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What do we do with Daniel Levy? Our chairman is one of the most frustratingly brilliant men on the face of the world. Credit to him, he's done some very good things at the club. He successfully runs a Champions League calibre club season in season out on a 70k/week wage cap - which is reasonable but Chelsea, Man City and Real Madrid have just messed up everything wages wise. His constant hard stance has hurt us in the past causing us to lose out on transfer targets time and again. It also means we have endless dead wood in the team - I'm looking at you and your far too perfect hair David Bentley.
SIDE NOTE: I hate Joe Lewis. He is a billionaire, he owns Tottenham and he refuses to put any money into it. Learn from Abramovich you tight-arse. At least pay for the new stadium if you won't pull a Roman and buy Hazard and Hulk when the team has no manager. Seriously. Sell Spurs to a rich guy who will put money into it or put some of your own funds in thanks.
Daniel Levy was the man of the hour last transfer window, staunchly refusing to sell Luka Modric to the vultures from Stamford Bridge. He's also been very clever in the transfer market recently namely in the form of Rafael Van Der Vaart's deadline day transfer in 2010/11. That's pretty much where my praise for the man ends when it comes to transfers. Tottenham have money, we know this. Not Man City levels of money, but we have money. I do give Levy some slack since the wage cap has been a major hindrance here...but that can be worked around with sign on bonuses and such. Despite this we should be making bigger (or at least better) signings.
There are two main issues that we have with transfers. The ambition of the signings and the amount of money being spent.
Since Berbatov left we haven't had a world class striker. That was a long time ago now. We've been crying out for him to spend some bloody money investing in a striker for years now. Every window we get linked with every striker known to man. (There is an excellent piece written about this very issue on the site) Every time we get disappointed. January in particular. We're linked with Damiao, Remy, Llorente, permanent Adebayor. Who do we sign? Louis Saha. Are you kidding me. Credit to him that he seems to be more proactively pursuing Vertonghen, Damiao, Adebayor and Remy this window (I don't want Remy) but I'm not giving him any more than mild amounts of credit until they're paraded around White Hart Lane.
Tottenham show a chronic lack of ambition. Harry continues to label us as a club lucky to be top four even though we arguably the best midfield in the league (although Hazard and Hulk could give Chelsea the win there now...see what happens with ambition and an owner who puts money into his club). Our signings are pathetic. Sorry to Saha and Nelsen but neither of them were even close to being good enough for a CL competing club. January 2011 the club was crying out for a striker to get us into CL for back to back seasons. Did we sign a striker? No. Did we make CL? No. We have to take a chance and splash some cash on Damiao - I agree wholeheartedly with the Pod on this issue. Just write a cheque for 20 million to Internacional and be done with it. We supposedly have a partnership with them, let's take advantage. Stop with the 30somethings on free transfers, let's snap up some hot talent and spend some bloody money.
General management
This is where I do give Levy credit. Keeping the club competitive on a 70k/week wage cap is impressive and he showed real balls of steel with Chelsea last year. I don't have as much to say about this aspect purely because all that kind of stuff is definitely behind the scenes. He needs to work with Redknapp more though, Harry was begging for Parker all summer and we got him too late. We cannot be making our big signings on deadline day. They need to be wrapped up early so we can integrate them into the team.
ANOTHER SIDE NOTE: Harry...we have Gareth Bale, Luka Modric and Rafael Van Der Vaart. We have Kaboul, King, Dawson, (maybe) Adebayor, (maybe) Vertonghen. TRAIN SET PIECES! We have people to deliver them, people to DEFEND THEM and people to score them. Put down the bacon sandwiches and do something.


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Adobe Exploring Less Expensive Subscription Options for Creative Cloud
Adobe CC, the new Creative Cloud only suite that is replacing CS6, should be launching at some point tonight. But if you're one of the many who haven't been happy with the new approach, or you'd like to play the wait-and-see game, there might be some other options down the road, especially for those people who would like indefinite access to all of their files even if they are no longer subscribing to CC.
There has been a rather large outcry about the fact that you lose all access if you stop subscribing to CC. While you could certainly take your files to another computer with the suite installed (or just subscribe for another month if you need access to old files), having access is certainly better than not having access. Adobe has been sending out surveys asking users about pricing options, which might also include a copy of CS6 to keep. Here's Photo Rumors on that:
The company recently sent out a survey to a selected users about the Creative Cloud, specifically about a new pricing structure of $9.99 for Photoshop or $29.99 for the entire suite on a 3 years contract which includes a permanent copy of CS6 after 3 years and a promise to continually update CS6 to support future file and camera types.
That last part might not be the relief that many wanted, but if Adobe chose to offer a permanent copy of CS6 and continually updated file type support, I think it would satisfy the needs of most users who would be worried about not having access to their work. It will be interesting to see how they update CC, since they don't actually need to name new versions anymore. The distinctions between different versions of the programs could be far less specific and more fluid, which would mean that CS6 could be the last full version that it makes sense for Adobe to offer as a standalone suite.
I think the only other way Adobe could make people happy and not necessarily compromise too much on their CC strategy is by offering users the option to continue using the programs after a 3 year subscription, but if they want to update their software, they have to purchase another three-year agreement.
