Recently while mowing my grass I noticed that my iPod seemed to have a certain affinity for Sting. However, since I have just about every Sting album ever released I figure it's bound to show up a bit more often than some other artists. What I thought was odd was that it played like 4 Sting songs right in a row. The possibility of that happening seems remote considering I have around 3,000 songs on my iPod right now.
What they should consentrate on is making it scratch proof, I can't stand so many scratches
I heard that they're making a diamond coated iPod that is virtually indestructible.;)
I knew a 40-something-year-old man that went to jail for having sex with a minor. He was only in jail for around 5 years. Why in the world would you give a spammer 9? Seems pretty unbalanced to me.
I don't believe the intent of the parent was to figure out whether or not this machine would allow a pro musician to record their music. Obviously if it's a HD recorder you can record music. The parent was asking whether or not the QUALITY of the recording would be good. Your post didn't do anything to answer that question. The fact is that a noisy recording is only desirable to those that are creating artistic music for a limited audience. If you're looking to create something with wide appeal (i.e. something professional) you're not going to do it on a GBA.
I believe the answer to this is obvious... No. Considering you can't really get anything "serious" out of most PCs without spending a good deal of money on better equipment for signal conversion, audio interface, etc., I doubt you could create anything worth listening to on the GBA...
However, just like PC recording the equipment you use to create the music will have a much greater impact on the quality of the recording than the sequencer or medium will.
If I were going to invest the time and money into creating the world's largest photo, I believe I'd choose something a little more interesting than the boring skyline they chose. Why not do some planning and create a beautiful landscape photo or something that people would actually want to see.
Eitherway, I can just see the MASSIVE, high resolution billboards now...
I wish I had some MOD points... You've made some wonderful points here...
I'm a graphic designer that's been doing the exact opposite of what you're trying to do. I've been programming for the last 4 years and still learning every day.
I highly recommend some graphic design classes. You'd be amazed at how much of a differce it would make. If that's not the road you want, obviously there are many resources online.
Either way, it's a good road to go down.
It's amazing how you block things out of your memory... As soon as I read "step on sharp blocks" a grimace came across my face. Thanks for bringing back those bitter-sweet memories from childhood.
Email ettiquete gave way to productivity. If I need to get a file to someone quickly I'll usually email it (as long as I know that they have a broadband connection or are willing to wait for the attachment to download).
Seems like it is all relative. I wouldn't send a 30Mb attachment to my friend on AOL, but to a friend that has cable/dsl they wouldn't mind it one little bit.
I know that I'm sacrificing my Karma to do this, but I just can't stand it any longer...
Not once, but TWICE you wrote micro$oft... You can't tell me that you didn't feel like a boob while you were typing that. When are people going to learn that it's not funny and it's not cool. Yes, Microsoft has a lot of money, we get it.
At Purdue there's not much drawing, but there is some. The main purpose of it is to show you how much more precise and accurate the computer generated versions are. So, you don't spend much time on it really.
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I will also confess/be honest and say that it is tempting. That's money that would seem free to the person "earning" it.
At $1/hour, this sounds like a low-gain way to infuriate both your friends and perfect strangers.
What happens when other spammers adopt this business model? That $1/hour assumes that you
would only work for one spammer at a time. If you were really
trying to make a career out of it I'm sure you'd be working for as many spammers as once as
you can handle. That being said, it's still a very sleezy way to make a few bucks considering
the majority of people hate spam.
I for one would feel like I was selling the rights of everyone else for a living. I'm not sure
how people can feel "good" about doing something like this.
I live in a very small town in Indiana. Part of living in the midwest is an abundance of small, "mom and pop" stores that are privately owned. One of the things that bothers me are complaints about people buying things online. The answer isn't for people to stop buying online, the answer is for these "mom and pop" businesses to step into the 21st century and start listening to your customer's wishes. You can't expect the customer to change, you have to change to meet your customer's needs. I work for a website development firm and we have had several local businesses that have started websites to try and start selling more of their products/services online. What keeps stores such as yours from doing this? You don't have to seel globally or even nationally, just be there for your local customers who would like to buy locally AND online. Successful businesses adapt, non-successful businesses don't.
Here is a reposting of the article text. Do NOT mod me up, it wasn't that difficult and didn't take any thinking...
The Heavyweight Sea Snail
Scotland, like many European countries, must comply with regulations requiring that a mandatory percentage of the energy it uses comes from renewable sources. For Scotland, this percentage will be 18% in 2010 and 40% by 2020. In "Tidal farming's new wave," Red Herring explains this why Scotland is very supportive of Ian Bryden's sea "Snail" program. The Snail is a 30-ton anchoring device which uses hydrofoils -- wings that "fly" in the water -- to generate enough power from tidal waves to service 10,000 homes by 2007.
