And you're (you are = you're) funny to me because you think you get it... but you so totally do not.
I pay for a service which is advertised as "unlimited", yet it's been proven that the provider does indeed pose a limit, but they won't tell you what it is and they won't tell you why they won't tell you (which is on the public record). Meanwhile, I have no idea if I might lose my service next month because they've changed the hidden limit... because they refuse to say what the limit is from day to day. Do you get that? Nothing on their website explains or outlines this. Nothing.
You're right. We should all just shut up and deal with it (and by deal, I mean guess what they expect of us and hope we get it right).
In fact, Comcast should also apply this idea to their Cable TV business. Don't tell me how many channels I'll get for my money, just say I'll get "a reasonable number" of channels. Hell yeah, I'll buy that. In fact, don't tell me what it costs. Just send me a bill each month for whatever you think is "reasonable", Comcast.
Whoa! Someone tell me how to make this happen. I'd love nothing more than for Sprint to drop me (rather than pay the early temrination fee). Sprint sucks and I'm stuck in a contract.
Wow. With arguing skills like that, you could be the next Attroney General of the USA...
So, following your logic, this guy got service with Comcast and then ran a cable into their NOC and plugged it into a switch and then complained when they said something about it.
I'm pretty sure that's not what he did. But hey, I'm not an Attorney General candidate, what do I know.
Except for one or two things maybe... that accurately describes every fucking grad student in our department. And most of the faculty... and staff... and undergrads...
I couldn't give a rat's ass about Safari on Windows, but I do want to know this: Will Leopard run on my Core Duo iMac? And if not, who can I punch in the balls for this? No one can tell me and I'm beginning to suspect that's cuz the answer is "No". Word was (even on the Apple site at one time, I recall distinctly and so does Google's cache) that Leopard was supposed to run on G4, G5 and Intel. Now... I don't know any more.
The irony, if it's true and Leopard won't run on my Core Duo iMac is that it probably will run on my (older, but 64-bit) iMac G5.
"They see no benefit to using GIMP over Photoshop, because they have been using Photoshop for years, and know exactly where everything is."
And, if trying out The GIMP or other tools, know exactly where everything should be but isn't. Half a tool isn't worth even 1/4 of the price. I pay shitloads for Photoshop because there is absolutely nothing out that is a 1:1 replacement.
As for the questioner's problems:
Do they really have to do CMYK output? Photoshop Elements will give them the tools they need for web design on the cheap (but doesn't do CMYK). Or even PaintShop Pro, if it comes to that. If they really need CMYK support, they need to bite the bullet and buy Photoshop (they don't have to buy the whole suite). But they could be trained in Elements, for the most part (or even use it) and then shown how to take their output into Photoshop proper for print (assuming they have at least one copy of Photoshop somewhere).
As for the mention of FrontPage... I gotta disagree. EVERYthing's better than FrontPage. Contribute if they can't afford Dreamweaver. Dreamweaver if they can. (Frontpgae is to be replaced by Expression and it's list price is $299, so.. yeah.)
X-RAID and an Infrant ReadyNAS NV+ = gold. These NAS were built by people who actually thought about the home or prosumer's needs and built something that addressed it, instead of "here's what we offer, take it or leave it". (However, we should note that Netgear has bought Infrant, so it's the Netgear ReadyNAS now.)
*laugh* That was my reaction too. There's a similar one on TV every now and again, "save up to 70% and more!" Clearly "maximum" and "up too" mean different things to these people.
I don't think it's silly, because I can see it (and since it's already been established how precise the human eye can be, I don't expect anyone to jump in and say I can't - I don't claim to be a tetrachromat, but I do see very rich colour and detail). I have both a Powerbook and a Macbook Pro and my Macbook Pro definitely has the 'sparkly' screen. I noticed it straight away. My Powerbook does not. It's crisp and deep.
My MBP screen shits me to no end when I'm in photoshop or some other app where even subtle differences are an issue. Sure, consumer LCDs may not be a model of chromatical precision, but my eyes are and the LCD on my Macbook is not up to snuff when compared to my Powerbook, iMacs or LCDs. Of them all, it has by far the worst display. But... it was sold as being on par with all of the above. So "silly" is in the eyes of the beholder, so to speak.
As a 'true believer', I often cringe at Apple lawsuits because I know the right one could spell doom. But this time... I got an inferior LCD and nowhere was I led to believe it would be anything of the sort. That sucks comeplete ass.
