GAIM (and it's sister on OS X Adium) doesn't reliably transfer files. If it could transfer files without issues even 75% of the time, I'd be more than happy with it... as is, I use MSN Messenger and AIM. (Fortunately, the OS X version of these are about 50,000 times better than the Windows version.)
Fractals and superconductivity are discoveries. They didn't *create* fractals, they just found them... same with superconductivity. I don't know what definition you're going by for the word "invent."
I never get the "new music tuesday" email until wednesday afternoon, anyway. It could just be their slow email system, and not anything related to the new product.
Heh, thanks for the tip. Part of the problem is that I'm a lot more comfortable with GraphicConverter than I am with Photoshop Elements... I've been using GraphicConverter for years to help with images edited with everything from Superpaint 3.0 on.
Except Photoshop is for pros. Photoshop Elements is much easier to use for casual/home users, and it's cheaper to boot. Then there's Apple's iPhoto, even easier to use than Photoshop Elements, although not nearly as powerful.
What is the Linux equivilant to Photoshop Elements? Or iPhoto?
Yeah, but the problem is that I use my Mac for graphics stuff. There's a Windows and a Linux version, but where's the OS X version? (It seems goofy to port to Linux first, even though there's a bigger market for OS X.)
Of course you'd think Photoshop and Illustrator would take care of that issue automatically anyway since it's a fairly common problem. Anyway the point being that designers look at interfaces more from a stylistic point and they may miss the benefits of usability.
If you're talking about anti-aliasing, the problem is that you can't correctly anti-alias an image with no alpha channel (like a GIF) unless you know the background color it'll be sitting on. Photoshop, Illustrator, etc assume it'll be used on a white background, but if you're going to put it on a black background, you'll need to actually save it that way. (Since Photoshop assumes transparent = white, I usually just add a black background layer, save the image as GIF, then open it up in GraphicConverter and use that to set 'black' to 'transparent'.)
Of course, I understand the point of your post which is that I (a guy with no formal graphics training whatsoever) know how to solve that issue while they (people with years of training and experience) don't.
I think the message is that if the movie industry has been allowed to self-regulate itself for, what, a century now, the video game industry should have the same right. Hell, I think the video game rating system is *better* than the movie rating system, and it's certainly applied more consistantly. (How the hell did Scary Movie get an R? It had a guy on the toilet getting killed by a penis through the skull!)
This is Slashdot.org, in case you forgot. Just the subject line "Nintendo Leads Again" is enough for a +5 Informative or Insightful... anything beyond that is just filler.
I think I'll name this reply "Bow Before Your Nintendo" to get the same moderation response.
Xara Xtreme on Linux will not only bring a leading-edge graphic tool to the platform, but with community assistance, has the potential to become the world's most powerful, easiest-to-use and simply the world's best graphics program. If they get this right it could bring the Linux desktop into whole sectors of the market that is has not been able to address before.
I've pretty sure Xerox and Kleenex gave this one up years ago. The company that's really strict, however, is Rollerblade... I've seen their legal notices on more than a couple sites in the last five years.
Laugh if you want, but there *is* a lot of room for improvement on even commandline interfaces. Microsoft's working on it, with their object oriented CLI, is anybody in the Linux world? Think about it.
6. Install an application using the distro's built-in package manager. Now spend the next hour trying to find where it is, what its executable is called, and how to add an icon of it to your desktop or ripoff Start menu.
Hard is hard. If it's hard in Linux, it's hard in Linux. It doesn't *matter* whether it's also hard in Windows; it's still hard in Linux.
Linux will never become BETTER than Windows if every criticism of Linux is answered with, "well, it's also hard in Windows!" Who gives a shit about Windows? Why can't we just judge Linux on its own terms?
Some poster on Slashdot always has to declare the price is too high. DVD for $17? Too high! Music track for $0.99? Too high! Lexus luxury SUV for $50? Too high!
What matters is what normal people think of the price, not what Mr. Every Price Too High on Slashdot thinks.
Think about this a bit more... what other director has recently released a claymation movie? Maybe one that hasn't been reviewed quite as highly? Somebody check Tim Burton for matches!
Maybe "gamer" is the person who plays the game, and "consumer" is the person who buys the game... not always the same person. If my grandma bought me Halo 2 as a christmas gift, she would be a Microsoft consumer even if she never plays the game.
"best" is a subjective term. Who says he's not telling the truth? If I said that Marathon is the best FPS game ever, would I be telling the truth? Even if you like Goldeneye better?
I think you need to work on your reading comprehension skills. He didn't say anything "incorrect" or "untruthful."
Not that I disagree with the point you're trying to make, but for accuracy's sake, SCO *does* actually sell a product. I don't know how popular it is, but it's there.
If Microsoft doesn't "play the game," they could get hit any second by somebody who does... even a teeny little organization with a ridiculous patent on software plug-ins.
Interestingly, the article also refers to the 8088 as a 16-bit processor, which is an 8-bit processor if one uses the same criteria that you'd have to in order to call a 68000 "16-bit".
No, it makes the rather confusing assertion that:
1) Apple decided that a 16-bit machine was necessary for what they were trying to accomplish. 2) Apple considered many CPUs for the LISA, including the 8088.
So, you see, the article doesn't state that the 8088 is a 16-bit CPU, it just states that Apple considered it despite earlier agreeing that it wouldn't be sufficient. Based on the places I've worked, that happens quite a bit in the business world.
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GAIM (and it's sister on OS X Adium) doesn't reliably transfer files. If it could transfer files without issues even 75% of the time, I'd be more than happy with it... as is, I use MSN Messenger and AIM. (Fortunately, the OS X version of these are about 50,000 times better than the Windows version.)
