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Here are a few more animations, both GIF and PNG, scattered with regular photos: http://www.animanon.deviantart.com/ http://www.addressunlisted.deviantart.com/ http://www.syntheticidentity.deviantart.com/ http://www.cryptalart.deviantart.com/ Some ideologically controversial or adult content can't be seen until account login. All are public domain/Creative Commons Zero, so help yourself if interested.

Here are a few more animations, both GIF and PNG, scattered with regular photos: http://www.animanon.deviantart.com/ http://www.addressunlisted.deviantart.com/ http://www.syntheticidentity.deviantart.com/ http://www.cryptalart.deviantart.com/ Some ideologically controversial or adult content can't be seen until account login. All are public domain/Creative Commons Zero, so help yourself if interested.

Here are a few more animations, both GIF and PNG, scattered with regular photos: http://www.animanon.deviantart.com/ http://www.addressunlisted.deviantart.com/ http://www.syntheticidentity.deviantart.com/ http://www.cryptalart.deviantart.com/ Some ideologically controversial or adult content can't be seen until account login. All are public domain/Creative Commons Zero, so help yourself if interested.

Here are a few more animations, both GIF and PNG, scattered with regular photos: http://www.animanon.deviantart.com/ http://www.addressunlisted.deviantart.com/ http://www.syntheticidentity.deviantart.com/ http://www.cryptalart.deviantart.com/ Some ideologically controversial or adult content can't be seen until account login. All are public domain/Creative Commons Zero, so help yourself if interested.

If you don't take your store online that's your fault. Amazon helps you sell online. As does eBay. A couple of weeks ago I placed an order with Amazon, and will place another in the next couple of days, and the items come from other businesses. J&R Music and Computer World is one of Amazon's stores. Etsy is a community and market place for artists, deviantART is another. And obviously the net makes it easier to find jobs whether permanent full-time employment or short term contract work.

Pretty soon, brick n mortar stores will die off and you'll never be able to see an item before you order it, and/or you'll be complaining about the walmartization of cities that destroy local mom n pop stores. I know way to many people who complain about $4.50 cables costing $40 at brick n mortar and buying online, and then complain about lack of good jobs locally.

Actually the net levels the playing field. Brick and mortar stores can only sell locally but open an online store and you can sell anywhere. Partner with an big online seller and marketing will be easier.

Falcon

http://phantomkat813.deviantart.com/art/Redshirt-Facebook-Page-155448981?q=gallery%3APhantomKat813%2F24757110&qo=2

Hey Spock check out this YouTube video!

If it still takes so much cooling to prevent things from going wrong this badly, then my view of nuclear fission as a source of power is significantly more negative than it was previously.

In a BWR (and older PWR) design, the removal of decay heat (the heat given off by the fission products after a SCRAM) is an issue. (BWR vs PWR discussion, click "Onward!" for the next page.)

What you want is a design that's passively safe. Google ESBWR, AP1000, CANDU, for existing designs, as well as SSTAR and LFTR for examples of future designs that feature passive safety.

But yes, you're correct in that the GE Mk. 1 BWR does not feature passive safety in the event of simultaneous loss of cooling, external power source, and diesel backup generators. Passive safety is an engineering problem, not a physics problem. Even this old design could be retrofitted and made safer (although still not passively safe, as the next layer of backups could also be wiped out) by putting the another set of generators on a hill near the reactor, storing a bunch of power cable and compatible connectors near the second set of generators, and some fuel underground on that hill, rather than in tanks next to the seashore.

Someone, somewhere, is going to develop cancer as a result of this. Even if it is just those poor sods they sent into those basements without proper protective gear. Is that really worth it? Isn't it possible to just stop being so inefficient and make better use of all the resources we already have in place?

If It Saves Just One Life...

Someone, somewhere, is going to die in an automobile collision today. Even if it is just some poor sod who decided to go blazing down the highway at 100 miles an hour while weaving through traffic in a Hummer H2. Is that really worth it? Isn't it possible to just install speed governors to restrict all vehicles to 10 mph (and make better use of the gasoline we've already refined)?

The Post-Photoshop era is here. Look at what this guy did in Paint? http://diamonster.deviantart.com/art/powerdraw-17908194?fullview=1

I see plenty of Windows (and OS X and Gnome) desktops that look like a real desktop. A cluttered mess of stuff all over the place. Like this: http://456kn.deviantart.com/#/d1x6yk3

At First They Were Just Vacuum Cleaners

Lucas Art's Sam and Max Hit the Road had you flip to a page and dress the on screen paper doll style characters up like they are dressed up on the manual page. The game has been replicated in Flash http://axigan.deviantart.com/art/Sam-and-Max-Dressup-game-77720716

What the heck do you mean? I think the Chinese should focus on taking down this one first.