Oh, please... Don't do this. I've just read through some of your previous comments and, judging by them, if you're being serious then you're clearly attempting to bait me.
You're well aware that there are other platforms which display high grade content and do not 'deliberately degrade' additional concurrent content simply because of DRM controls (and their taking away of a chunk of computing power). And Vista could do it too were not it so beholden to those who wish to further tighten their grip and further limit consumer use of content. The hardware certainly can handle it (good god it ought to, considering the requirements).
I watched an HD demo about a particular graphics app while running that hi-end graphics app (which includes motion video) and listening to music (I was interested in what the demo was doing, not saying) on my laptop the other day. On a plane. On battery power. The only thing degraded was my legroom as I was in coach.
I'm with Ted. I've already informed my department's Windows users that Vista is not coming to their desktop any time soon. There's too much actual work to be done to go chasing another smoke and mirrors show. Especially one where I've got to start upgrading brand new machines.
Or continuing to watch it without any constraints on another OS which does this just fine already rather than 'upgrading' to Vista...
Please please please, Windows people, start voting with your dollar. Microsoft is NOT going to stop doing this to you until you do. What's up in the next version? You have to phone home before playing each piece of media so Microsoft can vet it for acceptability?
"Unfortunately, any yob or vandal can now have their 15 minutes of fame, aided and abetted by readily accessible technology and irresponsible internet sites which enable such behaviour to be glorified. [The general secretary of the union] said the union supported a zero tolerance approach in schools to pupils who used technology to abuse and undermine teachers, and called for more rigorous legislative control of internet sites which gave them license."
Seriously... change a couple of words and this could be a hysterical rant against books.
To think that these people are adults and, supposedly, educated.
Add Thailand to the list of countries who will in coming years be asking "why aren't we competitive?" Goodbye, Thailand. See you at the World Bank when you're asking for relief. (and if we keep up our 'most children left behind' programs, we may be right there beside you)
FWIW, I've seen the cops here (Harvard/Cambridge) training up to use them. I'm not sure that the Segway will ever live up to the hype, but maybe 5 years is too soon to judge its impact. The sectors where it will impact the most are the slowest on the uptake for emerging technologies (gov't, for example, they need to have a good fight about it first, then quietly adopt it).
I'm a staunch Mac evangelist. I totally marched for the whole G5 performance parade. But when Jobs said twice as fast, etc. I knew it was bullshit. It's spin and it's no better than the crap we've get from Intel or MS in the past.
I'm just relieved that it didn't turn out that the G5 was worse than I'd believed. I think Jobs needs to come clean on this one.
All you've demonstrated here is that you clearly do not know the history of Pixar and how it got where it is today.
The people who work at Pixar are what Disney wants. Someone who knows why they are THE important element not a simple commodity and can make that case to people who think in dollar signs is what those people need behind them. That person is and has been in the past... Steve Jobs.
Many here proclaiming the death of Pixar are overlooking something very important - "...deal will make Steve Jobs... the single largest shareholder in Disney"
If he's the largest shareholder, don't you think he'll have a say in how they proceed? In fact... aren't you considering the idea that this was his idea? "Steve, please come save Disney." "OK, but you need to buy my company and give me a controlling interest in Disney."
"Or can I safely assume, based on your spitting on GNU/Linux one minute and declaring that you were there..."
Spitting on GNU/Linux? What the fuck are you talking about? This is/was (and I think 'was' is where I'm heading) about the GIMP. Where did I spit on GNU/Linux? If anything I'm defending the spirit of OSS against the evil it was created to defeat: exclusion. You need to either work on your reading comprehension (since you clearly understood neither me nor the ideas espoused in the OSS movement) or have your head examined.
Good day, grow up and piss off.
PS - Loose ends: I don't watch football, my first Slackware install had a kernel that started with a 0, I'm quite secure in my credibility and my resume backs me up, I'm a girl and I don't have time for boys' clubs or people who can't take criticism of their projects' shortcomings.
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And you're (you are = you're) funny to me because you think you get it... but you so totally do not.
I pay for a service which is advertised as "unlimited", yet it's been proven that the provider does indeed pose a limit, but they won't tell you what it is and they won't tell you why they won't tell you (which is on the public record). Meanwhile, I have no idea if I might lose my service next month because they've changed the hidden limit... because they refuse to say what the limit is from day to day. Do you get that? Nothing on their website explains or outlines this. Nothing.
