Does anyone have any idea what email service they used? I know Yahoo wouldn't even give out logins to parents of deceased 9/11 patents despite a court subpeona. I'm interested it it was a private ISP, Google Mail, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail (yuck!), etc... as I want nothing to do with an email service that gives out information so easily.
Do you really think that the average person can visually see the difference without A/B'ing the two specs side by side? The screens that we were throwing the image on weren't THAT small... I really wish that there was an example available where the difference could be seen.
Your post, from a technical perspective, is correct and I would think that there would be a world of difference - - and I'm sure seeing the two side by side would reveal the same, but the human eye can only take in so much information - and from what I remember, especially the cones in our eyes yield a fairly low resolution image. Now, taking into account that the average viewer does not sit right on top of the screen, and doesn't have the benefit of an AB comparison - i.e. walked right out of the neighboring screen where there was a 4096 x 2160 projector running, would it be that apparent?
Being involved in this passively (and actively on occasion), I'm curious what your thoughts are.
Okay, I have a question... Why is retrofitting these theatres going to cost the $100,000/screen as they allege? I have a friend who I helped acquire a theatre and we were able to use a $2500 projector (and later 2 $3,000 unites with "lens shift" where they can be used in tandem), and threw the image onto a full size screen (30x50 ft?) with a super bright, and clear image... WE ran a DVD from a Sony DVD player that was up-converting everything to 1080 lines of resolution, and it looked as good, if not better than 35mm...
We found that the DLP projectors gave much truer color, whereas the LCD units put everyone in a candy colored world.
So anyway, we now show independent filmmaker's films, and DVD trailers - and an occasional a public domain film - and NO ONE had every questioned the quality.
I just don't understand why everyone wants a $100k "digital Projection" projector just because it's the unit they've used at events like the Oscars. Is this because to brand name? Ignorance?...or perhaps, because they have a very detailed encryption scheme where you have to call in and get an expiring key that will only work for 7 days - they the films wont play anymore and you need to call up and buy a new key...
From what I've heard, the bigger issue isn't getting the image on the screen, but the lack of willingness of the exhibitors to LET you play a DVD - they just wont allow it - even if you already get regular movie prints from the company (Disney, MGM, etc.), and are paying them market rate, and have the DVD at the same time the vinyl 35mm is available.
Take some advice from someone who used to type at 130 (no exageration) wpm on QWERTY... Then, I got this bright idea to try and INCREASE my typing speed... so I researched all these different systems, and finally read several articles boasting how great DVORAK is... So I spent a few hours with a Sharpie marker writing the dvorak letters on my keyboard and then putting clear nail polish over them to protect the ink... Well, after about 3 weeks of ONLY using DVORAK, I was up to about 35WPM on it... After 6 months, about 80WPM, but I couldn't go any faster... in addition, my speed on QWERTY now went to under ONE (1) WPM!!! I just couldn't type on QWERTY for the life of me...
This made it REALLY hard when installing new OS's or using DOS boxes on win systems as the system CAN be put in DVORAK mode, but it's a major pain, and now you've made it IMPOSSIBLE to use public terminals, systems that other people must use in an office or computers at a friends house, library computers, etc because you just feel so frustrated that you can't even type ANYTHING anymore... (linux, windows, and other do support dvorak, but it's not seemless integration because now you have some logins and user names using one system, and other using your system).
If you REALLY try to type in QWERTY again, after about 3 days you can get a decent speed again on it (maybe 40-60WPM), but then you mess up your dvorak skills.
In addition, th positioning of punctuation makes, brackets, carrots ([]{}-+;) etc. on DVORAK is TERRIBLE for programming... dvorak was designed for SPEED in writing casual english, and you usually do not use those characters nearly as often as A O E and U for instance, so they're really terrible for programming.
Oh yeah, I eventually DID switch back to QWERTY after 5 years of using DVORAK because it was just too much trouble setting up systems and dealing with all the trouble... I've been using QWERTY again for now nearly 9 months, and can only type at 90WPM on it - so I RUINED my typing speed. You mind (or at least my mind) just cant take switching rapidly betweem systems and "double mapping" where the keys are when touch typing.
One interesting thing to note is that there is also a one hand right hand and left hand dvorak system for that was developed by Mr. Dvorak for military general who lost one of his hands in a war. This might be great, however, all the dvorak layouts are unfortunately completely different.
If you want more speed, consider using word expander programs or macro programs where you can type abreviation in your document as you are typing, like f for the word "for" or tt for THAT, etc... and they are automatically replaced with the full word. I've heard that people using THESE systems can achieve a typing speed several times in magnitude of the speed of the best DVORAK typists.
So, in conclusion, I would STRONGLY recommend against switching to DVORAK - especially if you're a programmer.
