HP ScanJet 3570c
One-pass flatbed scanner ScanJet 3570c is the first device of Hewlett-Packard Company, in which the active adapter for 35-mm transparent originals is not a separate device, but is originally built in the scanner cover lid. This model is aimed at low-end consumers, and its cost will be very attractive for many. But before I begin my story, I would like to briefly describe the situation in the SOHO flatbed scanners market, which have long been saturated, if not congested. Download scanner driver for HP ScanJet 3570c.
It is clear that the tough competition in the SOHO market gives the few manufacturers of scanners virtually only two options: either to quit the stage for ever (like once the AGFA company did), or try to follow the continual improvement of the model range, reducing the cost of components and compelling the consumer’s attention on their product with something special. “Special” for the ScanJet 3570c is the active adapter integrated in thecover lid (with backlight) for film scanning.
Nov 30 1999
Nov 30 1999
Radeon HD4770 CrossFire
Video card Gigabyte Radeon HD 4770 is worth noting. Frankly speaking, significant acceleration potential underrun if compared to AMD Radeon HD 4770 Media Edition went to our heart, as some extra 50-70 MHz, especially in CrossFire, would be very handy. Apparently, similar situation will be observed for all streamlined video cards, and not only for those from Gigabyte. But still there are producers, who choose Media Edition as a model; therefore, their owners will obtain an over-clocker bonus. If you have no drivers for your HD4770 video card download them immediately.
Test results for CrossFireX-tandem speaks for good scalability of video cards, covered by this technology, which is applicable at least to HD 4770. It enabled Radeon HD 4770 CrossFire to upstage GeForce GTX 280 and Radeon HD 4890 in large majority of test packages, approaching quite closely to parameters of “the elder brother” AMD Radeon HD 4870X2. Taking into account dramatic difference in price, a package from couple of Radeon HD 4770 seems to be a very attractive acquisition.
Nov 30 1999
Style versus design
My father was a Sunday painter. Books with his illustrations had a formative effect on me in my childhood. Much like many other children, I was mesmerized by the effect. I would forget everything around me as I watched my father painstakingly paint the sparring gladiators, picturesque hamlets, ancient Roman ruins set off by the rising sun. I read that art is the “ability to pain well”. The more effort is put into the details with scrupulously drawn the leaves on the trees, the better the artist - this is how I rated a good artist using my own childish inexperienced scale. Later I discovered commixes. Later still - museums. Maxfield Parrish gave me a headache by causing me to believe I would never make an artist. Paul Klee was a “bad painter” by my standards as he “could not paint”. Andy Warhol was a crook altogether, as he used assistants for his works.
Today I do not claim to have an understanding of art, but I know for sure that my earlier ideas had little in common with the nature of art, but only rested on purely visual sensations. To me art was a show, much like Disneyland or circus. But it wasn’t until the rides made my head spin and cotton candy made me sick that I began to understand the real essence of things. I moved from senses to style. Steve Ditko’s Spiderman. Album covers of rock, then soul, then punk bands. I became possessed by Style. I could not tell good from bad, but I know for sure what was cool and what wasn’t.
Many young web designers, and most web designers are younger than 30, view their talents the same way I viewed pop culture. Either cool or trash. They mistake Style for Design, while these are two absolutely different things. Design ensures communication at all levels. It tells you where you are, hints at what you can do, and helps you do it. Style is tautological by its nature; it signals the absence of style. In the visual sense, style is one aspect of design; in commercial sense, style can serve as a means for conveying corporate differences.