PS - Your sig is broken in a hilarious way.
You're right. We should all just shut up and deal with it (and by deal, I mean guess what they expect of us and hope we get it right).
In fact, Comcast should also apply this idea to their Cable TV business. Don't tell me how many channels I'll get for my money, just say I'll get "a reasonable number" of channels. Hell yeah, I'll buy that. In fact, don't tell me what it costs. Just send me a bill each month for whatever you think is "reasonable", Comcast.
Whoa! Someone tell me how to make this happen. I'd love nothing more than for Sprint to drop me (rather than pay the early temrination fee).
Sprint sucks and I'm stuck in a contract.
Wow. With arguing skills like that, you could be the next Attroney General of the USA...
So, following your logic, this guy got service with Comcast and then ran a cable into their NOC and plugged it into a switch and then complained when they said something about it.
I'm pretty sure that's not what he did. But hey, I'm not an Attorney General candidate, what do I know.
Except for one or two things maybe... that accurately describes every fucking grad student in our department.
And most of the faculty... and staff... and undergrads...
I couldn't give a rat's ass about Safari on Windows, but I do want to know this: Will Leopard run on my Core Duo iMac? And if not, who can I punch in the balls for this?
No one can tell me and I'm beginning to suspect that's cuz the answer is "No". Word was (even on the Apple site at one time, I recall distinctly and so does Google's cache) that Leopard was supposed to run on G4, G5 and Intel. Now... I don't know any more.
The irony, if it's true and Leopard won't run on my Core Duo iMac is that it probably will run on my (older, but 64-bit) iMac G5.
"They see no benefit to using GIMP over Photoshop, because they have been using Photoshop for years, and know exactly where everything is."
And, if trying out The GIMP or other tools, know exactly where everything should be but isn't. Half a tool isn't worth even 1/4 of the price. I pay shitloads for Photoshop because there is absolutely nothing out that is a 1:1 replacement.
As for the questioner's problems:
Do they really have to do CMYK output? Photoshop Elements will give them the tools they need for web design on the cheap (but doesn't do CMYK). Or even PaintShop Pro, if it comes to that.
If they really need CMYK support, they need to bite the bullet and buy Photoshop (they don't have to buy the whole suite).
But they could be trained in Elements, for the most part (or even use it) and then shown how to take their output into Photoshop proper for print (assuming they have at least one copy of Photoshop somewhere).
As for the mention of FrontPage... I gotta disagree. EVERYthing's better than FrontPage.
Contribute if they can't afford Dreamweaver. Dreamweaver if they can. (Frontpgae is to be replaced by Expression and it's list price is $299, so.. yeah.)
Good luck!
I don't have any mod points, but "hear, hear!"
X-RAID and an Infrant ReadyNAS NV+ = gold. These NAS were built by people who actually thought about the home or prosumer's needs and built something that addressed it, instead of "here's what we offer, take it or leave it".
(However, we should note that Netgear has bought Infrant, so it's the Netgear ReadyNAS now.)
*laugh* That was my reaction too. There's a similar one on TV every now and again, "save up to 70% and more!"
Clearly "maximum" and "up too" mean different things to these people.
"... I got an inferior LCD..."
Or to correct myself, as some have noted, it may not be the LCD, but a screwup by Apple in the driver or dithering method.
I don't think it's silly, because I can see it (and since it's already been established how precise the human eye can be, I don't expect anyone to jump in and say I can't - I don't claim to be a tetrachromat, but I do see very rich colour and detail). I have both a Powerbook and a Macbook Pro and my Macbook Pro definitely has the 'sparkly' screen. I noticed it straight away. My Powerbook does not. It's crisp and deep.
My MBP screen shits me to no end when I'm in photoshop or some other app where even subtle differences are an issue. Sure, consumer LCDs may not be a model of chromatical precision, but my eyes are and the LCD on my Macbook is not up to snuff when compared to my Powerbook, iMacs or LCDs. Of them all, it has by far the worst display. But... it was sold as being on par with all of the above. So "silly" is in the eyes of the beholder, so to speak.
As a 'true believer', I often cringe at Apple lawsuits because I know the right one could spell doom. But this time... I got an inferior LCD and nowhere was I led to believe it would be anything of the sort. That sucks comeplete ass.
