Is that you, Luke? If it is, welcome back! :)
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Fx Person <fxper...@rocketmail.com> wrote: > Hi Brent, > > I’m actually not sure what’s with the various fonts my posts show up in. > > You mention reposting many times, is there a way to unpost to fix such > things? > Or did you mean litterally re-posting messages? > > As for the punctuation, perhaps. The double dots .. are meant to act > like “long pauses” to which I’m not aware of a standard way of expressing > that. > I have seen the extended(long) dash used as such, though not exactly, & I > actually didn’t find it in the Character Map. > > 1/2 an hour ? Try 4 hours lol :) of making sure everything is as fair as > I can make it, > while admittantly conveying some emotion (or perhaps some bluntness) > in a quite intentional way if I may say so.. > (or in a “channelled” and respectful way, .. which considerably differs > from like gratuitous “free bashing” to which I really don’t think applies > to my remarks) > > While knowing for a fact that the “emotional charge” you reference, to be > a major factor for any effort to have any sort of impact, as opposed to > merely adding to the background noise. > > And I must admit that I didn’t really have to “fake it”, while objectively > (I think) finding it quite reasonable and fair in light of certain > situations. > > All of which can also be the source of my reluctance at revealing myself, > being in this industry (and in a small world), > if some of my “noisy” pleadings are to have any sort of bearing on how > things play out > (even if small or if at all), I would’nt want either Credit or Reprisal to > that effect, and that is my (quite legitimate & rightful) choice to make, > while knowing that whoever anyone is, should not have any relevance to any > issue at hand, apart from satisfying mere curiosity. > > As for the Held for moderation bit, > I’d like to add (also to Stephen?) that when I said “what makes me think > it was NOT censorship” while perhaps implying that I actually thought it > was, was that more than a few things led me to believe that it really was.. > (at the time). > While at the same time wanting to minimize the importance of that in > contrast to the bulk, or the main purpose of my message. > > But even if I may have had “good reason to believe”, I’m in full agreement > that waiting for a reply (to be sure) before posting that bit, would have > been the least I could have done (also by my own conclusions after > posting), and my apologies given to Maurice (and posting an “errattum”) was > for exactly that. (learning from my mistakes :) > > Anyway, Thanks very much for your input! > Best > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Brent McPherson <brent.mcpher...@autodesk.com> > *To:* Fx Person <fxper...@rocketmail.com>; " > softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> > *Sent:* Monday, January 7, 2013 6:50 AM > *Subject:* RE: Area ate my message ( and spit it out again :) > > FxPerson, > > You have a tendency to write in partial sentences, use strange punctuation > and use multiple font sizes in your emails. This makes it hard to > understand the points you are trying to make. > > Writing is hard. I will often rewrite a single email or posting multiple > times until it feels right. I think it was Luc-Eric who once told me it can > take him 1/2 hour to craft a single reply to this list and I am in the same > ballpark. > > I don't really have any advice other than to keep re-reading and refining > your message until it is as clear as you can make it. > > Also, never write when you are upset or emotionally charged. In those > situations I will often compose my reply but then sit on it for a few hours > or maybe even a day and then go back a rewrite it when I have calmed down. > > Treat others with respect and try not to assume intent before you know all > the facts. A better reply to the "held for moderation" message would have > been to just state what happened and ask what it means. > > Finally, posting under my real name helps because if I fuck up and say the > wrong thing it reflects on me personally. Making mistakes and learning the > hard way can be a very good thing IMHO. ;-) > > Cheers! > -- > Brent > > > *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: > softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Fx Person > *Sent:* 06 January 2013 13:40 > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Subject:* Re: Area ate my message ( and spit it out again :) > > > @Raffaele & Stefan > > Actually the Line Breaks are manual (not left to the automatic line breaks > of the page width) > which normally should be easier to read, > but the Area fixed page width ended-up slightly shorter than measured, > resulting in sporadic extra line breaks with 1 or 2 words on the extra > lines.. > > Would have fixed-it if there was an Edit button, but there was not. > > But << ***Could not*** read / understand it >> ? (hum..) > > > @Andy > Not sure about the distress.. strong feelings perhaps.. > > as for your previous post.. > > Yep.. aah! sales.. > > But what makes me somewhat hopeful, > particularly for when MayaFX would come out, in respects to what would be > left of ICE marketing, > (ICE Marketing being whats left of SI Marketing) > > .. from what I can tell, "the industry" seems to be moving towards the > smaller-shop market, > and that includes Autodesk.. > > Smaller-shops/indy freelancers being exactly where SI can shine (or > outperform) most, > and where AD would have a few very good contenders there (Modo.. C4D..) > (unless they would acquire them all .. gna-hahaha!) > and where Maya may feel a bit overbloated. > > Otherwise, if they only knew how much (Godforsaken) sales they may be > about to miss-out on. > > Depending on how things turn out, I'm personally keeping an eye on Modo > (workflow/philosophy-wise ) > while having witnessed an increasing amount of actual job posts mentioning > it. > > (and while surely also keeping-on using SI at home, > as I would Photoshop if it got aquired by Corel & replaced with Corel > Paint) > > Also please don't apologize! I personally found your long post to be > rather short! :) > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Andy Moorer <andymoo...@gmail.com> > > I was the same, I saw it as indicative of a degree of distress and strong > conflicting feelings on the matter. (Shrugs) I can accept that, I've vented > on this board myself (probably to the annoyance of the rest of you, heh, > apologies.) > > In a sense, I'm glad Softimage is a tool which can arouse this degree of > emotion, I think it's an amazing tool and am glad others also feel as > strongly. But I hope nobody will stress themselves out too much. :) > > > On Jan 6, 2013, at 1:13 AM, Raffaele Fragapane < > raffsxsil...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > If I have to be honest, I couldn't puzzle out, or read the entirety of, > the post due to the layout/typography being so... messy? > > > > I don't even get what is a quote, a self-quote, a statement, or anything > else. > > I might be alone in this, but I really couldn't get through the lot, and > not for lack of trying. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Autodesk Limited > Registered Office: One Discovery Place, Columbus Drive, Farnborough, > Hampshire GU14 0NZ > Registered in England and Wales, No. 1839239 > > >
