Even for Mac users (you know, important members of the Web 2.0 blogosphere who dress like Beckham and use their iMac as the central hub of their digital lifestyle) And uh, do desktop publishing and graphic design?
I should have mentioned that Similar Artists is one of the best forms of recommendation on the site... that and the neighbours/weekly neighbours system. I have Isis and Kanye West and Pendulum in my top 20, so I know what you mean!
Agreed! It works no matter what your taste in music is or what music player you use. The automatic recommendations are great once your profile's built up a bit and you can also receive recs from other users and groups.
Since they added the Events system I've started seeing ridiculous amounts of live music again, which is always one of the best ways to support an artist.
Are you sure you turned it off? I just tried turning off the F11 shortcut in the "Dashboard & Expose" prefs pane and it got rid of the shift-F11 shortcut as well. I'm assuming we're both on 10.4.8 if you're using an MBP.
Bringing it semi-back to topic, the other reason I use iTunes so much is the amount of Australian music I can just buy without having to hunt for it. We've got a really energetic rock scene!
It's hard to tell what anyone will like just from a couple of acts, but I think you might find Lior interesting. Powderfinger and The Cat Empire spring to mind too.
CDs are much cheaper in the US than they are in Australia. A CD in Australia costs US$17 if you're lucky, but mostly they cost US$23 and up.
An album on the Australian iTunes Store costs around US$13-15, and the option to buy EPs or single tracks is definitely a winner. I'm one of those people who mostly listens on headphones in crappy listening environments, so it's why I'm okay with buying lossy files. I try to buy DRM-free albums for US$10 from Bleep whenever possible, but some of the more popular labels selling through Bleep (Wall of Sound, Rough Trade) block sales to Australia.:(
Thank god, someone understands that it's about battery life. I like my mp3s to be 192kb/s and above - but when it comes to public transport, the more time I can spend playing Solitaire the better.
(Yeah, I know the Warriors games have almost always come out on the XBox, but the PS2 versions generally come out earlier and with expansions.)
If you've played the later games (SW and DW5 onwards), you can see why Koei started releasing them on the 360 rather than the XBox - when you play the PS2 version, having a lot of troops on screen really pushes it in a bad way. Enemies disappear but are still able to hit you, or the PS2 even crashes.
Bladestorm is/was one of the PS3 games that really interested me, apart from Devil May Cry 4. It's a new franchise, but it's the Hundred Years War version of the Warriors games so it's most probably in Koei's "million seller" genre. I've actually held off buying Samurai Warriors 2 until I get a 360, and the Bladestorm news just helps that along.
Why don't you just customise your homepage stories and untick Zonk, or abbreviate stories from sections that are bound to contain things that piss you off? It won't stop your blood from boiling when you reach games.slashdot, but hey, that alone should make things bearable.
And really, I wouldn't take any of the fanboi-ness personally, unless you've had your name changed to "Sony PS3" by deed poll.;)
Actually yes, that page does mean that the iPod doesn't come with in-ear headphones or a charger.
The in-ear headphones are far more expensive than the default earbuds you get with the iPod. Older gen iPods did come with a charger that plugged into the end of the Firewire cable, but that doesn't ship with new iPods either.
What the hell, how can people think it's a title when it's part of his last name?! It saddens me that you've had to comment to explain that. And since we're clearing things up, his cousin is Dr Simon Baron Cohen, a distinguished psychology professor.
Points taken, though I do believe it's nigh on impossible to tell "the DTP or average office user" what they can and can't do, regardless of whether the print professional is tearing their hair out or not further down the line.:)
I'm interested in Krita's potential to create images - in illustration there is no such thing as a "correct tool", and the best strategy is actually to try out whatever you can damn well get your hands on. You may demand that an image be sent to you in a Photoshop-readable format, but you're in no position to tell your illustrator what software they should use to make the image. If Krita's development continues to go in this "image creation" direction, maybe tablet support for Linux will improve further and give more chances to young, studying and/or struggling artists that don't involve pirating Photoshop.
As I mentioned somewhere else in this thread, CPaint is what really piques my interest. Digital Chinese brush painting with undo and without the mess? Count me in!
