Personally, I find the GIMP 2 UI to be easy for my uses. However, going from PS to GIMP is like going from using a calculator for dividing, to using long division. Things like an inner shadow which are simple to implement in PS take many more steps to implement in GIMP. Because it's so easy to make an inner shadow with PS it makes it easier to experiment, and it saves me time. However, I want to use a Free alternative to PS for things like web design and GIMP is that.
I happend upon an interview with the people that translate Nintendo's games, and they said it took 8 MONTHS to translate Animal Crossing from Japanese to English! Imagine trying to translate it into the myriad European languages?
You hit on something when you said that expectations were high. the OT is just a hard act to follow, really. Lucas has had the task to show the history of the OT and make it something the old time SW fans like, whilst still making the NT good by its own merits. It seems that, for some at least, he is failing miserably on the first one.
I haven't watched the new ones in a while, but for me they are the history behind the OT, and seeing how Yoda, Obi-Wan, Anakin, etc. got to be who they are in the OT is what I enjoy most out of the NT. Why does Vader have all that gear on? Who is Luke's mother? How is the scene between Vader and Obi-Wan on the deathstar (where Obi-Wan allows Vader to kill him) significant? What's with this Yoda character?
Along with character development is the political climate and development. Seeing the Emperor's rise to power and the "Birth of the Empire" is also something that I like to see in the NT.
When I was younger, I didn't understand the significance of and the power a Congressman wielded. Anybody but a president seemed insignificant. Now, I understand how important individuals in seemingly insignificant places of power can effect a whole country or planet. With the New Trilogy, I get to watch my perspective on things change. A whole galaxy is effected by some measly embargo and a great evil is born from the whole thing. The power politicians have to effect change is exaggerated in such a way as to show their significance in the NT, and for me at least, it's significant.
Did those things ruin the movies for you? Because alot of the posters on/. that scream obsenities and talk of Lucas' lack of skill seem to give the impression that the anal-retentive peevs they have with the new movies completely ruin them. Every movie has some things that people will get irritated at, but for most they can look over things that irritate them. Then there are those who think R2D2 flying is a complete blasphemy and that it ruins the entire movie.
I remember being probably around 5 or 6 when I watched the star wars movies. I liked them then, and I can't wait until the first trilogy is released on DVD September. That said, I was pretty young and couldn't really make an opinion over "Wow that's cool!" and couldn't appreciate the fine details in the first 3 movies. I haven't watched them in a while either so the memories of them are vague at best.
Getting to the question at hand, what about episodes 1 and 2 turned you off? I enjoyed them on their own merits rather than comparing them to the first trilogy (because it was easy for me, read above), and although there were some things like a planet with a core of water that was unrealistic, Star Wars in general is unrealistic.
Of course, there is the Jar Jar Binks factor. Personally I bet Lucas regretted that character, I know I sure would.
Some talk about a Jedi falling 100 feet and landing on a flying car and how that is unrealistic, others talk about the set rules of physics that seem to be ignored in I and II, others about destroying the "wise sage" that was Yoda, and also the demystifying of the force with science. I'm sure there is more, which I hope you'd inform me of.
One thing I'd like to say is that episode II to me seemed to show the golden age of the Jedi coming to an end. I can see how certain things in the first 2 or 3 episodes could be different from the last 3, such as the jumping from 100 feet thing.
Anyway, I'd like to hear your responses as I've been wondering why people seem to rag on the new SW movies a bit.
I know not to generalize a whole group; however I see alot of FUD on both Slashdot and Newsforge being aimed at RedHat to "convert" people to Debian. (admitedly, there will be some people posting on both/. and NF that spread FUD)
My theory is that RedHat, or any corporation for that matter, will automatically be looked at as no-good doers by liberals. And because Debian is the ultra free software distro, it will attract people who don't want anything to do with corporations. Of course, it's not true of all Debian users, but I believe that the ratio of people with left-wing ideals will be higher in the Debian community than in the RedHat community. And typically (there I go generalizing again) liberals are more vocal than conservatives. Of course I have nothing to substantiate any of these claims, but I believe it to be not far from the truth.
