I'm a Libertarian and I fully see the need for net neutrality, I think Microsoft should be shut down for their practices and not allowed to reopen until they are FULLY in compliance with all rulings, and I believe that corporations have become leeches on society as a whole. I fully understand what DRM is and see why the *AA wants it, but I also feel that if I pay x amount of dollars for something, I have the right to do whatever the fuck I want to do with it.
I believe that the population of the USA over the last 30-40 years has gotten the government they deserve simply because no one wanted to understand politics, except for the politicians, of course. We now have a generation of kids who aren't able to think for themselves (or just don't want to) and are perfectly happy with letting the government do all the thinking for them. Our forefathers built this government with the intent that the citizens would play an active role in politics, not just let the reps do whatever they wanted to unchecked. But we have turned our heads and begun letting these people "protect us from ourselves", and now that we see the error, it's too late to do anything about it. I'm not pointing fingers, by no means, because I did the exact same thing. Up until the last few years, I couldn't give 2 shits about politics. Now that I have children of my own, and I'm paying attention to the world around me and around them, I see that I should have been more active when I was younger. I am teaching my children to pay attention to everything, and to voice their opinions about everything while they can. May not be much longer before "Freedom of Speech" is another byline in the history books.
The billboard ads, which debuted last week in Holland, depicted a white woman forcefully grabbing the face of a black woman in a "racially charged" manner according the ad campaigns critics. Sony asserted that the ads were designed to show the contrast in colors between the original black PSP and the new Ceramic white PSP with "no other message or purpose."
Sorry, but for high-end graphic design work, an LCD screen just DOESN'T cut it. LCD is subject to weather conditions (yes, even in an office, the temps change) and color calibration is needed way too frequently. Until they can get this issue ironed out, my 21" will stay put.
I'm a professional Graphic Designer that uses the Gimp when the need arises, but there is one thing the Gimp lacks that keeps it from being a Photoshop "killer": CMYK support. I have been promised many times that CMYK is being worked on, but it hasn't been made available (don't mention seperate, as it does NOT work right). Right now, the Gimp is the best solution for web graphics, but anything going to paper needs to go through Photoshop first. Until then, Photoshop will rule. If Adobe gets it in gear and releases a Linux version of Photoshop (they used to code for Unix, so it can't be that far off), Illustrator, and InDesign, they can corner the market with Linux DTP apps and bring linux out of the server/imagesetter room and to the desktop. All we need is for one high profile company to climb aboard. The others will follow, including Microsoft with Office (yes, even though they hate OSS, they love money more, so it will happen sooner or later).
Have you tried to get a job, lately? They say the economy booms during times of war. I haven't seen a boom in anything except people "saying" the economy is getting better. Show me the proof.
I use the Expocity hack and it's looking pretty cool. It's a little jerky and slow on my system (P III 600 MHz with 1.5 GB RAM and nVidia GeForce 2 w/64 MB RAM), but is usable. It hasn't been updated in a few months, but I'm hoping it will pick up momentum.
This is something I've been trying to address to the OSS community. We need to use hard links if the version isn't the same. Install it in the application's directory. That's where it belongs. This would solve all of Linux's dependency problems, IMO.
Yes, yes, I realize that I misunderstood the post very soon after I posted, but it was too late to change it then. My apologies to all the involved parties.
Job Paying $8/hr * 40/hrs week = $1280 or about $1,000 after taxes, that's the average rate of your Starbucks Coffee guy in the United states, and the money is legit!
Not sure where you learned your math, but around here, $8/hr*40hrs= $320 before taxes.
I am a professional graphic designer. I move between Windows, Mac OS 9.1, and RedHat 9. Though I have Photoshop 7 on my Linux box, I also have the Gimp 2.0.1 on the Windows and Linux machines (can't get it on the OS 9.1 machine). I use Photoshop at work, but I use the Gimp for all my personal work. I am just as fluent in either program, but find the Gimp more appealing. The only reason I use Photoshop anymore is for the CMYK support.
Wrong. The copyright is owned by the one that filed the papers, be it the artist or the label. Myself, I have all my music copyrighted to me. I can do whatever the hell I want to do with it. The copyright is there so that I can dictate what others can do with it. If I'm making it available for free, then I'll be DAMNED if someone else is going to make money off it.
I believe the Ernie Ball Guitar Strings Co. would disagree with you on this. The BSA raided ther shops to do an audit for Microsoft. They had 2 machines that weren't properly licensed and were shut down for a while because of it. Sterling Ball (President) told his IT dept. they had exactly 24 hours to get everything Micrsoft out of his business and they went with RedHat. Now you see, the BSA can do a LOT more than just threaten legal action.
Re:Photoshop still rocks it
on
Gimp Hits 2.0
·
· Score: 1
But Photoshop 7 runs under Crossover Office 2.1 really well, and doesn't require all the pains as wine. You can set Crossover to show the open with crossover in your rightclick menu for.exe files and it's pretty much the same as on Windows.
I only have 2 complaints with the Gimp:
1. No CMYK support built in. I install from RPMS, so compiling the plugin into the source is out. Plus, I'm not real good with that.
2. The disjointed windows. One poster a little up the page made a comment about that. Why can't we have it so that if you bring one of the windows to the front they all come up, and always give the image window the focus?
Ife we could have both of these taken care of, the Gimp would quickly pass Photoshop.
And, by the way, I am a professional Graphic Designer, so I know what I'm talking about.
Slashdot Mirror
LOL I wish I had mod points.
