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Nearly anything is better than ribbon cables. aibrahim writes "In the recent /. article about Serial ATA some people wanted to know where SCSI was going, and if Serial ATA could deal with some higher end workstation and low end server requirements. Apparently it has been decided that Serial ATA 2 (pdf doc) and Serial Attached SCSI are the answers."
Because being an American is all about first-person shooters. and i starve writes: "For any of you FPS fans out there who have been champing at the bit to see the newest product of our very own government's attempt at a multiplayer video game since Marine Doom your day has final come. America's Army, which utilizes the Unreal Warfare engine was created and designed by the United States Army and is TOTALLY FREE! go grab it off of File Planet right now!"
Before you hit your "JINGO" button, though, An anonymous reader cautions "In typical Army fashion the release of America's Army is a bust. All the servers are either full or down and the way it's set up, you can't play past the basic training without completing some of the training online. Since you can't connect to any of the servers to complete that training you basically can't play the game at all. What a waste of taxpayer money."
Nobody needs to make any cracks about this. Anonymous Coward writes "According to this CNN Article, [some cracks were] found on Space Shuttle Columbia this week, possibly delaying missions for the remainder of the year. This crack is similar to the crack found on Columbia's sister ships, Atlantis and Discovery. "
Worst pun in relation to this gets no prize.
(11:41:09) Nick: did I tell you about the dog shitting in my room the other day?
(11:50:02) mjl: no
(11:50:04) mjl: do go on
(11:52:36) Nick: Well
(11:53:08) Nick: I came home to find the dog had shit in my room. but the funny bit is where he shat
(11:53:27) Nick: all of the shit ws on one cd that was on the floor
(11:53:45) Nick: nice little pile, none spilled on the carpet
(11:53:50) Nick: the CD was
(11:54:00) Nick: Corel Open Linux
First Post!
Get it in you!
Oh well, back to dowloading pr0n...
Pr0n K1ng
First CLIT
This post, like Slashdot's sausage festival, is anti-CLIT.
The load will lighten up eventually. Check out the rules of engagement on their site. Will it stop cheating? Not a chance. But maybe they could knock one or two doors down, just for show.
poop! poop! poop!
Crack found in third space shuttle
You'd think they were getting high enough already...
Cock
Loving
Incestuous
Turdgobblers
Jingoism, indeed.
"I don't know that atheists should be considered citizens, nor should they be considered patriots." - George Bush
I have to commend Apple on one thing, it isn't their crap for kernel OSX nor is it their candy-coated, not meant for serious use user interface. The thing that really stands out about Apples is the case design.
The problem with PC cases is that it is difficult to get into and install components, at least more difficult than it has to be. Apples have the nice fold-out side panel so that opening the box means having all the components open for review right away. All cables are nicely laid so that there isn't the twisting, jumbled, leaning against the CPU and slowly melting ribbon cable problem that afflicts poorly designed PC cases.
I'm sure that such cases are available for non-Apples, but having been component shopping this past weekend, I can attest to their dearth. Why must PC cases be stuck so far in the past? Can't we learn anything from our friends (not the software people) in Mt. View?
I have been pwned because my
Can I take a crack at it?
Why does the army not release America's Army for the Mac or Linux? Is this an even against all of what a government stands for, they are promoting a single company, which actually has been convicted of anti-trust (M$).
The army needs to figure out they are doing something against the law by promoting a company that was convicted of anti-trust.
I'd like to wish a happy july 4th to the country that funds Israel's terrorism, created the DMCA, and generally wipes it's ass on the rest of the world.
Happy July 4th you filthy pig fuckers.
The Slashdot Effect: A new for
"In typical Army fashion the release of America's Army is a bust. All the servers are either full or down and the way it's set up, you can't play past the basic training without completing some of the training online. Since you can't connect to any of the servers to complete that training you basically can't play the game at all. What a waste of taxpayer money."
Wow! I applaud the Army's foray into online gaming, they've cloned every aspect of online gaming, kudos! Tomorrow, there will be a patch, the next day, another one, but that one will break your savegames, but that won't matter, because the master server will still be down....
(Still pissed I can't find a decent roleplaying NWN server....)
look in the install dir /system/tours.ini
:)
make sure the following sections look like this,
Dependency(0)=-1
Dependency(1)=-1
Dependency(2)=-1
Dependency(3)=-1
Dependency(4)=-1
Dependency(5)=-1
Dependency(6)=-1
Dependency(7)=-1
Dependency(8)=-1
(farther down)
TourSeq(0)=0
TourSeq(1)=0
TourSeq(2)=0
TourSeq(3)=0
TourSeq(4)=0
TourSeq(5)=0
TourSeq(6)=0
TourSeq(7)=0
TourSeq(8)=0
There - now you can do all the training offline
Hey, maybe somebody could reverse-engineer the server protocol for the FPSes so people can set up their own servers.
http://www.pcgameworld.com/company.php/id/666
:)
If you go to that link now, you will find that that is the information about the Army game developers. Conviently, it also has the number 666 as its ID in the database.
Coincidence? I think not!
-Vic
Jon Katz tosses Slashdot's salad.
Timmy, dressed in his fluffy pink angora sweater, is stroking Bruce, his big tabby tomcat. The sounds of Johnny Mathis on the hi-fi fill a rosey bed chamber. Dreams of Mikinos dance in Timmy's head, as he rubs his silky thighs with Coppertone, and switches on the sun lamp. In the corner sits Randy, ready for another long night of Timmy's man-love.
does anyone else find the choice of venues rather strange?
however I'll be at a family reunion that day so it's a moot point for me.
------ Work is so much easier when you don't
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3dgamers has it here
Apparently it has been decided that Serial ATA 2 (pdf doc) and Serial Attached SCSI are the answers."
I'm usually a supporter of ATA hard disks in all but the most high end servers, due to the outrageous cost benefits they offer, but this is just stupid.
SCSI is a far superior technology, there is no denying that. ATA is a hack ontop of a hack, just barely "good enough" in most cases. Only recently have large ATA RAIDs been available, through people like AXUS, Promise, and 3ware, by placing one controller per disk. Another hack on top of a hack, but very cost effective, and it works well.
If we are going to change our interface anyway, why not get rid of the SCSI vs ATA argument completely and just stick with one or the other?
I see no need for a serial SCSI and a serial ATA except for reasons of price descrimination against people who think SCSI is more reliable due to supersitions and tech mythology. The HDAs have been the same in many cases for a long time.
So why not ditch Serial ATA, or ditch serial SCSI, or ditch both and use a mature technology like Fibre Channel (which is already basically serial SCSI).
I don't see what this fragmentation gets us.
I've had enough abrasive sigs. Kittens are cute and fuzzy.
It was the 19th Century that brought a whitewashing to Satanism, in the feeble
attempts of "white" magicians trying to perform "black" magic. This was a very
paradoxical period for Satanism, with writers such as Baudelaire and Huysmans
who, despite their apparent obsession with evil, seemed nice enough fellows. The
Devil developed his Luciferian personality for the public to see, and gradually
evolved into a sort of drawing-room gentleman. This was the era of "experts" on
the black arts, such as Eliphas Levi and countless trance-mediums who, with
their carefully bound spirits and demons, have also succeeded in binding the
minds of many who call themselves parapsychologists to this day!
