Blanket statments like "OS X is the only OS that really works well for pro multimedia" really show your ignorance and are not helpful in the slightest.
Actually, that blanket statement was based upon many years of experience as a multimedia pro, during which time I determined that the Mac is really the only game in town for what I do. Because fiddling with drivers and rigging things to work for mere minutes at a time before I have to reboot or restart various services *again* is something that definitely impedes my inspirational flow and interferes with getting my work done. I don't doubt a very stubborn person can do pro multimedia work in Windows or Linux -- but they really do suck for that. Anyone who has actually tried using all three platforms to do it would know this.
You'll want Final Cut Pro, running on OS X. I love Linux too (typing this in iceweasel, running Debian on my Mac), but OS X is the only OS that really works well for pro multimedia. It's the only reason I dual boot anymore.
Amusing that the Apple haters who drone on about how "insecure" OS X is don't have any malware they've written for the Mac they can demonstrate. But they sure can blow that hot air!
We could make this work -- we'll start an association of content owners, whose purpose will be to enforce the license. They'll pay or we'll sue! Yeah, that's the ticket...
Thanks for the good-humored reply, Scott. My dad has had the same trouble since the '50s. But I've never been able to persuade him to curb his drinking or his voracious appetite for sweets. I hope you manage to get some relief.
You seem to be proving my theory, based on observation, that "high strung people get jimmy legs". Cut back on the caffeine, alcohol, tobacco, refined sugar, and take a medtitation class. Dickwad, LOL. (sorry, couldn't resist...:)
At the request of several interested windows-using friends, I am testing the latest win7 evaluation copy in Parallels on a Mac. So far I have installed Opera, cygwin, Tortoise svn, OpenOffice.org 3.1, and even got XP's 3D Pinball to work in it. Now I'm wondering if many users will even need XP emulation... Of course, who knows what MS might change by the official release date.
in so far as something as new as cable can be said to have a tradition
According to this, "Cable television, formerly known as Community Antenna Television or CATV, was born in the mountains of Pennsylvania in 1948." You must be ancient!
I read an article a couple days ago, apparently there was a swine flu outbreak in 1976, and the US was quite proactive in stopping it
The U.S. didn't stop it, it just never materialized. Like the bird flu scare they were trying to sell just recently. ISTR the CDC says 36,000 people die in the U.S. yearly from ordinary flu, and so far one person in the U.S. has died from this "swine flu" -- and that was a two year old Mexican national in Texas. But surely this scare is working out well for the health care industry...
Sounds like these guys are just being exploited by their own egos.
Though surely they fill a niche and are appreciated by other users, what with the sorry state of "tech support" Verizon and other big corps maintain. I never call tech support anymore except as a dead-last resort, because if I can't figure it out there's hardly any chance some minimum wage boob with a script is going to help me.
The RIAA is way over-reaching itself, and a vicious backlash would appear inevitable if they don't learn to at least tone it down a bit. I'm kind of amazed they've gotten this far with virtually nothing but a bully's bluster.
Yes, but 9.04 is the latest twice-yearly release update. Comparing 9.04 to 8.10 as a way of justifying a comparison between Vista and Seven is extremely disingenuous. After all, Seven is supposed to be the all-new, best-ever, heaven-sent OS that is worth buying a new machine for. Even though any fool can see MS is just marketing Vista SE as "Seven", apparently in an attempt to bury Vista's public image problems. It gives them the happy side effect of being able to charge for what amounts to bugfixes, too. I'd expect that even MS' customer base has enough self-respect to be angry about this, but apparently not. We still see the fanbois out in force, rationalizing all over the tech sites. Idiots.
You're doing it wrong! You're supposed to shred the CD, then sprinkle Kraft Parmesan cheese topping over it. Best if you put it in the broiler til the top browns, of course.
Just because it is so popular people hate it. It's like people hating on pop stars, Windows, and Kraft Parmesan cheese.
I agreed with you until you said this. But hate for MS Windows and Kraft Parmesan is well-founded, unlike the hate for Comic Sans. And it's interesting you chose those two particular examples, as they actually have much in common.
I really don't have a problem with paying sales tax, or taxes in general. Of course, I may not be thrilled with how my tax money is spent, but that's another matter. Taxes still play a major role in implementing civilization. And I,for one, prefer civilization to the freedom-only-for-the-rich promoted by libertarians.
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Correct, zero is a tad less than ~ninety-three thousand.
Considering that UNIX-like systems are ubiquitous in the server world (and OS X is a UNIX-variant), that is a really lame argument.
