I'd mod this flamebait, but I'm just as bitter as you are, homeboy. I've gone from respected sysadmin to considering renting the use of my bodily orificies to pay my rent.
In the classic game you had a single policeman/policewoman, alone in a luxury yet deserted mansion, with grandpa's clock ticking in complete silence.
Yep. That sounds like an incredibly entertaining movie.
I personally enjoyed the RE movie and will be looking forward to the second. No, it wasn't "100% faithful" to the game, whatever that means. At least it kept the story of the game straight and took it from there to make an entertaining action flick with Michelle Rodriguez (who I'd like to mate with).
Any developer willing to agree with this kind of needless BS and lock out a whole section of users because they don't have the "preferred hardware", doesn't deserve to have thier crap game played in the first place.
You mean like developers that won't produce games for the Mac?
While they will quickly get over the psychological issues of male/male sex chat posing as teenage lesbian sex chat, it will be hard for them to physically cope with excessive masturbation being their only form of exercise.
Troll, nothing, that's HYSTERICAL. I wish I had mod points, because anything that makes me laugh out loud gets automatic "Funny" modding.
If I had the cash, no doubt I'd pick up a G5 also, but as it stands, I can build my own tower out of commodity parts, whiz-bang it out with geeky toys like neon lights and the like, install Debian, and I'm good to go. I have a primary desktop/file server storage for mp3z and pr0n (sweet, sweet pr0n). Add a PowerBook, and I have all the application and ease-of-use userspace things that I lack with Debian; iTunes (there is no better mp3 player), Word (I know, I know, but the fact of the matter is Word is a pretty good piece of bloatware. Does anyone know where I can get document templates for OOO and the like? 'cuz I'll switch if I can get those), iTunes (no seriously, it's good), not to mention games, Adobe and Macromedia products, the list goes on. Plus PowerBooks are sexy with the backlit keyboard and all.
Anyone else think that upgrade envy is becoming way too common, on computing platforms and elsewhere in life?
You have to understand, a lot of people, especially in the IT industry, have extremely small penises. I'm talking like a 5 year olds. It's sad really. Getting big, fast, bleeding edge computers is the only way some of us have to compensate for our complete inability to pleasure a woman.
You see a lot of the same thing in the import racing circuit, oddly enough.
Modded funny, but you've got a reasonable point there. Call up your local FBI office with reports of "an unknown organization that has illegally compromised computer systems for the purposes of anonymously sending subversive and possibly terrorist communications." Try to get transferred to an Electronic Crimes Unit, if your FBI office has one. Toss them the IP and detail how you tracked it down. Trust me, they'll unleash the dogs of war.
Hell, crying "terrorism" is working for everything else nowadays, why not get something positive done with it?
And for all the reasons you listed. I'm a computer/car geek, in that I see both my computer and my car as not only tools, but extensions of myself and my personality, and as such. they must be bent over and vigourously spanked until they do my bidding. My current state of employment has prohibited me from doing all the things I want to do to my car, but trust me we'll get there.
I don't know if there's an all purpose gearhead site like/., but as you said there are plenty of brand-specific sites, generally using customized YaBB for forums, rather than Slashcode. Here's a few fo' ya:
Overboost They sell aftermarket shtuff, and have a decent forum, generally for the Honda/Acura crowd. XceedSpeed Detroit-area car club. Whether you live in Detroit or not, there's plenty of good stuff on the import scene in there.
I think it says something about how we as Americans perceive education when we have to look at it from the viewpoint of "Can I get a job with this?". Education is it's own reward, in that it gives you options in life, not just the workplace.
Least that's what I think. Personally, with s omuch of America's workforce working 50-60 hours a week (at least us IT types), it can be an impossibility to go get a post-graduate degree. I hope the idea of online coursework becomes more prevalent for this reason. It will give those of us with the will but not hte time the chance.
I can't believe any intelligent human being that was alive since the Reagan years (at least) can blame going from a 5.6 trillion when Clinton left office (TRILLION. Thousand billion. A lot of money.) federal surplus to a projected 180 billion dollar deficit as of the end of this year on the bursting of the dot-com bubble. I can't believe that. Are the 2.5 million jobs lost all people that worked in the dot-com industry?
Maybe it's not your fault. Maybe this is the latest nonsense that Fox News is working to make "common knowledge".
It's too late at night to be pissed. I'm off to bed.
I seriously, seriously hope that you do as I did. Don't take what ANYONE, conservative or liberal or centrist, anyone says at face value. Look up the numbers, examine the trends, look at the history. Bills passed, funding cut. Cause and effect and effect. Start at about '96 and take it through today. Al Franken's new book also has some interesting perspective on what's happened (biased, obviously, but there's a lot of hard numbers, and numbers never lie).
I'm much to tired to call you an uninformed dipshit.
