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Here's one: how can I close messenger without using the task manager? I can right click on it in the system tray and kill it at work but at home it complains that it's being used by explorer or something (which is an utter lie). Sometimes I really hate that virus.

That's a good tip. I'll have to look into it.I prune out all the garbage programs that automatically run at startup which should help a bit as well.

Can you allow pop ups by pressing shift or something? I use the google toolbar which blocks most popups and am happy with that. I think I'm going to turn off the new popup blocker as it's annoying me.Also, now Nero 6 doesn't work anymore so I'll have to get an update. They better not charge me for it!

What is a software process? Never heard of it...

Does that work for regular windows explorer windows as well?

Hackers love to do that sort of thing. I have a number of directories with no names and that sort of thing that I can't delete thanks to those jerks.

So is there a tag that makes it more likely to index your site? For example, if I google my name, I'll find my lame college personal websites well above my current websites. I don't want people to see my embarrassing stuff from back in the day!

Let's say you have an object starting from pos0 and moving to dest0. How do you know if it has reached (or past) dest0 when at currPos?float lenToPos = vec3Length( currPos - pos0 );float totalLen = vec3Length( dest0 - pos0 );if( fabs(totalLen) <= fabs(lenToPos) ){// Reached or exceeded destination}

In art and photography, it's a good idea to break your image into a 3x3 grid and make sure the subject is on one of the corner intersections. This makes your image far more interesting.I used to think that a perfectly centered picture was the way to go but it really does help your composition to make it off centered. The trick is, however, to keep the rest of the image interested as well. You can use methods to draw your eye to the main subject via contrast or lines (river, trees, etc).

I use Notepad. :)Actually I like ColdFusion even though it's waaay more powerful for what I need. But I'm just working on a personal site.

Yeah, if you don't like the idea of sitting at a computer all day, then programming is not for you.

I'm sticking with PS7. This was the first time I used CS and the shortcut keys wouldn't work. lame

My particle system uses the additive textures but when I go to modify their opacity (fade out over time), they disappear. So that leads me to believe that you can't alpha blend additive textures. Am I correct?

You might have to put the path to where Javac is located in front of it (ie: c:/java/javac myproggy.java). I had that same problem for the longest time when I first started doing java. The other suggestions are probably better though.

Premier is also a good way to go.

I thought the patent was only for using the compression algorithm which would apply to your web browser and photoshop for example -- not the end user. If they are trying to charge money for simply using a gif file, they are out of their friggin minds!And I've never heard of animating PNG files. I'm pretty sure that's not possible.

Here's one, I have Photoshop 8 CS (PC) and it none of the shortcut keys work. Why? Also, I use the web photo gallery batch command frequently and it doesn't look as robust as the one in PS7. I also have Photoshop 7 and it works much better IMO. What is new in CS?

You might also need a proxy server or a router. I usually just go with the simplest method and pay my ISP an extra $5 a month for a second IP for my second computer.

I have used Audiograbber in the past and have been really happy with it. It's a little slow but that's the price you pay for quality. I would like to see it be a little easier or more intuitive to use and it could use a few more features (maybe a newer version now is like that?). But you can't really go wrong with it.

The whole purpose to create a community. That's why there's the emphasis on meaningful posts. It really shouldn't take too long to reach 50 posts. I'm halfway there and I've only been posting for three days.

Ah, that's good to know although it's not exactly what I'm looking for. What does that freeware program do? It doesn't seem to have any of it's pages filled in yet on it's website. I'd like to have something that will eliminate all the tedius clicking to rename a ton of files (with unique names).

This guy is really in a hurry to get his account. And to answer your "question", here: Google

I couldn't imagine doing anything else. There's something so gratifying about typing a few lines and seeing things happen on the screen. All the problem solving makes me feel good inside when I figure a real tough problem out. And the money is great. You can definately make more elsewhere (I have a friend in marketing who makes ungodly amounts of money right out of college) but you can make more than enough to be comfortable.And that $47k median amount for programmers has to be for entry level because intermediate and especially senior level programmers will pull in well over that level (like say $70k - 100k+). That would be a slap in the face to take under $50k if you have some good experience.OnNe thing to keep in mind is that if you don't like programming, you're going to absolutely hate it as a career. So only go into it if it's something you really enjoy.

Correct. My dad got bit by this virus because he is extremely computer illiterate and keeps turning off his virus scanner somehow. Anyway, he has a current and updated version of norton antivirus. It detected some files infected by sasser but could not clean/delete them due to the nature of the infected files and the virus. The cleaning programs will do some very low level things including cleaning memory, etc to make sure that there is no trace whatsoever of it remaining.

It goes back and forth all the time for which software is the choice package for game development. It was Max for a few years, now Maya is back in vogue. But it sounds like you're interested in making movies? I would probably go with Maya.