As far as Satanism is concerned, the closest outward signs of this were the
neo-Pagan rites conducted by MacGregor Mathers' Hermetic Order of the Golden
Dawn, and Aleister Crowley's later Order of the Silver Star (A... A... -
Argentinum Astrum) and Order of Oriental Templars (O.T.O.)*, which paranoiacally
denied any association with Satanism, despite Crowley's self-imposed image of
the beast of revelation. Aside from some rather charming poetry and a smattering
of magical bric-a-brac, when not climbing mountains Crowley spent most of his
time as a poseur par excellence and worked overtime to be wicked. Like his
contemporary, Rev.(?) Mantague Summers, Crowley obviously spent a large part of
his life with his tongue jammed firmly into his cheek, but his followers, today,
are somehow able to read esoteric meaning into his every word.
Perennially concurrent with these societies were the sex clubs using Satanism as
a rationale - that persists today, for which tabloid newspaper writers may give
thanks.
If it appears that the black mass developed from a literary invention of the
church, to a depraved commercial actuality, to a psychodrama for dilettantes and
iconoclasts, to an ace in the hole for popular media . . . then where does it
fit into the true nature of Satanism - and who was practicing Satanic magic in
those years beyond 1666?
The answer to this riddle lies in another. Is the person generally considered to
be a Satanist really practicing Satanism in its true sense, or rather from the
point of view taken by the opinion makers of heavenly persuasion? It has often
been said, and rightly so, that all of the books about the Devil have been
written by the agents of God. It is, therefore, quite easy to understand how a
certain breed of devil worshippers was created through the inventions of
theologians. This erstwhile "evil" character is not necessarily practicing true
Satanism. Nor is he a living embodiment of the element of untrammeled pride or
majesty of self which gave the post-Pagan world the churchman's definition of
evil. He is instead the by-product of later and more elaborate propaganda.
The pseudo-Satanist has always managed to appear throughout modern history, with
his black masses of varying degrees of blasphemy; but the real Satanist is not
quite so easily recognized as such.
It would be an over-simplification to say that every successful man and woman on
earth is, without knowing it, a practicing Satanist; but the thirst for earthly
success and its ensuing realization are certainly grounds for Saint Peter
turning thumbs down. If the rich man's entry into heaven seems as difficult as
the camel's attempt to go through the eye of a needle; if the love of money is
the root of all evil; then we must at least assume the post powerful men on
earth to be the most Satanic. This applies to financiers, industrialists, popes,
poets, dictators, and all assorted opinion-makers and field marshals of the
world's activities.
Occasionally, through "leakages", one of the enigmatic men or women of earth
will be found to have "dabbled" in the black arts. These, of course, are brought
to light as in the "mystery men" of history. Names like Rasputin, Zaharoff,
Cagliostro, Rosenberg and their ilk are links - clues, so to speak, of the true
legacy of Satan . . . a legacy which transcends ethnic, racial, and econimic
differences and temporal ideologies, as well. The Satanist has always ruled the
earth . . . and always will, by whatever name he is called.
One thing stands sure: the standards, philosophy and practices set forth on
these pages are those employed by the most self-realized and powerful humans on
earth. In the secret thoughts of each man and woman, still motivated byt sound
and unclouded minds, resides the potential of the Satanist, as always has been.
The sign of the horns shall appear to many, now, rather than the few; and the
magician will stand forth that he may be recognized. (EARTH)
THE BOOK OF BELIAL
THE MASTERY OF THE EARTH The greatest appeal of magic is not in its application,
but in its esoteric meanderings. The element of mystery which so heavily
enshrouds the practice of the black arts has been fostered, deliberately or out
of ignorance, by those who often claim the highest expertise in such matters. If
the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, then established
occultists would do well as maze-makers. The basic principles of ceremonial
magic have been relegated for so long to infinitely classified bits of
scholastic mysticism, that the would-be wizard becomes the victim of the very
art of misdirection which he, himself, should be employing! An analogy may be
drawn of the student of applied psychology who, though knowing all of the
answers, cannot make friends.
What good is a study of falsehoods, unless everyone believes in falsehoods?
Many, of course, DO believe in falsehoods, but still ACT according to natural
law. It is upon this premise that Satanic magic is based. This is a primer - a
basic text on materialistic magic. It is a Satanic McGuffrey's Reader.
Belial means "without a master", and symbolizes true independence,
self-sufficiency, and personal accomplishment. Belial represents the earth
element, and herein will be found magic with both feet on the ground - real,
hard-core, magical procedure - not mystical platitudes devoid of objective
reason. Probe no longer. Here is bedrock!
THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF SATANIC MAGIC
(Definition and Purpose) THE definition of magic, as used in this book, is:
"The change in situations or events in accordance with one's will, which would,
using normally accepted methods, be unchangable." This admittedly leaves a large
area for personal interpretation. It will be said, by some, that these
instructions and procedures are nothing more than applied psychology, or
scientific fact, called by "magical" terminology - until they arrive at a
passage in the text that is "based on no known scientific finding". It is for
this reason that no attempt has been made to limit the explanations set forth to
a set nomenclature. Magic is never totally scientifically explainable, but
science has always been, at one time or another, considered magic.
There is no difference between "White" and "Black" magic, except in the smug
hypocrisy, guilt-ridden righteousness, and self-deceit of the "White" magician
himself. In the classical religious tradition, "White" magic is performed for
altruistic, benevolent, and "good" purposes; while "Black" magic is used for
self-aggrandizement, personal power, and "evil" purposes. No one on earth ever
pursued occult studies, metaphysics, yoga, or any other "white light" concept,
without ego gratification and personal power as a goal. It just so happens that
some people enjoy wearing hair shirts, and others prefer velvet or silk. What is
pleasure to one, is pain to another, and the same applies to "good" and "evil".
Every practitioner of witchcraft is convinced that he or she is doing the
"right" thing.
Magic falls into two categories, ritual or ceremonial, and non-ritual or
manipulative. Ritual magic consists of the performance of a formal ceremony,
taking place, at least in part, within the confines of an area set aside for
such purposes and at a specific time. Its main function is to isolate the
otherwise dissipated adrenal and other emotionally induced energy, and convert
it into a dynamically transmittable force. It is purely an emotional, rather
than intellectual, act. Any and all intellectual activity must take place before
the ceremony, not during it. This type of magic is sometimes known as "GREATER
MAGIC".
Non-ritual or manipulative magic, sometimes called "LESSER MAGIC", consists of
the wile and guile obtained through various devices and contrived situations,
which when utilized, can create "change, in accordance with one's will". In
olden times this would be called "fascination", "glamour", or the "evil eye".
Most of the victims of the witch trials were not witches. Often the victims were
eccentric old women who were either senile or did not conform to society. Others
were exceptionally attractive women who turned the heads of the men in power,
and were not responsive to their advances. The real witches were rarely
executed, or even brought to trial, as they were proficient in the art of
enchantment and could charm the men and save their own lives. Most of the real
witches were sleeping with the inquisitors. This is the origin of the word
"glamour". The antiquated meaning of glamour is witchcraft. The most important
asset to the modern witch is her ability to be alluring, or to utilize glamour.