"Don't do this. I've just read through some of your previous comments and, judging by them..."
PS - And by that I mean you're clearly not stupid as your other comments bear out.
Oh, please... Don't do this. I've just read through some of your previous comments and, judging by them, if you're being serious then you're clearly attempting to bait me.
You're well aware that there are other platforms which display high grade content and do not 'deliberately degrade' additional concurrent content simply because of DRM controls (and their taking away of a chunk of computing power). And Vista could do it too were not it so beholden to those who wish to further tighten their grip and further limit consumer use of content. The hardware certainly can handle it (good god it ought to, considering the requirements).
I watched an HD demo about a particular graphics app while running that hi-end graphics app (which includes motion video) and listening to music (I was interested in what the demo was doing, not saying) on my laptop the other day. On a plane. On battery power. The only thing degraded was my legroom as I was in coach.
I'm with Ted. I've already informed my department's Windows users that Vista is not coming to their desktop any time soon. There's too much actual work to be done to go chasing another smoke and mirrors show. Especially one where I've got to start upgrading brand new machines.
Or continuing to watch it without any constraints on another OS which does this just fine already rather than 'upgrading' to Vista...
Please please please, Windows people, start voting with your dollar. Microsoft is NOT going to stop doing this to you until you do.
What's up in the next version? You have to phone home before playing each piece of media so Microsoft can vet it for acceptability?
"Unfortunately, any yob or vandal can now have their 15 minutes of fame, aided and abetted by readily accessible technology and irresponsible internet sites which enable such behaviour to be glorified. [The general secretary of the union] said the union supported a zero tolerance approach in schools to pupils who used technology to abuse and undermine teachers, and called for more rigorous legislative control of internet sites which gave them license."
Seriously... change a couple of words and this could be a hysterical rant against books.
To think that these people are adults and, supposedly, educated.
Brav-Fucking-O
Add Thailand to the list of countries who will in coming years be asking "why aren't we competitive?"
Goodbye, Thailand. See you at the World Bank when you're asking for relief.
(and if we keep up our 'most children left behind' programs, we may be right there beside you)
I think Hodgman will end up playing both parts.
FWIW, I've seen the cops here (Harvard/Cambridge) training up to use them.
I'm not sure that the Segway will ever live up to the hype, but maybe 5 years is too soon to judge its impact.
The sectors where it will impact the most are the slowest on the uptake for emerging technologies (gov't, for example, they need to have a good fight about it first, then quietly adopt it).
I'm a staunch Mac evangelist. I totally marched for the whole G5 performance parade.
But when Jobs said twice as fast, etc. I knew it was bullshit.
It's spin and it's no better than the crap we've get from Intel or MS in the past.
I'm just relieved that it didn't turn out that the G5 was worse than I'd believed.
I think Jobs needs to come clean on this one.
All you've demonstrated here is that you clearly do not know the history of Pixar and how it got where it is today.
The people who work at Pixar are what Disney wants. Someone who knows why they are THE important element not a simple commodity and can make that case to people who think in dollar signs is what those people need behind them. That person is and has been in the past... Steve Jobs.
Many here proclaiming the death of Pixar are overlooking something very important -
"...deal will make Steve Jobs... the single largest shareholder in Disney"
If he's the largest shareholder, don't you think he'll have a say in how they proceed? In fact... aren't you considering the idea that this was his idea?
"Steve, please come save Disney."
"OK, but you need to buy my company and give me a controlling interest in Disney."
Your ability to totally miss the point really is staggering.
"Or can I safely assume, based on your spitting on GNU/Linux one minute and declaring that you were there..."
Spitting on GNU/Linux? What the fuck are you talking about? This is/was (and I think 'was' is where I'm heading) about the GIMP. Where did I spit on GNU/Linux? If anything I'm defending the spirit of OSS against the evil it was created to defeat: exclusion. You need to either work on your reading comprehension (since you clearly understood neither me nor the ideas espoused in the OSS movement) or have your head examined.
Good day, grow up and piss off.
PS - Loose ends: I don't watch football, my first Slackware install had a kernel that started with a 0, I'm quite secure in my credibility and my resume backs me up, I'm a girl and I don't have time for boys' clubs or people who can't take criticism of their projects' shortcomings.