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Flynnhustler writes: "Our upstart videogame culture site, Robot Street Gang, has just posted a new story by seasoned videogame writer Peter Olafson. The story, Stuck, is a
first person account of Olafson's tortuous attempts to beat the PSOne game Alien Resurrection.
If you've ever read his Game Theory columns in the New York Times or his oft linked San Jose Mercury-News piece about gaming after Sept. 11, you
know that Olafson takes a very personal approach to the exeperience of gaming."
yup
hardly
robotstreetgang.com aisn't coming up for me at all. This has to be a new world record! Does slashdot get an award or something?
F-bacher
James Tiberius Kirk: "Spock, the women on your planet are logical. No other planet in the galaxy can make that claim."
I don't care what you say, they don't make the page load any faster!
WIPO - Man you trolls are shit compared to Egg Trolls troll's. Egg Man is just so much more original.
Your account get hacked or something?
just so everyone knows...he is using the old %20 trick in making an account. This is NOT the real CmdrTaco. Anyone who thinks it is is an idiot.
look at the account name:
"CmdrTaco on"
so it has happened about 3 or 4 times now
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I aggree. Egg Troll has definitely been carrying the troll community lately. WIPO, I'm afraid your glory days are gone.
Soggy rice crispies and an undercooked muffin. Yummy!
gaming needs to play a lesser part of peoples recreation these days. fatass.
Also, the spelling is better than the real thing.
They're a "gaming journalist"...they get paid for what even their fellow obsessive gamers think of as disturbing behavior. Who else would give five-star ratings to games like "Outpost"?
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
moderators!!! wake up!!!!!
right on man. right on. right on. you tell em. machoman. right ooonnnn. maaannnn.
19-FEB-94 12:16 Pm Est (1716 Utc)
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Date=2/19/94
Type=Correspondent Report
Number=2-153736
Title=Saudi / Extremism (S Only)
Byline=Peyman Pejman
Dateline=Cairo
Content=
Voiced At:
Intro: Members Of One Of Saudi Arabia'S Richest Non-Royal Families Issued A Statement Saturday Condemning A Family Member who Is Believed To Have Financed Several Muslim Extremist Groups In The Middle East. Peyman Pejman Reports From Cairo.
Text: In The Statement Sent To Several Saudi Newspapers, The Bin Laden Family Members Said They Want To Disassociate Themselves From Osama Bin Laden.
Osama Bin Laden Is Believed To Be Living In Sudan And Is Said To Have Been A Main Financial Backer Of The So-Called Afghan Arabs. They Are Muslim Arabs Who Fought Alongside The Afghan Mujahedin Against Soviet Forces In Afghanistan.
The Bin Laden Statement Was Signed By Bakr Mohamed Bin Laden, Osama Bin Laden'S Brother. In Their Statement The Family Said All Family Members -- Whose Number Exceeds 50 -- Would Like To Express Their Regret, Denunciation, And Condemnation For All Acts That Osama Bin Laden May Have Committed, Which, In Their Words, We Do Not Condone And Which We Reject.
Osama Bin Laden Has Been Specially Mentioned In Connection With A Group That Has Committed Several Acts Of Violence In Yemen. The Bin Laden Family Comes Originally From The Southern Part Of Yemen. Some Family Members Emigrated To Saudi Arabia Decades Ago. (Signed)
Neb/Pp/Dw/Jwh
the ancient greeks profusely illustrated the ceramic containers they used in daily life. a container intended for wine would depict, appropriately enough, a drunken orgy. when archaeologists dug these items up starting last century, they treated them with the shock and moral outrage that is stereotypical of victorians. the ceramics ended up buried in museum basements. since many scholars couldn't handle acknowledging that the greeks, their role models and intellectual deities, drew pictures of themselves screwing little boys, these riotous views of greek sexual life were largely swept under the rug. for many years, students of the classics were drawing their information on greek homosexuality from plato alone. (plato is boring. go look at the pictures. :-))
the rediscovery of the pictorial evidence has challenged many of our assumptions of greek homosexuality. for instance, the word 'greek' has long been associated with anal penetration. we know now that when greek men screwed little boys, they prefered to do it between the thighs (there's a word for that but i can't remember how to spell it). anal penetration carried with it the connotations of coarseness and general crudity, and people rumored to like it were relentlessly ridiculed.