If only! CMYK works on a subtractive light model and RGB uses an additive light model - conversions from RGB to CMYK generally mean that all bright reds, greens and blues (or colours in which bright red, green or blue are a strong component) lose their impact. A fair amount of colours fit into both colour spaces but you really do notice the difference when converting like that.
I don't think this is a question of "failure". I could see an illustrator using this to create an editorial cartoon and passing it to you in whatever Photoshop-readable format you asked for, to be included as part of a layout on your end. Having a CMYK mode at all means less whining about the colours looking wrong when printed.
You have noticed that it's part of an office suite, right? It's not even pretending to be a Photoshop killer! IMO apps like these are never intended to unseat or usurp the app of choice for people who use entire suites like CS2 day in and day out, but I fully support anything that can help to cut down on the number of scary folks who think they really know how to use their pirated copy of Photoshop, do amazing graphic design in Word, etc etc etc... (yes I know, wishful thinking)
Photoshop, Paintshop Pro and GIMP all tend towards the photo editing end of the spectrum. The natural media tools are what look really interesting... the main programs in that category would be OpenCanvas and Painter. I don't know about you, but that CPaint link got me all hot and bothered.
It's obvious you understand the term, or else you wouldn't have mentioned slash...
But the "crazed slash-fiction writer" types are probably the ones most affected by the change. They're playing as male Blood Elves mostly for the aesthetics of the character, including the bish and the swish.;D Say whatever you like about the changes, but they're still paying customers!
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My thoughts exactly! Talk about disrespecting the dead...
Nobody seems to have mentioned this, but the free gift for renewing your.mac account last year was either a free copy of The Sims or Everquest. The number of people paying for.mac isn't as close to zero as some would like to make out, so I'd guess quite a few copies of EQ were floating around as well.
Aspyr still provides support on its site for The Sims, and numerous expansion packs are available (all supported as well). I think it would be reasonable to expect the same level of continuing support, however minimal, for Everquest.
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I should have mentioned that Similar Artists is one of the best forms of recommendation on the site... that and the neighbours/weekly neighbours system. I have Isis and Kanye West and Pendulum in my top 20, so I know what you mean!
Agreed! It works no matter what your taste in music is or what music player you use. The automatic recommendations are great once your profile's built up a bit and you can also receive recs from other users and groups.
Since they added the Events system I've started seeing ridiculous amounts of live music again, which is always one of the best ways to support an artist.
Are you sure you turned it off? I just tried turning off the F11 shortcut in the "Dashboard & Expose" prefs pane and it got rid of the shift-F11 shortcut as well. I'm assuming we're both on 10.4.8 if you're using an MBP.
Bringing it semi-back to topic, the other reason I use iTunes so much is the amount of Australian music I can just buy without having to hunt for it. We've got a really energetic rock scene!
It's hard to tell what anyone will like just from a couple of acts, but I think you might find Lior interesting. Powderfinger and The Cat Empire spring to mind too.
CDs are much cheaper in the US than they are in Australia. A CD in Australia costs US$17 if you're lucky, but mostly they cost US$23 and up.
:(
An album on the Australian iTunes Store costs around US$13-15, and the option to buy EPs or single tracks is definitely a winner. I'm one of those people who mostly listens on headphones in crappy listening environments, so it's why I'm okay with buying lossy files. I try to buy DRM-free albums for US$10 from Bleep whenever possible, but some of the more popular labels selling through Bleep (Wall of Sound, Rough Trade) block sales to Australia.
Or even the Dog on the Tuckerbox!
Thank god, someone understands that it's about battery life. I like my mp3s to be 192kb/s and above - but when it comes to public transport, the more time I can spend playing Solitaire the better.
Picking the one FF game that emphasises coming of age and teen angst doesn't really help your argument.
(Yeah, I know the Warriors games have almost always come out on the XBox, but the PS2 versions generally come out earlier and with expansions.)
If you've played the later games (SW and DW5 onwards), you can see why Koei started releasing them on the 360 rather than the XBox - when you play the PS2 version, having a lot of troops on screen really pushes it in a bad way. Enemies disappear but are still able to hit you, or the PS2 even crashes.