The word "fascination" has a similarly occult origin. Fascination was the term
applied to the evil eye. To fix a person's gaze, in other words, fascinate, was
to curse them with the evil eye. Therefore, if a woman had the ability to
fascinate men, she was regarded as a witch.
Learning to effectively utilize the command to LOOK, is an integral part of a
witch's or warlock's training. To manipulate a person, you must first be able to
attract and hold his attention. The three methods by which the command to look
can be accomplished are the utilization of sex, sentiment, or wonder, or any
combination of these. A witch must, honestly, decide into which category she
most naturally falls. The first category, that of sex, is self-evident. If a
woman is attractive or sexually appealing, she should do everything in her power
to make herself as enticing as possible, thereby using sex as her most powerful
tool. Once she has gained the man's attention, by using her sex appeal, she is
free to manipulate him to her will. The second category is sentiment. Usually
older woman fit into this category. This would include the "cookie lady" type
witch, who might live in a little cottage, and be thought of by people as being
a bit eccentric. Children are usually enchanted by the fantasy that this type of
witch can provide for them, and young adults seek her out for her sage-like
advice. Through their innocence, children can recognize her magical power. By
conforming to an image of the sweet little old lady next door, she can employ
the art of misdirection to accomplish her goals. The third category is the
wonder theme. This category would apply to the woman who is strange or awesome
in her appearance. By making her strange appearance work for her, she can
manipulate people simply becuase they are fearful of the consequences should
they not do as she asks.
Many women fit into more than one of these categories. For example, the young
girl who has an appearance of freshness and innocence, but at the same time is
very sexy, combines sex appeal with sinister overtones, uses sex and wonder.
After evaluating her assets, each witch must decide into which category or
combination of categories she fits, and then utilize these assets in their
proper form.
To be a successful warlock, a man must similarly fit himself into the proper
category. The handsome or sexually appealing man would, naturally, fit into the
first category - sex. The second, or sentiment category would apply to the older
man who has, perhaps, an elfin or forest wizard appearance. The sweet old
grandpa (often a dirty old man!) would also be in the sentiment category. The
third type would be the man who presents a sinister or diabolic appearance. Each
of these men would apply his particular brand of the command to look, in much
the same way as the women previously described.
Visual imagery utilized for emotional reaction is certainly the most important
device incorporated in the practice of lesser magic. Anyone who is foolish
enough to say "looks don't mean a thing" is indeed deluded. Good looks are
unnecessary, but "looks" certainly are needed!
Odor is another important manipulative factor in lesser magic. Remember, animals
fear and distrust anyone or anything that doesn't smell! And even though we may,
as human animals, deny many of the judgments based on this sense consciously, we
still are motivated by our sense of smell just as surely as any all-fours
animal. If you are a man, and wish to enchant a woman, allow the natural
secretions of your body to pervade the atmosphere immediately around you, and
work in animalistic contrast to the vestments of social politeness that you wear
upon your back. If you, as a woman, wish to bewitch a man, do not fear that you
might "offend" simply because the oils and fragrances of your flesh have not
been scrubbed away, or that place between your thighs is not dry and sterile.
These natural odors are the sexual stimulants which nature, in her magical
wisdom, has provided.
The sentiment stimulants are those odors that will appeal to pleasant memories
and nostalgia. The enchanting of a man, through his stomach, is first
established by the smell of cooking! A "sentiment" type of witch will find this
one of the most useful of all charms. It is not so facetious to dwell upon the
technique of the man who wished to charm the young lady who had been displaced
from her home of childhood joys, which happened to be a fishing village. Wise to
the ways of lesser magic, he neatly tucked a mackerel into his trousers pocket,
and reaped the rewards that great fondness may often bring. THE THREE TYPES OF
SATANIC RITUAL THERE are three types of ceremony incorporated in the
practice of Satanic magic. Each of these correspond to a basic human emotion.
The first of these we shall call a sex ritual.
A sex ritual is what is commonly known as a love charm or spell. The purpose in
performing such a ritual is to create desire on the part of the person whom you
desire, or to summon a sex partner to fulfill your desires. If you have no
specific person or type of person in mind strong enough to cause direct sexual
feeling culminating in orgasm, you will not succeed in performing as successfull
working. The reason for this is that even if the ritual was successful, by
accident, what good would it serve if you could not take advantage of your
eventual opportunity because of lack of stimulation or desire? It is easy to
confuse enchantment for your ulterior motives, with spell-casting to satisfy
your sexual desires.
Enchantment for self-aggrandizement, when accompanied by ceremonial magic, falls
into the category of either the compassion or the destruction ritual, or
possibly both. If you want or need something so badly you are sad or feel much
anguish without it, without causing hurt on another's part, then this would
incorporate a compassion ritual to increase your power. If you wish to enchant
or entrap a deserving victim for your own purposes, you would employ a
destruction ritual. These formulas are to be adhered to, as applying the wrong
type of ritual towards a desired result can lead to trouble of a complicated
nature.
A good example of this is the girl who finds herself plagued by a relentless
suitor. If she has done little to encourage him, then she should recognize him
for the psychic vampire he is, and let him play his masochistic role. If,
however, she has enchanted him frivolously, giving him every encouragement and
then finds herself a steady object of sexual desire, much to her dismay, she has
no one to blame but herself. Such exercises are only ego boosts, borne of an
indoctrination of ego denial which makes these little bewitchments necessary.
The Satanist has enough ego strength to use enchantments for her own sexual
gratification, or to gain power or success of a specific nature.
The second type of ritual is of a compassionate nature. The compassion, or
sentiment, ritual is performed for the purpose of helping others, or helping
oneself. Health, domestic happiness, business activities, material success, and
scholastic prowess are but a few of the situations covered in a compassion
ritual. It might be said that this form of ceremony could fall into the realm of
genuine charity, bearing in mind that "charity begins at home".
The third motivating force is that of destruction. This is a ceremony used for
anger, annoyance, disdain, contempt, or just plain hate. It is known as a hex,
curse, or destroying agent.
One of the greatest of all fallacies about the practice of ritual magic is the
notion that one must believe in the powers of magic before one can be harmed or
destroyed by them. Nothing could be farther from the truth, as the most
receptive victims of curses have always been the greatest scoffers. The reason
is frighteningly simple. The uncivilized tribesman is the first to run to his
nearest witch-doctor or shaman when he feels a curse has been placed upon him by
an enemy. The threat and presence of harm is with him consciously, and belief in
the power of the curse is so strong that he will take every precaution against
it. Thus, through the application of sympathetic magic, he will counteract any
harm that might come his way. This man is watching his step, and not taking any
chances.
On the other hand, the "enlightened" man, who doesn't place any stock in such
"superstition", relegates his instinctive fear of the curse to his unconscious,
thereby nourishing it into a phenominally destructive force that will multiply
with each succeeding misfortune. Of course, every time a new setback occurs, the
non-believer will automatically deny any connection with the curse, especially
to himself. The emphatic conscious denial of the potential of the curse is the
very ingredient that will create its success, through setting-up of accident
prone situations. In many instances, the victim will deny any magical
significance to his fate, even unto his dying gasp - although the magician is
perfectly satisfied, so long as his desired results occur. It must be remembered
that it matters not whether anyone attaches any significance to your working, so
long as the results of the working are in accordance with your will. The
super-logician will always explain the connection of the magical ritual to the
end result as "coincidence".
