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tents into the stacet. Not intending to stop, I sauntered by
the mess, but some shiny things caught my eye, There were
ted all the disks without prying, realizing that I had no busi-
ness having this information, whatever it was.
With sensitive information being hijacked, whether from
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offices of financial institutions, it is a wonder that people
comput
CCPEditorial Director
floppy disks, CDs, and a smattering of Zip disks. This really are still so cavalier with data they accumulate. I would like David Tanaka
drew my attention. I found myself draWn down and I started to think that the Zip disks I found contained nothing more Editor
to examine these disks. Nestor Gula, nestoreetcp.ca
sensitive than sales orders from 1998, but who knows? And Managing Editor
The Zip disks interested me, as I use these for backup and what was on those CDs that I left on the pile? We are all Chris Talbot, chris_talbot@tcp.ca
to transfer large files between my home and office. I responsible, whether in our personal or professional lives, Assistant Editor
grabbed them. The CDs were a motley collection of used CDs Andrew Moore-Crispin, andrew inoore-crispin@tqlca
for the information we accumulate and just like we should Contributing Editors
that were burned with God knows what. I ignored these. The recycle and not litter with garbage we should also dispose of LynnGreiner, Kevin Linfield, Marc Saltzman,
only other gem from this pile — I really did not go far, for information in a proper way — rendering the information on Alan Thwarts
Copy Editor
hygiene reasons — was a still shrink-wrapped copy of IBM's the disks inaccessible before disposing of them in an envi- Sharlene Myers
PC DOS 4.00. Nostalgia. ronmentally friendly way. Art Director
I looked around to see what Helga Stitt
Online Editor
business would have discarded Toronto Computes! is going through a metamorphosis. TO Jessica Malone
this stuff. There were several started as a computer publication nearly 20 years ago, and
diverse businesses in the facing Publisher/General Manager
we have tracked the way computers literally changed the Dick Peters
office block — a medical centre, way we live. Just as the computer has grown beyond its Associate Publisher
lawyers, accountants among plain beige box, so too TC! will shed some of its identity. RobCrawford, rob@tcp.ca
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others. For some time now we have been writing not just z bout the MaxineLewis, maxine lewisgtcp.ra
When I got home and looked computer itself but how our lives are being intertwined with Production
closely at the Zip disks I realized emerging technology. The changes to our publication will bi Chris Brockley, Steve Stoner, Lara Bazant,
RoxanneBennett, Carlos Castro
that they were the backup disks huge — for one thing the new name will be Hub: Digital IT Department
for the company. Each disk con- Living. The great content that you have come to rely on wit SteveQuinney, Dan Wojtkiewicz
tained a single file. Were these Marketing Manager
be maintained and enhanced. I encourage readers to write to NataliaNossovskaia, natalia nossovskaia@tep.ca
medical files, financial. records, me with their comments and suggestions. National Sales Manager
legal files or something else Ian Harting, ion harling@tcp.ca
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best solution is never mentioned. Use Re: Media levy: Hearings end, saga About the cover
photo CD," you say? Y o u obviously Our May cover wasdesigned by Steve Stoner.
your digital camera. continues, To April — Frank Lenk says haven't met some o f the grandmas I
To make life simpler, I use an old in his article that companies can regis- have. TorontoComputes! is published monthly by
•Canada Computer Paper Inc. under licence from
copy stand that has the arms out to the ter with the CPCC for a rebate of the Grandma i n t h i s house regularly -Canada Computer Paper Inc.
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By ANDREW MOORE-CRISPIN phones for some time now, and while Another product w e won't see i n
HARDWARE HARDWARE they have yet t o catch o n i n North North America for some time.
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One o f the biggest problems home a unit of Vodafone, is set to release the RIM adds voice, e-mail organization
audio studio users face i s recording first ever megapixel camera phones. Research in Motion (RIM, www.rim.com)
drums — not only the problem of accu- The megapixel camera phone handsets unveiled its new 6210 model BlackBerry
rately capturing the sounds a drum kit represent a quadrupling o f the resolu- in North America a t CTIA (Cellular
makes, but avoiding the wrath o f the tion of current camera phones, and ana- Telecommunications f t I n t e r n e t
MOTHERBOARDS rest of the family for making so much lysts say they could compete with low- Association) 2003, held in New Orleans.
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HARDWARE HARDWARE (www.pacificdigitalcorp.com) r e c e n t l y will be buying. memory for data and applications.
released what it is calling the first USB As with most cool technology, Japan The new communicator adheres to the
digital drum kit. will see the megapixel camera phones familiar BlackBerry form a n d offers
The DrumXtreme includes 1 4 com- well before North American consumers. phone capabilities, SMS messaging, e -
plete sound banks and better than 130 DoCoMo, the biggest Japanese cellular mail and Web access over the 1,900
different samples, the company says. service provider, will be bundling serv- MHz GSMIGPRS wireless standard.
Such a technology could also ease the ice packages with the megapixel phones RIM says the new model also sup-
SPEAKERS M O N I T O R S aural pain o f a parent whose child when they are released in May. ports cradle-free e-mail synchroniza-
(NotE:uNyax Illostraled) ( N o t Exactly as Mounted)
wants to learn to play the drums; the One megapixel is about the minimum tion with a desktop PC, with support
FROM$4.99 FRoll $0.99 DrumXtreme c a n b e played muted, resolution required t o make a decent for filing, deletion and read/unread
(while quantities last) through headphones plugged into the quality standard sized print. status as well as integrated attachment
computer or, likely the least desirable viewing f o r some popular files l i k e
REGISTERTO WIN option in this particular case, played full
blast through the PCs speakers.
Nokia sticking with new form factor Office suite programs, ASCII text and

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The drum set is rack mounted, unlike
A YEAR! most similar consumer-level electronic
drum kits, where each pad is housed in
ONOUR WEBS1TE the same unit. Pacific Digital says the
PCMANIAK.COM rack mounting makes the electronic dig-
ital drum set more like a traditional kit,
Downtown with drum pads at different levels and a
(College & Spadina) foot pedal f o r the bass drum on the
259 College St c floor.
5 Doors East of The DrumXtreme is powered by the
Spadina Toronto USB connection, and assuming the PC it
(416) 593-4845 plugs into is equipped with speakers,
nothing else but the drivers is required
to get up and drumming.
Mississauga The DrumXtreme kit comes with five
(Tomken & Matheson) pads, a foot pedal, drumsticks, cable and
1020 Brevik Place a DX-Box audio host, and costs about
$435 (from US$299). The company will
Unit 1B Mississauga
also be selling an accessory kit that
(905) 602-9901
includes a sixth drum pad and another
Ext 301
pedal for US$49.
Megapixel camera phones
We've been hearing about camera
Nokia (www.nokia.ca), already gearing
up to launch the N-Gage mobile game
deck (see New Products, TC! February -
archived o n CanadaComputes.com)
has launched a phone in a similar form
factor aimed at mobile music enthusi-
asts.
The Nokia 3300 looks suspiciously like
the N-Gage, but rather than have a D-
pad to the left o f the relatively large
colour LCD screen and numerical keys
to the right, the handset features a full
QWERTY keyboard split between the
two sides.
The 3300 plays MP3 and AAC files
and allows users to set their music files
as ring tones, which means that now,
instead of having a bad MIDI version of
Knight Rider play when the phone rings,
users can have the real thing.
Nokia says the 3300 will weigh less
than 125 g and will last for up to 11
hours o f digital music playback, nine
hours of radio listening, three hours talk
time or 270 hours of standby.
TORONTO C O M P U T E S !
PDF files.
The Virtual Keyboard
Siemens (www.siemens.com) released
photos o f its Virtual Keyboard over a
year ago, but the product moved a big
step closer t o t h e m a r k e t w h e n
Matsushita Electric Industrial C o .
announced it has licensed the technolo-
gy and will release the product this year
for use with cell phones and PDAs.
The Virtual Keyboard projects a red
image o f a QWERTY keyboard onto a
flat surface and detects user interac-
tion with the infrared and visible light
projection t o i n p u t t e x t i n mobile
devices.
The device weighs a scant 160 g, and
USB or battery-powered models will be
available.
The company s a y s t h e V i r t u a l
Keyboard will cost about 10,000 yen,
approximately $123, and there are plans
for the product to h i t North America
within the year. •
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 Looking at video camcorders ...
Ask the right questions before you buy
By LEE RICKWOOD
Buying the, right video camcorder is a
tough decision. There are hundreds o f
choices and a ton o f information t o
guide you. But the best questions can be
obscured im a blizzard o f facts, figures
and technical specifications.
A handful o f camera features and
functions really determine, video quali-
ty; most others are superfluous gim-
micks. What's important and what's an
expensive extra?
The first decision is easy
Knowledgeable users a n d vendors
agree — it's no hype that digital offers
significant advantages over analogue.
Digital video looks better — in terms of
line resolution, measurably so. Unlike
analogue, i t can be copied and edited
with no signal loss or image degradation
and it's a shorter step to streaming on
the Web, video mail and DVD.
You could save a few bucks buying
analogue, like Hi-8 o r VHS, but you'll
regret it. Perfectly capable digital cam-
corders are now $800 to $1,000, and the
price continues to drop.
So choose digital over analogue. (All
the features and functions discussed here
relate to digital video camcorders, partic-
ularly those using the DV tape format.)
Videographer, know thyself!
The most important question to pose
when choosing a camcorder is to your-
self — why do I want it and how will I
use it?
If you don't ask the question, a good
dealer will. A l l we spoke t o agree —
knowing the application behind a video
purchase is critical.
"We give 'em the third degree," laughs
Fred Konkin, video sales manager f o r
Vistek, Ltd. "Really — it's important to
ask the customer a lot of questions to get
the proper match; find out about their
needs n o w and their aspirations f o r
future use."
Having that feel for how you will use
the camera means finding out how the
camera itself feels.
Shooting video is a very tactile expe-
rience, so the camera should feel good in
your hands. I t should be comfortable
and convenient to use.
