I saw a T-shirt that sums this whole thing up pretty well - it had a quote from Burkett, something along the lines of "No one ever had to fear having a public ID," and a representation of the triangle identification system that the Nazis used.
I'm VERY pleased, as an artist, to see the brush cleaner. The primary reason why I (and many other artists) do not like to use oil paints is that cleaning the brushes in solvent is a major pain in the butt, so seeing something that will do it for you opens up a whole new avenue.
Good design also fills a need. In this case, it fills the need of low frustration.
Now if someone will only invent a device that keeps the cats away from my easel...
It is quite possible... I know that they have at least one class in manufacturing where the requirement is to make five of the same object at a saleable level. When I took the tour, such objects included knitted gloves and wrought iron wine racks (the student involved with that one had to make about a dozen more because the word got out and people started making orders-- I think he made a nifty profit) so the idea of a class that would allow such a project isn't too far out of line.
Besides, this is one of those campuses that leaves its unicycles lying around... and some of them belong to the faculty...
It would be very smart to put a disclaimer with your beta saying that you do not endorse the sharing of copyrighted files without the permission of the copyright holder. It is best to be paranoid about such things because then you can distance yourself from the inevitable lawsuit.
From my personal POV, however, this is a great thing. File-sharing has introduced me to many artists that I would otherwise never have heard of, let alone bought. Some of my favorite artists are, in fact, ones I first heard in MP3 format. If only RIAA would see what a boon such prgrams are, rather than suing the creators of such programs...
At first this seemed like a wonderful thing. I, Robot has been impossible to make into a movie because it's been sat on by the movie houses.
Then I took another look. Will Smith is a perfectly acceptible choice, but the article states that the movie is about a detective investigating a crime possibly by robots? "Since humankind is dependent upon robots, there is nothing to stop robots from taking over the world"? [paraphrase] Where did this COME from?
What is worse is that there is a perfectly brilliant script available and perfectly do-able with today's technology, and they ignored this in favor of other sciptwriters. Probably because the brilliant script was written by none other than Harlan Ellison, and people don't like dealing with him.
Get that script (available in book form.) Read it. Create the dream cast in your head. Heck, Will Smith might be a good choice for the central reporter character. But realize that Hollywood doesn't care about quality unless it will bring in the cash, and science fiction is only a euphemism for "futuristic action thriller" to them.
Actually, you'd have to laugh, really, because that 95% is usually vastly underdressed for the conditions. Example: You know how the stereotypical Japanese tourist has a camera around their neck? It's not always true... but most of the time, you can spot them by their little thin sandals (or worse, platforms) on the rocky trails. Apparently, most of the "nature" parks in Japan are considerably more... um... "tamed" than those in the States.
Thankfully, T-REX will put in a light rail line down from the center of Denver to the "Tech Center" huge office conglomerate area.
The only problem is that it will be FOUR MORE YEARS before this happens.
And I'm not *even* going to rant about the idiots who axed a particular bus line to a mall because they didn't want the "riff-raff" able to shop there... and of course, the "riff-raff" they were complaining about were the same folks who WORK in the mall and who now have to have access to a car to get there...
Actually, I'd prefer to see a rail alternative from Sacramento to Yosemite, and from LA to same. My parents would probably go there once a month if that were available, and I'd go too while visiting.
The statistic is that 95% of the visitors to Yosemite never get further than 15 feet from their car/tour bus/gift shops. Pathetic.
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Does anyone else look at Depp and think, "Oh God, that's Michael Jackson!"
Brings an extra level of creepiness, donchathink?
I saw a T-shirt that sums this whole thing up pretty well - it had a quote from Burkett, something along the lines of "No one ever had to fear having a public ID," and a representation of the triangle identification system that the Nazis used.
Says it all, really.
I'm VERY pleased, as an artist, to see the brush cleaner. The primary reason why I (and many other artists) do not like to use oil paints is that cleaning the brushes in solvent is a major pain in the butt, so seeing something that will do it for you opens up a whole new avenue.
Good design also fills a need. In this case, it fills the need of low frustration.
Now if someone will only invent a device that keeps the cats away from my easel...
Uncheck the "kill popups" box, log in once, and then check that box again. Future logins should not be affected. we've already reported this "bug."
It is quite possible... I know that they have at least one class in manufacturing where the requirement is to make five of the same object at a saleable level. When I took the tour, such objects included knitted gloves and wrought iron wine racks (the student involved with that one had to make about a dozen more because the word got out and people started making orders-- I think he made a nifty profit) so the idea of a class that would allow such a project isn't too far out of line.
Besides, this is one of those campuses that leaves its unicycles lying around... and some of them belong to the faculty...
It would be very smart to put a disclaimer with your beta saying that you do not endorse the sharing of copyrighted files without the permission of the copyright holder. It is best to be paranoid about such things because then you can distance yourself from the inevitable lawsuit.
From my personal POV, however, this is a great thing. File-sharing has introduced me to many artists that I would otherwise never have heard of, let alone bought. Some of my favorite artists are, in fact, ones I first heard in MP3 format. If only RIAA would see what a boon such prgrams are, rather than suing the creators of such programs...
At first this seemed like a wonderful thing. I, Robot has been impossible to make into a movie because it's been sat on by the movie houses.
Then I took another look. Will Smith is a perfectly acceptible choice, but the article states that the movie is about a detective investigating a crime possibly by robots? "Since humankind is dependent upon robots, there is nothing to stop robots from taking over the world"? [paraphrase] Where did this COME from?
What is worse is that there is a perfectly brilliant script available and perfectly do-able with today's technology, and they ignored this in favor of other sciptwriters. Probably because the brilliant script was written by none other than Harlan Ellison, and people don't like dealing with him.
Get that script (available in book form.) Read it. Create the dream cast in your head. Heck, Will Smith might be a good choice for the central reporter character. But realize that Hollywood doesn't care about quality unless it will bring in the cash, and science fiction is only a euphemism for "futuristic action thriller" to them.
Actually, you'd have to laugh, really, because that 95% is usually vastly underdressed for the conditions. Example: You know how the stereotypical Japanese tourist has a camera around their neck? It's not always true... but most of the time, you can spot them by their little thin sandals (or worse, platforms) on the rocky trails. Apparently, most of the "nature" parks in Japan are considerably more... um... "tamed" than those in the States.
Thankfully, T-REX will put in a light rail line down from the center of Denver to the "Tech Center" huge office conglomerate area.
The only problem is that it will be FOUR MORE YEARS before this happens.
And I'm not *even* going to rant about the idiots who axed a particular bus line to a mall because they didn't want the "riff-raff" able to shop there... and of course, the "riff-raff" they were complaining about were the same folks who WORK in the mall and who now have to have access to a car to get there...
Actually, I'd prefer to see a rail alternative from Sacramento to Yosemite, and from LA to same. My parents would probably go there once a month if that were available, and I'd go too while visiting.
The statistic is that 95% of the visitors to Yosemite never get further than 15 feet from their car/tour bus/gift shops. Pathetic.