[citation needed]
Actually, that blanket statement was based upon many years of experience as a multimedia pro, during which time I determined that the Mac is really the only game in town for what I do. Because fiddling with drivers and rigging things to work for mere minutes at a time before I have to reboot or restart various services *again* is something that definitely impedes my inspirational flow and interferes with getting my work done. I don't doubt a very stubborn person can do pro multimedia work in Windows or Linux -- but they really do suck for that. Anyone who has actually tried using all three platforms to do it would know this.
You'll want Final Cut Pro, running on OS X. I love Linux too (typing this in iceweasel, running Debian on my Mac), but OS X is the only OS that really works well for pro multimedia. It's the only reason I dual boot anymore.
Amusing that the Apple haters who drone on about how "insecure" OS X is don't have any malware they've written for the Mac they can demonstrate. But they sure can blow that hot air!
We could make this work -- we'll start an association of content owners, whose purpose will be to enforce the license. They'll pay or we'll sue! Yeah, that's the ticket...
Thanks for the good-humored reply, Scott. My dad has had the same trouble since the '50s. But I've never been able to persuade him to curb his drinking or his voracious appetite for sweets. I hope you manage to get some relief.
You seem to be proving my theory, based on observation, that "high strung people get jimmy legs". Cut back on the caffeine, alcohol, tobacco, refined sugar, and take a medtitation class.
Dickwad, LOL. (sorry, couldn't resist...:)
That was beautifully stated. Thanks!
At the request of several interested windows-using friends, I am testing the latest win7 evaluation copy in Parallels on a Mac. So far I have installed Opera, cygwin, Tortoise svn, OpenOffice.org 3.1, and even got XP's 3D Pinball to work in it. Now I'm wondering if many users will even need XP emulation...
Of course, who knows what MS might change by the official release date.
With those specs, once it's compromised, it'll be the spambot to end all spambots!
According to this, "Cable television, formerly known as Community Antenna Television or CATV, was born in the mountains of Pennsylvania in 1948." You must be ancient!
The U.S. didn't stop it, it just never materialized. Like the bird flu scare they were trying to sell just recently. ISTR the CDC says 36,000 people die in the U.S. yearly from ordinary flu, and so far one person in the U.S. has died from this "swine flu" -- and that was a two year old Mexican national in Texas. But surely this scare is working out well for the health care industry...
You should have been modded up. The truth is often not well received.
Woohoo, now you're talkin'! Oh baby, unwrap that Almond Joy, take your time noww...
No but seriously, you do raise some interesting points.
Sounds like these guys are just being exploited by their own egos. Though surely they fill a niche and are appreciated by other users, what with the sorry state of "tech support" Verizon and other big corps maintain. I never call tech support anymore except as a dead-last resort, because if I can't figure it out there's hardly any chance some minimum wage boob with a script is going to help me.
The RIAA is way over-reaching itself, and a vicious backlash would appear inevitable if they don't learn to at least tone it down a bit. I'm kind of amazed they've gotten this far with virtually nothing but a bully's bluster.
Yeah yeah, but the headline is misleading -- spell it out FTW!
Come on, BT? For the 92% of the planet who don't live in the U.K. BT means bittorrent.
Yes, but 9.04 is the latest twice-yearly release update. Comparing 9.04 to 8.10 as a way of justifying a comparison between Vista and Seven is extremely disingenuous. After all, Seven is supposed to be the all-new, best-ever, heaven-sent OS that is worth buying a new machine for. Even though any fool can see MS is just marketing Vista SE as "Seven", apparently in an attempt to bury Vista's public image problems. It gives them the happy side effect of being able to charge for what amounts to bugfixes, too. I'd expect that even MS' customer base has enough self-respect to be angry about this, but apparently not. We still see the fanbois out in force, rationalizing all over the tech sites. Idiots.
You're doing it wrong!
You're supposed to shred the CD, then sprinkle Kraft Parmesan cheese topping over it. Best if you put it in the broiler til the top browns, of course.
I agreed with you until you said this. But hate for MS Windows and Kraft Parmesan is well-founded, unlike the hate for Comic Sans. And it's interesting you chose those two particular examples, as they actually have much in common.
There's actually a really great 3rd party app for OS X which does exactly that.
To raise money to cover expenses. Would you feel better if you paid to the state in which you're doing business instead? I think it all evens out...
I really don't have a problem with paying sales tax, or taxes in general. Of course, I may not be thrilled with how my tax money is spent, but that's another matter. Taxes still play a major role in implementing civilization. And I ,for one, prefer civilization to the freedom-only-for-the-rich promoted by libertarians.
April 1st was 2 weeks ago.