The Saturns are absolutely incredible. Currently they are (have been) out in the open along with several other rockets, including Redstone and others from the early days of NASA. Several engines are also outside where one can walk around them. It was after a pilgrimage there that my now 13 year old announced that he wanted to become an aerospace engineer.
To those making the pilgrimage, a trip to Space Center, adjacent to the Johnson Space Center complex is also an absolute must do, especially if you have offspring.
Am I the only one to notice the following at the bottom of the page: "Work on Xen has been supported by UK EPSRC grant GR/S01894, Intel Research, HP Labs and Microsoft Research. "
...Like I said, your mileage may vary and to each his own.
I'll add that over the years I've also used Corel PhotoPaint, JASC Paintshop Pro (a bargain), as well as Macromedia Fireworks, and some abomination Microsoft beta'ed back in the late 90's (obligatory Karma whoring). When I made the initial jump to Photoshop (from PhotoPaint and Paintshop Pro) there was a learning curve, but this was primarily because Photoshop was a much more full-featured package.
That being said, I'd say I was in a pretty good position offer an informed and objective opinion. But, to repeat, to each his own! If GIMP is a tool that allows you to accomplish what you need to do easily, then it is the right tool for you.
Sorry, this is going to be highly redundant, but sadly I must weigh in on the side of those who say Photoshop STILL beats GIMP.
I am a graphics professional turned web guy, have used various versions of Photoshop on PC since 1995. Believe me, I really WANT to like GIMP. I've installed it on Windows and Linux over the years, and tried it....but I agree with those who say Photoshop still rules.
GIMP, as good as it is (and it has gotten MUCH better over the years) still feels like a knockoff. Photoshop feels much more intuitive, as it should, given the years Adobe has used fine-tuning their interface, which, incidently, they stick with on all of their graphics products. Part of the appeal (I'm guessing) with the Graphic Professionals is that ability to jump from app to app without a lot of re-learning of the user interface.
Type handling in Photoshop has always felt easier, which for someone making web graphics is a big deal.
Again, much as I love the idea of GIMP, I still shell out money for Photoshop. But your mileage may vary, and to each his own.
Hmm...Since Helix has been open-sourced, what's to stop someone from porting it to Windows, so one could dispense with RealPlayer and all the goop it installs? Is it just me or does that makes some kind of sense? Not that I'm advocating running Windows or anything, mind you!
Gee, most of the Mac users I know are graphic designers / marketing types. Smarter? Maybe cleverer, but smarter???
Someone once told me the Mac mouse only had one button because Mac users couldn't figure out any more than that (whoops, there went my excellent karma).
I think the interesting thing here is NOT that the games may or may not be as good as a "commercial" release, so much as people are not content to be passive consumers of entertainment. I taught painting for years, and though not all of my students were great painters, at least they were willing to engage in a creative act. And so it is with homebrew games. I think it is great people are writing their own games, good, bad or indifferent.
Now if only the companies who manufacture digital players would take a look and see that there is life beyond MP3. Nice that a few are starting to offer Ogg Vobis, but they are few and far between.
Sure, he was an assistant secretary of defense in the Reagan Whitehouse turned shadowy advocate of the Iraq war. You certainly don't expect HIM to go deleting a bunch of email addresses??
My parents pulled the same stunt on me when I was a freshman in high school... they gave me a double knit Nehru jacket (this was a loooooong time ago) that had been marked down to about 2 cents...left the original price tag of $75 dollars on it. They still love to recount how hard I tried to look like I really *liked* this orange paisley monstrosity. I still get the shakes when I think about it.
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The answer seems simple; get politicians' email addresses on spammers' lists. Once they feel our pain, they'll do something.
Probably something stupid.
The Saturns are absolutely incredible. Currently they are (have been) out in the open along with several other rockets, including Redstone and others from the early days of NASA. Several engines are also outside where one can walk around them. It was after a pilgrimage there that my now 13 year old announced that he wanted to become an aerospace engineer.
To those making the pilgrimage, a trip to Space Center, adjacent to the Johnson Space Center complex is also an absolute must do, especially if you have offspring.
If self-fixing computers become the norm, that means half the phone calls I get from friends will stop.
Hmmm....bug or feature?
