Commented 10 years ago2013-09-07 22:45:40 UTC
in journal: #8243Comment #62562
I THINK I figured it out.
This is something you set up along with the page size. It says: [input] mm = [input] units
Meaning that, say, 1mm on paper equals 1 generic unit of that I used in the model space drawing. If I set it to 1000mm = 1 unit, now everything that measures "1" in model space will be interpreted to measure 1 metre, so I can set the viewport scale to 1:100 effectively making it 1cm on paper = 1m.
Commented 10 years ago2013-09-07 06:24:16 UTC
in journal: #8243Comment #62561
Drawing a building in millimetres is MAD. Unlike in mechanical engineering and related disciplines, the standard metric measurement unit in Civil engineering and Architecture is the metre.
Of course I know I can't draw a building 1:1 on an A4 page. Standard scales are 1:50, 1:100, and such. But at those scales, the drawing I made is tiny which makes me thing I've been using the wrong units all along. My question was how do I set/check that the units are correct, because my drawings are coming out all wrong.
Commented 10 years ago2013-09-02 18:06:25 UTC
in journal: #8238Comment #67339
Heh, artistic nude. I always said I want to try doing that sometime, but I have yet to come across a volunteer and no clients wanted that so far either.
I work as a photographer for hire, so I understand perfectly your lack of motivation. I very often find myself doing a job and thinking I'm doing crap photos, boring images that have no appeal and are of no artistic value whatsoever. But then I think, people pay me to do this. They WANT these dull, bland, uninteresting pictures, and they LIKE the way I do them or they wouldn't be hiring me in the first place.
It's hard to put it into words, but I find a bit of solace in thinking it means something to someone, even if I don't share that interest at all. But I keep thinking, this is what keeps me in the loop, what helps me make myself a place in the market to later be able to show off the good stuff. You've got to start somewhere, and this is one of the options.
Some photos are incredibly important to people, such as wedding pictures. I can see and feel the importance of the ones at the altar, with the ring, etc. I don't share that passion with the rest of the event, and I sometimes end up shooting them with disinterest. They even look all the same to me sometimes. But seeing how it turns out they mean just as much to the clients keeps me motivated to give them the best photos I can take.
With all due respect, if you don't mind me saying, I personally believe you're really good looking despite the things you do to your hair My apologies in advance to Scotch because I'm not supposed to say this to a girl that I know is taken, but if it serves as an excuse I'm saying it professionally as a photographer rather than as a random wanker from the internet.
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Commented 10 years ago2013-08-16 03:21:51 UTC
in journal: #8223Comment #62548
@2muchvideogames: Yeah I used to think that, but most of our interaction takes place in Steam chat. He can't see my face or hear my tone of voice. Also there's no benefit in tricking me, he isn't even getting money for it. He's just doing it for the hell of it, trying to find out what it is about.
As for how specific he is, he's working on it. He apparently read that, with practice, things can get pretty specific. Right now, he's getting pretty accurate things within acceptable vagueness levels. He doesn't ask questions, he just "reads the cards" according to their individual meanings.
For the above test, I just told him my friend's name and asked him to tell me what he got. I never told him anything about her, yet the first thing he said was that this person had a major journey in her near future (correct, she lives in the US and she's coming back to visit relatives next month), that she had a critical emotional crisis and breakdown in her past (correct, a very major issue in her life) and was starting a new relationship after a long time (also correct). That makes three correct statements - out of three. It's not MUCH, and that's what we're still testing, but he didn't say anything else. He only said that, giving him a 100% accuracy. He could have said lots of vague things that may or may not have been near correct, but he didn't.
He's practicing, and he sometimes gets vague readings that he doesn't know how to understand. But for the most part, there seems to be some hint of truth in it. We're trying to figure it out.
But I wanted to know what you yourselves think of such arts (if it might be called that). I'm a disbeliever, but he's gotten it right so far.
Commented 10 years ago2013-08-15 17:49:14 UTC
in journal: #8223Comment #62547
I tested for that too. I told him a name and nothing more, and asked him to see what he got. He didn't know anything about this person, I had never mentioned her to him before yet everything he said was correct.
