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10/05/2005 16:13 #32270
Bye Bye AliasCategory: computers
You may ask what brought on all this excitement. Well, Alias the makers of Maya were bought by Autodesk for $182 million. That is such a small amount of money for what Maya seems worth but basically it is bought in cash by autodesk the makers of 3D studio max. I hate that program, the interface was so freakin crappy. Maya and 3ds are similar enought though where one of them is going to have to die with the merger. I bet it is Maya.
PowerPoint presentation about the merger
The alias website
I have no intention of ever learning 3ds. I learned cinema 4d, I learned maya and to be honest I am too uninterested to have to learn another work flow to do the same thing. When I say I learned them I don't mean that I got a rough idea how to use them. I mean I learned how to do just about everything the package has to offer. I taught them.
I cannot believe that Alias only made $83 million last year and autodesk made over 1 billion. No wonder they could afford to just buy it in cash. I makes me wonder why they did not just buy it before.
I wonder if Autodesk will kill the mac line. This is probably the most satisfying news I have heard all year. So much for industry standard Barry, we should have just stuck with C4D
10/04/2005 17:38 #32269
The SubwayCategory: subway
LaSalle Station August 8 - October 7, 2005
Humbolt Station August 22 - October 25, 2005
They have a "solution" listed on the NFTA website.
Customers can use the "Call for Aid" panel by pressing the emergency button once. The customer shall inform the police officer of their location and that the elevator is inoperable.
Customers calling from the train platform level will be advised to board the next train and proceed to the next station with a working elevator where they will board the #8 Main bus. If a bus is not scheduled to arrive for over 30-minutes, customers can use the "Call for Aid" panel to request alternative transportation.
Customers calling from the street level will be informed to board the next #8 Main bus to be transported to the next station with a working elevator. If a #8 Main bus is not scheduled to arrive for over 30 minutes, a police officer will dispatch a vehicle to transport the passenger.
Quoted from: NFTA - Metro: Routes & Fares
I also found lots of other links about the Buffalo subway system while looking for this info.
Here are some
Official Site -
Inside Metro Tunnels -
(WIKIPEDIA - Buffalo Metro Rail)
Pictures -
10/03/2005 16:06 #32268
destroying carsCategory: ub
For some reason they were smashing cars. Only in america.
I ate lunch at the Korean place and the visa vultures were lurchng again. The bitch tried to get me to agree to an over 20% interest rate. I told her to fuck off. I wanted to spit on her bt I decided to refrain. If I was on campus more I would set up a stand next to telling the truth about interest and what it means.
I cannot stand how they prey on the freshman who don't understand. They think it's a free sandwich plus $1000. It kills me that the school condones this. I am sure they get a nice kickback.
Here is a video of it.
Oh god. they were smashing a car last year too. it's ridiculous.
Yeah some of those credit card companies are worse then the MOB. They Make them sound like a great idea. There are all these hidden pit falls like that the interest bulds up and then becomes part of the amount that you owe. So it is interest on top of interest and there are so many more little tricks they use to get you.
:::link:::
Go read this its crazy, itll make you allergic just reading it...
10/01/2005 22:59 #32267
LunchCategory: food
10/01/2005 22:47 #32266
Eating At AmbrosiaCategory: food
I, however, was denied whip cream. I was going to cry but decided to act like an adult. (e:hodown) used to love whip cream. It saved our friendship a couple times.
(e:mike) spilled his water all in our calmaris and all over (e:lilho). You can see the water at the bottom of the dish.
Then I got a turkey club sandwich.
Then we went to spot and I computed while (e:lilho) played on the site via her cell phone. Her and (e:mike) have twin cell phones but seeing as (e:mike)'s mom doesn't pay for his cell phone service, he doesn't have the internet.
I'm definitely happy for you Paul. I admire Programing and wish I could do more than HTML/CSS/SSI
So, do you want to be an "industry analyst" on this story too?