While I may concede on the point of Fantasia (only to a point, my experience when I went to see the re-release a few years back was one of the worst movie experiences I have ever had the non-pleasure of enduring), I have to completely not understand any point that you tried to make with:
Sounds like you're making the same assumptions the studios are, which is why we get so much crap. Self-fulfilling prophecy, perhaps?
This is NOT an assumption. My littler brother, who is now 13, used to watch AT LEAST 5 hours of TV a day. His grades suffered and so my mom took the TV away. His grades shot up, and all of a sudden, he could talk sensibly about a subject other than some show or commercial he saw. He reads more and understands now more that there are such things are developed characters and PLOT.
My point is this: TV and cinema serve their purpose when utilized by people that want to say something.. not by people that are solely interested in making a quick buck.
Interestinly enough, it is the movies that say something that usually stand out most in our minds.
The vast majority of all animated films that have come out in the last ten years have been a flop; with the glaring exceptions of some monumental Disney flicks.
The newest cgi movie from Disney, Dinosaur, was technologically astounding but was an utter disgrace when it came to the acting and the story. I was almost crying it was so bad (no, not really).
Now, had Disney decided to make the entire movie a classical music feast with cgi visuals, it would have been both innovative and amazing. The reason that they did this is very, very simple: you can't market class and good taste. A talking Dinosaur sells, a Classical music epic does not. While I would take my kids to a viewing of The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, or Aladdin, I know that if I took them to the original Fantasia, they would be both bored and annoyed (or annoying..). The reasoning behind this is because children (and the vast majority of all adults and adolesents) today are media slobbering brain-washed babboons that not only don't want something better, they don't even realise that there COULD BE.
So, this isn't about the animation (plenty of good animation from toystory to wallace and grommit and back again) but about making bad pop-culture movies that have no story/plot and no intrigue to pull an audience in.
Fox Studios doesn't seem to be able to make those kind of movies, I will not miss them.
I don't understand how the Apple market (which can't possibly be more than 8-10% of the PC market can get Adobe products (and they get them FIRST!) and linux/unix can't even get releases that are one lousy version behind.
Recently I read that SoftImage (the whole shebang, not just the renderer) is being ported to Linux. Now, what about textures for those models?
Don't tell me that the GIMP is ready for that! I know that I have bben using PhotoShop since I was a wee lad, and I know what I like. I am telling you that the GIMP is not ready for that kind of prime time. The UI is too clunky and unintuitive. (No flames please, this is my opinion and I'll stand by it. I've used both the GIMP and PS extensively, and I just cannot become as comfortable in the GIMP as I am in PS.)
Dammit, ADOBE, why are you not listening to us fans!
"To synchronize many people across a project using MS Lookout, it is necessary to be running Exchange server with it. Similarly, all users must be using Outlook as their mail client to schedule projects together."
Well, the solution to this predicament is very obvious, and only somewhat more difficult than simple.
We need a set of standard protocols that anyone can write a server or a client for/with.
That way, I can use any email/scheduler that I like, and they will work with whatever server my sysadmin decides to use.
The nice thing about this is that I can have just an email client or just a scheduler if I write them or if someone else writes them for me.
Am I the only one here that really doesn't want all that traffic on the internet?
Terabytes of Warez, Mp3s and Pr0n are one thing, having hundreds (or much, much more) of Terabytes of cable access-like information streaming (screaming) through the internets fat pipes is going to bring the current and next generation network infrastructures to their knees.
I know that we have a 100Mb intranet setup here at work and on a good (bad) day the network slows to a crawl. We don't do anything half as intensive as watching streaming movies and shows at high resolution with 2-5 channels of sound.
Nothing out there can support this yet, or am I really missing something?
"dedicated AGP 2X graphics slot fully loaded with the ATI RAGE 128 Pro graphics card"
The key word here is DEDICATED. That means 'used only by'.
I don't think that either of us can really argue our way into a position of being right.
I propose this: I'm gonna buy a G4 Cube machine early next week (probably Monday). When it gets here, I'll crack that bad mamijami open and see for myself.
I'll either send you an email extolling my genius, or a photo of my severed nut.
If you take a close look here you can clearly see that there is barely room for the extra RAM, CPU and MoBo. You have to remember that this badboy is 7in * 7in * 9in. There isn't space for a PCI bridge with slots.
