Heh heh. You really don't want to know about *that*, but suffice it to say that my self-esteem is fine.
I guess I didn't intend for the focus of that message to be about the moderation so much as the lack of discussion.
But I still really hate that "Overrated" tag, and don't think it should be used. (or at least it should be officially deprecated, or subject to meta-moderation) --- pb Reply or e-mail; don't vaguely moderate.
Yeah, you're right about that, and I'd accept that as a reason for the moderation too.
But I'd *really* rather get some discussion going, and this is apparently the wrong place to do it, as usual.
(But who has their threshold set to +5? Shouldn't that moderator be moderating someone *else* up instead? And why would they do it, after the discussion is essentially dead anyhow? I tend mistrust the moderators who go back through later and mark things that are +5 as "Overrated", that tends to be more personal than helpful.) --- pb Reply or e-mail; don't vaguely moderate.
For the record, I don't *care* whether you moderate my comment up or down as long as you have a *reason*.
This is supposed to be a *discussion forum*. If my comment were indeed so gosh darn interesting or insightful, I'd expect other people to think about it, and reply. If it's overrated, then I'd expect people to tell me why. If I'm moderated up, but no one says *anything*, then there's something wrong. (or someone posted a new story. ooo, get karma instead of posting real comments!;)
Incidentally, thanks a lot for the anonymous reply. I just wish it could have been to my original message, and on-topic. That's what I really wanted...
Moderate me down, mark me as Troll, Flamebait, or whatever you like, if you feel it's justified. But never use a moderation like "Overrated" that offers no feedback at all when you could be moderating up another post and giving them a good reason why.
Or, to make a long story short, read my sig if you haven't yet.:) --- pb Reply or e-mail; don't vaguely moderate.
I want to patent something, and I understand that to get your patent accepted, all you have to do is put "On-line" in front of it!
How about this:
"An On-line method of keeping and modifying a journal corresponding to entries in the Gregorian calendar. This method, comprising a transaction processing front-end, a database back-end, a Gregorian calendar lookup module,..."
Or this:
"An On-line method of providing illumination on demand. This method, comprising of a Java Servelet that responds to specific user-defined input by displaying a pre-specified color and intensity of light..."
Gosh, the possibilities... Now that it's online, it's a new idea! Can we take this further?
"A method of holding drinks and keeping them cool while in the garage."
Wow, now that we're in the garage, suddenly it's a new patent! I love the US Patent System! --- pb Reply or e-mail; don't vaguely moderate.
I knew a boy from Taiwan who came over here maybe 8 years ago, and he had a device that had an integrated TI-81, currency converter, TaiwaneseEnglish dictionary, etc., etc.
A quick search should turn up some results, though; I found Lingo easily enough. --- pb Reply or e-mail; don't vaguely moderate.
I'm sure everyone here has an opinion of whether or not Microsoft is to blame.
Well, first ask yourself these simple questions.
Did we have these problems before Microsoft started "innovating"? I remember when people would send out warnings about "THE GOODTIMES VIRUS". We all laughed, because we knew it could never happen.
Do we have these problems now? Well, yes, many Windows users have these problems. Users of Microsoft products and products that support Microsoft "standards" are affected.
How long has this been a real problem? For at least 6 years, ever since people found out you could do this in Word 6.0 for Windows 3.1.
You can prevent the spread of a macro virus. Here are some tips to help you from being attacked.
Know where you get a document If someone sends you a document or file, be sure you know you can trust them. Is this person someone you work with? Would this person send around files that have been sent from untrustworthy sources?
Talk to the person who created the document If you are unsure whether or not the document is safe, contact the person who created the document.
Use Office 97 macro virus protection In Office 97, the applications will tell you if a document you open contains macros. This feature allows you to either enable or disable the macros as you open the document. For more information, read Turn On Macro Virus Protection.
Use virus scanning software to detect and remove macro viruses Virus scanning software can detect and often remove macro viruses from documents. Microsoft recommends using anti-virus software that is certified by the International Computer Security Association (ICSA). You can view a current list of ICSA-certified anti-virus products at the ICSA Web Site.
