need something in the Powerbook range, they also beat PC systems in price/performance. (At least anything from Dell/Compaq/Gateway/IBM/Toshiba, the 5 vendors we sell at the CStore.) IMHO getting a PIII/650 laptop with a 15.4" screen is insane - Get a much more basic laptop and a faster desktop, you'll still be spending less.
I never said that they were giving it away. That price includes Office Pro Academic for $99. (At any time it may rise to the standard $180 academic price, but that system still torches the Mac)
I'm guessing that icee's real name has been in the media reports. (Haven't paid particular attention...) Check to see if that real name matches to the phone numbers given in the IRC logs.
Yeah, someone posing as someone else could've given out that other person's phone, but why risk blowing your cover like that?
I sold computers at the campus store here for a semester and a half. On average, the Macintosh price premium is around 50% over a comparable PC once you include the monitor. Most of the time, you can get a PC and a Mac with comparable specs at the same price, except one difference - The PC has a 17-inch monitor, and the Apple will need one added ($350-450 depending on how Apple is feeling at the time.)
Oh, and this is including Apple's 10-15% educational discount vs. the 1-2% on PCs.
That discount right there says how badly you're getting ripped off - PCs only offer 1-2% because that's pretty close to what their margin is.
I'm speaking mainly of Gateways here - Dells were routinely 5-6% more expensive (maybe more), and while we carry Compaq, I don't think the store has sold a single one since last summer - all the salespeople would feel too guilty.:)
An example: Gateway E-4200 550 PIII/550 128M RAM 20 gig HD 17-inch Trinitron monitor DVD drive Zip drive 56k non-winmodem ATI Rage 128 (Can choose "no video" and put in your own if you don't want it.) 3Com 10/100 ethernet MS Office 2000 Pro (Academic) 8-bay case $2166
Apple's "Faster" G4 Same as the Gateway, but: 450 MHz G4 (Dunno how this compares with the PIII-550 - I'm just going to say "even") No monitor No MS office Case with 3 ext. bays and 2-3 internal bays. $2249 - Add the monitor and Office and your system is around $2800-3000.
Well, I guess I was wrong, the factor is less than 50%, but it's still obscene.
And let's not forget that Apple intentionally engineered the firmware of G3s not to boot with a G4 processor despite the fact that a G4 was physically/electrically compatible. This is completely contrary to PC mobo manufacturers releasing BIOS updates for the latest processors.
BTW, I do like the G3/G4 case design - it's just NOT worth the price premium!
Oh, and one note, as to 3Dfx boards on a Mac - Last time I checked (2 months ago or so), the drivers only supported PCI boards despite the fact that the Macs had AGP video by then.
I've always been wondering - On my motherboard (Epox EP51-MVP3E-M, VIA MVP3 chipset), my BIOS has an option for DRAM bank interleaving. Is that option actually DOING anything at all? I find it somewhat hard to believe that such a basic mobo (Super7, $100 1.75 years ago) has bank interleaving.
I have the option enabled, although I haven't done any benchmarks. No obvious performance diff. Any suggestions on how to benchmark whether this option does anything?
People seem to think that if Linux companies stock performs badly, it'll reflect badly upon Linux. Yes, it will if the stocks perform worse than the rest of the market. But in this particular case, Linux stocks are doing badly, BUT SO IS EVERYONE ELSE! So the Linux stock performance (or lack thereof) means nothing.
Note that in some ways, the drop of Linux related stocks can be related to the MS ruling - While that ruling was good for Linux companies' business, its effect on the tech stock market brought everyone down, including the Linux stocks. Weird, huh?:)
Thank god I'm currently only doing small-time investing mainly for the learning experience. Percentage-wise, I got raped the past two weeks. Of course, who didn't?:(
Real and Apple (I assume you're referring to QT) are still doing reasonably well.
But as to non-MS APIs - Look at OpenGL. All the people creating this API need is the endorsement of John Carmack.:) JC is pretty much the only reason that you see video card manufacturers making their GL drivers the best they possibly can...