Don't know if this is the right one (can't imagine that it's not) but here's what I ran across:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/netos/xen/
Am I the only one to notice the following at the bottom of the page: "Work on Xen has been supported by UK EPSRC grant GR/S01894, Intel Research,
HP Labs and Microsoft Research. "
$12,000 USD?? That doesn't seem like a very bright idea.
Sorry...too much turkey....brain fogged by cornbread dressing; cheap stupid joke too hard to resist. Put the prod away!
I think he may have meant to say "Bizarre." Having dealt with support, I would agree with that statement.
Well, it would certainly simplify buying votes. Pluse it could automatically deposit in your checking account. How cool is that??
...Like I said, your mileage may vary and to each his own.
I'll add that over the years I've also used Corel PhotoPaint, JASC Paintshop Pro (a bargain), as well as Macromedia Fireworks, and some abomination Microsoft beta'ed back in the late 90's (obligatory Karma whoring). When I made the initial jump to Photoshop (from PhotoPaint and Paintshop Pro) there was a learning curve, but this was primarily because Photoshop was a much more full-featured package.
That being said, I'd say I was in a pretty good position offer an informed and objective opinion. But, to repeat, to each his own! If GIMP is a tool that allows you to accomplish what you need to do easily, then it is the right tool for you.
Sorry, this is going to be highly redundant, but sadly I must weigh in on the side of those who say Photoshop STILL beats GIMP.
I am a graphics professional turned web guy, have used various versions of Photoshop on PC since 1995. Believe me, I really WANT to like GIMP. I've installed it on Windows and Linux over the years, and tried it....but I agree with those who say Photoshop still rules.
GIMP, as good as it is (and it has gotten MUCH better over the years) still feels like a knockoff. Photoshop feels much more intuitive, as it should, given the years Adobe has used fine-tuning their interface, which, incidently, they stick with on all of their graphics products. Part of the appeal (I'm guessing) with the Graphic Professionals is that ability to jump from app to app without a lot of re-learning of the user interface.
Type handling in Photoshop has always felt easier, which for someone making web graphics is a big deal.
Again, much as I love the idea of GIMP, I still shell out money for Photoshop. But your mileage may vary, and to each his own.
How long before the Department of Homeland Security classifies this as a "terrorist" device? Weapons of Mass Distractioon!
Worried about Karma? I believe that is why one can post as Anonymous Coward.
I usually operate on the "Never attribute to malice what can be explained by stupidity" principle, but here I'm thinking "Malice AND Stupidity"
I've used 98Lite by the same company -- excellent product.
What are their marketing geniuses going to call this monstrosity? Windows XP Lite?
How about we call it Windows X-POS?
...as the neighborhood patent bully.
"You can't win, Bill. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine"
Hmm...Since Helix has been open-sourced, what's to stop someone from porting it to Windows, so one could dispense with RealPlayer and all the goop it installs? Is it just me or does that makes some kind of sense? Not that I'm advocating running Windows or anything, mind you!
Gee, most of the Mac users I know are graphic designers / marketing types. Smarter? Maybe cleverer, but smarter???
Someone once told me the Mac mouse only had one button because Mac users couldn't figure out any more than that (whoops, there went my excellent karma).
I think the interesting thing here is NOT that the games may or may not be as good as a "commercial" release, so much as people are not content to be passive consumers of entertainment. I taught painting for years, and though not all of my students were great painters, at least they were willing to engage in a creative act. And so it is with homebrew games. I think it is great people are writing their own games, good, bad or indifferent.
Actually, with talk radio, the lower the bit rate, the better, if you catch my drift.
Now if only the companies who manufacture digital players would take a look and see that there is life beyond MP3. Nice that a few are starting to offer Ogg Vobis, but they are few and far between.
Sure, he was an assistant secretary of defense in the Reagan Whitehouse turned shadowy advocate of the Iraq war. You certainly don't expect HIM to go deleting a bunch of email addresses??
Oh wait...wrong Perle.... Never mind!
My parents pulled the same stunt on me when I was a freshman in high school ... they gave me a double knit Nehru jacket (this was a loooooong time ago) that had been marked down to about 2 cents...left the original price tag of $75 dollars on it. They still love to recount how hard I tried to look like I really *liked* this orange paisley monstrosity. I still get the shakes when I think about it.
...would have to be "Intel sees a huge potential market" -- does this fill a real need or is it more technology for shareholders's sake?