Aharon Rabinowitz, who has worked extensively with Red Giant and uses Adobe software quite a bit, mentioned in a recent post that Adobe is looking at all options and wants feedback from users about what might work best for them given the current CC restrictions (which could include the ability to render out old work but not save new changes). He also explained part of the reason Adobe has decided to go all CC in the first place:
One thing that was really surprising was learning the following: Under American corporate law, as a publicly traded company, Adobe is forbidden from giving away free upgrades. By law, a publicly traded corporation has one single responsibility: to look after their shareholders. Giving away anything for free could legally represent a serious conflict of that directive. So we're clear – this is not Adobe's choice – this is American corporate law. The basis for this can be found in THIS ARTICLE. I won't lie – it's hard to read. Without help I had trouble understanding what it all meant. And it gets worse HERE.
And later:
The result of this has been that once Adobe releases a product, they have to wait until the next version of the software – a year or more – to add new, significant features. This is true even if the work has already been completed, and said features are ready to go eight or nine months before that next major release.
Creative Cloud, a subscription model, with a perpetual payment setup, gets around this rule. Under Subscription, Adobe can give away as many updates and upgrades as they want. And because of this the After Effects team is now freed up to have 2 to 3 updates a year for after effects.
It certainly paints Adobe in a slightly different light, though it's unclear why they wouldn't make a detail like this more obvious in their communications with customers. We'll see how this plays out over the coming months, but if you've already ordered CC, you should be able to download it sometime soon.
What do you think could be a good compromise between Adobe and users?
[via Photo Rumors]
We're all here for the same reason: to better ourselves as writers, directors, cinematographers, producers, photographers... whatever our creative pursuit. Criticism is valuable as long as it is constructive, but personal attacks are grounds for deletion; you don't have to agree with us to learn something. We're all here to help each other, so thank you for adding to the conversation!
DC Reels on 06.17.13 @ 5:40PM
If Adobe doesn't want to ship physical copies of their software anymore, then what I want is Apple Store-style buying and pricing a la carte. I have no use for half the Creative Suite so let me choose what I want, let me download it, keep it until it doesn't work anymore or upgrade it when and if I choose. The current subscription model restricts choice. Hopefully Adobe realizes this and make some changes. Not expecting any miracles, though.
Agreed! I don't even use half of that stuff so just let me pic what I want to pay for, price it accordingly and let me own it after maybe 3 years and just charge a small fee for major upgrades(not UPDATES). I think Apple has given Adobe too much power when they "revamped" FCP.
Ryan on 06.20.13 @ 8:56PM
Yeah, I like that idea. The Apple strategy of offering apps a-la-carte makes a lot more sense.
Jeff on 06.17.13 @ 5:41PM
I think $29/mo. with a 3 year contract and a copy at the end is a good deal.
I think so too. That's not too bad. Otherwise I am not a fan of the subscription model.
Ed Hecht on 06.17.13 @ 6:05PM
Agreed: $29/month for Production Premium is palatable. I MIGHT be persuaded to pay for "All You Can Eat" for $39/month. Whatever happens, I think they will be forced to have a tiered pricing structure.
I think three years feels a little long and intimidating. A lot of software can be released in three years, and who knows where Adobe and the Creative Cloud might be in 2016.
Not to say that the company will be bankrupt – they've been around for ages – but Photoshop has picked up more competition in the past few years than before.
I'm a hobbyist who's been OK with the one-year subscription.
vanlazarus on 06.17.13 @ 5:42PM
No matter what other rational Adobe gives for going subscription based, the biggest reason, by far, is to reduce piracy… and I can't blame them for that. Photoshop is probably one of the most pirated programs in the world.
Gabe on 06.17.13 @ 6:57PM
I disagree, I have CC and the programs work exactly the same in regard to piracy, so the usual hacks will probably be just as easy to implement. All the Adobe programs still connect to a central licensing system, it's just the specific way that licensing system works that's different.
I personally believe Adobe because they have been very aggressive in the last couple of years in developing new technology, and it makes sense that they want more freedom to role updates out to stay competitive.
steve on 06.18.13 @ 1:11AM
I don't condone piracy.
That being said, I pirated a version of Photoshop 3.0 from a high school lab many moons ago. I took it home, learned it, and have given Adobe many thousands of dollars since.
Does Adobe want their software pirated? No. But is that their number one priority? probably not.
BTW, I want Freehand back. Bastards.
Zan Shin on 06.21.13 @ 5:34PM
The old Microsoft Mantra was "we'd rather have people pirate Office and get into the habit of relying on it, than buy other software and NOT need it." Then when they ruled the world, they stopped makingOffice better and just started moving things around in the menus to make it seem different. Lipstick on a pig.
Anthony Marino on 06.17.13 @ 5:44PM
All I know is they better fix warp stabilizer and the dreaded AVCHD bug.
Just got bit by the AVCHD bug on my latest project. Had to spend two days transcoding MTS files to an intermediate. Really hoping this one gets fixed soon.
rishaar on 06.17.13 @ 8:56PM
Same here!
Copeland on 06.18.13 @ 12:58PM
What is the AVCHD bug? Is it only in CS6?
I'm highly skeptical of the claim that American companies are barred from giving away free upgrades. I'm not a lawyer and I don't know the ins and outs of this, but think about all the free upgrades Apple has released for Final Cut Pro X. Major features were added. And that's just one out of hundreds of examples that we could come up with ranging across many software companies.
Gabe on 06.17.13 @ 7:01PM
Major features like a 3d camera tracker or a lite version of Cinema 4D?
Julian on 06.17.13 @ 8:56PM
Or the fact that iOS is always a free upgrade.
