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AvohkahTamer Has A Lazorcat!
06/30/09

In reply to Apple's 3D Modeler Opening Could Be Your Dream Job
Do Lego models count?
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Nick
06/30/09

@AvohkahTamer Has A Lazorcat!: you missed the boat on that one bud. they were hiring Lego architects not too long ago.
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Nick
06/30/09

In reply to Apple's 3D Modeler Opening Could Be Your Dream Job
i can make an ash tray with clay.
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nutbastard
06/30/09

In reply to Apple's 3D Modeler Opening Could Be Your Dream Job
Saying that this 'isn't a design job' is absurd - it's the guy who models the damn thing that's the first to see what's potentially wrong with it and who gets first stab at suggesting modifications. The modeler is almost never lead designer, but he almost always has the ear of whoever is.
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Gann
06/30/09

@nutbastard: While I agree with you in principle, the fact that they repeatedly state that this is not a design job - nor could it lead to one - says loads about who they are looking for and what they will/will not want this person to do.
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nutbastard
06/30/09

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OMG OMG OMG OMG THIS IS WHAT I ALREADY DO!

...and i'll be totally usurped by someone with a fancy college degree. Sigh.
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nutbastard
06/30/09

@nutbastard:

also, I'm not familiar with the software they'd want me to know. sigh. a man can dream, though.
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Nintenboy01
06/30/09

@nutbastard: I wonder if they might be using some proprietary Pixar modeling software?
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nutbastard
06/30/09

@Nintenboy01:

"This position requires an advanced understanding and use of 3D surface modeling software, preferably Alias Studio or Rhino."
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
06/30/09

In reply to Apple's 3D Modeler Opening Could Be Your Dream Job
You mean where you plug in a bunch of calculations for the actual artists and then feed it to a rendering farm to product 3d graphics of the item suitable for use in machining prototypes?
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Gann
06/30/09

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From the link: "This is not a design position"
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Nick
06/30/09

@Gann: i have worked a couple jobs where they say it isn't one thing and it actually is.
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tande04
06/30/09

@Nick: How many jobs have you worked where the description matched the job too?

It doesn't sound like a design job, it sounds like an industrial job.
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Nick
06/30/09

@tande04: employers are just like job hunters always looking to embellish their postings just a wee bit.
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Gann
06/30/09

@Nick: From further down the article:

"Candidates must keep in mind that this is not a designer position nor is it a stepping-stone to a designer position."
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Nick
06/30/09

@Gann: alright, alright. next time i will click-thru and read it.
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ZLevee
02/27/09

In reply to How Do You Feel About Unboxings?
Pointless. I skip them.

At most, a single shot of the device and accessories that it came with is all I care about.
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Purple Dave
02/27/09

In reply to How Do You Feel About Unboxings?
Mine go pretty smoothly, but if I'm going to read a post about it, I'd generally rather there be lots of blood, and a permanent reduction of digits.
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Curves
02/26/09

In reply to How Do You Feel About Unboxings?
I dont mind the vids for those who like them, but, for myself, the vids sort of seems to glorify the naked, raw consumerist society in us that is contributing to global warming and pollution because of the packaging. I am torn since I love pretty boxes, but dont want to kill the planet to have them.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
02/26/09

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I enjoy unboxing gadgets just as much as the next nerd but I only obtain satisfaction when I'm doing the unboxing. Watching someone else do it just doesn't have the same affect. And besides you just know the person who made that unboxing video is just sneering over there saying, "Ha-ha bitches. Look what I have that you don't. You suck!!"

Actually I'm wrong. I do get some satisfaction when you guys have to return all those loaners after you're done reviewing them, so ha-ha on you!
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
02/26/09

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I just don't get the joy of watching someone else unbox a gadget as what I feel unboxing it my damn self. There's a photo that the wife took of me last year, sitting on the floor surrounded by a swath of computer parts I had just unboxed and was preparing to assemble.

Watching others unbox something just reminds me that I don't have one of "whatever the hell it is." yet.

I'd appreciate more a coverage of how easy/difficult it is to get a device ready to use. IE: It only takes 5 minutes to pull it out of the box, but it has a forced 30 minute OOBE to sit through.
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JPropaganda
02/26/09

@Lite: supports Bacon Salt...And so should you.: That's not a bad idea. Or a rating scale of how difficult in general the box is to open. Damn headphone cases...

I guess that would be more of an uncasing though.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
02/26/09

@JPropaganda: Right, but isn't it more important to know how many stitches you will need to pay for after destroying your hand opening a bubble package?
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OMG! Ponies!
02/26/09

In reply to How Do You Feel About Unboxings?
They are the most obnoxious thing ever uploaded to the internet.

Worse than Tubgirl. Worse than LOLcats. Worse than LonelyGirl15. Worse than the Twitterers who spam about their program to use Twitter to its maximum. Worse than any bait-and-switch ware from Real. Worse than Hamsterdance and Dancing Jesus and the Dancing Baby. Worse than "LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE" and "I'd hit that" and "I, for one, welcome our insect overlords". Worse than Rickrolling. Worse than anything from Japan. Worse than JennyCam. Worse than GeoCities. Worse than every shitty MySpace page. Worse than every generic fake Apple product. Worse than The Drudge Report. Worse than AOL. Worse than Prodigy. Worse than every blinking banner ad that wants you to hit a target to get a lower rate on your mortgage. Worse than every Flash ad that won't shut up. Worse than Digg after Digg 2.0.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
02/26/09

@OMG! Ponies!: But is it worse than asking if it will blend?
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
02/26/09

@OMG! Ponies!: Uhm, you forgot to include Facebook...
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
02/26/09

@Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: Worse than Facebook Users on Giz? How is that even possible?
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Jason Chen
02/26/09

@Lite: supports Bacon Salt...And so should you.: Don't hate on Facebook users in general. Only hate on the individual ones if they're asses.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
02/26/09

@Jason Chen: I'm not hating on facebookers, just the bad facebookers. Unfortunately, kind of like drivers here in Washington, there seem to be more bad ones than good ones. But I admit that may merely be my perception.
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OctaviaAmyntor
02/26/09

In reply to How Do You Feel About Unboxings?
i'm conflicted: i love the unboxings for gadgets i'll never buy, but i hate them for gadgets i will buy and want to savor the initial euphoria of opening it all for myself... maybe you need spoiler warnings?
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MrBlahBlah
02/26/09

@OctaviaAmyntor: ditto
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