Here is the introduction of Red Herring's article.
After losing the wind wars to the Danes in the early '80s, Scotland is on the verge of owning a small, yet significant new power market -- tidal energy.
Inventors have long dreamt of harnessing energy from the daily ebb and flow of ocean tides using underwater windmills. Yet a large-scale tidal farm has remained elusive -- at least, until now. Making use of Scotland's geographic assets and answering a renewed call for an energy alternative, Aberdeen scientist Ian Bryden is putting his new invention, "the Snail," to work.
So what exactly is the "Snail"?
At Aberdeen's Robert Gordon University, Mr. Bryden has circumvented traditional turbine designs. His brainchild, the Snail, is a 15x12 meter (roughly 49x39 feet) anchoring device that uses hydrofoils -- what scientists describe as wings that "fly" in water -- to generate more than 200 tons of downward force to the seabed. Six dragon-like wings attach the unit to the national grid.
Here is a picture of a prototype of the Snail with its six wings (Credit: Robert Gordon University)
Red Herring also says that the Snail will cost less than traditional technologies relying on turbines. So when will the Snails invade the seas?
The first experimental tidal farm, to be launched in 2007, will yield just 5MW at first, enough for around 10,000 homes. While possessing only enough energy to power less than one quarter one percent of Scotland's population, it would mark a significant first step for the emerging technology.
Scotland has identified Orkney's Pentland Firth and Shetland's Yell Sound -- about 330 miles north of Edinburgh -- as its best sites for harnessing tidal power. Both have sea channels and are exposed to the Atlantic, making the area a prime location for capturing big tidal movements. An energy test site has already been built using a local investment of 5 million pounds ($9.18 million).
Providing that this technology is licensed to one or several developers, other European countries will also be able to use Snails to produce clean energy at reasonable costs.
When the article talks about rendering in real-time it isn't talking about the compressed/flattened video playing a full frame rate, it's talking about OpenGL being able to calculate/shade/render a model in realtime verses waiting X mins/hours for a frame to render. It's talking about the process of converting vector data to raster data.
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Recently while mowing my grass I noticed that my iPod seemed to have a certain affinity for Sting. However, since I have just about every Sting album ever released I figure it's bound to show up a bit more often than some other artists. What I thought was odd was that it played like 4 Sting songs right in a row. The possibility of that happening seems remote considering I have around 3,000 songs on my iPod right now.
is a brushed metal MacBook Pro that's black. That would be sweet.
This just in: Bentley's are now able to run on Chevy engines!!! :)
What they should consentrate on is making it scratch proof, I can't stand so many scratches I heard that they're making a diamond coated iPod that is virtually indestructible. ;)
That's a good point, I hadn't thought of it in terms of the frequency. Still though, it just seems strange.
I knew a 40-something-year-old man that went to jail for having sex with a minor. He was only in jail for around 5 years. Why in the world would you give a spammer 9? Seems pretty unbalanced to me.
As much as I like Google, I have a hard time feeling sorry for them on this one. What did they expect?
I don't believe the intent of the parent was to figure out whether or not this machine would allow a pro musician to record their music. Obviously if it's a HD recorder you can record music. The parent was asking whether or not the QUALITY of the recording would be good. Your post didn't do anything to answer that question. The fact is that a noisy recording is only desirable to those that are creating artistic music for a limited audience. If you're looking to create something with wide appeal (i.e. something professional) you're not going to do it on a GBA.
However, just like PC recording the equipment you use to create the music will have a much greater impact on the quality of the recording than the sequencer or medium will.
Well duh!!! Everyone knows who the Partridge Family is... I love the episode where Marsha gets hit in the nose with a football. She was so annoying.
Eitherway, I can just see the MASSIVE, high resolution billboards now...
I wish I had some MOD points... You've made some wonderful points here... I'm a graphic designer that's been doing the exact opposite of what you're trying to do. I've been programming for the last 4 years and still learning every day. I highly recommend some graphic design classes. You'd be amazed at how much of a differce it would make. If that's not the road you want, obviously there are many resources online. Either way, it's a good road to go down.
It's amazing how you block things out of your memory... As soon as I read "step on sharp blocks" a grimace came across my face. Thanks for bringing back those bitter-sweet memories from childhood.
Email ettiquete gave way to productivity. If I need to get a file to someone quickly I'll usually email it (as long as I know that they have a broadband connection or are willing to wait for the attachment to download). Seems like it is all relative. I wouldn't send a 30Mb attachment to my friend on AOL, but to a friend that has cable/dsl they wouldn't mind it one little bit.