So does their advice help any, for preventing the spread of ILOVEYOU?
No, it doesn't. ILOVEYOU sends you messages from people you trust. Why would you send a message back asking them about it? I get messages from people all the time that say "Hey, read this, it's funny." I'm not going to write them back and say "Yeah, but will it crash my computer?", because that doesn't make any sense. Macro virus protection and scanning doesn't apply here either, because Outlook doesn't even offer a warning! The user just clicks on the attachment to see what it is, like usual, and BLAM, their system is hosed. In fact, there have been some reports of Outlook opening it with the "Preview Pane" (perhaps if earier patches for Melissa weren't installed).
So, in my opinion, Microsoft isn't doing enough. They never should have created Word BASIC in the first place, they should never let what should be a formatted text file make system calls, they should never let users run everything essentially as 'root', and they should fix their software *AND* pay back the community bigtime for damages.
But hey, make your own decisions. If that wasn't enough to convince you, go read what the media has to say. I'll just sit here quietly, wondering what's wrong with the world, as my machine doesn't crash. --- pb Reply or e-mail; don't vaguely moderate.
Joust, Spy Hunter, and Rampage. (I sucked at Defender)
I could never get the hang of the controls on the arcade Spy Hunter, I did much better at the Nintendo version.
Joust, on the other hand, was awesome, as was Rampage with three players.
So are these games really free now? Can we finally use them on MAME without fear of retribution? ('cause it does say "exclusively on shockwave.com...)
I don't think that's very fair. Especially since their page was broken enough to give me a Javascript error instead of taking me to the Shockwave download page, and *then* they said it was "downloading", with nary a mention of those other "platforms" that people might be using, yea, even on the web.
When I did try to get it, it redirected me to "Flash 4 for Linux", which I already have. I guess Shockwave does stuff that Flash doesn't? Oh well, I at least know that their Javascript looks pretty broken on my version of netscape. Otherwise, it'd redirect me to the proper page.
Anyone know the absolute address of this one?
And who would write an emulator in that stuff anyhow? Weird... --- pb Reply or e-mail; don't vaguely moderate.
From the copy of Microsoft Visual J++ 6.0 Professional Edition that I won today in a raffle:
"You must accept the enclosed License Agree- ment before you can use this product. If you do not accept the terms of the License Agreement, you should promptly return the product for a refund."
Of course, it also says on it:
MONEY-BACK Microsoft 30-DAY GUARANTEE
...and it has no information on how to return it.
Well, since I don't use Windows, I'll try to find a way to return it within 30 days, and maybe get some cash.
But could someone explain to me how I can agree to something without ever seeing it, and later when it breaks get told "It's your fault, by opening the package, you waived all your rights..."?
Ah well. I don't think the GPL has adopted *that* clause yet, so I'll continue on my merry way... --- pb Reply or e-mail; don't vaguely moderate.
Pardon me, are you referring to what I wrote about Word? Hey, I only tried to avoid *two* style flaws on that one...
...and I don't see a flamewar yet, perhaps because my point was, most software can't be all things to all people. Any time there is an implementation choice, someone won't like it. And if you add a checkbox to switch between them, someone won't like it because there are too many checkboxes. And if you arrange them on separate tabs, some people will find it too confusing. And if you...
(also, if you check, my post was moderated as "Funny", amongst other things. If I'm ever being *entirely* serious, I might put a disclaimer at the top, saying so...) --- pb Reply or e-mail; don't vaguely moderate.
I don't care *what* it is, widespread use or playing of MPEG movies sounds good to me!
I'm tired of seeing all these ASF files on the web that are unreadable under Linux. Microsoft even pulled their "NetShow for Linux", (even if it didn't really work in the first place) so the entire format is unsupported.
Linux already has a bunch of MPEG-1 video players, some of them more free than others, some with snazzier interfaces, and some decent MPEG-2 players as well, but I just wish people would standardize on a file format without so many proprietary codecs here. (I'm not necessarily looking forward to "MPEG4"...) --- pb Reply or e-mail; don't vaguely moderate.