Bladestorm is/was one of the PS3 games that really interested me, apart from Devil May Cry 4. It's a new franchise, but it's the Hundred Years War version of the Warriors games so it's most probably in Koei's "million seller" genre. I've actually held off buying Samurai Warriors 2 until I get a 360, and the Bladestorm news just helps that along.
Why don't you just customise your homepage stories and untick Zonk, or abbreviate stories from sections that are bound to contain things that piss you off? It won't stop your blood from boiling when you reach games.slashdot, but hey, that alone should make things bearable.
;)
And really, I wouldn't take any of the fanboi-ness personally, unless you've had your name changed to "Sony PS3" by deed poll.
Damn, you must have a pretty big shotgun!
Actually yes, that page does mean that the iPod doesn't come with in-ear headphones or a charger.
The in-ear headphones are far more expensive than the default earbuds you get with the iPod. Older gen iPods did come with a charger that plugged into the end of the Firewire cable, but that doesn't ship with new iPods either.
What the hell, how can people think it's a title when it's part of his last name?! It saddens me that you've had to comment to explain that. And since we're clearing things up, his cousin is Dr Simon Baron Cohen, a distinguished psychology professor.
Points taken, though I do believe it's nigh on impossible to tell "the DTP or average office user" what they can and can't do, regardless of whether the print professional is tearing their hair out or not further down the line. :)
I'm interested in Krita's potential to create images - in illustration there is no such thing as a "correct tool", and the best strategy is actually to try out whatever you can damn well get your hands on. You may demand that an image be sent to you in a Photoshop-readable format, but you're in no position to tell your illustrator what software they should use to make the image. If Krita's development continues to go in this "image creation" direction, maybe tablet support for Linux will improve further and give more chances to young, studying and/or struggling artists that don't involve pirating Photoshop.
As I mentioned somewhere else in this thread, CPaint is what really piques my interest. Digital Chinese brush painting with undo and without the mess? Count me in!
If only! CMYK works on a subtractive light model and RGB uses an additive light model - conversions from RGB to CMYK generally mean that all bright reds, greens and blues (or colours in which bright red, green or blue are a strong component) lose their impact. A fair amount of colours fit into both colour spaces but you really do notice the difference when converting like that.
I don't think this is a question of "failure". I could see an illustrator using this to create an editorial cartoon and passing it to you in whatever Photoshop-readable format you asked for, to be included as part of a layout on your end. Having a CMYK mode at all means less whining about the colours looking wrong when printed.
You have noticed that it's part of an office suite, right? It's not even pretending to be a Photoshop killer! IMO apps like these are never intended to unseat or usurp the app of choice for people who use entire suites like CS2 day in and day out, but I fully support anything that can help to cut down on the number of scary folks who think they really know how to use their pirated copy of Photoshop, do amazing graphic design in Word, etc etc etc... (yes I know, wishful thinking)
Adobe Illustrator is the king of that category.
From the summary: Krita is a 'fully-loaded raster graphics workhorse'. Pixel-based = raster. Illustrator isn't even part of this category.
Photoshop, Paintshop Pro and GIMP all tend towards the photo editing end of the spectrum. The natural media tools are what look really interesting... the main programs in that category would be OpenCanvas and Painter. I don't know about you, but that CPaint link got me all hot and bothered.
Perhaps reversing over it will help?
It's obvious you understand the term, or else you wouldn't have mentioned slash...
;D Say whatever you like about the changes, but they're still paying customers!
But the "crazed slash-fiction writer" types are probably the ones most affected by the change. They're playing as male Blood Elves mostly for the aesthetics of the character, including the bish and the swish.
My thoughts exactly! Talk about disrespecting the dead...
Nobody seems to have mentioned this, but the free gift for renewing your .mac account last year was either a free copy of The Sims or Everquest. The number of people paying for .mac isn't as close to zero as some would like to make out, so I'd guess quite a few copies of EQ were floating around as well.
Aspyr still provides support on its site for The Sims, and numerous expansion packs are available (all supported as well). I think it would be reasonable to expect the same level of continuing support, however minimal, for Everquest.
I think it's the smaller size, too. A lot of gym freaks and athletes have been buying it since it's easier to run/cycle/work out with than an iPod.
That was an incredibly insightful and informative reply, if you ask me. Thanks for sharing.