"Generally, the big plus with smaller
size is more convenience. Users tend to
carry it with them more and get more
10
use out of it," says Royce Merkle, gener-
al manager, Merkle Camera and Video.
"Some videographers like the stability of
a larger camcorder, but smaller is con-
sidered an advantage in the consumer
market," he adds. "Arguably, a downside
of smaller cameras is access to controls,
smaller buttons and so on ... so be sure
and try the camera out first."
All those buttons control a wide range
of features, functions and special capa-
bilities. Too wide?
"The average buyer might use half the
Digital video looks better i n terms of line
resolution, measurably so. Unlike analogue, it
can be copied and edited with no signal loss or
image degradation and it's a shorter step to
streaming on the Web, video mail and DVD.
features and functions on a digital cam-
corder," says Alex Hine, senior sales
associate for Henry's Photo Video.
So is all that information giving us an
education or causing us confusion?
"There is a lot of highly technical cam-
era information, and a majority of peo-
ple want a simple 'memory machine; but
businesses, pro shooters and independ-
ent filmmakers are using digital video,
too," Hille explains. "There are cameras
for each of them, but again, you've got
to know how and why you're going to
use the camera and its features."
Image sensors
One of the most important camcorder
features is the type of imaging device it
employs.
Called a CCD ( f o r charge-coupled
device) o r chip, the sensor is covered
with tiny pixels (for picture elements)
that turns light coming through the lens
into electronic signals, stored as digital
data.
Chips are a significant contributor to
image quality; they dramatically affect
colour balance and low-light shooting
capability.
Generally, the more chips the better.
One of the main dividing lines in cam-
corder price and quality comes between
the one-chip and three-chip variety. Less
expensive cameras typically use a single
chip t o sample the three basic image
components — red, green and blue. More
expensive cameras use a separate CCD
for each, resulting in a more realistic
and detailed picture.
But as Konkin says, "The number o f
chips is not as important as it used to be.
Chips come in different sizes. Now there
are smaller chips with high pixel counts.
Megapixel chips — a million o r more
pixels — are common on the market."
The minimum pixel count f o r good
resolution DV images is around 680,000;
it gets better going up from there, but it
also gets more expensive.
Lens and zoom features
As well as the CCD, the optical quality
of the camera's lens influences a l l
aspects of the image, from sharpness to
colour saturation to brightness.
Hille says today's lenses, whether glass
or plastic, deliver a good image, often
better than the chip can handle. What
he's concerned about is the zoom lens,
and how it's often pitched as "the bigger
the better" by some marketers. A true
optical zoom changes image magnifica-
tion before it hits the CCD. 'The digital
zoom is an effect, not a feature," he says
scornfully.
Merkle agrees; the bigger the digital
zoom, the worse the picture. "At 300x, it's
an atrocious picture. Typical cameras
have a 10x or 12x optical zoom, which is
fine — equate it to a strong telephoto on a
still camera. There are some good optical
zooms that go as high as 20x," he adds.
A word of caution — even the smallest
cameras can have a zoom mechanism,
but be careful i t can't be heard by the
on-board camera microphone.
Image stabilization
Like the zoom, there are both optical
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and digital image stabilizers. And, like
the zoom, most experts caution against
the latter, even though it may cost less.
With optical, a special element inside
the lens actually moves to compensate
for the shaking image, giving a nice
image without jitter. Digital or electron-
ic stabilizers often use extra pixels to
compensate. The "slower" ones m a y
actually "fall behind" when you move
the camera, leaving ghostly o r jumpy
images behind.
Viewfinder/display
There are different ways to view the
camera i m a g e . B l a c k -and-white
viewfinders are generally sharper, which
is better for focusing. Popular flip-out
LCD displays reflect colour reasonably
well, but they do cost a bit more and
deliver an image that's n o t quite as
sharp.
LCDs may blank out i n bright sun-
shine, but they make playback of record-
ed footage much more comfortable.
"Viewfinders draw less battery power,
but LCDs help with creative shooting
angles a n d P O V [ p o i n t -of-view]
changes," says Konkin. In other words,
it's important to have both and use them
appropriately.
Connections
Connectivity to and from other devices
is an important camcorder feature. The
basics are usually standard, including
A/V output to a TV (composite or RCA
plugs are good, S-Video is better) and
digital output to a computer, particular-
ly IEEE 1394 (also sold under brand
names FireWire and iLink) capability.
"A video in connection is also a nice
feature i f you want to dub older ana-
logue footage onto DV for editing," Hille
adds.
Still image capability
A video camera's ability to take still
pictures is important to about half of all
buyers — and why not? "At the basic
level, digital still capability is a $100
option," says Merkle. "It's not that much
more, but i f you want to make good
prints from your stills, make sure the
CCD is 1.5-megapixel or better."
Built-in light/low-light capability
Adding light can dramatically improve
the overall quality of your video, creating
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based system before moving it over to the video.
Using the CD format has proven to have other
advantages for self-promotion. Along with the
videos, Kersey adds other promotional materials to
his CDs, including high-quality publicity photos,
images shot at various gigs and media information.
Kersey has also added some of the videos to the Web
sites promoting his various acts, such as www.loungevi-
ty.com, and he offers MP3 music from his group The
Stylamanders at www.thestylamanders.com. He plans to
include video clips of The Stylamanders when he
redesigns the site.
Hook, punch tine and hotlink
Kersey is not the only performer to find digital
video ideal for promotion. Winnipeg, Manitoba-
based comedian and performer Al Simmons
(mwv.alsimmons.com) — who models his act and rather
outrageous props on the works of such comedian
greats as Danny Kaye, Spike Jones and Jimmy
Durante — has found digital video to be a great way
of getting people interested in booking him and
points out that the digital video on CD format was
an improvement from using standard video tapes
that went out with press packages.
"I was surprised at how convenient it was to go
with video and it proved to be a very good move
for me," Simmons says. "This is what really surpris-
es me. A press package arrives at someone's office
and usually beside them is a computer and almost
right away they take the CD with the video and put
it into the computer and there I am as they watch
the video. It even has a hotlink directly to my Web
site. More often than not, a video tape would end
up in the trunk of a car and get kicked around for
months without getting watched."
Currently, Simmons has some 20,000 CDs circulat-
ing with digital videos of his performance and tele-
vision appearances. He is planning a new version
that will include a wide range of press and supple-
mentary promotional materials along with the
videos. Video clips of Simmons' act are also avail-
able for download at www.livetourartists.comial_simmons/.
While it is too early for Simmons to say whether
the videos are having a substantial impact on his
bookings, he does know that he got one gig on the
strength of the videos and has heard from others
who have expressed interest in hiring him based on
the videos they have seen.
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it • happened t o t h e i r computer, o r
maybe about the time they fixed that
problem for a friend, o r maybe just
wish you good luck. In any case, there
will be people considering your dilem-
ma. Message boards are the ultimate
forum for asking and debating any-
thing, and anyone has the opportunity
to speak.
Wanted: Online peacekeepers
Although most message boards allow
considerable freedom o f speech, many
boards do have moderators to make sure
users don't fall too f a r o u t o f line.
Message boards can be designated pub-
lic or private, and many have rules to
govern their users. .Most require regis-
tration to post, and some even to view
messages.
Mary Elizabeth Williams, moderator of
Salon.com's Table Talk boards, posts
every day that she's working, using her
real name. "I believe it's important for
the community that our members know
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but to register for Table Talk, users are
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month for the basic user option. Table
Talk has been around since Salon.com
first began in November 1995, and has
a strong community that Williams says
is pretty much self-regulating, so she
doesn't intervene too often. "Users often
mediate their own disputes, which is
better for everyone," she says.. "But if I
need to step in and remind someone of
the rules, I will."
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after being asked not to is Lassaline's
most common reason for banning peo-
ple from her message board. "I had one
woman fight with me that she had a
right to post whatever-she wanted." The
woman kept repeating her offense, so
Lassaline banned her While she says the
board is fortunate to have many good
users, she has had to ban people for
harassment. "People with a lot o f free
time on their hands seem to enjoy corn-
ing in and posting messages about how
single moms are just money grubbing
"itches," she says, and sarcastically adds
that i t " m u s t b e t h e extravagant
lifestyles we live."
Lassaline h a s h a d m a n y heated
debates over several hot topics on her,
message board that she watches closely.
Child support has been an issue that has
come u p time and time again, and
although the message board is primarily
for parent-based issues, she has had
other controversial issues break out, like-
gun control. "Usually I ' l l l e t people
speak. I f they're way out o f line, the
whole thread j u s t disappears." She
rarely edits a post, and doesn't even
have a bad word filter. "I figure we're all
grown up, we've seen them;" she says.
There was one incident though where
she had a guy posting who she believes
was drunk, because his language got
worse and worse as he posted. "We did
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his words," she explains. "But then i t
got to be a joke, because you could see
what we were editing out."
Rob Harris, editor of CMG (Canadian
Motorcycle Guide) Online, and modera-
tor of the site's Soapbox, has only ever
banned three people i n the five-year
history o f the message board. I t was
only during a recent incident regarding
a user he had to ban that he realized it's
not as easy as picking someone up and
throwing them Qut of your house.
Harris banned a former user of CMG's
Soapbox after an issue between the user
and Harris's other moderator got per-
sonal. The user didn't want t o leave
without a fight, so even though Harris
banned him by blocking his IP address,
the user launched an attack on the mes-
sage board by sending a whole slew of
messages from several different public
computers.
"Banning someone can be tricky for
two reasons," says Harris. "One, they
can work around i t really easily b y
going somewhere else or by changing
their IP address and two, someone else
might get their IP address and then
they're banned as well." The issue was
eventually sorted out after the mess was
openly discussed on the Soapbox, with
the user agreeing to leave.
Libel liabilities
Although Lassaline and Harris have
both had to deal with messy situations
on their message boards, neither has
ever had any legal issues arise. Harris
says it's a grey area where the responsi-
bility lies when something libelous is
said. Does the onus fall on the host of
the message board i f there are a n y
defamatory comments posted? "I would
think not, because if the host is respon-
sible, then essentially what you're say-
ing i s the whole culture o f bulletin
boards is illegal, 'cause there's no way
you can avoid it," says Harris. "If you're
doing that, then the freedom o f speech
issue becomes a bit paramount."