Instead I'll just direct you here, here, and here. Oh, and a Google search of "Bush Administration", deficit, and "federal spending" might enlighten you a tad, also.
Oh, you mean the old M3. I guess my unthinking self figured who wouldn't mind 700 additional pounds if it meant 160 extra horses and 130 ft./lbs. of torque. Not to mention the standard 6-speed stick getting you from 0-60 in 5 flat.
When I see e36s on the highway, they're generally beat-up pieces of shit that some privileged teenager whined and complained to get.
(91 Mazda RX-7, now rebuilt with a 480HP built Chevy 350, and therefore REALLY expensive to drive around for fun at $1.60/gal. [~8-10mpg])
You shoehorned a General Motors small-block 350 cu. in. engine into a space where a Mazda rotary engine formerly lived. Outside of the sheer physical impossibility, the finances involved (replacing bottom end, custom making motor mounts, custom GM tranny magically made to fit a Mazda, new computer, etc. etc.) would be completely ridiculous. This makes me want to call you a fool or a liar.
I remember something like this at the North American Internation Auto Show in Detroit several years back. PSX machines running GT2 (if memory serves) hooked up to big screens with cushy seats so people could "virtual test drive" some Big Three cars. Pretty nifty, given Gran Turismo's notoriety for simulation level physics. I say take it a step farther and release a version of GT with actual local city streets, traffic, etc. for this type of demonstration.
This could get pretty cool with the GT4 engine. Imagine driving a virtual Viper past Cobo Hall complete with NAIAS lights and signs on it.
OK, I'm babbling. Being a computer dork and a car dork at the same time is difficult, so bear with me.
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I'd mod this flamebait, but I'm just as bitter as you are, homeboy. I've gone from respected sysadmin to considering renting the use of my bodily orificies to pay my rent.
*sigh*
In the classic game you had a single policeman/policewoman, alone in a luxury yet deserted mansion, with grandpa's clock ticking in complete silence.
Yep. That sounds like an incredibly entertaining movie.
I personally enjoyed the RE movie and will be looking forward to the second. No, it wasn't "100% faithful" to the game, whatever that means. At least it kept the story of the game straight and took it from there to make an entertaining action flick with Michelle Rodriguez (who I'd like to mate with).
Any developer willing to agree with this kind of needless BS and lock out a whole section of users because they don't have the "preferred hardware", doesn't deserve to have thier crap game played in the first place.
You mean like developers that won't produce games for the Mac?
Especially when he was just shitting on Outlook about 5 seconds ago with the "clunky" comment.
Marketing, marketing, and still more marketing.
While they will quickly get over the psychological issues of male/male sex chat posing as teenage lesbian sex chat, it will be hard for them to physically cope with excessive masturbation being their only form of exercise.
Troll, nothing, that's HYSTERICAL. I wish I had mod points, because anything that makes me laugh out loud gets automatic "Funny" modding.
If you like, you can check the SourceForge page, where the LifeSpan stats show that it's been downloaded 1,204,740 times.
If I had the cash, no doubt I'd pick up a G5 also, but as it stands, I can build my own tower out of commodity parts, whiz-bang it out with geeky toys like neon lights and the like, install Debian, and I'm good to go. I have a primary desktop/file server storage for mp3z and pr0n (sweet, sweet pr0n). Add a PowerBook, and I have all the application and ease-of-use userspace things that I lack with Debian; iTunes (there is no better mp3 player), Word (I know, I know, but the fact of the matter is Word is a pretty good piece of bloatware. Does anyone know where I can get document templates for OOO and the like? 'cuz I'll switch if I can get those), iTunes (no seriously, it's good), not to mention games, Adobe and Macromedia products, the list goes on. Plus PowerBooks are sexy with the backlit keyboard and all.
So I'm good for the time being.
Anyone else think that upgrade envy is becoming way too common, on computing platforms and elsewhere in life?
You have to understand, a lot of people, especially in the IT industry, have extremely small penises. I'm talking like a 5 year olds. It's sad really. Getting big, fast, bleeding edge computers is the only way some of us have to compensate for our complete inability to pleasure a woman.
You see a lot of the same thing in the import racing circuit, oddly enough.
Not sure if you're trolling or not, but here ya go.
Debian on my desktop, OS X on my laptop, life has achieved perfection.
Modded funny, but you've got a reasonable point there. Call up your local FBI office with reports of "an unknown organization that has illegally compromised computer systems for the purposes of anonymously sending subversive and possibly terrorist communications." Try to get transferred to an Electronic Crimes Unit, if your FBI office has one. Toss them the IP and detail how you tracked it down. Trust me, they'll unleash the dogs of war.
Hell, crying "terrorism" is working for everything else nowadays, why not get something positive done with it?
If the state of IT in this country is ay indication, your best bet is to fire everyone and outsource your needs to India.