Re:Atomic Operations are key
on
Why Not MySQL?
·
· Score: 1
Linux *can* work with a microkernel.
It's faster the way it is now.
No one wants to change it, and its already on a *lot* of platforms, with special ports for smaller devices.
The last thing we need is a "Linux/NetBSD Platform Pissing War". I tend to only use a few hardware platforms, and they're all supported on both platforms, to my knowledge.
Mentioning NT as an example of good design is amusing. A Microkernel and a castrated version of VMS makes a portable operating system that no sane person would want to code for. Oh well...:) --- pb Reply or e-mail; don't vaguely moderate.
- They don't know what they're talking about on the obscure technical issues that we like.
- Most people could use it just fine, but that's not the point!
- Okay, sure, its fast, but our database is safer!
- Why does everyone have to use MySQL anyhow, hmm?
This sounds like a case of sour grapes, pure and simple. One database is not going to be for everyone. Oracle is expensive, MySQL isn't robust enough for some people, and PostGreSQL is slow (compared to MySQL, for some common operations).
So, my advice. If money is tight, don't use Oracle. If data integrity is your utmost concern, don't use MySQL. If speed is an issue for your little database on your overworked computer, don't use PostGreSQL.
...And if you live in the real world, don't whine about how software application X is better than popular software application Y for reasons that many people don't care about, because you will be flamed to a crisp, especially on Slashdot. Just admit that software X has a place in the world, and some people, maybe even many people might want to use it, but they are other people, doing other things.
Example:
Microsoft Word is a popular word processor. But it is not robust enough for some people's needs. 95% of people might be able to do their job just fine having it crash and autorecover their documents, but for the 5% who are working on mission-critical data, or get their documents eaten, this isn't good enough. They would rather waste their time working on free solutions with bad Word DOC File Import/Export routines. For those who care about proper formatting and ease of use, however, Word's stranglehold on the market makes it a more useful product for now.
Notice that I didn't say "Word has no place in the market", or even argue that "Microsoft didn't know what it was doing when they made Word!", but rather showed some strengths and weaknesses, and let you decide which category applies... --- pb Reply or e-mail; don't vaguely moderate.
Look, everybody, here's a legitimate use for Napster and Gnutella! Anyone who got these songs want to mirror/share them, 'cause I can't get them from the site!
Now on to my rantings...
Boy, those games rule...
Anyone remember that the NES emulator from Japan for Windows ("PasoFami", I think) used MIDI for its output? It let you change the samples for the four channels, and at the time I also had a software midi synthesizer, so let's just say that Mario and Zelda sounded kinda funky, in a good, remixed way.:)
Later, I 'ripped' the intro music from Zelda (as a.WAV, using Nesticle, back when I ran DOS natively...) and converted it to an mp3. (hey, chill, I bought the game fair and square when it came out.:)
Who can forget the music from Final Fantasy, especially seeing as how the "Battle Victory Music" hasn't really changed! I love those songs in all of their incarnations, but I think I have a soft spot for FF2. (FF4J for the purists, not NES, I know, I know...)
I saw that they had music from Castlevania, but what about Castlevania 2? That had some awesome music, especially for 'night-time'.
("WHAT A HORRIBLE NIGHT TO HAVE A CURSE")
Also, yes, Metroid ("JUSTIN BAILEY") had some awesome music, and especially Super Metroid, although that doesn't count here.:|
Also, I loved Megaman 2, and I've heard some techno remixes from that and some of the others. (some *much* worse than others, but Flash Man was funky.:)
When they release 2.4.x! (or 2.5.x, for that matter...)
But, in the meantime... over a meg? Anything really cool I should know about?
If there's no Changelog, I guess I could just grep through the patch. Documentation is for wussies anyhow, right, guys?:) --- pb Reply or e-mail; don't vaguely moderate.
That's actually one of the complaints they cite in the contest pages.