However, Canadian message board
hosts may find that defense to be less
solid than they would like. According to
Michael Geist, a law professor at the
University of Ottawa who specializes in
Internet law, there is something in US
law that exempts intermediaries such as
message board providers, b u t n o t i n
Canadian law. "We don't have equiva-
lent legislation in Canada, though most
people would probably argue that mes-
sage board providers would similarly
not be held responsible for the postings
of their users," says Geist. "The opera-
tors certainly seek to ensure that is the
case through legal language on their
sites a n d i n t h e i r contracts w i t h
posters."
There have been Canadian cases where
message board users ran into some legal
trouble regarding their postings. I n
1998, Philip Services Corp. won a court
order forcing some ISPs to give up the
anonymity o f users posting messages
that defamed the Canadian waste man-
agement company. Some ISPs revealed
the identities of some of the users; oth-
ers deleted the messages in question.
In the US, there have been a couple of
big cases w h e r e companies h a v e
involved message board providers i n
suits regarding defamatory statements
by users. I n 2001, Mediu-, Systems,
Inc., tried to sue several m e s s a g e
board users after critical defamatory
remarks showed u p online. Medinex
eventually dropped t h e suit, which
attempted to force Yahoo! to provide the
identities o f 14 users, some o f whom
were claimed t o be shareholders and
employees o f Medinex. There was also
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It's said that conspiracy theories are
most popular when times are stressful.
Your humble correspondent respectfully
disagrees. From my reading o f •history
(as, I must note, an enthusiastic ama-
teur, not a professional), i t seems that
conspiracy theories abound at all times.
We're lucky to live in an age when com-
munication is everything — so we have
access to more such theories than our
forefathers and foremothers might have.
Not only that, I have theories about
conspiracy theories. I believe that peo-
ple take up beliefs that they're being lied
to by the powers that be (whether those
powers be political, military, legislative,
clerical o r — best o f all — all o f the
above) for one o f two reasons. Either
their lives are so dull that they're pre-
pared to stretch their individual and col-
lective belief systems just to brighten up
an otherwise dreary existence or they
feel so angry about being left out o f
life's good stuff that they make up some
outlandish theory to explain who's done
Something to believe in
them ill, and why.
We live in the Age of Information, and
so have — thanks largely to the good old
Internet — access to every wacko idea
that's going down about the way the
world works. There's a veritable cornu-
copia o f Web sites w i t h hypotheses
about who's really i n control, h o w
they've stiffed the rest of us or a select-
ed few o f us (see m y second theory
about why people ascribe to such theo-
ries) and what we should be doing to
correct the situation.
You may know a fellow named Robert
Anton Wilson from his hilarious book
The Illuminatus! Trilogy. In it, Wilson
and h i s co-author Robert Shea r o l l
together almost every conspiracy theory
you've ever heard o f (the Masons, the
Bavarian Illuminati, Kennedy's assassi-
nation and the origins of Atlantis being
only a few) into One Big Theory, add
healthy dollops of sex, drugs and outra-
geous puns, and make a darn good story
of it all. The trilogy was first published
in 1975, but Wilson, being a hip kind of
guy, now has his own Web site (www.raw-
' ilson.corn/main.shtml). On it, you'll find all
kinds o f subversive good stuff to get
you thinking about who's jiving who in
these troubling times. (Hint: Wilson, ing (though Wilson has a pretty obvious
who's an American, refers to the Bush anarchist agenda). But there's a darker
administration a s " T h e Ts a r i s t side to the weird world o f conspiracy
Occupation Government.") theories. Have a look a t the William
My favourite conspiracy theory these Cooper/Veritas. News Service/Hour o f
days belongs t o a guy named David the Time Web site (www.williamcooper.com).
Icke. O n h i s Web site (wwwdavidicke. Cooper (who died i n November 2001)
com/icke), you'll find him touting his lec- represented a group o f people w h o
ture appearances and t h e books h e believe, among other things, that the
churns out. His best theory, I think, is CIA and Israel trained the folks who
that the planet is actually ruled by a attacked the World Trade Centre o n
race of intergalactic reptiles whose chief September 11, 2001. (Yes, you read the
representative i s Queen Elizabeth o f last sentence correctly.) Like all conspir-
England. acy theorists, he has woven a wliole lot
Not one to leave anyone out, Icke also of disparate "facts" to prove his point.
maintains that George Bush, Donald This is truly weird stuff — but gospel to
Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney are also part those who believe.
of the lizard spawn who rule us. I t My position on conspiracy theories? I
sounds nutty, I know, but there are a lot think their fundamental flaw i s that
of people who believe what this man they presume levels o f intelligence,
says. Icke also tells us (without, it seems, resourcefulness and everyday compe-
contradicting the lizard theory) that the tence on the part of the authorities that
world is ruled by a group called The simply aren't there. You and I know that
Round Table, which includes the UN, the the world is screwed up because those in
Club o f Rome, the Bilderberg Network power are just dangerously muddled
and t h e Trilateral Commission. This ordinary folks, blundering along from
secret society, says Icke, manipulates all one crisis to the next.
the world's banking, politics, business Here's a better idea. Rather than accept
and military affairs. someone else's conspiracy theory, why
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One o f the things That first attracted
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fact that I only needed to charge the
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Although individual computer compo-
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Anyone who wanders around with an electronic device in their pocket has
the same concern in the back of their mind:
gobble up the savings (those 15-inch
laptop displays may be sexy, but they're
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The solution, say some, is fuel cells.
Fuel cells convert cheap, common
substances — hydrogen and oxygen - -
into electrical energy, heat and water.
There are several complex processes for
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Instead o f recharging a fuel cell b y
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will come in the form of a methanol car-
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ink cartridge.
Reportedly, the fuel cell will have to
be accompanied by a battery, because
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dating t h e varying pbWer needs o f
portable devices (the high draw when a
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lowed b y a lower operating load).
Batteries can cope with this variation, so
fuel cells will charge the batteries, wbich
will power the devices.
In theory, methanol has 40 to 60 times
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There are, to be sure, a few obstacles
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Instead of simply plugging into an out-
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circuitry, but it would let us charge the
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substance like methanol are good things
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 McAfee Ives Interne
By ALAN ZISMAN
There's Hertz and Avis, Pepsi and Coke,
Mac OS and Windows. To these classic
rivalries, add Symantec and Network
Associate& Each wants you to think of
their respective Norton a n d McAfee
brands for all your computer's antivirus
and security needs.
Symantec's Norton. Internet Security
2003 ( N I S ) . suite bundles N o r t o n
Antivirus with a firewall, throwing i n
parental control features and spam fil-
ter& L i k e Syniantec's NIS, Network
Associates' McAfee Internet Security 5.0
(MIS) suite bundles a variety of McAfee
applications otherwise available sepa-
rately.
No home PC should be without virus,
protection. M I S i n c l u d e s M c A f e e
VirusScan Home Edition 7, which does a
good job of scanning e-mail both com-
ing and going. This new version supports
all standard POP3 e-mail programs, not
just Outlook (as in earlier McAfee ver-
sions). Also i n t h e package: McAfee
Firewall 4 . 0 and a toolbox o f useful
tools, including a Web ad blocker, cook-
ie filter, browser history cleaner and
parental controls. More features and
more advanced controls, i n fact, than
Getting video from drive to disc
continued from page 18
Burn
Burning - the act o f recording the
authored program to a blank disc - is
the final step. Audio and video must be
in the appropriate MPEG format, with-
file sizes and bitrates suitable for the
target media and playback device. If the,
capturing, encoding and authoring have
gone smoothly, burning can be as sim-
ple as pressing "Record."
The biggest problem to be concerned
about here is compatibility. There are a
handfut of DVD formats out there, and
even a few different CD specifications.
Not a l l discs w o r k o n a l l players,
The Woad Id My Cebide
continued from page 22
not make up one? Go to the Turn Left site
(www.0networks.corni-cubsfan/conspiracy.html),
fill in the online form, press the "Tell me
more" button and you'll have a conspir-
acy theory all your own. And, i f the real
world isn't doing enough for you, you
can base the rest of your life on it.
Alan Thwaits, a TC! Contributing Editor can be reached at
praxis@pathcom.com. •
canadacomputes.com M A Y 2003
Security
Symantec's suite, b u t also sometimes
harder to use.
Setup does a good job of installing the
various components and getting a user
up and running, with one curious omis-
sion: The firewall i s turned o f f b y
default Unless a user knoWs to, manual-
ly turn it on, much of the potential pro-
tection from this suite will be lost.
Once turned on, a wizard does a good
job of helping to configure the firewall,
identifying installed .programs t h a t
might want t o access the Internet o r
local area network. As with many other
software firewalLs, be prepared for a cou-
ple of days o f having the software fre-
quently asking you whether you're pre-
pared to allow various programs permis-
sion to use the Net - and be prepared for,
some surprises regarding which pro-
grams want to go online. Like a firm but
loving parent, you should be prepared to
say "No" to your software now and then.
Besides letting you be firm with your
software, the program's parental control
features let you block applications, chat,
instant messaging o r even individual
whether they're computer drives or set-
top device& It's best to know your own
requirements and playback environment
before burning a disc, or you'll find it's
only usefUl as a coaster.
Just, before burning (or at: the author-
ing stage), you can add CD playback and
auto-play programs, as well as adding or
removing region codes and zone locks
on DVDs.
Choosing a disc
Now that we've covered the basics, it's
time to choose the disc that's best for
your needs If you are familiar with an
audio CD, you already know what VCDs
and DVDs look like.
Video CDs (VCDs) play on computers
with VCD playback software and o n
most DVD machine& The video quality
is limited - at best equivalent to VHS -
and usually delivered in a small window.
It is possible to use menus and chapters
on a VCD. - mats, and more on the way. They have
VCDs hold about a n hour o f video
material; some programs w i l l encode
MPEG-2, a higher quality image, to CD,
but only about 15 minutes of full-screen
material will fit.
