but I guess it comes down to whether you're the type of person who cares if your computer system looks like a thrown-together jalopy rather than something that is intended to impress.
I guess my Apple system must really look like crap, because in addition to the non-Apple monitor I have a non-Apple printer, router, and cablemodem plugged into it, The whole mess is plugged into a non-Apple UPS, and all of that sits on a non-Apple desk.
Of course, I didn't really build this system to impress. I built it to work and play on.
an ideal dual-monitor system will use two identical monitors, so that as you move objects from one screen to the other their appearance doesn't change because one's a little brighter and the other's a little blurrier and more greenish.
I can think few applications where I would need both monitors to be absolutely identical. My second monitor is typically just crowded with toolboxes and torn menus. Occasionally I will put a second view of something I might be working on, but I'm sure not proofing it there.
Better to have one enormous monitor as the main, with just about anything for the second. Better application of budget, IMHO.
Wow, this is the first time I've seen someone actually pissed that they can't run an additional very expensive monitor on their system.
If I want two displays that look the same, I have to enter into an imposing combination of needlessly wasted PCI slots, buying redundant cable adaptors, and spending a lot of money!
You're talking about spending lots of money on Apple's LCD displays. What's the difference?
The new video cards available on these Macs have one ADC output and one VGA output. There is absolutely no way to connect any current Apple display to that second monitor port.
Then connect anyone else's display to that second port. What's the problem here?
If you want a second Apple display you would have to purchase a video card with a DVI output to go into an un-accelerated PCI slot, and the special multi-hundred dollar adaptor described above to connect to the second Apple display's ADC connector.
You're already talking about spending a premium for the Apple display. Why are you worried about the price of hooking it up?
You're worried about how it looks, but then you're worried about how much it cost to make it look nice. Seems like you've got too little to worry about.
In an age where public funding for higher education, in the US, is on the decline, public institutions will do what it takes to remain open.
That would be ok if the money is used wisely, but this is the real world. They'll redo the landscaping and remodel the administration building (Hell, nevermind remodel! Build a new one!) before they pay instructors and TAs what they are worth, and maintain labs reasonably.
The "Anime Cartoon International" sets are not "grey market", they're bootlegs.
They are damn fine bootlegs, at that.
Flame me if you want, but I've given up on Disney ever releasing any more Ghibli films. They've been sitting on a ready-to-release version of Laputa for over a year now. I don't think it will ever be released, in any form.
Don't worry, I've spent plenty on official Ghibli merchandise: I've given over a dozen copies of both Totoro and Kiki as gifts; I've bought at least two Ghibli calendars per year for the last five years; I own multiple copies of Mononoke and GoF; I've bought plenty of other official merchandise. I've even preordered the Laputa DVD on Amazon.
Basically, at this point I say "Fuck Disney." They've had their chance to get my money. They missed out.
I'm sorry Ghibli doesn't get any procedes from my purchase of the Archives of Ghibli Studios DVD set. I understand the ramifications. But now I have a complete set of English subtitled Ghibli movies to enjoy and share.
BTW, the Archives of Ghibli Studios set is very nicely done: Letterboxed; reasonably well done subtitles; a few chapter stops. I'm very glad I bought it.
their continuing refusal to open the Sorensen codec
LOL! I suppose if it were the Apple codec you my be justified in your disgust. However, since it is the SORENSON codec you may just not have a clue what you are talking about.
if I'm using a Mac, that means graphics and multimedia ONLY.
For me, Macs don't mean gaming, web browsing, or things like that.
Please tell me, as a Mac user, what web browsing experiences I am missing. What office-productivity abilities am I missing? What coding experiences am I missing?
Gaming? Real gaming takes place in a text window. Mac's got those too.
Only thing I'm missing is apps with hidden extensions that auto-launch from my mail apps. I don't really miss them that much, though.
If only some musicians would put decent balanced pickups in their guitars and a Canon connector straight on the end...
Why the heck would you want direct guitar sound into the console? Have you ever heard an electric guitar direct? Sound like crap, because the guitar is only half of the equation.
As far as mic'ing the amp - I had a moronic musician once insist that I use a high quality Neumann U87 mic on his amp because a DI box would distort the sound. He then proceeded to play through the most vile distortion effects pedal you could imagine.
The muso was right: The word 'distortion' means the unwanted alteration of the timbre and character of sound (in this case.) Your DI could not have gotten the tone the muso wanted, because it wasn't hearing what was coming out of the speakers. What was coming out of the speakers was what the musician wanted.
If you can't understand that then you are definately in the wrong business. Where did you get your "engineering" degree from, anyway?
Gibson also says to not be surprised to see Ethernet ports on guitars within the next 12 to 18 months.
The combo instrument business (instruments, amps, etc. for your typical garage band) is the largest snakeoil business in the world. Out-of-this-world inventions show up here all the time, and every rockstar wannabe will save up money from his lawn-mowing job to buy whatever latest piece of crap is marketed to make him think he can be the next Eddie VanHalen. Guess what: Two years from now the cool crap will be old worthless crap because it didn't do anything but make money for the local music store.
