I'm not going to lie one day while swapping a drive out of a little machine I used as a server, I took it out and TOSSED yes TOSSED it over on my bed 2 feet away. Oh the horror of watching it not land flat but instead vertical and on one corner, the wonderful bouncing across my bed that ensued was only the precursor to it falling off the other side and onto the floor. Needless to say that drive never booted again:D
My not knowning this is from my lack of knowledge with Apple so forgive me for not knowing. If I at some time do decide to switch platforms I will have to read up more about each one and the pro's and con's that each have.
> I'm witness to the awesome power of FUD.
This has nothing to do with FUD, am I wrong for disagreeing with the way the FSF is handling things as of late? Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and mine just so happens to be that if things keep going the way they are I may decide to look to other operating systems. Why would I stay with a community when I don't agree with the way they practice things?
It's not that I have a problem with OSS, I like the general idea of it and I applaud anyone that is part of the community, even I have released source code for a plugin that I created which used GPL source code. On my webiste www.nfxplugins.com you can download the package of plugins and you will see I have included the source for a plugin that used the Reihnhard04 method of tone mapping source code.
I'm in the vfx industry and over the years I've picked up programming plugins for the applications I use. Now I don't use other peoples code because frankly I'm just doing math calculations and using the internals of the applications they are being coded for.
That being said all this GPL3, tivo this tivo that stuff is confusing the hell out of me. I release my plugins free to anyone using the applications they are designed for, I don't however release the source code. You can call me lazy all you want and generally I will agree you are correct, but this license mine field that I have to worry about when making my plugins on Linux is getting annoying to say the least. I work long enough days making the stuff you see on tv and the movies look pretty so I don't have time to go following up on all this license news.
Fault Windows all you want but the worries you have with licenses on Windows is slightly less then Linux, notice I SLIGHTLY easier. I'm halfway tempted to switch my development to a Mac and dump my Linux support to not worry about it ever again. This is pretty sad since I ENJOY Linux, I've been running nothing but Linux the past 5 years. I have better things to do then worry "Opps, shit did I link with something that requires I release the source".
Like I have said in all my previous posts I like Linux, I like it a lot, but I'm sorry to say I don't view the FSF as the best people representing Linux. This is just my very small insignificant opinion and I have no problem with others disagreeing, if things keep going the way they are though I might just have to start looking at another platform. And no I don't say this because I think people care whether I use linux or not, I say it because I DONT WANT TO USE ANYTHING ELSE.
And what is wrong with not having other users be able to run an application? As I stated this is for a single user environment, that being so I never said you wouldnt have an option to install into a path such as the current system path if you were in a multiuser environment.
Desktop on windows is the same as Desktop on linux, $HOME is not the desktop last I checked, yes Desktop is located in the home directory same as windows is in Documents and settings which is what $HOME is on linux.
I don't see why or how moving USER installed applications into a Applications folder inside $HOME would be that big a deal. What is wrong with suggesting a root folder inside $HOME be a location where user applications are installed? It would be nice if say ubuntus synaptic could be launched as non-root and in doing so would install applications into $HOME or maybe another directory specified.
I think some are missing the point of what I mean by USER applications, I'm talking about downlaoding firefox, picasa, my work apps, etc and running them in synaptic as non-root that installs them in $HOME/Applications. I'm sorry that you find browsing the confusing tree that/usr has become as not a problem, me on the other hand I get annoyed with it, not to mention their are so many similar tree structures that it gets confusing just where shit has gone./usr/local/share,/usr/share,/usr/share/icons/,/usr/local/icons I'm sorry but $HOME/Applications/Icons would be nicer for my apps that I want to install just for my user.
Im sorry but I wasn't talking about a multiuser environment, I was talking about a single user home environment. Also if you know where I can get the source code for software I pay for and not the open source stuff that is part of my distro I would sure like to know:D
As I stated I care because it would be on central location for all my installed applications. Granted some Windows applications don't default install to this location but the average user knows most are installed in "Program files". I just tend to think it would be easier to have them installed in a $HOME/Applications directory. Also sometimes applications don't use config files stored in $HOME, sometimes even if they do you can customize the application even more by messing with files in the install directory, that process involves sudo root etc which is an extra step that could be delt with easier if they were in $HOME to begin with. Sure I understand my request isn't a huge one and yes I do get by with the current state of things, that however isn't to say that I still don't wish for a more central location preferably located in $HOME to begin with.
