"The users of Elements are the same people who spill hot coffee on themselves, in the McDonalds drive though."
Ugh. Photoshop's not exactly the hardest app in the world to use, but it still operates under concepts that are foreign to many people. They're not dumb. They're just not interested enough in it to grab Photoshop.
I just wanted to say that I want more e-publications out there. I used to balk at the idea of paying for information. But the truth is that the convenience of not having a paper thing to throw away later is growing more and more attractive. Just email me a.PDF version of the mag. If I want to read it in the bathroom, I'll just copy it to my PocketPC.
Should schoolbooks be the same way? You bet! You tend to get spoiled by the find command.
"Correct me if we're talking about different things here, but I'm of the impression that this couldn't be any more obvious in Photoshop 7.0 -- go to the Resize Image dialog box, use the dropdowns to change the units to "inches", and type in your desired size and DPI."
No, it's not so obvious. If you change the DPI, you change the resolution of the pixels. So if you have a 640 by 480 image at 300dpi, it'll print a 2 inch wide image. If you change that DPI down to 72 in order to print it larger, your image will drop down to 154 by 115. Not cool. What you have to do is turn off the 'Resample Image' checkbox so it'll avoid making the physical resolution change.
"Want to resize your picture to a specific inch dimension and resolution so you can print out your digital print at your favourite Costco or on your home printer? Sure, it's possible, but it's not exactly obvious how to do it."
He's right, this part isn't very intuitive. When you try to change the DPI of an image, it alters the resolution of the pixels as well. You have to poke with the buttons a bit to figure out how to fix it.
Go to Image/image size and uncheck the box that says "Resample Image". What that does is it says "Don't mess with the pixels, just change the DPI number" When you do that, you can play with the 'document size' field all you want.
I can't wait until Photoshop supports HDRI imagery.
"These applications have historically been updated annually, or at the longest, every other year. Is this "news" supposed to be exciting?"
It lights a fire under the Gimp development team, doesn't it? As for whether it's exciting or not, I'm willing to wager that a LOT of people here use Photoshop extensively at work. Sorry you don't like it.
"Couldn't Adobe have purchased traditional advertisement space?"
"The GBA is a game console, albeit a portable one. I can turn a functioning GBA into something not a game console, but turning one into a game console when it's already one is -1 Redundant."
Somebody please explain to me why this is insightful? Not only is he nitpicking a not so relevant point (i.e. console has more than one definition), but he's also missing the point of why this project is cool. So please, explain to me why this is insightful?
In this particular case (and only in this case) the level designers did put in a few things to make it difficult. For one, the map is symmetrical, so both sides have the same platform. Secondly, they put a hole in the platform that one can shoot up into. Third, if the guy can see you, you can see him. *Blam* Fourth, and this isn't exactly the level itself but how the game is played, you can rocket jump up there and get the dude.
To a rookie, yes this is a problem. However, I've watched season people play that map, use that strategy, and not piss each other off.
I hope I don't come off sounding like I'm saying you're wrong, I agree with you on this point. Bad level design is a problem that can make a game unfun. Just saying that they did think this particular map through.:)
I used to play Quake 3 a lot, particularly the Space CTF map. For the uninitiated, the Space map is a platform that is hovering the middle of nothingness. Fall off the platform, and you go screaming to your doom. It's out in the open. You can see the enemy's flag from your flag. Right above the flag, there's a levitating platform that has a railgun. Picture this for a moment. From your base, you can snipe somebody at the other base as they try to plant the flag. Unfortunately, I've been called a 'faggot camper' a number of times for using that element in the map. You see, sometimes people get damn good at using the railgun, and it can be very difficult from one end of the map to the other.
Camping in general can be a problem. I've personally witnessed somebody really ruin a level doing that. He waited in front of a respawn point and *blam* was killing everybody that freshly materialized. Thus, he was always racking up the points. In this particular map, sometimes the teams are so imbalanced that 2-3 people from one team can completely supress the other team, thus ruining the fun.
You know, I can see the complaint. Control that platform, and you control the game. However, what people often fail to see is that the platform was placed there with a railgun on purpose. If somebody's sniping you, take them out!
I've had some not so fun nights because of this. Not because somebody was better than me with a railgun, but because people would start bitching and moaning anytime used a railgun in that map. Eventually it'd turn into a flame fest, and I don't mean with rocket launchers. *blip* YOU FAG! *Blip* STFU *Blip* Nice little tent you have up there! *blip* You suck!
Sad thing was, there was no way to ignore it. Bitch bitch bitch. Eventually vendettas would form and instead of capturing the flag, people would get angry with each other and either take up 'camping' or worry too much about taking out the 'camper'.
My point? Frankly, skill is only a factor in it. There are a lot of people out there who deseperately need a lesson in tact. If I'm up on the sniper perch and you can't get past me, what's wrong with politely asking me nicely to ease up? When somebody says "YOU FAGGOT CAMPER!", I just keep shooting them. Never once has somebody said "Hey man, could ya lighten up there?", if they had I would have been happy to comply.