Question: can Chrome lose the HAL Simon mascot please?

Answer: I can't do that Dave.

P.S. In all seriousness I don't like the default icon either as it was too distractingly colorful. I switched it to this one, called Chrome Z-Edition.

http://pyxelated.deviantart.com/art/Reality-1440x900-78861805?q=&qo=

It's been done.

16-bit and 32-bit color? Oh wait...it can't?

CinePaint (aka. FilmGimp) most certainly DOES support 16 / 32-bit, and full color managed workflow. As for adjustment layers, there is some Script-fu to give you most of this:

http://the-gimp.deviantart.com/art/Adjustment-Layers-1473128
and
http://registry.gimp.org/node/20340

Apparently, not enough people really cared, otherwise there'd be more contributions and improvements from others.

Additionally, Krita (http://www.koffice.org/krita/) also supports 16 / 32 bit, adjustment layers and full color managed workflow.

I had my first foray into HDR still photography recently and I have to say I'm very very impressed with the results. Certain night-time scenes look absolutely stunning using 4-5 exposures. Here's some shots by a friend of a friend: http://roache7.deviantart.com/gallery/.

I use Avant Window Navigator or AWN.
https://launchpad.net/awn

I like it because it's very simple and just sits there and doesn't do any special launching stuff. It has a nice "squish" animation and handles custom icons nicely. More than anything else it was the main one around when I first got one and I've stuck with it, Docky didn't offer enough benefit for me to make the transition.

It's more akin to OSX than Windows, here's what my desktop looks like...
http://stepdown.deviantart.com/#/d2te728

just make a clone

Namco owns a copyright on the physical appearance of the character Pac-Man. Namco and its then U.S. console partner Atari successfully sued a cloner in 1982 for copyright infringement ( Atari v. Philips ). So if the player character of Vote Eater looks too much like a sphere with a lune for a mouth, and if the chasing characters look too much like Bloo from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends without a valid parodic reason, Namco would still have enough of a case to make the author of Vote Eater spend beaucoup bucks on legal representation.

>Or, to put it in terms of a pop culture reference, "I don't need no instructions to know how to ROCK!"

Sure, protools has made it so that anyone can push a button and recieve a polished cd ....but for all of the Brittanies and Lohans why is it we don't have music that can measure up to Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd any more?

Couldn't be a connection could there? Nawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

Have fun at DA with the rest of the folks who don't need a degree to know how to draw...

Nice detective work there, tin foil. I am indeed a nationally certified healthcare technician. I am also this:

Protodevilin

So yeah. I can do two things at once. Your move.

I can see it now.

i admire canada's healthcare

Too bad Canadians don't...

http://chibi-marrow.deviantart.com/

Current Residence: Atlanta, Georgia

So says the person living in the southern US...

Zomg I think I quite possibly meant http://drstyles.deviantart.com/ ... racking my brain to think of how that one went wrong but I can't figure it out - epic fail. Thanks, next time I'll just think it.

I think you meant http://drstyles.deviantart.com.

I think you mean here, not there. :)
- fractoid-with-mod-points

Tetris in Stereogram 3D: http://3dimka.deviantart.com/art/3D-Stereogram-Tetris-36795242

Shatner's site seems more like a glorified forum, a great place to find people who share the same interest, but that isn't what Facebook is for.

If I were going to draw a comparison with an existing site, I'd compare it to deviantART, but for sci-fi. It's a social networking site in the sense that's intended for people with a common interest to network with each other - but it's not taking on Facebook.

But suggesting that it is will likely get more attention.

Pirate Bay is the best source for books? I don't think so. Project Gutenberg is the best source for books, unless you want technical manuals--then it depends upon what you need. There seems to be plenty of public domain and creative commons sources for those. (linux documentation prj., freebsd, lightandmatter.com, etc...)

Or were you looking for modern teeny bopper crap? Just look for "fan fiction" sites (Halo is "wonderful"), or just about any site which allows teenage girls to publish a "book." But then, those aren't any better than the penny rags of yesteryear which are already in the public domain.

Plenty of free places to legally get books. Makes me wonder why you would mention The Pirate Bay. Did some publisher pay you to do that so they could create "proof" they need DRM?