Wanna know the first problem I see with this: Nobody plugs their guitar straight into the mixer. The guitar amplifier is an integral part of the tone and playability of a guitar. A Les Paul plugged into a Marshall stack; A Stratocaster plugged into a Fender Twin; These are still around because they work. Stick a mic in front of the amp, run that through the sound system, and away you go. Save the digital conversions for places where it's needed.
Bands don't need more-complicated ways to hook their guitars up. The current way works just fine. There are some wonderful improvements occuring with digital consoles, digital system processors, and so on. But these have little to do with Gibson and guitars.
Gibson is still trying to find ways to put a New & Improved label on an already perfect guitar invented over 40 years ago, just to get people to buy the latest crap.
Sad part is, people will.
(Yes, I'm a sound man. And I do have digital consoles to work with. But all the digital crap in the world won't make a player any more talented.)
My point wasn't so much the skill in using the software, but the hardware and environment it's run on.
My point is that the vast majority of users (especially corporate and education users) don't get beyond the software portion of the experience. Other than a few keyboard shortcuts, Mac and PC versions of Office are virtually identical. Anything deeper than that is left to IT personnel.
Although it may not seem like it on Slashdot, computer users with a clue are a very small minority (or, an 'niche market' if you will) of the overall world of people who use a computer every day.
around 90% of the computing world runs M$ software, what service is this school providing by giving these children something that will do them little good in the "real world"
Two of my three daughters in Maine have speech problems. Do you think there is money to hire a speech therapist! No way, got to spend it on laptops that will get abuse used to "chat" in math class.
I have a speech problem. Speech therapy couldn't help. I was a reclusive introvert until I learned of BBSs. Now I can chat with people without the cloud of a bad first impression hanging over the conversation.
I would have loved to have been able to give the other kids in school a chance to learn about me without the prejudice. Instead, I slurred and mumbled my way through life until just a few years ago.
Would instant messaging helped me. Quite possibly. I had more conversations will people in my first 6 months on a BBS than I ever had the previous 30 years of my life.
Don't write this whole thing off with Luddite fears.
I'd have to say, it seems like it would be more practical for these kids to be using PCs. I say this because chances are, if they're using computers in the near future for a living, they'll be using MS Office and other software on PC platforms.
I assume you are aware that the latest version of Office is the Mac version, and that a PC user wouldn't be able to tell the difference.
I'll trot out the same argument that I use whenever I chat with my local primary and secondary educators about computers in the classrooms: While Apple computers are great machines and can do a lot of things very well, most of the world relies on PCs to do their work.
Wow. Where have we heard this before? I hope they all laugh at you as they realize that Macs are PCs; that Macs run the same software everyone is using in the "real world" (Microsoft Office, etc.); that to non-techs a computer is a computer is a computer.
Oh, I'll bet you don't bother to tell them that tech support can get by with a lower tech-to-machine ratio with Macs. That would cut into your profits, wouldn't it.
Congress is not involved in this dispute. The government is not involved in this dispute.
Apple can "demand" all they want to. They haven't 'violated the US Constitution.'
Until Apple takes them to court and wins, the US Constitution hasn't entered into it.
I can censor you all I want to, because I am not the government./. moderators can censor me all they want, because they are not the government either. Please learn that.
But then your wife/girlfriend/mother/SO starts rooting around your computer to find what you've been working on... What're they going to find? Weird thoughts you wrote down late at night? ICQ Logs? Emails to old girlfriends? Lots of farm-animal-Pr0n?
You'll never surprise your mom. Moms are all-seeing all-knowing creatures that are also kind enough not to let on about what they know.
Keep in mind that moms forgive, but the FBI doesn't.
And it's got a super-tiny one hour cassette, USB, i.LINK and Bluetooth connectivity, a Web browser, an e-mail client, and a quite long list of other features.
Warning! If you:
videotape a sex act
visit whitehouse.com
download binaries from rec.porn.donkeys.moderated
and get enough spam email
all at once, you'll create a wormhole to an alternate universe where the goatse.cx guy is actually found attractive.
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No, Quicktime is free. Quicktime Pro (more features, some editing capability, no nagging screens) is $30.
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(Yes, the Grammy site is hosted on AOL. Almost as good as akamai, I suppose.)
I guess my Apple system must really look like crap, because in addition to the non-Apple monitor I have a non-Apple printer, router, and cablemodem plugged into it, The whole mess is plugged into a non-Apple UPS, and all of that sits on a non-Apple desk.
Of course, I didn't really build this system to impress. I built it to work and play on.
an ideal dual-monitor system will use two identical monitors, so that as you move objects from one screen to the other their appearance doesn't change because one's a little brighter and the other's a little blurrier and more greenish.