note that it is a mistake to look back on ancient greece as a golden age of sexual license. there were social strictures just as nasty back then. for instance, socially sanctioned sex seems to have been largely as a tool of domination. older men were expected to seduce younger boys, while sex between two men of the same age carried with it an air of irresponsibility, rebellion, and anti-socialness. nevertheless, many people clearly enjoyed these activities, for we still have pictures of them.
if your school has a decent-sized classics department, you'll probably be able to find books with detailed photographs in your library or book store. since these are scholarly works, you may be able to find catalogs of ancient erotica even in places which restrict distribution of obscene material.
for starters, i recommend the book 'the reign of the phallus' by patricia keuls. you have to wade through pages and pages of polemic to get to, say, the photo of a hellenistic statue of zeus in the form of a huge eagle clutching the handsome boy ganymede in a suggestive position, not to mention the orgy scenes, but i think it's worth the effort.
so now people have a chance not only to rediscover a largely repressed history, but to look at some pretty hot artwork.
the slashdot gang are too busy shitting their pants while watching LNUX drop to improve SLASH.
Sorry, but the link is dead. Do you mind reposting?
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.grp file to automatically convert it to a
/m parameter to display
." to view the current
.." to view the root folder.
/select switch is used, the
/select
/e, /root, \\Reports
/select, C:\Windows\Calc.exe
/e, /root,
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Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
README for Tips and Tricks
April 1999
(c) Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1999
This document provides complementary or late-breaking
information to supplement the Microsoft Windows 98
Second Edition documentation.
HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENT
To view Tips.txt on-screen in Notepad, maximize the
Notepad window.
To print Tips.txt, open it in Notepad or another word
processor, and then on the File menu, click Print.
CONTENTS
MISCELLANEOUS TIPS AND TRICKS
MS-DOS COMMAND PROMPT
NOTE: For more tips and keyboard shortcuts, see online
Help.
MISCELLANEOUS TIPS AND TRICKS
Faster Application Launching
Windows 98 can tune your system to launch your applications
faster. To get the best application launch speed, convert
your hard disk to FAT32, and then run the Maintenance wizard
from the System Tools menu. By using this wizard, you can
schedule regular disk defragmentation options that
automatically tune up your application launch times.
Aggressive System Maintenance
For even more aggressive maintenance, after running the
Maintenance wizard, open Task Scheduler and set your tasks to
run every night, with one-half hour intervals between the
start time of each task (Cleanup, then ScanDisk, then Disk
Defragmenter). You may want to check the settings for ScanDisk
to automatically fix errors, too. This way, your system is
ready to go each morning.
Faster Connections to Internet Service Providers
You may be able to reduce the time it takes to connect to
your Internet Service Provider (ISP). Go to the Dial-Up
Networking connection that you use, right-click and select
Properties, and then on the Server Types tab, clear the
check boxes for Log on to Network, NetBEUI, and IPX/SPX
Compatible Protocol. Then verify that you can still connect.
Most ISPs don't use this setting, and it can take up to 60
seconds to time out.
Start Menu Order
With Windows 98, you can drag items around directly on the
Start menu to change the order or which sub-menu an item is
located on. You can also right-click and delete, or see the
properties of the shortcut on the Start menu. You can also
right-click an item and then choose Sort by Name.
Use System Monitor to Monitor Your Connection and
Download Speeds
System Monitor now has parameters for your dial-up networking
connection, including download and upload bytes per second,
so you can monitor the data flow speeds.