Ages ago I ran across this "unofficial" Indiana Jones 4 screenplay by Jeff Boam, the author of 1,2 and 3... I doubt that it has anything to do with the new film that they're working on... but then again, if some "anonymous author" did write it as a hoax, then why on earth wouldn't their name apear somewhere on it? I mean, a screenplay is a LOT of work to write! Indiana Jones 4 ...BUT for the longest time, I couldn't wait for this film to happen... and then from the time I originally saw the above link (probably 6+ years ago), to now, I started to loose hope...
I was just curious, I was only able to see a few of the photos before the server got too bogged down..., but from the looks of the one where the guy is standing on the "space junk", I was shocked by the shear size of that thing!
Does anyone have a rough guess about how much metal is in one of those things? Also, what do you think THEY get in Kazakhstan for the Ti? compared to what we could get here in the US??? Last I checked, Ti was going for around $1 or $1.25 / lb and that is IF you can find a buyer. Acording to RecyclyingToday.com there seems to be a surplus...
Just wondering if anyone has a rough idea for us scrap geeks:)
I'd hate to have one of those puppies fall in my back yard and have to say, "Yeah, I know I didn't get the best price on my scrap booster rocket, but AT LEAST I GOT A GREAT PRICE ON CAR INSURANCE!"
So, I don't get it... most humans I know only have 2 hands (that is, unless you come from New Jersey and played in the waste dumps as a kid)... So, if you're using your body to transmit a network signal, then HOW are you going to type, use the mouse, and operate your computer? Unless THIS is the reason they've been pushing all those VIAGRA spams recently:P) (...or we all take off our shoes and use our feet for networking so we can have our hands free for typing... Am I the only one who sees this problem???
Yeah, but aren't most of the people who would be using their tech support be intimately involved with Routers and their setup? In other words - servers and NOT WinBloz workstations? And I'd like to think, in my sugar coated world, that more then 1 in 40 servers are running Linux... And therefore they are making the right choice...
I'm so glad that this book was written... After years of creating websites, I now see how hard it is and how much must go into them!
And here I thought it was only a text file accessable by a little file reading program we call a web server... Silly me!!!
Seriously though, making web sites is free - making them good is an art - getting people on them is hard work... I skimmed though this book at borders the other day and had to laugh... I guess we're going to see a lot more junk one line sites after the gen. public see's $$$ in their eyes... doesn't poor Google have enough garbage to already parse? We need to conserve Google hard drive space for Slash Dot articles;) - not shoestring web sites!
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Does anyone have any idea what email service they used? I know Yahoo wouldn't even give out logins to parents of deceased 9/11 patents despite a court subpeona. I'm interested it it was a private ISP, Google Mail, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail (yuck!), etc... as I want nothing to do with an email service that gives out information so easily.
Do you really think that the average person can visually see the difference without A/B'ing the two specs side by side? The screens that we were throwing the image on weren't THAT small... I really wish that there was an example available where the difference could be seen.
Your post, from a technical perspective, is correct and I would think that there would be a world of difference - - and I'm sure seeing the two side by side would reveal the same, but the human eye can only take in so much information - and from what I remember, especially the cones in our eyes yield a fairly low resolution image. Now, taking into account that the average viewer does not sit right on top of the screen, and doesn't have the benefit of an AB comparison - i.e. walked right out of the neighboring screen where there was a 4096 x 2160 projector running, would it be that apparent?
Being involved in this passively (and actively on occasion), I'm curious what your thoughts are.
Okay, I have a question...
...or perhaps, because they have a very detailed encryption scheme where you have to call in and get an expiring key that will only work for 7 days - they the films wont play anymore and you need to call up and buy a new key...
Why is retrofitting these theatres going to cost the $100,000/screen as they allege? I have a friend who I helped acquire a theatre and we were able to use a $2500 projector (and later 2 $3,000 unites with "lens shift" where they can be used in tandem), and threw the image onto a full size screen (30x50 ft?) with a super bright, and clear image... WE ran a DVD from a Sony DVD player that was up-converting everything to 1080 lines of resolution, and it looked as good, if not better than 35mm...
We found that the DLP projectors gave much truer color, whereas the LCD units put everyone in a candy colored world.
So anyway, we now show independent filmmaker's films, and DVD trailers - and an occasional a public domain film - and NO ONE had every questioned the quality.
I just don't understand why everyone wants a $100k "digital Projection" projector just because it's the unit they've used at events like the Oscars. Is this because to brand name? Ignorance?
From what I've heard, the bigger issue isn't getting the image on the screen, but the lack of willingness of the exhibitors to LET you play a DVD - they just wont allow it - even if you already get regular movie prints from the company (Disney, MGM, etc.), and are paying them market rate, and have the DVD at the same time the vinyl 35mm is available.
