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There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I always use a simple sentence/question to start with, when I am in a expat-party.
Wow... it has to be cool going back home, hasn't it? What is the first thing you are going to do once back at home?
With this... you let them pick the topic, they will speak a while and you only have to "aham, really?, no way..." from time to time.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Nelek wrote: What is the first th...
BACON! The answer is always BACON. There are no piggy wiggy produce here and BACON is the most sort after of them all.
veni bibi saltavi
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Brexit.
Limeys that call us Septics.
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Deadpool was pretty sweet.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
- Benjamin Disraeli
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Code Project!
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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I thought you wrote Mexican and thought; tacos?
There's lots to be thankful for, just think of things at the individual rather than abstract level. For one, you are able to drink. That Stephen Hawking isn't in your house being Mr. Negative.
"How are you doing?
"I'm fine, but the world is ending!"
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The General!
Oh, wait... It's LMAO, not MQOTD...
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: The General!
Looks like a good one to watch!
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Anything with Buster Keaton is brilliant.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Watch the movie! You will see that those were the simple problems to solve...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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As Mark wrote: The General (1926)[^]
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous
- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944
- I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Me, all the time
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Ahh I missed what Mark said. My apology.
Thank you sir!
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And from the university years - Buster Keaton made some good movies...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Ninety years old, and still funnier than 99.999% of comedy movies these days.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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There are 99 little bugs sitting in the code,
99 little bugs sitting in the code.
Fix one bug, compile it up again.
There are 100 little bugs sitting in the code...
veni bibi saltavi
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Sounds like a song to me. Was that the chorus?
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Just keep going until there are no more little bugs...
veni bibi saltavi
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...but bugs are like sins. Everytime you code, it comes with those little bugs. You can't escape bugs.
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Tried Google, no clear path to what I'm seeking; same with Bing.
My Sharp AQUOS Crystal[^] (an Android phone) has a camera. I have been approximately astounded at the quality that thing can produce.
To further astonish me, they have included some fantastic photo editing software.
My problem: I can't find a software package which provides the same editing features which this phone provides. (i.e., something I can put on a desktop windows PC)
I am seeking a package which will...
- Change color to B/W (easy to find)
- Alter general contrast (easy to find)
- Provide the "graduated" function which my Android has (no can find)
That "graduated" function is a bright-to-dark software enhancement which is on a three line array with three dots, arranged within an "H" pattern. Sorry if that's a nebulous description; it's the best I can do to try to describe it in words.
If anyone has this phone, and understands what I'm trying to describe here, and knows where I can find a windows desktop photo editing package which has this function, I thank you for pointing me to it.
The various questions I asked Google led me to a lot related hits, but not the exact function I am trying to find.
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What does the function do?
Based on the vague description, I'm guessing it's something like "curves" or "levels", which are included in most photo editing software - eg: Paint.NET[^] or GIMP[^].
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Richard Deeming wrote: What does the function do? I am very unfamiliar with the nomenclature, so my ability to accurately place the concept into words is greatly hindered (translation: I'm not smart enough to tell you)
I have Paint.Net on my machine, and I couldn't find the function.
I'll try this way: I spent 20 minutes on the Gimp website, and I found THIS PICTURE[^] which shows an area of the board which is "in a shadow"
That is a close approximation of what the "graduated" function on the phone does.
In the case of the phone, however, the function invokes a "gradient of brightness" (a phrase I just made up, because I don't know what I'm talking about) from one area of the photograph to the other area.
These two "Areas" can be one side and the other side, or the top and bottom, or one corner to the opposite corner, or along whatever line you choose to define.
If you are old enough to remember this old TV show, this video clip from THE EDGE OF NIGHT[^] has a couple of crude (50 to 60 year old technology) depictions; the first during the first 6 seconds, and the second around 01:20 into the clip; of what I'm trying to describe.
In the case of the phone's software, that is the elementary function in question; a light to dark change, but with a smooth gradient from the light to the dark zones, and not a sharp line.
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I suspect that in Gimp terms it's a Graduated Filter: Gimp Tutorial: How to Create a Graduated Filter Using Layers[^] - I'm not that sure as I didn't get on that well with Gimp.
In Corel / Jasc Paintshop Pro, it would be a gradient fill on a Mask layer, and is pretty easy once you get the hang of it.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Just came across Pixlr (http://www.pixlr.com) which is evidently somehow associated with AutoDesk.
They demand a sign-up and membership. Not sure what I would be getting into with them if I did.
Advice welcome.
modified 17-Nov-16 19:33pm.
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