User: RoboPimp_3000

Re:enough with the aspergers

On: Fortune Takes a Look at Bram Cohen

Wait a minute... He's the one who's insensitive, and yet you're the one who's still using the term negro?

Re:Remeber this?

On: The Princess Bride Musical

Oh, great, here comes a barrage of re-purposed Princess Bride quotes. Thanks alot, Slashdot. As you wish.

Re:Guess what? Won't happen!

On: Xara X to Be Released as Open Source

Well if you are a professional designer you can use the $485 as a business expense to offset taxes. And if you have clients paying hundreds or even thousands of dollars per project than $485 isn't that much. Lots of people rant about how expensive Photoshop is, and for a general user, I agree, but for a professional designer it pays for itself fairly quickly. Sure, many pros will use programs in addition to Photoshop, but I don't know of one worth his salt that doesn't use Photoshop altogether.

I peer into my crystal ball

On: 300 Years to Index the World's Information

Also in 300 years:

• Robot Hookers (prostitution no longer illegal! But it will hurt a lot more)
• All females will be genetically engineered to look like Jessica Alba.
• Slashdot will still be passing off Google non-news as important information

Re:professional tools

On: First Look at GIMP 2.4

In the case of Photoshop, its real problem is that, in addition to trying to be a photo editing application, it's a web design application, an application for creating computer art, and lots more.

So you're saying you'd prefer separate applications for photo-editing, web-design, computer art, and everything else? Not only would this disrupt the work-flow of many professionals who use photoshop for all these activities, but it would be a lot more expensive.

Photoshop does do a lot of things - but it does them well.