SuperVideo CDs (SVCDs) deliver a
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such as portions o f your
hank account o r credit
card numbers so that the
program c a n w a r n you, i f
something attempts to send -these num-
bers across the Net without your-knowl-
edge. However, the interface makes i t
difficult to remove or edit these numbers
if needed. Data files can be encrypted for
added protection.
An Internet Security Check scans your
system for potential security problems:
Out-of-date Internet software, installed
spywire or secretly-installed monitoring
software As with other Web, ad blockers,
users can sometimes find that linked
pages fail to open; in that case, click the
link'Again, this time holding down the
Ctrl key. A window informs you of the
number of cookies, ads, Web bugs and
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A l i m i t e d e d i t i o n ' • o f McAfee's
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larger video window at a quality similar
to SVHS. Two stereo audio tracks and
four subtitles can`be added. Menus and
Chapters stops are supported. SVCD han-
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An SVCD can be played on many
standalone DVD players and on all com-
puters with >a DVD-ROM o r CD-ROM
drive, with the help of a software-based
decoder/player.
Digital Versatile Discs (DVDs) can be
single- o r double-sided, and have a
much greater storage capacity. Upwards
of two hours o f high-quality video, at
full screen size, and several tracks o f
either Dolby Digital o r 5.1 Surround
Sound• fit on a DVD - depending on the
encoding used.
DVDs support hot button navigation
and motion menus, chapters, multiple
languages, subtitles and video tracks as
well as slide shows, Web links and more.
There are several competing DVD for-
similar capacities and features, but are
best suited for different storage purpos-
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DVD-RAM and now DVD-VR to deter-
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removing d e l e t e d
Outlook Express e-mail
messages, temporary
files and other unwant-
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and files. Its Uninstaller
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programs.
By downloading a bunch o f applica-
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convenience of a single install and a sin-
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Mac Chronicles
continued from page 24
Anybody with a bit of knowledge about
hard drive recovery can read that infor-
mation still on your hard drive. Scary
eh? Apple has built a neat utility that
will turn all the binary data on your
hard drive into zeros. Your hard drive
will basically be digitally blank. This is
not some cool parlour trick to hide data
from your friends. This will really, real-
ly erase your hard drive completely and
irretrievably. If you want more informa-
tion o n h o w t o d o this, check o u t
AppleCare D o c u m e n t 1 0 7 4 3 7 a t
www.apple.com/support.
Finally, one of the best ways to main-
tain your computer is through your own
knowledge. Read up on hard drive and
operating system maintenance. T h e
AppleCare documents can be an invalu-
ble source. Just type "OS X mainte-
ance" into the search bar and start
rowsing. Also, there are several good
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stand English. Most of them are pocket
ooks and do not require reading from
ont to back.
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 Inexpensive recording with a 'Walkman
By 'DAVE CHAPPELLE
The latest Walkman incarnation is the
MiniDisc recorder. Capable o f digital
recording and playback, it's for record-
ing and transferring audio files to and
from your computer. We looked at the
top-of-the-line MZ-N707.
Recording MP3s for personal use on
your computer and your Walkman is
easy. Using the OpenMG Jukebox soft-
ware, you can assemble groups of tunes
from your audio CDs and hard drive,
and record them for listening on the
portable Walkman.
Even i f you've never used one before,
it won't take you long to master this
recorder. Controls are similar to those
on any cassette tape, MP3 o r video
player. The f i v e -way switch handles
most of the functions, and the inputs are
well marked. The headphones have a
remote control unit built into the cord.
We wanted to see if a three-piece (gui-
tar, bass, drums) basement band could
use this device to successfully record a
CD with listenable sound quality.
We started w i t h t w o professional-
quality low-impedance mikes, each with
XLR three-conductor connectors. We
used XLR to 1/4 inch- cables. We insert-
ed the 1/4 inch mike cable plugs into an
adapter that converts t w o 1 / 4 inch
inputs to one 1/8-inch stereo output. We
plugged the adapter into the MZ-N707's
1/8-inch input, and voila! - two-input
live-off-the-ftoor recording:
At 8.1x7.1x3 cm and 133 g, portabili-
ty has to be the number one advantage
of- the MZ-N707. The number t w o
advantage is -that the sound quality is
extremely good. N o noticeable hiss,
hum o r background noise emanates
from this unit, but low quality cables
will introduce noise.
Recorded tunes are transferred via a
stereo 1/8-inch to 1/8-inch cable, simi-
lar t o those used w i t h sound cards
everywhere. B u t one wasn't included
with our sample, although optical and
USB cables were. Also included in our
sample were t w o carrying cases, a n
adapter for using the 707 with a cassette
tape player, a rechargeable AA battery, a
12-volt DC car charger and a 110-volt
AC charging dock.
Disadvantages of the 707 arose when
we finished recording and were ready to
transfer the recorded music to a com-
puter, in this case a newer.iMac. While
the 707 records digitally, i t transfers
only in analogue. The transfer cannot be
"dumped" like a digital file. You must
"play" each track while connected to the
computer.
We hadn't expected to encounter diffi-
culty l o c a t i n g b l a n k recordable
MiniDiscs. The local electronics stores
were sold out and surprisingly, despite
selling a l l kinds o f other media, the
business supply stores don't stock them.
We eventually borrowed one. minority o f listeners (a few musicians
So how did the results sound? Pretty and audiophiles) will be able to tell the
good. After listening through the head- difference.
phones, w e tried t h e cassette tape The experience of the test crew aside,
adapter to play the unequalized tracks we proved that i f you are on a budget,
through a typical stereo system. Once and are willing to spend time instead of
transferred to the iMac and manipulated money, you too could record a live band
by someone who knows how, the tracks in y o u r basement o n a portable
sounded great. MiniDisc recorder. •
I f your ear is trained and you are a
slave t o tone, hearing the results o f
recording live into two mikes will make
you want to spend money on a mixer, I N F
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 Familiar tool helps video editors go digit*
By A N D R E W M O O R E - C R I S P I N
jog/shuttle wheel and-one-touch mark
Anyone who has been editing video
for a while is likely familiar with ana-
logue tape editing,using a source and
destination VTR, connected through an
editing console.
In fact, the process of searching
source material and cueing up in and
out marks using a jog/shuttle wheel
becomes something of an ingrained
process, making the switch from ana-
• logue to digital a difficult one. Going
from the two VTR editing suite setup to
an all-in-one interface, using mouse
and keyboard commands, forces video
aficionados to re-learn much of what
they already:know.
Contour A/V Solutions has a product
that successfully bridges the digital_
divide in video editing, making the
switch a less daunting process, blend-
ing the traditional analogue video edit-
ing feel with the superior power and
relative inexpensiveness of.PC video
editing.
The Contour A/V ShuttlePRO is a
USB controller that blurs the lines
between analogue and digital editing
by bringing the tactile feeling of a
in/out buttons to PC video editing.
-for. the most common video editing
The. ShuttlePRO is fully customizable
and •will •work w i t h a n y application
(whether a video application o r not)
where users m i g h t deem i t useful.
Customizing the peripheral is a tedious
process, as there are nine buttons on the
unit and...14 point.s of sensitivity (seven application i s startedo which makes
reverse and seven forward} on the shut- using the peripheral more seamless.
tle wheel. To t r u l y customize, the Anyone that has edited video • on an
ShuttlePRO, users w i l l have t o o p m analogue setup will find it easy to jump
their favourite video editing'application i n and start making simple-edits using
to determine the keyboard functions the controller.
they want the unit to perform, then,pro- While all the controls for simple video
gram and label all the buttons accord- editing are included on the ShuttkPRO,
ingly. T h e buttons come w i t h clear i t can't be counted as a replacement for
removabk caps, and a sheet:of cutouts the keyboard and mouse. Only the most
basic functions are,covered on the face
functions is included in the box, or can of the unit; no, transition effects or other
be downloaded from the Contour A / V tools could realistically be worked onto
Solutions Web site (wwwcontourays.com). the face of the unit without creating a
Ten common, video and audio editing jumbled mess. Also, even the conven-
applications are pre-configured, which i e n c e of having a jog/shuttle wheel can't
means that users need only place the r i v a l the speed of tising the mouse to
appropriate b u t t o n labels o n t h e c o n t r o l a slider for fast video searching.
ShuttlePRO to get started. Most of the A s a n added bonus, the peripheral
pre-configured settings are f o r Sonic c o u l d a l s o theoretically be set, up as a
Foundry (Acid, Vegas), Adobe (Premiere, p a d d l e wheel controller f o r, playing
After" Effects) a n d MediaStudio A r k a n o i d , Pang o r any their freeware
(MediaStudio Pro) programs. c l o n e s . •
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executable, then loads up and selects the 190 (from USS125)
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By LEE RICKWOOD
The latest version o f Adobe's nonlin-
ear video editing software, Premiere 6.5,
is powerful and comprehensive.
That's both good news and bad.
It's good Adobe has added a powerful
titling tool. Good an MPEG encoder has
been added. New audio capabilities and
real-time previews are now supported in
an already loaded package.
So what's bad about that? Well, some
of Premiere's best features are depen-
dant on computer power and may not
function w e l l w i t h o u t changes o r
upgrades t o y o u r current system.
Premiere is still somewhat particular
about installs; pre-existing hardware or
software drivers can cause problems.
If you're f a m i l i a r w i t h previous
Premiere versions (back t o 5.0) this
package is worth your consideration. I f
you are brand new to nonlinear editing
it may offer too much for your needs.
Get started cleanly
Premiere 6.5 wants to go into a clean
system, ahead o f any other associated
hardware (real-time cards such a s
Canopus DVStorm2 o r Matrox RTX
boards) and without graphics accelera-
Premiere help online
Including Adobe's own training and
support network, there are hundreds
of Web sites with information about
Premiere, among them:
www.dvshopta/dvrafe/adobeprem.html
www.ledetcomgoolstuff/software/premiere/
www.wrigleyvideacom/videotutoriaVindekhtm
The new real-time preview requires
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tion. Graphics cards should be limited to
16-bit colour display, lest they steal
resources from the CPU, resulting i n
dropped frames or other hiccups.
