Doctor Q
Mar 28, 11:26 PM
I'm trying to find a website I remember. If I'm remembering correctly (which is in doubt), it showed videos of the results of an engineering contest. Contestants had to create a chair that could be shipped in a flat Fedex box and assembled after being opened. The videos showed the judges opening and assembling the entries and they could actually sit on the completed chairs.
Or something like that.
Does anybody have a better memory of this than I do, or know what the contest was or where to find it?
Or something like that.
Does anybody have a better memory of this than I do, or know what the contest was or where to find it?
mvc
Nov 4, 03:59 PM
Well, maybe Bill will buy him out, rename Konfabulator Longhorn and get something out the door at last :)
Sweetfeld28
Apr 3, 03:46 PM
I don't feel sorry for them what so ever. Microsoft has been asking for it, if you ask me. Its not my fault they suck.
abrooks
Jun 2, 02:47 PM
Huh? :confused:
Twinkie
Feb 9, 02:51 PM
Has anyone any experience of running Xara on Virtual PC ? If so, does it install and run ok, or is it like shovelling treacle?It runs. That's about all that can be said for it.
If you're just doing really basic stuff, it isn't too bad. But once you get in to motion or lighting effects, it bogs down.
I'd imagine it would depend a bit on your system... though, I can't say I've noticed a massive difference in VPC between my Powerbook 1.0 and my PowerMac DP 1.8.
If you're just doing really basic stuff, it isn't too bad. But once you get in to motion or lighting effects, it bogs down.
I'd imagine it would depend a bit on your system... though, I can't say I've noticed a massive difference in VPC between my Powerbook 1.0 and my PowerMac DP 1.8.
Laslo Panaflex
Nov 9, 09:14 AM
site is being hammered hard
Yeah, it's loading really slow for me, it would probably timeout, if I would let it go long enough.
Yeah, it's loading really slow for me, it would probably timeout, if I would let it go long enough.
PlaceofDis
Mar 20, 07:58 PM
?? :confused: ??
am i the only one confused? and why wasnt this posted in the music disscuttion forum if it is about a song?
am i the only one confused? and why wasnt this posted in the music disscuttion forum if it is about a song?
MacBandit
Mar 1, 11:54 PM
It needs an IR emitter to change channels on it's own so it can control a Digital TV box when your away from home.
zero2dash
Mar 19, 10:26 AM
I don't know... Personally, I'm waiting for now. I'm saving up, so there aren't any funds to buy a 360 now anyway. But, I'm really hoping by the time I'm ready to buy a 360, there will be a redesigned X-Box 360. There will be no division between the "old X-Box 360" and "new X-Box 360" owners.
If it's redesigned as you, the rumor, and a lot of the rumor believers think, then yes there will be a hardware split, just like there's currently a hardware split with those who own hard drives and those who don't.
The GBA was revised twice and fairly quickly. The DS was revised shortly after the original fat. The PlayStation 2 had its revision. You could even say the GameCube got dumbed down when they go rid of the component video cable port.
The GBA -> GBA SP -> GBA Micro added no features that impacted games themselves. No faster processor, for instance. Making the system smaller, adding rechargeable batteries or making the screen brighter didn't split the market. Neither did the DS -> DS Lite.
Ps2 -> Ps2 slim you can argue it split the market from those with broadband adapters and those who didn't have them, but anyone without one in an original Ps2 unit could buy a BBA and be on the same boat. Otherwise, they didn't do anything to the system itself except decrease the size (same with the PSX -> PsOne).
Gamecube that was Nintendo's call, really removing the digital output didn't impact a lot of people, and besides that they offered a trade-in to those who wanted a digital out but didn't have one.
Somehow I don't see Microsoft saying "If you want an HDMI port, send us your old 360 and we'll ship you a new one with HDMI." :p
I'm waiting to see a cooler running X-Box 360, smaller, built-in WiFi ($100 for a USB dongle is ridiculous), possibly internal hard drive (charging us for a proprietary hard drive?!), and most importantly, the premium model hits $299. I don't care about HDMI. I don't care about a black X-Box 360.
Do I expect to see a revision at all anytime soon? I'm really doubtful. I'll probably end up with the $399 premium X-Box 360 this summer, but I'm hoping there will be a redesign by the time I'm ready to buy.
