bakerstreet

bakerstreet

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imo= in my opinion imho= in my honest opinion afaik= as far as i know tia= thanks in advance wtf= what the... um... 'freak' in Gruppsian... RTFM= read the 'freaking' manual. I'm not gonna go into all the ones that use 8, gr8, h8, etc. DOn't forget the Jargon File: http://jargon.watson-net.com/, for all your wacky online language needs.

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Usually, the messageboards that have no conflict on them are the ones that kick/ban people like Kona without warning. I mean, it isn't like you can force the admins to let you stay on. If you are there at all you are being tolerated. ** ANYWAY... about my last question, wouldn't msstyles void the Microsoft service agreement by altering the dll? What are the *legalities* of software that reverse-engineers other software in a time when reverse engineering has been made illega

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IN terms of computer programs, I suppose source code would be copyrighted or patented, and compiled binaries would be considered an actual fuctioning "thing". All that is made complicated by the idiotic bills the corporate Nazis have passed in the last year, saying it is illegal to take things apart. I don't know if anyone knows what-is-what with software anymore, since 99% of the laws have never been fully tested.

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Actually, there is a difference between 'public domain' and free use. If there are restrictions, then the copyright holder still possesses the copyright to put those restrictions on use, so they wouldn't be in the Public Domain. Public Domain is a legal state of being, kinda. IF no one owns something, it resides in the public domain, i.e. anyone can use it. You can adapt it, pick it apart, whatever. In terms of copyright a work becomes public domain X number of years after the death

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jj79: The creator of Spider Man is still alive. Should he not be allowed to profit from it? If people are allowed to give your work away, then you aren't getting paid. Freedom of speech pertains to free expression of *your* thoughts and ideas. Copyrights are for *your* creations, or copyrights you legally purchase or license. If you can't come up with your own ideas, don't steal other people's. It's lame anyway. Don't argue this point anymore, no matter how good your argument i

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"Just use the arguement that these themes are providing free advertising or something like that." lol, argue... with who? The judge? or your ISP when they shut you down? ** I have had this creepy image of jj79_1999 and kona0197 being the same person, sitting and talking to himself here on the messageboard...

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I got my first copy of Photoshop used on Ebay from a student that no longer needed it for about what PSP costs now. I wouldn't advise doing that anymore, though. The last three DVDs I have bought have ended up being bad pirate jobs. I would assume the software isn't much different these days.

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Moshi: yeah, i can see that. Since you don't have 'pixels' per se, you don't have realistic shadows or gradients, so you would only be able to scale before you rasterized the image. Once you dodge/burn the lighting and shadow on something like an 'Aqua' style button, you are stuck with pixelation when you resize as always. If you were doing something that had a cell-shaded or non-realistic style it would work, and a lot of the most popular stuff is. I can see how it would be helpf

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I think the part that you *constantly* overlook is that once a week you find a way to work in the phrase "PCs and Windows suck". What attack spawned it this time? pfft, you're no Mac ghandi. Instead of saying 'please quit attacking me' you should say 'please don't defend yourselves'.

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Photoshop has had the ability to use channels, curves, and path shapes since 5.0. A solid understanding of paths, curves and channels gives you all the vector-style capabilities you need to make static images. I mean, you have to use tools to make the shapes in a vector app as well, right? I have found that 'vector' graphics as concept are something that most people don't need. They are based o

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