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  1. Jack Sparrow and the Black Pearl

    • 11h20, 13 Aug
      2008
    • 11
    1. twiggle stix
      Nice! Lebogang!
    2. Khumbelo
      word!
    3. Bareng Rakuba
      Mafoko a gago a utlwala/utlwagala, Lebogang.
      daniel
      What you can do is ensure that your copyright is embedded into the file, this can be done using Photoshop or a handful of image editing files.

      Secondly, ensure the copyright is All rights reserved. Sorry Lebogang, but the hippy inspired Creative Commons license is a pile of wank when it comes to protecting your copyright.

      This doesn't automatically protect your images, hell even national magazines use images without your permission, but it does mean you have a legal path to take if you find it happening.
      daniel
      I've added this note
      http://75.co.za/notes/9
    6. noidSyStems
      Sure ... I hear that ... I've gone to photography sites where when you right click a small window comes up saying DO NOT STEAL ...

      Cnt you add that script on ... maybe ... maybe ...

      lol
      daniel
      the problem with that is it's easily bypassed, if the image is rendered in the browser, it has already been downloaded.
    8. lebogang nkoane
      noidSystem --- if you are using firefox, disable javascript, bada-bing-bada-bang the 'pop-up' appears no more, and you can download. (or you can view the source to find the img tag for the pic you want and use its url to get it --- image download crawlers work like that)

      Then there is those 'flash based' site --- if you are like me (a web developer) you are on firefox and you got firebug --- it shows you all the files being downloaded, right click on photograph, bada-bing-bada-bang you can view/download it.

      The truth is, as Daniel said: the minute you the user(viewer) can see something on a website, it's already on your computer, you just have to figure out where it is, and you can keep it, illegally.

      I know, I'm exposing the ways of the 'dark side of the force' but like Grisham (CSI:LasVegas) said: "Everybody learns from science."

      *retreats
    9. lebogang nkoane
      Oh, another thing --- disabling right-clicking is breaking the very thing a browser is made to do --- that breaks web standards and accessibility --- and i vow on my last semi-colon (geek joke) I'll never break standards just to do something.

      At the end, you are left with making sure you have informed people of the copyright attached to your 'work' --- and you rest in hope that everybody will respect that. If you see the benefit of chasing down a 'the owner of a photo-site' in the middle of Ukraine who lives in his/her mom's basement, sure, go ahead --- cnn/m&g on the other hand, might be worth, tracking down.

      *retreats, further.
    10. noidSyStems
      Jeez ok dudes ...

      But a lot ordinary pips didnt know that and their are the jackers.

      *slides back
    11. Native Soul
      sharing is caring
      pirarcy is never gonna go away.

      free culture, remake , remix realities
      overlap bounderies,enlarge or reduce
      the norms ----- free culture,

      embrace it

  2. A few, other things, you might need to know -- Part 3: The Weekend Update.

    • 11h14, 10 Aug
      2008
    • 08
    1. Bareng Rakuba
      photographs and dialogue are things that keeps Gamma alive and going. And most graphers are involved in a dialogue before/after uploading. so in my own opinion I would say: keep it where it is. But hey...what do I know?
    2. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
      I'd advice you not to replace 'our dialogue' section on the homepage.

      75 is all about sharing and showcasing photography in the 1st place, so I think 'uploaded' photographs (and graphers' views on the photo) should still be the user interface's priority.

      While 'notes' also adds value, I doubt they will be as important to the graphers as the dialogue.
      Don't get me wrong I love the 'notes' section, I think it adds value to the site
      A visitor will not always have the time to go through all the new photographs - and I think sometimes the number of comments (shown on the 'dialogue') plays a crucial role in attracting the visitor to particular uploads.