The LART is designed as an embedded system. i.e. *small*
I'm involved somewhat with a videoconferencing research project here. There's been talk of wireless, and we looked at the Itsy, but its license is EVIL. This thing is nearly perfect!
DirectX is an inferior API. It's hell to develop for (It baffled even John Carmack himself.), and is inherently not cross-platform.
OpenGL is superior in visual quality, XP support, and ease of development. We HAVE OpenGL now. As to card support, it's not an issue of reverse-engineering the API, but of the card programming info itself. This is *hard*, if not impossible, even for Open Source.
The way I interpret it, as soon as one person submits a patch to a GPLed program, they have a say in the distribution rights to the program.
Mesa had to go through a 2-3 month (maybe shorter...) "Speak now or forever hold your peace" phase before switching from the LGPL to XFree86 license.
As to the original post - This interface is a completely (or at least can be) seperate application from The Gimp. Think of it as GIMP being the Linux kernel and this being a proprietary application using the kernel. (Yes, I know there are many flaws in that analogy, but it's a start.)
Checked the regs. If your antenna has a gain of over 6 dBi (6 dB over an isotropic antenna), you must reduce the power from 1W by (Antenna gain - 6dB).
6 dB translates to a gain of 4. So essentially, your ERP with 1 watt into a 6 dBi antenna is 4 watts. Still, the guy in NZ is within legal limits.
Well, is that a limit on RF power into the antenna or ERP (Effective Radiated Power). ERP = antenna gain * RF power in.
Hams have a power limit of 1.5 kW RF (i.e. what's going into the transmit antenna) but no limit whatsoever on ERP. I don't know if the FCC regulates anything based on ERP instead of plain old RF power. If that limit is 1W RF, than you can use an antenna as large as you want. I'll have to check the FCC regs someone else linked to.
Video-wise, MS Media Player (at least the current encoding utilities I've looked at from MS themselves) uses the new MPEG-4 standard. Of course, it could be a bastardized MS-only version of MPEG-4 video... But in theory, a player for ASF files could be created for Linux, at least for video.
The WMA codec for audio - that's a different story.:(
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The 340 now has a successor, the D-360L. It improves a number of new features, and I think some places actually sold it for less! (Similar to being able to find the C-2020 cheaper than the C-2000)
I wish that company that was creating "digital film" for 35mm SLRs would get their damn product out. Oh, and make it cost less... It was basically a 35mm film canister with a CCD that would convert any 35mm camera into a digicam. Unfortunately, last I checked they intended to sell it for over $700-800 despite the fact that digital cameras with optics,LCD, etc. run in the $300 and up range.
I'd say that "decent" is a relative term.
My family has a Pentax PZ-70. The whole outfit (Body and Sigma 28-200 lens) cost around $600.
The main thing I don't like about it is that Pentax isn't that big a brand, so accessories are harder to find. And nowadays you can get a "major" name SLR that beats the PZ-70 for less than $600 including a newer 28-200 lens that can focus a lot closer. (The only other gripe I have about my particular outfit is the focusing distance needed for the 28-200. Sigma now has lenses with far better specs for less than this lens cost.)
Thos grainy photos are just a bad picture... Either because you underexposed or you used bad film. (Like high-speed Kodak Max. Compare Kodak Max 800 to Fuji's 800, the difference is amazing. And if you really care about grains, use ISO 100 or less film.)
Properly exposed good film has a resolution of well over 2000 dots (I think over 3000, even) for 35mm film.
Then you have medium/large format, where you have film that measures on the order of 4x5 inches at a resolution of over 2000 dpi. (I don't recall the specs, but 2000 is being VERY conservative)
For the average home user, a digicam is a good bet. But for a serious (or semi-serious) photographer, a $600 SLR (Like my old Pentax PZ-70, nowadays I could get an even better camera for less) will obliterate a $600 digicam. (Like the Olympus C-2020. It's sweet as far as digicams go, and my mom is giving my dad one for his birthday, but our old Pentax blows it away if you want to do anything more than a basic picture.)
