FWIW, Photoshop CS/8 supports Gaussian Blur and Select Color Range in 16-bit. Unsharp Mask is not disabled, but it didn't seem to have an effect, so I'm not sure about that one.
Would he be safe if he hosted the site somewhere outside of the reach of US law (anywhere left besides Sealand!?) and had a non-US citizen operate it on his behalf?
I'd only recently discovered the site and was looking forward to using it (regardless of its legality).
Interesting post. I wish I could agree that they are a dying breed, but look at the growth trends in the outer areas of cities amongst the less well-educated. These are those apathetic about things that matter (their disappearing rights, getting off the couch) and fanatical about those that don't (going nuts about voting for the latest reality show, or blowing their time campaigning for the commandments in a court room).
I live in the so-called City of Churches. The interest in the inner-city areas has waned and church attendances are weak at best. But out in the cheaper and younger (suburb age rather than inhabitant's age) suburbs, non-descript but large buildings are housing strong congregations that scare me. Luckily, most of these people are pretty reasonable and respectful, but maybe that's only because they're less mobilised than in the States.
"dying things tend to cause havoc around them"
Great line, but I think a better one would be that dying things tend to be more desperate in their actions.
There's a strong difference between a greenie chaining themselves to a tree, and an anti-abortionist shooting doctors dead. A belief is a belief, but gunning people down is fucked up.
Also, I have no problem if the future of the world sees a reduction in noise pollution. Imagine eating al fresco everywhere without the sound of cars passing by -- nice!
I would say that the barrier isn't between 10c and 5c, it's between downloading unhindered and having to give your credit card details to someone to get a purchasing account.
I own the full version of Acrobat and it's decent, but expensive. I'd rather that they just charge a reasonable price for their software rather than bundle in a dorky toolbar with their downloads. It just seems so cheap and common.
I don't think the brand association works. I rate Adobe and Macromedia fairly highly, but I don't rate Yahoo at all and don't use any Yahoo service. I think they've lowered themselves in accepting this deal with Yahoo.
Good points. Also interesting to note that Adobe now do the same thing for those downloading Acrobat Reader. Ticked checkbox for the Adobe Yahoo Toolbar, etc.
Can't wait for all of my clients to start passing on their confused customers wondering where the extra toolbar on the browser came from.
BTW, John Dowdell who responded on the Hyperology.com blog has always seemed to be, IMO, a decent guy. A great example of an evangelist from within a large company who puts in a lot of time and effort publically responding to criticism and questions, participating as a member of developer mailing lists and so on.
That said, he looks to be grasping for anything but a "because they paid us" explanation for the decision. Everyone has their price.
I believe that the point of difference for a Dyson vacuum cleaner goes beyond the general appearance. They are bagless vacuum cleaners which rely on varied technology/engineering -- if people are touting their vacuums, then the engineering could well be a significant part of that.
Correct. Low level users in Australia, even with broadband, have maybe a 300-500MB data allowance on their accounts. None of those I know with that limit are exceeding it.
I have two accounts that I've used to download media with -- 32GB and 16GB -- and in a month I can (and have done so in the past) download 10-40GB. If you take a cross-section of Internet users that includes 99 standard users and a user doing 40 GB/month, you could say "media downloads are 50% of traffic", but that 50% could easily be done by 1% of users.
Great post and here's me with no mod points and you already modded to 5 anyway.
Our marketing stunts have now included spamming space, selling naming rights to our children's personal identity, selling advertising in the form of tattoos on our body, and so on.
The hype surrounding Janet Jackson's nipple stems from the fact that we care too much about some things (yay, a nipple, big deal), and not enough about other things ("Don't worry, our son won't mind being called Haliburton; we'll just call him Hal anyway..."). And it will get worse.
Slashdot Mirror
You're worried about them ending at noon? This was posted on April 2nd. How could they even get the day wrong?
I traded my mum for a Slashdot subscription, so I guess anything's possible.
FWIW, Photoshop CS/8 supports Gaussian Blur and Select Color Range in 16-bit. Unsharp Mask is not disabled, but it didn't seem to have an effect, so I'm not sure about that one.
I bet hands aren't the only things you're rubbing together...
Would he be safe if he hosted the site somewhere outside of the reach of US law (anywhere left besides Sealand!?) and had a non-US citizen operate it on his behalf?
I'd only recently discovered the site and was looking forward to using it (regardless of its legality).