Whether magic is performed for constructive or destructive purposes, the success
of the operation is dependent on the receptivity of the person who is to receive
the blessing or curse, as the case may be. In the case of a sex or compassion
ritual, it helps if the recipient has faith and believes in magic, but the
victim of a hex or curse is much more prone to destruction if he DOES NOT
believe in it! So long as man knows the meaning of fear, he will need the ways
and means to defend himself against his fears. No one knows everything, and as
long as there is wonder, there will always be an apprehension of the unknown,
where there are potentially dangerous forces. It is this natural fear of the
unknown, a first cousin to the fascination towards the unknown, that impels the
man of logic towards his very explanations. Obviously, the man of science is
motivated to discovery by his very sense of wonder. And yet, how sad that this
man who calls himself logical is often the last to recognize the essence of
ritual magic.
If religious faith can make bleeding wounds appear on the body in approximation
to the wounds supposedly inflicted on Christ, it is called stigmata. These
wounds appear as a result of compassion driven to an emotionally violent
extreme. Why, then, should there be any doubt as to the destructive extremes of
fear and terror. The so-called demons have the power to destroy in a flesh
rending manner, theoretically, as much as a handful of nails, long rusted away,
can create blood-dripping ecstasy in a person convinced he is hooked upon the
cross of Calvary.
Therefore, never attempt to convince the skeptic upon whom you wish to place a
curse. Allow him to scoff. To enlighten him would lessen your chance of success.
Listen with benign assurance as he laughs at your magic, knowing his days are
filled with turmoil all the while. If he is despicable enough, by Satan's grace,
he might even die - laughing!
A WORD OF WARNING!
TO THOSE WHO WOULD PRACTICE THESE ARTS -
Concerning Sex or Lust: Take full advantage of spells and charms that work; if
you be a man, plunge your erect member into her with lascivious delight; if you
be a woman, open wide your loins in lewd anticipation. Concerning Compassion:
Be resolved that you'll have no regrets at the expense of the help that you have
given others, should their new-found blessings place an obstacle in your path.
Be grateful for things that come to you through the use of magic. Concerning
Destruction: Be certain you DO NOT care if the intended victim lives or dies,
before you throw your curse, and having caused their destruction, revel, rather
than feel remorse.
HEED WELL THESE RULES - OR IN EACH CASE YOU WILL SEE A REVERSAL OF YOUR DESIRES
WHICH WILL HARM, RATHER THAN HELP, YOU! THE RITUAL, OR "INTELLECTUAL
DECOMPRESSION", CHAMBER A MAGICAL ceremony may be performed by oneself or in
a group, but the advantages of each should be made clear.
A group ritual is certainly much more of a reinforcement of faith, and an
instillation of power, than is a private ceremony. The massing together of
persons who are dedicated to a common philosophy is bound to insure a renewal of
confidence in the power of magic. The pageantry of religion consistently becomes
a solitary situation it reaches into that realm of self-denail which runs
concurrent with anti-social behavior.
It is for this reason that the Satanist should attempt to seek out others with
whom to engage in these ceremonies.
In the case of a curse or destruction ritual, it sometimes helps the magician if
his desires are intensified by other members of the group. There is nothing in
this type of ceremony which would lead to embarrassment on the part of those
conducting a ritual of this sort, since anger and the symbolic destruction of
the intended victim are the essential ingredients.
On the other hand, a compassion ritual, with its unashamed shedding of tears, or
a sex ritual, with its masturbatory and orgasmic overtones, would most likely
succeed best if privately performed.
There is no place for self-consciousness in the ritual chamber, unless that very
self-consciousness is an integral part of the role being played, and can be used
to good advantage - i.e.: the shame felt by a prudent woman serving as an altar,
who, through her embarrassment, feels sexual stimulation.
Even in a totally personalized ritual, however, the standardized preliminary
invocations and devices should be employed before the intimate fantasies and
acting out occur. The formal part of the ritual can be performed in the same
room or chamber as the personalized working - or, the formal ceremony in one
place, the personal in another. The beginning and end of the ritual must be
conducted within the confines of the ritual chamber containing the symbolic
devices (altar, chalice, etc.).
The formalized beginning and end of the ceremony acts as a dogmatic,
anti-intellectual device, the purpose of which is to disassociate the activities
and frame of reference of the outside world from that of the ritual chamber,
where the whole will must be employed. This facet of the ceremony is most
important to the intellectual, as he especially requires the "decompression
chamber" effect of the chants, bells, candles, and other trappings, before he
can put his pure and willful desires to work for himself, in the projection and
utilization of his imagery.
The "intellectual decompression chamber" of the Satanic temple might be
considered a training school for temporary ignorance, as are ALL religious
services! The difference is that the Satanist KNOWS he is practicing a form of
contrived ignorance in order to expand his will, whereas another religionist
doesn't - or if he does know, he practices that form of self-deceit which
forbids such recognition. His ego is already too shaky from his religious
inculcation to allow himself to admit to such a thing as self-imposed ignorance!
THE INGREDIENTS USED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF SATANIC MAGIC A. Desire
THE first ingredient in the performance of a ritual is desire, otherwise
known as motivation, temptation, or emotional persuasion. If you do not truly
desire any end result, you should not attempt to perform a working.
There is no such thing as a "practice" working, and the only way that a magician
could do "tricks" such as moving inanimate objects, would be to have a strong
emotional need to do so. It is true that if the magician wishes to gain power
through impressing others with his feats of magic, he must produce tangible
proof of his ability. The Satanic concept of magic, however, fails to find
gratification in the proving of magical prowess.
The Satanist performs his ritual to insure the outcome of his desires, and he
would not waste his time nor force of will on something so inconclusive as
folling a pencil off a table, etc. through the application of magic. The amount
of energy needed to levitate a teacup (genuinely) would be of sufficient force
to place an idea in a group of people's heads half-way across the earth, in
turn, motivating them in accordance with your will. The Satanist knows that even
if you succeeded in lifting the teacup from the table, it would be assumed that
trickery was used anyway. Therefore, if the Satanist wants to float objects in
mid-air, he uses wires, mirrors, or other devices, and saves his force for
self-aggrandizement. All "gifted" mediums and white-light mystics practice pure
and applied stage magic, with their blindfolds and sealed envelopes, and any
fairly competent stage magician, carnival worker, or lodge-hall entertainer can
duplicate the same effect - although lacking, perhaps, the sanctimonious
"spiritual" overtones.
