SpectralMeat wrote on May 10, 2013, 08:43:

eRe4s3r wrote on May 10, 2013, 08:11:
I tried with Chrome and IE10 with only Adblock (but disabled or enabled, didn't make any difference)

I don't use any other plugins

Do you have any DNS settings in your router maybe?
Your anti virus can also block some stuff on the site.
I found when I've had the unblock.us DNS settings in my router I was having issues with some sites.

ViRGE wrote on May 11, 2013, 00:44:

Tanto Edge wrote on May 10, 2013, 17:36:
I thot this show was terrible.
Has it improved since the first episodes?

It's getting more than 2 million viewers per episode; for SyFy that's a small miracle right now. W13, their otherwise reigning champion, is down to below 1.5 million. SyFy will renew anything getting over 2 million viewers right now, no matter how bad it is (and yes, Defiance is pretty bad).

Mr. Tact wrote on May 11, 2013, 00:32:
Even if Defiance is bad, you aren't much of a sci-fi fan if you are giving up on the show after only four episodes.

On the contrary. A well seasoned sci-fi fan should be able to tell the difference between science fiction and a soap opera. Defiance may have guys in rubber masks, but it's definitely a soap opera.

Verno wrote on May 8, 2013, 14:18:
There are going to be many broken Google Glass headsets in the future for people who don't ask permission

wtf_man wrote on May 7, 2013, 20:12:

eRe4s3r wrote on May 7, 2013, 11:57:
Have you guys even looked at GIMP? That is a complete train wreck of usability nightmares, the fact that it doesn't have a FULL SCREEN CONTAINED GUI is the death sentence before any other consideration.

Uh... GIMP has had a single-window UI mode since 2010 (beta), and fully released in May of 2012 (non-beta 2.8)
GIMP Single Window Mode (2.7)

Youtube Video of GIMP 2.8

Not that it matters... it's still a clusterfuck compared to Photoshop.

That said... I may have to switch, because I refuse to rent software.

Creston wrote on May 8, 2013, 00:18:
They've actually just recently started doing a new series of dev diaries about X Rebirth. It's still being worked on, don't panic.

RPS just had a link to their latest dev diary. It's not a terrifyingly exciting video, as it deals with pathfinding, but that's German guys for ya.

Creston

PHJF wrote on May 7, 2013, 16:56:

Pretty much why I always cringe whenever someone calls Skyrim an RPG. It is more an adventure exploration game. It certainly never manages to tell any kind of proper story

Skyrim does have a storyline, and it isn't hard to follow. There is an actual enemy, unlike Oblivion where the "boss" is a fucking immortal daedric god.

Blue wrote on May 7, 2013, 16:40:

Cutter wrote on May 7, 2013, 16:36:
Cancer Research and the $90 Billion Metaphor

The War on Cancer A Progress Report for Skeptics

The Cancer Industry

And it was only a year or so back that Harvard came out and said cancer is all but incurable with current technology and we likely wouldn't see any real in-roads for at least another century.

I, for one, am at a loss as to your point here.

TurdFergasun wrote on May 7, 2013, 15:55:

jdreyer wrote on May 7, 2013, 14:54:

Beamer wrote on May 7, 2013, 13:49:

Yeah, the guy that upgrades PhotoShop rarely for something like that, but $19.99 per month isn't terrible if you use it for business, and since we admit most of those people rarely upgrade, what is stopping them from continuing to use their old version?

Also, I agree with the "GIMP sucks" thought stream. I wanted PhotoShop just for simple cutting and pasting at work. Not enough to buy PhotoShop, but enough that I needed something better than posting screenshots into PowerPoint and cropping them. I tried GIMP.
Man, GIMP is so painful to use.

Thankfully we eventually moved to Windows 7 and I could just use the genius Snip tool. Why did that take so long to come!?

Gimp is painful, but Snip is too limited. For basic image manipulation, I recommend Picasa. It's free, it's easy to use, and it does most of the basics pretty well: cropping, contrast, auto "fixing" washed out or under saturated photos, red eye, etc. It also has a bunch of fun filters like sepia, B & W, etc. It's got facial recog so you can auto tag your photos. Check it out. I've been using it for years.

I used to use Capture One on OSX along with Picasa, much faster and more streamlined for actual photo editing. Did i mention much faster? photoshop bridge is a massive mess of a program try working large format RAW or TIFF files with it.

mag wrote on May 7, 2013, 14:10:
Tablets are useless to me for everything I use computers for except web browsing. They're pretty alright at that.

On the other hand, I was shopping for a new laptop and decided I'd just stick with the one I've got because no one's selling what I want.

Edit: ALSO in the market for a new phone, but likewise no one will sell me what I want. The consumer electronics market sucks these days.

nin wrote on May 7, 2013, 12:13:

eRe4s3r wrote on May 7, 2013, 11:49:

Graham wrote on May 7, 2013, 11:32:
I create scripts, creative briefs, and notes on an iPad mini daily.

I wrote half a novel on one (my first novel is called 1666, you can find it on Amazon).

Bill ain't right here. Pages is always in the top 10 paid apps for iPad. Looks like he's trying to acquire a reality distortion field of his own.``````

So let me tell you something. I just tried to find your book And I failed. What I did find was 1666 sex tips. So I give you kudos for naming your book so avanguardist that nobody can find it, and when they search for it they find tips to improve their sex life.

Is that a meta cultural approach to teach us? If not, your naming failed.

I see:

Product Details
Simplicity 1666 Pattern (H5 Size 6-8-10-12-14) Misses Dress, and Bag