Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.

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Sophia Brooks - May 06, 2013 12:57:48 pm PDT #22388 of 25505
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 25505
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 25505
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 25505
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 25505
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 25505
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 25505
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 25505
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 25505
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 25505
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.