Keep dreaming. :)
They just started making money on the systems they sell. There's no reason (profit and shareholder wise) to go back on that, release a system that costs more to make and puts them back in the hole. /shrug
You won't see #1 and #2 on your list I guarantee you that. There's no way they reduce the size of the console while keeping it cool; dare I say that's an oxymoron. They need all the internal space they can get to cool the gpu which seems to be the primary reason 360s fail in the first place (mine included). The WiFi is a toss up; I agree that $100 for their adapter is too steep - $20 would be fair IMO. The hard drive has a proprietary connector, true, but AFAIK it's just a 2.5" SATA drive inside. I don't know if the Xbox Scene has found a way to replace the HD or not but I'm sure they have.
If it's redesigned as you, the rumor, and a lot of the rumor believers think, then yes there will be a hardware split, just like there's currently a hardware split with those who own hard drives and those who don't.
The GBA was revised twice and fairly quickly. The DS was revised shortly after the original fat. The PlayStation 2 had its revision. You could even say the GameCube got dumbed down when they go rid of the component video cable port.
The GBA -> GBA SP -> GBA Micro added no features that impacted games themselves. No faster processor, for instance. Making the system smaller, adding rechargeable batteries or making the screen brighter didn't split the market. Neither did the DS -> DS Lite.
Ps2 -> Ps2 slim you can argue it split the market from those with broadband adapters and those who didn't have them, but anyone without one in an original Ps2 unit could buy a BBA and be on the same boat. Otherwise, they didn't do anything to the system itself except decrease the size (same with the PSX -> PsOne).
Gamecube that was Nintendo's call, really removing the digital output didn't impact a lot of people, and besides that they offered a trade-in to those who wanted a digital out but didn't have one.
Somehow I don't see Microsoft saying "If you want an HDMI port, send us your old 360 and we'll ship you a new one with HDMI." :p
I'm waiting to see a cooler running X-Box 360, smaller, built-in WiFi ($100 for a USB dongle is ridiculous), possibly internal hard drive (charging us for a proprietary hard drive?!), and most importantly, the premium model hits $299. I don't care about HDMI. I don't care about a black X-Box 360.
Do I expect to see a revision at all anytime soon? I'm really doubtful. I'll probably end up with the $399 premium X-Box 360 this summer, but I'm hoping there will be a redesign by the time I'm ready to buy.
Keep dreaming. :)
They just started making money on the systems they sell. There's no reason (profit and shareholder wise) to go back on that, release a system that costs more to make and puts them back in the hole. /shrug
You won't see #1 and #2 on your list I guarantee you that. There's no way they reduce the size of the console while keeping it cool; dare I say that's an oxymoron. They need all the internal space they can get to cool the gpu which seems to be the primary reason 360s fail in the first place (mine included). The WiFi is a toss up; I agree that $100 for their adapter is too steep - $20 would be fair IMO. The hard drive has a proprietary connector, true, but AFAIK it's just a 2.5" SATA drive inside. I don't know if the Xbox Scene has found a way to replace the HD or not but I'm sure they have.
Mav451
Jan 3, 12:16 AM
by the way, the new layout on the front page looks really great. I mean, it is already pretty clean, but by all means, they out did themselves. Plus, Firebird blocks the ad on the top so there is literally a 2" space of that MacRumor blue/purple color, which is so nice to look at. :)
UnixMac
Oct 9, 07:53 PM
Originally posted by jefhatfield
that alone is enough reason for me to buy mac ;)
it's not way more expensive for what you get, but i would like to see ibooks be $999 us and tibooks $1999 for starters
towers can come down a couple hundred and emac could stand to be $999 and imac at $1099
crt imac can go for $599 and os x can go for $99 dollars
but i still prefer the mac os and mac hardware over windows and pc boxes/laptops
Amen Brother!
that alone is enough reason for me to buy mac ;)
it's not way more expensive for what you get, but i would like to see ibooks be $999 us and tibooks $1999 for starters
towers can come down a couple hundred and emac could stand to be $999 and imac at $1099
crt imac can go for $599 and os x can go for $99 dollars
but i still prefer the mac os and mac hardware over windows and pc boxes/laptops
Amen Brother!
UnixMac
Oct 11, 11:15 AM
Originally posted by TMJ1974
Dissappointed..........
Tim
MAJOR UNDERSTATEMENT!
Dissappointed..........
Tim
MAJOR UNDERSTATEMENT!
hob
Mar 23, 07:53 PM
I'll be interested to see how the MacJeep turns out! If I had a �2k-�5k sitting around I'd definately do it to my car!