Commented 10 years ago2013-08-14 09:51:02 UTC
in journal: #8219Comment #61097
Yeah but he's had a few more name changes. I think he is Elliot something now, and he hasn't been around in ages. (or he changed his name yet again and we don't know)
Commented 10 years ago2013-07-30 23:45:51 UTC
in journal: #8211Comment #58329
Airplanes are pressurised so that doesn't happen to you. They travel much higher than most mountains. I believe very short low-altitude flights don't bother doing it, but I think I've never been in one.
I'm sure that if it is longer than an hour or so, they'll have drinks for you. They're mostly free unless you want wine, vodka, scotch or something like that.
Commented 10 years ago2013-07-30 23:11:42 UTC
in journal: #8211Comment #58328
Hah, I used to see those when I was little. I was afraid of them and never wanted to use them. They were fortunately phased out.
Where are you going by plane? There isn't much of a science to it. Go through security, have your passport stamped, walk through detector, sit for hours until plane is ready to let people in. Walk in, stuff your backpack in the overhead cabinet, and then get bored to death for a few hours. There isn't much more to it. Unless you're in the US where it's not allowed (and pretty much the only thing you're allowed to bring is yourself) bring your own drinks if it's a relatively short flight, because they don't even HAVE drinks if it's a short flight.
Flying for the first time is an amazing and slightly scary experience. The scariness wears off after a few minutes when you realise there isn't anything to be afraid of, and then boredom takes over if the flight is long enough.
You will marvel at how such a heavy mass of metal can lift off the ground and fly. Enjoy that, it's beautiful. And you get great views of the city.
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Commented 10 years ago2013-07-22 09:43:56 UTC
in journal: #8204Comment #50909
Not telling you whether she was hot was probably a good idea.
I'm not sure if I've ever had a lucky encounter like yours, but I do know how you feel. It's like you're no longer alone in a foreign country where you don't speak the language.
...not that I've ever been in that situation, either. It's just a metaphor.
Commented 10 years ago2013-07-16 03:40:12 UTC
in journal: #8199Comment #58313
It's just about learning the new things, which is not hard at all. Operating systems have lots of things in common today, especially when using GUIs. (except for Win 8, but that's the point). All of them do about the same things.
Commented 10 years ago2013-07-14 22:06:45 UTC
in journal: #8199Comment #58312
Windows 8 is absolute crap and I am going to do everything I can to skip it just like I did with Vista and ME. I'm waiting for Windows 9, and if that is just as bad, then I'll move to *nix.
You might not think so, perhaps you've never tried one, but Linux distros already are promising and solid alternatives. I've used Linux Mint and I can tell you there's a bunch of settings in it somewhere that can make it look just like Windows if that's what you want. I personally don't care what it looks like as long as it works the way it's supposed to work. The only thing that was holding me back from moving over was gaming, and now that Steam for Linux is out, I don't even need to care about that either.
With some luck, Win 8.1 will be half decent. In the way that the original Win 98 was just a half assed upgrade to Win 96 and it sucked so bad they had to haul ass to push Win 98 Second Edition out, which turned out to be awesome. I don't think this will be the case, though, so I have strong intentions of moving over to Linux at the first opportunity.
This is something you set up along with the page size. It says: [input] mm = [input] units
Meaning that, say, 1mm on paper equals 1 generic unit of that I used in the model space drawing. If I set it to 1000mm = 1 unit, now everything that measures "1" in model space will be interpreted to measure 1 metre, so I can set the viewport scale to 1:100 effectively making it 1cm on paper = 1m.
SOMEONE SHOULD EXPLAIN THIS ON THE INTERNET.
Of course I know I can't draw a building 1:1 on an A4 page. Standard scales are 1:50, 1:100, and such. But at those scales, the drawing I made is tiny which makes me thing I've been using the wrong units all along. My question was how do I set/check that the units are correct, because my drawings are coming out all wrong.
Go ask Carter if he took the wrong one!
@Stop: When I was his age I was playing Wolfenstein 3D on something much older than a Pentium.
I work as a photographer for hire, so I understand perfectly your lack of motivation. I very often find myself doing a job and thinking I'm doing crap photos, boring images that have no appeal and are of no artistic value whatsoever. But then I think, people pay me to do this. They WANT these dull, bland, uninteresting pictures, and they LIKE the way I do them or they wouldn't be hiring me in the first place.