Yeah, I know, I'm an asshole. But I don't think it's unreasonable to be polite. I'm just there to have fun.
There was this episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Secret Agent Super Dragon?) where the main character flips a light switch, and about half a second later the light dimmed down. Crow said "Light travels slower in his world". Heh.
Hmmm.. sorry guys, it really is more of a visual joke.
"Letting your competitors know anything about your business model gives them opportunity to undercut and end-run."
My company ran into that. It's a small 20 person startup company. Our competitor is a 100+ person company on the opposite side of the country. Every time we announced something, they had an announcement that made it sound like they invented it. This started in 1997, and even today they've got brochures that sound an awful lot like ours.
I'm not really in NDA territory here. Obviously to sell a product you had to make one. They had similar stuff so it wasn't hard for them to mutate our terminology to sound like they were already doing it. They had the money and the PR machine to throw at it.
I must say that this competition has helped us. We've developed something now that will take them quite a while to match. It may even save lives. Wish I could tell ya all about it, but I'm under NDA. No, I'm not joking here, we did cook up something really cool that is being used in a very sensitive way.
"Jump ship? Why jump ship? Because others have done so?"
What he's saying is "Don't ignore Server 2003 simply because you hate Microsoft." And, he's right. In the end, they're tools that do a job. Pick the one that's best for you instead of picking the one that makes you cool on Slashdot.
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"The speed was never 3 mbps; it was 1.5 at best."
I had 4 megabits from @Home in Portland Oregon from 2 different apartments.
Damn I miss those days.
"Right, only the US is allowed to nuke other countries."
Yeah because that's been such a common occurance in the last 50 years.
"The users of Elements are the same people who spill hot coffee on themselves, in the McDonalds drive though."
Ugh. Photoshop's not exactly the hardest app in the world to use, but it still operates under concepts that are foreign to many people. They're not dumb. They're just not interested enough in it to grab Photoshop.
" Slashdot law clearly states you may only use the overlords joke."
Don't blame me, I voted for Kang!
I just wanted to say that I want more e-publications out there. I used to balk at the idea of paying for information. But the truth is that the convenience of not having a paper thing to throw away later is growing more and more attractive. Just email me a .PDF version of the mag. If I want to read it in the bathroom, I'll just copy it to my PocketPC.
Should schoolbooks be the same way? You bet! You tend to get spoiled by the find command.
"This government is doing nothing more than trying to please people. Many people will be pleased, and many will be displeased."
Hmm... Abortions for some, miniature American flags for others.
"Maybe if the US stopped mucking around with other contries' governments, the rest of the world wouldn't hate them so much."
Yeah! Let them nuke each other as long as they like us!
"The sound of an automobile accident can be generated by using a wrench to unbolt a stop sign."
The sound of the Millineum Falcon's failing Hyperdrive can be recreated by getting your webserver slashdotted.
"Hasn't Nintendo already basicly covered this area with the whole Game Boy Player thing?"
Not completely.
"Correct me if we're talking about different things here, but I'm of the impression that this couldn't be any more obvious in Photoshop 7.0 -- go to the Resize Image dialog box, use the dropdowns to change the units to "inches", and type in your desired size and DPI."
No, it's not so obvious. If you change the DPI, you change the resolution of the pixels. So if you have a 640 by 480 image at 300dpi, it'll print a 2 inch wide image. If you change that DPI down to 72 in order to print it larger, your image will drop down to 154 by 115. Not cool. What you have to do is turn off the 'Resample Image' checkbox so it'll avoid making the physical resolution change.
This is something they could improve in the UI.
"Want to resize your picture to a specific inch dimension and resolution so you can print out your digital print at your favourite Costco or on your home printer? Sure, it's possible, but it's not exactly obvious how to do it."
He's right, this part isn't very intuitive. When you try to change the DPI of an image, it alters the resolution of the pixels as well. You have to poke with the buttons a bit to figure out how to fix it.
Go to Image/image size and uncheck the box that says "Resample Image". What that does is it says "Don't mess with the pixels, just change the DPI number" When you do that, you can play with the 'document size' field all you want.
I can't wait until Photoshop supports HDRI imagery.
"Someone mentioned non-destructive filters and better digital camera RAW support (even than what's in CS) would be appreciated."
It won't be too long before it's hard to tell the difference between Photoshop and After Effects.
"These applications have historically been updated annually, or at the longest, every other year. Is this "news" supposed to be exciting?"
It lights a fire under the Gimp development team, doesn't it? As for whether it's exciting or not, I'm willing to wager that a LOT of people here use Photoshop extensively at work. Sorry you don't like it.
"Couldn't Adobe have purchased traditional advertisement space?"
See previous point.
"The GBA is a game console, albeit a portable one. I can turn a functioning GBA into something not a game console, but turning one into a game console when it's already one is -1 Redundant."
