There are no crocs in the Brisbane river. Bull sharks are common in waterways in Southeast Queensland. This could have been real, or not. I'm leaning towards not because it is just one person who though they saw something in some pretty messy waters.
So one person reports (unconfirmed) two bull sharks in flood waters. Local media the next day generally has the opinion the story is a load of bollocks and now almost a week later it appears on Slashdot (a news for nerds site) as fact.... OK.
If you want some (slightly) more nerdy stuff to report about the floods go research the Wivenhoe dam.
One would presume that if Adobe ported Photoshop to linux it would have the same UI in terms of functionality as compared to the Mac and Win32 versions (which are the same apart from minor aesthetics). The same should apply to Linux - it's minor aesthetics only that make it different to the Win/Mac versions.
The UI in GIMP is crap because it isn't as user-friendly in a functional sense as Photoshop.
Well that and The GIMP is missing a lot of very important features that are found in PS.
As it stands, for me Photoshop is the last application that is really holding me back from fully switching to linux. The sooner Adobe port it over, the better:-)
Once upon a time there was a space station called MIR. Then one day a wise man said "What goes up must come down!"; and thus ends our brief history of the space station MIR.
Finally I thought I could get a 5+ funny and here you go and steal my joke. I mean, what are the chances of somebody else thinking of this exact same joke on Slashdot? 1 in 3?
1st: scoring an invite to Orkut and subsequently having almost all of the invitations I send out being rejected. 2nd: realising I'm still an INTJ personality type despite my best effort to change. 3rd: scoring 5/5 on the 'name the screw test'.
Things aren't looking up for me in the get-a-life-dept. are they?
"The only format that loads completely before it is allowed to play, the Full Screen Superstitial is guaranteed to play perfectly for every consumer, every time."
Well, it didn't work for me, but that's a nice benefit of not having shockwave installed. Of course, I just ended up with a large blank page that did nothing. Handy
"Any e-mail addresses that you give us will NOT be shared with any other parties."
Of course, I notice the email address you supply in your registration profile is publicly visible to anybody who views your profile (right click on a user in your list). Not sure what the EULA had to say (or any other EULA for that matter) but I guess you can always use nobody@example.com:-)
Anyway, just a heads up - incase some people out there didn't notice (and like me - hate email harvesting).
On a side note... I'm from Australia and I only saw people from the US/UK/Canada... it works well.
For the sake of putting a few links in the same place, here is a collection of articles that talk about what you need to take photos of meteor showers.
Firstly, photo.net's search engine returns a few results:
This site is supposed to have a very good article about meteor photography, but I haven't found the link yet. In any case it has a reasonable amount of information on meteors in general and how to best observe them. You'll find this information on this link.
Of course, if any body else has other links to similar information I'd love to see them. I haven't gone out myself to take these types of shots before, so any help I can get is good.
Finally, for a bit of inspiration - here is a photo (although not of a meteor shower, just star trails) that is just amazing.
Slashdot Mirror
As I mentioned in another comment, SEQ waterways are full of bullsharks - so you're 100% correct. That doesn't make the story true.
The photo is from Wikipedia - it has nothing to do with the report.
There are no crocs in the Brisbane river. Bull sharks are common in waterways in Southeast Queensland. This could have been real, or not. I'm leaning towards not because it is just one person who though they saw something in some pretty messy waters.
Except that it's just his word with no evidence - that'd be one reason not to believe him.
It's hard to describe just how much junk was flowing through the flood waters last week. This really could have been anything.
So one person reports (unconfirmed) two bull sharks in flood waters. Local media the next day generally has the opinion the story is a load of bollocks and now almost a week later it appears on Slashdot (a news for nerds site) as fact.... OK.
If you want some (slightly) more nerdy stuff to report about the floods go research the Wivenhoe dam.
I've really got to stop reading idle stories.
One would presume that if Adobe ported Photoshop to linux it would have the same UI in terms of functionality as compared to the Mac and Win32 versions (which are the same apart from minor aesthetics). The same should apply to Linux - it's minor aesthetics only that make it different to the Win/Mac versions.
:-)
The UI in GIMP is crap because it isn't as user-friendly in a functional sense as Photoshop.
Well that and The GIMP is missing a lot of very important features that are found in PS.
As it stands, for me Photoshop is the last application that is really holding me back from fully switching to linux. The sooner Adobe port it over, the better
In the taste of reduntant and somewhat poor jokes I'm going to stick with overloads ;-)
Of course there is always the "I for one welcome our new mice with fricking laser beam overloads".
As they say, a SCO story a day keeps the dupe post away. Well something like that anyway :-)
Thanks for watching.
Is the Locus 2003 Recommended Reading List on the list? Because it's pretty long and I don't want to read it all if it's not on the recommended list.
Focusers
1.25" $49
2" $69
4" $140
I wouldn't call $13298 Very Low Cost...
You must be new around here. The correct take off of a Ma$tercard add is:
18" DOB $2200
Mirror Grinder 40" $1800
10" Folded Schmidt Camera $4500
Finding out you spent ALL your money on glass and plastic and are getting kicked out of your apartment. Priceless.
For some things in life there is Slashdot, for everything else there is Google.
Tell that to my blow up alien queen piece. We're a happy couple all thanks to the union of chess and Seti@Home.
I think you're actually looking for the earlier post about screws if I'm not mistaken... Oh wait, yes I am.
Oh yeah, that'd be right.
Finally I thought I could get a 5+ funny and here you go and steal my joke. I mean, what are the chances of somebody else thinking of this exact same joke on Slashdot? 1 in 3?
1st: scoring an invite to Orkut and subsequently having almost all of the invitations I send out being rejected.
2nd: realising I'm still an INTJ personality type despite my best effort to change.
3rd: scoring 5/5 on the 'name the screw test'.
Things aren't looking up for me in the get-a-life-dept. are they?
Well, it didn't work for me, but that's a nice benefit of not having shockwave installed. Of course, I just ended up with a large blank page that did nothing. Handy
Thanks to the moderator! cheers. The point is still valid, this entire article is redundant thanks to the /. editors.
I have deja vu
SCO..SCO..SCO.. If I hear that name -one more time- I think I'm going to flip out and sue somebody..... *grin*
I notice from the welcome email...
:-)
"Any e-mail addresses that you give us will NOT be shared with any other parties."
Of course, I notice the email address you supply in your registration profile is publicly visible to anybody who views your profile (right click on a user in your list). Not sure what the EULA had to say (or any other EULA for that matter) but I guess you can always use nobody@example.com
Anyway, just a heads up - incase some people out there didn't notice (and like me - hate email harvesting).
On a side note... I'm from Australia and I only saw people from the US/UK/Canada... it works well.
All I can think of now is the new book series:
"XML for Mummies"
At least in this case when you see the reviews "this book will put you to sleep" it really doesn't matter.
Firstly, photo.net's search engine returns a few results:
- The search results
- This article is a good pick from the above search.
A good step-by-step guide can be found here.This site is supposed to have a very good article about meteor photography, but I haven't found the link yet. In any case it has a reasonable amount of information on meteors in general and how to best observe them. You'll find this information on this link.
Of course, if any body else has other links to similar information I'd love to see them. I haven't gone out myself to take these types of shots before, so any help I can get is good.
Finally, for a bit of inspiration - here is a photo (although not of a meteor shower, just star trails) that is just amazing.
Yes it does, however it is still listed as informative.. Perhaps I don't hold the lobster anymore? ;-)
Damn... Looks like i get to hold the moderation lobster today.
Non-related atricle.. It isn't 'informative' at all.