Roger
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I'm a little leery of putting my data out in the cloud.
Put it out there. You never know, maybe someone will animate your movies for you.
Yes, technology is scary but resisting it is worse; frustratingly inconvenient.
Ah, but what would the point of that be?
It is slow going right now but I'm trying to change that.
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Yeah, if nothing else it seemed like a nice option for a low-power NAS or server.
They launched their Kickstarter back in October 2012 so I guess it has been close to 2 years.
I would like to pick up the 1000 core version, that looks promising (who knows when that will be out).
Kinda annoyed that I didn't splash out for the 64 core one, it looks like they were able to develop that anyway even though they didn't meet their stretch goal. I didn't see them hitting 3 million in funding and didn't want 2 16 core boards if it fell through.
There was also the whole "backing the little guy" thing, and I'd really love to see what happens if they can eventually build an exascale computer with these. That may be a way down the road, though.
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I shall be eager to hear reports on this. I have no clue about how one makes use of it.
It looks to be very similar to a Raspberry Pi only more powerful. Unfortunately it is not ready-to-run right out of the box, you need some sort of case, 5v power adapter and an HDMI cable (or HDMI to vga adapter).
I would love to build a custom laptop that you could run on 4AA batteries but there are two problems there:
Finding a lower power screen that can be driven by HDMI and that doesn't cost a fortune and is the proper size (say 10-12" diagonally).
Most displays that would go in a laptop or could be scavenged from a busted one require an LVDS adapter (specialized adapter that lets you hook it to the mainboard.
The other problem with the home-made laptop idea is the case. I've only ever seen one case that looked properly crafted.
The other problem with this is buy the time you've built one, you could have bought a used one much cheaper.
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Yeah mine also finally showed up. Has it been two years? I'll have to check my email for the initial "thanks for funding us" email.
It sure did take a long time.
Anyway, I've also got to find a power supply, suitable case and an HDMI cable before I can do anything with it.
You're likely to get it working before I do. Let me know what you think.
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I was thinking of using Dropbox for synching my AM files between more than one machine. I'm a little leery of putting my data out in the cloud. Is there a way to do a localized version? I guess that would be more like using a network share? I'd be interested in knowing how everyone keeps things synched between 2 or more systems.
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I need to experiment with it and make sure I understand it fully before using it. I don't want to start using a feature if I'm not really sure how it is supposed to work.
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I don't want to embed the project files just yet, I'm not really sharing any of my data and I think that will cause me more problems with subversion.
I'm not sure if I follow you here.
Are you saying you already use Subversion?
Maybe I used the wrong term, but I've accidentally embedded things in a project file, gone to edit another model/project and then noticed that all the instances of that model/project have been changed. For my particular workflow, this is not desirable. That may change at some point, but for now I prefer to have stuff not auto-update on me.
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Yeah, after looking through my files I realized that a 3 digit number in addition to the descriptive name may work much better for me ( I don't see myself having more than 999 versions of something, and if I do then I really should be pruning things a bit more often).
I don't want to embed the project files just yet, I'm not really sharing any of my data and I think that will cause me more problems with subversion.
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I don't have a laptop but if there's a way to avoid using the Intel graphics while you are running A:M... definitely do that.
I completely disabled the Optimus feature and the Intel graphics, so I'm going to load the ball bounce project I did a while back and see if that fixed the problem.
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So I decided to dust of my project today and get back to working on it.
The problem is it has been so damn long since I've worked on it, I'm not entirely sure what are my most recent files. I have 3 different backups, I can sort by date and that should at least get me close but I'm not sure if there is other more recent stuff somewhere. I had everything on a 16gb jump drive and just about died because when I went to check it, there were none of my project files on it (forgetting that I'd moved them to a larger portable HD).
I feel like I'm going to spend hours just sorting through everything to make sure I've got the most recent stuff, and I've completely lost all motivation to do any work on it. At this point I'm considering just calling it a day and going to the gym so I will at least get some exercise.