      And I doubt new 'notes' will be as frequent as new views in the 'dialogue'...I'd say let graphers, share and view photographs + comments THEN feed them with knowledge.
      *I hope that made sense, I'm quite bad in scribing my thought
    3. Khumbelo
      i agree...i too think "our dialogue" belongs where it is now.
      blogsta
      that's the first thing i look at... and i like to view the photographs that create the most dialogue :)
      blogsta
      honestly i had never looked at the notes tab till u mentioned it now so my vote is to keep the dialogue on the home page!!
    6. loymad
      I don't know about you guys... but all that computer jargon flew right over my head... but the sight looks real pwitty
    7. lebza
      The site looks preety cool but I had a few problems;the site was too slow and a bit unresponsive!
    8. lebogang nkoane
      lebza --- you will need to explain further.

      un-response, to? when you do what? what are you doing? where are you doing it?

      you follow?

      from where I'm sitting (3g.vodacom and iburst) it's not slow, pretty dam fast I must say).

  3. All you might need to know - Part 2.

    • 11h20, 08 Aug
      2008
    • 03
      mash™

      carry on sir.

      ps: i see you're on my sleep cycle now. i warned you, it's a slippery slope...

    2. Bareng Rakuba

      I always go through tags if I want to find a specific pic. Tags are cool for me....I think.

      blogsta

      ur inspirational... ur detail & all is admirable!!! :)

  4. The true, update --- All you might need to know. Part 1.

    • 14h21, 05 Aug
      2008
    • 10
    1. noidSyStems

      I'm not hugging you nor kissing ...
      But I'll give a big pound aya ...

      Looks fresh ... loads nicely ... .Gamma

      Improvements are always good ... So where are we celebrating this well deserved hard work ... I would say my house BUT hai le tlang stalker ... !

      ?!?

    2. seilatsatsi

      just one Q - does inviting sum1 mean that they will get to know all ur info, like ur mail ady n stuff?

    3. Stefanie Jason

      yes! i cosign on the celebration part
      tonight i will have just 1 tot of Tanqueray on behalf of this feat. lol

    4. NguJaz

      congratulations lebogang.
      you deserve the sleep.

    5. lebogang nkoane

      Seilatsatsi --- nope. But, you will need to know their email address --- ipso facto it means you would know them, if not then chances are you will be labelled a spammer (a lighter term than a stalker, ;)

    6. rudzani

      Well done lebogang. I think I have Explorer 6 :-( I deliberately have been trying to keep all things old because they worked better. What do you mean no support for it? Is that why I am generating all these error messages??

    7. lebogang nkoane

      Ru, most likely.

      I didn't and haven't see what the site looks like on ie6.

      I think, you can get away with installing firefox on your computer than upgrading to ie7 --- and I tell you what you will have a better internet experience (and much much safer).

      The reason why I am not support ie6 is that --- it doesn't follow web standards and I refuse to break standards just to get the thing to work on ie6.

      Sorry, 'bout that --- but it's a gamble I had to make.

    8. rudzani

      ANd what have we left here? The "love" we put up no longer adds up. What's going on?

    9. lebogang nkoane

      Rudzani, explain?

    10. noidSyStems

      Yeah PLEAZE explain ...
      !

  5. Days go by and still I think of you.

    • 11h20, 05 Aug
      2008
    • 13
    1. Khumbelo

      yah no fresh.r to def this...

    2. seilatsatsi

      thanks for the hard work man, Gamma done dropped n it looks good.

      daniel

      now this is much sexier!!

      congrats

    4. seilatsatsi

      i have to say though, i miss the refresh thingi. ;-(

    5. lebogang nkoane

      It's coming back ---------

      argggggggggggggggggggg way to many problems.

      I'm shuttin' the site down again.

    6. Max Mogale

      Mmmmmh...Whats cooking, good lookin? Noice one dude, looks fresh!

    7. lebogang nkoane

      ta, y'all.

      i think I done fix most errors ---

      seila --- the 'refresher' is back. (it was validating as proper xhtml, i'm pedentic 'bout standards).

      one thing that got lost was the 'web addresses' --- amma try and recuperate those this afternoon.

      *back to hacking the code.

    8. seilatsatsi

      THANKS

    9. Sukum'ukhanye

      This is nyc!!! thanks...

    10. Stefanie Jason

      look very fresh and clean
      =)

    11. George Gladwin Matsheke

      Ayoba!!
      sobangena!

    12. tebogo motea

      lookin too fresh, 75 Gamma is dope

      mash™

      well done lad

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