I was mainly speaking of price/performance here, not top-end availability. Yes, Apple's PB selections is somewhat limited. But if you're looking for a laptop so that you have something portable when you need it, the iBook is a great deal. If you need something in the Powerbook range, they also beat PC systems in price/performance. (At least anything from Dell/Compaq/Gateway/IBM/Toshiba, the 5 vendors we sell at the CStore.) IMHO getting a PIII/650 laptop with a 15.4" screen is insane - Get a much more basic laptop and a faster desktop, you'll still be spending less.
I never said that they were giving it away. That price includes Office Pro Academic for $99. (At any time it may rise to the standard $180 academic price, but that system still torches the Mac)
I'm guessing that icee's real name has been in the media reports. (Haven't paid particular attention...) Check to see if that real name matches to the phone numbers given in the IRC logs.
Yeah, someone posing as someone else could've given out that other person's phone, but why risk blowing your cover like that?
This thread is about LinuxPPC.
i.e. Be has access to all the information they need to to get BeOS to run on recent Macs.
While they can't openly copy the code, nothing prevents them from reading it to find out how the hardware works.
I'm inclined to agree with those who mention that it's an issue of marketing - Be just needed an excuse for dropping PPC hardware support.
If you're looking for a Linux laptop, get an iBook or Powerbook. iBooks and Powerbooks, unlike desktop systems, ARE competitive in price with PCs.
iMacs also are feature-for-feature, until you take into account the lack of upgradability.
I sold computers at the campus store here for a semester and a half. On average, the Macintosh price premium is around 50% over a comparable PC once you include the monitor. Most of the time, you can get a PC and a Mac with comparable specs at the same price, except one difference - The PC has a 17-inch monitor, and the Apple will need one added ($350-450 depending on how Apple is feeling at the time.)
:)
Oh, and this is including Apple's 10-15% educational discount vs. the 1-2% on PCs.
That discount right there says how badly you're getting ripped off - PCs only offer 1-2% because that's pretty close to what their margin is.
I'm speaking mainly of Gateways here - Dells were routinely 5-6% more expensive (maybe more), and while we carry Compaq, I don't think the store has sold a single one since last summer - all the salespeople would feel too guilty.
An example:
Gateway E-4200 550
PIII/550
128M RAM
20 gig HD
17-inch Trinitron monitor
DVD drive
Zip drive
56k non-winmodem
ATI Rage 128 (Can choose "no video" and put in your own if you don't want it.)
3Com 10/100 ethernet
MS Office 2000 Pro (Academic)
8-bay case
$2166
Apple's "Faster" G4
Same as the Gateway, but:
450 MHz G4 (Dunno how this compares with the PIII-550 - I'm just going to say "even")
No monitor
No MS office
Case with 3 ext. bays and 2-3 internal bays.
$2249 - Add the monitor and Office and your system is around $2800-3000.
Well, I guess I was wrong, the factor is less than 50%, but it's still obscene.
And let's not forget that Apple intentionally engineered the firmware of G3s not to boot with a G4 processor despite the fact that a G4 was physically/electrically compatible. This is completely contrary to PC mobo manufacturers releasing BIOS updates for the latest processors.
BTW, I do like the G3/G4 case design - it's just NOT worth the price premium!
Oh, and one note, as to 3Dfx boards on a Mac - Last time I checked (2 months ago or so), the drivers only supported PCI boards despite the fact that the Macs had AGP video by then.
I've always been wondering - On my motherboard (Epox EP51-MVP3E-M, VIA MVP3 chipset), my BIOS has an option for DRAM bank interleaving. Is that option actually DOING anything at all? I find it somewhat hard to believe that such a basic mobo (Super7, $100 1.75 years ago) has bank interleaving.
I have the option enabled, although I haven't done any benchmarks. No obvious performance diff. Any suggestions on how to benchmark whether this option does anything?
People seem to think that if Linux companies stock performs badly, it'll reflect badly upon Linux. Yes, it will if the stocks perform worse than the rest of the market. But in this particular case, Linux stocks are doing badly, BUT SO IS EVERYONE ELSE! So the Linux stock performance (or lack thereof) means nothing.