Also, this is why I think the stock market ruins business for the consumer, "By law, a publicly traded corporation has one single responsibility: to look after their shareholders".
That's BS, how about the corporation has a responsibility to take care of the customer that is buying their product. If the stock market didn't exist, I think the products we would get would be so much better, but right now, shareholder profit is all that anyone cares about. Sucks.
steve on 06.18.13 @ 8:36PM
You're right Ben. That's total baloney. Of course publicly traded companies must always try to maximize shareholder's value. But giving away free upgrades to create customer loyalty is well within their prerogative – and publicly traded companies give away free stuff all the time. That's modern marketing. Aharon is kind of talking out of his ar*s%.
Actually, it is true. It's a law called Sarbannes-Oxley that messes things up (blame Enron). I've worked at other software companies (yes, big ones that make NLEs) that are frustrated by the very same thing. Before I got into software, I wasn't aware of it. Apple is able to get around it by deferring revenue. See this article for an explanation: http://bit.ly/11OeGAF
If Adobe wants to get around this provision in law (if it's really as mandatory as they say), they can include a condition such as "The purchase price includes all updates yet to be released for the lift of the product."
I'm skeptical that the law mandates that they do this, though: they state explicitly that the software is licensed, not sold. If you've bought a license to Creative Suite, that can (indeed, should) include all updates to that suite.
petrr on 06.17.13 @ 5:55PM
I want to subscribe but the price in Europe is much more expensive then in the states and on principle I won't pay more when there's no good reason. Now I'm thinking that new mac pro and learn fcpx
steve on 06.18.13 @ 1:25AM
I've been messing around with lightworks a little bit (http://www.lwks.com). I haven't done a paid job on it yet. It is a little bit of a learning curve, if you are coming from FCP 7 or Premiere Pro.
Good editing isn't platform dependent (but quality tools sure help).
Windows only. I think Linux is in beta, and a mac version is in alpha.
I use Adobe Products at work, but have been trying use as much free software as a kind of experiment (i.e. gimp, lightworks, openoffice, etc.)
MikeJ on 06.18.13 @ 1:29AM
Yep, works out to almost $70/month in my currency, far too high
Wow, I'd love the 3-year $29/mo. option! That's only $360 per year!
Dan Herrick on 06.17.13 @ 5:58PM
Do you have to load your source files to the cloud in order for the Premiere projects to work? Wouldn't that take forever? Or do you only have to load it up in order to take advantage of the tam aspect of editing a project??
Has anyone heard about the Adobe Anywhere for Video? Nobody at Adobe seems to have even thought it's on there site!
Joe Marine on 06.17.13 @ 6:08PM
You don't have to put anything in the cloud if you don't want. The physical programs and media all sit on your hard drive unless you want to upload it.
Adobe Anywhere requires servers and is only meant for high end facilities and broadcasting. The cloud works like dropbox and does not actually have any direct functionality with the programs other than updating the programs.
If that his the law, why can Apple update FCPX so many times in the past few years adding many substantial features?
Deferred revenue. More here: http://bit.ly/11OeGAF
Jesuan on 06.17.13 @ 6:47PM
"….and a promise to continually update CS6 to support future file and camera types." what does this exactly mean?? 30$ (i hope 22€ in spain).. is a good deal for 3 years and have a copy ..
DT Barr on 06.17.13 @ 7:01PM
It's an interesting pricing model. The $29/mo I'd happily commit to, but for us UK users it's currently pricing at £46.88 (just over $74) which seems completely unfair and hard to justify when compared to the US pricing.
Andreas Kopriva on 06.17.13 @ 7:46PM
Yea, it's a similar disparity with Euro as well. I'm currently paying €60 or thereabouts. I think the way they justified it is that the cost of local implementation offsets the initial price. For example, in Australia, wages are significantly higher which means that they need to offset that additional cost of maintaining the service by charging a larger premium for it.
It's frustrating isn't it! Does it cost that much more for servers/bandwidth etc in the UK? I doubt it.
Still I've been a CC subscriber for almost a year now and will have paid about £550 pound for the whole year – not bad considering I use the main adobe software line up pretty much every day,
If Adobe could level european and american prices, there will be no issues at all.
But, if they keep the price difference, they will probably loose all the advantage they gained over Apple.
Wonderful news! I switched from Apple/FCP X to Adobe because of Creative Cloud. I couldn't afford Avid, hated FCP X and would have had to settle for a lower grade NLE if it weren't for this offering. The biggest benefit for me is I'm in academics. $20 a month is a no-brainer.
Archie on 06.17.13 @ 9:50PM
Thanks for linking Aharon's post. I was so angry at Adobe but no longer.
Steve on 06.17.13 @ 10:14PM
Well, in response to Adobe's move, I tried out Edius Pro and couldn't be happier. What a great program — solid, fast, and well thought out.
If all you are doing is editing then Edius is a great program. I stopped using it back at v3 to switch to Adobe but I'm thinking of relearning it now to teach at college. If I'm not mistaken it actually has 3 versions Express, Neo and Pro and they ALL work the same with the only difference being features/codec support. That means I can teach a complete beginner class and they can get Express for around $60. Because the interface is identical they can always step up later to Neo for $200 or Pro for $600.
The other option Im looking at for teaching is Vegas. Version 12 seems to have really come of age and is a steal at around $340 or the suite for $690 which makes Edius look a tad overpriced considering its 'just' an editor. Again you can get the entry level Movie Studio suite for $60 which appears to handle just like Vegas.