A little child learns that if he wishes for something hard enough, it will come
true. This is meaningful. Wishing indicates desire, whereas prayer is
accompanied by apprehension. Scripture has twisted desire into lust,
covetousness, and greed. Be as a child, and do not stifle desire, lest you lose
touch with the first ingredient in the performance of magic. Be led into
temptation, and take that which tempts, whenever you can! THE INGREDIENTS USED
IN THE PERFORMANCE OF SATANIC MAGIC B. Timing
IN every successful situation, one of the most important ingredients is the
proper timing. In the performance of a magical ritual, timing can mean success
or failure to an even greater extent. The best time to cast your spell or charm,
hex or curse, is when your target is at his most receptive state. Receptivity to
the will of the magician is assured when the recipient is as passive as
possible. No matter how strong-willed one is, he is naturally passive while he
is asleep; therefore, the best time to throw your magical energy towards your
target is when he or she sleeps.
There are certain periods of the sleep cycle that are better than others for
susceptibility to outside influences. When a person is normally fatigued from a
day's activities, he will "sleep like a log" until his mind and body are rested.
This period of profound sleep usually lasts about four to six hours, after which
the period of "dream sleep" occurs which lasts two or three hours, or until
awakening. It is during this "dream sleep" that the mind is most receptive to
outside or unconscious influence.
Let us assume the magician wishes to cast a spell on a person who would usually
retire at 11 o'clock in the evening, and rise at 7 o'clock in the morning. The
most effective time to perform a ritual would be about 5 o'clock in the morning,
or two hours before the recipient awakens.
It is to be emphasized that the magician must be at his peak of efficiency, as
he represents the "sending" factor when he performs his ritual. Traditionally
speaking, witches and sorcerers are night people, and understandably so. What
better schedule on which to live, for the sending of thoughts towards
unsuspecting sleepers! If only people were aware of the thoughts injected into
their minds while they slept! The dream state is the birthplace of much of the
future. Great thoughts are manifest upon awakening, and the mind that retains,
in conscious form, these thoughts, shall produce much. But he who is guided by
thoughts unrecognized is led into situations that will later be interpreted as
"fate", "God's will", or accident.
There are other times in each person's day that lend themselves to the receiving
of the will of the wizard. Those times when day-dreaming or boredom ensue, or
when time hangs heavy, are fertile periods of suggestibility.
If a woman is the target for your spell, do not forget the importance of the
menstrual cycle. If man were not dulled through his stifling evolutionary
development, he would know, as an all-fours animal knows, when the female was
most sexually inclined. Man's snout, however unsullied by cheap opiates, is not
normally equipped to ferret out such tell-tale erotic scents. Even if he were so
endowed with such olfactory powers, the object of his quest would most likely
"throw him off the scent" through the use of massive doses of perfumery to cover
and smother the "offending" effluvium, or eliminate detection completely, by the
astringent action of powerful deodorants.
Despite these discouraging factors, man is still motivated to desire or be
repelled, as the case may be, by his unconscious recognition of the change in
woman's body chemistry. This is accomplished in the form of a sensory cue, which
is olfactory in its nature. To go backwards, in what would amount to a return to
the all-fours animal, would seem to be the best exercise for the conscious
application of these powers, but to the squeamish might smack of lycanthropy.
There is, however, an easier way, and that is to simply ascertain the dates and
frequency of the menstrual cycle of the woman who is your target. It is
immediately before and after the period itself that the average woman is most
sexually approachable. Therefore, the magician will find the sleep period during
these times most effective for the instillation of thoughts or motivations of a
sexual nature.
Witches and sorceresses have a much greater range of time in which to cast their
spells toward the men of their choice. Becuase man is more consistent in his
sexual drives than woman (although there are many women with equal or even
greater lusts), day to day timing is not as important. Any man who is not
already drained of all sexual energy is a "sitting duck" for the proficient
witch. The time of the year following the spring equinox is the most fraught
with sexual vigor in a man, and he asserts himself accordingly; but the witch,
in turn, must work her magic stronger, as she will find his eyes will stray.
Should the fearful ask, "Is there no defense against such witchery?" it must be
answered thus - "Yes, there is protection. You must never sleep, never daydream,
never be without a vital thought, and never have an open mind. Then you shall be
protected from the forces of magic." THE INGREDIENTS USED IN THE PERFORMANCE
OF SATANIC MAGIC C. Imagery
THE adolescent boy who takes great care in carving, on a tree, a heart
containing his and his love object's initials; the little chap who sits by the
hour drawing his conception of sleek automobiles; the tiny girl who rocks a
scuffed and ragged doll in her arms, and thinks of it as her beautiful little
baby - these capable witches and warlocks, these natural magicians, are
employing the magical ingredient known as imagery, and the success of any ritual
depends on it.
Children, not knowing or caring if they possess artistic skill or other creative
talents, pursue their goals through the use of imagery of their own manufacture,
whereas "civilized" adults are much more critical of their own creative efforts.
This is why a "primitive" magician can utilize a mud doll or crude drawing to
successful advantage in his magical ceremonies. To HIM, the image is as accurate
as needs be.
Anything which serves to intensify the emotions during a ritual will contribute
to its success. Any drawing, painting, sculpture, writing, photograph, article
of clothing, scent, sound, music, tableau, or contrived situation that can be
incorporated into the ceremony will serve the sorcerer well.
Imagery is a constant reminder, an intellect-saving device, a working substitute
for the real thing. Imagery can be manipulated, set up, modified, and created,
all according to the will of the magician, and the very blueprint that is
created by imagery becomes the formula which leads to reality.
If you wish to enjoy sexual pleasures with the one of your choice, you must
create the situation you desire on paper, canvas, by the written word, etc., in
as overstated a way as possible, as an integral part of the ceremony.
If you have material desires, you must gaze upon images of them - surround
yourself with the smells and sounds conducive to them - create a lodestone which
will attract the situation or thing that you wish!
To insure the destruction of an enemy, you must destroy them by proxy! They must
be shot, stabbed, sickened, burned, smashed, drowned, or rent in the most
vividly convincing manner! It is easy to see why the religions of the right-hand
path frown upon the creation of "graven images". The imagery used by the
sorcerer is a working mechanism for material reality, which is totally opposed
to esoteric spirituality.
A Greek gentleman of magical persuasion once wanted a woman who would satisfy
his every desire, and so obsessed with the unfound object of his dreams was he,
that he went about constructing such a wonderful creature. His work completed,
he fell so convincingly and irrevocably in love with the woman he had created
that she was no longer stone, but mortal flesh, and alive and warm; and so the
magus, Pygmalion, received the greatest of magical benedictions, and the
beautiful Galatea was his. THE INGREDIENTS USED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF SATANIC
MAGIC D. Direction
ONE of the most overlooked ingredients in the working of magic is the
accumulation and subsequent direction of force toward an effective end.
Altogether too many would-be witches and warlocks will perform a ritual, and
then go about with tremendous anxiety waiting for the first sign of a successful
working. For all intent and purpose, they might as well get down on their knees
and pray, for their very anxiety in waiting for the desired results only
nullifies any real chance of success. Furthermore, with this attitude, it is
doubtful that enough concentrated energy to even perform a proper ceremony could
be stored up in the first place.
To dwell upon or constantly complain about the situation upon which your ritual
would be based only guarantees the weakening of what should be ritualistically
directed force, by spreading it thin and diluting it. Once the desire has been
established strongly enough to employ the forces of magic, then every attempt
must be made to symbolically give vent to these wishes IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE
RITUAL - NOT before or after!
