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Hi Guys, bianhai's post has now been reinstated and all is well. I am talking directly to bianhai by PM and we are managing to understand each other well. I will try to use an online Chinese translation service in the future and double check what I am trying to say with it. I now think that we should remove this thread because everything is in place again. This thread is now causing confusion to members and this is bad. bianhai's invitation post and instructions can be posted in a new thread. Please do not add to this thread. We can start a new one and discuss how better we can communicate. Mike

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@alan fraser said: (...) when it comes to guerrilla street art it doesn't get much better than Banksy. Guerilla ... Suuuuuuuuuuure. I negotiated with a representative of his 2 years ago. Above all, Mr. Banksy's an entrepreneur.

Good advice Daniel, and you might even double check by using bitdefender.com 's online free scanner.

ahh, its all clear to me now. nice bug btw

I too didn´t see the post untill now, but sure as hell would like to go and meet and learn and have a good time. Would be nice to see some realtime avatares.

I won't be digging in Blender until after 3DBC. Neat article on John. Cool!

Here's a couple mouse utilities I found: http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=72&t=10200

i just realized! thats also extremely racist!!!!!! OMFG! they think that it looks like a muslim head dress and there for supports terrorism?!?!?! that is by far the most racist thing i have ever heard!!!!! right now i just want to shoot all the lawers that made this happen. i know violence isnt the answer, but waht was the question?

haha...thanks everyone! I'm just leaving work now. I'm taking the afternoon off and, no, it's not so I can work on more SketchUp plugins! Thanks for the support!

Uninstal the scanner, disconnect it then get new drivers and instal them and reconnect scanner. Thank goodness you have a HP scanner and NOT a Visioneer usb one Like me (pain in the arse) that requires 'one page' software junk to work.

It seems that a laptop is what you are needing for school, the only advice I have for you is make sure you get one with a dedicated video card and NOT an integrated one. There are many options available but your price bracket is from about $1200 to $$$$ I am not a Dell fan but must say the XPS range is proving to be a great product for 3D work, they have a few configurations available that are dual core / core Duo with speeds from 1.83 ghz to 2.6 ghz, with up to 4 Gb ram and Nvidia 8000 series dedicated cards, generally a good combination for the uses you require.

@solo said: We are like 10 year olds discussing which super hero is the best ... you never gonna win. Aaahhh, the good ol' days.

Thats some serious facial hair!

'Tis a wonderous feeling, I assume, John. Amen, Brother!

I was at an IKEA today and was very tempted to buy a Helmer...

I'm a climate change skeptic. I've followed the debate closely and I believe the scientific community has failed to prove any of the conclusions Al Gore so forcefully presented. here's a fair summary of my views as presented by Prof Don Aitken. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/ockhamsrazor/stories/2008/2226464.htm note the snide introduction by Robyn Williams, the presenter of the Science show and a confirmed GW believer. There is also a reply to Prof Aitken's remarks here. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/ockhamsrazor/stories/2008/2249809.htm#transcript

That Rhino newsletter from Bob McNeel is always fascinating, and usually includes one or two new tools free for the testing (this is how Rhino beta tests things). If only certain other software companies worked that way! By the way, the future of scripting might be something described here, linked in that same newsletter (I've also been testing this): http://designreform.net/category/_tutorials-rhino/ They call it "Explicit History", but you should really think of it as scripting with a graphical interface based on the concept of nodes. Blender and Nvidia's shader designer have incorporated similar interfaces, as have certain FEA tools and various performance/video packages like Max/Jitter, PD, and VVVV.

@unknownuser said: Thanks Mauritz, I think I'll have to have a look at Renditioner! BTW, are there any Joburg SU users out there on this forum??? After a couple of really short nights I'm finally done with the PC version. You're welcome to download a trial. I should also have it on our SA site before the end of the weekend.