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Kassen
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 5:13 pm Post subject:
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We urgently need a smiley like this one, except substituting a bug (as in insect) for the chicken
I have no idea how we lived without one up to now but google image search is no help so far. _________________ Kassen |
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blue hell
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 5:36 pm Post subject:
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Can't find one either. _________________ Jan
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ComposerTed
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blue hell
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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 2:49 pm Post subject:
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ComposerTed wrote: | but I think it conveys a general impression of bug squashing. |
It certainly does!
Howard do you read this? _________________ Jan
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mosc
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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 4:02 pm Post subject:
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Ted, can you make the background transparent? _________________ --Howard
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Kassen
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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 6:22 pm Post subject:
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ComposerTed wrote: | Still needed?
Here's one I made which you are welcome to use. I don't know if it's exactly what you are looking for, but I think it conveys a general impression of bug squashing. |
Beautiful!
I agree with Mosc that if at all possible a transparent background would be preferable but this is great!
I especially like how the bug looks like a large angry bee;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DoDonPachi
Thanks! _________________ Kassen |
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ComposerTed
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mosc
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 5:44 am Post subject:
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Thanks, Ted. I've added it to the list of emoticons.
Just type the word bug with a : at the beginning and end and it will show up.
The only improvement might be a little red at the squash point. I know bugs don't have red blood, but I sometimes enjoy gratuitous violence. Last edited by mosc on Wed May 21, 2008 5:47 am; edited 1 time in total |
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blue hell
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 5:46 am Post subject:
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_________________ Jan
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blue hell
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 5:47 am Post subject:
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There is no it works - thanks Ted! _________________ Jan
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mosc
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 6:20 am Post subject:
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I love the new bug! Though the first computer bug was actually a moth, and as you may know it's in the Smithsonian Museum. Here's the link to it:
http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/comphist/objects/bug.htm
Perhaps with modern computer advancements they have evolved into angry bees! Cheers! _________________ "Let's make noise for peace." - Kijjaz |
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blue hell
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 6:47 am Post subject:
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Ants .... _________________ Jan
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blue hell
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 6:48 am Post subject:
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mosc wrote: | All this is interesting. A stoned anthropologist might see this as humans readopting hieroglyphics. |
Yes we do that _________________ Jan
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mosc
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 9:25 am Post subject:
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I'm very sorry they don't give credit to the woman who found that bug. In the 1980s I heard her give a lecture at Berkeley about the early days with that computer. She was a computer pioneer and is a pioneer in the field of computer science. She deserves to have her name mentioned. I wish I remembered it.
She was quite smart. In order to find the problem she had to write lots of programs to narrow down the faulty component. You can't find a bug in a relay just by looking; you have to know where to look. _________________ --Howard
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blue hell
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 9:33 am Post subject:
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Looks like it was Grace Hopper ...
Amazing Grace _________________ Jan
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mosc
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 10:59 am Post subject:
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Yes, that's her. Thanks very much, Jan. I forgot she was an admiral. She was very nice and friendly and talked to distinguished professors and ordinary students equally after her presentation. She seemed to like being the center of attention. _________________ --Howard
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mosc
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 11:10 am Post subject:
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I just remembered, at the table sitting next to me during her talk was Professor Zadeh. At the time I hadn't heard of fuzzy logic. My friend, Jalil, who was sitting next to me said, "Howard, that guy sitting next to you is Professor Zadeh, he invented fuzzy logic." I asked Zadeh what fuzzy logic was and he spent the entire lunch explaining it to me. I told him I was into algorithmic music composition and he thought fuzzy logic would be useful in such a problem. To say he was a nice guy would be an understatement. He was a gentleman.
That was a luncheon to remember. _________________ --Howard
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blue hell
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 12:03 pm Post subject:
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Did you ever apply fuzzy logic to making music? _________________ Jan
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 12:17 pm Post subject:
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Is this the bugbrand slap smiley?
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ComposerTed
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 2:04 pm Post subject:
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Thank you all. I appreciate the nice feedback, and it's an honor to be have one of my creations in your vast stable of emoticons. I think this site has the largest collection I've seen.
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Quote: | The only improvement might be a little red at the squash point. I know bugs don't have red blood, but I sometimes enjoy gratuitous violence. Shocked
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Well, since it's being done to a nasty little bug, here's two more. Version "a" has some blood. Version "b" has a bit more yet. It's a dangerous road, however, down which we are treading ... Already the thought occurs of maybe having the blood spray out and some even hits the little guy that squashed the bug ... No, no, gotta draw the line somewhere. Don't want to get the site penalized for being too violent
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blue hell
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 2:23 pm Post subject:
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Ted, what tools did you use for this? I'm not going to do the thing any better, but still might want to toy a bit _________________ Jan
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 3:36 pm Post subject:
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Blue Hell wrote:
Quote: | Ted, what tools did you use for this? |
I started by making an avi in Corel Photopaint, version 9 (part of "Corel Draw Graphics Pack", as I recall) which I then imported into Animation Shop, version 2/Paintshop Pro, version 6 (formerly by Jasc, Inc., since acquired by Corel), where I resized it, did most of the editing, and saved it as a gif.
I'm several versions behind on both products, but they get the job done. Animation Shop/Paintshop Pro was/were by far the more essential tool(s). If need be, I could certainly have skipped the Corel Photopaint stage and created the frames in PaintShop Pro. Photopaint was a little more efficient to get started in, however, as it's set up to edit the frames with a VCR style control, whereas with the other two, I have to work on the frame in PSP, then paste it into Animation Shop one frame at a time. At the time I bought PSP/AS, they were sold as a bundle. I just took a peek at Corel's website and it looks they now have Animation Shop (ver 3) as a standalone product here:
http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Product/1152105040771
whereas PSP seems to have been recast as a photo editor. I'm not sure exactly what they may have added (or taken away) in the new versions. I was rather sorry to see Corel acquire Jasc a few years back I prefered them as two distinct entities competing with eachother. Oh well.
So anyway, Jan, I'm not sure how much that helps, as the software packages I am using have undoubtedly mutated quite a bit in the multiple version revisions they've undergone. Not that the versions I use were ever perfect, but I'm used to their quirks. I suspect the new version of Animation Shop might be a reasonable gamble. Corel has it listed at $39.
"The Gimp" is on my list of packages to test drive one of these days. I'm not really sure exactly what it does, but I've heard good things and the price (free) is right _________________ Ted
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 5:26 pm Post subject:
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ComposerTed wrote: | "The Gimp" is on my list of packages to test drive one of these days. |
Ah yes and GAP, it's a bit hard for me to get into it somehow, but I just installed it again on this new computer. It's pretty powerful
I've been using some old ulead tools for several years now, I got it for free along with other software, but it doesn't have anything really for animation except that it can make gif movies from multiple images. _________________ Jan
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