:)
:(
Note that in some ways, the drop of Linux related stocks can be related to the MS ruling - While that ruling was good for Linux companies' business, its effect on the tech stock market brought everyone down, including the Linux stocks. Weird, huh?
Thank god I'm currently only doing small-time investing mainly for the learning experience. Percentage-wise, I got raped the past two weeks. Of course, who didn't?
I don't recall the exact instructions, but look through the Dialpad FAQs.
:)
They give explicit instructions on the proper settings to get Dialpad to work with an IP Masq box.
I think they plan on using OpenGL for the 3D graphics portions of the API.
:)
But OpenGL doesn't cover:
Sound
Input
I can't remember what else right now... It's 1:30 in the morning after a nasty week.
Real and Apple (I assume you're referring to QT) are still doing reasonably well.
:) JC is pretty much the only reason that you see video card manufacturers making their GL drivers the best they possibly can...
But as to non-MS APIs - Look at OpenGL. All the people creating this API need is the endorsement of John Carmack.
I could be wrong here, but I'm pretty sure SDL existed before Loki did.
:) But I don't think that they wrote it initially.
Yes, Loki does make heavy use of SDL and has probably submitted a good share of patches.
Of course, this still means that there's a chance SDL will be updated to include OpenAL.
The LART is designed as an embedded system. i.e. *small*
I'm involved somewhat with a videoconferencing research project here. There's been talk of wireless, and we looked at the Itsy, but its license is EVIL. This thing is nearly perfect!
Um, why can't we build are one. They may not be selling pre-built systems, but all the schematics are there.
DirectX is an inferior API. It's hell to develop for (It baffled even John Carmack himself.), and is inherently not cross-platform.
OpenGL is superior in visual quality, XP support, and ease of development. We HAVE OpenGL now. As to card support, it's not an issue of reverse-engineering the API, but of the card programming info itself. This is *hard*, if not impossible, even for Open Source.
The way I interpret it, as soon as one person submits a patch to a GPLed program, they have a say in the distribution rights to the program.
Mesa had to go through a 2-3 month (maybe shorter...) "Speak now or forever hold your peace" phase before switching from the LGPL to XFree86 license.
As to the original post - This interface is a completely (or at least can be) seperate application from The Gimp. Think of it as GIMP being the Linux kernel and this being a proprietary application using the kernel. (Yes, I know there are many flaws in that analogy, but it's a start.)
Checked the regs. If your antenna has a gain of over 6 dBi (6 dB over an isotropic antenna), you must reduce the power from 1W by (Antenna gain - 6dB).
6 dB translates to a gain of 4. So essentially, your ERP with 1 watt into a 6 dBi antenna is 4 watts. Still, the guy in NZ is within legal limits.
Well, is that a limit on RF power into the antenna or ERP (Effective Radiated Power). ERP = antenna gain * RF power in.
Hams have a power limit of 1.5 kW RF (i.e. what's going into the transmit antenna) but no limit whatsoever on ERP. I don't know if the FCC regulates anything based on ERP instead of plain old RF power. If that limit is 1W RF, than you can use an antenna as large as you want. I'll have to check the FCC regs someone else linked to.
Video-wise, MS Media Player (at least the current encoding utilities I've looked at from MS themselves) uses the new MPEG-4 standard. Of course, it could be a bastardized MS-only version of MPEG-4 video... But in theory, a player for ASF files could be created for Linux, at least for video.
:(
The WMA codec for audio - that's a different story.
Some StarTacs do digital, but they're #@$@#@#$ expensive!
BAM-330D is what I have. Other than a lack of third-party accessories, I love it!
Weird... When I was choosing a phone, I had a few people tell me it was flimsy...
I have a Bell Atlantic Mobile BAM-330D (OEMed LGC-330W), and I'm pretty happy with it, with the exception of a lack of third-party accessories.
:)
If you want data capability on a CDMA network, go with Qualcomm. They invented the technology.
For a general all-around phone, I'm getting a Nokia 6185 when I renew my service contract. (Unless there's a newer Nokia by then.)