We paid a $1,200 for our wedding photos and they came out stunning, and she gave us a free engagement photo shoot as well as all the wedding negatives (very unusual) so we can reprint at will.
We also spend a bunch on disposables for each table. All this amounted to is pictures of the ceiling and 27 different of angles of every 'wedding moment' (cutting cake, first dance, etc) that the wedding photog got anyway.
I'd advise anyone that pays for disposables and developing to plan on throwing the money away, and not expect a single good shot out of it.
Wow, the Seattle Times asserts this schocking fact? Good thing Apple's Senior Vice Pres didn't come out and say the same thing in mid October.
"The iPod makes money. The iTunes Music Store doesn't," Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller told CNET News.com in an interview Thursday after the launch of the Windows version of the store.
So why do we allow billboards, huge store signs, and ads on cars, busses, and park benches to pollute our visual environment?
We not only allow it, we (and that means you) support it. Go ahead and try to buy something that's not advertised (I'm gonna have egg on my face if you're Amish). Business advertises. People buy their products. Hooray, advertising works! Therefore they will advertise more. It might be nice if it worked some other way that rewarded more virtuous aspects, but at this point you'd be trying to dam the Nile with a box of Pixie Sticks and an Uhu stick.
I just bought a new house, but our old one was on a dead end street and in an area where the dead ends turn into little foot paths. By the city maps, all the footpaths are technically road. As we were looking at city zoning and utility maps before selling, not a one recognized that they listed several of the roads in our area as roads when they are essentially forest. MapQuest has our dead ends listed perfectly.
I figured it was either done manually or maybe tied into a database by the road department as they pave things.
I'm a fairly avid hack/woodworker myself, so I checked the site and read all the shpiel.
As far as I can tell, one of the neat benefits of this machine is the ability to create your own jigs, project by project, to length, as custom applications.
I have a Porter-Cable dovetail jig, that at times is very simple, but when doing wide joints and when trying to do half-blind dovetails, becomes a major pain in the arse. Lots of ticky-tacky measurements, setups, and adjusting. For strange pieces, it really is faster to get out the pecil, chisel, and backsaw and do it by hand.
If it's as easy as they say (and when is it ever?) to create a project specific jig, I'd say it's worth $40 if the project has more than a handful of joints (a couple drawers and you're already there).
Also, while the jig-jig ownership is a weird/wrong/etc., it sounds like the major use of this is to create a job specific jig, inherently not being very useful for resale, etc.
Agreed. Unless they can implement the auto-resize of the main window to accomodate the drawer (a la, camino), don't even bother.
Personally, I rarely catagorize entries, nor need to use the little macro-calendar in the bottom left. I would like to see the whole left side section be collapsible. If I had that real estate back, I wouldn't mind the drawer on the right. FYI, 14" iBook, and annoyed at drawers size...
OK, sounds good, but when I'm at work and shout "What's a guy gotta do to get some f'in peace and quiet around here?!", I'm not really looking for an answer.
That, and I don't really want my coworkers hearing "Computer, get me some boobies!" from my office.
Think of how much of that talent would be lost if it wasn't for the technology...
While I'd like to agree with you, I really think that the talented digital artists (of which I agree there are many) of the world are talented not because of technology, but because of, well...talent.
I think that, if not for the digital medium, they would be working in oils, clay, whatever. Most of the people I went to school with who were excellent digital artists were exceptional traditional artists as well.
In fact, I'd almost go as far as to say the only thing digital meduim has done for the volume of art is increase the 'chaff'.
The US House voted today, 412-8, to green light the launch from the Kennedy Space Center of Do-Not-Call List 1, NASA's most advanced satellite to date. DNCL 1 will be launched into a low-level geosync orbit over the West Coast later this month, to be followed by DNCL 2-5 to cover the contiguous US if intial test are positive.
DNCL 1 will be armed with frickin' lasers that are linked via Carnivore to an IP tracking database. Upon going online on October 26th, DNCL 1 will handle all SPAM complaints by tracking down the senders and turning them into "molten magma".
A NASA spokesman said "With this project, we are thrilled to not only tell the nations spammers that we already have a good mortgage rate and passable penis size, but we have finally found a good use for that dubmass Carnivore system."
Swap supermarket "discount cards" with friends. (friend and I swap Safeway Club Cards when we get together)
A better way to F' with the Man, is to go to a site like this , print out the barcode, and become a Super Shopper. I don't know if their little tracking/averaging softwares toss out ridiculous purchasing numbers, but at least if it doesn't screw up their numbers, it makes a hassle for them.
But these "secure digital" tracks cannot be played on another computer should they be uploaded to the Net.
I'm gonna guess that (if I actually wanted Windows Media on my macs) this also means that I couldn't transfer these files to/from my home tower to/from my laptop. Yipee.
Furthermore, I wonder if the songs are so tied to patricular computer, that people with WM portable players will have problems getting them (the files) to run on them (the player).
I'd guess the guy responsible for "the company's globally deployed registration and resolution infrastructure that currently supports the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS)."
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Not economically sound?! Are you nuts! This is a perfect model of sound money-making economics!...
Oh...You didn't mean for Microsoft...
They caught that one right after they recieved an order for "50 Linux's" from an 'M. Jackson' in California.