But maybe I'm just bitter.
And for all the reasons you listed. I'm a computer/car geek, in that I see both my computer and my car as not only tools, but extensions of myself and my personality, and as such. they must be bent over and vigourously spanked until they do my bidding. My current state of employment has prohibited me from doing all the things I want to do to my car, but trust me we'll get there.
/., but as you said there are plenty of brand-specific sites, generally using customized YaBB for forums, rather than Slashcode. Here's a few fo' ya:
I don't know if there's an all purpose gearhead site like
Overboost They sell aftermarket shtuff, and have a decent forum, generally for the Honda/Acura crowd.
XceedSpeed Detroit-area car club. Whether you live in Detroit or not, there's plenty of good stuff on the import scene in there.
Take care!
I think it says something about how we as Americans perceive education when we have to look at it from the viewpoint of "Can I get a job with this?". Education is it's own reward, in that it gives you options in life, not just the workplace.
Least that's what I think. Personally, with s omuch of America's workforce working 50-60 hours a week (at least us IT types), it can be an impossibility to go get a post-graduate degree. I hope the idea of online coursework becomes more prevalent for this reason. It will give those of us with the will but not hte time the chance.
Anyone know of a .deb archive of the GAIM CVS code? I checked http://www.apt-get.org/search.php , no such.
I can't believe any intelligent human being that was alive since the Reagan years (at least) can blame going from a 5.6 trillion when Clinton left office (TRILLION. Thousand billion. A lot of money.) federal surplus to a projected 180 billion dollar deficit as of the end of this year on the bursting of the dot-com bubble. I can't believe that. Are the 2.5 million jobs lost all people that worked in the dot-com industry?
Maybe it's not your fault. Maybe this is the latest nonsense that Fox News is working to make "common knowledge".
It's too late at night to be pissed. I'm off to bed.
I seriously, seriously hope that you do as I did. Don't take what ANYONE, conservative or liberal or centrist, anyone says at face value. Look up the numbers, examine the trends, look at the history. Bills passed, funding cut. Cause and effect and effect. Start at about '96 and take it through today. Al Franken's new book also has some interesting perspective on what's happened (biased, obviously, but there's a lot of hard numbers, and numbers never lie).
I'm much to tired to call you an uninformed dipshit.
Instead I'll just direct you here, here, and here. Oh, and a Google search of "Bush Administration", deficit, and "federal spending" might enlighten you a tad, also.
Have a wonderful day.
I'm talking about a 1997-1999 4 door e36 BMW M3
Oh, you mean the old M3. I guess my unthinking self figured who wouldn't mind 700 additional pounds if it meant 160 extra horses and 130 ft./lbs. of torque. Not to mention the standard 6-speed stick getting you from 0-60 in 5 flat.
When I see e36s on the highway, they're generally beat-up pieces of shit that some privileged teenager whined and complained to get.
Glad you like them, though. Good on ya'.
Well, I retract my earlier nonsense then. I am a dumb monkey.
I bet the 350 in that feather-weight RX-7 body really hauls.
I'd be jealous if I wasn't so broke.
(91 Mazda RX-7, now rebuilt with a 480HP built Chevy 350, and therefore REALLY expensive to drive around for fun at $1.60/gal. [~8-10mpg])
You shoehorned a General Motors small-block 350 cu. in. engine into a space where a Mazda rotary engine formerly lived. Outside of the sheer physical impossibility, the finances involved (replacing bottom end, custom making motor mounts, custom GM tranny magically made to fit a Mazda, new computer, etc. etc.) would be completely ridiculous. This makes me want to call you a fool or a liar.
The 4 door M3 is a sweet car. I can't stand something too heavy.
the BMW M3 is a 2-door coupe/convertible. You're probably thinking of the M5.
I remember something like this at the North American Internation Auto Show in Detroit several years back. PSX machines running GT2 (if memory serves) hooked up to big screens with cushy seats so people could "virtual test drive" some Big Three cars. Pretty nifty, given Gran Turismo's notoriety for simulation level physics. I say take it a step farther and release a version of GT with actual local city streets, traffic, etc. for this type of demonstration.
This could get pretty cool with the GT4 engine. Imagine driving a virtual Viper past Cobo Hall complete with NAIAS lights and signs on it.
OK, I'm babbling. Being a computer dork and a car dork at the same time is difficult, so bear with me.
If you know of an open soure application that will output to PDF, I'd be glad to hear about it.
I finished the update earlier on my PowerBook G3 with no problems.
*knock wood*
Are we certain this is an [e|i]mac-specific issue?
Zorboot!
Rise from your grave.
If you're talking the Genesis version of Altered Beast (a game I could still pick up and play TODAY and have a great time), I think you mean:
"WIIIISE fwum your gwave!"