But why wouldn't you use it? If you can take any load off the CPU, no matter how small, you should jump at the chance. I've got hardware made just for throwing graphics on my screen, so why not use it? Now that would be a waste.
It's good that someone is perpetuating the ASCII art tradition. Trolls and spammers are looking out for our cultural heritage! Why do we persecute these valuable members of society?
That's an excellent suggestion. Making your program drive across the room is pretty cool.
I'd probably just throw together an old computer (get 'em on the cheap at a used computer store) and put DOS on it. With BASIC and a few old games, you'll have inspiration and the means to follow up on it in one attractive beige box.
I see. You'd rather you could have all your common photo editing functions accessible in one window so you don't have to open and close a bunch of dialogs, and you'd like easier to use tools. I can understand your trouble. I'd never thought those problems since my GIMP usage is usually for drawing things, and I just remember four or five hotkeys and seldom need to crop and rotate and scale and adjust colors. I guess it's much better for some functions than others.
Tearoff menus and hotkeys don't do it for you? I don't see how it could be any easier than hitting a couple keys and clicking an option on the menu that's floating nearby.
It sure is bizarre, but it does beat, say, 3ds Max in being simple, attractive, and easy to use. It's completely ineffable, but at least it's not ridiculously cluttered like 3ds Max is. I'll take steep learning curve over horrid design any day. All you need is an explanation for each thing you might want to do. I don't actually use either program often (I'm a POV-Ray type -- mmm... scripting), but I know what I kind of like (Blender) and what I really hate and complain about for weeks (Max).
I like it too. Nothing bugs me more than a window with a bunch of tiny windows within it. It's complicated when you have to worry about nested windows as well as dealing with all the parent windows. Way to modal for my taste. I'll take tabs where possible, and a bunch of happy little windows floating on their own otherwise. In my opinion, graphic design programs like the GIMP need to allow you to sprawl all over your monitor(s). Just like working with traditional media, everyone needs to be able to scatter their tools all over their workspace. It's especially handy when you do have another monitor, and you can put all your tool windows and unzoomed windows (which you use to monitor your work) off to the side.
Yes software can be helpful. As you say, getting with a teacher every month or so and learning on your own in the meantime is a good option when you're on a budget. I'd recommend that if you can't afford weekly lessons. A computer just can't point something out and say, "That habit will lead to trouble later." A teacher can. Unlike playing music, you don't have to unlearn a Yugo when you get a Ferrari. Meeting with a teacher every now and then will be very valuable.
That's just right. Nothing can replace a teacher who is there with you and able to correct posture and technique and give you a little experience playing with others. You can learn theory from the web well enough, and you can get a lot of great information on all aspects of the instrument, but you need a teacher to at least get you off on the right foot. It's true that many great guitarists are self taught, but that doesn't mean the rest of us can just pick up and figure it out all on our own.
You should visit Guitarnoise.com (See the post above if you really need a clickable link); it's a great community.
As I recall, it uses OpenGL's 2d capabilities, which don't work well at all on many graphics cards. I've had trouble with flickering menus and mouse cursors on a couple of computers.
Yes, that's right. The approach I recommend will prevent persistant trollers, because they will get bored, and it will hopefully deter at least a few first-time trollers, because they will feel a little strange behaving differently than everyone else there. I admit it, my suggestions won't stop every troll who shows up from trolling for a while, but it will cut down on persistent trolls, and the trolls that still keep at it won't disturb things much, and will be dealt with quickly, rather than dragging everyone else down to their level.
You can't make attempts to disrupt the community impossible, but you can certainly make it impossible to actually disrupt the community. If everyone ignores trolls and flamers in every way except notifying an admin, and possibly a polite request for them to stop, there's no reason to troll. The whole point is to get a rise out of people.
First, you need and atmosphere of respect within the community. When the community members respect each other, two things happen. First, those who consider trolling and flaming won't see a precedent, and will be slightly deterred. I expect at least a few people to be stopped by that hesitation alone. Second, and more important, the community members will not be on edge, as they are in some forums. They simply won't rise to the bait that trolls place, and they won't lower themselves to a flaming level. Since trolls aim to disrupt a community, when they see that they are having no effect on anyone, as they are ignored and their posts are deleted as soon as an administrator knows about them, they'll give up.
