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Edited by MacronNotes on Apr 13th 2023 at 3:16:47 PM
Also a private company.
Formerly G.G.
I guess I need to find a stock holder then.
"We are just like Irregular Data. And that applies to you too, Ri CO. And as for you, Player... your job is to correct Irregular Data."
Grr... <3
You want to be a stock holder. Find a stock broker.
Formerly G.G.
I got that mixed up.
"We are just like Irregular Data. And that applies to you too, Ri CO. And as for you, Player... your job is to correct Irregular Data."
Is there a gender-independent term for peacocks and peahens? how about nieces and nephews?
For the first one, the term is peafowl.
For nieces and nephews, the English language has no accepted term.
There's nibling actually.
I know, but it's not exactly accepted yet. I also think it makes the niece/nephew sound like some kind of food item.
"Jack, you have debauched my sloth."
An unsourced quote showed up on my On This Day, and I really like it, but I'm having no luck whatsoever finding the source. Does anyone recognize this?
"And yet, even though I played sadness, the music itself denied despair. How could any living thing despair when listening to music?"
Space Molly Weasley
Reposting this since it has been unanswered for several months already:
If you're asking about how Undertale should be listed on this particular wiki, you'll be more likely to get an answer in Ask The Tropers, not here.
"Jack, you have debauched my sloth."
I uploaded some new avatars recently and wow, the interface changed a lot since last time I did so.
So now, 100 x 100 is the minimum size for avatars? Am I reading this correctly?
Yeah, it used to be the maximum, but now you can't upload anything that's smaller than that and anything that used to be smaller gets stretched and blown up to 100x100.
what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
Formerly G.G.
Why is Windows Movie Maker so hated by most professionals?
"We are just like Irregular Data. And that applies to you too, Ri CO. And as for you, Player... your job is to correct Irregular Data."
Because it's not professional editing software, but there are people who think that because they get it bundled with their computers, they're just as good as professionals.
I hate it mostly on the basis of trying to work with it. It's so limited next to the professional non-linear editors I have experience with. And the effects it offers make it strikingly like Geocities: serviceable if it's all you've got, but easier to make an eye-bleeding mess than a professional product.
Fresh-eyed movie blog
If you're looking for good video editing software, Sony Vegas Pro is amazing (and is what I use) although it can be quite expensive. Expect around $500 for it. Meanwhile, Sony Vegas Movie Studio is similar to Pro, although it has a couple major features taken out, and the price is way lower (about $50-$100 iirc).
Outside of Sony, there's also Adobe Premiere Pro, which has some excellent video effects and isn't limited in the slightest. It does have a bit of a learning curve, though, and the price is high, so watch out for that. On a positive note, movies such as Hugo, Deadpool, Gone Girl, and Avatar have been edited on it, and CNN uses it much of the time.
Either one is way better than Windows Movie Maker, but they're not really necessary unless you really want to edit heavily. If you're not looking for big editors, I recommend looking on CNET for some free editors better than WMM. It's not hard to find some. After all, the new version of Movie Maker sucks.
"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"
I'm not a Mac person, but I far preferred iMovie to Windows Movie Maker until they gave it a lobotomy ("a more intuitive user interface!") in 2009. Shortly before doing the same to Final Cut, which used to be a major competitor in the professional market.
Fresh-eyed movie blog
I personally use Cyberlink Powerdirector which is very frequently on sale.
Le français question.
Is Paris (city) supposed to be masculine or feminine?
I tried looking this up, but it looks like even Francophone results aren't sure about it.
edited 4th Sep '16 4:47:48 PM by Trivialis
I'm not sure if there hard rules, but here's what "sounds right" to me (and pretty much apply to any city name):
- When used alone, it is masculine: "le Grand Paris" ("le", "grand" are masculine), "Paris, que Marseille a dépassé..." (the past participle "dépassé" is masculine, and in this particular sentence must match the object "Paris").
- When referred to as a city in the sentence (which I reckon is going to be most of the cases) the feminine gender of the word "ville" (or "cité" sometimes) takes precedence: "la belle ville de Paris" ("la", "belle" is feminine).
edited 5th Sep '16 12:04:59 AM by Aetol
Worldbuilding is fun, writing is a chore
Why can't I delete avatars?
what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
Bug. Already reported.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Thank you.
what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
What about game freak? They aren't involved?