The Art of Shutting the Hell Up
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At 1/17/08 8:03 AM, [NameRemoved] wrote:
first off thank you for reading this now i have sent a few help letters to some people and did not get much help but i was kinda hoping this could be different since you do this for a living i have never done anything to do with flash but i am looking to get started 1 i do have bit above standard computer skills i am not a pro but i do understand a bit about how pcs work i do understand how coding works however i do not know how to code 2 i want to make this very clear i am not asking you to teach me anything about flash or pcs or macs 3 i am 14 years old and i do have quite an adaptive mind and a very high iq my computer is from 2002 or very close to that i have done minimal upgrades because i do use it quite a lot but i do not use it for much else besides the internet but i can draw very good on its original paint program with the basic tools 4 now that you know where i am coming from i was hoping that you could tell me how to get a flash program 1 can i download one 2 can i buy one in a store such as a office supply store or a best buy or comp usa or something like that i also want to note that i live in the us in a rural town and do not have access to anything like a shopping mall all the time and i only need a basic program i do not need a very expensive program or anything like that and i am quite creative and i only wish to be a part of such a wonderful form of art please reply with a pm thank you sincerely [NameRemoved]
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Response.
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At 1/17/08 8:03 AM, [NameRemoved] wrote:
first off thank you for reading
Oh god what am I getting myself into...
this now i have sent a few help letters to some people and did not get much help
I wonder why...
but i was kinda hoping this could be different since you do this for a living i have never done anything to do with flash but i am looking to get started
Congratulations... you'll need... wait... you have more? Carry on...
1 i do have bit above standard computer skills i am not a pro but i do understand a bit about how pcs work i do understand how coding works however i do not know how to code
Thats good I--
2 i want to make this very clear i am not asking you to teach me anything about flash or pcs or macs
Even better, then I sugge--
3 i am 14 years old and i do have quite an adaptive mind and a very high iq
... b...
Okay first of all, children's IQs grade high on the scale anyway since they are in a constant educative environment and thier brains naturally work faster than older adult ones. Second of all the size of your
my computer is from 2002 or very close to that i have done minimal upgrades because i do use it quite a lot but i do not use it for much else besides the internet but i can draw very good on its original paint program with the basic tools
I can only hope you're saying this as you type it...
4 now that you know where i am coming from i was hoping that you could tell me how to get a flash program
All that post JUST FOR THIS QUESTION!? Jeezus! I can tell you where to get it already, it's---
1 can i download one 2 can i buy one in a store such as a office supply store or a best buy or comp usa or something like that i also want to note that i live in the us in a rural town and do not have access to anything like a shopping mall all the time and i only need a basic program
Adobe Flash CS3. Available for a few hundred dollars.
i do not need a very expensive program or anything like that
Well tough. It's expensive or crap... and personally I chose expensive...
and i am quite creative and i only wish to be a part of such a wonderful form of art please reply with a pm thank you sincerely [NameRemoved]
You're welcome. Welcome to the Flash community. If you're as creative as you are incapable of using punctuation or asking sucinct questions, you'll go far.
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Fun Fact: His PM took up two lines in Notepad. I don't have Word Wrap on, and he didn't make a new line at any point. That's how bad it is. It broke Notepad.