To create an atmosphere of respect, you'll have to enforce it strictly, at least at first. You have to disallow any kind of flaming and trolling at all, even from respected community members. You have to delete (or maybe merely edit) posts as warranted by their content, so that you don't have verbal attacks floating around the forum. You don't, of course, have to eliminate arguements, but you do have to force everyone to be civil. Everyone will become civil, because if they don't, their posts will be replaced by something like, "Post deleted by moderator. Please do not make attacks on other forum members." Repeat offenders need to be banned, possibly after being suspended, given a cool down period, and allowed a second chance.
Keeping a community calm starts with the administration, then the community picks up on it, and then newcomers are very reluctant to break that mold.
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Possibly because he's a college student, and probably isn't using his Powerbook as a server, or something else that requires it to be on 24/7. He probably doesn't need functional devices when he's trying to sleep. You'd think he'd have mentioned it if he did.
Look Timothy, this isn't that hard. You have a power strip already. It has a built-in button or switch for turning it off. I assume that you have your computer and peripherals plugged into it, although with someone who can't figure out how to turn off his gear or put tape over the lights, I can't be sure. If you turn it off, everything plugged into it will go off as well.
If your mouse is cordless, you probably need to charge it, and it probably has an indicator light as well. That really shouldn't be plugged into the power strip if you actually want it to charge. I put a pointy felt hat (with stars on it) over mine to block the light.
I suppose it's possible that you really do need all this stuff going all night. It would be pretty dumb to ask this question but not mention that fact, but then again, it's a dumb question in the first place.
Well, yes, but all (all two) previous.png type formats have had specific pronunciations. I suppose Microsoft could break the mold and innovate in that area too. Hey, wait, you say the letters for all those?
.Mngs could be a pain to make as well. All kinds of crazy support for moving stuff around and all I want to do it make some frames play in order. It was a neat concept, but didn't have the simplicity of a.gif.
I think the usual way to solve these debates is to combine the words together. You could take the beginning of one, and pair it with the ending of the other. So, gunk becomes.... Dang! This is hard.
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But why wouldn't you use it? If you can take any load off the CPU, no matter how small, you should jump at the chance. I've got hardware made just for throwing graphics on my screen, so why not use it? Now that would be a waste.
It's good that someone is perpetuating the ASCII art tradition. Trolls and spammers are looking out for our cultural heritage! Why do we persecute these valuable members of society?
I expected a longer aoutonomous period this year. I was a little disappointed.
That's an excellent suggestion. Making your program drive across the room is pretty cool. I'd probably just throw together an old computer (get 'em on the cheap at a used computer store) and put DOS on it. With BASIC and a few old games, you'll have inspiration and the means to follow up on it in one attractive beige box.
I see. You'd rather you could have all your common photo editing functions accessible in one window so you don't have to open and close a bunch of dialogs, and you'd like easier to use tools. I can understand your trouble. I'd never thought those problems since my GIMP usage is usually for drawing things, and I just remember four or five hotkeys and seldom need to crop and rotate and scale and adjust colors. I guess it's much better for some functions than others.
Tearoff menus and hotkeys don't do it for you? I don't see how it could be any easier than hitting a couple keys and clicking an option on the menu that's floating nearby.
It sure is bizarre, but it does beat, say, 3ds Max in being simple, attractive, and easy to use. It's completely ineffable, but at least it's not ridiculously cluttered like 3ds Max is. I'll take steep learning curve over horrid design any day. All you need is an explanation for each thing you might want to do. I don't actually use either program often (I'm a POV-Ray type -- mmm... scripting), but I know what I kind of like (Blender) and what I really hate and complain about for weeks (Max).
We could even have a little anticipatory flame war right now!
I like it too. Nothing bugs me more than a window with a bunch of tiny windows within it. It's complicated when you have to worry about nested windows as well as dealing with all the parent windows. Way to modal for my taste. I'll take tabs where possible, and a bunch of happy little windows floating on their own otherwise. In my opinion, graphic design programs like the GIMP need to allow you to sprawl all over your monitor(s). Just like working with traditional media, everyone needs to be able to scatter their tools all over their workspace. It's especially handy when you do have another monitor, and you can put all your tool windows and unzoomed windows (which you use to monitor your work) off to the side.
Yes software can be helpful. As you say, getting with a teacher every month or so and learning on your own in the meantime is a good option when you're on a budget. I'd recommend that if you can't afford weekly lessons. A computer just can't point something out and say, "That habit will lead to trouble later." A teacher can. Unlike playing music, you don't have to unlearn a Yugo when you get a Ferrari. Meeting with a teacher every now and then will be very valuable.
