I have always thought if someone sing a song about me (or quoted me in a song) it's one of the highest compliments. Songs/music, they are always beautiful.
I wonder what would happen to the musician that created the track? I hope nothing ill happens because of this.
I will echo the op on this one. No, it is NOT reasonable!!
The worst thing is, employers seem to treat consultants with much more respect than their own employees. Maybe it's just me and this place I'm working for...
Movies, books, oral narrative, it's all about story telling. Most games these days have a brilliant story line behind it. If the more "traditional" ways of story telling are being considered art, I don't see why a video game would not be considered art.
Video games are a distinct medium, and if somebody makes art with it, then by definition it's art.
I always think that the two giants are opposites of the same coin. The only difference is that Apple's product "just works" right out of the box.
If anything were to happen to Steve, or their product no longer works as well as they should right out of the box, Apple will be "Just an other Microsoft".
Hahahhaha!! This scenario reminded me of mine. It was the opposite to what you described. The operator wouldn't tell me if my answer was right until I explicitly said "_____ that is the answer to my security question".
When I use my cc, I always pull out my ID along with it, and make the teller check it. It is amazing that most of the tellers don't even bother to turn my credit card around to see the sig.
What we need is an organization that protects and advocate for the rights of gamers around the world! Maybe such organization already exists?
Can they ban EVERYONE? What we need is to hit them where it hurts the most. We should collectively turn to the Pirate scene. The big publishers need to wake up and relearn customer satisfaction.
It's like saying if someone consumes alcohol beverages, than that person must be a careless drunken driver who have killed or harmed people while drunk-n-drive.
Oh dear. That have happened to us (I'm sure to most people).
In our case, the conversation went like this:
Me: our internet is out.
Operator: I will require you to do a series of tests to assist us in trouble shooting.
Me: I have done the tests already, (tell the operator what I have done).
Operator: oh, in that case, let me check, please stay on the line.
(10 minutes later) Operator: looks like your line was accidentally cut by one of our technicians.
Me (rolling my eyes): how can that be!? Can you re-hook me up? I work from home, and the internet connection is very important to me.
Operator: yes we can send out a technician to hook you up again, it will take up to two weeks, because there is a back log of customers waiting to be hooked up.
Me (turned to talk to my boyfriend): did you get a hold of someone from (the other company)? These guys says it will be two weeks before we will have internet again.
I personally like the fact that I can pull and edit the photos on Picasa and Facebook.
Other features I like so far:
Drag and drop photos between sites and albums.
Simple touch up tools, and colour correction tools as the parent poster mentioned.
Interface is neat and easy to use.
It's mentioned on other sites that this is a beta release of PSX. I would assume there will be more functions added on. Also, don't forget, there will most likely be a subscription fee in the future...
Am I the only one noticing this "service" appears to be only intended for amateurs in image manipulation? No, apparently both Wired.com and Ars Technica noticed this is aimed at "amateurs".
NT was one of the more stable version of Windows. XP might have had a rough time at launch, but things has been ironed out and the OS isn't all that bad to use. What I don't understand is, why change the kernel yet again? I come to expect nothing really works perfectly out of the box with Microsoft, but why on earth they can not stick to something that is at lease "half-ass" working, instead, they have to reinvent the wheel every time.
Wait a minute... are you telling me that there are professional photographers who store their content on Flickr and don't have backup copies? Excuse me, but that doesn't sound very professional. That sounds stupid.
It's not about the backups. Any pro of any kind would know to back up their stuff. However, if you are a professional photographer with Flickr as your portfolio, loosing the account means people who are looking for you can not find you any more. Think of it this way, you own a retail store and one day out of the blue your store disappeared, poof, gone. No warning, no notice, just gone. The worst part is, you don't know about it until you go to your store's location. Sure you can open a store some where else, but at the mean time, customers, opportunities, money all going bye bye.
Losing an account with Flickr is not as simple as uploading backed up data, especially if you're a pro. Losing a portfolio to an artist is like losing a part of your soul.