It's also important that presets from
the capture card you're using be loaded
as the editing mode presets. Without a
proper match (compression settings, bit
rate, frame rate and size, etc.) the card
may not output t o tape. Fortunately,
Premiere 6.5 has a View Settings option
to match presets correctly.
Premiere, li ke other programs, has
specific requirements f o r capturing
video. Compatibility among operating
system, a p p l i c a t i o n s o f t w a r e ,
FireWire/1394 hardware, and camcorder
is important. DV interfaces should com-
ply w i t h t h e Open Host Controller
Interface (OHCI) standard.
Premiere 6.5 handles this with its DV
Device Control Options menu, to specify
camcorder manufacturers and models. A
click on the Check Status button verifies
the connection.
Timely features added
Real-time previews are a great time-
saver for busy editors. It's a handy way
to check transitions and special effects
before committing to them.
Adobe, Premiere supports all its effects
and transitions for real-time previews,
but it's dependent on system resources.
As the manual says, images "degrade
gracefully" without the needed horse-
power (slower frame rates, skipping
audio, etc).
Latest word in titling
One o f Premiere's best enhancements
is the titling capability. Gone is the old
titter (from back in version 4). New is
Title Designer, and lots of customizable
templates and designer fonts.
It's a little intimidating i f you're not
familiar with other Adobe programs, but
if you know Photoshop or Illustrator,
Title Designer itself is worth the upgrade
in the eye of many editors.
Font colour, shadows, outlines and
spacing are easily adjusted and saved
for future use. Users can add texture and
sheen, or create text on a path. Rolls
and crawls can be used as well. Other
title motion effects are made using
Premiere's other editing functions and
effects.
Sounds like disc-o dancing
For many, the most important upgrade
in Premiere 6.5 is the MPEG encoder,
supplied by Main Concept. Together with
bundled DVD creation software (Sonic's
DVDit! LE), Premiere is a solid disc mak-
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The encoding functions are straight-
forward, b u t more importantly, give
good results. The encoded image can be
quite good, and the time needed t o
encode not that lengthy (depending on
the complexity. of your program, antici-
pate about 1.5:1 encoding times). For
truly professional authoring, the tools in
Premiere may not be enough — chapter
points, embedded Web links and other
elaborate DVD features are not always
accessible. But f o r simple DVDs and
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Premiere also has enhanced music
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bilities. Also handy for sound manipula-
tion are new audio filters, such as the
three-band parametric-equalizer.
Choose the best tool
Adobe Premiere is an established and
robust package, with lots of useful edi-
torial features and new enhancements
for experienced video editors. There are
other, less demanding ways to get start-
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for the titling and encoding tools. •
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ByANDREW MOORE-CRISPIN
Spring is, in the air and summer will
soon be upon us. Unless you're the type
that particularly enjoys going out in the
freezing cold of winter to capture some
wintertime scenes, you probably haven't
taken too many outdoor pictures since
- g o i n g into hibernation mode.
Photography is a great hobby, as it can
work itself into other interests; anything
you find enjoyable is, worthy of being
captured as a digital photo.
In the spring, we start coming out of
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sun, t o start pursuing warm weather
hobbies. Whatever your hobbies — hik-
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sports or just walking around the city —
take a digital camera with you and
shoot away. Once you've purchased a
digital camera and storage media, tak-
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every exposure has a cost associated
with it.
Photography in its most basic sense is
very simple indeed. The shutter opens
for a set amount of time, depending on
the brightness o f a scene and on how
open the aperture is. Where it gets a bit
more complicated is in trying to figure
out the best way to capture the available
light Should we go with a smaller aper-
ture and resulting slower shutter speed
and get`into stability issues — requiring,
at best, steady hands and at worst, a tri-
pod? Or, do we go with a larger aperture
and corresponding, faster shutter speed
at a sacrifice to depth of field?
Depth o f field is the amount- of the
scene behind and in front of the central
subject that is in focus. The wider the
aperture, the smaller the depth of field,
hence, less of the scene will be in focus.
This information can be used to get
the results you're looking for in your
pictures. If you want to frame and cap-
ture an entire scene, making your pic-
ture as accurate a representation of the
actual scene as possible, keeping every-
thihg in focus is important. A smaller
aperture and slower shutter speed will
accomplish this.
On the other hand, i f you want to
draw attention to one particular object
of interest in the whole scene, using a
larger aperture and adjusting the shut-
'ter speed accordingly, then focusing on
the central object will throw everything
else out of focus to varying degrees. It's
a good way to steer the eye through the
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essentially states that on a sunny day,
whether shooting with or without a flash,
photographers can set their aperture size
to f16 and shutter speed to the approxi-
mate speed of the film. (ie. 1/125 sec for
film o f 100 ISO) to turn their manual
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gets rid of all of the f-stop and shutter
speed worries and allows photographers
to pay attention to the actual scene.
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in favour of more depth of field. QEQ MNITH
Even using these two options and the
degrees in between represented by the
other icons, budding shutterbugs can
experiment with depth of field to give
their pictures more, well, depth.
More important, perhaps, i s t h e
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By JEFF CHAPMAN ing, back when QuarkXPress's rivals users draw and edit complex polygons line drawing principles as the Adobe
were C o r e l Ve n t u r a a n d A l d u s and freeform shapes, including both software, i t doesn't have a pen tool.
Sometimes people force software to do PageMaker (and the cruel joke that is straight lines and Bezier curves, in addi- Whereas InDesign lets the user create a
things it really has no interest in doing. Microsoft Publisher had not yet been tion to the much-beloved ovals and rec- shape with a single tool and then decide
Having plastered one program's interface, unleashed upon the world), page layout tangles of old. While these shapes can be what to do with it, )(Press features four
people are reluctant to teach themselves was primitive a t best. Ventura lacked filled with images or text as always, they separate Bezier drawing tools, one for
another, so they do their best to persuade even a rudimentary text editor: I f you can also be painted with a wide variety each possible use: Text box, picture box,
Microsoft Works to format a newsletter, spotted a typo o n a page layout i n of fills and complex gradients. Text can line and text path. It's possible (though
CorelDraw to word process a document or Ventura, you loaded the original text also b e commanded t o r u n around awkward) to convert a text box into a
Adobe Photoshop to create line art. file into your word processing program, shapes or follow twisty paths. picture box or a line into a text path,
While it's usually humanly possible to made the correction and then reimport- Users familiar with traditional illustra- but trying to connect two endpoints in a
force programs to obey even one's most ed the text, into Ventura. Similarly, pro- tion programs such as CorelDraw and line o r text path only bewilders poor
diabolical commands, software works best grams c o u l d d i s p l a y illustrations Adobe Illustrator will find the technique XPress. XPress can rotate and resize
when you let it be itself and do what it was designed in other programs, but could- for drawing i n Adobe InDesign t o be lines and shapes, but it isn't built for the
designed to do. Word processors should n't draw anything more complex than a familiar and straightforward. A pen tool job, and handles it nowhere nearly as
primarily be used for processing words. basic. oval, rectangle or straight line. A - one of the main tools on the toolbar comfortably as the Adobe software.
Page layout software should be used for triangle ... well, a triangle was just an - lets users lay down a series of anchor While users can probably get away
laying out pages. Illustration programs impossible dream. points to fashion a path of straight lines with using XPress f o r most o f their
should be used for making illustrations. Fortunately, a f e w brave graphic and smooth curves. The user clicks and drawing needs, it's not what the program
That said, however, there will always designers clung to that dream, and today releases the mouse button t o connect was built to do, and you'll often have to
be those odd times when you just want the situation is much improved. The lat- two points with a straight line segment, know about an obscure submenu or an
to make a few simple tweaks to a docu- est versions o f Adobe InDesign and or clicks and drags to create a curved arcane shortcut key in order to bend it to
ment after you've already pulled in text QuarkXPress both feature respectable line segment. I f a shape's endpoints are your will. InDesign is friendlier in this
and graphics created with other soft- word processing functions, and their connected, InDesign will treat i t as a regard, but it's still not designed to be an
ware, . and page layout packages have capabilities t o create vector graphics solid shape; i f not, the program w i l l illustration program. Using Illustrator
become increasingly accommodating in have improved b y leaps and bounds. assume it to be a line. and InDesign together is probably the
this department. While neither program offers anywhere Quark's approach to creating illustra- best match o f all for illustration-heavy
near the type of control one can get in tions is less intuitive, o r at least less desktop publishing: users can simply cut
Have your words and illustrations too CorelDraw or Adobe Illustrator, they do familiar. While XPress relies on many of and paste drawings made in Illustrator
In the early days o f desktop publish- get the job done. Either program lets the same anchor-point-and-direction- directly into InDesign and vice versa. •

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"The problem with video is that i t
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covered by the rules."
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tunity, as von Triers would find out.
Video-makers know von Triers as the
Cannes award-winning founder of the
Dogme movement. Conceived in the mid
1990's as a 'new wave" in filmmaking,
Dogme embraced the freedom and pos-
sibility created b y emerging digital
video production equipment.
Yet it had its own set of rules - Rules
of Chastity - that forbade tried-and-
true filmmalting techniques and tech-
nologies. No sound added after the fact.
No extra lighting beyond available
ambient. N o filters o r other • camera
accessories. No credit for the director.