This gets back to the point that the Debian zealots (and RedHat zealots) should just realize that both distros have a place and application and that there is enough room in this world for the both of them to exist. So stop with the FUD already!
BTW you may already know this, but you can use apt with FC. You can download it using yum (sort of ironic:P).
At one point I was considering using Debian. I liked the idea of a totally community-based distro, and I also liked how Debian stuck to using only free software.
But now, after using Fedora Core and liking it, I haven't wanted to switch. Still, Debian has been tempting. Until now.
I realize now that the Debian community has a few too many loud-mouthed zealots for my taste. Way too much left-winged "down with the big man!" for me, thanks. Red Hat/Fedora Core seems to have a much more mature community than Debian does.
And if I was to ever consider switching to a different distro which is completely community-based, then I'd probably go for Gentoo anyway.
I think enough people know that RH/FC and Debian have different places in the Free Software community, and that they both can peacefully coexist together in the community. It's just seems there are a few who feel a need to push their distro so much as to start spreading FUD about other distros. Childish and distasteful.
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Firefox + AdBlock = No more Ads! Thanks for giving more some more ad addresses to put on my blacklist!
I'm afraid you're both wrong, as this is clearly more like Megaman Battle Network's version of The Net"
Didn't know Indians could do anime, too...
Great, just what the OS community needed, more black holes.
There goes my plans for deep space exploration... I don't mess around with black holes.
Personally, I find the GIMP 2 UI to be easy for my uses. However, going from PS to GIMP is like going from using a calculator for dividing, to using long division. Things like an inner shadow which are simple to implement in PS take many more steps to implement in GIMP. Because it's so easy to make an inner shadow with PS it makes it easier to experiment, and it saves me time. However, I want to use a Free alternative to PS for things like web design and GIMP is that.
I concur with you whole heartedly my African american brother.
I happend upon an interview with the people that translate Nintendo's games, and they said it took 8 MONTHS to translate Animal Crossing from Japanese to English! Imagine trying to translate it into the myriad European languages?
Have you ever looked at google's source code? What a nightmare.
Well, I'm not sure I'd be interested in a product from your company given the looks of your website's source.
The next question would be: Why isn't that website built semantically? Nested tables? bleh.
I guess some are more easily turned off then others.
You hit on something when you said that expectations were high. the OT is just a hard act to follow, really. Lucas has had the task to show the history of the OT and make it something the old time SW fans like, whilst still making the NT good by its own merits. It seems that, for some at least, he is failing miserably on the first one.
I haven't watched the new ones in a while, but for me they are the history behind the OT, and seeing how Yoda, Obi-Wan, Anakin, etc. got to be who they are in the OT is what I enjoy most out of the NT. Why does Vader have all that gear on? Who is Luke's mother? How is the scene between Vader and Obi-Wan on the deathstar (where Obi-Wan allows Vader to kill him) significant? What's with this Yoda character?
Along with character development is the political climate and development. Seeing the Emperor's rise to power and the "Birth of the Empire" is also something that I like to see in the NT.
When I was younger, I didn't understand the significance of and the power a Congressman wielded. Anybody but a president seemed insignificant. Now, I understand how important individuals in seemingly insignificant places of power can effect a whole country or planet. With the New Trilogy, I get to watch my perspective on things change. A whole galaxy is effected by some measly embargo and a great evil is born from the whole thing. The power politicians have to effect change is exaggerated in such a way as to show their significance in the NT, and for me at least, it's significant.
Did those things ruin the movies for you? Because alot of the posters on /. that scream obsenities and talk of Lucas' lack of skill seem to give the impression that the anal-retentive peevs they have with the new movies completely ruin them. Every movie has some things that people will get irritated at, but for most they can look over things that irritate them. Then there are those who think R2D2 flying is a complete blasphemy and that it ruins the entire movie.