Somebody please explain to me why this is insightful? Not only is he nitpicking a not so relevant point (i.e. console has more than one definition), but he's also missing the point of why this project is cool. So please, explain to me why this is insightful?
... Let's see, it's handheld, has an AMD processor, and will probably fly of shelves. What should they call it? Hmm.. how about... FIREBIRD!
"Could we for example assume, for example, that a chick who dresses attractive deserves rape? "
Well, I would have explained until you said that. Give me some credit, will ya?
Too bad Tyler Durden didn't release the teaser. There'd have been an easter egg for all those frame analyzers out there.
Yes, that is most definitely true.
:)
In this particular case (and only in this case) the level designers did put in a few things to make it difficult. For one, the map is symmetrical, so both sides have the same platform. Secondly, they put a hole in the platform that one can shoot up into. Third, if the guy can see you, you can see him. *Blam* Fourth, and this isn't exactly the level itself but how the game is played, you can rocket jump up there and get the dude.
To a rookie, yes this is a problem. However, I've watched season people play that map, use that strategy, and not piss each other off.
I hope I don't come off sounding like I'm saying you're wrong, I agree with you on this point. Bad level design is a problem that can make a game unfun. Just saying that they did think this particular map through.
I used to play Quake 3 a lot, particularly the Space CTF map. For the uninitiated, the Space map is a platform that is hovering the middle of nothingness. Fall off the platform, and you go screaming to your doom. It's out in the open. You can see the enemy's flag from your flag. Right above the flag, there's a levitating platform that has a railgun. Picture this for a moment. From your base, you can snipe somebody at the other base as they try to plant the flag. Unfortunately, I've been called a 'faggot camper' a number of times for using that element in the map. You see, sometimes people get damn good at using the railgun, and it can be very difficult from one end of the map to the other.
Camping in general can be a problem. I've personally witnessed somebody really ruin a level doing that. He waited in front of a respawn point and *blam* was killing everybody that freshly materialized. Thus, he was always racking up the points. In this particular map, sometimes the teams are so imbalanced that 2-3 people from one team can completely supress the other team, thus ruining the fun.
You know, I can see the complaint. Control that platform, and you control the game. However, what people often fail to see is that the platform was placed there with a railgun on purpose. If somebody's sniping you, take them out!
I've had some not so fun nights because of this. Not because somebody was better than me with a railgun, but because people would start bitching and moaning anytime used a railgun in that map. Eventually it'd turn into a flame fest, and I don't mean with rocket launchers. *blip* YOU FAG! *Blip* STFU *Blip* Nice little tent you have up there! *blip* You suck!
Sad thing was, there was no way to ignore it. Bitch bitch bitch. Eventually vendettas would form and instead of capturing the flag, people would get angry with each other and either take up 'camping' or worry too much about taking out the 'camper'.
My point? Frankly, skill is only a factor in it. There are a lot of people out there who deseperately need a lesson in tact. If I'm up on the sniper perch and you can't get past me, what's wrong with politely asking me nicely to ease up? When somebody says "YOU FAGGOT CAMPER!", I just keep shooting them. Never once has somebody said "Hey man, could ya lighten up there?", if they had I would have been happy to comply.
Yeah, I know, I'm an asshole. But I don't think it's unreasonable to be polite. I'm just there to have fun.
"...the speed of light measures YOU! "
Though the United States and Russia have differing cultural views, there is one thing we both share. We only laugh when the joke is "funny".
There was this episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Secret Agent Super Dragon?) where the main character flips a light switch, and about half a second later the light dimmed down. Crow said "Light travels slower in his world". Heh.
Hmmm.. sorry guys, it really is more of a visual joke.
"then why did you suggest it? really..."
So he could consider finding a PDA that does all that for him?
"The whole point is to enable freedom of choice, not to turn Linux desktops into Microsoft-style dictatorships."
Why can't all your choices share a foundation? The USA is full of diversity and choice, yet we nearly all speak English.
"Letting your competitors know anything about your business model gives them opportunity to undercut and end-run."
My company ran into that. It's a small 20 person startup company. Our competitor is a 100+ person company on the opposite side of the country. Every time we announced something, they had an announcement that made it sound like they invented it. This started in 1997, and even today they've got brochures that sound an awful lot like ours.
I'm not really in NDA territory here. Obviously to sell a product you had to make one. They had similar stuff so it wasn't hard for them to mutate our terminology to sound like they were already doing it. They had the money and the PR machine to throw at it.
I must say that this competition has helped us. We've developed something now that will take them quite a while to match. It may even save lives. Wish I could tell ya all about it, but I'm under NDA. No, I'm not joking here, we did cook up something really cool that is being used in a very sensitive way.
"Jump ship? Why jump ship? Because others have done so?"
What he's saying is "Don't ignore Server 2003 simply because you hate Microsoft." And, he's right. In the end, they're tools that do a job. Pick the one that's best for you instead of picking the one that makes you cool on Slashdot.