Yes there's mostly two parties, but its much easier for smaller parties to actually win some seats and make a real difference and we've had a mostly stable system.
The Quadro graphics board will give you a much faster speedup for most people than the 64 bit native photoshop would.
There's only a few fringe cases (people that do outdoor advertising images maybe that need to edit images larger than 4GB in uncompressed size) where the 64 bit processing is really needed.
thank you for mentioning 'the trap'. The horrifying thing is that this idea completely takes away the concept of human compassion from management in the pursuit of "efficiency'.
so sure lets deploy someone to a project in india whose wife has just had a child. His skills can best be used there. complain? too bad , you're not a team player, sorry no room for you when contracts are renewed....
it's a matter of choosing where to spend the resources. From what I understand the increase in GPU power to move from current level rasterization tricks to the ray tracing in the Nvidia demo is enormous.
Imagine two game developers, one decides to use ray tracing in a game, and it uses the full power of the GPU. One decides to stick with the best rasterization tricks and uses the remaining "left over" GPU power through a GPGPU API for AI, flocking, massive crowd simulation, fluid dynamics etc.
Which game do you think will be more fun to play and offer more groundbreaking gameplay? The one with the soft shadows and real reflections or the second one I describe?
sorry they were from gt5 prologue, not Gt3, and I have a PS3 in front of me and the reflections on the cars and the shadows look pretty close to that screen shot in real gameplay.
In the GT shot you've posted, the cars appear to have reflective surfaces, interacting shadows, etc. But the background doesn't. Why not? Becuase people look at cars.
Now look at the nVidia shot. Note that you can see the sign and bridge geometry reflected in the glass of the building.
Who cares? When I'm playing a racing game the fact that the buildings aren't reflecting the surroundings accurately doesn't detract from my gaming experience at all.
They could have put a reflection map on the buildings using a rasterisation technique and 95 percent of people would never notice any problem.
I don't see enough of an improvement to increase GAMEPLAY in any significant way. The reflection maps and shadows that are created by the current rasterization tricks are good enough that you suspend disbelief.
I'd much rather the increase in GPU power be used through a GPGPU API for artificial intelligence, advanced physics simulations, fluid dynamics, flocking behavior or other things which could really add to gameplay.
A few extra reflections and slightly softer shadows???? I won't even notice and neither will the average gamer.
it already happens almost everywhere in the world. Go to India or any other country where there is effectively no minimum wage and you'll find people who just barely surviving by rummaging through city garbage dumps finding every single item from cloth to copper than can be re-used, collecting it all together and selling it to agents fro re-use.
jail terms for directors. It's the only way corporations will change their ways. Why should a corporation as a whole be held to a lesser moral standard than an individual is?
capture video over fire window into Sony Vegas output hardware accelerated graphics through the DVI second monitor output to a HD projector play audio through the speakers use one partition to dual boot mac os x and windows xp sleep, reboot and restart all work without hanging the system
still got a long way to go...
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I've often wondered about exactly how long modern plastic bags or throw away plastic water bottles last when chucked into the sea or buried.
The problem is really apparent if you travel through India or another less developed country. They have no social stigma against littering like we do in western countries.
Plastic bags and water bottles are everywhere throughout the landscape, I've seen mountain villages use otherwise pristine streams as dumping grounds for vast mounds of plastic.
Will these things ever break down? Does anyone have links to information on the actual rates of decay of a standard plastic water bottle?
so if you become a whistle blower you might need to change careers, for example your reputation and "fame" as a whistle blower might get you a job as a writer/commentator on your area of speciality. your income might drop for a few years... or it might actually go up....
how much is your self esteem and self respect worth?
suppose you say nothing, will you tormented for the rest of your life by what you helped to cover up?
Tiger uses 3D acceleration for lots more basic gui stuff than Panther did. The laptop graphics chips run hot and drain power. Them being constantly in use for basic stuff is what makes Tiger drain the battery faster. As the chip is running all the time the fan is in use more often which drains the battery even faster. This was really noticeable on my Tibook when I installed Tiger.
Apple needs to add an option in Energy Saver to drop back to software for everything when running on battery power.
damn straight. August next year I'm hoping for a dual core yothan based Powerbook that will dual boot OS X or Windows XP.
As a VJ this is pretty much the perfect machine for me to take to gigs. Gives me access to the best software from both camps but still Apple's reliability for live performance and access to Final Cut, Motion, DVD Studio pro. It's a no brainer for me.
I'll be sharing some QC stuff when I've had time to play with it more.
Qc can use all the core image filters plus some simple geometric transforms. At the moment there is no API for adding new patches to QC but it seems to be pretty heavily requested so I'm guessing it's only a matter of time.
I'm a VJ and I've been waiting for Quartz Composer for a long time (I used Pixelshox which is the predecessor www.pixelshox.com).
I currently use a custom patch made in Pixelshox when I'm doing live visuals and I'll be converting my patch to Quartz Composer over time and maybe even adding some "real code" to do a proper interface for it.
My patch lets me play two quicktimes, at a time triggering them from banks, and mix effects over the top controlled by midi.