Configuration Summary
To print a copy of your system configuration summary, run
the System Information utility from the System Tools menu,
and select Print from the Edit menu.
Sending Objects By Using The SendTo Feature
You can drag any shortcut to the SendTo folder. Shortcuts
can be to a printer, fax, network drive, or Windows program.
To open the SendTo folder, click Start, and then click Run.
In the Open box, type SendTo, and then press ENTER. Use the
right mouse button to drag the item's icon into the SendTo
window. The shortcut appears on the SendTo menu. Right-click
a document or folder icon, click Send To, and then click a
menu item.
For example, you can create a link to Notepad.exe in your
SendTo folder. Then, if you right-click a document, you can
click Send To, and then click Notepad.
Quick View
If Quick View is installed, and if Quick View supports a
particular file format, you can quickly view the contents
of that file by right-clicking it, and then clicking Quick
View.
System Tools
1. Right-click a drive in My Computer, and then click
Properties.
2. Click Disk Cleanup to run the disk cleanup tool for that
drive.
TIP: Click the Tools tab to use ScanDisk, Backup, and
Disk Defragmenter.
Convert Windows 3.1 Program Groups
You can convert Windows 3.1 program groups in two ways:
- Click a
Windows 98 folder.
-OR-
- Run the GRPCONV command with the
a dialog box in which you can select groups to convert.
Open With
To open an associated file with a different program,
hold SHIFT and right-click the file. Click Open With.
Under Choose the program you want to use, click
the program you want to use, and then click OK.
If you don't want all files of this type to be
associated with this program, clear the check box,
Always use this program to open this type of file.
Hotkeys
In Windows 98, hotkeys assigned to shortcuts in the
Start menu or its subfolders can be used to start
programs any time.
Screen Resolution
To quickly change screen resolution for different
applications, right-click anywhere on the desktop,
click Properties, and then click the Settings tab.
Under Screen area, move the slider to the desired
resolution.
If you change screen resolution often, on the Settings
tab, click the Advanced button and then on the General
tab, click the Show settings icon on task bar check box.
You can then double-click the icon to quickly display
the Settings tab.
File Names And Extensions
The following are valid file names for Windows 98
programs:
12345678.ABC (MS-DOS name)
12345678.ABCDEF (no limit on extensions)
123456789012345678901234567890123456789.ABC
(long file name)
1234567890123456789012345678901234567890.ABCDEF
(long file name and long extension)
123456789.ABC.DEF
(long file name with multiple extensions)
This is a valid file name (long names with spaces
that mean something).
To view the MS-DOS name associated with a long file
name, right-click the file, and then click Properties.
Developer's Trick
If you need to restart the taskbar (for example,
after you've changed a registry entry), press
CTRL+ALT+DEL, click Explorer, and then click
End Task. The taskbar is removed and then restarts.
Making A Startup Disk
To create a complete startup disk, click Start,
point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then
double-click Add/Remove Programs. Click the Startup
Disk tab, and then click Create Disk.
Undoing A File Move Or File Rename
If you forget where you just moved a file in Windows
Explorer or accidentally renamed a file, on the Edit
menu, click Undo or press CTRL+Z.
Display Properties
Right-click anywhere on the desktop, and then click
Properties to change the desktop background, screen
saver, appearance, or Web or video settings. To change
your primary display font, change the font on the
Appearance tab.
Taskbar Clock
Place the mouse pointer over taskbar clock to view the
date. Double-click the taskbar clock to set the system
time, date, and time zone. To remove the clock from the
taskbar, right-click the taskbar, and then click
Properties. Click Taskbar Options, and then click to
clear the Show Clock option.
Easy Access To Computer Properties
To view your computer (system) properties, right-click
My Computer and then click Properties. If you have a
Windows button on your keyboard, press WINDOWS+BREAK.
To view Network properties, right-click Network
Neighborhood, and then click Properties.
Using The Keyboard Instead Of A Mouse
You can move the cursor without using the mouse
by turning on MouseKeys. Accessibility Options must
be installed before you can use MouseKeys.
