Ahh yes... Last summer I went home for a wedding. While there I stopped in a record store (figurativly speaking, of course) that I used to get great local stuff, imports, and bootlegs at.
While there I asked the counter guy "hey, [old classmate's name] doesn't still work here, does he?". To which they responded "yeah but he's off tonight".
The scary part is that we graduated 13 years ago, he isn't a manager or anything, and when we were in HS, he was just getting paid in CD's.
LOO-HOOOoo...ZERRRRR-HEEERRRRR
The thought DID cross my mind that it could be a part time gig for free cd's, but no... if you knew him, you'd know in your heart that it was full time...:)
which allows it to make use of faulty memory...
*sigh*....of course my wife had to be reading over my shoulder and asked "Great, now is there anything I can install in you to make use of YOUR faulty memory...." She thinks she's funny. =)
HAHA! Yes I remember Action! and it's still in my parent's basement, along with the book that it came with. THAT was a cool language. Antic! Magazine used to occasionally publish listings for games done in Action! and I would feverishly get those typed in. They kicked ass!
I've been avoiding Python up to this point, but I think it's inevietable that I learn it. I haven't avoided it for any specific reason, merely because I just don't have the time to devote to it.
I've been reading about how it's gaining ground, but I've yet to talk with people that use it on a regular basis. Anyone care to share insight on their programming experiences with it? Specifically in use as CGI applications?
I'm still not sure I see the point of a wearable PC. Sure it's cool for the geek factor, but would it really be practical?
Sure it would make hacking into ATM's and gas pumps easier, as you're equipment is right there with you.... =8-)
Though I suppose one good use would be if you could have some bitchin' VR glasses that allow you to see the world and alter certain aspects of it. Like, for instance, sitting in gridlock and turning all of the cars around you into monsters, and simulating blowing them up (not nearly as cool as actually being able to nuke traffic but would do for now) =)
If I pay to attend a speaking engagment, listen to the the speaker (let's say it's the presidential candidates for arguments sake), then afterwards write about their talk for my job (oh yeah, pretend I work for a newspaper), isn't that the same thing?
Pay to get in, summarize what they say, write it up, sell it...
I would think that there is going to be a hell of a protest about this.
Notes taken during a class are basically just the note-taker's paraphrase of what's said. It isn't copyrighted material! Since when isn't someone allowed to write about something, and sell their work (if they desire)?
I mean, a ruling that basically says "I'm special.. what I say in front of this group of people, within these 4 walls, belongs to me and no one else. Bwahahahaha)
What about if a fellow student is absent, can notes be shared with them? What if they need to pay for the paper that the copy of the notes is written on, does that violate the ruling?
You should be getting them from bookpool.com instead of O'reilly. Waaaaay cheaper.
Example: Programming Perl 3rd ed. O'Reilly: $49.99. Amazon: $39:95. Bookpool: $29.99. That's a hell of a difference.
The other night I was comparing the prices of 2 or 3 books at Bookpool, compared to O'Reilly's multiple sets specials. Bookpool was still a lot cheaper.
Granted, our test wasn't versus Postgres, however it was a test for curiosity's sake.
A coworker was developing an application that would use MySQL. He needed records to test with, so he connected over our LAN to the and imported records from the live Oracle (about 2 - 3,000,000 records in total).
While the import was taking place, we were performing multiple queries (some using fairly complex calls) just to see how well MySQL would hold up.
The results were near instanteneous. MySQL didn't even blink at the load.
I understand that it isn't a real world situation as it was only one user querying, but with the amount of importing that was being down, we would have thought the system would bog. But you would never know the import was taking place.
We even got a "holy shit!" from our Oracle DBA when we should him.
Unfortunatly, Williams owns Bally and Midway so there is no chance of those companies picking up the designers.
Gottlieb had been sold off to someone else, but may be back on their own now. I don't recall.
Williams always had great games (some under the Bally name though). In the last few years, Medievil Madness, Monster Bash, Attack From Mars, and Tales of The Arabian Nights
Classics from the 90's also included Addams Family and Twightlight Zone.
And of course, others like High Speed, Pin*bot (and the 2 sequals), Fun House, Cyclone, Comet, etc. They made GREAT machines.
My next house I buy will have sufficent room for me to make a massive gameroom, which will have at least 10 pins...
I know exatcly which machine you are referring to, but the name escapes me at the moment. FUN machine though! I played it at the 1997 Wild West Pinball Fest in Phoenix, and it was a blast.
I don't recall who the manufacturer is. If I could remember the name, I could look it up in one of the pinball databases.
Those of us that collect Arcade machines and Pinball machines have known the sad truth for a long time. Pinball machines have long been dying.
There was a resurgence in the early 80's when machines like Gorgar came out (first talking machine), and games like High Speed and Pin*Bot (both of which I own now) really caught on.