From a training perspective this leaves Adobe out in the cold. They only offer Premiere elements at the over inflated price of $90 and while its good for the beginner, handles nothing like Prem Pro. So not only is their no progressive path with Adobe, the price gap if you do step up to Pro is huge at a minimum of $240 per year EVERY SINGLE YEAR!!!
I'm heavily invested in After Effects and Photoshop so for me the suite monthly rental makes good sense. Its just a pity I cant teach what I know and love to students as I don't believe the value proposition exists currently.
Steve on 06.18.13 @ 12:07AM
Edius has, in my opinion, very good color correction as well in version 6. Also, there's a deep student/teacher discount available.
Mark TS on 06.17.13 @ 10:20PM
Adobe should offer the 'Cloud' option for those who want it, and a downloadable "yearly" upgrade for those of us who'd rather have a choice… they can lower the price as much as they like to hook us in, but they can also raise it as well sighting some other nonsense about US corporate law etc. C'mon Adobe… how about offering your dedicated customers a choice of how we give you our money – the only choice they've given us is "to use Adobe or not use Adobe" – how is that a good business model? I'm hoping this backfires big style!
Patrick M on 06.17.13 @ 11:21PM
I agree, have a downloadable yearly upgrade or a full version upgrade every two years as they did before. And this idea of losing your ability to open your files except in cs6 is bogus. The reasons they give regarding US corporate law don't ring true. The real reason in making more money and getting out of the small artist market.
Jesuan on 06.18.13 @ 6:10AM
well if you subscribe to CC you download all the software to your computer, you use it offline if you wish…you only need a connection every 30 days to confirm your subscription. The problem is when you stop paying you are not able to use the software anymore…so the cloud is not so cloud XD.
J.Greene on 06.18.13 @ 8:14AM
That sounds a lot like the quote from Henry Ford at the beginning of the auto era. He said that customers 'could have any color [Ford automobile] they wanted, as long as it is black.'
Jesuan on 06.18.13 @ 9:50AM
that's exactly what it is :)
I was reading many of the comments and going, "Yeah, exactly!", in my head. Then I suddenly realized…..we are a complete pain in the ass sector to service. My overall feelings haven't changed, but from a business perspective, we complain a ton and don't actually bring in that much revenue for all our complaining.
I still agree with a ton of view points that have been mentioned, but we kinda suck at being right. If anybody talked to me the way we talk about Adobe, Apple, Avid, etc., I'd be liable to watch them burn to death without batting an eyelash.
I think we're still right about many things, but feel like many companies have to spend a ton of time being civil to a non-civil audience. That's wasted energy no matter how you look at it.
I don't have any brilliant solutions, but urge people to focus a bit on not just the message, but the tone we deliver it in…..not a potshot at anyone in particular, but an overall impression that just struck me from reading up about this issue and others.
Patrick M on 06.17.13 @ 11:23PM
All software companies have to deal with angry customers. Go to any customer service center and listen to the experiences of the worker there. nuff said.
Maybe, that's true, but it doesn't mean we can't be the first to improve the quality of our dialogue. Heck, due to are small relative size, it might be better for us long term to buck that trend.
That means about 1100 after 3 years of the subscription (30 dollars a month after 3 years) Doesn't sound like a bad idea?
dixter on 06.18.13 @ 12:45AM
Sounds like a really bad idea to me. I did Photoshop upgrades every couple of years so, a 3 year run for me would average out to the price of 1 and a half upgrade fees.
dixter on 06.18.13 @ 12:59AM
What do I think could be a good compromise between Adobe and users?
Easy… make subscriptions available to those who want them with continuous, seamless upgrades.
And, make upgrades and full versions available, periodically, for download for those wanting to own copies of the software outright.
mariano on 06.18.13 @ 1:45AM
I always used the american version, so why isn`t that cheaper than the localized ones? They have no lame excuses for that anymore since with CC they cut out the middle men (dealers) and in short time the new free trade agreement between the U.S. and Europe comes on top, too, which erases any further arguments like taxes.
Blah on 06.18.13 @ 3:10AM
I can get behind the $30/mo "three-year subscription plus permanent copy" model.
It's good that Adobe has heard the complaints and is at least reacting in some way to them.
That said, I'd think the ideal middle ground, between the continuously-paid $50/mo model and their old retail model, would be simply a regularly-updated online marketplace for the programs.
So, one would be able to buy the full CC suite for maybe $2600 (as is the retail price for CS6 Master Collection) at any point in time to receive the most up-to-date version available. Maybe a customer purchasing their programs this way would receive six months to a year of feature updates.
After a specified time expires, the user would then have to pay a standard price to receive content and functionality updates. A system of price progression with a hard limit would work well: $60 for one month's worth of updates, $100 for two months, $150 for three months, and so on. Perhaps it would max out at $500 after a period of one year, and stop there, progressing further only after another year had passed.
With such a system in place, Adobe would be free to release new features fluidly while customers would have the option of buying those features when they need them, or not at all. It wouldn't slow down Adobe's development process, since updates would always be required to be cumulative (all or nothing). Problem solved.
Add in the interesting idea of fixed-length subscriptions coupled with guaranteed ownership after the subscription's end, and Adobe then has three business models that can work for a wide variety of customers. Crisis averted.