The purpose of the ritual is to FREE the magician from thoughts that would
consume him, were he to dwell upon them constantly. Contemplation, daydreaming
and constant scheming burns up emotional energy that could be gathered together
in a dynamically usable force; not to mention the fact that normal productivity
is severely depleted by such consuming anxiety.
The witch who casts her spells between long waits by the telephone, anticipating
her would-be lover's call; the destitute warlock who invokes Satan's blessing,
then waits on pins and needles for the check to arrive; the man, saddened by the
injustices wrought upon him, who, having cursed his enemy, plods his way, long
of face, and forrowed of brow - all are common examples of misdirected emotional
energy.
Small wonder that the "white" magician fears retribution after casting an "evil"
spell! Retribution, to the guilt-ridden sender, would be assured, by their very
conscience-stricken state! THE INGREDIENTS USED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF SATANIC
MAGIC E. The Balance Factor
THE Balance Factor is an ingredient employed in the practice of ritual magic
which applies to the casting of lust and compassion rituals more than in the
throwing of a curse. This ingredient is a small, but extremely important one.
A complete knowledge and awareness of this factor is an ability few witches and
warlocks ever attain. This is, simply, knowing the proper type of individual and
situation to work your magic on for the easiest and best results. Knowing one's
own limitations is a rather odd bit of introspection, it would seem, for a
person who should be able to perform the impossible; but under many conditions
it can make the difference between success and failure.
If, in attempting to attain your goal through either greater or lesser magic,
you find yourself failing consistently, think about these things: Have you been
the victim of a misdirected, over-blown ego which has caused you to want
something or someone when the chances are virtually non-existent? Are you a
talentless, tone-deaf individual who is attempting, through magic, to receive
great acclaim for your unmusical voice? Are you a plain, glamorless witch with
oversized feet, nose, and ego, combined with an advanced case of acne, who is
casting love spells to catch a handsome young movie star? Are you a gross,
lumpy, lewd-mouthed, snaggle-toothed loafer who is desirous of a luscious young
stripper? If so, you'd better learn to use the balance factor, or else expect to
fail consistently!
OMG BIG PENIS ATE MY SOUP
Getting more and more like Britain in C19. Oh well, pride, fall, etc.
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Its commmendable that they got it out pretty early, rather than making us wait for years (Duke Nukem). But there are a couple of things which are a bit funny.
:)
After picking up your rifle, if I head off straight to the firing range, boom, the game brings me back in to face the seargeant. After this has happened a couple of times, I kinda loitered around the place after picking up my rifle, And bingo!, the Seargent asks me to move my butt, and I am placed in front of the firing range.
Interestingly, if you pick up your rifle, load up a clip and decide to get rid of the snappy sergeant, then you still could. But a moment later, you are in a 4x4 cell with a cot and a couple of books and could pretty much hear some one playing some musical instrument in the next cell. I guess there were others who tried the same thing.
So there are a couple of issues like the server being unresponsive (thousands of wannabe soldiers trying to connect) and the game not being as colorful as the unreal series. But hey, the realism of the game is what gets me. That and the fact that I scored 36 out of 40 in the Test Firing range. Do you think the US Army would hire sharpshooters based on this score ?
Rapid Nirvana
It's strange that most usa people (which, btw, love to claim they're 'americans' by all means) think someone outside the usa care about the fake 4th july thing. Maybe these wannabes should start to care about the huge amount of people in the world which are starving and that could be saved by some international support from such prosper countries instead of trying to assure that everyone in the world acknowledge a 'independece' which was given by england gracefully.
Uncle Sam wants you to go and frag those biznatches!
Don't give me none of this "nature theme" business.
It will provide universal interconnect with Serial ATA, while offering logical SCSI compatibility
They're using the same physical layer as Serial ATA and doing SCSI on top. A new computer industry standard does the opposite of gratuitous incompatibility (gratuitous compatibility?) and probably makes things *more* convenient. What a pleasant surprise!
I swear you people are sad.
Someone puts somthing out as an advertisment and you bitch that it wasn't advertisted on all platforms.
Xandros are laying people off, is nobody going to mention this?
Nope.
Great, so, where's the patch that turns it into a The Sims-style system for the Army Corps of Engineers, where you go around installing solar roofs and handing out educational systems to disadvantaged third-world nations?
The only way to win is to not breed the festering terrorists that the marines have to shoot at in the first place.
I kind of like the fragmentation of the different standards. the old ones that are no good will fall away in time, but the new ones will always have advancements making them even more versatile.
/like/ my Syquest SCSI cartridge drive)
For example, my PC has both an IDE expansion (7 IDE devices) and a SCSI card (2 devices) since they don't interfere with each other, i can have up to 24 devices, which is more than i could have with just IDE ATA expansion cards. I rather like the fact that my SCSI card can do 16 devices all on one cable where i have to add a new IDE channel for every 2 ATA drives i want.
Both hap there ups and downs, but they are well mached ups and downs. if we only had one interface, then we would have downs that we couldn't get past.
Imagine if noone ever made the PCI interface, and we had to use hacked together ISA connections for all of our add-ons. Noone complains that a new AGP bus is coming out, and complaints are few for other new interfaces. Anything that is better than what we have is, well, better than what we have.
I can't wait to get more interfaces. But i will always use the old ones, in conjunction. (I happen to
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"There's always an easier way" ~Mr. Gunn, Gunnventions
Another patch that's needed is to have internet-wide messaging capabilities with the Bablefish or Google-API translations, which would naturally be represented in the game with a handheld universal translator
For example, will I be able to shoot myself in the foot and get off the front line if I get scared?
pr0n - keeping monitor glass spotless since 1981.
The government of the United States presents this great first person shooter to you, bundled with your own personalized version of Magic Lantern! I mean, all you're doing is going around shooting people, it's not like they'd want to spy all over your computer. Just don't tell Osama, I hope he downloads it and they catch him!
> words such "gay" or "jew" will not be tolerated
:(
This is going to be weird for most FPS fans. From personal experience, thats like, 90% of the vocabulary used in Quake 3 online.
Where are the parents? Or maybe they dont care.
"Old man yells at systemd"
If this really is a true simulation of the US military, wouldn't that mean it might give away information on our army to anyone in the world that might want to know this intelligence? This worries me, I hope they didn't include any sensitive information in it.
>> This crack is similar to the crack found on Columbia's sister ships, Atlantis and Discovery. "
Your obsession with your sister's crack is really more than I care to contemplate....
it's called Fibre Channel. 'SAS' digresses. SCSI should rightfully die as a transport. Fibre channel already transports SCSI-3, TCP/IP, and others over a single pair loop configuration similar to ethernet. 'Infiniband' will be the forth coming 10GB general replacement for Fibre Channel...
Serial ATA is of course a joke. What should be done is to standardize a basic non-SCA cabling scheme and spec for 'consumer' rated Fibre Channel, instead of going on with this ridiculous ATA bullshit. (Like SCSI should have been standardized on years ago.)
I find this an interesting contrast to the past few years where people have tried various things ranging from restricting sales of violent games (especially FPSs) to banning them outright, with claims that they were causing kids to want to kill each other.
