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Dvorak on 'Rinky-Dink' Software Rant

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the do-my-bidding dept.

DigitalDame2 writes "John C. Dvorak explores the trials and tribulations of photo editing software and why it's so difficult to use. Unless you are using these programs full-time, you spend a lot of time trying to figure things out. Is it too much to ask for a simple and powerful software program that can do the 45 things photographers do most in Photoshop?"

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  1. I agree. by FireballX301 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Which is why I use MSPaint.

    MS PAINT 4 LYFE!

  2. article is -1 troll by John+Nowak · · Score: 5, Funny

    For the love of god, PLEASE stop posting articles from dvorak. It is just sadistic.

    1. Re:article is -1 troll by Benwick · · Score: 3, Funny

      No sheet! As a former college-level composition instructor, I wish I could get paid to write that badly.

      Even the author knows he's not even trying (e.g. "yes, this is a badly constructed rant!"). This isn't Slashdot-worthy. It's not even kindergarden-worthy. It's crap!

      Approximately 500 words; 0 coherent concepts expressed ("I want a whole bunch of stupid programs put together that don't add up to Photoshop.").

      Grade: F, for "Fired."

    2. Re:article is -1 troll by m4dm4n · · Score: 2, Funny

      What you mean "The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing device called a 'mouse'. There is no evidence that people want to use these things" wasn't insightful?

      John C Dvorak, rinky dink for over 2 decades.

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    3. Re:article is -1 troll by memer · · Score: 1, Funny

      Waaah! Word makes me use, like, thirty-odd keys just to type out a piece of crap rant. Isn't there some easy bit of software that can, like, do it for me using less thinking?

    4. Re:article is -1 troll by Asprin · · Score: 3, Funny


      Dvorak is the new Jon Katz.

      (/crickets chirping)

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  3. Re:Picassa by Nqdiddles · · Score: 5, Funny

    From the website:
    "...it automatically locates all your pictures (even ones you forgot you had)" (emphasis added).
    I don't know about you, but I'm not sure I want any program finding all the photos I've got - even if I have forgotten about them!

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  4. Re:Parent is Funny by Philip+K+Dickhead · · Score: 3, Funny
    Yeah. Making fun of Dvorak is like shooting fish in a barrel.

    "There's an expression we do not use enough. Rinky-dink."

    I guess he hasn't heard what the girls say about him...
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  5. Re:whinge whinge by Fred_A · · Score: 4, Funny

    Also, he implied the "Are you sure you want to do this?" message boxes

    I always thought those should be replaced by

    You really shouldn't be doing this
    [Fuck my stuff up] [Oops, forget about it]

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  6. Re:Picassa by vagabond_gr · · Score: 4, Funny

    I though you were speaking about porn. But then, did you forget about your porn???? Are you ok man?

  7. Re:Picassa by Just+Some+Guy · · Score: 5, Funny
    I don't know about you, but I'm not sure I want any program finding all the photos I've got - even if I have forgotten about them!
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    And that kids is how I met your mother.

    Digital camera: $300.
    Getting a cute coed drunk: $15.
    The look on your kids' face when they realize that the pictures Picasa unearthed were of Mommy: priceless.

    Best text+sig combination I expect to read this week.

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  8. Re:Just as everything else by SirPavlova · · Score: 2, Funny
    "These programs assume that you are a dolt."
    Dvorak... you ARE a dolt.

    Granted, but if even he finds them too "helpful," that's pretty damning.

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    Yar.
  9. Re:Parent is Funny by gerardlt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Unfortunately, you forget that many kids can use Photoshop functions while many adults struggle to use MS Paint.

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  10. Real men by Junior+J.+Junior+III · · Score: 3, Funny

    Real men edit their .jpgs from the command line by feeding hex values and pixel coordinates. EVERYTHING else is rinky-dink.

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  11. The next few dvorak articles... by Senzei · · Score: 2, Funny

    • Dvorak vs the user interface of a toaster: man outsmarted by machine
    • Dvorak: More tripe about why macs suck (because I wanted to say it but could not think of a reason)
    • Dvoradamus: Technology predictions made using refrigerator magnets and five year old spelling-bee champs
    • Why I am still relevant and everything you heard from anyone else is a bold face lie ... really
    • Some crap I made up because I was too busy smoking crack to come up with a story
    • 100 reasons why linux will never be good enough for the desktop (hint 1-99 amount to "There are too many choices for my brain to handle")
    • is the greatest thing ... no, even better than sliced bread (it does not force me to fight with my toaster as I cannot turn it into toast)

    Now, the true question is, are you wasting more brain cells reading what I say about dvorak or what he says about anything?

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