Seriously, those screenshots (640x480, are we back in the Win 3.1 days?) look like crap. C'mon, GTK+ can look damn nice, why the hell do they use those blocky themes?
No no, please, don't get me wrong - i think they did a great job, specially considering they mainly wanted to make the background stand out as much as possible. They're not artistic editings.
I don't think anyone is bent over the quality. But, like someone said, seeing a "ghost" in the image makes you imagine what could've happened there. Which we all know it's not nice. Unfortunately is the only way, as simply puting a black rectangle over the victims would cover most of the background.
...the ones the police edited to leave only the background, that is - you can still see silhouettes here and there. For some reason they made me extremely uneasy.
Seriously. Damned if they do and damned if they don't. I update atleast two or three software packages a day in Gentoo (most of them version revisions with bugfixes) and it's not all over the news.
You're right: FeCL3 is used as a solution (quite dilluted IIRC, i never was any good at chemistry) which makes it quite safe to handle. It's sold mostly in bottles, though i've seen places selling the raw stuff ready to be mixed with water.
I've etched brass an copper with it, and seen it leave awful spill marks on aluminum; generally, if it's metal, it will react with it, to different degrees. The reaction is quite slow too, and to stop it you just need to dilute it badly with water. Then the solution is ready for disposal.
Also, FeCL3 is used as a solution (mixed with water), so it's nowhere as hazardous as the raw stuff. In fact, the best way to dispose used FeCL3 is to dillute it with a lot of water and toss it somewere you don't want plants to grow, just in case - the metallic ions left floating in the solution are not nice to vegetation. I have a landfill near my house.
Actually, FeCL3 is quite safe, even if it touches your skin. The thing is it that it stains skin like hell, never mind clothing.
Thing is, when you do electrochemical etching you have two points of "fuckup": the power supply and the etchant itself:). FeCL3 is quite straightforward to use; some people like to heat it a bit in order to speed the etching process but i've found it works perfectly at room temperature. All you need it's a plastic container, plastic gloves and patience.
The two simplest ways i've found to transfer designs for FeCL3 etching were:
1) Press-n-peel blue, which is a sheet of material that will stick to a surface only where it's printed. It's hard for me to find it where i live, so what i use is...
2) Laser printer and satin ("photo") paper. Laser printer toner is 100% waterproof and melts when heated; you print you design, mirrored, onto a satin paper sheet, then iron it over the metal (previously cleaned and degreased with alcohol), and carefully peel it, soaking it wet if needed. If done right the toner sticks to the metal, making a perfect etch mask.
I do this all the time and it works great; just google for more info on the procedure.
Both work great for PCBs. If you need to etch a piece of metal, you do the same and paint the sides of your metal block (a waterproof marker works just fine). You clean it well with water to remove the etchant and isopropyl alcohol to remove toner/ink, and voila!
...(and safer) way with FeCl3 (ferric clhoride), the very same stuff used to etch circuit boards by hobbyists arround the world. Since it attacks most metals, you can do complex chemical etching with it: i've seen small plates with logos done that way - you just have to find a way to mask the design somehow. It requieres no electricity as well.
FeCl3 is cheap, relatively safe (don't eat it kids!), and easy to handle. It stains like a bitch though, and will attack most metals so be careful with spills.
Is there anybody who think that newspapers should be able to publish ANYTHING? Say, a list of witness protection program participants? The fact that you are a convicted child molestor, complete with picture, even if you're not? Hey, it's "freedom of speech", right?
It's not a matter of free speech: in most countries it's illegal to have sensitive personal information of third parties in the first place, let alone publish it. I'm sure it's the case in the US as well. Medical records and felony records included. Check a reply from me a couple of threads up.
Claiming someone is a convicted child molestor is libel (civil, not criminal case), and I believe witness protection lists are classified. This is illegal to have, just as it is illegal to publish.
Indeed. In my constitution (Argentinian) it's a basic constitutional right called Habeas data (loosely, "you own the data"), which grants anyone privacy regarding individual personal information. This includes medical records, felony records and others, so yes, you can't just publish them on a newspaper. It's paired with the "Habeas corpus" ("you own the body") right, which basically forbids imprisioning or detention without due process.
All of this is stuff i learned from Civic Rights class in highschool.
I can't find a link for it, but i'm pretty positive the US constitution grants these rights as well.
Please mode insightful. ATI might have the better hardware (or not, nVidia latest offerings are catching up IIRC); but their driver suck. Specially outside Windows.
I'd love to buy a modern video card with OSS drivers - hell, i was planning to get a S3 Deltachrome when i though they might do that. But in the meantime, nVidia offers binary drivers for Windows/Linux/BSD that work flawlessly and never gave me an issue. I'm sold.
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Space Hulk was a terrific game. Much like the X-Com series, it was a turn-based (the "freeze time" button) tactical shooter that didn't feel like one, and was a load of fun to play.
I never got to play the board game it was based on, but that could be fun...
I wouldn't write Intel off that quickly, but yes, AMD offerings are much interesting from every conceviable point of view: performance, price and power consumption. You can get yourself a dual AMD Athlon64 system for the price of a single DC Intel Smithfield. It will run cooler aswell and most likely perform better.
I don't know what's up with Intel lately. They're giving too much away in the x86 market to AMD, and they can make good processors (P-M, for example).
I always thought the only use of the default UI for XP was the "whoa! it looks new and spiffy! gotta get me one of that!". Otherwise, i agree, it's pretty useless. Almost everyone i know switches to Classic Mode in time.
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"Dell" is "Hell" mispelled. Take my word for it.
Seriously, those screenshots (640x480, are we back in the Win 3.1 days?) look like crap. C'mon, GTK+ can look damn nice, why the hell do they use those blocky themes?
I'm kinda disenchanted with GNOME these days.