I have an iPod but don't use it. I won't be switching -- I'm happy with WinXP and my two Dell laptops.
I've been too busy using Aks Jeeves, the original's more attitude-driven alternative:
Aks Jeeves -- you'll need Flash and an indifference to coarse language...
"Shut the fuck up motherfucker. Can't you see I'm busy?" -- gold!
Interesting post. I wish I could agree that they are a dying breed, but look at the growth trends in the outer areas of cities amongst the less well-educated. These are those apathetic about things that matter (their disappearing rights, getting off the couch) and fanatical about those that don't (going nuts about voting for the latest reality show, or blowing their time campaigning for the commandments in a court room).
I live in the so-called City of Churches. The interest in the inner-city areas has waned and church attendances are weak at best. But out in the cheaper and younger (suburb age rather than inhabitant's age) suburbs, non-descript but large buildings are housing strong congregations that scare me. Luckily, most of these people are pretty reasonable and respectful, but maybe that's only because they're less mobilised than in the States.
"dying things tend to cause havoc around them"
Great line, but I think a better one would be that dying things tend to be more desperate in their actions.
There's a strong difference between a greenie chaining themselves to a tree, and an anti-abortionist shooting doctors dead. A belief is a belief, but gunning people down is fucked up.
I spotted another issue with the Slashdot intro -- they spelt "chump" incorrectly.
On that topic, this is a good read for anyone with a credit card, or for anyone who is thinking of getting one:
Secret History of the Credit Card
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sho
Also, I have no problem if the future of the world sees a reduction in noise pollution. Imagine eating al fresco everywhere without the sound of cars passing by -- nice!
Once you've been modded "Funny", the "Not a lawyer" designation isn't really necessary.
I think you were presenting a really professional point until that ham sandwich though!
Angelina Jolie?
She got some big ass titties...
Hey buddy, you can't mod your own post with the use of the subject line. Try and get one thing done at a time, OK?
I would say that the barrier isn't between 10c and 5c, it's between downloading unhindered and having to give your credit card details to someone to get a purchasing account.
Throw everyone who snuck into the living room to peek at their christmas presents before 7AM in jail!
Or taking inspiration from elsewhere:
"Firefox 2: This time it's not Firefox 1"
"So how can you get a whole bunch of dumb small things doing something smart?"
Implement a moderation system!
Actually, wait, that hasn't worked...
I own the full version of Acrobat and it's decent, but expensive. I'd rather that they just charge a reasonable price for their software rather than bundle in a dorky toolbar with their downloads. It just seems so cheap and common.
I don't think the brand association works. I rate Adobe and Macromedia fairly highly, but I don't rate Yahoo at all and don't use any Yahoo service. I think they've lowered themselves in accepting this deal with Yahoo.
Good points. Also interesting to note that Adobe now do the same thing for those downloading Acrobat Reader. Ticked checkbox for the Adobe Yahoo Toolbar, etc.
Can't wait for all of my clients to start passing on their confused customers wondering where the extra toolbar on the browser came from.
BTW, John Dowdell who responded on the Hyperology.com blog has always seemed to be, IMO, a decent guy. A great example of an evangelist from within a large company who puts in a lot of time and effort publically responding to criticism and questions, participating as a member of developer mailing lists and so on.
That said, he looks to be grasping for anything but a "because they paid us" explanation for the decision. Everyone has their price.
I believe that the point of difference for a Dyson vacuum cleaner goes beyond the general appearance. They are bagless vacuum cleaners which rely on varied technology/engineering -- if people are touting their vacuums, then the engineering could well be a significant part of that.
Correct. Low level users in Australia, even with broadband, have maybe a 300-500MB data allowance on their accounts. None of those I know with that limit are exceeding it.
I have two accounts that I've used to download media with -- 32GB and 16GB -- and in a month I can (and have done so in the past) download 10-40GB. If you take a cross-section of Internet users that includes 99 standard users and a user doing 40 GB/month, you could say "media downloads are 50% of traffic", but that 50% could easily be done by 1% of users.
Great post and here's me with no mod points and you already modded to 5 anyway.
Our marketing stunts have now included spamming space, selling naming rights to our children's personal identity, selling advertising in the form of tattoos on our body, and so on.
The hype surrounding Janet Jackson's nipple stems from the fact that we care too much about some things (yay, a nipple, big deal), and not enough about other things ("Don't worry, our son won't mind being called Haliburton; we'll just call him Hal anyway..."). And it will get worse.