Yeah I use Acorn pretty much daily, and although it does a good 90% of what I used to do in Photoshop, the 10% forces me to keep CS1 installed (I refuse to update for feature I don't need)
What second-generation Herberts? God, next you'll be telling me there's more than 6 Dune novels. HA! As if that could ever happen! Who'd write it? Frank Herbert's son and some worthless hack author? NO! It'll never happen!
As a Cornishman, I can definitely say you're wrong there!:)
At least geographically and culturally, large bits of Middle Earth appear to spring directly from Britain. The Shire, for example, well, it IS the Westcountry.
Actually it translates to "The Ring of the Nibelungs"
(since Nibelung is a proper noun, I'm just going to assume it's regular.) (and before you flame me, you might want to check what I do for a living: www.benglisch.com )
And the very real: Losing all your work because Windows Update restarted in the middle of the night and you'd forgotten to save and who the FUCK DECIDED TO MAKE THAT THE DEFAULT OPTION?! "YES, PLEASE COMPUTER, PLEASE RESTART WHENEVER YOU FUCKING FEEL LIKE IT HAVING DISPLAYED A POPUP DIALOG FOR 5 FUCKING MINUTES. AND PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT DIALOG MINIMISES ANY FULLSCREEN APPLICATIONS OR GAMES I'M CURRENTLY USING, THAT'S REALLY FUCKING GREAT" I DON'T MIND YOU DOWNLOADING UPDATES IN THE BACKGROUND, AND I'M SORT OF GLAD THAT YOU'RE SET TO UPDATE BY DEFAULT, BUT WHY, FUCKING WHY, DO YOU NEED TO RESTART EVERY TEN FUCKING SECONDS?.......tax.
Sorry, got a bit carried away there (having left my computer on with a Photoshop document I'd spend 4 hours on without saving yesterday, only to find my computer now has a security patch for software I never use and a distinct lack of my work.)
I'm not so sure on that. My old iBook G4 is easily 5 years old, and it still runs fast enough to do everything my GF needs it to in a reasonable manner, and it still looks pretty good (the case is scuffed as shit and there's a couple of chips, but it still looks pretty good) The only issues are that the screen isn't very bright (I'm not sure if this is because it has degraded or because over the years LCDs have risen in quality) and the HD is potentially on its way out.
I don't know if a comparably priced Dell/HP etc would still be working, though FWIW my Compaq bought at the same time died utterly three years ago (motherboard committed suicide and took the PSU with it)
Including calls. texts etc I get an easy 2 or 3 days out of it. This is using it as an ebook reader, some light iPod use, checking Twitter and Facebook every few hours at work etc.
If I play a lot of games (or even just a few hours) it lasts about a day.
If I use YouTube (or any video at all) it lasts about 1 work shift(9 hours or so)
(this is a first gen iPhone 8GB bought at the UK launch)
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Yeah I use Acorn pretty much daily, and although it does a good 90% of what I used to do in Photoshop, the 10% forces me to keep CS1 installed (I refuse to update for feature I don't need)
Still no decent Illustrator replacement though.
You can actually run the old Internet Explorer for Mac on a modern Leopard system. One of the web guys at my work insisted on it for testing.
That fact it's based on IE5 (!) and therefore totally irrelevant didn't seem to bother him.
But... it is GPS...
Your IT dept. is incompetent.
Your neighbour sounds like a dick.
He's only a delivery boy, give him a break!
Workbench.
Right, I'm going to need a fleshlight, a dock connector, the SDK and a few days.
There are two approaches to Imperial Strategy:
Half a million men, who all die terrible, terrible deaths.
About 3 very large tanks, who all cause terrible, terrible deaths.
You could say I side more with the traditional mindset.
Finally a sensible way to play a 3000 pt Imperial Guard list!
Also I got some book (I think published in the mid 80s or so - at least there was a year in the title) which tried to teach me that 2+2=5.
Caused me a lot of problems, that did.
There was a boy band in the UK (at least, maybe Europe) called 5ive.
Despite being a teenager during their popular spell, I cannot remember the slightest bit about any of their "music" though.
Forty-two, more like.
Eh, sort of, I guess....
What second-generation Herberts? God, next you'll be telling me there's more than 6 Dune novels. HA! As if that could ever happen! Who'd write it? Frank Herbert's son and some worthless hack author? NO! It'll never happen!
(please don't ruin this for me)
Sandtrout and wind traps, duh.
You PAY to RECEIVE calls or messages? What century is this?
As a Cornishman, I can definitely say you're wrong there! :)
At least geographically and culturally, large bits of Middle Earth appear to spring directly from Britain. The Shire, for example, well, it IS the Westcountry.
Actually it translates to "The Ring of the Nibelungs"
(since Nibelung is a proper noun, I'm just going to assume it's regular.)
(and before you flame me, you might want to check what I do for a living: www.benglisch.com )
And the very real: ...tax.
Losing all your work because Windows Update restarted in the middle of the night and you'd forgotten to save and who the FUCK DECIDED TO MAKE THAT THE DEFAULT OPTION?! "YES, PLEASE COMPUTER, PLEASE RESTART WHENEVER YOU FUCKING FEEL LIKE IT HAVING DISPLAYED A POPUP DIALOG FOR 5 FUCKING MINUTES. AND PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT DIALOG MINIMISES ANY FULLSCREEN APPLICATIONS OR GAMES I'M CURRENTLY USING, THAT'S REALLY FUCKING GREAT" I DON'T MIND YOU DOWNLOADING UPDATES IN THE BACKGROUND, AND I'M SORT OF GLAD THAT YOU'RE SET TO UPDATE BY DEFAULT, BUT WHY, FUCKING WHY, DO YOU NEED TO RESTART EVERY TEN FUCKING SECONDS?....
Sorry, got a bit carried away there (having left my computer on with a Photoshop document I'd spend 4 hours on without saving yesterday, only to find my computer now has a security patch for software I never use and a distinct lack of my work.)
I'm not so sure on that. My old iBook G4 is easily 5 years old, and it still runs fast enough to do everything my GF needs it to in a reasonable manner, and it still looks pretty good (the case is scuffed as shit and there's a couple of chips, but it still looks pretty good) The only issues are that the screen isn't very bright (I'm not sure if this is because it has degraded or because over the years LCDs have risen in quality) and the HD is potentially on its way out.
I don't know if a comparably priced Dell/HP etc would still be working, though FWIW my Compaq bought at the same time died utterly three years ago (motherboard committed suicide and took the PSU with it)
I really don't think the Ferengi would get involved in a stand-up fight! They'd just buy the opposition, surely!
Ah, si I see he used to work for Intel...
Well that's quaint. You're a sci-fi fan, but you appear to have not watched any new sci-fi for 15 to 20 years.
What about Serenity / Firefly?
Which is awfully good of them, really.
Including calls. texts etc I get an easy 2 or 3 days out of it. This is using it as an ebook reader, some light iPod use, checking Twitter and Facebook every few hours at work etc.
If I play a lot of games (or even just a few hours) it lasts about a day.
If I use YouTube (or any video at all) it lasts about 1 work shift(9 hours or so)
(this is a first gen iPhone 8GB bought at the UK launch)