What I'd really love is totally dashboard integration, dunno how a touchscreen panel would look like in my little corsa! What I have right now is the standard Vauxhall integrated stereo system, with buttons to control volume and change tracks on the steering wheel.
"Total Integration" would mean being able to use a touch screen, but also being able to use the buttons on my steering whee.... Although I would be just as happy removing the entire centre console and replacing it with a touch-screen! Some funky GPS would be great too :)
Hob
What I'd really love is totally dashboard integration, dunno how a touchscreen panel would look like in my little corsa! What I have right now is the standard Vauxhall integrated stereo system, with buttons to control volume and change tracks on the steering wheel.
"Total Integration" would mean being able to use a touch screen, but also being able to use the buttons on my steering whee.... Although I would be just as happy removing the entire centre console and replacing it with a touch-screen! Some funky GPS would be great too :)
Hob
strider42
Sep 5, 06:19 PM
Originally posted by Chaszmyr
But without going dual what kind of speed bump could they give the powerbook? 1ghz would only be 200mhz increase, but it wuold be the same frequency as the currently shipping powermacs.. making the powermacs look bad
thats a 25% increase, which is pretty good, and if they add in some other things, it will help as well. I'm not saying duals is a bad idea, I'm just saying there are a lot of hurdles in the way of such a thing happening any time soon.
And of course, one must also take into account that notebooks are always less powerful than desktop machine equivelents. its true in the wintel world, its true in the mac world.
maybe I'll be surprised and apple will come up out with some big innovations making it possible, but I personally just don't see it.
But without going dual what kind of speed bump could they give the powerbook? 1ghz would only be 200mhz increase, but it wuold be the same frequency as the currently shipping powermacs.. making the powermacs look bad
thats a 25% increase, which is pretty good, and if they add in some other things, it will help as well. I'm not saying duals is a bad idea, I'm just saying there are a lot of hurdles in the way of such a thing happening any time soon.
And of course, one must also take into account that notebooks are always less powerful than desktop machine equivelents. its true in the wintel world, its true in the mac world.
maybe I'll be surprised and apple will come up out with some big innovations making it possible, but I personally just don't see it.
Chisholm
Sep 17, 06:58 PM
I would hope Steve would throw that thing at whatever moron engineer/ designer showed it to him!:D
I went to Radio Shack the other night and the store manager was tripping over himself to show me a new Sprint phone with *gasp* a color screen. I told him I was waiting for an OSX enabled phone from Apple. He said, "but we have a completely digital system built from the ground up."
uh, ok...
I went to Radio Shack the other night and the store manager was tripping over himself to show me a new Sprint phone with *gasp* a color screen. I told him I was waiting for an OSX enabled phone from Apple. He said, "but we have a completely digital system built from the ground up."
uh, ok...
ClarkeB
Feb 15, 07:46 AM
Getting iTunes tracks out of iTunes is really easy...you just burn it to a CD and rip! :D
OscarTheGrouch
Mar 22, 12:54 PM
MY guild is 50/50 the do a few raids a week, but ya know what.. my wife and i wont play for 3 weeks and when we play again they are always happy to help us. We help out when we play also. Great people. I solo a few of my characters, and do just fine. The is a mechanism to look for groups when you are needing to group, but for alot of things its not required.. you CAN solo up to level 70 if you want to.. take a little bit, but can be done.
jefhatfield
Oct 29, 03:04 PM
Originally posted by davidc2182
ok apple needs to get off its but with this digital hub thing if its going to succeed, they need to have it up and running with major advertisements before the windows XP media center edition is off and running on media center peecees, again microsoft stealing the digital hub idea, if apple has the idea patented or copyrighted i say they sue the **** out of microslop!!
in the hub, right now, there is a central component like a PC or imac
in the future, there may be a center, but it won't be a big bulky desktop or even laptop
the house or apartment/room with be the center and everything will plug into it...the cpu with either be housed in the walls, small closet, or remote via an ISP
but that may not come as soon as but one day, the computer will disappear from our naked eyes because it will be so seamlessly integrated
the blueberry imac, with it's pleasing design and lack of ugly beige was a step in integrating a cpu into a living space
i have seen nice flat profile tables/desks with PCs integrated into them in such a way that when one walks into the room, there is no evidence that there is a computer there
there are so many otherwise perfect rooms ruined by an ugly computer with wires coming out every which way and big, bulky cpus and terribly designed peripherals
ok apple needs to get off its but with this digital hub thing if its going to succeed, they need to have it up and running with major advertisements before the windows XP media center edition is off and running on media center peecees, again microsoft stealing the digital hub idea, if apple has the idea patented or copyrighted i say they sue the **** out of microslop!!
