I got myself a now laptop computer, and decided on a specific Model because it had a specific feature that others were missing, namely a DVI connector.
I decided to take that model, even though it came with a number of stupid stickers.
But another thing that I noticed was the totally ugly power-supply that came with […]
Hi,
One very essential rule in software development in my opinion is “Respect User Data”, which means essentially that a program should not put data that belongs to the user at risk unnecessarily. Actually unless it is physically absolutely impossible to keep the data it should be kept.
Unfortunatly not every software developer follows that rule. I […]
Sony has so much potential, yet more often than not, I get the Impression that much of that potential is wasted, due to poor corporate decisions/blunders. Compare Sony to Apple, Apple is a cult, people love apple, people are enthusiastic about every new apple product. In my opinion Sony could very well go for a […]
Lately there seems to be a little storm in the gtk/gnome/gstreamer teacup, about the issue of video editors. MDK says he won’t use gstreamer anymore, because it wouldn’t work. He seems to switch to MLT, which is a very nice framework, and is actually being used by the kdenlive video editor.
So gstreamer devs and users […]
Two little storys about usability today:
A little time ago I bought a device to measure anti-freeze in liquids, and tried to make it work. Everything is explained nicely on the package:
The line says: “Use a wooden stick to push the swimmer out of the glass tube.”
Easy enough, … however, the wodden stick is not included […]
As we all know by now, interlaced video is not 25 fps but 50 fps. So how to deal with this accuratly. Well, for rendering uncomposited edits back to a file its easy. But two problems remain, how to composite and how to display it on screen.
I’d like to tackle the second issue first, because […]
Update:
Concerning my post about a secure X-Window System, someone else actually thought of this and even implemented it.
X Access Control Extension
-Richard
Hi,
I was wondering about a secure X-Window System, that protects applications from harming each other just like memory protection does for processes. Are you aware of the fact that for example your word-processor could easily make screenshots of your web-browser, and send mouse events over to control that app.
The whole desktop is a trusted space, […]
After reading this Article about Googles Open-Source OCR, I had a funny idea how about using OCR to store scanned documents in an efficient way, but without losing the original scanned image.
You OCR the image, store the text and the layout, and the difference between the image and the result of reconstructiong the document from […]
Check out this talk about Open Source Graphic Drivers. The Paper is available from the Proceedings, volume 1, page 19.
Since the Open Movie Editor uses OpenGL for accelerated preview, open and free graphic drivers are essential. Because without, a lot of systems cannot run the Open Movie Editor unless you add evil non-free drivers.
-Richard
PS.: If […]