I would bet my left testicle that this chipset is hardwaired to the board.
ATI leaks a rumor of the G4 Cube, and Apple spanks them by not releasing their chip which they have obviously taken great amounts of time an money to integrate into their new product.
They replaced an entire Video system in one week.
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Obviously the writed of this completely rediculous article has not worked anywhere near electronics design and manufacture.
One week to change an entire chipset? You have got to be yanking my noodle!
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Basically, they are saying that they think that people will be able to browse through these posts on Deja.com and discern what URLs have been automagically embedded in the text.
These URLs (as far as I can see) have no disclaimer saying that they are added by Deja and not the poster.
What happens when I post a post (HA!) that says that I know a friend that uses Packard Bell machines and the shredder/reader inserts a link to a deal from Packard Bell.
The meaning of my post is tainted by having the advertisment in it. It is almost saying that I recommend PacBells (which I certainly do not) just because I have linked to this special deal.
A not-so-informed user may take this as a recommendation and buy the machine.
What I'm wondering, is what this has to do with mice? I mean, since it is Science and it was posted on/., it HAS to have a mouse that was genetically engineered, right?
1 liter jolt, 1 glass of hard liquor each = Twitching of random parts of my body, General euphoria. Videogames upside down (maybe the tv or us, who knows).
3 liters jolt, 3 glasses hard liquor each = Life is generally good. Definite need of urination (mild to annoying). Break out the spray paint, go find the neighbor's annoying dog that barks at four f_cking thirty in the morning and color his butt.
4 liters jolt, 6 glasses hard liquor each = Break out the camera, baby! (and generally the bowls dubbed 'Ye vomitoria').
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Remember that tootsie pop owl? After I proofread this, I just couldn't get him out of my head.:)
Did anyone else realise that this new media is about the size of a Dreamcast GD-ROM (which is 1.2GB)? Perfect for making those pirated copies of DC games on one disc.
And who is making these discs that are used to pirate games? Why, Sega's arch-rival.. SONY!
Spam in my email account is one thing; I pay for a service and if I request it at the ISP level, I can have bulk mail, mail without the @ in it, IP addresses and email addresses filtered.
This does not happen with cell phones.
Recently I have been recieving text spam on my cell phone! A large portion of this spam is directly related to the use of my phone and long distance (I have recieved exercise and cruise ads too). No matter who I talk to at Cellcom (the provider that I use here in Israel, I cannot get them to stop any of it.
My contract is ending soon.. perhaps it's time to switch companies.
Think about it, just because the QWERTY standard is familiar (well, it is a standard after all), doesn't mean that it is the best for every circumstance.
I would not mind learning a new typing convention if it's learning curve isn't too steep and if it fits the use.
I keep thinking about the one-handed keyboard. Wouldn't something similar to this be of great use as opposed to a 40 key (absolute minimal punctuation, numbers and letters) pad? Key combination pads are the way that I would like to see miniature communication in the immediate future.
Speech recognition is a long way off in this size that would make a 65,000 word vocab small enough to carry around.
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Deep, ain't it?
Rami
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This is NOT an assumption. My littler brother, who is now 13, used to watch AT LEAST 5 hours of TV a day. His grades suffered and so my mom took the TV away. His grades shot up, and all of a sudden, he could talk sensibly about a subject other than some show or commercial he saw. He reads more and understands now more that there are such things are developed characters and PLOT.
My point is this: TV and cinema serve their purpose when utilized by people that want to say something.. not by people that are solely interested in making a quick buck.
Interestinly enough, it is the movies that say something that usually stand out most in our minds.
Rami James
Guy with a crick in his neck.
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All animation is still just that: animation.
The vast majority of all animated films that have come out in the last ten years have been a flop; with the glaring exceptions of some monumental Disney flicks.
The newest cgi movie from Disney, Dinosaur, was technologically astounding but was an utter disgrace when it came to the acting and the story. I was almost crying it was so bad (no, not really).