However, a lot of the proposed programs (maybe half?) build on prior systems without any real new ideas. Some of the other ones look somewhat vague and use a lot of different terms. I liked the XML description of feature sets, but it looked too complex/verbose.
So I guess I'd rather see all this energy go into coming up with good examples for how to use the existing (robust, working, tried-and-true) tools. As usual, the best reference outside of good documentation is a real-live, working ugly program/script.
(For example, I learned a lot about Makefiles looking at both generated and custom-made ones, so now I have my own hybrid "favorite" Makefile-style...) --- pb Reply or e-mail; don't vaguely moderate.
Thank you. I'm currently reading the essay about so-called VHLL's, and it's interesting, so if I get the point I'll try to explain it.:)
But yes, note to moderators, take the time to read that sig of mine before you moderate. Call me "Troll, troll, TROLL" all you like in an Anonymous reply an ye must, but please back it up with some reasoning... --- pb Reply or e-mail; don't vaguely moderate.
Not only are the standard tools good, but there are already alternatives! (cook, autoconf, configure, blah blah blah...) --- pb Reply or e-mail; don't vaguely moderate.
I don't see a problem with the situation. I don't think there *is* a problem. I think the only problem we've had with this so far is the one you invented in your own little head. However, since you're taking all of this seriously, I'll do my best to do the same.
If I had a kid, say a male one, I might call him "my kid". Is this child not "Bruce's kid?". Is it sexist to know someone and say "Hey, how's your kid doing?", as opposed to "Hey, how's you and your wife's kid doing?" Hmm?
Also, it isn't unheard of to name a kid after the father or the mother, or call your son Junior. This is cultural. It isn't sexist, and if you consider it to be so, realize that it's a feature of the culture that is so deeply ingrained that the very people involved don't consider it sexist, and therefore it isn't. In short, if intent means anything to you, this debate is useless, because the only person who doesn't understand is you, an uninvolved third-party (goes back to minding your own business...).
Also, I don't see how applying program-naming terms to children without problems applies to sexism at all. And the issues I've raised about programming languages are supposed to be humorous, not serious. Must you be the person to make me have to put "HUMOR:" back into my subject lines? --- pb Reply or e-mail; don't vaguely moderate.
Slashdot Mirror
Heh heh. You really don't want to know about *that*, but suffice it to say that my self-esteem is fine.
I guess I didn't intend for the focus of that message to be about the moderation so much as the lack of discussion.
But I still really hate that "Overrated" tag, and don't think it should be used. (or at least it should be officially deprecated, or subject to meta-moderation)
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Yeah, you're right about that, and I'd accept that as a reason for the moderation too.
But I'd *really* rather get some discussion going, and this is apparently the wrong place to do it, as usual.
(But who has their threshold set to +5? Shouldn't that moderator be moderating someone *else* up instead? And why would they do it, after the discussion is essentially dead anyhow? I tend mistrust the moderators who go back through later and mark things that are +5 as "Overrated", that tends to be more personal than helpful.)
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pb Reply or e-mail; don't vaguely moderate.
For the record, I don't *care* whether you moderate my comment up or down as long as you have a *reason*.
;)
:)
This is supposed to be a *discussion forum*. If my comment were indeed so gosh darn interesting or insightful, I'd expect other people to think about it, and reply. If it's overrated, then I'd expect people to tell me why. If I'm moderated up, but no one says *anything*, then there's something wrong. (or someone posted a new story. ooo, get karma instead of posting real comments!
Incidentally, thanks a lot for the anonymous reply. I just wish it could have been to my original message, and on-topic. That's what I really wanted...
Moderate me down, mark me as Troll, Flamebait, or whatever you like, if you feel it's justified. But never use a moderation like "Overrated" that offers no feedback at all when you could be moderating up another post and giving them a good reason why.
Or, to make a long story short, read my sig if you haven't yet.
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I'll accept other people's shortcomings, until it starts affecting what I do.
Microsoft is left squarely out of this.
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I want to patent something, and I understand that to get your patent accepted, all you have to do is put "On-line" in front of it!
..."