I don't mean to disagree but everything of importance? All the apps I use are NOT located inside home and you can blame this on the companies that makes some of these but most do not like being outside/usr/local/*, if they do then I have to start messing with env variables which defeats the "It just works" linux has started to achieve. I wish all applications like gimp, xchat, etc installed into home instead of/usr/whatever.
I'm sure someone will chime in as to why its better or cooler to install in/usr/whatever but as a desktop os I kinda like how Apple does things when it comes to install locations. It would be nice to know $HOME/Applications stores all my installed software, one central location for all my applications instead of/opt/*,/usr/local,/usr/local/share,/usr/local/games etc. Like I said someone will probably tell me why I'm wrong for wanting this but for the average joe like myself it doesn't make sense.
You know with wireless internet becoming more and more widespread I can't help but think about something. Now this is my gamer side speaking but I wonder what will happen to cellphone companies the day the whole world becomes wireless. Think about it, I use TeamSpeak for chatting with people over the internet which like other voice chat software its free.
Now in a future where you have wireless connectivity available to all what is their to stop a company from releasing a small gadget like an iPhone minus the phone. Instead of a "PHONE" you just have a simple hand held device that accesses the internet, you then use this device with some free service like a TeamSpeak to chat with all your buddies. With this method all you are paying for is wireless internet access, if someone were to create a device like this and it caught on with people it could be a shakeup for the cell companies like how mp3's and internet are doing to the music industry atm. Just food for thought I guess.
this stuff is starting to scare me more and more each time I read it. Sure you can talk about "We will just do without them" but the fact is the corporate world does contribute to linux. How much do they and where would linux be without it I really can't say. But to act like what they do contribute is insignificant is bs if you ask me.
I like linux, I've been using it for the past 5 years as my only os, but that doesn't mean I run around with blinders on thinking all is fine and dandy. Would linux continue on if as a community we said screw you guys I'm going home, I'm sure linux would go on but how much would it slow its ability to keep up with the likes of Windows, OSX, and the other os's available? I never here anyone mention this factor when talking about picking up our toys and going home. My thoughts on this go much deeper and there are many more factors that I haven't mentioned but my main point is I'm a little worried with all thats been going on lately. Call me a worry wort if you want but I like my linux and if worrying about all the bs that has been tossed around as of late is wrong then so be it.
it is Eclipse. I'm no kernel hacker or huge application designer, over the years I've picked up c++ to create plug-ins for applications I use and also for making little tools designed for myself. For the longest time I tried finding an IDE on Linux but was unable to find one I actually liked. I've tried Anjuta and KDevelope, while I prefer Anjuta if I had to choose between the two I still didn't use it. It wasn't until about 3 months ago when I downloaded and tried out Eclipse that I was finally able to dump gedit and start using an IDE finally. For me KDevelope seemed a bit to much while Anjuta was just about right for my needs Ubuntu unfortunately used some messed up beta as the version in synaptic. I know thats not Anjuta's fault and I could of compiled an earlier version or spent some time maybe searching for a.deb file but I didn't want to spend the time doing that, besides gedit was doing just fine for my simple needs so it would of been a waste for something that wasn't all that important to me at the time. Anyways I'm glad I tried out Eclipse and am glad I gave it a shot because I really enjoying using it now over a simple text editor.
I hate seeing these kind of topics because they always turn into a flame war. I've been using linux as my only operating system for four years straight now and I could realy give a rats ass about whether a driver or program is open source or not. Its pretty sad that you have this vocal hippy crowd that are like children and if something good doesn't have it's source code available then its the work of Satan. Now I've never had a single problem with Nvidias linux drivers but that being said I'm sure their are some. Please stfu with the "See if it were open source the bugs would of already been fixed" shit, if a bug were as simple to fix as you try and act like it is then don't you think Nvidia would already have done it?