I can think few applications where I would need both monitors to be absolutely identical. My second monitor is typically just crowded with toolboxes and torn menus. Occasionally I will put a second view of something I might be working on, but I'm sure not proofing it there.
Better to have one enormous monitor as the main, with just about anything for the second. Better application of budget, IMHO.
If I want two displays that look the same, I have to enter into an imposing combination of needlessly wasted PCI slots, buying redundant cable adaptors, and spending a lot of money!
You're talking about spending lots of money on Apple's LCD displays. What's the difference?
The new video cards available on these Macs have one ADC output and one VGA output. There is absolutely no way to connect any current Apple display to that second monitor port.
Then connect anyone else's display to that second port. What's the problem here?
If you want a second Apple display you would have to purchase a video card with a DVI output to go into an un-accelerated PCI slot, and the special multi-hundred dollar adaptor described above to connect to the second Apple display's ADC connector.
You're already talking about spending a premium for the Apple display. Why are you worried about the price of hooking it up?
You're worried about how it looks, but then you're worried about how much it cost to make it look nice. Seems like you've got too little to worry about.
Hell, there can never be enough art museums on campus, can there? Notice how only 2 out of the cluster of six photos on this typical college home page seem to having anything to do with education.
- Go horseback riding
- Go waterskiing
- Go hiking...
Oh, wait! That's Tampax pads.Nevermind.
Flame me if you want, but I've given up on Disney ever releasing any more Ghibli films. They've been sitting on a ready-to-release version of Laputa for over a year now. I don't think it will ever be released, in any form.
Don't worry, I've spent plenty on official Ghibli merchandise: I've given over a dozen copies of both Totoro and Kiki as gifts; I've bought at least two Ghibli calendars per year for the last five years; I own multiple copies of Mononoke and GoF; I've bought plenty of other official merchandise. I've even preordered the Laputa DVD on Amazon.
Basically, at this point I say "Fuck Disney." They've had their chance to get my money. They missed out.
I'm sorry Ghibli doesn't get any procedes from my purchase of the Archives of Ghibli Studios DVD set. I understand the ramifications. But now I have a complete set of English subtitled Ghibli movies to enjoy and share.
BTW, the Archives of Ghibli Studios set is very nicely done: Letterboxed; reasonably well done subtitles; a few chapter stops. I'm very glad I bought it.
Gaming? Real gaming takes place in a text window. Mac's got those too.
Only thing I'm missing is apps with hidden extensions that auto-launch from my mail apps. I don't really miss them that much, though.
If you can't understand that then you are definately in the wrong business. Where did you get your "engineering" degree from, anyway?
Wanna know the first problem I see with this: Nobody plugs their guitar straight into the mixer. The guitar amplifier is an integral part of the tone and playability of a guitar. A Les Paul plugged into a Marshall stack; A Stratocaster plugged into a Fender Twin; These are still around because they work. Stick a mic in front of the amp, run that through the sound system, and away you go. Save the digital conversions for places where it's needed.
Bands don't need more-complicated ways to hook their guitars up. The current way works just fine. There are some wonderful improvements occuring with digital consoles, digital system processors, and so on. But these have little to do with Gibson and guitars.
Gibson is still trying to find ways to put a New & Improved label on an already perfect guitar invented over 40 years ago, just to get people to buy the latest crap.
Sad part is, people will.
(Yes, I'm a sound man. And I do have digital consoles to work with. But all the digital crap in the world won't make a player any more talented.)
Although it may not seem like it on Slashdot, computer users with a clue are a very small minority (or, an 'niche market' if you will) of the overall world of people who use a computer every day.
So, what was your point again?
I doubt they using Half Life to teach there.
What was your point again?
I would have loved to have been able to give the other kids in school a chance to learn about me without the prejudice. Instead, I slurred and mumbled my way through life until just a few years ago.
Would instant messaging helped me. Quite possibly. I had more conversations will people in my first 6 months on a BBS than I ever had the previous 30 years of my life.
Don't write this whole thing off with Luddite fears.
Maybe not.
Oh, I'll bet you don't bother to tell them that tech support can get by with a lower tech-to-machine ratio with Macs. That would cut into your profits, wouldn't it.
Signing a contract with MS was a crime, certainly. But Apple's fortune already existed before any alleged crime may have occurred.
Congress is not involved in this dispute. The government is not involved in this dispute.
Apple can "demand" all they want to. They haven't 'violated the US Constitution.'
Until Apple takes them to court and wins, the US Constitution hasn't entered into it.
I can censor you all I want to, because I am not the government. /. moderators can censor me all they want, because they are not the government either. Please learn that.
HTH
Did seem like the 'What's New' section of PopSci, though.
Keep in mind that moms forgive, but the FBI doesn't.
- videotape a sex act
- visit whitehouse.com
- download binaries from rec.porn.donkeys.moderated
- and get enough spam email
all at once, you'll create a wormhole to an alternate universe where the goatse.cx guy is actually found attractive.