How about this:
"An On-line method of keeping and modifying a journal corresponding to entries in the Gregorian calendar. This method, comprising a transaction processing front-end, a database back-end, a Gregorian calendar lookup module,
Or this:
"An On-line method of providing illumination on demand. This method, comprising of a Java Servelet that responds to specific user-defined input by displaying a pre-specified color and intensity of light..."
Gosh, the possibilities... Now that it's online, it's a new idea! Can we take this further?
"A method of holding drinks and keeping them cool while in the garage."
Wow, now that we're in the garage, suddenly it's a new patent! I love the US Patent System!
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Ooo, the dread "Overrated" moderation.
Would anyone care to reply to my post, instead of silently dissenting?
I'd love to hear some actual opinions, from real people...
Here's some ammunition, if you think it might help...
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I knew a boy from Taiwan who came over here maybe 8 years ago, and he had a device that had an integrated TI-81, currency converter, TaiwaneseEnglish dictionary, etc., etc.
A quick search should turn up some results, though; I found Lingo easily enough.
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pb Reply or e-mail; don't vaguely moderate.
Well, first ask yourself these simple questions.
Did we have these problems before Microsoft started "innovating"? I remember when people would send out warnings about "THE GOODTIMES VIRUS". We all laughed, because we knew it could never happen.
Do we have these problems now? Well, yes, many Windows users have these problems. Users of Microsoft products and products that support Microsoft "standards" are affected.
How long has this been a real problem? For at least 6 years, ever since people found out you could do this in Word 6.0 for Windows 3.1.
So what is Microsoft doing about this?
From their page:
So does their advice help any, for preventing the spread of ILOVEYOU?
No, it doesn't. ILOVEYOU sends you messages from people you trust. Why would you send a message back asking them about it? I get messages from people all the time that say "Hey, read this, it's funny." I'm not going to write them back and say "Yeah, but will it crash my computer?", because that doesn't make any sense. Macro virus protection and scanning doesn't apply here either, because Outlook doesn't even offer a warning! The user just clicks on the attachment to see what it is, like usual, and BLAM, their system is hosed. In fact, there have been some reports of Outlook opening it with the "Preview Pane" (perhaps if earier patches for Melissa weren't installed).
So, in my opinion, Microsoft isn't doing enough. They never should have created Word BASIC in the first place, they should never let what should be a formatted text file make system calls, they should never let users run everything essentially as 'root', and they should fix their software *AND* pay back the community bigtime for damages.
But hey, make your own decisions. If that wasn't enough to convince you, go read what the media has to say. I'll just sit here quietly, wondering what's wrong with the world, as my machine doesn't crash.
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I got it.
If you're having problems with the site, (you have, say, Flash 4 for Linux installed, but the JavaScript is giving you trouble) try going here.
Of course, once I tried to *play* a game, it said...
"Mac users! We
haven't forgotten
about ya. All these
great games will be
ready for you soon so
hurry back."
Grr. Someone doesn't get it. Time to play some games on XMAME...
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Joust, Spy Hunter, and Rampage. (I sucked at Defender)
I could never get the hang of the controls on the arcade Spy Hunter, I did much better at the Nintendo version.
Joust, on the other hand, was awesome, as was Rampage with three players.
So are these games really free now? Can we finally use them on MAME without fear of retribution? ('cause it does say "exclusively on shockwave.com...)
I don't think that's very fair. Especially since their page was broken enough to give me a Javascript error instead of taking me to the Shockwave download page, and *then* they said it was "downloading", with nary a mention of those other "platforms" that people might be using, yea, even on the web.
When I did try to get it, it redirected me to "Flash 4 for Linux", which I already have. I guess Shockwave does stuff that Flash doesn't? Oh well, I at least know that their Javascript looks pretty broken on my version of netscape. Otherwise, it'd redirect me to the proper page.
Anyone know the absolute address of this one?
And who would write an emulator in that stuff anyhow? Weird...
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But never forget that we do have the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of bug-free software!