Do you think that maybe Uncyclopedia, a HUMOR SITE, would purposely confuse two words for comedic purposes? ... nah.
Fractals and superconductivity are discoveries. They didn't *create* fractals, they just found them... same with superconductivity. I don't know what definition you're going by for the word "invent."
I never get the "new music tuesday" email until wednesday afternoon, anyway. It could just be their slow email system, and not anything related to the new product.
Heh, thanks for the tip. Part of the problem is that I'm a lot more comfortable with GraphicConverter than I am with Photoshop Elements... I've been using GraphicConverter for years to help with images edited with everything from Superpaint 3.0 on.
Except Photoshop is for pros. Photoshop Elements is much easier to use for casual/home users, and it's cheaper to boot. Then there's Apple's iPhoto, even easier to use than Photoshop Elements, although not nearly as powerful.
What is the Linux equivilant to Photoshop Elements? Or iPhoto?
Yeah, but the problem is that I use my Mac for graphics stuff. There's a Windows and a Linux version, but where's the OS X version? (It seems goofy to port to Linux first, even though there's a bigger market for OS X.)
Of course you'd think Photoshop and Illustrator would take care of that issue automatically anyway since it's a fairly common problem. Anyway the point being that designers look at interfaces more from a stylistic point and they may miss the benefits of usability.
If you're talking about anti-aliasing, the problem is that you can't correctly anti-alias an image with no alpha channel (like a GIF) unless you know the background color it'll be sitting on. Photoshop, Illustrator, etc assume it'll be used on a white background, but if you're going to put it on a black background, you'll need to actually save it that way. (Since Photoshop assumes transparent = white, I usually just add a black background layer, save the image as GIF, then open it up in GraphicConverter and use that to set 'black' to 'transparent'.)
Of course, I understand the point of your post which is that I (a guy with no formal graphics training whatsoever) know how to solve that issue while they (people with years of training and experience) don't.
And if you look at the date of the CNN article, if you times the numeric value of the month by 2,
If you "times" it? What are you, an infant?
I think the message is that if the movie industry has been allowed to self-regulate itself for, what, a century now, the video game industry should have the same right. Hell, I think the video game rating system is *better* than the movie rating system, and it's certainly applied more consistantly. (How the hell did Scary Movie get an R? It had a guy on the toilet getting killed by a penis through the skull!)
This is Slashdot.org, in case you forgot. Just the subject line "Nintendo Leads Again" is enough for a +5 Informative or Insightful... anything beyond that is just filler.
I think I'll name this reply "Bow Before Your Nintendo" to get the same moderation response.
Xara Xtreme on Linux will not only bring a leading-edge graphic tool to the platform, but with community assistance, has the potential to become the world's most powerful, easiest-to-use and simply the world's best graphics program. If they get this right it could bring the Linux desktop into whole sectors of the market that is has not been able to address before.
Also it cures baldness.
I've pretty sure Xerox and Kleenex gave this one up years ago. The company that's really strict, however, is Rollerblade... I've seen their legal notices on more than a couple sites in the last five years.
So, give it to India?
Might want to check to verify that the US is, indeed, the world's biggest democracy before, you know, shoving that foot way up in your mouth.
Laugh if you want, but there *is* a lot of room for improvement on even commandline interfaces. Microsoft's working on it, with their object oriented CLI, is anybody in the Linux world? Think about it.
This is my favorite:
6. Install an application using the distro's built-in package manager. Now spend the next hour trying to find where it is, what its executable is called, and how to add an icon of it to your desktop or ripoff Start menu.
You're missing the forest for the trees. Who cares what his *example* was? His point applies regardless.
In fact, you're even demonstrating his point by focusing on a triviality instead of taking his message to heart.
I hate replies like this.
Hard is hard. If it's hard in Linux, it's hard in Linux. It doesn't *matter* whether it's also hard in Windows; it's still hard in Linux.
Linux will never become BETTER than Windows if every criticism of Linux is answered with, "well, it's also hard in Windows!" Who gives a shit about Windows? Why can't we just judge Linux on its own terms?
Some poster on Slashdot always has to declare the price is too high. DVD for $17? Too high! Music track for $0.99? Too high! Lexus luxury SUV for $50? Too high!
What matters is what normal people think of the price, not what Mr. Every Price Too High on Slashdot thinks.
Think about this a bit more... what other director has recently released a claymation movie? Maybe one that hasn't been reviewed quite as highly? Somebody check Tim Burton for matches!
Maybe "gamer" is the person who plays the game, and "consumer" is the person who buys the game... not always the same person. If my grandma bought me Halo 2 as a christmas gift, she would be a Microsoft consumer even if she never plays the game.
"best" is a subjective term. Who says he's not telling the truth? If I said that Marathon is the best FPS game ever, would I be telling the truth? Even if you like Goldeneye better?
I think you need to work on your reading comprehension skills. He didn't say anything "incorrect" or "untruthful."
Not that I disagree with the point you're trying to make, but for accuracy's sake, SCO *does* actually sell a product. I don't know how popular it is, but it's there.
One word: Eolas.
If Microsoft doesn't "play the game," they could get hit any second by somebody who does... even a teeny little organization with a ridiculous patent on software plug-ins.
Interestingly, the article also refers to the 8088 as a 16-bit processor, which is an 8-bit processor if one uses the same criteria that you'd have to in order to call a 68000 "16-bit".
No, it makes the rather confusing assertion that:
1) Apple decided that a 16-bit machine was necessary for what they were trying to accomplish.
2) Apple considered many CPUs for the LISA, including the 8088.
So, you see, the article doesn't state that the 8088 is a 16-bit CPU, it just states that Apple considered it despite earlier agreeing that it wouldn't be sufficient. Based on the places I've worked, that happens quite a bit in the business world.