Now, had Disney decided to make the entire movie a classical music feast with cgi visuals, it would have been both innovative and amazing. The reason that they did this is very, very simple: you can't market class and good taste. A talking Dinosaur sells, a Classical music epic does not. While I would take my kids to a viewing of The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, or Aladdin, I know that if I took them to the original Fantasia, they would be both bored and annoyed (or annoying..). The reasoning behind this is because children (and the vast majority of all adults and adolesents) today are media slobbering brain-washed babboons that not only don't want something better, they don't even realise that there COULD BE.
So, this isn't about the animation (plenty of good animation from toystory to wallace and grommit and back again) but about making bad pop-culture movies that have no story/plot and no intrigue to pull an audience in.
Fox Studios doesn't seem to be able to make those kind of movies, I will not miss them.
Rami James
Guy who like cartoons.
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We are using Cisco switches which are connected between the two sides of the building by optical fiber gigabit lines.
:)
It's still slow sometimes.
Rami
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I don't understand how the Apple market (which can't possibly be more than 8-10% of the PC market can get Adobe products (and they get them FIRST!) and linux/unix can't even get releases that are one lousy version behind.
Recently I read that SoftImage (the whole shebang, not just the renderer) is being ported to Linux. Now, what about textures for those models?
Don't tell me that the GIMP is ready for that! I know that I have bben using PhotoShop since I was a wee lad, and I know what I like. I am telling you that the GIMP is not ready for that kind of prime time. The UI is too clunky and unintuitive.
(No flames please, this is my opinion and I'll stand by it. I've used both the GIMP and PS extensively, and I just cannot become as comfortable in the GIMP as I am in PS.)
Dammit, ADOBE, why are you not listening to us fans!
Rami James
Frustrated Pixel Pusher.
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These kind of questions amuse me. A lot.
:):
Very simply, you need a word processor for two reasons (aside from the obvious one of reading word processed files
1. To write documentation (any coder worth his/her salt should know how to write at least moderately good docs to any program he/she writes).
2. To read documentation and notes that others in a team have written.
Rami James
Guy in a Box.
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Well, the solution to this predicament is very obvious, and only somewhat more difficult than simple.
We need a set of standard protocols that anyone can write a server or a client for/with.
That way, I can use any email/scheduler that I like, and they will work with whatever server my sysadmin decides to use.
The nice thing about this is that I can have just an email client or just a scheduler if I write them or if someone else writes them for me.
Rami James
Outlook hater but begrudging user.
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Am I the only one here that really doesn't want all that traffic on the internet?
Terabytes of Warez, Mp3s and Pr0n are one thing, having hundreds (or much, much more) of Terabytes of cable access-like information streaming (screaming) through the internets fat pipes is going to bring the current and next generation network infrastructures to their knees.
I know that we have a 100Mb intranet setup here at work and on a good (bad) day the network slows to a crawl. We don't do anything half as intensive as watching streaming movies and shows at high resolution with 2-5 channels of sound.
Nothing out there can support this yet, or am I really missing something?
(I have the distinct feeling that I am.)
Rami James
Guy, confused.
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The key word here is DEDICATED. That means 'used only by'.
I don't think that either of us can really argue our way into a position of being right.
I propose this: I'm gonna buy a G4 Cube machine early next week (probably Monday). When it gets here, I'll crack that bad mamijami open and see for myself.
I'll either send you an email extolling my genius, or a photo of my severed nut.
Rami James
Desperate Guy
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Sorry, that's supposed to be Hard-WIRED.
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Actually, AGP is just a standard by which PCI is sped up by 1, 2, or 4 times. By saying AGP, you don't necessarily refer to the slot.
Think: LAPTOPS HAVE AGP.
Rami James
Guy with two testicles.
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If you take a close look here you can clearly see that there is barely room for the extra RAM, CPU and MoBo. You have to remember that this badboy is 7in * 7in * 9in. There isn't space for a PCI bridge with slots.
I would bet my left testicle that this chipset is hardwaired to the board.
Rami James
Guy who honors his bets.
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So wait, let me see if I get this right.
ATI leaks a rumor of the G4 Cube, and Apple spanks them by not releasing their chip which they have obviously taken great amounts of time an money to integrate into their new product.
They replaced an entire Video system in one week.
--
Obviously the writed of this completely rediculous article has not worked anywhere near electronics design and manufacture.
One week to change an entire chipset? You have got to be yanking my noodle!
Rami James
Guy with more clue than that.
