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Sophia Brooks - May 06, 2013 12:57:48 pm PDT #22388 of 25497
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

You can't in InDesign 5, which is what I have now. I have no idea what they will do with the cloud thing


§ ita § - May 06, 2013 1:08:41 pm PDT #22389 of 25497
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Well, wouldn't you be in trouble no matter what they upgraded to, subscription or purchase? I mean, if you're not getting the license of the new version, you're SOL somehow.


Sophia Brooks - May 06, 2013 1:19:41 pm PDT #22390 of 25497
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

They will upgrade me with just InDesign, because it is inexpensive (I don't have the whole suite). But I can't imagine they would pay $29 or $39 a month for me to make posters when the other people at my level use word and publisher


§ ita § - May 06, 2013 1:23:44 pm PDT #22391 of 25497
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Oh, now I understand. I thought you were getting old version castoffs. But you don't have to pay for the whole suite--you can still pay for just one tool. I think the prices flatten out (why bother get Elements if Photoshop rental costs the same?) so it might be pricier than before, but still.


Sophia Brooks - May 06, 2013 1:59:47 pm PDT #22392 of 25497
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Oh- that is the part I missed- I thought it was a flat fee for all programs.


Gudanov - May 06, 2013 5:26:02 pm PDT #22393 of 25497
Coding and Sleeping

I love the people who make Start8. It's the first thing I installed on my new Alienware work computer.


Jessica - May 07, 2013 7:23:11 am PDT #22394 of 25497
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

How can I make fields mandatory in Excel 2007? I knew how to do it in 2003, but now I can't find that option. I feel like it should be under Data Validation...


Gris - May 08, 2013 7:36:49 am PDT #22395 of 25497
Hey. New board.

Does anybody have cable (specifically ESPN3), a DVR with the ability to convert to digital files, the know-how to make that happen, and a willingness to help me out? I'm trying to get a recording of the national MathCounts countdown round (airs at 3:30 EDT on ESPN3 this Friday) to show my Mathcounts team the following week. (Mathcounts is a middle school math competition). I can stream ESPN3 online but I don't have any good way of recording it for the future. I doubt this will be showing up any ahemming sites, so I'm limited on options.

Please let me know if you can help. I'd really appreciate it.


§ ita § - May 08, 2013 10:07:43 am PDT #22396 of 25497
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

If you are writing the requirements for a function to be called in Javascript, is it complete and specific to say "return me the information in a JSON object" if everyone knows the information is, say, a name, a phone number, and an ID?

I'm used to saying "text field, length variable", "text field, length 12", and an integer. Is JSON so self-describing that front end can parse happily what the back end gives it without some up front agreement about formats and/or naming convention?

I don't want to learn a lot about JSON, but the people I'm asking for a little are being really terse. It's way too little. And I know one party involved will turn around and complain to my boss I didn't give her everything she needed.

Grr. Off to Google.


Tom Scola - May 08, 2013 10:12:38 am PDT #22397 of 25497
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Is JSON so self-describing that front end can parse happily what the back end gives it without some up front agreement about formats and/or naming convention?

No.