I'm a Libertarian and I fully see the need for net neutrality, I think Microsoft should be shut down for their practices and not allowed to reopen until they are FULLY in compliance with all rulings, and I believe that corporations have become leeches on society as a whole. I fully understand what DRM is and see why the *AA wants it, but I also feel that if I pay x amount of dollars for something, I have the right to do whatever the fuck I want to do with it. I believe that the population of the USA over the last 30-40 years has gotten the government they deserve simply because no one wanted to understand politics, except for the politicians, of course. We now have a generation of kids who aren't able to think for themselves (or just don't want to) and are perfectly happy with letting the government do all the thinking for them. Our forefathers built this government with the intent that the citizens would play an active role in politics, not just let the reps do whatever they wanted to unchecked. But we have turned our heads and begun letting these people "protect us from ourselves", and now that we see the error, it's too late to do anything about it. I'm not pointing fingers, by no means, because I did the exact same thing. Up until the last few years, I couldn't give 2 shits about politics. Now that I have children of my own, and I'm paying attention to the world around me and around them, I see that I should have been more active when I was younger. I am teaching my children to pay attention to everything, and to voice their opinions about everything while they can. May not be much longer before "Freedom of Speech" is another byline in the history books.
Actual link is to a Network World article. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/100506-micro soft-antipiracy.html?page=1
LOL. Now I've got to watch it again.
The billboard ads, which debuted last week in Holland, depicted a white woman forcefully grabbing the face of a black woman in a "racially charged" manner according the ad campaigns critics. Sony asserted that the ads were designed to show the contrast in colors between the original black PSP and the new Ceramic white PSP with "no other message or purpose."
I run Cinelerra on a P 3 600 MHz machine with 1.5 GB RAM. Works great for me.
Sorry, but for high-end graphic design work, an LCD screen just DOESN'T cut it. LCD is subject to weather conditions (yes, even in an office, the temps change) and color calibration is needed way too frequently. Until they can get this issue ironed out, my 21" will stay put.
Clearly, you haven't tried Beagle.
LMAO Is there anything that can't be linked back to Kevin Bacon?
I'm a professional Graphic Designer that uses the Gimp when the need arises, but there is one thing the Gimp lacks that keeps it from being a Photoshop "killer": CMYK support. I have been promised many times that CMYK is being worked on, but it hasn't been made available (don't mention seperate, as it does NOT work right). Right now, the Gimp is the best solution for web graphics, but anything going to paper needs to go through Photoshop first. Until then, Photoshop will rule. If Adobe gets it in gear and releases a Linux version of Photoshop (they used to code for Unix, so it can't be that far off), Illustrator, and InDesign, they can corner the market with Linux DTP apps and bring linux out of the server/imagesetter room and to the desktop. All we need is for one high profile company to climb aboard. The others will follow, including Microsoft with Office (yes, even though they hate OSS, they love money more, so it will happen sooner or later).
Already /.'ed, apparently.
Amen!
Have you tried to get a job, lately? They say the economy booms during times of war. I haven't seen a boom in anything except people "saying" the economy is getting better. Show me the proof.
A lot of the younger ones won't get a lot of this.
I'm in the process of doing just this in Memphis, TN (actually, it will be just outside Memphis in Southaven, Mississippi).
Amen!
I use the Expocity hack and it's looking pretty cool. It's a little jerky and slow on my system (P III 600 MHz with 1.5 GB RAM and nVidia GeForce 2 w/64 MB RAM), but is usable. It hasn't been updated in a few months, but I'm hoping it will pick up momentum.
This is something I've been trying to address to the OSS community. We need to use hard links if the version isn't the same. Install it in the application's directory. That's where it belongs. This would solve all of Linux's dependency problems, IMO.
Yes, yes, I realize that I misunderstood the post very soon after I posted, but it was too late to change it then. My apologies to all the involved parties.
Job Paying $8/hr * 40/hrs week = $1280 or about $1,000 after taxes, that's the average rate of your Starbucks Coffee guy in the United states, and the money is legit! Not sure where you learned your math, but around here, $8/hr*40hrs= $320 before taxes.
I am a professional graphic designer. I move between Windows, Mac OS 9.1, and RedHat 9. Though I have Photoshop 7 on my Linux box, I also have the Gimp 2.0.1 on the Windows and Linux machines (can't get it on the OS 9.1 machine). I use Photoshop at work, but I use the Gimp for all my personal work. I am just as fluent in either program, but find the Gimp more appealing. The only reason I use Photoshop anymore is for the CMYK support.
Wrong. The copyright is owned by the one that filed the papers, be it the artist or the label. Myself, I have all my music copyrighted to me. I can do whatever the hell I want to do with it. The copyright is there so that I can dictate what others can do with it. If I'm making it available for free, then I'll be DAMNED if someone else is going to make money off it.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/streamripper/ I use it on linux, and it's pretty cool.
I believe the Ernie Ball Guitar Strings Co. would disagree with you on this. The BSA raided ther shops to do an audit for Microsoft. They had 2 machines that weren't properly licensed and were shut down for a while because of it. Sterling Ball (President) told his IT dept. they had exactly 24 hours to get everything Micrsoft out of his business and they went with RedHat. Now you see, the BSA can do a LOT more than just threaten legal action.
But Photoshop 7 runs under Crossover Office 2.1 really well, and doesn't require all the pains as wine. You can set Crossover to show the open with crossover in your rightclick menu for .exe files and it's pretty much the same as on Windows.
I only have 2 complaints with the Gimp:
1. No CMYK support built in. I install from RPMS, so compiling the plugin into the source is out. Plus, I'm not real good with that.
2. The disjointed windows. One poster a little up the page made a comment about that. Why can't we have it so that if you bring one of the windows to the front they all come up, and always give the image window the focus?
Ife we could have both of these taken care of, the Gimp would quickly pass Photoshop.
And, by the way, I am a professional Graphic Designer, so I know what I'm talking about.