After all these years, I thought I'd finally get a digital sketchbook that didn't weigh a ton like my (very very old) Stylistic tablet. And it turns out there's no decent sketchbook Apps. The closest would have been Sketchbook Pro (Autodesk) which was the first I looked at, since the windows version was great, but for some reason, it didn't even support little "features" like adjustable orientation (landscape only, nonetheless, making it fun to hold steady in one hand....)
It was ridiculous. And without my sketchbook hopes, it was way too underpowered for the price, so I had to return it.
Offtopic, I know, go ahead and mod me down. I'm just still bummed out that my Xmas gift to myself failed.:P
The only reason I ever use it these days is when the machine appears to be wedged. If tapping caps lock doesn't toggle the LED, it's time to reach for the Big Red Button...
I was working full time when I got my CS degree from FSU. While the program is completely "distance" learning, meaning you never have to set foot in Tallahassee or Panama City, it's not 100% online, as exams have to be proctored. If your job will give you a little flexibility once or twice per semester to take an exam at a local CC or whatnot, it's quite doable.
It's worth mentioning, though, that the program is only for the "core" classes. Gen Ed requirements and prerequisites still have to be taken somewhere else (I was able to find night classes for Spanish I-III).
(NB: Not grandparent poster) No it doesn't. His 1) talks about a free market and his 3) talks about a capitalistic economy and keeping it strong, without mentioning a free market.
In fact, his 1) and 2), taken together, show why there is no such thing as a "free market" it anything but the shortest of terms.
That's where the "trickle" part comes from. It shows a shifting of attitude, gradual as hell, but existing. It may not even happen in our lifetime, but the idiocy of the whole thing is becoming evident to more people as time goes on.
Not really true. Pot is on the trickle-out list now, and we have existing examples of things like booze and interracial coupling on the "eventually pulled our collective head out of our ass" list.
Not at all. I'm barking at the company who told me that, because I didn't agree with a change to their TOS that I considered abusive, I had no choice but to forfeit access to the games I'd purchased from them.
Yes, other companies added similar clauses to their TOS, but Amazon does not come to my house and repossess everything I've bought from them when I decide not to do business with them anymore (I don't buy digital goods from them).
Valve did. Their TOS maintained that providing a stand-alone copy of my games was *their option* (a clause since removed), and the elected NOT to exercise it. This particular case is entirely on Valve, not on the publishers. Valve were the ones who screwed me here.
No one is shoving it down your throat. You know what Steam is. Don't buy games from it if you don't like risks involved and it leads you to fits of cussing and rage.
And two years ago, this would have been good advice. Now, it's pretty much "Don't buy games," full stop, since even boxed games off retail shelves require this malware to be installed these days[0]. They've managed to get themselves injected as a third-party into transactions that used to be a way to avoid them.
[0]Skyrim, Deus Ex, Darksiders 2, Borderlands 2 to name the ones I've, personally, passed on despite wanting to buy, because of this.
And it was a doozy. And an irony, since it was just a few days before that that I finally said "I've been holding out for years, and they haven't done anything like it yet. Maybe I'm being paranoid" and bought my first few Steam games.
Two days later, I don't own the games anymore. Just like when Facebook/Instagram says "We don't intend to sell your photos, even if the TOS says we can," Valve (and its knights) says "We won't fuck you over with more unacceptable terms, even though we know the contract says we can, and we know you'll bend over for it so you can keep your library."
Rule #0 applies to Valve just as much as to Facebook.
Now we'll have TWO OSes giving us the choice to accept whatever shit Valve wants to shove down our throats, or lose access to every game we've 'bought.'
What a wonderful advancement for the Linux platform!
Would this Monastary-ISP bring back NNTP? Pretty please?
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relying on strange language contructs known only to true believers and their IDEs.
Heathen. True Believers in perl don't use IDEs, regex generators, auto-intent, or syntax highlighters, and we don't receive our golden "@" medallions until we can determine the output of feeding our code through "perl -wt" in our heads.
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After all these years, I thought I'd finally get a digital sketchbook that didn't weigh a ton like my (very very old) Stylistic tablet. And it turns out there's no decent sketchbook Apps. The closest would have been Sketchbook Pro (Autodesk) which was the first I looked at, since the windows version was great, but for some reason, it didn't even support little "features" like adjustable orientation (landscape only, nonetheless, making it fun to hold steady in one hand....)
It was ridiculous. And without my sketchbook hopes, it was way too underpowered for the price, so I had to return it.
Offtopic, I know, go ahead and mod me down. I'm just still bummed out that my Xmas gift to myself failed. :P
Yes it did, Bruce. You just won't know it until you talk to that annoying six year old for two hours.
