Gunn: Well, how horrible is this thing? Lorne: I haven't read the Book of Revelations lately, but if I was searching for adjectives, I'd probably start there.

'Hell Bound'


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Jessica - Nov 08, 2005 5:46:10 am PST #5496 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Um...yes.

Nevermind.

t /flake


Volans - Nov 08, 2005 6:59:47 am PST #5497 of 10003
move out and draw fire

Anybody have any recs for cheap yet useful graphics programs or web authoring tools? I use Photoshop and Dreamweaver, but I've been asked to recommend something cheaper, for someone who is not a professional.

I was thinking Illustrator and MS FrontPage, as I hear those are commonly used. (Windows platform)


§ ita § - Nov 08, 2005 7:01:06 am PST #5498 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Jasc PSP is pretty good.


Volans - Nov 08, 2005 7:03:09 am PST #5499 of 10003
move out and draw fire

Oh yeah, we had that on my last contract. I'd totally forgotten it. Thanks!


Dana - Nov 08, 2005 7:09:09 am PST #5500 of 10003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

There's also Photoshop Elements.


amych - Nov 08, 2005 7:10:19 am PST #5501 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Front Page is horrible. (But that said, I don't have a lot of non-Dreamweaver experience in Windows, so I can't recommend anything else)

For graphics, Illustrator and Photoshop do completely different things. If what you need is a photoshop analogue, look at Photoshop Elements instead -- it's a simplified version that costs much less and does everything you'd commonly need to do for web work.


tommyrot - Nov 08, 2005 7:16:11 am PST #5502 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

The Gimp is a very powerful and free (open source) graphics program, but it's difficult to learn to use (at least for me).

Also, I don't remember if you still need Xfree86 or somesuch to run it on a Mac.


tommyrot - Nov 08, 2005 8:28:21 am PST #5503 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Crap. I am so confused. (Yeah, what else is new?)

A web browser (IE 6) should never cache an .asp page, right? A web server (IIS) should never cache the result of a .dll component, right?

eta: Nebber mind. I am an idiot, but not for reasons related to the questions here.


Betsy HP - Nov 08, 2005 8:55:06 am PST #5504 of 10003
If I only had a brain...

The Therac is (and I devoutly hope will remain so) the all-time champeen.


Tom Scola - Nov 08, 2005 9:59:42 am PST #5505 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Fuck.

H&R Block has apparently decided to cease development of their TaxCut software for the Mac.