From the website:
"...it automatically locates all your pictures (even ones you forgot you had)" (emphasis added).
I don't know about you, but I'm not sure I want any program finding all the photos I've got - even if I have forgotten about them!
I'm no expert on image editing - I very rarely do it. When I do need to edit the size of a photo (for a web page or such), I often have problems finding a program that will let _me_ tell it the width, height and resolution - without using something like photoshop.
Perhaps someone knows of something simple yet able to do just this?
I'm sure photoshop is great, but it's hardly worth installing a large, expensive program just to have control over the size and resolution of your images.
Perhaps a free (Mmmm..beer) "Photoshop Lite"? Or have I missed a great little free program that's out there?
Just doesn't feel right at all anymore.
The first time I saw the redesigned site I was really confused. Trying to sort the ads from the stories in a page that looks like it's in the middle of rush hour!
Please slashdot! Don't let that guy anywhere near your site!
Thank you. Finally there's a slashdot post I can point out to my mother...
See Mum! Sitting in the basement banging away on my computer is actually _good_ for me!
Ummmm... you could do what I did when I read this story - I googled for something to block ads with Opera.
Funnily enough, I found something! And even better - it seems to work pretty damn well.
Not to mention the fact that if it's an actual product they're offering it's usually in another country, irrelevant and the wrong voltage for me.
Or illegal to ship internationally.
Relevance really is the key, and I WILL click on static text ads that have some relevance to what I'm looking at.
Hunting pests (& killing them) is more than just a hobby in some parts of Australia. My step-father is contracted to hunt various animals for a bounty.
Depending on population sizes, and the actual need to reduce their numbers, he hunts wild bulls, dingo, rabbits and even kangaroos. If he came across an animal that seemed obviously out of place (like so many introduced PESTS that we have in Australia) he would have no problem shooting it. Australia has a pretty tragic record with introduced species, and a lot of people try to take such things seriously these days.
And for those who doubt a hunters ability to stand and shoot an oncoming animal... please get out of your mum's basement and meet some of those people who brave the great "outside". As a city born & bred bloke myself I've had my share of snickers at "rednecks", but if you've ever seen any in action you wouldn't doubt their courage.
Now I'm going outside to see if I can scare the fighting possums away - the buggers keep waking me up.
I can understand your sentiments, but if you're going to rant away on a subject of such importance as rights violations, PLEASE provide a link.
At least that way this story could be at least marginally interesting....
Lucky you!
Ticket's at my local cinema (3 cinemas in the City, all owned by the same company) will cost $13.50 each.
A drink and popcorn (large of course) will set me back $11.
That's $24.50, for just one person mind you, with NO free refills of anything.
And I know I'll have the joy of an "attendant" shining a torch in my eyes at least once during the movie.
I'll stick with the home theatre thanks.
That was my first thought on reading the summary. I really hope my boss doesn't read Slashdot today...
The company I work for actually had a competition a few years back to find the best suggestions for cost-cutting. The person who won the trip to a World Cup Soccer match actually suggested we turn the lights off in the office at night (when there's nobody there!). At the time we all joked that if they hadn't thought of that they evidently had bigger problems than cost-cutting...
If these lights could be made to provide a higher percentage of the "power on" light, and last for a little longer, I could really see the bean counters going for this.
Australia's internet censorship laws are already doing that for us
I'm betting the Australian Government wishes they'd thought of just imposing taxes (making money) while pushing porn offshore, which they've managed to do now without making any money.
And no, my sig has nothing to do with this topic...
No, that's not how we spell it.
But if we're too lazy to wipe our severs, why would we bother with correct spelling?
Long live the typically Aussie laconic attitude!
What's even worse are the all-too-common stories of filing cabinets and safes being sold at auction - without even being emptied!
One story that featured on the news not too long ago had a man who had purchased a safe that contained cheques (checks for you Americans) that hadn't even been cancelled.
And Aussies wonder why we have a reputation for a laid back attitude to everything...
I tried to use my store bought copy. I really did.
But after a few hardware changes it stopped working and I had to call Microsoft (who don't seem to speak english very well) to get a new key.
And then ten minutes later realised I still had an archive HD in the box.
I took it out and got the same message again. I wasn't making another phone call, so I inserted a cracked windows cd and reinstalled the OS.
Should the illegal version really be THAT much more user friendly than the store bought copy?
I have.
I rebuilt a friends pc, and thought I'd risk the quick connect to upgrade the virus definitions.
17 seconds, and it was infected. So I had to start again, with an offline version of the virus definitions.
As the story suggests, she probably has a footman to do everything for her.
So why should she need an ipod?
When I'm queen I want the footman to carry the whole stereo around for me. Oh... hang on...
Thanks for your warning, but I live in Australia.