Yes, digital video has created some
fascinating possibilities. But the Dogine
me
movement suffered under i t s o w n mat - functional, economical, easily than one o f these different formats. In
dogma, and is now for all intents and watchable but highly compressed. DV the market today are progressive scan-
purposes disenfranchised. Even von takes raw imagery and squeezes it down ning cameras, interlaced cameras, selec-
Triers admitted "breaking the rules." by a factor, of five t o one; Digital table frame rate cameras, 480, 720 and
But digital video has another set of Betacam compresses at three to one. DV 1,080 line cameras.
rules - not creative, but technical. They drops about h a l f i t s chrominance Without a doubt, these are great tools
help differentiate between "digital (colour) information when compared to for the creative, adventurous videogra-
video" as a generic term of reference in himinance (brightness) and is known as pher. •But understanding what the rules
the consumer marketplace and "Digital 4:1:1. Other formats are 4:2:2. are, what the formats are and more'to
Video" as a specific and approved media There are some 18 different video pic- the point, how they can be best pro-
format. Otherwise, people assume digital ture formats, each suited to a specific duced, distributed and viewed, is critical
video is responsible for things it may purpose. Twelve formats use 480 lines of to successful production of any kind.
not be possible to do. resolution, with different picture widths And that's no dogma. •
As o n e example, t h e marvelous and different scanning, techniques; these
Canadian film, Atanarjuat (The Fast are standard TV (SDTV) formats. The 1 N F
11
Runner). This groundbreaking Inuit film remaining use 720 or 1,080 lines of res-
was praised for its remarkable imagery, olution, either progressive or interlaced. Agood FAQ on High Definition Television
standards
shot on digital video. This is true high definition TV (HDTV) - www.110220volts.com/FAC/FAQonHDTVI.htm
Actually, cinematographer Norman digital video at its finest. A Canadian Industry site on digital television
Cohn shot using Digital Betacam, a Only four of the 18 formats are com- developments
high-end digital camcorder made b y monly used, by broadcasters: 480i, 480p, www.cdh.ca
Sony. His video was then transferred' to 720p and 1080i (and.ottly one in Canada A Dogme site, with rules, resources and film
samples
film for theatrical presentation. with a 1080i signal - Citytv). w‘swdoome95.dk
Digital Betacam, while both "digital" But more and more digital video cam- AU.S. commercial site on DV technologies and
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Confront the backdoor: Trashing spyware
By HAROLD LASS
Do a n y o f these programs sound
familiar — Bulla, Gratisware, High
Traffic, Enliven, Hitbox? I operate
behind a firewall and a virus shield and
believed that ought to do it for security
on the Net. But after installing and run-
ning anti-spyware software, .up came
these and 23 other positives. I wasn't so
positive about my security any longer.
Spyware is everywhere. Your hard drive
is most likely harbouring some of it, but
you can trash these unwanted intruders
safely and for five.
Spyware (also called adware) is pro-
gramming clandestinely placed on your
computer, usually, when you download
and install software — often for free. It
gathers information about you based on
Web sites you visit, for instance, and
then relays that information to advertis-
ers, or other interested parties. The
result? Spam.
cookies are different. They aren't spy-
ware. For one thing, you can disallow
them, and for another, they can be use-
ful, remembering login information and
the appearance o f your customized
browser pages, for example. You can
also trash cookies easily and quickly
from within your browser at any time.
So, how do you get rid of spyware?
First you have to determine if you've
been spied on. PepiMIC Software's SpyBot
Search f t Destroy (spyboteon.netau) will
tell you that This free utility is simple to
use and, what's even more important,
remains up to date. Like a virus shield,
the efficacy of this program is only as
good as the accuracy of its database, and
SpyBot's database is easily updated from
within the program. This ensures that
your hard drive will be scanned for the
latest intruders.
Once a scan is complete and all the
spyware has been detected on your hard
drive, a click on "Fix selected problems"
brings relief. Before you trash the
unwanted intruders though, you can
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for deletion i n case you're not sure Ad-Aware (lavasoft3.element5.rom), a popular
about removing it. anti-spyware program that's been around
But even if you do trash an item you for some time now. It's good, but the free-
may need, one comforting SpyBot fea- ware version database hasn't been updat-
ture is its "fail safe restore function. ed for months. Dangerous.
After SpyBot removed all the spyware One last word. Spyware is not the only
on my hard drive, all sorts of error mes- way spammers can hunt you down. By
sages greeted me during the next boot. using robots and spiders — software that
One of my utilities apparently required a probes Web sites for information —
program that had been removed b y spammers can harvest your e-mail
SpyBot. Not all spyware, despite its address from any Web site on which it
stealth, is necessarily evil. This one was appears. If you have access to the site's
not. Clicking on Restore corrected the HTML code, travel t o NetMechanic
problem. Then I configured SpyBot's (www.netmechanic.cominews/vol4/desig
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spyware during its search, removing the as to render it indecipherable to spiders.
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sequent scans. and Ad-Aware do arrive spyware-free. •

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as robust as Word. Although EL'd watch the install screens carefully. A t one point, you'll be asked i f you want to
it's capable o f performing associate .doc or .rtf tiles with AbiWord or OpenOffice. If you opt for these associ-
all o f the essential word ations, these programs will always open those documents when you click on them.
processing functions, including creating tables, it has difficulty assembling tables To "unassociate" these file types, you'd have to edit the file associations manually,
from files created by other word processors. Columns fair much better. And i f which can be a bit of a pain because there may be many file types involved.
you're a WordPerfect user, AbiWord can handle those documents as well. At around t MB, AbiWord takes very little space, loads in a flash, and consider-
But t h i n k of AbiWord as just another stripped down text editor. Just about ing the price, it's worth a download. •

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By MARA GULENS

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By MARA GULENS
I like Web site reviews — and not just
because I'm a reviewer myself. Have a look
at the Google search engine. Current num-
ber of searchable pages: 3,083,324,652, and
climbing steadily. Think you can find what
you need just by inputting the right search
string? You might, but maybe not quickly
enough for a child tugging at your shirt
sleeve demanding a fun, educational and
safe dot-com — now!
So it was with glee that I came upon a new
book on the market, Awesome Internet Sites
for Kids...The 155-page booklet is affiliated
with t h e same people responsible f o r
Smork.com — and is a catalogue of children's
sites with a complementary Web version.
The contents page lists 38 categories —
from Animals, to E-zines, to Languages, to
Zoos. Each category is colour-coded and
discusses three or more sites, for a total of
nearly 3 0 0 . Homework, f o r example,
reviews rudimentsofwisdom.com,wordcentralcom,
eduplace.com/kids, as well as a site with a
rather long URL.
Which is where the unique, aspect o f the
book comes in. Rather than have readers read
about a neat site and then clumsily attempt
to type the name o n the computer, the
authors have given each site their own URL,
which you can link to from the Smork.com
Web site. That long homework URL, f o r
example, becomes vvww.HM8.smoriccom. Ta-da:
Wonder Korner.
There's also another way to
do i t . G o t o Smork.com,
choose the category you want Awesome Internet Sites for Kids
By Sandra Antonlani and friends
(like Homework), a n d then $19.99
number eight. Presto: Yo u www.smork.com
arrived a t Wonder Korner Ages: 5 to 13
through t h e b a c k
44,
door. 11/4
One issue I've always ..tAterme 02'
had w i t h Internet sites
books is that they grow old so quickly. But
with kids' sites this may not be as big an
issue, and besides, while hundreds o f new
Web pages are launched each day, new
quality sites don't pop up like bubbles any-
more.
Nonetheless, we have to assume that if the
book sells, the authors will be back with
version two, which should address this
point. They've also left 21 drop-down spots
for each category, so there's still loads o f
space. (That said, don't be surprised i f you
click o n a number and there's nothing
there.)
As I looked through the book, I found
many sites I've reviewed over the past three
years, and many others I'm keen to visit.
Best of all, Awesome Internet Sites for Kids
puts kids' Web sites at my fingertips, which
is much easier than looking through even a
well-organized list of favourites.
Half the pages of the book sample content
from the sites reviewed so that you get a
taste for the Web without going online. The
print version also includes ideas f o r safe
surfing, suggestions on how to bookmark
and too many reminders that the book is
printed on recycled paper.
I do have one question though: What's the
story with Smork? He's on the cover, he
appears through-
out the book and
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site, b u t n e v e r
once h a v e w e
been f o r m a l l y
introduced. •
unexpected t u r n .
Although the reviewer has
a stack o f software and
good intentions, nothing
seems t o f i t t h e bill, as
was the case when I sat
down to review a title for
this issue.
Surveying the stack o f
titles I wasn't ready t o
start conquering t h a t particular
morning made me, ponder the fate
of the many CD-ROMs that have
made their way into our house by
way o f the review process. Many
have initially been snapped up by
eager, little computer player hands,
and then have either been played
again and again, or have been rele-
gated to the "out-of-favour" stack.
Suffice to say the "played again
and again" stack is very small.
I could go on about all the rea-
sons the games failed, but it's prob-
ably more beneficial t o mention
why the top three games i n our
house have withstood the test o f
time. Since some of these titles are
fairly ancient, you may even find
them in the bargain bins.
JumpStart Baby
Knowledge Adventure
Ages 9 months to 24 months
This title has a n original and
deluxe version, and although it's
intended for kids 9 to 24 months,
there's something about the pro-
gram that even senior-kindergarten
kids can relate to. It could partially
be because both versions pack so
much into the content that kids
don't get bored — games, colouring
and the chance to dress teddy. But
mainly, I think, it's because the
game treats kids like humans, not
couch potatoes who are satisfied
with absent-mindedly clicking a
key and watching shapes float by.
Little People Discovery Airport
Fisher Price
Ages 2 to 4
Little People Discovery Airport is
a winner because there's no confu-
sion. Sounds elementary, but not if
you look at the many wacky ways
games are designed these days. Kids
can easily navigate between the
mini games, change levels m i d -
game and return to sections they
enjoyed. Little kids love animals,
and t h i s game gives them t h e !
chance to complete tasks and feed
very real-looking cats and dogs.