No no, please, don't get me wrong - i think they did a great job, specially considering they mainly wanted to make the background stand out as much as possible. They're not artistic editings.
I don't think anyone is bent over the quality. But, like someone said, seeing a "ghost" in the image makes you imagine what could've happened there. Which we all know it's not nice. Unfortunately is the only way, as simply puting a black rectangle over the victims would cover most of the background.
I'll accept that the day Office doesn't have problems opening .doc files from different versions.
PS: It's all marketing, that's what Microsoft's about. Can we please move to something else?
Seriously. Damned if they do and damned if they don't. I update atleast two or three software packages a day in Gentoo (most of them version revisions with bugfixes) and it's not all over the news.
You're right: FeCL3 is used as a solution (quite dilluted IIRC, i never was any good at chemistry) which makes it quite safe to handle. It's sold mostly in bottles, though i've seen places selling the raw stuff ready to be mixed with water.
I've etched brass an copper with it, and seen it leave awful spill marks on aluminum; generally, if it's metal, it will react with it, to different degrees. The reaction is quite slow too, and to stop it you just need to dilute it badly with water. Then the solution is ready for disposal.
Also, FeCL3 is used as a solution (mixed with water), so it's nowhere as hazardous as the raw stuff. In fact, the best way to dispose used FeCL3 is to dillute it with a lot of water and toss it somewere you don't want plants to grow, just in case - the metallic ions left floating in the solution are not nice to vegetation. I have a landfill near my house.
Actually, FeCL3 is quite safe, even if it touches your skin. The thing is it that it stains skin like hell, never mind clothing.
:). FeCL3 is quite straightforward to use; some people like to heat it a bit in order to speed the etching process but i've found it works perfectly at room temperature. All you need it's a plastic container, plastic gloves and patience.
Thing is, when you do electrochemical etching you have two points of "fuckup": the power supply and the etchant itself
The two simplest ways i've found to transfer designs for FeCL3 etching were:
1) Press-n-peel blue, which is a sheet of material that will stick to a surface only where it's printed. It's hard for me to find it where i live, so what i use is...
2) Laser printer and satin ("photo") paper. Laser printer toner is 100% waterproof and melts when heated; you print you design, mirrored, onto a satin paper sheet, then iron it over the metal (previously cleaned and degreased with alcohol), and carefully peel it, soaking it wet if needed. If done right the toner sticks to the metal, making a perfect etch mask.
I do this all the time and it works great; just google for more info on the procedure.
Both work great for PCBs. If you need to etch a piece of metal, you do the same and paint the sides of your metal block (a waterproof marker works just fine). You clean it well with water to remove the etchant and isopropyl alcohol to remove toner/ink, and voila!
FeCl3 is cheap, relatively safe (don't eat it kids!), and easy to handle. It stains like a bitch though, and will attack most metals so be careful with spills.
You're right. In fact, that's how i chose my desktop enviroment. Sqeeeeeeeee!
Is there anybody who think that newspapers should be able to publish ANYTHING? Say, a list of witness protection program participants? The fact that you are a convicted child molestor, complete with picture, even if you're not? Hey, it's "freedom of speech", right?
It's not a matter of free speech: in most countries it's illegal to have sensitive personal information of third parties in the first place, let alone publish it. I'm sure it's the case in the US as well. Medical records and felony records included. Check a reply from me a couple of threads up.
Claiming someone is a convicted child molestor is libel (civil, not criminal case), and I believe witness protection lists are classified. This is illegal to have, just as it is illegal to publish.
Indeed. In my constitution (Argentinian) it's a basic constitutional right called Habeas data (loosely, "you own the data"), which grants anyone privacy regarding individual personal information. This includes medical records, felony records and others, so yes, you can't just publish them on a newspaper. It's paired with the "Habeas corpus" ("you own the body") right, which basically forbids imprisioning or detention without due process.
All of this is stuff i learned from Civic Rights class in highschool.
I can't find a link for it, but i'm pretty positive the US constitution grants these rights as well.
Seriously. I'll bring the KoolAid.
(queue to Jay and Silent Bob) "Fuck you, Lucasarts. Fuck you up your stupid asses!"
mode = mod, of course :D
Please mode insightful. ATI might have the better hardware (or not, nVidia latest offerings are catching up IIRC); but their driver suck. Specially outside Windows.
I'd love to buy a modern video card with OSS drivers - hell, i was planning to get a S3 Deltachrome when i though they might do that. But in the meantime, nVidia offers binary drivers for Windows/Linux/BSD that work flawlessly and never gave me an issue. I'm sold.
Space Hulk was a terrific game. Much like the X-Com series, it was a turn-based (the "freeze time" button) tactical shooter that didn't feel like one, and was a load of fun to play.
I never got to play the board game it was based on, but that could be fun...
... i hope it comes with a roll of duct tape!
(PS: I loved D3!)
I feel the same. Hell, i'd settle for an affordable processor based on the P-M core for the desktop. I would buy one in a heartbeat.
I wouldn't write Intel off that quickly, but yes, AMD offerings are much interesting from every conceviable point of view: performance, price and power consumption. You can get yourself a dual AMD Athlon64 system for the price of a single DC Intel Smithfield. It will run cooler aswell and most likely perform better.
I don't know what's up with Intel lately. They're giving too much away in the x86 market to AMD, and they can make good processors (P-M, for example).
VERY, VERY well put my friend.
Microsoft bigwig Nick McGrath claims that Linux security is highly exaggerated, and that the open source development model is 'fundamentally flawed.
Why, of course he does. That's his job.
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I always thought the only use of the default UI for XP was the "whoa! it looks new and spiffy! gotta get me one of that!". Otherwise, i agree, it's pretty useless. Almost everyone i know switches to Classic Mode in time.