The only reason I ever use it these days is when the machine appears to be wedged. If tapping caps lock doesn't toggle the LED, it's time to reach for the Big Red Button...
I was working full time when I got my CS degree from FSU. While the program is completely "distance" learning, meaning you never have to set foot in Tallahassee or Panama City, it's not 100% online, as exams have to be proctored. If your job will give you a little flexibility once or twice per semester to take an exam at a local CC or whatnot, it's quite doable.
It's worth mentioning, though, that the program is only for the "core" classes. Gen Ed requirements and prerequisites still have to be taken somewhere else (I was able to find night classes for Spanish I-III).
HTH
(NB: Not grandparent poster) No it doesn't. His 1) talks about a free market and his 3) talks about a capitalistic economy and keeping it strong, without mentioning a free market.
In fact, his 1) and 2), taken together, show why there is no such thing as a "free market" it anything but the shortest of terms.
That's where the "trickle" part comes from. It shows a shifting of attitude, gradual as hell, but existing. It may not even happen in our lifetime, but the idiocy of the whole thing is becoming evident to more people as time goes on.
Once it's banned, it stays banned.
Not really true. Pot is on the trickle-out list now, and we have existing examples of things like booze and interracial coupling on the "eventually pulled our collective head out of our ass" list.
You're not alone. I still use it on Windows for its wide video support, but even on simple audio files (mp3, mostly), it's become a real dog.
Of course! Fucking witches are getting into everything these days!
Urban Legend
Windows
Prime-Time TV
Justin Beiber
I'll take "why popularity is a bad metric for anything other than popularity" for 100, Alex...
Not at all. I'm barking at the company who told me that, because I didn't agree with a change to their TOS that I considered abusive, I had no choice but to forfeit access to the games I'd purchased from them.
Yes, other companies added similar clauses to their TOS, but Amazon does not come to my house and repossess everything I've bought from them when I decide not to do business with them anymore (I don't buy digital goods from them).
Valve did. Their TOS maintained that providing a stand-alone copy of my games was *their option* (a clause since removed), and the elected NOT to exercise it. This particular case is entirely on Valve, not on the publishers. Valve were the ones who screwed me here.
That's why I stick with netcat -p 80
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
From here, it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck.
Oh, it has nothing to do with the DRM. The "gaming community" itself is more than sufficient incentive to stay away from it.
No one is shoving it down your throat. You know what Steam is. Don't buy games from it if you don't like risks involved and it leads you to fits of cussing and rage.
And two years ago, this would have been good advice. Now, it's pretty much "Don't buy games," full stop, since even boxed games off retail shelves require this malware to be installed these days[0]. They've managed to get themselves injected as a third-party into transactions that used to be a way to avoid them.
[0]Skyrim, Deus Ex, Darksiders 2, Borderlands 2 to name the ones I've, personally, passed on despite wanting to buy, because of this.
The terms of service have updated once in 7 years
And it was a doozy. And an irony, since it was just a few days before that that I finally said "I've been holding out for years, and they haven't done anything like it yet. Maybe I'm being paranoid" and bought my first few Steam games.
Two days later, I don't own the games anymore. Just like when Facebook/Instagram says "We don't intend to sell your photos, even if the TOS says we can," Valve (and its knights) says "We won't fuck you over with more unacceptable terms, even though we know the contract says we can, and we know you'll bend over for it so you can keep your library."
Rule #0 applies to Valve just as much as to Facebook.
Nope, there's no evidence of that yet. This just gets us the DRM on linux, none of the games have followed yet.
Now we'll have TWO OSes giving us the choice to accept whatever shit Valve wants to shove down our throats, or lose access to every game we've 'bought.'
What a wonderful advancement for the Linux platform!
No, that's rule #1. ;)
Rule #0 of business agreements: If a contract says that the other party CAN do something, proceed under the assumption that they WILL do it.
Would this Monastary-ISP bring back NNTP? Pretty please?
relying on strange language contructs known only to true believers and their IDEs.
Heathen. True Believers in perl don't use IDEs, regex generators, auto-intent, or syntax highlighters, and we don't receive our golden "@" medallions until we can determine the output of feeding our code through "perl -wt" in our heads.
Dafuq?
You do realize that the creator of Python's name is Guido van Rossum, and it's not a racial slur, right?
I get the impression we're talking at cross-purposes here, though. From your GP post, I think maybe you think I'm saying something I'm not.
Are you aware of the AC post that says "If the price/GB was $3.00 and is now $1.00, how much has it dropped?"
~67% is the answer to that question, not the bogus "300% price drop" crap