Unfortunately while Quartz Composer has a ton of new stuff, it is also missing some effects and features that Pixelshox had.
sorry realise it's probably not very clear for anyone who doesn't know what MAX/MSP is.
Quartz Composer lets you make entire fully accelerated graphic applications without writing a single line of code. Just drag boxes around, hook up connections and bam....
Very very powerful, they could sell this for quite a lot, but it's free with the dev tools.
a word of advice, install the dev tools that come with it and take a look at Quartz Composer. It's an entire modular programming interface to all the Core Image / Video / Audio / OpenGL stuff. Similiar to MAX/MSP but complete integrated.
You can use patches from it your apps with a single function call, make screen savers with it or run the compositions stand alone in Quicktime.
well you're wrong. A lot of Vj's (including me) are interested in using the mac mini for onstage use for realtime video software because it's so small.
Stuff like Grid, Arkaos and Modul8 will run fine on a mini.
And for a home user a mac mini should be fine for editing and rendering home videos with DV. New versions of those will have core image filters which we want to use.
you want Vj software. Others have suggested VDMX, but also have a look at www.vjcentral.com. They have reviews of a ton of other VJ tools. Most of them can superimpose text or any arbitary clip over a live feed.
I do this kind of thing all the time at my VJ gigs performing live with a Tibook.
"The Big Trip" and alternative lifestyles are both more commonly acceptable here in Australia then the US. Sure they ask what I was doing in that year but they accept the explanation and many middle managers in Australia did extended backpacking trips in their 20's so they understand. UK has "Gap Year" and in many countries on continental Europe there is a tradition to take a year off in between your one year complulsary military service and entering university.
So yeah it might still get a question but I've never been refused a job because of it. Sounds like in the US you wouldn't even get to interview stage.
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I'm not advocating a two-party system as perfect. I just can't see anything better in practice today.
Australian system, compulsory preferential voting and proportional representation in the upper house.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_electoral_system
Yes there's mostly two parties, but its much easier for smaller parties to actually win some seats and make a real difference and we've had a mostly stable system.
The Quadro graphics board will give you a much faster speedup for most people than the 64 bit native photoshop would.
There's only a few fringe cases (people that do outdoor advertising images maybe that need to edit images larger than 4GB in uncompressed size) where the 64 bit processing is really needed.
huh? with two people it's one relationship between A and B.
With 3 people it's 4 relationships. A with B, A with C, B with C and A with B with C.
yes its complicated, but not quite as bad as you say.
thank you for mentioning 'the trap'. The horrifying thing is that this idea completely takes away the concept of human compassion from management in the pursuit of "efficiency'.
so sure lets deploy someone to a project in india whose wife has just had a child. His skills can best be used there. complain? too bad , you're not a team player, sorry no room for you when contracts are renewed....
it's a matter of choosing where to spend the resources. From what I understand the increase in GPU power to move from current level rasterization tricks to the ray tracing in the Nvidia demo is enormous.
Imagine two game developers, one decides to use ray tracing in a game, and it uses the full power of the GPU. One decides to stick with the best rasterization tricks and uses the remaining "left over" GPU power through a GPGPU API for AI, flocking, massive crowd simulation, fluid dynamics etc.
Which game do you think will be more fun to play and offer more groundbreaking gameplay? The one with the soft shadows and real reflections or the second one I describe?
sorry they were from gt5 prologue, not Gt3, and I have a PS3 in front of me and the reflections on the cars and the shadows look pretty close to that screen shot in real gameplay.
In the GT shot you've posted, the cars appear to have reflective surfaces, interacting shadows, etc. But the background doesn't. Why not? Becuase people look at cars.
Now look at the nVidia shot. Note that you can see the sign and bridge geometry reflected in the glass of the building.
Who cares? When I'm playing a racing game the fact that the buildings aren't reflecting the surroundings accurately doesn't detract from my gaming experience at all.
They could have put a reflection map on the buildings using a rasterisation technique and 95 percent of people would never notice any problem.
I just looked at those pictures and then checked a high res shot of Gran Turismo 3 Prologue on a PS3:
http://o.aolcdn.com/gd-media/games/gran-turismo-5-prologue/playstation-3/22.jpg
I don't see enough of an improvement to increase GAMEPLAY in any significant way. The reflection maps and shadows that are created by the current rasterization tricks are good enough that you suspend disbelief.
I'd much rather the increase in GPU power be used through a GPGPU API for artificial intelligence, advanced physics simulations, fluid dynamics, flocking behavior or other things which could really add to gameplay.
A few extra reflections and slightly softer shadows???? I won't even notice and neither will the average gamer.
it already happens almost everywhere in the world. Go to India or any other country where there is effectively no minimum wage and you'll find people who just barely surviving by rummaging through city garbage dumps finding every single item from cloth to copper than can be re-used, collecting it all together and selling it to agents fro re-use.
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10147690
jail terms for directors. It's the only way corporations will change their ways. Why should a corporation as a whole be held to a lesser moral standard than an individual is?
Mine came on friday (UK) and luckily I checked the serial just now and it is REV D main board....
