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well, it's late now but here is an http://home.no/fa2001/inter.mp3mp3 if anyone cares. the quality is poor; 32kbps, 16kHz, but it's only 6MB (my mp3 player didn't have space for more)

A word like that is called a 'portmanteau' word. It's got a nice story behind it; like 'chortle', it is one of the many words that Lewis Carrol, author of Alice in Wonderland, added to the language.

See Wikipedia and this site for more details.

I love the English language...

Since I haven't seen anything about the history of the car posted so far, here's a link to some info about the history of the Delorean Motor Company.

Taken from http://wiki.xbox-linux.org/ -- "5 Are all MechAssault CD's the same?

No. You need the original version, not the "Xbox Game of the Year" version. The newer disk has been patched and can waste a lot of time. The CD labels are identical. Look at the laser etching on the back. The new one says MS02308L while the original is MS02301L."

Notice that the only difference between the two strings is the second to last character. 8=bad, 1=good.

My recommendation would be to go to a used game store and ask to take a look at the a used copy of mech assault. If it's the right one, then buy it. If you buy it, you aren't under the same time crunch as you are if you rent it. (not to mention that you can usually get it for a mere $15)

There a couple other problems you can run into during the install. If your Xbox dashboard is above a certain version number, the Mech Assault install won't work. You have to downgrade your dashboard. You can view the version number of your Dashboard by getting System info in the dashboard(or something of that nature). Instructions on how to downgrade the dashboard are towards the bottom of this page.
The file required to downgrade the dashboard is not that difficult to get, but it can be tricky to find. (I can help you get it if need be)

Depending on what DVD drive you have, you will need to use certain brands of CD-R/RW. It is very important that the disc be compatible (for obvious reasons). In any given Xbox, there is either a Samsung, Phillips, or Thompson drive. You can identify which drive you have using this picture here. At wiki.xbox-linux.org there is a "compatibility list" that tells you what brands of CD-RW should work with your drive. The Thompson drive is the least desirable of the three, and ideally you want a Samsung drive.

There are a bunch of people readily available to help troubleshoot any problems. I got some good help troubleshooting my install, and I don't mind helping anyone out that might need it.

If you don't have an Xbox already and you want to install Linux, I would recommend picking up a used one (as opposed to new). Used Xboxes are less likely to be problematic during a Linux install due to the simple fact that they're likely to have older firmware and such.

I'd like them to channel their destructive energy towards Zaporozhets another Ukranian invention still roaming russian streets.

I'm not sure if this is more than rumor or not (but surprised others haven't noted this yet... was hoping for more info on /.)

check out this hex edit of the gcache

and this guy might need a tin foil hat but has some points... *Shrug*

interesting at least... eh?

E.

lolz0r

Do you know what condition Russia was in right after the communist revolution? They were a mostly agrarian, poor as hell, big nation. They had the one of (the?) fastest industrializations in history.

And do you know how exactly did they achieve it? Hiring American engineers and buying American licenses on everything. Soviet motor industry until late 1960's still relied on licensed American cars of 1930's, like the main limmo of the entire Eastern Block - so called "pobieda", that was actually a revamped Ford A. FORD GODDAMNED A! A vehicle that not even an illegal imigrant would drive in America in 1940's, was still a rare luxury in Russia of the late 1960's!

How the hell is that a failure of communism

This recipe was actually pretty simple:
1. Steal whatever you can from the Tzarist treasury - diamonds, oil paintings, gold, whatever has any value in hard currency
2. Got the currency? Good. Now take it and hire American engineers to build your "communist" industry
3. ???????
4. Profit? No. Because you use American technology of the 1930's in 1960's. How the hell you can compete with American technology of the present day?
5. Look into the Tzarist treasury. Damned! It's empty!
6. Qucik! Call Gorby now! Let's start some perestroika. Anyone has Lech Walesa phone number?

also during that time the standard of living of the average Russian citizen was skyrocketing

Too bad we never actually noticed that. Do you have any figures to prove that?

I am an American, I love what my country is supposed to stand for

Good for you. I am not an American. I am sometimes highly critical on American policy. But the main difference between you and me is that I actually saw communism. And I just know it does not work. As simple as that. Whatever you want to say about America - it works. Yes, yes, sometimes it works in a wrong way. Maybe not sometimes, maybe even too damned often. But it WORKS. You can't say that about communism - it "works" only as long as long there is any Tzarist treasury to loot. When it runs dry - the game is over.

In Soviet Russia, the cars case-mod you (yeah, really, they do, ever driven one of those ZAZ cars?)

Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these!!!

It doesn't run Linux, and is therefore some Microsoft plot

???

PROFIT!!!!

/m\ is the thumbs-down equivalent. I picked it up on a couple of boards I used to be on...