In which case this is redundant: http://rishiramraj.deviantart.com/art/Origami-Rose-125394614

Run half a cow thru one and you'll probably seek professional help just from how high of a pitch of delight you emit as you watch the bandsaw rip through the carcass.

I started off at 15, kept at it for 3 years, made my way to second head chef for the attached catfish restaurant (actually helped mask the smell of the open-air oriental market that it was attached to, totally exposed.)

I'm no pro, but I do forge my own blades. http://traintagspotter.deviantart.com/art/Newly-Forged-Sword-71353126 old pic but one of my better works.

http://rishiramraj.deviantart.com/art/Gnu-Linux-Autographed-Laptop-64546718

... is a proportional font called Cynthia Handwriting (the font license says it's OK for personal use) - I like how

• the I, l, | and O, 0, () are distinct;
• the font itself is quite narrow;
• yet, despite that, it's still quickly readable.

This font isn't for everyone, though. I code in Java, where the class names are long and the doc strings abound, so most things read as words anyway. I also use Eclipse with a theme that bolds keywords, brackets and braces; the default settings also perform brace matching when I select a brace. It's pretty neat.

Folks might want to check out the actual proportions. Military spending significantly outweighs social spending--health, education, and welfare. I read a piece last week that said that one year of the Iraq war costs more than the tuition of every college student in the US for the last several years. My memory may be faulty there, and lies, damn lies.... But there's always the old "death and taxes" graphic: http://mibi.deviantart.com/art/Death-and-Taxes-9410862. All that said, Joe Sixpack, um, Shiftworker isn't paying much taxes. I know. I'm an English teacher, but I make $32,000 a year. Altogether, including a really high local sales tax, about 17% of my income goes to taxes and social security. That's not much money. I mean, it's a lot to me, but a drop in the bucket. You can blow my year's taxes out the barrel of a machine gun in one firefight.

And another thing. You are trying to enter a field where MOST of your competitors are CROOKS. Do you really want to be associated with such a label as a "Social Network Game Producer" when those that already are seem to be jumping ship in an attempt salvage what little reputation they retain now the cat is out of the bag regarding the less then savory business practices they've used?

If this link is to be believed, it seems they will be quite at home associating with crooks.

It seems that others might be interested in any revenue that is generated

http://mercuralis.deviantart.com/journal/23000665/

I distinctly missed the beginning of WWIII this morning, though to be fair it could have happened before my first cup of coffee.

I hope this picture helps you understand what is happening over here. (From Scandinavia and the World)

I distinctly missed the beginning of WWIII this morning, though to be fair it could have happened before my first cup of coffee.

I hope this picture helps you understand what is happening over here. (From Scandinavia and the World)

Actually, yes, I do. The joys of being a weekend scrapper - you get acess to all the raw or even pre-refined material that you want!

Moron. Smart people can make do with anything. Only idiots need things pre-built for them

Oh, yes, I can forge my own swords, as well - http://traintagspotter.deviantart.com/art/Newly-Forged-Sword-71353126

And making my own layers of PCB with traces isn't that hard - what, you never took an electronics drafting course before? I can breadboard my own processor. Etching reagents are as simple as finding a properly acidic solution - you can get this by running an electrical current + oxygen through lime juice and get down to pH 1.3 easily.

I can build my own generator - indeed - otherpower.com is a nice resource for learning how to do just that.

You're just one ignorant ill-educated anonymous coward. You don't even hold a CANDLE compared to me. Go back to school, tool.

Please look at a grid I made at :
http://ariskatsaris.deviantart.com/art/Political-grid-143752221
(You can click on it for a bigger image)

Meritocracy is all fine and dandy, but without solidarity strengthening the "egalitarian" axis, it just means that all future competition tilts towards the already successful rather than awarding the more capable.

Solidarity has its own pitfalls ofcourse -- leaning leftwards, it may transform from "supporting the weak" into "group loyalty" instead, thus turning into a new privilege and a new aristocracy.

But meritocracy alone can't stand. If it's not supported by egalitarianism it *will* make itself into aristocracy.

I've been drawing a lot of linux manga lately ^^ http://thernx.deviantart.com/gallery/ -- my gallery if any1 is interested I belive it's a perfect match! to bad I'm not living in the US.

I see your Tarantula shooting gun, and raise you a Flaming, Tit endowed, Shuriken and Lightning shooting gun!

cool, nice to see my images linked on slashdot :) hopefully we'll have some gpu-accelerated results to show you all soon (and for those with opencl supporting cards, executables).

btw interested parties might like to check out my 3840x2400 resolution render of the 7th degree version here: http://lyc.deviantart.com/art/siebenfach-139038934 (it's buried deep in the thread, and fractalforums is creeking a bit)

Squatter, or just extreme slacker?