Mountain Hut Films on 06.18.13 @ 10:16AM
I don't really understand why corporate law in the USA prevents free upgrades as that's exactly what happens with many apps on the iPhone and ipad after purchase of the original app. Why is it different for Adobe ?
A subscription option is fine as one choice. But why not offer a stand alone purchase once a year of the upgrades of the previous year as at present. Some people would still opt for subscription so as not to wait a year for enhancements and because it suits their business model. What's wrong with consumer choice ?
Razor on 06.18.13 @ 10:36AM
I've been running my own Corporation for going on 6 years. I've never heard or read about any such corporate law preventing free upgrades. This likely a confusion with Adobe's own internal policy to its own shareholders.
Brett McLemore on 06.18.13 @ 11:22AM
First of all, its not all corporations, its publicly traded corporations. It has to do with Sarbanes-Oxley which protects investors. That's why you can see a bunch of companies give away free updates because they aren't public. This won't apply to private companies.
As far as Apple, I can't be for sure, but I've read comments that they might be deferring their revenue on it…which they can do, but most other companies can't.
Razor on 06.18.13 @ 11:35AM
Brett, thanks for the entity distinction. I now see a few articles talking about Sarbanes-Oxley regulations to upgrades.
Brett is correct.
Does Adobe see a significant CSR upside to the current version of CC? Meaning, does it take far fewer Customer Service Reps to service CC than hard copies? Is the system simpler to service, maintain, and streamline from a hiring and training perspective? I'm wondering that on the software side, as well. Is it easier to streamline the process for upgrades this way? We all know people who've had upgrade nightmares.
Lastly, agree with the person mentioning CC as an anti-piracy measure. It isn't it making it inherently easier to pirate, but inherently easier to afford has the same effect. Many more people can swing $50/month than the single lump sum payment prior to CC.
One possible issue with tiered pricing is that there will always be an orphaned program that nobody wants and that programs funding would fall to zero.
You donate to a college because of the football team, but they also use it for funding that 17th century poetry course.
Agni Ortiz on 06.19.13 @ 2:35AM
The upgraded to CS5.5 also included a free upgrade to CS6 when it would become available. I did not even bother because that was obviously the path to the CC, which I do not believe as a business model will offer the users what a competitive market can offer. In other words, if you have locked income for 3 years, there is no hurry to innovate…money is in the bank already. Besides that, I have found utterly disgusting the fact that a simple vector drawing up to Illustrator 9 was just over 500 Kb, but same file brought up into CS2 was over 2.5 megs and by CS4 was close to 4 megs, just by re-saving it !! all bloated needless code and metadata tracking stuff. who in their right mind think that is the way towards better and more stable code? It makes business sense for Adobe, but not for MY business.
Gabe on 06.19.13 @ 3:20AM
I've been with Adobe since the first CS (actually started on Premiere 6…), and Adobe's done a great job over the years from my perspective. Premiere CS4 especially made the steps forward necessary to solidify it as a competent competitor to FCP. CC is noticeably faster and slimmer, and as it happens I noticed that a Premiere project that on CS6 was 400mb, is now just over 50mb in CC. And I've seen no indication that Adobe intends to step back innovation. CS5.5 itself was the first indication that Adobe wanted to iterate faster than they were able to at the time (Warp stabilizer being one of the big features they wanted to roll out). I personally look forward to all the nifty stuff they've been experimenting with to come to fruition.
Agni Ortiz on 06.19.13 @ 3:44AM
I appreciate your view point. I am glad it works for you. I agree about 5.5 which aloows to work on mixed formats, I like it a lot, but still produce bloated files. I only tried CS6 in Photoshop and illustrator at another studio to retouch some titles…I did not find how to remove some shadows easily and after half an hour was back at my place to do it. The fact that the CC files are smaller for me is a proof that all the bloated metadata that was paging Adobe servers is not needed anymore because you are already there. Nice, eh?
Gabe on 06.19.13 @ 4:20PM
Well, Premiere seems to run the same way it did before…that is, it kind of defers all the license stuff to the Adobe license handling system. I actually suspect the smaller file size is due to a more efficient Warp Stabilizer. In any case if I were you I'd keep an eye on CC…Adobe seems committed to pushing things forward. For example adding PluralEyes style audio syncing in Premiere…they didn't need to do that since PluralEyes exists. Or adding DNxHD MXF support, which kinda came out of nowhere. Or Cinema 4D Lite.
Agni Ortiz on 06.19.13 @ 10:02PM
Thank you for your advice. We use Adobe products in our companies based on what they can do now. Whatever CC offers in the Future is irrelevant. We will never subscribe. Other companies will move in to satisfy demand. Remember Kodak? too big to fail, isn't it?
Here is a tidbit that I think may be of interest. Earlier this year I received a free upgrade of NIK plugins from Google (they purchased NIK) and this may indicate and interest by Google in perhaps entering into sophisticated image processing. If so, it may introduce some interesting competition. Further, it will not be surprising to see more companies creating specialized image processing apps using the Apple App Store model as MacPhun has already created with Snapheal.
Richard on 06.20.13 @ 7:23PM
I want to call bullshit on their "can't upgrade because it's against corporate law" reasoning. Here's why: iOS. Apple updates iOS for free every time there's a new upgrade. They're not getting penalized or thrown in jail for it.
wsmith on 06.21.13 @ 4:32PM
I don't buy this Sarbanes Oxley theory. I'm no lawyer but I read the linked article here. Maybe I missed it but it says nothing about giving away freebies. The act has only to do with when public companies must report revenue.