It's hard to put it into words, but I find a bit of solace in thinking it means something to someone, even if I don't share that interest at all. But I keep thinking, this is what keeps me in the loop, what helps me make myself a place in the market to later be able to show off the good stuff. You've got to start somewhere, and this is one of the options.
Some photos are incredibly important to people, such as wedding pictures. I can see and feel the importance of the ones at the altar, with the ring, etc. I don't share that passion with the rest of the event, and I sometimes end up shooting them with disinterest. They even look all the same to me sometimes. But seeing how it turns out they mean just as much to the clients keeps me motivated to give them the best photos I can take.
With all due respect, if you don't mind me saying, I personally believe you're really good looking despite the things you do to your hair
As for how specific he is, he's working on it. He apparently read that, with practice, things can get pretty specific. Right now, he's getting pretty accurate things within acceptable vagueness levels. He doesn't ask questions, he just "reads the cards" according to their individual meanings.
For the above test, I just told him my friend's name and asked him to tell me what he got. I never told him anything about her, yet the first thing he said was that this person had a major journey in her near future (correct, she lives in the US and she's coming back to visit relatives next month), that she had a critical emotional crisis and breakdown in her past (correct, a very major issue in her life) and was starting a new relationship after a long time (also correct). That makes three correct statements - out of three. It's not MUCH, and that's what we're still testing, but he didn't say anything else. He only said that, giving him a 100% accuracy. He could have said lots of vague things that may or may not have been near correct, but he didn't.
He's practicing, and he sometimes gets vague readings that he doesn't know how to understand. But for the most part, there seems to be some hint of truth in it. We're trying to figure it out.
But I wanted to know what you yourselves think of such arts (if it might be called that). I'm a disbeliever, but he's gotten it right so far.
And yeah, traveling a lot gives you that strange feeling. What happens to me is that I start to feel that I've left all my life behind.
@Striker: you're late for that. Now "Sledgerer" is all the rage.
How was the flight?
Hmm... do NPCs count? I was going to say Cave Johnson, but that guy is no fun without J. K. Simmons's voice.
I'm sure that if it is longer than an hour or so, they'll have drinks for you. They're mostly free unless you want wine, vodka, scotch or something like that.
Where are you going by plane? There isn't much of a science to it. Go through security, have your passport stamped, walk through detector, sit for hours until plane is ready to let people in. Walk in, stuff your backpack in the overhead cabinet, and then get bored to death for a few hours. There isn't much more to it. Unless you're in the US where it's not allowed (and pretty much the only thing you're allowed to bring is yourself) bring your own drinks if it's a relatively short flight, because they don't even HAVE drinks if it's a short flight.
Flying for the first time is an amazing and slightly scary experience. The scariness wears off after a few minutes when you realise there isn't anything to be afraid of, and then boredom takes over if the flight is long enough.
You will marvel at how such a heavy mass of metal can lift off the ground and fly. Enjoy that, it's beautiful. And you get great views of the city.
So you're 50?
I'm not sure if I've ever had a lucky encounter like yours, but I do know how you feel. It's like you're no longer alone in a foreign country where you don't speak the language.
...not that I've ever been in that situation, either. It's just a metaphor.
I still can't believe we were just metres away and didn't see each other.
Also, Win 95* (just a typo
Ah, suing. The second American pastime after baseball. I'm not sure what to say to that so I won't say anything.
I'll just say I hope you're alright.
You might not think so, perhaps you've never tried one, but Linux distros already are promising and solid alternatives. I've used Linux Mint and I can tell you there's a bunch of settings in it somewhere that can make it look just like Windows if that's what you want. I personally don't care what it looks like as long as it works the way it's supposed to work. The only thing that was holding me back from moving over was gaming, and now that Steam for Linux is out, I don't even need to care about that either.
With some luck, Win 8.1 will be half decent. In the way that the original Win 98 was just a half assed upgrade to Win 96 and it sucked so bad they had to haul ass to push Win 98 Second Edition out, which turned out to be awesome. I don't think this will be the case, though, so I have strong intentions of moving over to Linux at the first opportunity.