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From the copy of Microsoft Visual J++ 6.0 Professional Edition that I won today in a raffle:
"You must accept the
enclosed License Agree-
ment before you can use
this product. If you do not
accept the terms of the
License Agreement, you
should promptly return
the product for a refund."
Of course, it also says on it:
MONEY-BACK
Microsoft
30-DAY
GUARANTEE
...and it has no information on how to return it.
Well, since I don't use Windows, I'll try to find a way to return it within 30 days, and maybe get some cash.
But could someone explain to me how I can agree to something without ever seeing it, and later when it breaks get told "It's your fault, by opening the package, you waived all your rights..."?
Ah well. I don't think the GPL has adopted *that* clause yet, so I'll continue on my merry way...
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Pardon me, are you referring to what I wrote about Word? Hey, I only tried to avoid *two* style flaws on that one...
...and I don't see a flamewar yet, perhaps because my point was, most software can't be all things to all people. Any time there is an implementation choice, someone won't like it. And if you add a checkbox to switch between them, someone won't like it because there are too many checkboxes. And if you arrange them on separate tabs, some people will find it too confusing. And if you...
(also, if you check, my post was moderated as "Funny", amongst other things. If I'm ever being *entirely* serious, I might put a disclaimer at the top, saying so...)
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I don't care *what* it is, widespread use or playing of MPEG movies sounds good to me!
I'm tired of seeing all these ASF files on the web that are unreadable under Linux. Microsoft even pulled their "NetShow for Linux", (even if it didn't really work in the first place) so the entire format is unsupported.
Linux already has a bunch of MPEG-1 video players, some of them more free than others, some with snazzier interfaces, and some decent MPEG-2 players as well, but I just wish people would standardize on a file format without so many proprietary codecs here. (I'm not necessarily looking forward to "MPEG4"...)
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Linux *can* work with a microkernel.
:)
It's faster the way it is now.
No one wants to change it, and its already on a *lot* of platforms, with special ports for smaller devices.
The last thing we need is a "Linux/NetBSD Platform Pissing War". I tend to only use a few hardware platforms, and they're all supported on both platforms, to my knowledge.
Mentioning NT as an example of good design is amusing. A Microkernel and a castrated version of VMS makes a portable operating system that no sane person would want to code for. Oh well...
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Wow, reasons why we don't like MySQL here:
- It isn't really Open Source, it's only free
- They don't know what they're talking about on the obscure technical issues that we like.
- Most people could use it just fine, but that's not the point!
- Okay, sure, its fast, but our database is safer!
- Why does everyone have to use MySQL anyhow, hmm?
This sounds like a case of sour grapes, pure and simple. One database is not going to be for everyone. Oracle is expensive, MySQL isn't robust enough for some people, and PostGreSQL is slow (compared to MySQL, for some common operations).
So, my advice. If money is tight, don't use Oracle. If data integrity is your utmost concern, don't use MySQL. If speed is an issue for your little database on your overworked computer, don't use PostGreSQL.
...And if you live in the real world, don't whine about how software application X is better than popular software application Y for reasons that many people don't care about, because you will be flamed to a crisp, especially on Slashdot. Just admit that software X has a place in the world, and some people, maybe even many people might want to use it, but they are other people, doing other things.
Example:
Microsoft Word is a popular word processor. But it is not robust enough for some people's needs. 95% of people might be able to do their job just fine having it crash and autorecover their documents, but for the 5% who are working on mission-critical data, or get their documents eaten, this isn't good enough. They would rather waste their time working on free solutions with bad Word DOC File Import/Export routines. For those who care about proper formatting and ease of use, however, Word's stranglehold on the market makes it a more useful product for now.
Notice that I didn't say "Word has no place in the market", or even argue that "Microsoft didn't know what it was doing when they made Word!", but rather showed some strengths and weaknesses, and let you decide which category applies...
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For some impressive SID music, check out the '97 Second Reality for the C64 demo.
.MOD...
Man, I'm amazed that they managed to get those tunes right!
It's at least as amazing to me as hearing awesome music from a 4-channel AMIGA
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Look, everybody, here's a legitimate use for Napster and Gnutella! Anyone who got these songs want to mirror/share them, 'cause I can't get them from the site!