If something is given away. no revenue is collected or ever expected. So why would a company be expected to even report it on their financial and tax statements? It's not revenue generating and thus has nothing to do with Sarabanes Oxley regulations re when to reporting income or when to defer reporting income.
Am I wrong on that?
I'll be happy if Adobe gives me a choice: CC as they have it now or an annual purchase that allows nothing more than bug fixes for that period but which allows me to own and fully use the app (or suite) even after a subscription lapses.
Come on…
Give me a break.
They're going to spin this as much as they can to make it look like they're giving you a great deal, that they're on your side – It's not their fault – they can't do XYZ etc etc. They're going to look into xyz they're want to do xyz to make you happy etc etc….
Bottom line – They want their numbers to look good for this move. They want to lock you in. They want you to signup and put your pocket book on autopilot.
Those conversion numbers are sooooo important they're bending a little bit and giving you assurance they're listening etc etc. And some of you folks are buying into it.
You settle for what you get. And you get what you settle for.
As a long time user of Adobe products, I reluctantly started my CC membership, as I wish to take advantage of new features only available in the CC products. While some feel the CC membership cost is a "savings", this is ONLY true when compared to doing the yearly upgrades. Even then, it is not a huge savings. That said, there are potential advantages to the CC concept, such as immediate upgrades and bug fixes. However, I feel Adobe is forcing our hand and I bristle at this in a big, big way.
After starting my CC membership, I noticed there were bug fixes available for my CS6 apps. Before applying any updates, I checked for updates within the CS6 apps, and every one of them claimed to be up to date. Thus, it appears that CS6 users are not getting bug fixes UNLESS they are CC members. This suggests to me that Adobe has already turned their backs on CS6 users.
I am dependent on Adobe products for my income, and generally enjoy using them. I feel the new CC versions are substantial upgrades. However, I strongly dislike being forced to upgrade at whatever cost Adobe deems appropriate in the future. Microsoft has stated they are considering this for MS Office, and Corel has stated an interest in this model, too. Not everyone needs to upgrade on a yearly basis, but once you start down this path there is no turning back. You've been warned…
More than 37,000 folks have signed.They don't like Adobe CC licensing.Show @Adobe how you feel. https://www.change.org/petitions/adobe-systems-incorporated-eliminate-the-mandatory-creative-cloud-subscription-model
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Although I would like some of the features and options detailed above – the one thing I would most want is parity between American prices and the rest of the world.
It is disgraceful that the pricing structure is set to "what they can get away with" as the Australian situation proved.
I'd would jump at paying the current American prices, let along what is proposed above, but their pricing is far too high so I am forced to look elsewhere – and I am finding plenty of free or low-cost alternatives.
They are not as good or convenient but they are a fair price.
It is just this sort of thing that creates piracy so Adobe better look out or casual users will be avoiding Adobe products.
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.load() function challenge
Here is the situation: On my Home page, I have a square 350 x 350px
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When a visitor presses "Go", I used the load() function to instantly load a question with a multiple choice radio button (4 choices) answer. This is all on a
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$(document).ready(function() {
$('#mainButton').click(function() {
$('#callToAction').load("devetto_form.html #stepOne");
Keep in mind this script is located on the main html page, not the external one that the .load function loads.
So here is what I want to have happen, after a visitor has clicked the "Go" button and it loads up the radio button form, I want the act of clicking on a radio button to load a new
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Here is why I haven't been able to do it:
1. I'm not sure if I write this second script on the main html page, or the external one. If I write it on the main one, it doesn't seem to work because selector that will be effected by the .click() function for the second script is actually located on the external html page (the selector being the input element/radio button).
2. If I put the script on the external html page (thus solving the above problem), now it creates a new problem: the
 that I want new html loaded onto (in the above code: #callToAction) is now located on the primary html page, as where in this case I would be writing the script on the external html page. So the page doesn't recognize that ID because it doesn't exist on the current page.
Needless to say, I am stumped.
I hope I was able to articulate the problem clearly. If there is any confusion, just ask and I will do my best to clarify.
Keep in mind, I am still very novice at all this coding stuff, especially JavaScript, AJAX, and jQuery.
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Don't put the checkboxes on the external page, leave them on your main page
Load some like this
Q. Who is buried in Grants tomb>?
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and on the main page
Of course you need a new JS script(on the main page) and that needs to know the question number and the answer.Code:Choose One:
 <input type="checkbox" id="A"/>A
 <input type="checkbox" id="B"/>B
 <input type="checkbox" id="C"/>C
 <input type="checkbox" id="D"/>D

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Keep in mind, on the original
 (where the questions appear after the Go button is clicked), there is already html.
So in that case, how do I make sure the original html is displayed instead of the checkboxes before the button is clicked if they are on the same html file?
Would I use some sort of code that included the .hidden() function?
Just to see if I can make this clear: there is a div box with a header and a Go button. Once the Go button is clicked, the html within that div box is replaced with the question and multiple choice.
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CSS display:none; will hide a div until JS changes it to display:block;
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You can have the script on your original page. since you are using checkboxes or radios, you will want to use the change method to react to those choices, but you must use .on() to assign those events since they are not on the page on load. so somethign like $('.myradios').on('change',function (){ do something}); or bind those desired events, after you use the .load method
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Hello all, I am a new proud owner of my late grandfathers International Cub Low Boy. When I was young I use to help my grandfather plow snow and gardens with this tractor and now I am proud to be the owner of it. I know my grandfather was looking down on my and smiling when I drove it home. I know very little about International Cubs and am learning something new every day.