I remember being probably around 5 or 6 when I watched the star wars movies. I liked them then, and I can't wait until the first trilogy is released on DVD September. That said, I was pretty young and couldn't really make an opinion over "Wow that's cool!" and couldn't appreciate the fine details in the first 3 movies. I haven't watched them in a while either so the memories of them are vague at best.
Getting to the question at hand, what about episodes 1 and 2 turned you off? I enjoyed them on their own merits rather than comparing them to the first trilogy (because it was easy for me, read above), and although there were some things like a planet with a core of water that was unrealistic, Star Wars in general is unrealistic.
Of course, there is the Jar Jar Binks factor. Personally I bet Lucas regretted that character, I know I sure would.
Some talk about a Jedi falling 100 feet and landing on a flying car and how that is unrealistic, others talk about the set rules of physics that seem to be ignored in I and II, others about destroying the "wise sage" that was Yoda, and also the demystifying of the force with science. I'm sure there is more, which I hope you'd inform me of.
One thing I'd like to say is that episode II to me seemed to show the golden age of the Jedi coming to an end. I can see how certain things in the first 2 or 3 episodes could be different from the last 3, such as the jumping from 100 feet thing.
Anyway, I'd like to hear your responses as I've been wondering why people seem to rag on the new SW movies a bit.
The last 2 or 3 paragraphs had little to do with the rest of what the grandparent said, but it showed his obvious spining direction.
Just because the cause of the fight happened to be on the internet doesn't make it special.
It does to us nerds, you insensitive clod!
In Soviet Russia, your brane eats THEM.
I know not to generalize a whole group; however I see alot of FUD on both Slashdot and Newsforge being aimed at RedHat to "convert" people to Debian. (admitedly, there will be some people posting on both /. and NF that spread FUD)
:P).
My theory is that RedHat, or any corporation for that matter, will automatically be looked at as no-good doers by liberals. And because Debian is the ultra free software distro, it will attract people who don't want anything to do with corporations. Of course, it's not true of all Debian users, but I believe that the ratio of people with left-wing ideals will be higher in the Debian community than in the RedHat community. And typically (there I go generalizing again) liberals are more vocal than conservatives. Of course I have nothing to substantiate any of these claims, but I believe it to be not far from the truth.
This gets back to the point that the Debian zealots (and RedHat zealots) should just realize that both distros have a place and application and that there is enough room in this world for the both of them to exist. So stop with the FUD already!
BTW you may already know this, but you can use apt with FC. You can download it using yum (sort of ironic
At one point I was considering using Debian. I liked the idea of a totally community-based distro, and I also liked how Debian stuck to using only free software.
But now, after using Fedora Core and liking it, I haven't wanted to switch. Still, Debian has been tempting. Until now.
I realize now that the Debian community has a few too many loud-mouthed zealots for my taste. Way too much left-winged "down with the big man!" for me, thanks. Red Hat/Fedora Core seems to have a much more mature community than Debian does.
And if I was to ever consider switching to a different distro which is completely community-based, then I'd probably go for Gentoo anyway.
I think enough people know that RH/FC and Debian have different places in the Free Software community, and that they both can peacefully coexist together in the community. It's just seems there are a few who feel a need to push their distro so much as to start spreading FUD about other distros. Childish and distasteful.
What about that light speed CPU they're developing? Once it hits the market it could change computing forever!
... Change alot very soon. Speed of Light anyone?
This'll change everything with computers.
Obviously someone here has more experience in buying spam than his parent.
Anybody know if this stuff can be artificially heated or cooled with some portable device? Seems like a Good Idea to me.
A victim of it's own popularity.
Or perhaps you're like me and can't access the internet with your Linux partition because of an unsupported wireless network USB adapter?