Dangerous bugs? Bah!
We've got some of the most dangerous animals on earth, and on a warm summer night I breathe more bugs than air!
We've got the leeches, the snakes, the spiders - and strangely enough cuts can get infected here too.
And I got sick from my last flu shot too...
You can't really expect me to believe that a newspaper, whether in print or online, could actually make a profit if it charged it's subscribers $4.20 per year.
Just work it out - how many subscriptions would you need just to pay for staff?
I doubt it could be made profitable without the print version taking up the slack, and providing the demand for the news to begin with.
$1 per issue for a newspaper really is very little to pay, when you consider the effort that goes into it.
Just had to reply.
Crap.
As someone who reads The Hobbit and LOTR EVERY year, and have done for the last 13 years - he stayed VERY true to the main story, and kept an even flow throughout the trilogy.
Very few books survive the transition to movies - Peter Jackson's LOTR not only survived, but brought to life an incredible world for many of Tolkien's most fervent fans.
Some scenes will inevitably change, one can only hope they don't destroy the very fabric of the original story.
IMO Jackson came through with flying colours.
Does anyone else find it strange that a country of 20 million people can account for roughly double the downloads of a country over ten times its size?
The figures for Australia seem a perfect example of why studios should aim for simultaneous release dates for their tv shows across the globe. Even the relatively low speeds and high cost of broadband in Australia don't seem to be hampering the downloads.
Some episodes receiving their first airing in Australia are TWO SEASONS behind the US release dates. Is it any wonder Aussies want to see the shows they see previewed on ET?
I had many friends (Aussies) telling me how good the first season of Lost and Battlestar Galactica were - before they even ran the pilots in Australia.
Surely putting it on at the same time would negate the "need" most people would have to download it.
In short - crap.
If a newspaper runs a feature on "computers" (and they usually do use that term loosely) they will solicit the almighty advertising dollar from everyone related to that industry.
If one prominent member of that industry decides to advertise it is all the more reason for it's competitors to advertise. That is a simple way of life in the advertising world.
How is a web page that advertises one brand of handbag (or whatever) deemed to have exclusive rights to the window of the browser that it appears in?
A newspaper would not offer space on the basis of exclusivity, unless the customer was buying a double page spread in which case there wouldn't be an issue anyway.
A difficult issue to rule on, sure, but it is supposed to be TARGETTED advertising.
Slashdot Mirror
From the website:
"...it automatically locates all your pictures (even ones you forgot you had)" (emphasis added).
I don't know about you, but I'm not sure I want any program finding all the photos I've got - even if I have forgotten about them!
I'm no expert on image editing - I very rarely do it. When I do need to edit the size of a photo (for a web page or such), I often have problems finding a program that will let _me_ tell it the width, height and resolution - without using something like photoshop.
Perhaps someone knows of something simple yet able to do just this?
I'm sure photoshop is great, but it's hardly worth installing a large, expensive program just to have control over the size and resolution of your images.
Perhaps a free (Mmmm..beer) "Photoshop Lite"? Or have I missed a great little free program that's out there?
Just doesn't feel right at all anymore.
The first time I saw the redesigned site I was really confused. Trying to sort the ads from the stories in a page that looks like it's in the middle of rush hour!
Please slashdot! Don't let that guy anywhere near your site!
Just remember though - you only have to be right ONCE to make paranoia worthwhile.
Thank you. Finally there's a slashdot post I can point out to my mother...
See Mum! Sitting in the basement banging away on my computer is actually _good_ for me!
Ummmm... you could do what I did when I read this story - I googled for something to block ads with Opera.
Funnily enough, I found something! And even better - it seems to work pretty damn well.
Not to mention the fact that if it's an actual product they're offering it's usually in another country, irrelevant and the wrong voltage for me.
Or illegal to ship internationally.
Relevance really is the key, and I WILL click on static text ads that have some relevance to what I'm looking at.
Hunting pests (& killing them) is more than just a hobby in some parts of Australia. My step-father is contracted to hunt various animals for a bounty.
Depending on population sizes, and the actual need to reduce their numbers, he hunts wild bulls, dingo, rabbits and even kangaroos. If he came across an animal that seemed obviously out of place (like so many introduced PESTS that we have in Australia) he would have no problem shooting it. Australia has a pretty tragic record with introduced species, and a lot of people try to take such things seriously these days.
And for those who doubt a hunters ability to stand and shoot an oncoming animal... please get out of your mum's basement and meet some of those people who brave the great "outside". As a city born & bred bloke myself I've had my share of snickers at "rednecks", but if you've ever seen any in action you wouldn't doubt their courage.
Now I'm going outside to see if I can scare the fighting possums away - the buggers keep waking me up.