So the US Army comes along and makes a violent FPS. Why aren't they complaining? Apparently it's bad if Id does it, but it's alright for the army.
Who are they expecting needs to be faught against, anyway?
Ok so now I cant even play this game b/c my voodoo card is unsupported. Seems you cant use any voodoo 1/2/3 cards....bullshit! So I guess i wont try it out.
What happened, did the astronaut's bend over wear'n plumber's pants?
"Just Smile and Nod." --Huck
cracks were] found on Space Shuttle Columbia this week, possibly delaying missions for the remainder of the year. This crack is similar to the crack found on Columbia's sister ships, Atlantis and Discovery
I heard that Colombia's crack is the best of all of them.
You, my man, have set yourself on a course fraught with difficulties and despair.
Good luck. I applaud your choice in battles.
As my father lik@(munch munch)...
You know, they design nuclear weapons, but won't let me play with them. :(
;)
Man, that sucks. What the hell?
Yeah, yeah, not the same thing, but it almost is. Military tech need not be shared with civilians, and in fact, it probably shouldn't be, if you're a 'Citizens are just waiting to revolt!' type.
FPS training, though. That's interesting. Maybe I should sign up, I was a terror with my AWP back when Counterstrike didn't suck.
Where's the Greenpeace patch?
;)
Homer: "Don't worry, we have orders not to fire on anyone but Greenpeace."
Does anyone else remember the whole Marvel "no-prize" thing?
Gracefully? It would've been graceful if Washington, at the end, was hiding in a tree like Charlie, sniping.
:P
Gracefully? By the end, we fought on England's terms and thrashed them handily. (And again some years later.)
Gracefully? An officer of our navy sacked several towns on English shores. English shores!
Gracefully? They could've kept fighting. And if they did, they would've continued to lose. Graceful? It was more a surrender than anything else.
They should've tried to tax tobacco. No one gives a flying fark about tea, but you wouldn't have seen anyone throwing good tobacco into the ocean.
For what it's worth, I know the art director on the Army Game project very well. Luke Ahearn is a real class act and will listen to any concerns you guys have.
I used to work with him several years ago when he ran Goldtree Enterprises. They created Cylindrix and Dead Reckoning. They also released a number of FRPG utilities to help GMs run games. The web site is still online.
Review of Cylindrix
Review of Dead Reckoning
It's really a pleasure to see the fruits of labor finally. Army Game has been pretty hush-hush since Luke left New Orleans for the project.
If Nalgene water bottles are outlawed, only outlaws will have Nalgene water bottles.
This is actually a ploy to pluck out people who the US government thinks are a security risk - what better way than with a video game? you can assess players tactical ability, skills, reflexes, and more importantly, what makes them tick. Also they are in league with microsoft :)
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I'm having a helluva time downloading it. All the mirrors I can find are swamped too. I've managed to pull maybe 80 meg of it to a machine at work that's hanging off a T3, but even that's been painful. The servers keep dropping the connection, and if it wasn't for resumable downloads, I wouldn't have gotten anywhere.
Anybody know of a "reliable" mirror?
You don't have to wait in line at FilePlanet. Use the mirrors.
mod it up!!
Yes, the venue choices are really odd. I have looked at one or two of the other categories and all the venues are odd...
LordBodak's journal.
A station is similar to what the US types call a ranch, although ranches are very small. Jackeroos (and Jilleroos) go out and round up the cattle or sheep in the paddocks.
Given that the americans come over here to see the real bush, as opposed to those market gardens and spelling pens you call "ranches", they should move their national day to something more appropriate, like 26 Jan.
OS/2 - because choice is a terrible thing to waste.
If you fear bin Laden or Al Queda I think you're taking the threat a little too seriously. Since the attack on Tora Bora there simply haven't been any new bin Laden videos with actual new footage of the man himself.
On the other hand, America's enemies are not simply limited to crazy Arabic peoples bitter about America's hegemony. They include a very wary China, a not quite mentally stable North Korea, and a beaten but not cowed Iraq. The thing is, though, that they likely already have our secrets. So basically, it's way too late to worry about the possibility that this game is going to give away military secrets.
I have been pwned because my
You'll let us know when you've graduated sniper school won't you?
http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=army_download
I've had the best luck with the split files.
Search for These files on Kazaa:
Army.1 (19.5MB)
Army.2 (19.5MB)
Army.3 (19.5MB)
Army.4 (19.5MB)
Army.5 (19.5MB)
Army.6 (19.5MB)
Army.7 (19.5MB)
Army.8 (19.5MB)
Army.9 (19.5MB)
Army.10 (13.5MB)
Merge.bat (1KB)
run the merge batchfile to combine downloads
So the latest shuttle launch was cancelled just before the first Israeli crew member was to go into space on it. Does anyone else wonder if the crack is just the story on the press release?
I'm having trouble finding a working version for Linux or Mac OS X. Can anybody point me in the right direction? ArmyOpsRecon.exe doesn't seem to work for me.
This is going to be weird for most FPS fans. From personal experience, thats like, 90% of the vocabulary used in Quake 3 online.
:(
...and pretty much anything with 'crap' in it, such as: :)
:P
Where are the parents? Or maybe they dont care.
As an avid quake3er, I can attest to this, as I am one of the biggest offenders out there. I pay $70 for crappy DSL that won't get me under 100 ping on any server in the known universe, and I cannot swear at all around real people. SO I take my frustrations out on the unsuspecting "virtual people" on Jolt1 in the UK. I'm trying to knock off some of the more filthy things, but some of my favorite things to say are:
"That was worse than giving Chewbacca a blowjob!" when my team gets owned 8 - 0
Craptastic, craptacular, crapulous, crappity crap crap crap, etc.
As for my parents, well seeing as I am 26, they live on the other side of town. And when dad is stuck in rush hour, mom is cooking dinner, and junior is "doing his homework," I'll bet the parents are trusting their kids to be polite and not looking over their shoulders every minute of every day.
When I have kids and internet access, you're darn right I am going to filter and log all kinds of crap, and moderate my children's usage whenever necessary... but who has time to sit over their kid's shoulder while gaming to make sure they don't say "You stupid jew fag!"
-[H]olyGeekboy
SlashSigTheorem: Humorous, Political, Critical, Constructive- If you have a
I so hate it when people who *actually know about something* sre ignored by the /. crowd just because they're not 'in the flow' of whatever parochial, or paranoid discussion happens to be taking place at the time.
Brak: What's THAT?
Thundercleese: A light switch.. of TOTAL DEVASTATION!
the mirrors at
shacknews are quite good, and not overloaded.
Also, instead of using Gamespy Arcade to find servers to play on, plain old Gamespy works better and isn't full of ads in your face. Unfortunately the protocol is closed ("powered by gamespy") or something so All Seeing Eye doesn't work with it.
I have never seen a video game so aptly demonstrate what goes terribly wrong when you try to get anything done with an overfunded bureaucracy. Kudos to the developers! :)
Actually from what little I can tell from the training missions (since I can't get on an fscking server), it looks like it could be really good. If only they had either:
1) insured that there were plenty of good servers
2) dropped the silly requirement of playing one map before you could play the others
Should be interesting to see how they handle this. I'm sure it will be handled in an amply bureaucratic and ineffective way.
