My company is in the architectural visualisation sector, so that means we are utterly dependant on Autodesk AND Adobe software. Lucky us!
The subscription system has it's pros and cons. Pros are that you get the latest and greatest technologies as soon as they become available (and bugs ofc).
Cons is you are totally at their mercy, and in certain cases we pay much more than we used to.
To be honest, I'm not so bothered about Adobe, their software is still cheap, as far as I'm concerned, and Photoshop is one of the most refined and evolved tools I've ever used (been using it professionally since v2.0).
As for Autodesk, they are total price-gouging bastards. The money we have to spend - and make no bones about it, we HAVE to spend - on 3DS Max is outrageous. If there was a realistic alternative, we'd move in a flash. Except that would probably be owned by Autodesk too.
In the first big photo of Enceladus you can just make out at the end of the main trench a small vent hole. It's a long shot, but I reckon a skilled pilot could just about hit that with a torpedo.
I don't think the term 'broken' is correct when it comes to describing the App Store. Technically it works absolutely fine. If I want an app, and know roughly what it's called, I can always find it. The process of buying the app or freely downloading it works flawlessly. There's nothing 'broken' about that.
However, I would call the design and layout of it 'completely shit' or 'goddamn terrible'. But not 'broken'.
Fully agreed. In fact I wish the Guardian would go behind a paywall to make more money, as they have famously been losing millions every year by giving away their entire paper on the web for nothing. I really don't want to see them go bust, their news coverage is amongst the most important in the world.
There is no reason not to pay for journalism and writing of their quality.
...Is that the weather here in the UK has been particularly mental this year. The coldest first half I can ever remember, followed by a month or 2 of tropical weather including afternoon downpours like a lake is dropping on your head. Something aint right, that's for sure.
If you're in the UK it's always worth remembering that the Sales of Goods Act cover electrical goods for up to 6 (or is it 7?) years depending upon the product's application. Recently I quoted it to Quantum to get them to replace our knackered DLT S4 drive that packed up after about 4 year's use. I argued that since it was an enterprise product it was reasonable to assume it should last the full 6 years. They agreed surprisingly quickly and replaced the unit with a new one.
A friend of mine used the same tactic on Apple with a broken Time Capsule that was also out of warranty - same result, quote the Sales of Goods Act and they'll give you a replacement.
Previous to this news I had no interest in the Driver series, and had no plans on buying this title - it just isn't my sort of game. However, in light of Ubisoft behaving like such massive dicks, I feel compelled to retalliate in kind, and download a cracked bittorrent of this game, and give copies of it to everyone I know.
The longer the game, the better, as far as I'm concerned. Just thinking about spending £40 on a game like MW2 that has a 10 hour campaign makes my blood boil. All of my favourite games are long, all the Zeldas, GTAs, Elder Scrolls etc. This is what games should be like, and I will always buy them and never pirate them.
Any game that's what I consider to be too short I will grab a bittorrent of, as I refuse to line the pockets of lazy-ass developers.
...how Intel can make an all-new architecture socket-compatiable with the previous generation for an enterprise product that no-one's interested in, yet they can't manage this with their consumer products? e.g. Sandy Bridge.
It's almost as if they're taking advantage of their market dominance by screwing us all over!
Well, I gotta say I really like the new design. It feels instantly 'modern' without resorting to the usual graphicy gimmicks. The new spacing feels overall less claustrophobic. Well done!
Personally, I disagree. I have an iPhone 3G which I myself find to be excellent. However, I have to put up with the O2 network here in the UK, which is simply appalling. I live and work in central London and unless I'm standing outside with a clear view of the sky I pretty much never have a 3G signal. In fact, sitting in the beer garden of my local pub on Friday night I was trying to give a friend a demo of the new BBC News app. It was embarrassing, not only could I not get a 3G signal, but I couldn't even get an Edge signal either. Eventually it loaded in at about the speed of a 14k modem.
Bottom line is I love my phone but hate O2, and next month when I buy the new one I will definitely be moving networks. Being able to differentiate between the phone and the network it comes on is not the reserve for a select bunch of techno-boffins or clued up geeks, but anyone and everyone who uses them. It could barely be more obvious when the network lets you down and not the phone.