That's just right. Nothing can replace a teacher who is there with you and able to correct posture and technique and give you a little experience playing with others. You can learn theory from the web well enough, and you can get a lot of great information on all aspects of the instrument, but you need a teacher to at least get you off on the right foot. It's true that many great guitarists are self taught, but that doesn't mean the rest of us can just pick up and figure it out all on our own.
You should visit Guitarnoise.com (See the post above if you really need a clickable link); it's a great community.
Most guitars are very badly wired themselves, with ground loops and terrible sheilding, and rewiring them can cut a lot of noise.
As I recall, it uses OpenGL's 2d capabilities, which don't work well at all on many graphics cards. I've had trouble with flickering menus and mouse cursors on a couple of computers.
Nope, you're not.
I have a feeling that code isn't malicious, so you might give it a try.
Yes, that's right. The approach I recommend will prevent persistant trollers, because they will get bored, and it will hopefully deter at least a few first-time trollers, because they will feel a little strange behaving differently than everyone else there. I admit it, my suggestions won't stop every troll who shows up from trolling for a while, but it will cut down on persistent trolls, and the trolls that still keep at it won't disturb things much, and will be dealt with quickly, rather than dragging everyone else down to their level.
You can't make attempts to disrupt the community impossible, but you can certainly make it impossible to actually disrupt the community. If everyone ignores trolls and flamers in every way except notifying an admin, and possibly a polite request for them to stop, there's no reason to troll. The whole point is to get a rise out of people.
First, you need and atmosphere of respect within the community. When the community members respect each other, two things happen. First, those who consider trolling and flaming won't see a precedent, and will be slightly deterred. I expect at least a few people to be stopped by that hesitation alone. Second, and more important, the community members will not be on edge, as they are in some forums. They simply won't rise to the bait that trolls place, and they won't lower themselves to a flaming level. Since trolls aim to disrupt a community, when they see that they are having no effect on anyone, as they are ignored and their posts are deleted as soon as an administrator knows about them, they'll give up.
To create an atmosphere of respect, you'll have to enforce it strictly, at least at first. You have to disallow any kind of flaming and trolling at all, even from respected community members. You have to delete (or maybe merely edit) posts as warranted by their content, so that you don't have verbal attacks floating around the forum. You don't, of course, have to eliminate arguements, but you do have to force everyone to be civil. Everyone will become civil, because if they don't, their posts will be replaced by something like, "Post deleted by moderator. Please do not make attacks on other forum members." Repeat offenders need to be banned, possibly after being suspended, given a cool down period, and allowed a second chance.
Keeping a community calm starts with the administration, then the community picks up on it, and then newcomers are very reluctant to break that mold.
My thought exactly.
Possibly because he's a college student, and probably isn't using his Powerbook as a server, or something else that requires it to be on 24/7. He probably doesn't need functional devices when he's trying to sleep. You'd think he'd have mentioned it if he did.
Look Timothy, this isn't that hard. You have a power strip already. It has a built-in button or switch for turning it off. I assume that you have your computer and peripherals plugged into it, although with someone who can't figure out how to turn off his gear or put tape over the lights, I can't be sure. If you turn it off, everything plugged into it will go off as well.
If your mouse is cordless, you probably need to charge it, and it probably has an indicator light as well. That really shouldn't be plugged into the power strip if you actually want it to charge. I put a pointy felt hat (with stars on it) over mine to block the light.
I suppose it's possible that you really do need all this stuff going all night. It would be pretty dumb to ask this question but not mention that fact, but then again, it's a dumb question in the first place.
You sound almost like you want to get eaten by George Bush.
They could call it the "Merry-go-round of Doom!"
Well, yes, but all (all two) previous .png type formats have had specific pronunciations. I suppose Microsoft could break the mold and innovate in that area too. Hey, wait, you say the letters for all those?
.Mngs could be a pain to make as well. All kinds of crazy support for moving stuff around and all I want to do it make some frames play in order. It was a neat concept, but didn't have the simplicity of a .gif.
Numbers one and three aren't .png defects, they're stupid person defects. .pngs do compress smaller in all the cases I've tested. That's a fair number.
I think the usual way to solve these debates is to combine the words together. You could take the beginning of one, and pair it with the ending of the other. So, gunk becomes.... Dang! This is hard.