We also spend a bunch on disposables for each table. All this amounted to is pictures of the ceiling and 27 different of angles of every 'wedding moment' (cutting cake, first dance, etc) that the wedding photog got anyway.
I'd advise anyone that pays for disposables and developing to plan on throwing the money away, and not expect a single good shot out of it.
Good thing Apple's Senior Vice Pres didn't come out and say the same thing in mid October.
Harmful, harmful, and not harmful.
So why do we allow billboards, huge store signs, and ads on cars, busses, and park benches to pollute our visual environment?
We not only allow it, we (and that means you) support it. Go ahead and try to buy something that's not advertised (I'm gonna have egg on my face if you're Amish). Business advertises. People buy their products. Hooray, advertising works! Therefore they will advertise more. It might be nice if it worked some other way that rewarded more virtuous aspects, but at this point you'd be trying to dam the Nile with a box of Pixie Sticks and an Uhu stick.
I figured it was either done manually or maybe tied into a database by the road department as they pave things.
As far as I can tell, one of the neat benefits of this machine is the ability to create your own jigs, project by project, to length, as custom applications.
I have a Porter-Cable dovetail jig, that at times is very simple, but when doing wide joints and when trying to do half-blind dovetails, becomes a major pain in the arse. Lots of ticky-tacky measurements, setups, and adjusting. For strange pieces, it really is faster to get out the pecil, chisel, and backsaw and do it by hand.
If it's as easy as they say (and when is it ever?) to create a project specific jig, I'd say it's worth $40 if the project has more than a handful of joints (a couple drawers and you're already there).
Also, while the jig-jig ownership is a weird/wrong/etc., it sounds like the major use of this is to create a job specific jig, inherently not being very useful for resale, etc.
Well, considering that
"The iPod makes money. The iTunes Music Store doesn't," Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller told CNET News.com in an interview Thursday after the launch of the Windows version of the store,
I can't for the life of me fathom why they would want their music service to be easiest to use with their own hardware.... hmmmm....
Now they can actually keep up with downloading required Windows patches.
Rinse. Blather. Repeat.
I'd say more like 'stick out like a normal thumb on a hand full of sore fingers.'
Personally, I rarely catagorize entries, nor need to use the little macro-calendar in the bottom left. I would like to see the whole left side section be collapsible. If I had that real estate back, I wouldn't mind the drawer on the right. FYI, 14" iBook, and annoyed at drawers size...
No need for thought provoking ruminations here, folks. The answer is:
Because it's a fuckin' pain in the ass.
So, you wanna be a pimp? ;)
... CyberJack ... Star Wars ... Star Trek ...
Only on /. would you see a statement like the first, backed up by citing examples from Science Fiction. ;)
That, and I don't really want my coworkers hearing "Computer, get me some boobies!" from my office.
While I'd like to agree with you, I really think that the talented digital artists (of which I agree there are many) of the world are talented not because of technology, but because of, well...talent.
I think that, if not for the digital medium, they would be working in oils, clay, whatever. Most of the people I went to school with who were excellent digital artists were exceptional traditional artists as well.
In fact, I'd almost go as far as to say the only thing digital meduim has done for the volume of art is increase the 'chaff'.
I believe the state of the buyer collects normal sales tax, as I've never had to pay sales tax when buying things from out-of-state.
AP-wire
The US House voted today, 412-8, to green light the launch from the Kennedy Space Center of Do-Not-Call List 1, NASA's most advanced satellite to date. DNCL 1 will be launched into a low-level geosync orbit over the West Coast later this month, to be followed by DNCL 2-5 to cover the contiguous US if intial test are positive.
DNCL 1 will be armed with frickin' lasers that are linked via Carnivore to an IP tracking database. Upon going online on October 26th, DNCL 1 will handle all SPAM complaints by tracking down the senders and turning them into "molten magma".
A NASA spokesman said "With this project, we are thrilled to not only tell the nations spammers that we already have a good mortgage rate and passable penis size, but we have finally found a good use for that dubmass Carnivore system."
You can tell where your spam comes from? Mine all says I sent it to myself. Hmph...
If contrails get your conspiracy bones jittery, check out this piece our local weekly did on chemtrails and the people who love them.
Ocifer 1: Sir, we just got a jammed card signal from Reader 4 on Platform 3.
Ocifer 2:Check the security cams for Platform 3.
Ocifer 1: Sir, it appears there's a man with a big battery and a 1337 light-modded black box hanging from his neck.
Ocifer 2: Is that tin-foil on his head? Jeez...*Dispatch...pick up the weirdo on Platform 3 and bring him in*
A better way to F' with the Man, is to go to a site like this , print out the barcode, and become a Super Shopper. I don't know if their little tracking/averaging softwares toss out ridiculous purchasing numbers, but at least if it doesn't screw up their numbers, it makes a hassle for them.
I'm gonna guess that (if I actually wanted Windows Media on my macs) this also means that I couldn't transfer these files to/from my home tower to/from my laptop. Yipee.
Furthermore, I wonder if the songs are so tied to patricular computer, that people with WM portable players will have problems getting them (the files) to run on them (the player).
I'd guess the guy responsible for "the company's globally deployed registration and resolution infrastructure that currently supports the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS)."