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"If I meet you/I'll control-alt-delete you."
-- Weird Al "All About The Pentiums"
I stayed up late this morning trying to download it from nVIDIA. I finally got it and put it on my server. It is available here:
http://andrewhitchcock.org/ArmyOpsRecon.exe
It may be slow, but as of last night, it was still faster than the official mirrors who are swamped (and it beats waiting in FilePlanet's line).
For all of you out there that aren't signed up for slashdot subscription ( I'm one them ) it's time to relize the benefit of the model.
I'm a subscriber to gamespot complete. As a member I get access to their download network. Honestly I forget the name of the provide, someone please respond with it.
Anyways, I was queued for the download before it was released. The second is was, I was first in line for it. I got home for my 4th festivities to find it waiting for me.
Just think of it as a magazine subscriptions with benifits. Sign up for you favorite site!!, put your $ where you mouth is
Interestingly, it appears that the Army game uses Ogg Vorbis for sound... :)
In the system folder of its directory I see the files vorbis.dll and vorbisfile.dll.
If that's the case, I think it's pretty cool...
Now if only they dropped the whole Windows thing
Gigabit Ethernet is not currently a replacement for FC by any means, I'm afraid, unless you discount the whole SAN concept. I think I still have a few years left before I need to think about switch careers (again)...
(this is not a
So, where can I download a version that doesn't require supporting a convited monopoly? I don't own an XBox, and I'm NOT turning my PC into one.
With that money they could have killed extra terrrorists ! They could have bought 1000 murderous machine guns, 1/1500th of a bloody B2 bomber, 1/20th of an Apache helicopter or 1/736th of an intercontinental nuke.
I mean, get some perspective. That's even less money they can spend killing people or they can use to fund terrorists
Seeing that all the download servers are swamped, I'm wondering why nobody uses a P2P server (i.e. gnutella) to allow people to download the game. As more people download the game, and if they feel generous enough to share, there are more servers available to download from. This would allow easier access to getting the game files. All (i think) would be needed is a central program which can verify the file has not been tampered with (md5 checksum?).
With all this banging on about illegal p2p, i wish somebody would put it to good use. What would be better than gnutella is that p2p system mention here a wee bit back (can't be bothered linking). This allows people to download off another user while they are still downloading. I'm sure it would solve a lot of the downloading problems at the moment.
On the game itself, I haven't tried downloading it yet (with it being a 200MB file, and me having a dial-up) but it was a bit crazy of them to only have a couple of servers. I think they might release the servers with the full-game, as I think the RECON version is a beta of some sort. But it should be good (and its free!!).
In the relevant commitees to ensure that
Serial Attached SCSI == Serial ATA 2.
We would be a lot happier all round. I would give my eye teeth at the moment for a WD1200JB with a U160 interface, I'd even pay, say $50 more one compared to the ATA equivalent.
Curmudgeon
Coincidence? I think not! :)
Nonono. Pick one:
BH
Fools! They laughed at me at the Sorbonne...!
Even though the cracks in parts of the space shuttle are serious and mean that the space program is delayed even more. I can see some of the headlines. "Columbia crack sinks hope for Atlantis. Discovery causes concern for scientists." Yeah yeah, sue me. :p I need a coffee.
Martin Piper
Owner - ReplicaNet and RNLobby
I love the Orwellian double-speak above the pic on the front page of that link:
Operation: DEFEND YOURSELF ?
Maybe someone should tell the US Military that 'offense' is *not* defense...
Its funny how the US calls its armed forces 'defence forces' and such - when in reality, the US Army is the most offensive force in the world. There is virtually no chance of armed conflict in North America (oceans as natural barriers), but American military is not meant to 'defend' themselves - its meant to goto war around the world. Just look at any of the 70 armed conflicts USofA has been involved in since WWII.
Defence my ass. Warmongers -- and this "Video Game" is patent jinogism (inspite of the editors non sequitor).
I scored 36 out of 40 in the Test Firing range. Do you think the US Army would hire sharpshooters based on this score ?
Only if they let you aim your M-16 with a mouse.
"The US Army wants to make you it's bitch!"
is IP, of course. See the IP Storage set of standards-in-development that includes iSCSI (IPS charter here).
Etherhet cabling is much cheaper than all the other stuff out there, and with 10G Ethernet just standardized, it goes faster too.
hehe dude you've got way to much free time ...
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how long did it take you to figure that out?
It's funny, and slightly mind boggling at the same time
I believe the post you were commenting on was referring to Fibre Channel as a mature technology as compared to serial ATA or serial SCSI. Fibre channel is by far and away faster than any other disk arrangements out there, and trumping out the silly FC-AL arguments is old. fibre channel switches do the same for your FC array as a true switch does for your network, compared to a hub. a fully switched mesh for your drives? at 2GB/sec ? I'll take it.
for that matter, the logic for a FC drive isn't that much worse than a SCSI drive, so you can just pick up the same drives as FC disks... we have piles of them for sun boxes, and they work very well.
FC-SCSI bridges are mostly used for lower-end storage devices, to cut down on cost. they have some value in the sense that you can have multiple scsi controllers accessing the drives in an enclosure(usually a proprietary setup, but useful) and then backending FC onto that. this allows for massive redundancy and we all know how much it sucks to have a controller blow at 4 am with no backup!
FC-SCSI bridges are also used for things like tape archives, cheap storage boxes, etc, when you're looking for a way to use that DLT library with your spiffy new SAN.
Don't mock what you don't understand, please.
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It would have been cooler if the actual sum of the numbers was 666.
It is not.
I can't/am too lazy to find an article now but it's interesting how they set it up so your always on the US army team and the other team is always the terrorists. Intestesting how that actually adds to the realism in a way because in the eyes of both teams they are always the good guys defending their country and their way of life against the evil forgein terrorists.
On a side note I think actually making the game is a brilliant move by the army. From the sounds of it it cost somewhere around 5-7 million which is fairly small compared to most advertising campaigns. Combine that with the fact that it is free HUGE numbers of people will download it and it could easily become the most widely played FPS considering the fact that it is a retail quality game and it's free. Imagine Toyota put out a Need for Speed style racing game like this? Just by putting their name at the begainning like any game company does they will get a lot of loyalty from geeks everywhere which will be certainly be a lot more effective than any ad campaign. People tend to like you a lot more when you are directly giving them something very entertaining for free that usually costs money, than when you are just shoving ads in their face.
I stole this Sig
Get 40 out of 40 with a REAL gun, then maybe they would talk (Sniper school is one of the hardest to get into).
Since there are 18 numbers involved, all the author would have to do is have a short program that figures out all possibilities of adding/subtracting those numbers, which is a fairly small number, 2^18=262144. You could point it towards any number, and you are likely to to find the right combination of adding/subtracting.
It's only a matter of time.
no.
you get 40 out of 40, and put most of them through the same hole, then they will be interested.
I watch a guy out 12 shots through the same hole. That's impressive.
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Very little guesswork needed! None of that 262144 guesses.
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So does America's Army let you bomb Canadians?
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