MajesticTreeFrog

I am glad people approve. Allow me to add a few:White StripesAfro-Celt Sound SystemDaft PunkKraftwerkA Perfect Circle/ToolNine Inch NailsOrgyRammsteinBlue Oyster CultNirvanaQueenLed ZeppelinThe DoorsSmashing PumpkinsSoul CoughingLiveBlind MelonJane's AddictionREMSwitchblade SymphonyLondon After MidnightTripping DaisySplashdownFrank SinatraLos Angeles Guitar QuartetI am probably still missing some, but thats a good mixIf there is a band on this list you havent heard of, I suggest you go try em out

Do you mean vector drawing? You need the pen tool for that, it is located near the shape tools. I don't use it personally. I just use the paintbrush tool. It can give very good results: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ let me know which of these methods you are talking about and I will help you further

hmmm, XFCE looks good. I may have to try that, unless someone informs me of reasons not too. It lookes somewhat like a not as sexy version of OS X

Mainly people use windows because they are too lazy to bother with anything else. It takes effort to switch OS's. That being said, windows is still bad. Its just not so bad that users consider it worth switching to something else.My biggest issues always were:1. having to continually defragment the hard drive. We have filesystems that dont have this problem, but for some reason MS doesn't use them.2. Lack of 'usefull' features. For instance, how about a usefull help system, that actually helps, for a change. Or a good default file/image viewer? Or something better than MS paint for image editing without having to shell out more money. How about an intelligent search tool that can use meta-data? Or, better yet, system wide services like universal spell check, and so on.I mean, they are asking people to pay for this thing.They *Finally* put in a firewall, but it comes badly configured so I understand.I wonder if they ever did a good job implementing protected memory, things still seem capable of crashing in sequence......

yeah, Photoshop is free if you know how to look! (true, but j/k)

thanks man, I will go do that.

Hmmm, I think that the last DVD that I watched was Snatch. Not as good in my mind as Two Smoking Barrels, but still damb good.7 or 8/10

The testimonials are indeed 100% fake. So, to go back to the subject of the j-dna. J-DNA, while it doesn't code for anything, if removed from the DNA sequence results in death. It appears to be necessary, but scientists are not sure what for. From what I remember from my courses in genetics and biology, the current hypothesis is that they hold data from prior mutations. This way, a species has access to faster mutations(requires fewer generations for strong evolutionary change). If this is true, then it would be a feather in the cap so to speak for punctuated equilibrium(an alternate theory to natural selection for large scale species change and process by which evolution occurs).

Most of the people in Sri Lanka, Burma, and Thailand, as well as some of the other countries are Buddist, so are there any Buddist based relief funds? It feels more appropriate.

Those sites are nice, and I am glad you told me about them, but the place I go for my mp3s is http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ This is a pay site, but songs are a penny a megabyte, for any format+bitrate you want with NO DRM. Also, the downloads are fast, and they have just about anything you could ever want. Finally, if you want to go REALLY underground(as in the opposite of the above site), then go to https://www.scene.org/ There are a ton of different band and demo groups on there. If you like techo(chillout), hunt around and listen to some Bliss, you won't be sorry.

It is true that there haven't been any demeaning posts so far, but I think that might be just a matter of time. But then again I might just be pessimistic.I don't so much care about 'fly by' posters, provided that they are just off topic. What I don't like are posts that I don't think have any worth at a more innate level, though this definition is highly subjective.On the other hand, I have a harder time deciding what should deserve a positive rep point.

The difference between censure and criticism is formality. Censure is basically criticism that is expressed in a formal manner, usually by a group. That light nitpicking out of the way, points shouldn't be taken away because of disagreement, but instead for things that are:1. Continually trite, while at the same time not posting anything of depth elsewhere.2. Outrigth demeaning, or directly insulting. Particularly if that is all a post or series of posts is.Remember, we aren't so much moderating the individual posts, but instead the overall quality of the poster, despite the fact that the control makes it look that way. Therefore, I see the rep thing as something to be used for individual posts only in extreme circumstances. Instead, when a person continually posts junk, thats when rep should come into play.

the problem is that in the computer market, once you have a dominant hand, you have an easier time holding on than others have in assailing your position. Why? because of lock in. For instance, if you think that linux, as an OS, is better than windows(and for the sake of argument, pretend that this is true whatever your actual view), then you would want to switch. However, as the dominant OS, all software is written primarily for windows, making it hard to switch to the better underlying OS that is linux(or, mac for that matter).Thus, software ALWAYS heads towards a monopoly, or at best an sort of plutocracy. The answer to this is to make all API's be required by law to be open(as in no cost/license) and fully documented as well as standardized.

I know, it is sad isn't it when other countries get better news about our country than we do.

ick, no thanks on the pine. Believe it or not I actually like graphical email!As for emacs and vi, I hate them both.So there!

wow, nice. maybe I should can my plans for design school and go learn to cook!

hhhmmmm, all of these things are working fine for me, using Mozilla Firefox.

Firefox reads iframes, so more than likely so does netscape.

Huh, I always wondered what working as a chef would be like. How is the pay?

I hadn't thought about the idea of only allowing people to affect others rep after getting rep themselves. I think hybrid would be best. No reping till at least 40 posts or 10/20 posts and a positive rep.(PS: pbuldoc: you still have no clue what you are talking about, so hah! ) (PPS: for those with no sense of humor, that was a joke!)

well, its not about having him admit his mistakes, that will never happen. Its about having problems mount to the point that a majority of americans realize that for themselves. Granted, he will always have appologists, but thats not the point.

my understanding is that java is more for scripting and such, as well as outright programming, whereas flash handles more graphics animation and such. The two do indeed cross paths, but their true domains are rather seperate. That is, unless flash does a bunch of stuff I don't know about.

hey man, thanks for the links! My father was wanting to set something up online, so now I can actually tell him where to go.

Where do you guys find these things? I live in America, and I know about bollywood, but I have never seen their movies available anywhere around here.Is there a website where you can download them/p2p thingy with lots of them on it(hey hey, I wouldn't even be breaking american copyright law!)

People should go read the link over on slashdot about this very topic. It includes a link to a story on what google will need to do as competition heats up.