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I have always thought if someone sing a song about me (or quoted me in a song) it's one of the highest compliments. Songs/music, they are always beautiful. I wonder what would happen to the musician that created the track? I hope nothing ill happens because of this.
That has got to be the centre of the Galaxy as Will Wright puts it. I've been looking for that damn thing last night...
I will echo the op on this one. No, it is NOT reasonable!! The worst thing is, employers seem to treat consultants with much more respect than their own employees. Maybe it's just me and this place I'm working for...
Movies, books, oral narrative, it's all about story telling. Most games these days have a brilliant story line behind it. If the more "traditional" ways of story telling are being considered art, I don't see why a video game would not be considered art. Video games are a distinct medium, and if somebody makes art with it, then by definition it's art.
I always think that the two giants are opposites of the same coin. The only difference is that Apple's product "just works" right out of the box. If anything were to happen to Steve, or their product no longer works as well as they should right out of the box, Apple will be "Just an other Microsoft".
Hahahhaha!! This scenario reminded me of mine. It was the opposite to what you described. The operator wouldn't tell me if my answer was right until I explicitly said "_____ that is the answer to my security question".
When I use my cc, I always pull out my ID along with it, and make the teller check it. It is amazing that most of the tellers don't even bother to turn my credit card around to see the sig.
What we need is an organization that protects and advocate for the rights of gamers around the world! Maybe such organization already exists? Can they ban EVERYONE? What we need is to hit them where it hurts the most. We should collectively turn to the Pirate scene. The big publishers need to wake up and relearn customer satisfaction.
It's like saying if someone consumes alcohol beverages, than that person must be a careless drunken driver who have killed or harmed people while drunk-n-drive.
Oh dear. That have happened to us (I'm sure to most people).
In our case, the conversation went like this:
Me: our internet is out.
Operator: I will require you to do a series of tests to assist us in trouble shooting.
Me: I have done the tests already, (tell the operator what I have done).
Operator: oh, in that case, let me check, please stay on the line.
(10 minutes later) Operator: looks like your line was accidentally cut by one of our technicians.
Me (rolling my eyes): how can that be!? Can you re-hook me up? I work from home, and the internet connection is very important to me.
Operator: yes we can send out a technician to hook you up again, it will take up to two weeks, because there is a back log of customers waiting to be hooked up.
Me (turned to talk to my boyfriend): did you get a hold of someone from (the other company)? These guys says it will be two weeks before we will have internet again.
Hung up.
I personally like the fact that I can pull and edit the photos on Picasa and Facebook.
Other features I like so far: Drag and drop photos between sites and albums. Simple touch up tools, and colour correction tools as the parent poster mentioned. Interface is neat and easy to use.
It's mentioned on other sites that this is a beta release of PSX. I would assume there will be more functions added on. Also, don't forget, there will most likely be a subscription fee in the future...
NT was one of the more stable version of Windows. XP might have had a rough time at launch, but things has been ironed out and the OS isn't all that bad to use. What I don't understand is, why change the kernel yet again? I come to expect nothing really works perfectly out of the box with Microsoft, but why on earth they can not stick to something that is at lease "half-ass" working, instead, they have to reinvent the wheel every time.
I think it's more like the insurance companies and employers.
Wait a minute... are you telling me that there are professional photographers who store their content on Flickr and don't have backup copies? Excuse me, but that doesn't sound very professional. That sounds stupid.
It's not about the backups. Any pro of any kind would know to back up their stuff. However, if you are a professional photographer with Flickr as your portfolio, loosing the account means people who are looking for you can not find you any more. Think of it this way, you own a retail store and one day out of the blue your store disappeared, poof, gone. No warning, no notice, just gone. The worst part is, you don't know about it until you go to your store's location. Sure you can open a store some where else, but at the mean time, customers, opportunities, money all going bye bye. Losing an account with Flickr is not as simple as uploading backed up data, especially if you're a pro. Losing a portfolio to an artist is like losing a part of your soul.