I used to do stuff like this all of the time with Paint Shop Pro. It's actually easy: just create several blank layers and use a brush to colorize different sections. Then you can adjust the opacity of each layer until it looks realistic. The really cool added bonus is that if you turn off the original layer of the…

And this is the final version of "I don't care".

Your lauding for speech therapists is admirable, but most of us don't use speech therapists to learn language.

I agree. But have you ever driven a car w/ CVT? Pure horror.

I thought the exact same thing, and in fact when I was about 13/14 I "invented" a hybrid system much like VW/Audi's TSi system; I drew a very detailed, labeled diagram and everything. I was very proud of it.

I agree that this topic is of the utmost insignificance in the grand scheme of things, but as far as what defines a language, a line has to be drawn somewhere, and many of us disagree where that line actually is. I digress. My original intent of the comment, however trivial, was to point out that using a foreign…

"...Presentation Level Protocol, or PLP for short".

Whoa! That guy has 1,962 messages in his inbox!

Actually, spelling police. But yeah.

Yes, sadly, this is true. And worse yet, they're introducing more and more CVTs.

I was in my early 20s when some of those cars were popular, so that was my "youth". I'm just old now.

I think this is one of those topics that are endlessly debated - there are many who assert English is not phonetic, and that French is not even 100% phonetic (they employ silent letters just as we do). I also speak and know quite a bit about other languages (mostly Slavic languages; I read and write Cyrillic), so my…

Having the manual as a special order option (and really an afterthought) is exactly the reason people like me would never cross-shop a car like this against the competition. If I can't actually try out the manual gearbox on a test-drive, why the hell would I consider buying it?

My 14-yo son is a gen y-er, and I can assure you that in 2 or 3 years he (nor I) will be able to afford such a car for him. However, there are plenty of awesome cars from *my* youth that can be had for under $10k, all of them w/ MT, and all plenty fun to drive.

"i-diaeresis" is also acceptable as "i-umlaut". I would like to strongly emphasize that English is not a phonetic language, so it is most certainly *not* necessary to indicate how to pronounce any word by placing various symbols over letters. Pronunications are accomplished partially by spelling and by accpeted usage…

I am going to be nit-picky here: it is not necessary to use an i-umlaut (ï) in the word "naive", which is actually the correct English spelling of the word. The English alphabet does not contain this letter. When people use these kind of foreign spellings (or spellings with accents and other marks, it is as if you're…

I know this goes against some the DIY spirit of the tutorial, but I can think of several ways this design could be improved. First, use real bronze acoustic guitar strings, use inexpensive, real tuners (you can find a set of 6 for less than $20), and finally, mix it up with a single-coil magnetic pickup at the bridge…

I'm surprised nobody mentioned Google Drive. I used to have Dropbox, but I switched because it is better integrated with my Google account. Just zip up (and optionally encrypt) your photos and copy them to your Google Drive. Couldn't be easier.

I was so impressed that I watched this 3 times so far. It is obvious they used a few props, but we don't have real holodeck technology that can simulate matter yet! They could improve this by using rear projection and a more seamless treadmill, but this has lots of potential, especially for gaming

Oh yes, much worse. I once owned a Volkswagen Jetta VR6. Beat that! By the time I got a dealer to accept my trade, I spent so much time, money, and frustration on the damn thing, and most of the time I drove it, *something* major was wrong with it. I developed a deep, lasting hatred for that car and (probably…