Not once, but TWICE you wrote micro$oft... You can't tell me that you didn't feel like a boob while you were typing that. When are people going to learn that it's not funny and it's not cool. Yes, Microsoft has a lot of money, we get it.
THE PICTURE DOES EXIST!!!! I'm not sure what I think about the design, but I definately like the treatment of the top half.
Yes, it is. Also, you can find a site containing photos as well as audio clips from his infamous technique for lighting a charcoal grill here.
At Purdue there's not much drawing, but there is some. The main purpose of it is to show you how much more precise and accurate the computer generated versions are. So, you don't spend much time on it really.
I will also confess/be honest and say that it is tempting. That's money that would seem free to the person "earning" it.
What happens when other spammers adopt this business model? That $1/hour assumes that you would only work for one spammer at a time. If you were really trying to make a career out of it I'm sure you'd be working for as many spammers as once as you can handle. That being said, it's still a very sleezy way to make a few bucks considering the majority of people hate spam.
I for one would feel like I was selling the rights of everyone else for a living. I'm not sure how people can feel "good" about doing something like this.
I live in a very small town in Indiana. Part of living in the midwest is an abundance of small, "mom and pop" stores that are privately owned. One of the things that bothers me are complaints about people buying things online. The answer isn't for people to stop buying online, the answer is for these "mom and pop" businesses to step into the 21st century and start listening to your customer's wishes. You can't expect the customer to change, you have to change to meet your customer's needs. I work for a website development firm and we have had several local businesses that have started websites to try and start selling more of their products/services online. What keeps stores such as yours from doing this? You don't have to seel globally or even nationally, just be there for your local customers who would like to buy locally AND online. Successful businesses adapt, non-successful businesses don't.
The Heavyweight Sea Snail
Scotland, like many European countries, must comply with regulations requiring that a mandatory percentage of the energy it uses comes from renewable sources. For Scotland, this percentage will be 18% in 2010 and 40% by 2020. In "Tidal farming's new wave," Red Herring explains this why Scotland is very supportive of Ian Bryden's sea "Snail" program. The Snail is a 30-ton anchoring device which uses hydrofoils -- wings that "fly" in the water -- to generate enough power from tidal waves to service 10,000 homes by 2007.
Here is the introduction of Red Herring's article.
After losing the wind wars to the Danes in the early '80s, Scotland is on the verge of owning a small, yet significant new power market -- tidal energy.
Inventors have long dreamt of harnessing energy from the daily ebb and flow of ocean tides using underwater windmills. Yet a large-scale tidal farm has remained elusive -- at least, until now. Making use of Scotland's geographic assets and answering a renewed call for an energy alternative, Aberdeen scientist Ian Bryden is putting his new invention, "the Snail," to work.
So what exactly is the "Snail"?
At Aberdeen's Robert Gordon University, Mr. Bryden has circumvented traditional turbine designs. His brainchild, the Snail, is a 15x12 meter (roughly 49x39 feet) anchoring device that uses hydrofoils -- what scientists describe as wings that "fly" in water -- to generate more than 200 tons of downward force to the seabed. Six dragon-like wings attach the unit to the national grid.
Here is a picture of a prototype of the Snail with its six wings (Credit: Robert Gordon University)
Red Herring also says that the Snail will cost less than traditional technologies relying on turbines. So when will the Snails invade the seas?
The first experimental tidal farm, to be launched in 2007, will yield just 5MW at first, enough for around 10,000 homes. While possessing only enough energy to power less than one quarter one percent of Scotland's population, it would mark a significant first step for the emerging technology.
Scotland has identified Orkney's Pentland Firth and Shetland's Yell Sound -- about 330 miles north of Edinburgh -- as its best sites for harnessing tidal power. Both have sea channels and are exposed to the Atlantic, making the area a prime location for capturing big tidal movements. An energy test site has already been built using a local investment of 5 million pounds ($9.18 million).
Providing that this technology is licensed to one or several developers, other European countries will also be able to use Snails to produce clean energy at reasonable costs.
For more information, you might want to check this news release from Robert Gordon University, "University Research Team Poised for SNAIL launch."
Sources: Red Herring, March 25, 2004; Robert Gordon University
When the article talks about rendering in real-time it isn't talking about the compressed/flattened video playing a full frame rate, it's talking about OpenGL being able to calculate/shade/render a model in realtime verses waiting X mins/hours for a frame to render. It's talking about the process of converting vector data to raster data.
salesman: well we have this used bike here...
Exactly.
Pixlet is for playback (a codec), not for rendering films. Unless I'm missing something in your post.