If I understand it correctly, the Russians are effectively outsourcing the electronics to India. That's going to make for some interesting phone calls to support mid-way through a bombing mission when the systems crash.
I've certainly seen him have a Mac sit in front of him on Screen Wipe, but it could well be just a prop for the TV show. I'll ask my buddy who's one of the IT admins at the Guardian to take a sneaky stroll past his desk to see what he actually uses in the office. One thing is for sure, he's a hell of a writer
...is why an operating system uses 1gb of ram and all other resources. call me crazy but i kind of want my applications to use up my resources, and my OS to pretty much sit there in the background doing very little
Guys n gals, we should also remember that here in the UK we have a free nationwide National Health Service, which i imagine makes a bit of difference too.
granted, it's rubbish, but nevertheless it's better than nothing
just when i thought american politicians couln't sink any lower...
guys, how on earth can you put up with such a bunch of lying scheming bastards controlling your country? using 'terrorism' as an excuse to do how they please makes me absolutely sick to the bone
Has anyone here actually used the damn thing?
So many opinions...
I've ordered one out of curiosity, if it's better than my logitech laser thingy i'll stick with it, if not i'll go back
When it comes to human interface design, time has tought me that Apple are generally worth trusting
all i can say is it's about time the brazilian poor were given a break. i used to live there and every day i'd see them being harrassed, shot at, caught in drug war crossfire, ignored, dying of treatable diseases and generally treated like dirt.
being made to use microsoft's absolute bucket of shite excuse for an operating system would have been the final insult.
i specialise in fixing/setting up computers for professional photographers in london. i would say at a guess that over 90% use macs, the rest windows
very few of them are interested in their computers, most just want a tool that makes it as easy as possible to capture their images, file them, edit if necessary, and deliver to the client. for any number of reasons the mac genuinely does this better
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My company is in the architectural visualisation sector, so that means we are utterly dependant on Autodesk AND Adobe software. Lucky us! The subscription system has it's pros and cons. Pros are that you get the latest and greatest technologies as soon as they become available (and bugs ofc). Cons is you are totally at their mercy, and in certain cases we pay much more than we used to. To be honest, I'm not so bothered about Adobe, their software is still cheap, as far as I'm concerned, and Photoshop is one of the most refined and evolved tools I've ever used (been using it professionally since v2.0). As for Autodesk, they are total price-gouging bastards. The money we have to spend - and make no bones about it, we HAVE to spend - on 3DS Max is outrageous. If there was a realistic alternative, we'd move in a flash. Except that would probably be owned by Autodesk too.
I'm 2nd in command at my company, so if the CEO lost his job, I'd be in charge. And I can tell you for a fact that I would be bloody useless!
In the first big photo of Enceladus you can just make out at the end of the main trench a small vent hole. It's a long shot, but I reckon a skilled pilot could just about hit that with a torpedo.
I don't think the term 'broken' is correct when it comes to describing the App Store. Technically it works absolutely fine. If I want an app, and know roughly what it's called, I can always find it. The process of buying the app or freely downloading it works flawlessly. There's nothing 'broken' about that. However, I would call the design and layout of it 'completely shit' or 'goddamn terrible'. But not 'broken'.
Fully agreed. In fact I wish the Guardian would go behind a paywall to make more money, as they have famously been losing millions every year by giving away their entire paper on the web for nothing. I really don't want to see them go bust, their news coverage is amongst the most important in the world. There is no reason not to pay for journalism and writing of their quality.
...Is that the weather here in the UK has been particularly mental this year. The coldest first half I can ever remember, followed by a month or 2 of tropical weather including afternoon downpours like a lake is dropping on your head. Something aint right, that's for sure.
If you're in the UK it's always worth remembering that the Sales of Goods Act cover electrical goods for up to 6 (or is it 7?) years depending upon the product's application. Recently I quoted it to Quantum to get them to replace our knackered DLT S4 drive that packed up after about 4 year's use. I argued that since it was an enterprise product it was reasonable to assume it should last the full 6 years. They agreed surprisingly quickly and replaced the unit with a new one. A friend of mine used the same tactic on Apple with a broken Time Capsule that was also out of warranty - same result, quote the Sales of Goods Act and they'll give you a replacement.
grrr, posted without logging in first, sorry.