JumpStart Artist
Knowledge Adventure
Ages 5 to 8
This title rewards kids with part ofi
a different amusement park ride for
successful completion o f an a r t
project — and kids like that. Not
only that, successful completion of
the entire park is a goal that keeps
them playing. There's also a lot of
variety and the chance to relate to a
group o f characters f r o m t h e
JumpStart world. •

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treat your fans
actually subjecting themselves to her music. new record. But until then, you can just get lots of
"This sucks," wrote one frustrated poster at the stuff with us bugging you."
message board section of Zeropaid.com. "I just Readers who are interested in hearing the Madonna
downloaded American Life and I got the real song." rant should really save themselves the potential emo-
Other fans looking to download the new tracks tional damage that can arise from stumbling upon the
simply received loops from American Life's self- aforementioned loops (or the real songs) on a file-
titled first single, proving conclusively that there's sharing network, and instead download a WAV file of
nothing like hearing a bad verse repeated 50 times the admonition here http//groups.yahoo.com/group/
over to make you realize how truly insipid the winoc/files/madonnafake.wav
lyrics are. As if being sworn at wasn't enough, In other news, the author wishes to advise readers
Madonna thought she'd stick it to her fans by forc- victimized by the looped files that running your
By GEOFF MARTIN - ing them to listen to her rapping the following beautiful speakers through the dishwasher will not wash the
prose over and over "I'm drinkin' a soy latte/I get a dou- ickiness from them, and is generally not advisable.
It's understandable that musicians become upset ble shottay/It goes right through my
when their new albums are posted on file-sharing net- bottay/And you know I'm satisfied." Itionours of their deaths were greatly
works in the form of MP3s shortly after they're Oh, the humanity.
released, or, in some cases, before their release dates. Instead of either berating her fans or
exaggerated
But it's not very cool to cuss out your fans when subjecting them to a cruel form of musi-
they're looking to download a preview track from cal Chinese water torture, perhaps
your unreleased album, perhaps to see if they wish to Madonna should have taken a page from
pay for the whole enchilada. the book of the always affable
That's the route Madonna has taken with potential Barenalced Ladies. Back in 2000, fans of D i c k C h e n e y 1941-2001
music pirates of her latest album, American Life. On our hometown band looking to down-
file-sharing networks such as Kazaa, fans who think load a pirated copy of their new single
they're downloading a version of her new songs are instead received a message from two of
instead downloading a spoofed file that begins with a its members saying, "Although you
very menacing-sounding Madonna asking, "What the thought you were downloading our new
f"" do you think you're doing?" followed by several single, what you're actually download-
minutes of silence. ing is an advertisement for our new
The tactic has had a curious effect, however, as there album, Maroon. It comes out September
seems to be more interest from downloaders in finding 12, and, uh, after that point, I'm sure
the spoofed file containing her rant than there is in you can download lots of stuff from the
It's one thing to be prepared, but it's quite another to be caught
Queens lab creates computers with "manners" with your virtual pants down.
The CNN.com Web site was embarrassed recently when pages con-
Researcher; at Queen's ttnivemitv in doing. this new conixpt in computing could taining the obituaries of several still-living public figures who have
Kingston. Ont_ are further perpetuating he a godsend for some busy people. as it seen better days were left in a publicly accessible area of the site for
Canada's reputation as a -polite- country by senses whether you are at your desk, and all to see.
creating a fascinating set of computer devices whether or not vou'rc embroiled in a The pages were also accessible by people searching Google for
and software that together employ a sort of demanding task before interrupting you with information on the not-quite deceased parties, who included for-
manners," by sensing their user's needs and a notice of new mail. for example. or popping mer US President Ronald Reagan, current US Vice-President Dick
availability, and responding to them appropri- up instant messages and other distractions on Cheney, Pope John Paul II and comedian Bob Hope.
ately. your screen. The pages were pulled down within 20 minutes by CNN.com
The concept v,as created by the Human -We now need computers that sense when staff, but not before Web site TheSmokingGun.com grabbed copies
Media Tab (11).:11.) at Queen's. and is known as we arc busy, when we arc available for inter- for archival purposes, after being tipped off by alert readers of the
the AttiTiti\k- User Interface (AUL Last uption, and know e,hcn to wait their turn off-beat news site Fark.com.
month. se\cial members lino,❑s we CIO in human- This is actually the second time around with this sort of screw-
of the nine 'Mall HMI to-human interactions... up for Bob Hope, who will turn 100 on May 29. In 1998, the Web
team. inclmihm, its says Dr. Wiregaal at the site of the Associated Press mistakenly posted a pre-fab story with
director. Dr. Roei HiVIL Web site a headline announcing the comedian's death, prompting a US con-
Veriegaal, travelled to twww.hml.queensmeaL gressman to relay the sad but erroneous news on the floor of the
Fort Lauderdale. Florida "Were moving computers House of Representatives. The story was launched when someone
to present their Mil sys- from the realm of being at AP.com pushed the wrong button after the death of Frank
tems at a presligious merely tools, to being Sinatra, exposing a canned obituary for Hope with X's in the
conference ihat discusses 'sociable' appliances that place of the still-undetermined date of his death.
as !hey can recognize and For the sake of timely and well-researched news, it's a common
respond to some of the practice for newspapers and other news outfits to have obituaries
With si; mail) A. non-verbal cues humans ready for public figures who have fallen on ill health, but in the
CO:liptaLa use in group conversa- Age of the Internet, it's important to keep a tight lid on such
tract us from wino we're tion." preparations. •
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Looking for tecimology I was actually looking forward to the
new Command Et Conquer game. a t C
or computer related
has always had a good combination of
storyline and gameplay. In Command a
Conquer: Generals, this has been pre-
products? serired — the gameplay is very cool and
much improved ( n o t that there was
much wrong with previous versions),
and t h e storyline i s interesting,
although given the current global polit-
ical climate, rather disquieting.
There are three forces in this game —
the US, the Chinese, and the GLA. It is
the last group that is unsettling. The
GLA (Global Liberation Army) is by all
accounts patterned a f t e r liberation
Within minutes, the groups t h a t existed i n t h e 1970s.
Cana daComputes.com However, given that the geographical
situation of most of the action here is in
Merchant 1:11r2ctory the "Stan" (Afghanistan, Kazakhstan,
etc.) the GLA can easily become syn-
onymous with a terrorist organization
that is being' hunted right now. This
kind of thing can lead to a lot of misin-
terpretations — especially with a scene
of a minaret being blown up i n the
AE-JPCHANT D I R E C T O R ' Y lead-up to the first training mission.
Of course the storyline is not that
simple — there is a triumvirate-of power
in this world that is represented by the
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battle it out in a series of skirmishes for
world supremacy. (Where's t h e UN,
Canadian peacekeepers?—Ed.) T h i s
would be great i f the sides were really
equal. In atC:G, the US is the top dog
militarily a n d technologically. T h e
Chinese run a distant second, and the
GLA barely shows. There are a few skir-
mishes where the Americans' techno-
logical superiority is not a great bene-
fit — a real life example would be that
foot soldiers still have to slog i t out
once in a while — but for the most part,
it is easier to win a skirmish playing
the US side than it is using the other
two combatants. Although the GLA has
a u n i t called Terrorist, y o u cannot
exploit i t as a. real terrorist — as a
strategic weapon that has an unlimited
field of operation and is not limited to
the field of battle.
The biggest improvement in atC:G is
in the graphics. The ones i n previous
versions were no slouches, but these
ones have great 3D views and effects.
Zooming in, scrolling through the bat-
tlefield and jumping from unit to unit
presented no problems, and the graph-
ics were seamless. The computer I used
for testing was a Dell Dimension 1.4
GHz machine with settings that were
just slightly advanced o f the require-
ments. I had no problems running the
game — not bad for a machine that is
nearly two years old. The game has
higher requirements and is moving into
the realm o f first-person shooters and
other graphically intensive games. The
pace of this real-time strategy game is a
little quicker than in previous titles —
you really need to be on top o f your
troop management here.
Aside from my misgivings about the
politics o f this game, i t is fun, and I
guess that is the point. Were the politics
better in CEtC: Red Alert, with the US
pitted against the Soviets? I'm not sure,
but the timing was not as raw, I guess.
With t h e upgrade i n graphics and
gameplay engine, this edition o f CEtC
will no doubt be a success. I will be
waiting to see who the baddies will be
in the next version of this series. •
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PCgaming: What's coming ...
By CHRIS TALBOT
The annual Electronic Entertainment
Expo (generally referred to as E3) is only
a matter of weeks away, but even before
all the madness o f the conference and
show floor begins, we've already been
hearing about a number o f prominent
releases for later this year.
One series is getting another addition
to its line, a popular console title is
coming to the PC and Mac realm, and a
certain T V show will soon be turned ,
into a home computer game (fans will
rejoice and the rest will scoff).
Join up with Master Chief
Xbox owners were more than a little
miffed i n March when the bad news
came o u t o f developer Bungie: The
much-anticipated Halo 2 is being post-
poned until sometime in 2004 so that
the developers can focus their energies
on bringing Halo: Combat Evolved to PC
and Macintosh platforms. While that's
terrible news for the console world, as
Xbox owners still won't be able to, take
Master Chief online for some fragging
fun, it's excellent news for PC and Mac
garners.
Originally to be released as a comput-
er real-time strategy, Halo was trans-
formed i n t o a f i r s t -person shooter
adventure game f o r X b o x a n d has
remained- on the top o f the Xbox sales
and rental charts since its debut with the
big, green box. Microsoft and Bungie
have been talking- about the computer
version of the game fora long time, and
it's finally expected to hit store shelves
in September. PC garners shouldn't
expect just a straight:port of the Xbox
version of the game, but the story will
remain intact.
However, there will be a few changes
that computer garners should take note
on First off, the game will be based on
the typical mouse-and-keyboard combi-
nation found in most compOter-
based first-person shooter games.
More importantly, though, will be
the addition of online multiplayer
support, something Xbox owners
won't have until Halo 2. Educated
guesses suggest up to 32 players
will bri'ahle to, engage in multi-
player death matches over a LAN
or the Internet.
Use the Force, young Jedi
• ing, facial features and
LucasArts i s working On the latest
instalment of its . line Of Star Wars fitst-
person shooters. J e d i Knight: J e d i
Academy, the fifth Star Wars FPS in the
series that started way back when
with Dark Forces, will put players-
in the role o f a Jedi apprentice at
Luke Skywalker's academy (for t h e
non-Star Wars fanatic who hasn't
read the sequel novels, after _Rehm::
of the S k y w a l k e r founded a.