I can understand your sentiments, but if you're going to rant away on a subject of such importance as rights violations, PLEASE provide a link.
At least that way this story could be at least marginally interesting....
Lucky you! Ticket's at my local cinema (3 cinemas in the City, all owned by the same company) will cost $13.50 each. A drink and popcorn (large of course) will set me back $11. That's $24.50, for just one person mind you, with NO free refills of anything. And I know I'll have the joy of an "attendant" shining a torch in my eyes at least once during the movie.
I'll stick with the home theatre thanks.
That was my first thought on reading the summary. I really hope my boss doesn't read Slashdot today...
The company I work for actually had a competition a few years back to find the best suggestions for cost-cutting. The person who won the trip to a World Cup Soccer match actually suggested we turn the lights off in the office at night (when there's nobody there!). At the time we all joked that if they hadn't thought of that they evidently had bigger problems than cost-cutting...
If these lights could be made to provide a higher percentage of the "power on" light, and last for a little longer, I could really see the bean counters going for this.
Australia's internet censorship laws are already doing that for us
I'm betting the Australian Government wishes they'd thought of just imposing taxes (making money) while pushing porn offshore, which they've managed to do now without making any money.
And no, my sig has nothing to do with this topic...
No, that's not how we spell it. But if we're too lazy to wipe our severs, why would we bother with correct spelling? Long live the typically Aussie laconic attitude!
What's even worse are the all-too-common stories of filing cabinets and safes being sold at auction - without even being emptied! One story that featured on the news not too long ago had a man who had purchased a safe that contained cheques (checks for you Americans) that hadn't even been cancelled. And Aussies wonder why we have a reputation for a laid back attitude to everything...
I tried to use my store bought copy. I really did. But after a few hardware changes it stopped working and I had to call Microsoft (who don't seem to speak english very well) to get a new key. And then ten minutes later realised I still had an archive HD in the box. I took it out and got the same message again. I wasn't making another phone call, so I inserted a cracked windows cd and reinstalled the OS. Should the illegal version really be THAT much more user friendly than the store bought copy?
I have. I rebuilt a friends pc, and thought I'd risk the quick connect to upgrade the virus definitions. 17 seconds, and it was infected. So I had to start again, with an offline version of the virus definitions.
As the story suggests, she probably has a footman to do everything for her. So why should she need an ipod? When I'm queen I want the footman to carry the whole stereo around for me. Oh... hang on...
Thanks for your warning, but I live in Australia. Dangerous bugs? Bah! We've got some of the most dangerous animals on earth, and on a warm summer night I breathe more bugs than air! We've got the leeches, the snakes, the spiders - and strangely enough cuts can get infected here too. And I got sick from my last flu shot too...
You can't really expect me to believe that a newspaper, whether in print or online, could actually make a profit if it charged it's subscribers $4.20 per year. Just work it out - how many subscriptions would you need just to pay for staff? I doubt it could be made profitable without the print version taking up the slack, and providing the demand for the news to begin with. $1 per issue for a newspaper really is very little to pay, when you consider the effort that goes into it.
Just had to reply. Crap. As someone who reads The Hobbit and LOTR EVERY year, and have done for the last 13 years - he stayed VERY true to the main story, and kept an even flow throughout the trilogy. Very few books survive the transition to movies - Peter Jackson's LOTR not only survived, but brought to life an incredible world for many of Tolkien's most fervent fans. Some scenes will inevitably change, one can only hope they don't destroy the very fabric of the original story. IMO Jackson came through with flying colours.
Does anyone else find it strange that a country of 20 million people can account for roughly double the downloads of a country over ten times its size? The figures for Australia seem a perfect example of why studios should aim for simultaneous release dates for their tv shows across the globe. Even the relatively low speeds and high cost of broadband in Australia don't seem to be hampering the downloads. Some episodes receiving their first airing in Australia are TWO SEASONS behind the US release dates. Is it any wonder Aussies want to see the shows they see previewed on ET? I had many friends (Aussies) telling me how good the first season of Lost and Battlestar Galactica were - before they even ran the pilots in Australia. Surely putting it on at the same time would negate the "need" most people would have to download it.
Why does it always have to be America? Can't it hate the French like everyone else?
In short - crap. If a newspaper runs a feature on "computers" (and they usually do use that term loosely) they will solicit the almighty advertising dollar from everyone related to that industry. If one prominent member of that industry decides to advertise it is all the more reason for it's competitors to advertise. That is a simple way of life in the advertising world. How is a web page that advertises one brand of handbag (or whatever) deemed to have exclusive rights to the window of the browser that it appears in? A newspaper would not offer space on the basis of exclusivity, unless the customer was buying a double page spread in which case there wouldn't be an issue anyway. A difficult issue to rule on, sure, but it is supposed to be TARGETTED advertising.