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Offline HughSpectrum

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Re: Official Off-Topic Thread

Reply #460 on: November 18, 2007, 12:56:16 am
'Tis the season soon again, which reminds me of something that's always been bugging me greatly: drawing trees wrong. I remember having had issues of wrongly drawn trees at the age of six, and I still do. To illuminate what happens when you THINK you know perfectly well what something looks like, so well that there's no point checking reference pictures of  something that's SO OBVIOUS that a child can draw it.

Can anyone spot a problem with these 3d trees:

http://ungroup.net/jjntemp/digikuvia/fir_trees.jpg
*looks at some tree tiles he made, then proceeds to bang his head against a wall until he hemmorages*

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Re: Official Off-Topic Thread

Reply #461 on: November 18, 2007, 06:58:58 am
Oh crap. I think I just got some epoxy in my mouth. (I REGRET NOT WASHING MY HANDS)
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Re: Official Off-Topic Thread

Reply #462 on: November 18, 2007, 04:42:35 pm

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Re: Official Off-Topic Thread

Reply #463 on: November 19, 2007, 03:06:47 am
I've got both XP and OS X running on my MacBook now.   :y:
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Re: Official Off-Topic Thread

Reply #464 on: November 19, 2007, 03:12:10 am
I've got both XP and OS X running on my MacBook now.   :y:

Couldn't you just get a PC then? :huh: :P
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Re: Official Off-Topic Thread

Reply #465 on: November 19, 2007, 03:47:26 am
It's kind of like getting an attachment to your tricycle to make it a bike. There's no reason to go back but maybe you'll decide you like alpha transparency more than ease of use and solid feel.

That simile totally broke down halfway through.

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Re: Official Off-Topic Thread

Reply #466 on: November 19, 2007, 04:40:42 am
of course he can't just get a PC to run XP, it would have to cost half as much as a MacBook and have a reasonable default interface!  We can't have simple, accessible, or highly potent machinery in this day an age!  it has to cost money and all the buttons have to bounce and change size!




(we also can't make archive folders without a hack, download ANYTHING that isn't through iTunes, have a free, decent word processor, or any of those other things that only silly people like)
« Last Edit: November 19, 2007, 04:43:37 am by Adarias »
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Re: Official Off-Topic Thread

Reply #467 on: November 19, 2007, 08:02:27 am
noooo please no mac/pc internet battle

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Re: Official Off-Topic Thread

Reply #468 on: November 19, 2007, 08:49:42 am
Meh, probably already posted but anyway:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHO8l-Bd1O4
Modern artists are told that they must create something totally original-or risk being called "derivative".They've been indoctrinated with the concept that bad=good.The effect is always the same: Meaningless primitivism
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Re: Official Off-Topic Thread

Reply #469 on: November 19, 2007, 12:18:09 pm
oh-khey........... :(

the silly truism is that when you turn off all the stupid stuff in preferences they both pretty much are nice.  most of the differences are superficial and can be removed either through preferences or by downloading fairly small amounts of software.

So far no good way to get the ctrl key and the apple key to switch jobs though.... if anyone knows a non-permanent solution let me know?
A mistake is a mistake.
The same mistake twice is a bad habit.
The same mistake three or more times is a motif.