Like I said really don't give a damn about open or closed because regardless of which of the two it is you WILL have bugs. As much as you would like to think open source is a mega god and suddenly turns a program or driver into a piece of bug free code because so many people will be able to see it, well I'm sorry to say your wrong. It's pretty sad now a days that just supporting linux with a driver or port of an application isn't enough, no the hippies also want access to your bread and butter to. Every time linux gains an inch these zealots run out asking for 3 more, well you can't have it all so fuckn deal with it. I've come to realize this vocal "ZOMGBBSAUCE EVERYTHING HAS TO BE OPEN SOURCE" crowd is nothing more then people that can't fully do something themselves so they want to milk off of someone else's work and have them do it for them.
Mod me flaimbait all you want I could care less. I'm a linux user not because I follow some open source screwed up religion, I like the idea of open source but at the same time I'm sane enough to realize its not the only option. I don't play in the middle ages like some of you do, forcing people to convert to your way just because they play in the same sandbox.
We at Lan Chile airlines would like to thank you for flying with us today and hope you enjoyed your flight. We will shortly be starting are decent to land so if everyone could lock their trays in the upright position and please fasten their seatbelts. Another note for those of you on the starboard side of the aircraft, if you look out your windows you will see a long forgotten Russian space satellite making its reentry back to earth. Thank you and have a nice day.
What are you talking about most video cards only support 8 bits per channel? Your whole post stinks of some MS fan boy trying to hide the fact he is one, this added by the fact you clearly know nothing of what your talking about. Your blatant lack of knowledge in anything relating to bit depth, compression and other file formats leaves me to wonder why you would even post on such a response. You obviously have never worked with OpenGL, DX, or anything relating to graphics programing/graphics cards.
Heres two tips that will hopefully help pull you away from being an ignorant moron in posts you know nothing about.
1: Go read on graphics cards and bit depths. "Hint: If they only supported 8 bits then wtf is HDR doing in the Half Life 2 engine?" 2: Go read up on OpenEXR and while your doing that read on its compression schemes. And that being said ILM never made OpenEXR to replace anything other then to fix a problem that existed in their pipeline during that period of time.
like the ui and a whole bunch of other things. Granted I will never say they haven't put together alot more then any other open source project out their when it comes to a 3d package. That being said I find that they do certain things assbackwards compared to whats been done over the years with 3d packages. On top of this they've implemented object D while completely leaving out A,B,and C which is why you'd even put feature D in. Every new release I still find myself messing around with it and all the while still not understanding how or why people likes its work flow.
Creating an object while having it placed where some 3d cursor is without having a option to tell it "No create it a the center of the scene like every other peice of 3d software known to man" is just crazy to me. Even more crazy then that is not being able to select an object and have a window show its properties. When I say that please don't point me to the crude layouts to see a objects properties all over the place, instead go use Autodesks Maya, Softimage XSI, or 3DS Max and thats what I'm looking for. On top of that the floating property windows which are in blender have very small text and the input values are a pain in the ass to edit. Most of all though they way you select objects, polygons, vertices etc are just wtf. I don't know how many times I have accidentaly hit a mouse button on a high res mesh which moved a vertex without me even knowing it.
These are just personal opinions and obviously some people like it the way its currently done, why though I have no damn clue. Blenders a piece of software I'd truely like to see go far, hell it already has in many aspects. Mabye this is why I tend to bitch so much, because I'd realy like to see them succeed. I just don't like how many of the open source projects that end up geting past the crash every 2 mins phase, always end up reinventing the wheel when it comes to how things are done and have been done. Why can't they see "Hey every other 3d app has done it this way since the beginning of time. Maybe theirs something good about that method" instead of saying "No this is open source freedom of choice roxors so lets do it the opposite regardless if it helps you with work or not". It's sad they do things so far from the norm with certain interactions and presenting data to the user, because all it means to me is Softimage and Autodesk will continue to get my money next year and the year after and etc etc.
on vista's ui being part of the problem. If I recall when you launch a game the ui still is using the gpu so of course your going to get lower fps. On top of that any openGL game is being converted to DX calls so you will get slowdown with openGL games as well. Listen I realy could care less what OS you use, hell use a rock for all I care, but anyone that followed vista's development knew graphics performance with games etc would suck balls until gfx cards got faster to make up for the slowdown of all the knew *cough* cool ui features. Sure drivers might also not be helping but even with perfect drivers MS did say their would be slowdowns so I guess all the early adopters heres a lesson for you.