MS-DOS COMMAND PROMPT
Directory Shortcuts
Related directories have the following shortcuts:
. = current directory
.. = parent directory
... = parent directory once removed
.... = parent directory twice removed
For example, if you are in the C:\Windows\System\Viewers
directory, and you enter cd... at the command prompt, the
directory changes to C:\Windows.
Visual Display Of Directory From The Command Prompt
If you are at a command prompt and want a visual display
of a directory (folder), type "start
folder, or "start
Drag File Names To The Command Prompt
You can drag file and folder icons from the desktop or a
folder to a command prompt instead of typing the file or
folder name. The file or folder name is then placed in the
keyboard buffer of the running MS-DOS-based program.
Copy And Paste Information From And To The Command Prompt
Activate the toolbar in the MS-DOS-based program
window to gain point-and-click access to copy, cut,
and paste operations from a Windows-based program to
an MS-DOS-based program. For example, you can copy a
folder shortcut on the screen, and then paste it into
a mail message.
Start Windows-Based Programs From The Command Prompt
You can start Windows-based programs from a command
prompt by typing the name of the program you want to
run, including parameters. For example, to start Notepad,
type "notepad" at the command prompt, and then press ENTER.
You can also start Windows-based programs in batch files.
You can use the Start command at a command prompt to
start a program or open a document. For example, you
can type "C:>start calc.exe."
COMMAND.PIF
To set the properties for an MS-DOS window, open the
PIF folder and edit Command.pif, or find Command.com
and edit the properties there.
DOSKEY
If you want to use DOSKEY in an MS-DOS window without
loading it in Autoexec.bat or creating a startup batch
script, you can specify DOSKEY as the startup batch
file in the program properties. If you decide to use
a different startup batch file, simply move DOSKEY
into this batch file.
Easy Disk Copy From The Desktop
- On your desktop, double-click My Computer,
right-click floppy disk drive icon, and then
click Copy.
- OR -
- You can create a shortcut on the desktop to use for
copying floppy disks. Right-click the desktop, point
to New, and then click Shortcut. In the Create
Shortcut dialog box, type
diskcopy A: A:
to copy a disk (substitute B to use the B drive).
Windows Explorer Switches
Windows Explorer switches are useful in creating
rooted folders:
Explorer [/e,][/root,,] [[]| [/select,
]]
/e Use Explorer view (scope and results
pane view).
The default is open view (results in
pane view only).
/root Specify the object in the "normal" name
space that is used as the root (top level)
for Windows Explorer. The default is the
Desktop folder.
/select The parent folder opens and the specified
object is selected.
The folder or file that Windows Explorer
opens. If the
sub object is highlighted. If the
switch is not used, the folder or file opens
in Explorer. The default is the root.
Examples: Explorer
Opens an Explorer window at \\Reports.
Explorer
Opens a folder at C:\Windows (or activates
one that is currently open), and selects
Calc.exe.
Explorer
\Source\Internal\Design\Users\David\Archive
Opens a folder to the Archive folder. This
is a good way to create a dedicated, remote,
documents archive folder. A link to the
\\Source\Internal\Design\Users\David\Archive
folders can then be placed in the SendTo folder
for quick routing of documents.
Wow, I can't belive http://www.bendoverhereitcomes.com/ is not registered.
Thank you rho, you just saved me a lengthly search for my new homepage!
With this story being up for only 5 hours, 17 people had = +2 ratings of which the top 5 are "funny". Of these, all 5 rip the poster and or /. for the manner in which the story is presented. The remaining comments mostly rip the writer of the story. How about discussing what was written? A whole lot of discussion about the story is being done and not moderated up...
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Wow. Now this is great news. Remind me why I keep coming back here?
"remember when most posts where informative? rather than funny :( "
remember when people learned basic spelling in school?
WHERE should be WERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry
it's early.
Steve
S.t.e.v.e.