Take some advice from someone who used to type at 130 (no exageration) wpm on QWERTY... Then, I got this bright idea to try and INCREASE my typing speed... so I researched all these different systems, and finally read several articles boasting how great DVORAK is... So I spent a few hours with a Sharpie marker writing the dvorak letters on my keyboard and then putting clear nail polish over them to protect the ink... Well, after about 3 weeks of ONLY using DVORAK, I was up to about 35WPM on it... After 6 months, about 80WPM, but I couldn't go any faster... in addition, my speed on QWERTY now went to under ONE (1) WPM!!! I just couldn't type on QWERTY for the life of me...
This made it REALLY hard when installing new OS's or using DOS boxes on win systems as the system CAN be put in DVORAK mode, but it's a major pain, and now you've made it IMPOSSIBLE to use public terminals, systems that other people must use in an office or computers at a friends house, library computers, etc because you just feel so frustrated that you can't even type ANYTHING anymore... (linux, windows, and other do support dvorak, but it's not seemless integration because now you have some logins and user names using one system, and other using your system).
If you REALLY try to type in QWERTY again, after about 3 days you can get a decent speed again on it (maybe 40-60WPM), but then you mess up your dvorak skills.
In addition, th positioning of punctuation makes, brackets, carrots ([]{}-+;) etc. on DVORAK is TERRIBLE for programming... dvorak was designed for SPEED in writing casual english, and you usually do not use those characters nearly as often as A O E and U for instance, so they're really terrible for programming.
Oh yeah, I eventually DID switch back to QWERTY after 5 years of using DVORAK because it was just too much trouble setting up systems and dealing with all the trouble... I've been using QWERTY again for now nearly 9 months, and can only type at 90WPM on it - so I RUINED my typing speed. You mind (or at least my mind) just cant take switching rapidly betweem systems and "double mapping" where the keys are when touch typing.
One interesting thing to note is that there is also a one hand right hand and left hand dvorak system for that was developed by Mr. Dvorak for military general who lost one of his hands in a war. This might be great, however, all the dvorak layouts are unfortunately completely different.
If you want more speed, consider using word expander programs or macro programs where you can type abreviation in your document as you are typing, like f for the word "for" or tt for THAT, etc... and they are automatically replaced with the full word. I've heard that people using THESE systems can achieve a typing speed several times in magnitude of the speed of the best DVORAK typists.
So, in conclusion, I would STRONGLY recommend against switching to DVORAK - especially if you're a programmer.
Good catch - totally missed that one :)
Ages ago I ran across this "unofficial" Indiana Jones 4 screenplay by Jeff Boam, the author of 1,2 and 3... I doubt that it has anything to do with the new film that they're working on... but then again, if some "anonymous author" did write it as a hoax, then why on earth wouldn't their name apear somewhere on it? I mean, a screenplay is a LOT of work to write!
...BUT for the longest time, I couldn't wait for this film to happen... and then from the time I originally saw the above link (probably 6+ years ago), to now, I started to loose hope...
Indiana Jones 4
Go Indy!!!
I was just curious, I was only able to see a few of the photos before the server got too bogged down..., but from the looks of the one where the guy is standing on the "space junk", I was shocked by the shear size of that thing!
:)
Does anyone have a rough guess about how much metal is in one of those things? Also, what do you think THEY get in Kazakhstan for the Ti? compared to what we could get here in the US??? Last I checked, Ti was going for around $1 or $1.25 / lb and that is IF you can find a buyer. Acording to RecyclyingToday.com there seems to be a surplus...
Just wondering if anyone has a rough idea for us scrap geeks
I'd hate to have one of those puppies fall in my back yard and have to say, "Yeah, I know I didn't get the best price on my scrap booster rocket, but AT LEAST I GOT A GREAT PRICE ON CAR INSURANCE!"
Ahhh... That makes a lot of sense... I guess I was just missing the application...
So, I don't get it... most humans I know only have 2 hands (that is, unless you come from New Jersey and played in the waste dumps as a kid)... So, if you're using your body to transmit a network signal, then HOW are you going to type, use the mouse, and operate your computer? Unless THIS is the reason they've been pushing all those VIAGRA spams recently :P) ( ...or we all take off our shoes and use our feet for networking so we can have our hands free for typing... Am I the only one who sees this problem???
Yeah, but aren't most of the people who would be using their tech support be intimately involved with Routers and their setup? In other words - servers and NOT WinBloz workstations? And I'd like to think, in my sugar coated world, that more then 1 in 40 servers are running Linux... And therefore they are making the right choice...
I'm so glad that this book was written... After years of creating websites, I now see how hard it is and how much must go into them!
;) - not shoestring web sites!
And here I thought it was only a text file accessable by a little file reading program we call a web server... Silly me!!!
Seriously though, making web sites is free - making them good is an art - getting people on them is hard work... I skimmed though this book at borders the other day and had to laugh... I guess we're going to see a lot more junk one line sites after the gen. public see's $$$ in their eyes... doesn't poor Google have enough garbage to already parse? We need to conserve Google hard drive space for Slash Dot articles