I've been using it on my lap already and didn't notice any issues, it doesn't get that hot.
This is by far the nicest laptop I've ever had, it's got teh snappy something bad and just feels fast.
And no mystery announcement April 1st... I'm very happy I decided to get one now.
Nope...
get back to me when I can on a MacBook Pro:
capture video over fire window into Sony Vegas
output hardware accelerated graphics through the DVI second monitor output to a HD projector
play audio through the speakers
use one partition to dual boot mac os x and windows xp
sleep, reboot and restart all work without hanging the system
still got a long way to go...
I've often wondered about exactly how long modern plastic bags or throw away plastic water bottles last when chucked into the sea or buried.
The problem is really apparent if you travel through India or another less developed country. They have no social stigma against littering like we do in western countries.
Plastic bags and water bottles are everywhere throughout the landscape, I've seen mountain villages use otherwise pristine streams as dumping grounds for vast mounds of plastic.
Will these things ever break down? Does anyone have links to information on the actual rates of decay of a standard plastic water bottle?
best thing to do for who? for yourself?
so if you become a whistle blower you might need to change careers, for example your reputation and "fame" as a whistle blower might get you a job as a writer/commentator on your area of speciality. your income might drop for a few years... or it might actually go up....
how much is your self esteem and self respect worth?
suppose you say nothing, will you tormented for the rest of your life by what you helped to cover up?
It's not JUST spotlight.
Tiger uses 3D acceleration for lots more basic gui stuff than Panther did. The laptop graphics chips run hot and drain power. Them being constantly in use for basic stuff is what makes Tiger drain the battery faster. As the chip is running all the time the fan is in use more often which drains the battery even faster. This was really noticeable on my Tibook when I installed Tiger.
Apple needs to add an option in Energy Saver to drop back to software for everything when running on battery power.
damn straight. August next year I'm hoping for a dual core yothan based Powerbook that will dual boot OS X or Windows XP.
As a VJ this is pretty much the perfect machine for me to take to gigs. Gives me access to the best software from both camps but still Apple's reliability for live performance and access to Final Cut, Motion, DVD Studio pro. It's a no brainer for me.
bullshit.
The nature of humans is too enslave each other, the stong dominate the weak.
Almost all tribal societies had some form of slavery. Stop reading Carlos Castoneda and read real history.
you can download some pixelshox patches I've done from
here:
http://www.eskatonia.com/visuals/technical.html
I'll be sharing some QC stuff when I've had time to play with it more.
Qc can use all the core image filters plus some simple geometric transforms. At the moment there is no API for adding new patches to QC but it seems to be pretty heavily requested so I'm guessing it's only a matter of time.
I'm a VJ and I've been waiting for Quartz Composer for a long time (I used Pixelshox which is the predecessor www.pixelshox.com).
I currently use a custom patch made in Pixelshox when I'm doing live visuals and I'll be converting my patch to Quartz Composer over time and maybe even adding some "real code" to do a proper interface for it.
My patch lets me play two quicktimes, at a time triggering them from banks, and mix effects over the top controlled by midi.
Unfortunately while Quartz Composer has a ton of new stuff, it is also missing some effects and features that Pixelshox had.
sorry realise it's probably not very clear for anyone who doesn't know what MAX/MSP is.
Quartz Composer lets you make entire fully accelerated graphic applications without writing a single line of code. Just drag boxes around, hook up connections and bam....
Very very powerful, they could sell this for quite a lot, but it's free with the dev tools.
a word of advice, install the dev tools that come with it and take a look at Quartz Composer. It's an entire modular programming interface to all the Core Image / Video / Audio / OpenGL stuff. Similiar to MAX/MSP but complete integrated.
You can use patches from it your apps with a single function call, make screen savers with it or run the compositions stand alone in Quicktime.
Hours for fun for graphics geeks.
well you're wrong. A lot of Vj's (including me) are interested in
using the mac mini for onstage use for realtime video software because it's so small.
Stuff like Grid, Arkaos and Modul8 will run fine on a mini.
And for a home user a mac mini should be fine for editing and rendering home videos with DV. New versions of those will have core image filters which we want to use.
Gee the Republicans have used Propoganda, lies and emotional manipulation through scare tactics for years, decades even.
I say about time the left resorted to the same tactics, they didn't start fighting dirty...
Personally I don't care if F911 is truth or not as long as it helps stop Bush getting reelected.
you want Vj software. Others have suggested VDMX, but also have a look at www.vjcentral.com. They have reviews of a ton of
other VJ tools. Most of them can superimpose text or any arbitary clip over a live feed.
I do this kind of thing all the time at my VJ gigs performing live with a Tibook.
"The Big Trip" and alternative lifestyles are both more commonly acceptable here in Australia then the US. Sure they ask what I was doing in that year but they accept the explanation and many middle managers in Australia did extended backpacking trips in their 20's so they understand. UK has "Gap Year" and in many countries on continental Europe there is a tradition to take a year off in between your one year complulsary military service and entering university.
So yeah it might still get a question but I've never been refused a job because of it. Sounds like in the US you wouldn't even get to interview stage.