I guess I'm also pretty upset with myself that I've let myself go this long without working on it, the last time I seriously did anything with it was a bit over a year ago.
Any suggestions for managing large numbers of files? I usually have several versions of the same model since I save several times while I am working on it, so I can go back to an earlier version if something gets screwed up. While I can do a date sort, and I try to give myself descriptive names so I know what is going on with a particular file, I'm not sure if I'm doing myself favors keeping all the work in progress stuff around. Maybe I'd be better served figuring out what is current, placing it in a project folder (making at least 3 backups) and then putting everything else in cold storage?
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A while back I discovered a bug with the way my GPU handles displaying animation playback/scrubbing in AM. There is a bit of a lag and/or dropped frames which can make it difficult to tell what is going on.
I'm not sure if this is a problem with the Intel HD graphics, the Nvidia GPU, or the Nvidia Optimus feature which is supposed to switch between the 2 (I'm assuming it may be due to Optimus, but haven't been able to confirm by testing all cases yet).
Currently I've got only the Nvidia discrete GPU enabled and am looking for my project file to scrub through the timeline to see if it is still an issue. Does anyone else with a similar setup on their laptop experience this same problem?
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I actually do have it set to monetize. Although, it's with specific videos. For instance, the Christmas video I did used a karaoke song and *they* get the money from the ads, not me. (ggrrr.)
So, I just checked and for the lifetime of my account (going back to August of 2008 to now) and after 11,390 views, my total estimated earning is $5.00. :-) $4.00 of that was earned by The Wobbling Dead video I have on there. The Paunk Show pilot has made 12 cents, the Stalled Trek trailer 52 cents and the full movie 35 cents. So, just looking at The Wobbling Dead, that's $4 for 4,986 views. And it's taken more than a year to get to that many views. :-)
I believe you have to reach a minimum of $100 or something like that before you can get the money. Which means, that if you spend your whole life doing this and only make $99, you never get a cent. :-)
Since, I would assume that the vast majority of Youtube users never reach that threshold, it's essentially smoke and mirrors. Google keeps it all. :-)
Largento,
I really think you just haven't caught the right eyes. Chris Hardwick does a show called Talking Dead (where they discuss the weekly Walking Dead episode), I think if you could get Wobbling Dead across his desk (couldn't be too hard, the guy has a pretty substantial web presence, among other things he also has a show/podcast called The Nerdist). I just think if you got some type of exposure there it would blow up.
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If only i still had a car. I could park it unlocked somewhere with the old computers in clear view in the back seat...
They would just take the car and leave the computers. How old are they, exactly? If they are 386, 486 or Pentium vintage you could probably unload them on Ebay for $100 each. If they are PII, PIII or newer I would probably just drop them off at a Goodwill or something.
Oddly enough, there is a market for "vintage" hardware on E-bay.
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I was just thinking, that scene in Star Wars where Ben Kenobi gives Luke his father's lightsaber? That would never happen in this galaxy.
"Luke, this was your father's light saber, a more civilized weap---oh wait, we need to download 30 security updates. And get 3 new focusing crystals. And the battery is shot, but it is glued to the pommel. Screw it, we'll just go to Jedi Mart and pick up a new one"
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On my lunch break, so thought I'd pop in. I don't expect to be able to hand down my PC to my future children, by the time I have kids it will be hopelessly obsolete.
I still have the stereo my uncle gave me, that was built in the 70s (probably actually in the US, too). Thing is built like a tank. Will probably still work 30 years from now, and pick up AM/FM, and assuming that the iWhatever 30 years from now has an RCA out or some sort of converter, I'll be able to hook it up.
I'm really trying to be more concious of my environmental footprint, and do more strategic upgrades. Ideally I want to pare down to a laptop and desktop and maybe a tablet.
I just feel like a slave to this stuff sometimes.
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Does anyone else out there get frustrated maintaining and upgrading
all this junk?
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Are you interested in whole back issues or only A:M articles?