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it looks to me that the dot just changed his mind on which direction he wanted to go. That or maybe he didnt like one of the other dots in that direction.
This is exactly why I realy don't pay attention to statistics all that much. For instance when Steve Jobs introduced the iPod Mini he gave a number of total music downloads the iTunes store had done to that date. He then took this number and averaged it to the number of songs downloaded per person. The result which he gave is most likely nowhere near the actual average. The problem with these kind of statistics is they never account for the user reformating windows 10 times in a day "I've done that with linux to.. Yes I'm a noob:D" or the person who downloads and then keeps the file saved for later installs.
I have no problem with a company doing these types of statistics for internal use but I dont like when they publish them in hopes of showing the world how great they are. Their are so many variables which can make them look great or horrible when being viewed. When it comes to these kinds of things for the internet its almost always pointless useless information.
for a product which I'm glad MS slammed into the ground. I've absolutly never liked the Real Player format. This is not to say I think other formats are pure gold but my lord the Real Player format was horrible with its always buffering. Which to this day I have no clue why it was always a magical 33%. One of the only other streaming formats which comes close to Real's is the beginings of the vivo format when people finaly got broadband and would use it to share cam videos.
I've always viewed Real Networks blaming Microsoft like the music industry's whining about "Movie sales are down!". They always blame retarded reasons all the while never realizing their ideas just flat out stink and dont work.
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I'm not going to lie one day while swapping a drive out of a little machine I used as a server, I took it out and TOSSED yes TOSSED it over on my bed 2 feet away. Oh the horror of watching it not land flat but instead vertical and on one corner, the wonderful bouncing across my bed that ensued was only the precursor to it falling off the other side and onto the floor. Needless to say that drive never booted again :D
If only I could take my "currently +2" remaining points that the AWSOME SUPERTASTIC MODS have given me and slap you with a +2 cock block. :D
> What compiler do you think Apples XCode uses?
My not knowning this is from my lack of knowledge with Apple so forgive me for not knowing. If I at some time do decide to switch platforms I will have to read up more about each one and the pro's and con's that each have.
> I'm witness to the awesome power of FUD.
This has nothing to do with FUD, am I wrong for disagreeing with the way the FSF is handling things as of late? Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and mine just so happens to be that if things keep going the way they are I may decide to look to other operating systems. Why would I stay with a community when I don't agree with the way they practice things?
It's not that I have a problem with OSS, I like the general idea of it and I applaud anyone that is part of the community, even I have released source code for a plugin that I created which used GPL source code. On my webiste www.nfxplugins.com you can download the package of plugins and you will see I have included the source for a plugin that used the Reihnhard04 method of tone mapping source code.
I'm in the vfx industry and over the years I've picked up programming plugins for the applications I use. Now I don't use other peoples code because frankly I'm just doing math calculations and using the internals of the applications they are being coded for.
That being said all this GPL3, tivo this tivo that stuff is confusing the hell out of me. I release my plugins free to anyone using the applications they are designed for, I don't however release the source code. You can call me lazy all you want and generally I will agree you are correct, but this license mine field that I have to worry about when making my plugins on Linux is getting annoying to say the least. I work long enough days making the stuff you see on tv and the movies look pretty so I don't have time to go following up on all this license news.
Fault Windows all you want but the worries you have with licenses on Windows is slightly less then Linux, notice I SLIGHTLY easier. I'm halfway tempted to switch my development to a Mac and dump my Linux support to not worry about it ever again. This is pretty sad since I ENJOY Linux, I've been running nothing but Linux the past 5 years. I have better things to do then worry "Opps, shit did I link with something that requires I release the source".
