Scots/Welsh accents were the two I immediately thought of when I thought "tough for an american to understand". The reasons Americans don't understand English is nothing to do with accents; it's because they removed the letter "u" from the alphabet...;p
Besides, scouse and geordie are as bad as Scots or Welsh, if not worse. Seriously (well partly) speaking I was just trying to extol the virtues of a David Attenbrough narration over *anyone* else in a marginally funny way.
Why do people so often complain about GIMP's UI, and not about the fucking awful user interface of Photoshop(TM)? I totally agree, as a casual user, I actually find GIMP easier than Photoshop. However, as I noted above I'm not letting GIMP off that easy, IMO it's not competing against Photoshop(do Pros use GIMP?), for me, it's competing against the likes of Paint Shop Pro (and other mid range image manipulation packages), which is a hundred times easier to use than either.
I said it was translated from the original *English*, mixing up the English with the Scots or Welsh is a sure way to err.. Well I suppose the english thing to do would be to either politely correct you, or set some Chavs on you. So,as I don't believe in cruel or unusual punishment; mixing up the English with the Scots or Welsh is a sure way to get politely corrected:
For future reference, Scotland and Wales are not part of England, the three combine with Northern Ireland make up The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. So as you can see England, Scotland and Wales make up the Great Britain part. Scotland and England are seperate countries, Wales is (now) a Principality. The three (along with Northern Ireland) have undergone various acts of union to form a single Nation state. I know it's a constitutional mess, but that's what you get after 1000 year of history, we've had a long time to confuse things.
I think the Sigourney Weaver narration is only available from the discovery channel store. I can't work out why they didn't just release one version with both narrations. Wikipedia to the rescue. It seems that they did only release on version, the David Attenborough one (thank god). Sigourney Weaver only did the narration on the Discovery channel broadcast:
Both the Blu-ray and HD DVD versions feature 1080p transfers of the original UK broadcast, as narrated by David Attenborough -- even though the US Discovery Channel broadcast featured Sigourney Weaver as its narrator. The good news for me though is that all the bonus stuff is available on the DVD box set; I don't have an HD-DVD\BluRay player. And having first seen them on BBC 1, I can say they look pretty awesome in SD as well (I'll probably end up buying the HD version when I get an HD-DVD or BluRay player; hopefully they'll have re-released it with the bonus stuff by then).
I kinda agree. I find GIMP easier to use than Photoshop as well; I'm only a casual user, so havn't ever put any effort into learning Photoshop, but I find that I can use GIMP without having to do much learning. That said, I find that when I had Paint Shop Pro installed, it beat them both hands down, and is proof that GIMP could do a lot more in terms of usability. Photoshop don't have too, it's not aimed at casual users it's aimed at Professionals. The GIMP doesn't have that luxury, and seems to be aimed at a similar market to Paint Shop Pro, so IMO it should aim to be as usable as Paint Shop Pro, not as complex as Photoshop.
But 'Planet Earth' in HD is different- every time you see a panoramic view of an African plain with clearly identifiable animals moving all over it, or a time lapse satellite shot of a weather system moving around the curve of the Earth, you're reminded how stunning the picture is. I hope you're watching the original* one narrated by David Attenborough and not the one that's been translated into American (from the original english) by Sigourney Weaver.;p
*before I'm corrected by a pedant: yes, I know that the BBC co-produced it with the Discovery Channel so there is no "original" but it's a joke, laugh.
I really can not understand it, what is it there in the USA that people, even some Britons (I live in Britain today) want to live there?? The grass is always greener...etc.
disclaimer: I'm a brit, and now refuse to visit the USA due to draconian "security" measures; they're almost as bad as some of the stuff we have to put up with here...
If anyone could explain the difference I'd appreciate it. You have to be breaking EU laws in the EU; until Nike starts up sweat shops in Italy, France or here in the UK they'll be fine. MS and BluRay\HDDVD operate within the EU and stand accused of trying to fix the (single) market right here in the EU. The commission would have no problems if they just tried to fix US and\or Chinese markets.
E.J.Thribb doesn't read/. If he did, the Private eye wouldn't be so technologically illiterate (despite this I still have a subscription; to both). However you do a bloody good impression, but there are obviously no private eye reading moderators on duty, so you can have my imaginary +1 Funny.;p
And... ? How does that mean we are all one population and not distinct ones, for the purpose of government health care? You could say the same thing about the European Union, yet they don't have a single health care plan for the entire union there, either. Actually, it's not that simple; there's an agreement between member states of not just the EU, but the entire EEA that means citizens of one country will get free or reduced cost health care in another. This means that if I, as a UK citizen, use the healthcare system in France, the French can claim the money back from the UK government. This system is now known as
EHIC. but (from the link)
EHIC won't cover you if getting medical treatment is the main purpose of your trip. You are advised to take out comprehensive private insurance for visits to all countries, regardless of whether you are covered by your EHIC.
I would seriously consider never coming to the USA again. I don't live in the USA, and have already come to the conclusion that I'm not going to visit*. My tourist ££s will go to France, Italy, Spain, Thailand etc. instead. The USA needs tourism; tourists don't need the USA, there's a big wide world that's not the USA still to visit. So, to the US govermet I say this: "it's your loss".
*I've been before, but before all this "security" and I would dearly love to visit again.
If Take-Two makes the smart choice, it will be to sell the game themselves. Unfortunately both Sony and Nintendo have declined to licence it, so they can't do that.