When I first reached out to google for the definition of squatter, I got a bit confused as to where the illegality lay[gr.?]. The definition of squatter hereseems to express two types, those with legal, and illegal. When I switched the search to cybersquatter, I then understood more about where the laws start, (though seems a amendment may be needed) here in the United States, Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act passed in 1999, an amendment to the Trademark Act 1946 also known as the Lanham Act.

Where am I going with this? How does one determine good faith? How do you differentiate between a person who might struggle to get it up (specially if a deadline looms overhead, further if that deadline is tightened) and one who is squatting maliciously, awaiting a time when they can resell the slot to someone else who has developed the application, put in the sweat, time, thought, tears, hours, etc...
To end with a wee bit of entertainment amidst all this legal jumbo-gumbo, figured I might throw a little head-nod to J.R. Bob "Dobbs" (not MS's failed project). Slacking is an artform, a religion, one that many take quite seriously. So much so they used it in the naming of a Linux distro. Slacker? Or Ill-memes willful disconsolation?

My wife sells her photographs via the art website deviantART. They have an interesting culture surrounding visual IP involving various resolutions and watermarks, with online purchase available through normal e-commerce paths. It's an interesting site with a good moderating scheme, attractive page composition and a fairly large following. Stuff actually gets sold, and for decent prices. A support culture of high quality printing and framing has grown around the static pieces. There are worse ways to archive your art, and I strongly recommend it.

For my physics independent study, this is poor quality and lots of images, if anyone is interested and/or is a scholar and wishes to help me make it better please contact me at feh nix at g mail DOT com. I know it has poor grammar, but I'm a critical thinker not an English Major ;] http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs51/f/2009/257/8/3/Scientific_Understanding_by_wolf_ness.jpg

Yeah, it's fucking great for me. Great till one day I end up failing to find a solution to the shit that's going on.

Yes, I am very intelligent. I am very successful in my career. I have a lot of people telling me how they would love to swap positions. I can tell you that for every person that I meet who is dumb and unsuccessful, yet happy in their lives, I would swap places in an instant.

I got asked once, if I would prefer to live intelligently in a prison knowing I was in one, or stupidly in the same place not knowing what it was. I would choose the latter.

Have a read of some of my musings and art to see some of my side of the coin:
Normal
Two Little Boys
Positive and Negative
and finally Depression the file in my sig.

For the record I am bipolar (Manic Depressive in old terminology).

Yeah, it's fucking great for me. Great till one day I end up failing to find a solution to the shit that's going on.

Yes, I am very intelligent. I am very successful in my career. I have a lot of people telling me how they would love to swap positions. I can tell you that for every person that I meet who is dumb and unsuccessful, yet happy in their lives, I would swap places in an instant.

I got asked once, if I would prefer to live intelligently in a prison knowing I was in one, or stupidly in the same place not knowing what it was. I would choose the latter.

Have a read of some of my musings and art to see some of my side of the coin:
Normal
Two Little Boys
Positive and Negative
and finally Depression the file in my sig.

For the record I am bipolar (Manic Depressive in old terminology).

Yeah, it's fucking great for me. Great till one day I end up failing to find a solution to the shit that's going on.

Yes, I am very intelligent. I am very successful in my career. I have a lot of people telling me how they would love to swap positions. I can tell you that for every person that I meet who is dumb and unsuccessful, yet happy in their lives, I would swap places in an instant.

I got asked once, if I would prefer to live intelligently in a prison knowing I was in one, or stupidly in the same place not knowing what it was. I would choose the latter.

Have a read of some of my musings and art to see some of my side of the coin:
Normal
Two Little Boys
Positive and Negative
and finally Depression the file in my sig.

For the record I am bipolar (Manic Depressive in old terminology).

Yeah, it's fucking great for me. Great till one day I end up failing to find a solution to the shit that's going on.

Yes, I am very intelligent. I am very successful in my career. I have a lot of people telling me how they would love to swap positions. I can tell you that for every person that I meet who is dumb and unsuccessful, yet happy in their lives, I would swap places in an instant.

I got asked once, if I would prefer to live intelligently in a prison knowing I was in one, or stupidly in the same place not knowing what it was. I would choose the latter.

Have a read of some of my musings and art to see some of my side of the coin:
Normal
Two Little Boys
Positive and Negative
and finally Depression the file in my sig.

For the record I am bipolar (Manic Depressive in old terminology).