I've never heard of Democrats or liberals trying to cut mental health services. If you've got some evidence of that, I'd like to read it. It would be very useful. I have heard of Reagan gutting the NIMH. It's a long read, if you're interested.
That's already looking much better. For the head, I think the problem is you're viewing the head as a distinct 'sphere' that's attached to the body, as opposed to a continuation of the body, if that makes sense. With ZSpheres, it's easy to lose sight of the overall forms because of the way they work, and how they're…
The way I've always heard it described when referring to literature is that the hook is what catches your attention/interest and draws you in. If you want an example of this, grab a few non-technical books you might have available and just read the first page/few paragraphs. A hook is usually only necessary for something…
Dammit! I've been used!!!! Edit: I've known that Adrian and id had parted ways, and that there was a lawsuit in progress, but had heard none of the unpleasant details (I work with guys who have left id more recently). Most of our conversations degenerate into "Boy are we happy to be out of there." But I don't know any…
Heh. No expert, just learning like everyone else. From what I've heard, resizing normal maps is mostly OK if you follow MoP's lead. The only problem is when you create the mips for a normal map. You get odd interpolations from 2D rescaling, instead of "proper" interpolation by recasting from the geometry for each lower…