Unfortunately it seems to be so. I live in the UK, and was going to import it as a protest against censorship. Now I can't. If and when it is released I'm going to get it. Interestingly, I had no interest in the game before the BBFC declined to rate it.
Nope, our "AO" is R18: http://www.bbfc.co.uk/classification/c_R18.php.However it's also enforceable, as it's intended only for hard-core porn, and stuff rated R18 can only be sold in licensed sex shops.
In the US the total Dicks drive big SUVs and 4wd pickup trucks that are never driven off pavement. Being a Brit, that sentence brings a whole new meaning to off-road:
Pavement - Pavement in English is sidewalk in American. The first chapter in the Texas driving handbook says that you must drive on the pavement at all times! Yikes! http://www.effingpot.com/motoring.shtml
Windows 3000. Operating systems that can time-travel don't count.*
*Yet, although if a time machine were possible, it'd have to be invented in all time periods simultaneously, otherwise what happens when you go back to a time when there were no time machines??;-D
I personally read every EULA I accept. Why bother, I just let my cat stand on my keyboard; if my cat wants to enter into an agreement with $Software_Company who am I to stop her? Besides, here in the UK the validity of EULAs are dubious anyway. My under 16 cousins are installing software all the time, no one can seriously enforce the terms of a EULA on them as minors can't legally enter into contracts anyway.
Wow, a fellow/.er who responded without trying to explain that his opinion must be 100% correct. And not once, but twice no less! Politeness on slashdot, I never thought I'd see it. But then this is a quintessentially British story, and if it was going to happen anywhere, it was going to happen in a story about the peoples who invented the queue;) Thank you for well balanced, reasoned responses.
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Yet you're still here. If those other sites are so much better, why are you still posting on /.?
Besides, scouse and geordie are as bad as Scots or Welsh, if not worse. Seriously (well partly) speaking I was just trying to extol the virtues of a David Attenbrough narration over *anyone* else in a marginally funny way.
Sorry, my misrtake. That's what I get for only skim reading a source that's unreliable anyway...
I said it was translated from the original *English*, mixing up the English with the Scots or Welsh is a sure way to err.. Well I suppose the english thing to do would be to either politely correct you, or set some Chavs on you. So,as I don't believe in cruel or unusual punishment; mixing up the English with the Scots or Welsh is a sure way to get politely corrected:
For future reference, Scotland and Wales are not part of England, the three combine with Northern Ireland make up The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. So as you can see England, Scotland and Wales make up the Great Britain part. Scotland and England are seperate countries, Wales is (now) a Principality. The three (along with Northern Ireland) have undergone various acts of union to form a single Nation state. I know it's a constitutional mess, but that's what you get after 1000 year of history, we've had a long time to confuse things.
I kinda agree. I find GIMP easier to use than Photoshop as well; I'm only a casual user, so havn't ever put any effort into learning Photoshop, but I find that I can use GIMP without having to do much learning. That said, I find that when I had Paint Shop Pro installed, it beat them both hands down, and is proof that GIMP could do a lot more in terms of usability. Photoshop don't have too, it's not aimed at casual users it's aimed at Professionals. The GIMP doesn't have that luxury, and seems to be aimed at a similar market to Paint Shop Pro, so IMO it should aim to be as usable as Paint Shop Pro, not as complex as Photoshop.
I hope you're watching the original* one narrated by David Attenborough and not the one that's been translated into American (from the original english) by Sigourney Weaver.
*before I'm corrected by a pedant: yes, I know that the BBC co-produced it with the Discovery Channel so there is no "original" but it's a joke, laugh.
disclaimer: I'm a brit, and now refuse to visit the USA due to draconian "security" measures; they're almost as bad as some of the stuff we have to put up with here...
E.J.Thribb doesn't read /. If he did, the Private eye wouldn't be so technologically illiterate (despite this I still have a subscription; to both). However you do a bloody good impression, but there are obviously no private eye reading moderators on duty, so you can have my imaginary +1 Funny. ;p
ah, going for the clearly defined areas of uncertainty I see. You're not an angry philosopher perchance? ;p
Don't worry, if Zork is the future, he'll get eaten by a grue. ;p
Nope, that's what internet shopping is for. ;p
*I've been before, but before all this "security" and I would dearly love to visit again.
Unfortunately it seems to be so. I live in the UK, and was going to import it as a protest against censorship. Now I can't. If and when it is released I'm going to get it. Interestingly, I had no interest in the game before the BBFC declined to rate it.
Nope, our "AO" is R18: http://www.bbfc.co.uk/classification/c_R18.php .However it's also enforceable, as it's intended only for hard-core porn, and stuff rated R18 can only be sold in licensed sex shops.
Not really, we have to give way (Yield) to the right by law.
Actually, the next headline will be "Europe Unveils New Space Plane for Tourist Market".
;p
/me is a subscriber so can see into the mysterious future.
I also just like being a smart arse...
*Yet, although if a time machine were possible, it'd have to be invented in all time periods simultaneously, otherwise what happens when you go back to a time when there were no time machines??
Wow, a fellow /.er who responded without trying to explain that his opinion must be 100% correct. And not once, but twice no less! ;)
Politeness on slashdot, I never thought I'd see it. But then this is a quintessentially British story, and if it was going to happen anywhere, it was going to happen in a story about the peoples who invented the queue
Thank you for well balanced, reasoned responses.