@srx said: This FORUM is an example of true democracy. In effect if this forum would be a country then it would be a benevolent oligarchy. There are only 3 people who have absolute control over it(admins) and a bunch of others who carry out the policy of the 3(moderators). This forum or any forum is never a true democracy. And about the talk of the European revolution and Zeitgeist movement, colour me a skeptic on both. Some of the European Revolution's demands sound a bit too socialist and utopian for my liberal tastes, but I do want change and also welcome the debate and discussions happening because of these movements.

Solo, time to quit playing around and retire...write that instruction book! If you need an investor I'm in Think of all the kids (adults too) you can influence with your instructions "drawing cartoons with sketchup". Its a winner!

Ya, Soluto is quite nice. They came out with an update recently and added some new features. Originally the idea was to speed up your boot time by helping you chose programs that didn't need to start up at boot time. Now they've added a new feature which keeps track of your program crashes and eventually as it develops, may help you to fix them. The hope is that it will be what the normal windows crash reports should be (something that helps you fix the issue, rather than just a log that gets sent off somewhere). It also has a new feature to help speed up your browser but I haven't had a chance to test it out yet. At any rate, it's a great software. One of those rare ones like dropbox, that just does what it does, but does it very well. -Brodie

I know what you mean... BTW this version of FFD is a tad bit better IMO http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=25801

Awesome! Figurine renders?!

Thanks for spotting this Pete. It is a pretty impressive/comprehensive bit of kit (and has just got me out of a hole). Regards Sam

You do know that you're replying to a thread that's 8+ years old don't you?

if you want flash and don't want to learn it... try Swish. it accomplishes the same thing at a very low cost and very low learning curve. http://www.swishzone.com/index.php

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solo: take a look at http://goodsie.com/ (create a custom shop with easy & realtime preview controls) and http://fetchapp.com (easy processing of orders)

Easier, yes. But, as you know, it isn't difficult at all to reposition the texture to avoid seams. In Pete's piece there are a lot of large surfaces that, if they were made in solid wood, would be glued up of several narrower pieces. It wouldn't look right to have the same cathedral grain repeated across the width. Even with sawn veneer it wouldn't be the same going across the width. My original question was asked because I see seamless wood material and the high realism that seems to be a goal in renderings for many folks as counter to each other.

That was a great documentary. Just an amazing individual. Seeing the different phases of his story was eye opening. I didn't really expect it to go back through him acting out the original attack. Great photos. Amazing how the mind works. On the one hand it was a horrifying attack and on the other it set him free of his alcoholism and causes him to create this more articulate outlet for his creativity which likely would have never been seen otherwise. Very cool. Not sure about the high heels though.

The man made dogma is not the same as religion. The religion answers our deepest need for the meaning. We can not go back to heaven, when we were just animals not knowing about the tree...but the one can try - drinking beer, not thinking about any thing, simply existing...until not...I don't think it would work, because there is a fear...BU!

Great compilation of awesomeness. Really made my morning...thanks Pete!

Solo, That martial arts spoof is really funny, thanks for the post.:) Some of the stuff that is intended to be serious, is also funny.>_<

@john.warburton said: This is an April Fool thing, right? I certainly hope so... Nobody can be that stupid...

Me too.

Forwarded many time, thanks! @solo said: Pretty cool one.

If you are asking me, no, but as you might guess, prior to vpc, the network did not use ubc.

I dunno, IMO a good way to explain to children without freaking them out. Some American children brought up in the era of the nuclear war scare would have recurring nightmares about the bomb.