I have issues 44, 45, 46, 47 (1991, days of A:M 8.5) with 2 pagers A:M articles by Petr Sorfa in them.
Yes, definitely. PM me and let me know what you want for them.
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I can't help you with back issues but I see that in that "memorial" window they do mention contacting them if you want back issues and there is an email address (in yellow text) at the bottom of the window. There might still be a person at the other end of it. Might be worth a try...
Yeah, already tried emailing webmaster@3dartist.com and get a bounceback, so it is clearly a defunct site at this point. Not sure who is paying the bill to host it if no one is maintaining it.
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I think I may have posted this once before. I'm having a heck of a time finding back issues of this publication:
It looks like at one point they offered back issues but that no longer appears to be the case, as only the main page of that website functions and seems to be more a placeholder/memorial than anything.
I have a few issues in my posession (maybe 6 or so). They had pretty good AM coverage, Mike Caputo (whatever happened to him?) was one of their contributors. There was typically an AM article in each issue.
There is a current publication called 3d Artist but it features mainly Maya and Max content:
http://www.3dartistonline.com/
I think there may also be a magazine called 3d Design but I haven't seen it in a while so maybe not.
Anyone have any thoughts on where I might find back issues of the original 3d Artist? I checked the Internet Archive but either I'm not searching it properly or they don't have any. My next thought was to try the public county library.
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Get rid of McAfee, it is garbage. You're better off using Avast or AVG or Nod32 (not sure if they still have a free version).
There is a video floating around on Youtube made by John McAfee about how to uninstall McAfee AV. I'd post a link but it may be considered offensive.
You hardware selection should be fine. If you can afford a cintiq, I'd get it. I know I would prefer one. Can't justify spending on even a used one, though.
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That is really amazing. He really captures the essence of each Doctor.
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... he found that some individuals, like a lawyer or accountant who had no role in creating this thing that fans were willing to pay $4 million for, were making more off the tour than he was.
By definition, lawyers and accountants, always make more than the poor blokes actually doing the work.
That's more or less a given.
Any class-action suit, the only real winners are the lawyers.
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As Fuchur has pointed out there is an awful lot that you would have to do to build any sort of modern computer, assuming you're stuck on a desert island.
You would need to refine copper, gold and other metals
Create a generator for electricity
Create batteries to store electricity
Motors to spin the hard disks
Rare earth magnets for the hard disks
Refine silicon for the chips
Advanced optics for photolithography
Somehow produce plastics for chip housings and other things
Create a keyboard and mouse for input
(probably lost of other stuff I'm forgetting)
To come up with all this from scratch, even with something as simple as an 8 bit machine made out of 7400 series logic, would require a ton of man hours and resources. It would probably be possible for a single person to create the machine, OS and programs for a PC like the above, something along these lines:
That guy did it, after all. However, he didn't have to fab all the components himself from scratch so that is probably the most difficult part. You might have to make some in-between systems to get there, like an electro-mechanical or entirely mechanical computer.
If you're stuck on an island with a bunch of cast-off tech, it might be a good bit easier. But still a pain as I'm sure you'd have to be a crazy skilled hardware and software hacker to cobble something useable out of savenged bits.
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That's really a shame, seems like the drummer in a major metal band would be doing better than that.
The problem here is they have too many middle-men with their hands in the pot, that's what it boils down to.
I think Louis C.K. sold one of his comedy albums direct to his fans and did very well, but you have to have a fan base big enough to do that.
Metal has been waning in popularity for a while now, but it is pretty shocking that he is only taking home that small a portion (I'm assuming the label is getting the rest).
I've never heard of the electronica guy, but I'm not a fan of that music so I don't know if he is on the fringe of that community or what.
I'd love to be able to make a living from animation but when it's all said and done I will probably end up losing money on my movie.
Sci fi contest
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So does "mad science" count or is it more spaceships, robots, aliens
and such?
I'm interested in doing an entry but need to pick something g I can
pull off with the new deadline.