Heh...I called SM... they told me to do it the dumb way!

Wrong Kaweki...

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I think I live in a 3rd World State.

So there... neener neener.

The Eula is the Law. It is a binding Contract that YOU agree to abide by when you install the software.

Yeah... apparently I let it eat my preferences since it was 5:00 AM and I guess I was just clicking buttons. No I get to add it all back one runtime at a time. Whee.

Ok... I screwed it up... Library on Win PC is gone. I didn't Back up and I don't seem to have a prefs.xml file. Does I gotta reload all of the content libraries? 

Well Kaihean, it's nice to see that you learned to communicate via the written word (even if it was by using a spell checker... though it can't check words like "Hear" instead of "here"), aged 32 years, and aquired a Family that allowed you to start gaming, over night. It's gratifying to know that a little elbow grease and a "can do" attitude still pays off.

And you are not the focus of, nor much of a concern in my life....drama or not. I just have lots of time ;-O

No matter, your software is still illegal. You'll do what you do of course... but your options have been pretty well covered.

And Damn is not spelled Dam. Shoot me a PM and I'll help you spell the other words needed to get you started in a not at all lucrative creative career in Profanity. It is my medium. I'm the BagginsBill of Profanity.... ProfanityDude if you will.

"fo shizzle ma nizzle" is a bastardization of "fo' sheezy mah neezy" which is a bastardization of "for sure mah nigga" which is a bastdardization of "I concur with you whole heartedly my African american brother"

If you concur whole heartedly.... you get a decent Job.

Heh Imkenzie...... bad news. The corporate world has been "profiling" for as long as the Police Depts... if not longer. So have you whether or not you want to admit it. Remember that hairy douchenozzle with the dirty tee shirt and the "Love Hate" tattoos on his knuckles last time you were at Wally World? Or that non hairy, clean suited, no ink douchenozzle in front of you?

I grew up in the "Save the whales, end the war, tye die, I'd love to teach the world to sing, feed the hungry" generation. I had long hair,  a beard, some ink, and an earing back when, if you weren't a Pirate, you damn well better be ready to defend yourself. I could get away with it because I owned half of the Business.

I'm not saying that being illiterate and wearing spandex wrapped around your fat, green haired, saggy man boobed fanny.... while playing "Batman Arkem City" or napping at your desk makes you a bad person..... but it does make you a lousy employee. And someone who would have gotten the fecal matter beat out of them everyday back in 1976.

I'm not really "profiling anyone"... I'm just telling you how it is in the real world. Most of my "Feed the World" Friends are now "I got mine, you get yours, lets bomb some brown people, I'm voting for Newtie because the TV told me to" types..... and with the exception of Google... you won't find many living wage jobs where "individuality" is encouraged. Unless it's the talent to make money for the company that you work for.

If you are Kat Von D, Mike Tyson or a Trust Fund kid... then go ahead and express your individuality. Otherwise.... you'll need a job. 

P.S. I'm 52 and have been calling other dudes "dude and bitch" since the early 70's. I've been on the Intertubes since 1981 and was actually around to see the invention of emoticons and the use of words like teh, pron, pwned.

It's kind of like the new car commercial with the cool start buttons and gear shifters in the dash... they started that in 1920 and stopped in the late 50's. What's old becomes new again.

"Up in here"..."(insert anything here) yo", and Snoop Dog's Hizzouse nonsense are new. For now.

For Shizzle my nizzle.

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My only comment is that tarring someone based on the language they use really seems a bit much. Reach conclusions based on the other factors if you will, but throwing in the equivalent of 'boy, you don't sound like you're from around here,' is kinda gratituitous IMO - profile away.

I'll assume you are addressing me with this one. And I'm not basing my opinion on "Boy... you don't sound like you are from around here".

Maybe I'm jaded from working with a few hundred 16 to 28 year old "workers" over 4 years, talking to my colleagues (and accounting for the fact that English isn't everyone's native language here on the "intertubes").... but:

Unfortunately my comments based on spelling, vernacular, grammar et al ARE most often valid.

There is an entire Generation out there, most of whom (at least here in the USA) think Music is free, Movies/video are free etc. etc.

This group doesn't understand why companies don't want to pay them 80 grand to surf the web,  might have a problem with Pink and Green hair, 61 piercing's, teardrop tattoos, 2" ear gauges, or a gold bone in their nose.

They don't understand why any one of a thousand combinations of Spandex, flannel, Purple Light up sneakers, tee shirts, Army Boots, neon paisley clothing, trench coats, flip flops, jeans, tank tops advertising wee wee flavored American Beer, roller skates, skater duds, smelly leather wrist bands, hood ornaments on chains, dog collars, top hats, and neon tutus might not be welcome in the work place.

They are baffled, after years of being rewarded both for successes and for failures, why a company might not give them an "awe... you tried" or "thanks for showing up" trophy instead of holding them accountable for some colossal screw up. Most can't spell, use punctuation, construct grammatically correct sentences, or read anything but text speak. They list emoticons and texting as skill sets on their resumes.

The "dumb kid" in most of my classes growing up seems like a word smith or a literary genius by comparison.

It seems to be changing "a bit" with the current economy... but they feel that they don't have to work somewhere that doesn't give them "Thanks for showing up" awards and don't understand that the workplace may not be as "advanced" in it's thinking as they are.

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Can't help but wonder: do other sites tacitly condone software piracy by never addressing this with new members? you know, the "don't ask, don't tell" approach? or am I opening a can of worms?

Yes, yes, and probably yes. There is one site and one "contributor" that constantly puts up vehicle models I've bought. De-rigged Poser Models he passes off as his own. He even puts his name on the license plates of the cars. I have no idea where he gets them all or even why he de-rigs them.... he averages about 10 a week.. and obviously I don't own every model he posts... but I have enough of them to know that the copywrite holder of the de-rigged model  is getting the shaft.

I just found the Digimation_ModelBank, VanishingPoint Otter out there... I'm going to buy it next week with my gift certificate Christmas Present present to myself.

Color me annoyed.

I appreciate your ability to give Kaihean the benefit of the doubt Robynsveil.... I didn't use to be so jaded.

I've been around a long time. I use Carrara 8 Pro, DS4 and Poser Pro 2012 (which I was finally able to afford). I do not think I'm just a bitter old fart... though others might be in a better position to decide that for themselves.

I use Carrara  because that's what I can afford. I don't use Photoshop (I use Gimp), Max, Maya, C4D (though I do play with it on a friend's computer with his legal copy). Modo, Lightwave, or anything High Dollar. Why? Because I'm a Hobbyist and it would be a bit much for me to "Own" Thousands of dollars worth of software.... anyone of which would take me 112 years to learn.

I've spent a LOT of time around Pirates (I worked with a bunch) and they are typically pretty easilly spotted. Kaihean is very young, uses the vernacular, spelling, and grammatical style of Pirates and Script Kiddies, asks odd questions for someone with a legally installed copy of a software program....... and has the typical installation of an illegally obtained software program.

I'm not one of those people that thinks every 14 year old with a copy of Maya represents a loss of a grand or whatever for the  huge Publisher.... as most of the Pirates of any software are never going to use it for much of anything anyway. I DO hate Pirated copies of stuff Like Crossdresser, or Models when it represents a lot of work offered at minimal cost by a small group (or one) person(s).

Now.... I could be wrong. But I'll stand by what I said until someone can convince me otherwise.

I have to use Facebook for my consulting gig. Plus I need an outlet for my nonsensical "artwork". 

Comical. I clicked on the link and Kwiki Wiki or whatever it was said I can only vote once from this IP Address. Never heard of em'... never been to the page.