in the hub, right now, there is a central component like a PC or imac
in the future, there may be a center, but it won't be a big bulky desktop or even laptop
the house or apartment/room with be the center and everything will plug into it...the cpu with either be housed in the walls, small closet, or remote via an ISP
but that may not come as soon as but one day, the computer will disappear from our naked eyes because it will be so seamlessly integrated
the blueberry imac, with it's pleasing design and lack of ugly beige was a step in integrating a cpu into a living space
i have seen nice flat profile tables/desks with PCs integrated into them in such a way that when one walks into the room, there is no evidence that there is a computer there
there are so many otherwise perfect rooms ruined by an ugly computer with wires coming out every which way and big, bulky cpus and terribly designed peripherals
rtdgoldfish
Mar 26, 05:29 PM
Your thinking too much about the worst side of things. Aren't you grateful they didnt steal umm... $10000?
Well, they did steal over $1000 worth of stuff. Thats a big deal in my book when I only make $10,000 a year and that I'm in college. I know what you are saying but its still crappy for someone to even steal $100 worth of stuff from you.
Well, they did steal over $1000 worth of stuff. Thats a big deal in my book when I only make $10,000 a year and that I'm in college. I know what you are saying but its still crappy for someone to even steal $100 worth of stuff from you.
rice_web
Sep 30, 11:48 AM
The only change that I would predict would be the move to a 166MHz system bus and an ability to clock slightly higher. Motorola hasn't yet updated their site with information on the 7455, so one could presume that Apple is preventing Motorola from releasing such information to the public. Quite possibly, the 7455 has clocked to 1.33 or 1.4GHz, but due to an agreement with Apple, Motorola must withold such information until faster PowerMacs are shipping.
Eh, more than likely there is very little difference.
Eh, more than likely there is very little difference.
LeeTom
Apr 5, 08:15 PM
It doesn't ship until May...
EricNau
Dec 20, 01:07 AM
Try it with wireframe--I don't know but it sounds like the least intensive. Set the checkpoint interval to 10 minutes. You should be able calculate work units over 5 MB without trouble. Try to display the fewest polygons possible.
You can always change the options, if they don't seem to be working.
What about the Proxy "stuff" - should I mess with that, or since it seems to be working just not touch it?
Thanks :)
You can always change the options, if they don't seem to be working.
What about the Proxy "stuff" - should I mess with that, or since it seems to be working just not touch it?
Thanks :)
chibianh
Nov 21, 07:25 PM
What are you running to get those kind of numbers???!!!!
You are kickin' @** and takin' names :cool:
lol thanks. Let's just say it's nice to be the boss. :D
You are kickin' @** and takin' names :cool:
lol thanks. Let's just say it's nice to be the boss. :D
ddtlm
Oct 21, 04:39 PM
MacCoaster:
Eh, 450mhz x 2 or 900mhz, not the same but pretty similar. It is common to refer to busses by their effective speed (533mhz and 400mhz for P4, 333mhz, 266mhz and 200mhz for Athlons), and so I am continueing to refer to the PPC-970 bus as 900mhz. I don't see how anything I said was wrong.
Note also that Arstech revleals that the bus runs at a fixed part of core clock speed (1/2), so that the bus is 900mhz only on the 1800mhz PPC-970. A 1.4ghz model would sport a 700mhz bus... with a data rate of "only" 622mhz, which means data transfer rate of "only" 4.9 GB/sec. This would work fine with dual channel DDR-333 even (oops, I meant DDR-166x2 :) ).
Eh, 450mhz x 2 or 900mhz, not the same but pretty similar. It is common to refer to busses by their effective speed (533mhz and 400mhz for P4, 333mhz, 266mhz and 200mhz for Athlons), and so I am continueing to refer to the PPC-970 bus as 900mhz. I don't see how anything I said was wrong.
Note also that Arstech revleals that the bus runs at a fixed part of core clock speed (1/2), so that the bus is 900mhz only on the 1800mhz PPC-970. A 1.4ghz model would sport a 700mhz bus... with a data rate of "only" 622mhz, which means data transfer rate of "only" 4.9 GB/sec. This would work fine with dual channel DDR-333 even (oops, I meant DDR-166x2 :) ).