Like I have said in all my previous posts I like Linux, I like it a lot, but I'm sorry to say I don't view the FSF as the best people representing Linux. This is just my very small insignificant opinion and I have no problem with others disagreeing, if things keep going the way they are though I might just have to start looking at another platform. And no I don't say this because I think people care whether I use linux or not, I say it because I DONT WANT TO USE ANYTHING ELSE.
And what is wrong with not having other users be able to run an application? As I stated this is for a single user environment, that being so I never said you wouldnt have an option to install into a path such as the current system path if you were in a multiuser environment. Desktop on windows is the same as Desktop on linux, $HOME is not the desktop last I checked, yes Desktop is located in the home directory same as windows is in Documents and settings which is what $HOME is on linux. I don't see why or how moving USER installed applications into a Applications folder inside $HOME would be that big a deal. What is wrong with suggesting a root folder inside $HOME be a location where user applications are installed? It would be nice if say ubuntus synaptic could be launched as non-root and in doing so would install applications into $HOME or maybe another directory specified. I think some are missing the point of what I mean by USER applications, I'm talking about downlaoding firefox, picasa, my work apps, etc and running them in synaptic as non-root that installs them in $HOME/Applications. I'm sorry that you find browsing the confusing tree that /usr has become as not a problem, me on the other hand I get annoyed with it, not to mention their are so many similar tree structures that it gets confusing just where shit has gone. /usr/local/share, /usr/share, /usr/share/icons/, /usr/local/icons I'm sorry but $HOME/Applications/Icons would be nicer for my apps that I want to install just for my user.
Im sorry but I wasn't talking about a multiuser environment, I was talking about a single user home environment. Also if you know where I can get the source code for software I pay for and not the open source stuff that is part of my distro I would sure like to know :D
As I stated I care because it would be on central location for all my installed applications. Granted some Windows applications don't default install to this location but the average user knows most are installed in "Program files". I just tend to think it would be easier to have them installed in a $HOME/Applications directory. Also sometimes applications don't use config files stored in $HOME, sometimes even if they do you can customize the application even more by messing with files in the install directory, that process involves sudo root etc which is an extra step that could be delt with easier if they were in $HOME to begin with. Sure I understand my request isn't a huge one and yes I do get by with the current state of things, that however isn't to say that I still don't wish for a more central location preferably located in $HOME to begin with.
I don't mean to disagree but everything of importance? All the apps I use are NOT located inside home and you can blame this on the companies that makes some of these but most do not like being outside /usr/local/*, if they do then I have to start messing with env variables which defeats the "It just works" linux has started to achieve. I wish all applications like gimp, xchat, etc installed into home instead of /usr/whatever.
/usr/whatever but as a desktop os I kinda like how Apple does things when it comes to install locations. It would be nice to know $HOME/Applications stores all my installed software, one central location for all my applications instead of /opt/*, /usr/local, /usr/local/share, /usr/local/games etc. Like I said someone will probably tell me why I'm wrong for wanting this but for the average joe like myself it doesn't make sense.
I'm sure someone will chime in as to why its better or cooler to install in
You know with wireless internet becoming more and more widespread I can't help but think about something. Now this is my gamer side speaking but I wonder what will happen to cellphone companies the day the whole world becomes wireless. Think about it, I use TeamSpeak for chatting with people over the internet which like other voice chat software its free.
Now in a future where you have wireless connectivity available to all what is their to stop a company from releasing a small gadget like an iPhone minus the phone. Instead of a "PHONE" you just have a simple hand held device that accesses the internet, you then use this device with some free service like a TeamSpeak to chat with all your buddies. With this method all you are paying for is wireless internet access, if someone were to create a device like this and it caught on with people it could be a shakeup for the cell companies like how mp3's and internet are doing to the music industry atm. Just food for thought I guess.
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this stuff is starting to scare me more and more each time I read it. Sure you can talk about "We will just do without them" but the fact is the corporate world does contribute to linux. How much do they and where would linux be without it I really can't say. But to act like what they do contribute is insignificant is bs if you ask me.