Previous to this news I had no interest in the Driver series, and had no plans on buying this title - it just isn't my sort of game. However, in light of Ubisoft behaving like such massive dicks, I feel compelled to retalliate in kind, and download a cracked bittorrent of this game, and give copies of it to everyone I know.
The longer the game, the better, as far as I'm concerned. Just thinking about spending £40 on a game like MW2 that has a 10 hour campaign makes my blood boil. All of my favourite games are long, all the Zeldas, GTAs, Elder Scrolls etc. This is what games should be like, and I will always buy them and never pirate them. Any game that's what I consider to be too short I will grab a bittorrent of, as I refuse to line the pockets of lazy-ass developers.
...how Intel can make an all-new architecture socket-compatiable with the previous generation for an enterprise product that no-one's interested in, yet they can't manage this with their consumer products? e.g. Sandy Bridge. It's almost as if they're taking advantage of their market dominance by screwing us all over!
Well, I gotta say I really like the new design. It feels instantly 'modern' without resorting to the usual graphicy gimmicks. The new spacing feels overall less claustrophobic. Well done!
Personally, I disagree. I have an iPhone 3G which I myself find to be excellent. However, I have to put up with the O2 network here in the UK, which is simply appalling. I live and work in central London and unless I'm standing outside with a clear view of the sky I pretty much never have a 3G signal. In fact, sitting in the beer garden of my local pub on Friday night I was trying to give a friend a demo of the new BBC News app. It was embarrassing, not only could I not get a 3G signal, but I couldn't even get an Edge signal either. Eventually it loaded in at about the speed of a 14k modem. Bottom line is I love my phone but hate O2, and next month when I buy the new one I will definitely be moving networks. Being able to differentiate between the phone and the network it comes on is not the reserve for a select bunch of techno-boffins or clued up geeks, but anyone and everyone who uses them. It could barely be more obvious when the network lets you down and not the phone.
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If I understand it correctly, the Russians are effectively outsourcing the electronics to India. That's going to make for some interesting phone calls to support mid-way through a bombing mission when the systems crash.
I've certainly seen him have a Mac sit in front of him on Screen Wipe, but it could well be just a prop for the TV show. I'll ask my buddy who's one of the IT admins at the Guardian to take a sneaky stroll past his desk to see what he actually uses in the office. One thing is for sure, he's a hell of a writer
With a population of 1.15 billion and rising, I'm guessing Indians may know a thing or two about sex already
...is why an operating system uses 1gb of ram and all other resources. call me crazy but i kind of want my applications to use up my resources, and my OS to pretty much sit there in the background doing very little
Guys n gals, we should also remember that here in the UK we have a free nationwide National Health Service, which i imagine makes a bit of difference too. granted, it's rubbish, but nevertheless it's better than nothing
just when i thought american politicians couln't sink any lower... guys, how on earth can you put up with such a bunch of lying scheming bastards controlling your country? using 'terrorism' as an excuse to do how they please makes me absolutely sick to the bone
can you imagine how utterly superb it would be to simultaneously crash 1000 PCs? it could be a new category in the Guinness Book of Records :D
Has anyone here actually used the damn thing? So many opinions... I've ordered one out of curiosity, if it's better than my logitech laser thingy i'll stick with it, if not i'll go back When it comes to human interface design, time has tought me that Apple are generally worth trusting
all i can say is it's about time the brazilian poor were given a break. i used to live there and every day i'd see them being harrassed, shot at, caught in drug war crossfire, ignored, dying of treatable diseases and generally treated like dirt. being made to use microsoft's absolute bucket of shite excuse for an operating system would have been the final insult.
i specialise in fixing/setting up computers for professional photographers in london. i would say at a guess that over 90% use macs, the rest windows very few of them are interested in their computers, most just want a tool that makes it as easy as possible to capture their images, file them, edit if necessary, and deliver to the client. for any number of reasons the mac genuinely does this better
So exactly what is the operating system that runs Spirit? And if the answer's Linux, then did Spirit recieve a letter from Darl McBride and panic?