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You know, I gave this some more thought:
:)"
It's not like Deja is culling Usenet posts, adding some adverts and then spewing them back into the general Usenet pool.
This is DEJA's site and DEJA can do whatever the hell that they want on thier site.
If DEJA can make some money off of this and they can keep this service free and available to them, I say,
"DEJA, you have my respect. (Well, shit, you already have my posts..
Rami
Guy that posted too quick..
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Basically, they are saying that they think that people will be able to browse through these posts on Deja.com and discern what URLs have been automagically embedded in the text.
These URLs (as far as I can see) have no disclaimer saying that they are added by Deja and not the poster.
What happens when I post a post (HA!) that says that I know a friend that uses Packard Bell machines and the shredder/reader inserts a link to a deal from Packard Bell.
The meaning of my post is tainted by having the advertisment in it. It is almost saying that I recommend PacBells (which I certainly do not) just because I have linked to this special deal.
A not-so-informed user may take this as a recommendation and buy the machine.
Good advertising, bad ethics.
Rami
Guy with no time for stupid ads
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What I'm wondering, is what this has to do with mice? I mean, since it is Science and it was posted on /., it HAS to have a mouse that was genetically engineered, right?
RIGHT?
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ELEED Elastic Low-Energy Electron Diffraction
From dictionary.com and acronym finder.
(I REALLY should get back to work.)
Rami James
Guy with too much work
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Just out of curiousity (really, i'm not being a jerk here), what do you think is a 'real' security model?
file level? system-wide? more like linux (BSD, NT, QNX, ad infinitum)?
Rami James
Guy that's curious
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I'm a little gut with a tiny stomache/
:)
6 Shots; if I'm lucky.
I don't just pray, my brother, I EVANGELISISE!
Rami James
Guy with 1.45 BAL
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just a little less drunk than:
:)
'Leaked on screenshots'.
Thank you.
Rami James
Troll for a day.
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In my experience, it goes something like this (split among myself and two (moderately) willing participants:
:)
1 liter jolt = Slight jittering, clenched teeth. Balloon animals.
1 liter jolt, 1 glass of hard liquor each = Twitching of random parts of my body, General euphoria. Videogames upside down (maybe the tv or us, who knows).
3 liters jolt, 3 glasses hard liquor each = Life is generally good. Definite need of urination (mild to annoying). Break out the spray paint, go find the neighbor's annoying dog that barks at four f_cking thirty in the morning and color his butt.
4 liters jolt, 6 glasses hard liquor each = Break out the camera, baby! (and generally the bowls dubbed 'Ye vomitoria').
--
Remember that tootsie pop owl? After I proofread this, I just couldn't get him out of my head.
Rami James
Hard drinkin' guy.
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Did anyone else realise that this new media is about the size of a Dreamcast GD-ROM (which is 1.2GB)? Perfect for making those pirated copies of DC games on one disc.
And who is making these discs that are used to pirate games? Why, Sega's arch-rival.. SONY!
Co-ink-ee-dink? I think not!
What a world we live in.
Rami James
Guy who sees possibilities.
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Spam in my email account is one thing; I pay for a service and if I request it at the ISP level, I can have bulk mail, mail without the @ in it, IP addresses and email addresses filtered.
This does not happen with cell phones.
Recently I have been recieving text spam on my cell phone! A large portion of this spam is directly related to the use of my phone and long distance (I have recieved exercise and cruise ads too). No matter who I talk to at Cellcom (the provider that I use here in Israel, I cannot get them to stop any of it.
My contract is ending soon.. perhaps it's time to switch companies.
Rami James
Guy with a grudge.
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Think about it, just because the QWERTY standard is familiar (well, it is a standard after all), doesn't mean that it is the best for every circumstance.
I would not mind learning a new typing convention if it's learning curve isn't too steep and if it fits the use.
I keep thinking about the one-handed keyboard. Wouldn't something similar to this be of great use as opposed to a 40 key (absolute minimal punctuation, numbers and letters) pad? Key combination pads are the way that I would like to see miniature communication in the immediate future.
Speech recognition is a long way off in this size that would make a 65,000 word vocab small enough to carry around.
Rami James
Guy with a cellphone.
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(+1 Scary)
:) What is the world coming to, man?
Beg pardon? I do not grok this.
Rami
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