I like linux, I've been using it for the past 5 years as my only os, but that doesn't mean I run around with blinders on thinking all is fine and dandy. Would linux continue on if as a community we said screw you guys I'm going home, I'm sure linux would go on but how much would it slow its ability to keep up with the likes of Windows, OSX, and the other os's available? I never here anyone mention this factor when talking about picking up our toys and going home. My thoughts on this go much deeper and there are many more factors that I haven't mentioned but my main point is I'm a little worried with all thats been going on lately. Call me a worry wort if you want but I like my linux and if worrying about all the bs that has been tossed around as of late is wrong then so be it.
Well I would say he is coming out of the closet but unfortunately he posted anonymously.
it is Eclipse. I'm no kernel hacker or huge application designer, over the years I've picked up c++ to create plug-ins for applications I use and also for making little tools designed for myself. For the longest time I tried finding an IDE on Linux but was unable to find one I actually liked. I've tried Anjuta and KDevelope, while I prefer Anjuta if I had to choose between the two I still didn't use it. It wasn't until about 3 months ago when I downloaded and tried out Eclipse that I was finally able to dump gedit and start using an IDE finally. For me KDevelope seemed a bit to much while Anjuta was just about right for my needs Ubuntu unfortunately used some messed up beta as the version in synaptic. I know thats not Anjuta's fault and I could of compiled an earlier version or spent some time maybe searching for a .deb file but I didn't want to spend the time doing that, besides gedit was doing just fine for my simple needs so it would of been a waste for something that wasn't all that important to me at the time. Anyways I'm glad I tried out Eclipse and am glad I gave it a shot because I really enjoying using it now over a simple text editor.
I hate seeing these kind of topics because they always turn into a flame war. I've been using linux as my only operating system for four years straight now and I could realy give a rats ass about whether a driver or program is open source or not. Its pretty sad that you have this vocal hippy crowd that are like children and if something good doesn't have it's source code available then its the work of Satan. Now I've never had a single problem with Nvidias linux drivers but that being said I'm sure their are some. Please stfu with the "See if it were open source the bugs would of already been fixed" shit, if a bug were as simple to fix as you try and act like it is then don't you think Nvidia would already have done it? Like I said really don't give a damn about open or closed because regardless of which of the two it is you WILL have bugs. As much as you would like to think open source is a mega god and suddenly turns a program or driver into a piece of bug free code because so many people will be able to see it, well I'm sorry to say your wrong. It's pretty sad now a days that just supporting linux with a driver or port of an application isn't enough, no the hippies also want access to your bread and butter to. Every time linux gains an inch these zealots run out asking for 3 more, well you can't have it all so fuckn deal with it. I've come to realize this vocal "ZOMGBBSAUCE EVERYTHING HAS TO BE OPEN SOURCE" crowd is nothing more then people that can't fully do something themselves so they want to milk off of someone else's work and have them do it for them. Mod me flaimbait all you want I could care less. I'm a linux user not because I follow some open source screwed up religion, I like the idea of open source but at the same time I'm sane enough to realize its not the only option. I don't play in the middle ages like some of you do, forcing people to convert to your way just because they play in the same sandbox.
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We at Lan Chile airlines would like to thank you for flying with us today and hope you enjoyed your flight. We will shortly be starting are decent to land so if everyone could lock their trays in the upright position and please fasten their seatbelts. Another note for those of you on the starboard side of the aircraft, if you look out your windows you will see a long forgotten Russian space satellite making its reentry back to earth. Thank you and have a nice day.
What are you talking about most video cards only support 8 bits per channel? Your whole post stinks of some MS fan boy trying to hide the fact he is one, this added by the fact you clearly know nothing of what your talking about. Your blatant lack of knowledge in anything relating to bit depth, compression and other file formats leaves me to wonder why you would even post on such a response. You obviously have never worked with OpenGL, DX, or anything relating to graphics programing/graphics cards.
Heres two tips that will hopefully help pull you away from being an ignorant moron in posts you know nothing about.
1: Go read on graphics cards and bit depths. "Hint: If they only supported 8 bits then wtf is HDR doing in the Half Life 2 engine?"