JediAatemy and started re-build-
i n c "the order destroyed b y t h e
Emperor and Darth Vader).
Up until now, the FPS series has
followed the adventutes o f Kyle
Katarn, a mercenary-kirrned-Jedi-
turned-mercenary-agarn, and even
though Katarn will be apart of the sto-
ryline as one o f the new character's
instructors at the academy, be will not
be the focal point of the plot this time.
Jedi Academy sounds like it will be a
Star Wars fan's heaven, with the ability
to create and customize a Jedi student
charatter and work toward becoming a
powerial Jedi (Katarn was a -bit o f a
reluctant Force-wielder). Players will be
able to select a species, a gender, cloth-
physical attributes f o r
their characters. They'll
also have the ability t o
choose a lightsaber, with
more styles opening u p
throughout t h e g a m e
(including t h e double-
,-,bladed lightsaber).
Force powers, a variety
of weapons and enemies
following the Dark Side of
the Force a r e _likely t o
appear in this latest addi-
tion t o the Jedi Knight
series. LucasArts is gearing
up for an autumn release
on PC and Xbox.
Reality TV on PC
Reality TV hasn't exactly translated
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considered by some'reviewers to be' one:
of the worst games made i n recent
years. Hopefully. Codemasters will have
better luck with its recently-acquired
licence for American Idol.
Based on the TV show o f the same
name, American Idol will be a music-
based rhythm game i n which players
compete as singers on the popular televi-
sion program Players will create a char-
acter, choose their musical style, train said
character and then compete. According to
the announcement w e received from
Codemasters, over 40 music tracks will be
available to choose from.
Of course, what's a. contest without
judges? Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson
and Paula Abdul will all appear in the
game as computer-generated characters.
Each will record commentary and dia-
logue to be used in the,game.
Codemasters promiges a first look at
the game at E3 i n May. It's unknown
when Ametican IdolY willobe released,
but we do know it's being planned for
both PC and PlayStation 2. •

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as Hollywood actors, r o c k Shadows o f Undrentide also houses
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use in the Aurora Toolset, the free editor
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game modules and swap them online.
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By WILLIAM A. WOOD
Master of Orion 3, the "ultimate space
strategy," has ultimately become a
source of some controversy.
The latest i n a , popular turn-based
"conquer the galaxy" strategy series,
Mo03 is really a sequel in name only. It
became clear early on that the develop-
er (Quicksilver Software) was going to
diverge from the series' previous style of
play. Some o f these changes worried
waiting fans, but the company was
enthusiastic. _ shortly before release because the beta=
Quicksilver released planning details
for an ambitious, grand-scale game that,
involved running a galactic empire
Things to do during su liner vacation
using the same basic Mo0 formula
(research technology, colonize plan-
ets, develop fleets, conquer your
neighbours), but from a different
perspective. As the exalted leader, you
would be removed from the nitty-gritty
of running your empire; instead of hav-
ing to micromanage your civilization,
you would rely on underlings to do
much of the dirty work, concentrating
instead on macromanaging such things
as overall development plans and diplo-
macy. As well, space combat would no
longer require (or allow) you to'control
individual ships, but rather have you
direct task forces (small fleets), which
would fight more or less on their own.
Although many of the more ambitious
plans were ultimately scaled back, the
bake design arrived as promised—sort of.
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The game itself takes some getting
used to. While the capacity for micro-
management still exists to some degree,
Mo03 is clearly designed to discourage
that, so' playing with the old mindset
leads to frustration. Taking the game on
its own merits, trying to see the "bigger
picture," is definitely the way to go.
Unfortunately, I'm not sure just how
much fun that is. I n many respects,
being divorced from the "local" deci-
sions (particularly the ones that were so
crucial to Mo02, like space combat and
specific researching) takes a change of
philosophy.
the game's learning curve is almost
vertical. There is a lot of data to digest,
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players make big decisions and get use-
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game help — even the developers admit
that. Finding out how to play properly
requires garners to scour the official dis-
cussion boards for help, which may be
more effort than many are prepared to
make.
Luckily, the game's"Al is a pushover;
apparently, it was nerfed (made easier)
testers couldn't beat the game on the
Now that summer's on its way back,
I've started dreaming about lazy days at
the beach again, building sandcastles
like I did as a Idd. Well, maybe not sand-
castles so much as sand trailer parks,
consisting of a row of single sand piles
forged from the same mold and with no
architectural detail to distinguish them
from the ant colony down the road.
Anyway, I'm guessing that many peo-
ple had this experience, spending hours
—well at least kid-brain hours, which
are more like, say, 10 minutes long
working on • this beachfront property
development, dreaming Of the people
who were going to live there, and all
the profits to be made from waterfront
redevelopment, and whether to add a
boardwalk of Popsicle sticks, and where
to get all the Popsicles (probably would
need 30 or so), and how to eat all of
them fast enough that they wouldn't
melt. But during the Popsicle financing
negotiations, along comes a bunch of
bigger kids playing football, straight
through the new development like a
tornado, flattening the hours (read: 20
minutes) o f work in five seconds, as
tornados are apt to do with trailer
parks. So it's back to square one, wet-
ting and packing sand, turning it over
and removing ,the mold ever, so gently,
until it all happens again. It might be
the incoming tide this time, or an over-
tired sibling out for a fight, but the flat-
hardest levels. But now, gamers
(even those that like it) complain
Mo03 can be beaten with lithe
effort.
For and against
The online community has split
into those that were severely dis-
appointed by the game and are
giving up on it (noisily) versus those
who like the concept and enjoy playing
it, but just want it to be patched/pol-
ished a bit more. Mo03 is fairly easy to
modify ( i n some ways), and many
gamer-created mods have appeared to
tening is inevitable.
If you remember that feeling, that
flattening, deflating feeling, then you
might be able to imagine my distress
while playing Impossible Creatures.
I'm not the best juggles — the world is
much better off if I, and those like me,
stick to doing one thing .t a time (actu-
ally, I'm not great at doing that either,
but that's another column). Having
played real time strategy games before,
with more or less calamitous results, I
stepped into this one gingerly, starting
with the tutorial.
Tutorials are great for building up
your confidence. Having mastered the
art of rotating the camera angles by
moving the mouse around the screen,
moving on to commanding a henchman
to shovel coal with nary a complaint, I
figured I was on my way to conquering
the island.
One o f the most engaging compo-
nents i n I C i s the Army Builder.
Basically, players create hybrids of ani-
mals, combining two different creatures
to make one "Impossible Creature" that
merges the strengths and abilities o f
them both. The idea is to put together a
collection o f these creatures that will,
then fight someone else's collection of
creatures, either an AI player or anoth-
er human player over a network.
It's remarkable how agonizing this
can be, pouring over the special abili-
ties of each animal, and once they're
combined, deciding which o f each
species' features to incorporate in order
to produce the strongesccombination.
Is it better to combine a Komodo drag-
on and elephant with the dragon's head
or the elephant's head? The dragon's
tail has obvious battle uses, but what
about the legs and torso?
change t h e pace o f play,
improve the documentation
and even redo the art.
But this begs the question: How is it
that the gaming community can do
more to improve the play balance (and
therefore the fun) i n weeks than the
developers and testers could d o i n
continued on page 50
I assembled what I thought was a
pretty strong army o f creatures and
started a game — just a simple game
against the computer. And that's when
cold, hard, virtual reality set in.
First of all, having henchmen is great
—they're big, strong guys who do all
the heavy work at your command with
no argument, just "You're the boss." But
they're not very bright. When I tell
them to build something, they build it,
but i f I don't notice right away when
they're finished, they'll just stand there.
You'd think they could look around and
see that there was still coal to shovel,
but n0000 — they're not paid to, think.
Well, they're not, paid at all, but if they
were, it wouldn't be to think.
As soon as I had gathered enough
resources, I built a creature chamber and
started cranking out an army, one crea-
ture at a time. The trouble was, every
time I managed to build up a pack of
creatures, I'd hear the panicked alert from
one of the henchmen: "The critters are
under attack! Our base is under attack!"
The valiant henchmen would keep on,
shoveling coal while the creature pack
fought to defend the base. And I'll give
them credit, they fought off the enemy
creatures several times. But in the end,
the enemy attacks were relentless and
we didn't have enough time to replen-
ish our ranks.
There I was, heartless, distant leader,
cranking out clones' of these hybrids as
fast as I could, while one creature after
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By TED KRITSONIS The graphics, otherwise, are excellent. made a lot easier with this fea-
Watching an outfielder run and dive for ture.
The boys of summer return• for anoth- a flyball i s captivating, because the Going even further, EA includ-
er season on EA Sports' latest instal- sound o f the crowd's anticipation and ed a franchise mode t o give
ment of its baseball franchise, previous- reaction, coupled with the sounds on the garners the chance to see how
ly called Triple Play. Released j u s t field, add a strong dimension of realism good they can be as a general
before the Major League Baseball (MLB) to the gameplay. But, as always, there manager. By managing the pay-
season was set to begin, this game is as are those gameplay issues that can drive roll, scouting up-and-coming
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sights and sounds of the game. game. Case in point: The first baseman can be immersed i n the front
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sports games have nowadays, the sim- pitcher takes too long to run to first and the field. A n d with the online
plicity around this game is a little sur- catch the ball from said first baseman to elements, y o u can update the
prising. You can easily play this game back him up and run over the basepad current rosters during the course
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cient engine, new player models and a right decisions at the right times, but the console versions have it. Network while remaining fairly consistent in its
new player interface make it easier and when the game is tied in the late innings play via LAN and Direct IP connections gameplay. W i t h t h e added features,
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regardless o f whether you're playing a enjoying this one. your o w n o r against another player
day o r night game. Of course, seeing Picture-in-picture base running is an online. There are certain distances that I N F O
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At a small, dark, Queen Street lounge
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music and Internet." things I will get i n the
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technology? "I don't get frustrated
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when things go wrong, as in when the the only thing with Macs is their p
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