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I am not sure what they renovated recently as we couldn't find any NEW decor. Seasoned sailors say that rust is a ships worst enemy and it our stateroom and all over there appeared to be a lot of rust. On some decks we saw them just paint over the rust.. Sad...
We had a balcony room on the 8th deck portside. Ok, but kind of small. There was a glass table that took up a lot of room in our room and didn't think to have them move it out.
Food was ok. The Sunday brunch was excellent and then everything after that went down hill. Unlike other ships where you could serve yourself, here on this ship in the buffet line you had to point to what you want and they, the server, would grab a plate and give you a spoonful. We got the beverage package and you couldn't get more then 1 coke at a time. We tried to get 2, 1 for lunch and 1 to take back to the room and they said no. That I would have to come back after I finished the first one. That didn't make sense.
Evening entertainments was kind of poor. There were not many things to do on board that interested us such as the games etc. The evening dance party band was most excellent. Xtasea I think was their name.
Excursions were kind of poorly. We signed up for 1 tour that was touted as a tour of the island on St Marten's and all our driver showed us was the low income housing on the island, then he made 3 different retail stops to stores that we all didn't want to do. We wanted to see the island. But no...
Will we do the Caribbean again? Probably not. We live on the West Coast and I think we have decided to go to the Hawaiian Islands for r and r.
Also, on the last formal night, we were eating at a table that people in the Penthouse Suite were at and the husband asked if he could have an extra helping on some food and they told him no. Customer service was lacking in a lot of areas of the ship. Too bad. This was Celebrity's chance to impress us. They did not.


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'Conservative' CNN Analyst Frum Calls for Limbaugh to Send Fluke One of His Sex Tapes
UPDATE AT END OF POST: Frum was on vulgarian Bill Maher's show less than two months ago.
The folks at CNN sure are interested in Rush Limbaugh's sex life.
Two days after the host of Piers Morgan Tonight chatted with magician Penn Jillette about watching the talk radio host have sex, David Frum - billed as one of the network's "conservative" analysts - said on Sunday's Reliable Sources, "I think it would be a nice gesture if [Limbaugh] were to send Sandra Fluke one of his sex tapes" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
HOWARD KURTZ, HOST: Joining us now to talk about the echoes of this media maelstrom and the twist in the presidential campaign: Julie Mason, host of Sirius XM Radio's "The Press Pool"; David Frum, contributor for "Newsweek" and "The Daily Beast," and an analyst for CNN; and Dana Milbank, columnist for "The Washington Post."
David Frum, you are a conservative who has been critical of Rush Limbaugh. I mean, this is part of what he does. He likes to stoke outrage and draw attention by saying things that are a bit over the line.
This time, with the president of the United States calling this young woman, it seems to have sparked a greater than usual furor.
DAVID FRUM, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: Well, what is good for Rush Limbaugh is not necessarily what is good for the Republican Party. But he has been able to discipline the party so that he goes from rating success to rating success. But it leaves the party behind him in smoking ruin because there are women all across America and husbands of women and fathers of women and brothers of women and sons of women who respond to this by saying I think that's about the worst thing I have ever heard on radio.
But I did have one constructive suggestion. There's one further clip that Rush that you didn't have time for where Rush Limbaugh invited Susan -- I'm sorry, Sandra fluke to post a sex tape of herself on the Internet.
KURTZ: Yes.
FRUM: Now, he's issued a kind of grudging apology on his Web site. I think it would be a nice gesture if he were to send Sandra Fluke one of his sex tapes.
JULIE MASON, SIRIUS XM RADIO: Something America does not need.
KURTZ: You have woken us up this Sunday morning.
Sound like a conservative to you?
Maybe even better, Frum moments later criticized Limbaugh's apology while praising - wait for it! - David Letterman and Ed Schultz:
FRUM: You know, it was about the most graceless apology ever.
KURTZ: Ever?
MASON: Yes.
FRUM: It is interesting to contrast that with the heartfelt, on air, in person apologies delivered by David Letterman and Ed Schultz. David Letterman, after he said -- he told an ugly joke about one of Sarah Palin's children, he was on there for seven minutes on his own show in his own voice. Not written by a publicist.
Ed Schultz said a disgraceful thing on his radio program. KURTZ: He used the word slut --
FRUM: About Laura.
KURTZ: -- referring to Laura Ingraham.
FRUM: Yes, it was horrible.
KURTZ: MSNBC suspended him, and he --
FRUM: He didn't say it on MSNBC.
KURTZ: He said on the radio.
FRUM: Yes, but on the radio. And he apologized in person.
This is something that has the -- it actually repeats a lot of the accusations. It apologizes for word choice, but I mean, the suggestion that maybe should have used a more refined word to describe this woman, but the --
MASON: Simply his choice of words.
FRUM: Exactly. It's a whole technical vocabulary that he might have used. It was graceless, and I think it's going to -- that's why it's going to linger. And even if it doesn't linger for him, it's going to linger for all those conservatives out there who now are in a position having to take a stance on this which is not a thing that Republicans want to be doing.
And this is why Frum is a "conservative" networks such as CNN love.
The reality is he's about as close to being a conservative as I am a woman, but because he worked for the Bush administration and is willing to bash folks on the right at every turn, he's beloved by liberal media outlets.
