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Won't The Real Quickies Please Stand Up?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i'll-be-the-only-person-in-the-nursin-home-flirtin dept.

Let's get back into the quickie portege00 sent in linkage to Robot Store where you can buy parts to build a Battlebot. Maybe after I finish my MAME cabinet ;) Speaking of MAME, Martin Hock claims that it makes in appearance in Godzilla 2000, check it out. Ever through of using a beverage as a weapon? Innominate sent in a weapon that uses pop cans as ammo. I'll just stick to coffee: Matador sent in the TCP/IP equipped Espresso Machine, but I'd tend to rather go the other way (thanks again Ant). matth sent in a cool page that has Dr Seuss Art for sale- the man did some really excellent work. If Seuss is to arty for ya, maybe SkippyVision can help; he sent us to the Etch-a-sketch art Gallery. If you need something to wear to the gallery, foondog sent us hats made of meat. If you think dandruff is an unhealthy food risk, Boolean sent us what might be the greatest meal ever. How can you resist a bowl of soup that morphs into a Ninja Asassin. While we're talking about Japanese stuff, Ant continues to submit quickies at a frenzied pace, like Mathematical Origami. webword sent in a site that explains how to make lightsaber effects with basic video editing tools. And it just wouldn't be quickies without rampant Microsoft Bashing: List knows what happens when you combine WinCE, WinME, and WinNT: Coming soon to a frys near you. Khan showed us where Microsoft got the inspiration for XBox's Controller, and Ron Harwood sent us linkage to the best MCSE Trainer around.

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  1. CmdrTaco - visionary genius or code idiot? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4

    For:
    1) Comes up with Slashdot
    2) 133t graphic art skills
    3) original alias
    4) rich as all fuck
    5) gets to screw around on Slashdot all day long and GETS PAID FOR IT!

    Against:
    1) created Slashdot in _perl_ for god's sake!
    2) amazingly bad grammar
    3) even worse spelling
    4) can't even create simple HTML to save his friggin' life (see the link for the word 'ant' in the above, you'll see what happened.)
    5) doesn't understand how to use the PREVIEW option ON HIS OWN SITE
    6) doesn't understand the concept of 'check your links before submitting' - ON HIS OWN SITE

    Hmm...seems the scales tip in favour of...CODE IDIOT!

    Not that that's a bad thing... :^)

    Don't worry, Taco, we still wubs ya...but DAMN!

  2. BattleBots on DVD? by abischof · · Score: 3
    Is it just me, or is anyone else interested in seeing BattleBots on DVD? I did notice that their store lists a VHS video for sale, but I just don't buy VHS anymore..

    I'm considering starting an online petition for this. Do you think that'd work?

    Alex Bischoff
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  3. Windows CE ME NT... by garcia · · Score: 5

    Microsoft would make this out to be a good thing, "It is a rock solid OS" :( I think it crashes harder than a rock ;-)

  4. won't the real cmdrtaco please shut up? by Phexro · · Score: 5

    or at least let someone else post? or at least stop smoking crack?

    "If you think dandruff is an unhealthy food risk, Boolean sent us what might be the greatest meal ever. How can you resist a bowl of soup that morphs into a Ant is back with Mathamatical Oragami."

    um, yeah.
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  5. CmdrTaco sets a new record for repeats, repeats... by nmarshall · · Score: 4

    now what, kind of drugs could have done this...
    how could Taco, repeat, hats of meat, bowl of ants, and math oragmi....


    nmarshall

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  6. I'll comment in a minute... by jtdubs · · Score: 5

    I'm not done deciphering the post yet...

    Justin Dubs

  7. Standards compliance? by Pseudonym · · Score: 5

    Ah, but does the internet coffee machine comply with the relevant standards?

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  8. Martin Hock's other work by yerricde · · Score: 3

    Martin Hock, who sent in the Godzilla MAME sighting, wrote a TI calculator game called Insane Game a while back. A(n unofficial) pixel-perfect PC port of Insane Game is available here (press the T key in game to turn off candy graphics and turn on pixel-perfect mode).
    Like Tetris? Like drugs? Ever try combining them?

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  9. Another Interesting Polyhedra Site by MathJMendl · · Score: 4

    Click here to see another really interesting polyhedra site, The Encylopedia of Polyhedra. It has virtual reality polyhedra models, and a lot of other interesting polyhedra information.

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  10. Congratulations CmdrTaco! by cr@ckwhore · · Score: 5

    Lets all congratulate CmdrTaco on his acceptance into the "Department of Redundancy Department".

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  11. Painful grammar. by Operandi · · Score: 5

    I know CmdrTaco has given his disclaimers about his inability to correctly spell simple words and form simple sentences, but good god. I invite you all to reread that quickie article. The same sentence is said 2 times, blah blah. DO YOU EVER USE PREVIEW YOURSELF CMDRTACO? It's carelessness, and it's painful to read. CmdrTaco, take some of that 50 mill and enroll yourself into the local primary school.

    regards!

  12. Battlebots, mmm by Urban+Existentialist · · Score: 3
    One of the great things about modern toys is the fact that they are interactive. When I was a child, all toys were dolls, in effect - action men, GI Joe, transformers. The were pretty boring, and relied on a feminine insight and ability to internalise. Most boys don't want to do that - they want to go out into the world, and affect it. This is why old, traditional toys such as footballs are the best.

    Now though, with modern toys, we are at last getting properly interactive, stimulating and outward looking toys, of the sort that both adults and children enjoy. It seems to me that the 80's were just a bad time for toys (except, perhaps, lego).

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