They did check, the image was not tampered with...

@unknownuser said: ..and, guess what the top feature highlights will be: some greatly improved features for google warehouse and google earth!!! many new and ultra cool styles!!!!! I have to agree with numerobis; I kind of think google will focus on unimportant aspects like these -- things that fit into the larger 'google' world, but have little value for SU as an individual program. SU 6, for example, was a letdown. I don't care for layout and the line types are a waste of time. What else did it add? They talked a lot about improved ruby support, or something, but I haven't seen the improvements they said would happen because of that [Can any of you programmer-types comment on this at all?] SU is an amazing program for what it is and they should highlight that. While a very basic rendering engine for quick light studies would be nice, it would be a waste of time to include anything more than that, as there are so many great choices out there [free and otherwise]. The silly line types they've added feels to me just like a tacky photoshop edit -- hopefully they won't waste development time adding to that. This is what I would love to see: multi-core support better efficiency at handling large models a 'loft' feature the shadow glitch to be fixed These, I think, would fundamentally improve SU and its usability. While there are other things that I feel would be important to add, most of these can be found in the great rubys that have been coming out lately [think bevel, subdivision, ffd, etc.] If anything it would be nice for google to incorporate some of these plugins and clean them up a little.

Sounds like a great event Alan! Yummm... It sounds like it might be like a beer garten type thingie -- ie a big drinking hall with lots of beer and brew admirers. If that's what you are thinking then here's an add-on that might be another idea to consider. Many of the North American 'beer festivals' I've seen stories about on TV have what amounts to a trade show. Beer industry types all rent booths and a paying crowd come inside to see & talk with the vendors. The vendors can be everyone from brewers, beer nut makers, branded merchandise vendors, beer clubs, and anyone interested in the beer-drinking demographic. Such trade shows can in themselves be very big events with many visitors being lured by the free taste tests offered by some of the vendors. Regards, Ross

I was planning on uploading images and clips to a dedicated Picasa album as often as I could...however, if it comes to playing reporter or actually learning something new and intricate the uploading will wait. Come to think of it...this is Google. Why can't they manage to put up a constant stream of vids and snaps? That is their forte and obsession these days.

Better UV mapping tools high poly support Organic modelling tools

Ah, hp support ... imagine what killer app we'd have! Surely the rock climbing, base jumping and bronzed alpha males at Google HQ are aware of the possibilities. I simply cannot imagine that they aren't at least considering improving SU's support of hp models.

sorry to hear about condition 3eighty, But I hop you will be fine soon, I have a nephew who is also going through radiation therapy from Utah Cancer Center .

That sounds like a good option, it took a gran total of 15 mins to model if i coudl get a job liek that id be sorted

Good luck, and no thanks necessary.

I'll be picking it up for a binge play this weekend (with a break for mother's day). I haven't been playing my 360 as much as I used to. Can't wait! You can find my gamertag on my blog.

Waste not, want not. All the offcuts get used for smaller stones (like in watches etc.) and the really small stuff gets used to tip drill bits and other cutting/abrasive tools.

Maybe he didn't want to be parted from his gaol buddies. I mean, really...

Would've made a good permanent replacement for Angus Deayton, but a mayor ... dunno.

I really think so Susan. Even if the Shuttle makes a lot of stops, this time could also be spent waiting to meet someone and share a car ..... Swings and Roundabouts

At a rough guess, I would say that one of the vehicles making all those cool street level panoramas is a large white and yellow van. Pan right as it drives by the Google Campus. Rename zip to kmz, or just burrow in and double-click the kml. 1648 Charleston Rd.zip

I spent some time in Portland a few years ago...but the on the other coast. It was misty overcast, if not raining, 10 or 12 of the six months I was there. It never really felt ominous, though (I guess, 'cause the temperature changed so little from day to day, storm to storm), it just felt oppressive. Kansas weather, on the otherhand, often feels electric with unknowns lurking.

You know, I had to laugh at all the folks who were out protesting and claiming the war in Iraq was a war for oil. Go back to the first gulf war, and they said the same about Kuwait. Shows how ignorant the protesters really are. Go back to the 1970s when gas prices went from less than 30 cents a gallon in many places in the US up to over 50 cents a gallon and remember when the prices leveled off there. Seems there was this pipeline that the oil companies wanted to lay up in Alaska and it was being held up by the government at the behest of the environmentalists. Pocket books got involved and an oil line got put in. G.W. was not in gasoline production, he was involved in domestic drilling and exploration. He never did want cheaper ME oil. ANWAR is what the drilling and exploration people want. More drilling off of the coast in the Gulf and the Atlantic is what they want. How much is there? I truly don't know. The environmentalists say it would be a drop in the bucket, others like the fella on the video say it would make our current imports seem to be a drop in the bucket. Thing is, you can't really believe what any of them tell you. And don't depend on the press to tell you the truth, either. They're not interested in the truth.

awesome, alan! i cant wait to try this

I can't see how it would work as tree don't just stop growing, well they do! But its when they are dead Still he has an active 'funky' outlook.

@pav_3j said: ...definitely bull-s**t he he pav Yeah, true to a certain extent. OK, say I've been working on it, collecting data and have spent weeks in libraries - I have just not started to write it down yet. Letting it cook in my mind a bit first...