2: Go read up on OpenEXR and while your doing that read on its compression schemes. And that being said ILM never made OpenEXR to replace anything other then to fix a problem that existed in their pipeline during that period of time.
who's the funny guy that upgraded the NYSE to Vista?
like the ui and a whole bunch of other things. Granted I will never say they haven't put together alot more then any other open source project out their when it comes to a 3d package. That being said I find that they do certain things assbackwards compared to whats been done over the years with 3d packages. On top of this they've implemented object D while completely leaving out A,B,and C which is why you'd even put feature D in. Every new release I still find myself messing around with it and all the while still not understanding how or why people likes its work flow.
Creating an object while having it placed where some 3d cursor is without having a option to tell it "No create it a the center of the scene like every other peice of 3d software known to man" is just crazy to me. Even more crazy then that is not being able to select an object and have a window show its properties. When I say that please don't point me to the crude layouts to see a objects properties all over the place, instead go use Autodesks Maya, Softimage XSI, or 3DS Max and thats what I'm looking for. On top of that the floating property windows which are in blender have very small text and the input values are a pain in the ass to edit. Most of all though they way you select objects, polygons, vertices etc are just wtf. I don't know how many times I have accidentaly hit a mouse button on a high res mesh which moved a vertex without me even knowing it.
These are just personal opinions and obviously some people like it the way its currently done, why though I have no damn clue. Blenders a piece of software I'd truely like to see go far, hell it already has in many aspects. Mabye this is why I tend to bitch so much, because I'd realy like to see them succeed. I just don't like how many of the open source projects that end up geting past the crash every 2 mins phase, always end up reinventing the wheel when it comes to how things are done and have been done. Why can't they see "Hey every other 3d app has done it this way since the beginning of time. Maybe theirs something good about that method" instead of saying "No this is open source freedom of choice roxors so lets do it the opposite regardless if it helps you with work or not". It's sad they do things so far from the norm with certain interactions and presenting data to the user, because all it means to me is Softimage and Autodesk will continue to get my money next year and the year after and etc etc.
on vista's ui being part of the problem. If I recall when you launch a game the ui still is using the gpu so of course your going to get lower fps. On top of that any openGL game is being converted to DX calls so you will get slowdown with openGL games as well. Listen I realy could care less what OS you use, hell use a rock for all I care, but anyone that followed vista's development knew graphics performance with games etc would suck balls until gfx cards got faster to make up for the slowdown of all the knew *cough* cool ui features. Sure drivers might also not be helping but even with perfect drivers MS did say their would be slowdowns so I guess all the early adopters heres a lesson for you.
acceptable provision #1. Parties are here by allowed to browse all folders and sub folders contained on this harddisk so long as staying clear of the "PRIVATE DOCUMENTS" folder labled "MY MUSIC". This folder contains grandma grams secret double chocolate chip recipe.
With all my L33T knowledge I still trying to figure out what the GIRL acronym means. Oh well back to WoW.
it looks to me that the dot just changed his mind on which direction he wanted to go. That or maybe he didnt like one of the other dots in that direction.
This is exactly why I realy don't pay attention to statistics all that much. For instance when Steve Jobs introduced the iPod Mini he gave a number of total music downloads the iTunes store had done to that date. He then took this number and averaged it to the number of songs downloaded per person. The result which he gave is most likely nowhere near the actual average. The problem with these kind of statistics is they never account for the user reformating windows 10 times in a day "I've done that with linux to.. Yes I'm a noob :D" or the person who downloads and then keeps the file saved for later installs.
I have no problem with a company doing these types of statistics for internal use but I dont like when they publish them in hopes of showing the world how great they are. Their are so many variables which can make them look great or horrible when being viewed. When it comes to these kinds of things for the internet its almost always pointless useless information.
for a product which I'm glad MS slammed into the ground. I've absolutly never liked the Real Player format. This is not to say I think other formats are pure gold but my lord the Real Player format was horrible with its always buffering. Which to this day I have no clue why it was always a magical 33%. One of the only other streaming formats which comes close to Real's is the beginings of the vivo format when people finaly got broadband and would use it to share cam videos.
I've always viewed Real Networks blaming Microsoft like the music industry's whining about "Movie sales are down!". They always blame retarded reasons all the while never realizing their ideas just flat out stink and dont work.