What's not to love about a so-called Republican who in the course of a few minutes will bash Rush Limbaugh while praising Ed Schultz?
With this performance, CNN will probably give him a raise.
*****Update: If David Frum was so offended by Limbaugh calling Fluke a slut, why did he appear on Bill Maher's HBO program after the host called former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin a "dumb twat" and a "cunt"?
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Frum is scum, and he's no
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 03/04/2012 - 5:29pm.
Frum is scum, and he's no 'conservative' either.
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Cajun's tape*
Submitted by cajun2 on Sun, 03/04/2012 - 5:44pm.
I borrowed it from an NBer but I have some "duct" tape.
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Submitted by djwolf12 on Sun, 03/04/2012 - 6:12pm.
I swear......would you trust a guy that creepily does interviews with that one weird eye that is half closed? He permanently looks like he just woke up and lifted his head up off the bar at some seedy LA nightclub at 7:30am.
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This is hillarious
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Would you mind finding a larger version?
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I had to use my magnifying glass, but was it ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sun, 03/04/2012 - 8:44pm.
ever worth it !
Good one, rick.
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And there's more!
Submitted by Rukus on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 9:34am.
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The Obvious
Submitted by djwolf12 on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 9:01pm.
I think all my sperm was just killed looking at that. Thanks Rukus, Sandra Fluck just Fluked me.
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Frum's grabbin' the ankles...
Submitted by P. Aaron on Sun, 03/04/2012 - 6:28pm.
...waiting for, hoping David Brock to show up.
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Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Sun, 03/04/2012 - 8:43pm.
If Frum had a sex tape, it would be him going Full Lewinsky on Obama.
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Submitted by mmilesll on Sun, 03/04/2012 - 6:35pm.
Hasn't this a hole visa expired? He is the male? Fluke. Both are political hacks and in Flukes' case slut can be added.
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"leaves the party behind him in smoking ruin?"
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sun, 03/04/2012 - 6:45pm.
Please, Ms. Frum. It's RINO's like you who have successfully destroyed the Republican conservative movement.
As for "one of Rush's sex tapes," at least if one exists, Rush paid for it with HIS OWN MONEY, not the taxpayers' dime, you ah, soul.
Finally, Davida, there is no better word to describe a slut than "slut." The girl is a disgraceful little ho (oh, there's another word!), and a liberal leach, and if she were my daughter, I'd have kicked her ass long ago and hopefully straightened her out before now.
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When did Frum
Submitted by Bodini on Sun, 03/04/2012 - 7:48pm.
When did Frum revert? Why does he now want to see a heterosexual sex tape?
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Don't Get Distracted
Submitted by Chulio on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 12:56pm.
Just another silly distraction. Let's not talk about joblessness, the ongoing housing crisis, skyrocketing energy prices, and the international strife---let's spend all of our time talking about contraception and the quality of Rush's apology.
As for the Rush sponsors who are bailing on his program--- I don't believe that Rush will have a difficult time finding new ones. I, myself, have purchased several products based on Rush's endorsements and can truthfully say that I trust his recommendations. Rush is not going away and he will be able to replace any advertisers that he needs in short order. He might lose a little in the short run, but the fleeing sponsors will be the long term losers.
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LeBron James and his fiancee Savannah Brinson have finally set a wedding date.
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Peterson still a no-show, but a deal could be coming New set of hands in camp
First-round draft pick Adrian Peterson missed his third day of Vikings training camp Saturday, amid indications that the sides have inched closer but are perhaps several days from an agreement.
This is a good read that answers several key questions about the Vikes including the offensive coordinator calling the playsKentucky Vikes Fan
When you require nothing, you get nothing; when you expect nothing, you will find nothing; when you embrace nothing, all you will have is nothing.
Re: Peterson still a no-show, but a deal could be coming New set of hands in cam
We're going to wear the throwback helmets Sept 30th against the pack too!
Wonder if that mean throwback uni's too.
Old school helmets and Ultra-flashy anime jerseys don't work so well.
Re: Peterson still a no-show, but a deal could be coming New set of hands in campChildress said he has no concerns about the effects of defensive tackle Pat Williams' decision to terminate negotiations on a contract extension Friday. Agent Angelo Wright said this season likely is Williams' last in Minnesota,
"We'll win our own Super Bowl, with our own players. Real Vikings. Something Brett Favre can never be."
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Re: Peterson still a no-show, but a deal could be coming New set of hands in camp
Alas, If negotiations are truly done, then I bet that this is Fat's last year here. Maybe not. If this is his last percieved year here, then he may be compelled to excell. Contract year. This is B-Chill's in between year. We shall see. My guess, negotiations are only just beginning.
Re: Peterson still a no-show, but a deal could be coming New set of hands in camp
Good stuff COJO.
As planned, offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell called plays during an unscripted portion of practice Saturday morning. Bevell wore a headset and chose plays from a truncated call sheet on the sideline, radioing them directly to the quarterback. The process is part of Childress' plan to determine whether Bevell, or possibly quarterbacks coach Kevin Rogers, will take over the play-calling duties this season.
Makes one wonder.
I still contend that the only reason the Chiller called plays last year was because of the complexity of the scheme was a bit above Bevell's experience level and he needed to learn how to call a game.
Maybe, in fact, he isn't the right guy. If it falls to Rogers, maybe he will ultimately become our OC if Bevell struggles.
Again, makes one think.
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