:)
.WAV, using Nesticle, back when I ran DOS natively...) and converted it to an mp3. (hey, chill, I bought the game fair and square when it came out. :)
:|
:)
Now on to my rantings...
Boy, those games rule...
Anyone remember that the NES emulator from Japan for Windows ("PasoFami", I think) used MIDI for its output? It let you change the samples for the four channels, and at the time I also had a software midi synthesizer, so let's just say that Mario and Zelda sounded kinda funky, in a good, remixed way.
Later, I 'ripped' the intro music from Zelda (as a
Who can forget the music from Final Fantasy, especially seeing as how the "Battle Victory Music" hasn't really changed! I love those songs in all of their incarnations, but I think I have a soft spot for FF2. (FF4J for the purists, not NES, I know, I know...)
I saw that they had music from Castlevania, but what about Castlevania 2? That had some awesome music, especially for 'night-time'.
("WHAT A HORRIBLE NIGHT TO HAVE A CURSE")
Also, yes, Metroid ("JUSTIN BAILEY") had some awesome music, and especially Super Metroid, although that doesn't count here.
Also, I loved Megaman 2, and I've heard some techno remixes from that and some of the others. (some *much* worse than others, but Flash Man was funky.
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What size limit?
Did you try typing "make bzimage" or "make bzlilo"?
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When they release 2.4.x! (or 2.5.x, for that matter...)
:)
But, in the meantime... over a meg? Anything really cool I should know about?
If there's no Changelog, I guess I could just grep through the patch. Documentation is for wussies anyhow, right, guys?
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Festival is an awesome program for speech, Emacs has support for it too, and I believe BILINUX is the distribution for the blind.
:)
But I don't think this is too terribly well-known, since my search on Google just turned up the last "Ask Slashdot" we had about this.
Any good resources out there about this, guys?
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That's actually one of the complaints they cite in the contest pages.
However, a lot of the proposed programs (maybe half?) build on prior systems without any real new ideas. Some of the other ones look somewhat vague and use a lot of different terms. I liked the XML description of feature sets, but it looked too complex/verbose.
So I guess I'd rather see all this energy go into coming up with good examples for how to use the existing (robust, working, tried-and-true) tools. As usual, the best reference outside of good documentation is a real-live, working ugly program/script.
(For example, I learned a lot about Makefiles looking at both generated and custom-made ones, so now I have my own hybrid "favorite" Makefile-style...)
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Thank you. I'm currently reading the essay about so-called VHLL's, and it's interesting, so if I get the point I'll try to explain it. :)
But yes, note to moderators, take the time to read that sig of mine before you moderate. Call me "Troll, troll, TROLL" all you like in an Anonymous reply an ye must, but please back it up with some reasoning...
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...why we need these other tools?
Not only are the standard tools good, but there are already alternatives! (cook, autoconf, configure, blah blah blah...)
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I don't believe you replied to that. Okay...
I don't see a problem with the situation. I don't think there *is* a problem. I think the only problem we've had with this so far is the one you invented in your own little head. However, since you're taking all of this seriously, I'll do my best to do the same.
If I had a kid, say a male one, I might call him "my kid". Is this child not "Bruce's kid?". Is it sexist to know someone and say "Hey, how's your kid doing?", as opposed to "Hey, how's you and your wife's kid doing?" Hmm?
Also, it isn't unheard of to name a kid after the father or the mother, or call your son Junior. This is cultural. It isn't sexist, and if you consider it to be so, realize that it's a feature of the culture that is so deeply ingrained that the very people involved don't consider it sexist, and therefore it isn't. In short, if intent means anything to you, this debate is useless, because the only person who doesn't understand is you, an uninvolved third-party (goes back to minding your own business...).
Also, I don't see how applying program-naming terms to children without problems applies to sexism at all. And the issues I've raised about programming languages are supposed to be humorous, not serious. Must you be the person to make me have to put "HUMOR:" back into my subject lines?
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