 Place you´re bets, monday through friday, when is the pdf? |
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet;  Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,548 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760  |
I was going to say Monday, then looked at the calendar. I guess I'm just an optimist like that.
Gooooo Adam! |
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Aug 22 2005, 04:06 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 297 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 248 |
*Waving the pompons*
Rah Rah Adam. Gooo! |
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Aug 22 2005, 04:29 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 639 Joined: 22-April 02 Member No.: 2,638 |
My money's on Tuesday, August 30.
[edit] That's for when it'll be available for download, not for when Adam will be done with it. |
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Aug 22 2005, 06:51 PM
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Free Spirit Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,950 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Bloomington, IN UCAS Member No.: 1,920 |
Knock yourself out. I estimated only a 2 day unofficial vacation. Sorry I missed you at the con. To clarify, Adam was not a person I was upset with or had an issue with their attitude. And as I may not have emphasized, even those I did have an issue with had changed by Sunday. Maybe they finally knew what was going to be reality and what had been just hopes and promises. |
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Aug 22 2005, 06:57 PM
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And actually it is "despair" rather than "dispair" - I think. |
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Aug 22 2005, 07:00 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,718 Joined: 14-September 02 Member No.: 3,263 |
That underlines something about message boards. They are usually at a casual conversation level. Just because i know the correct way to use "their" and "there" and "they're" does not mean i don't accidentally type the incorrect one from time to time. EDIT: Perhaps even slipping in a double negative from time to time. ;) |
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Aug 22 2005, 07:02 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,453 Joined: 17-September 04 From: St. Paul Member No.: 6,675 |
Dis Pair, Dat Pair. What's the difference? |
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Aug 22 2005, 07:08 PM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,548 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
And actually I think it is "da d'frence" rather than 'the difference" |
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Aug 22 2005, 09:25 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 338 Joined: 17-September 04 From: Pueblo Sector of Denver Member No.: 6,672 |
Does Adam have a pay pall account? Because, I'd consider putting a few dollars in the "sleep regulator" fund, after all the stuff he does |
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Aug 22 2005, 10:30 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 81 Joined: 18-August 05 From: Germany Member No.: 7,571 |
If it helps bringing the PDF to us faster I'm with you
@Adam: How much for a release in the next 24 hours? We could make a collection and I'm in with 10-15 :nuyen: (currency is negotiable of course) ;) |
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Aug 22 2005, 10:49 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 338 Joined: 17-September 04 From: Pueblo Sector of Denver Member No.: 6,672 |
Aww, I don't want to buy him off, he allready has done a ton (Atlhough your idea isn't bad either) I'd throw in some ¥ (And some real world money too!) |
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Aug 22 2005, 11:12 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 81 Joined: 18-August 05 From: Germany Member No.: 7,571 |
I dont mind giving some money to the developers and Adam for the work already done to SR4 - if they dont mind and send me a paypal account (which was your previous suggestion if I did understand you correctly)
I also dont mind giving some money so the PDF would be released earlier - so perhaps we should get together and make 2 collections ;-) |
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Aug 22 2005, 11:15 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,013 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
People: it's a business. You "donate" for work done by buying copies. I could see donating to Adam, but if you want to thank the devs for SR4 buy a few extra copies and give them to friends.
~J |
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Aug 22 2005, 11:23 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Retired Admins Posts: 1,784 Joined: 28-July 04 From: Cleveland, OH Member No.: 6,522 |
Even with a business, there are such things as "Tip jars". It's not unreasonable to offer to "buy the devs a beer."
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Aug 22 2005, 11:31 PM
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Even in a business ... Ever heard of a bonus for a job well done? And tipping like in
as I don't have any chances of meetings the devs in the near future - I am asking where I can transfer that beer to (metaphorically)
(btw: I would gladly buy some copies - if anybody would give me the possibility.) And if it helps - think of the money as coffee-money so they can work longer. Good for FanPro, good for Paypal (or whatever medium) good for the player, good for the developers and Adam, so ... be happy :-) |
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Aug 23 2005, 12:09 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 338 Joined: 17-September 04 From: Pueblo Sector of Denver Member No.: 6,672 |
Unless the devs/Adam have a sudden urge to go to a town in the middle of nowhere likewise I would not be able to meet them, but yes if they had a paypall "tip jar" I would tip |
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Aug 23 2005, 12:40 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,453 Joined: 17-September 04 From: St. Paul Member No.: 6,675 |
Maybe they could use the tips to bribe a printer into delivering their product on time for once...Hmmmm, thats not a bad idea.
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Aug 23 2005, 01:07 PM
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Free Spirit Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,950 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Bloomington, IN UCAS Member No.: 1,920 |
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Aug 23 2005, 01:17 PM
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Chicago Survivor Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,079 Joined: 28-January 04 From: Canton, GA Member No.: 6,033 |
Or spend it on research to find a printer that can deliver on time and on budget for a change.
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Aug 24 2005, 01:36 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 376 Joined: 14-July 03 Member No.: 4,928 |
My vote.... is whatever day Adam finishes it, and is satisfied with it.
I don't know what program the book is done in (inDesign or Quark)... but the biggest headache with creating a pdf is all the hyperlinks and the thumbnail index (with hyperlinks)..... once you have the book ready for publication, you have to add all the links, both from the front (Table of Contents), back (index), and all the hyperlinks within (i.e. see table 55 on page 312). Then you export to PDF (and on a 400+ page book, with artwork) that takes quite a while.... And then you have to literally hand test every.... last.... freaking.... link to make sure they all work properly, and take you where they're supposed to. Then you get to do it all over again with the ones that don't work.... Spend butt-load of time re-exporting to PDF.... and re-test all the links again. So if it's ready by Friday August 26, or September 2nd... or Sept. 9..... I don't really care. As long as it all works. I'm looking forward to it either way. 8) |
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Aug 24 2005, 09:38 AM
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Yeah, with a considerably good program (and both mentioned are at least expensive) you can add those links either automatically or while you are typing the rest of the book. I haven't worked with any of those - but with LaTeX or the other programs I have used so far neither the TOC nor the index nor anylinks else had been anything to worry about...
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??? Shouldn't take that long ... Of course, we're perhaps speaking of hours but, on the other hand, computers are not *that* expensive and you should be able to at least hold those images and parts of the book in memory or swap or hdd or whatever cache you are using ... As for testing links: Use a reasonable program which could be testing it for you - and as far as I know link-testers are available for download. As far as I know the hardest work is getting the layout from whatever format to A4 - but I'm just guessing. |
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