But in the end, people went to video games.
The saddest part is that last year, Williams finally gave up and closed their Pinball division. That was pretty much the nail in the coffin.
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Ahh yes... Last summer I went home for a wedding. While there I stopped in a record store (figurativly speaking, of course) that I used to get great local stuff, imports, and bootlegs at.
:)
While there I asked the counter guy "hey, [old classmate's name] doesn't still work here, does he?". To which they responded "yeah but he's off tonight".
The scary part is that we graduated 13 years ago, he isn't a manager or anything, and when we were in HS, he was just getting paid in CD's.
LOO-HOOOoo...ZERRRRR-HEEERRRRR
The thought DID cross my mind that it could be a part time gig for free cd's, but no... if you knew him, you'd know in your heart that it was full time...
which allows it to make use of faulty memory... *sigh* ....of course my wife had to be reading over my shoulder and asked "Great, now is there anything I can install in you to make use of YOUR faulty memory...." She thinks she's funny. =)
Rain AND -288F? Oooo sign me up! When's our first mission??
Aw hell, I can get rain and 0F by moving back to New England =)
They forgot the part about "Stand up and clap wildly, as someone had the brains to know that Windows blows..."
HAHA! Yes I remember Action! and it's still in my parent's basement, along with the book that it came with. THAT was a cool language. Antic! Magazine used to occasionally publish listings for games done in Action! and I would feverishly get those typed in. They kicked ass!
Glad to see someone remembers that besides me!
One of these days I need to have my parents go into their basement and dig out my Atari 800 and send it to me so I can do some cool things to it...
I seem to recall someone making one into a web server recently. Man I loved that computer...
I've been avoiding Python up to this point, but I think it's inevietable that I learn it. I haven't avoided it for any specific reason, merely because I just don't have the time to devote to it.
I've been reading about how it's gaining ground, but I've yet to talk with people that use it on a regular basis. Anyone care to share insight on their programming experiences with it? Specifically in use as CGI applications?
Can it network a game of Quake with, say, Mir?? =)
I'm still not sure I see the point of a wearable PC. Sure it's cool for the geek factor, but would it really be practical?
Sure it would make hacking into ATM's and gas pumps easier, as you're equipment is right there with you.... =8-)
Though I suppose one good use would be if you could have some bitchin' VR glasses that allow you to see the world and alter certain aspects of it. Like, for instance, sitting in gridlock and turning all of the cars around you into monsters, and simulating blowing them up (not nearly as cool as actually being able to nuke traffic but would do for now) =)
Last time I went into an arcade, you ate dots and blue ghosts, jumped over barrels, zapped space bugs, and blew up asteroids.
Then again, the last arcade I went into was in my house, which houses 13 machines from the early 80's... >8-)
If I pay to attend a speaking engagment, listen to the the speaker (let's say it's the presidential candidates for arguments sake), then afterwards write about their talk for my job (oh yeah, pretend I work for a newspaper), isn't that the same thing?
Pay to get in, summarize what they say, write it up, sell it...
I would think that there is going to be a hell of a protest about this.
Notes taken during a class are basically just the note-taker's paraphrase of what's said. It isn't copyrighted material! Since when isn't someone allowed to write about something, and sell their work (if they desire)?
I mean, a ruling that basically says "I'm special.. what I say in front of this group of people, within these 4 walls, belongs to me and no one else. Bwahahahaha)
What about if a fellow student is absent, can notes be shared with them? What if they need to pay for the paper that the copy of the notes is written on, does that violate the ruling?
*sigh*
You should be getting them from bookpool.com instead of O'reilly. Waaaaay cheaper.
Example: Programming Perl 3rd ed. O'Reilly: $49.99. Amazon: $39:95. Bookpool: $29.99. That's a hell of a difference.
The other night I was comparing the prices of 2 or 3 books at Bookpool, compared to O'Reilly's multiple sets specials. Bookpool was still a lot cheaper.
--mark
No I think he meant, huggers of 10 year old technology, not technology huggers that are 10 years old.
Bullshit! There are quite a few of us that have collections of them. Have a look at VAPS to see how many people collect. --mark
Lots of animations, sounds, etc at: The Dragon's Lair Project --mark
Screw MAME, I own 13 of the actual classic machines =) =)
Granted, our test wasn't versus Postgres, however it was a test for curiosity's sake.
A coworker was developing an application that would use MySQL. He needed records to test with, so he connected over our LAN to the and imported records from the live Oracle (about 2 - 3,000,000 records in total).
While the import was taking place, we were performing multiple queries (some using fairly complex calls) just to see how well MySQL would hold up.
The results were near instanteneous. MySQL didn't even blink at the load.
I understand that it isn't a real world situation as it was only one user querying, but with the amount of importing that was being down, we would have thought the system would bog. But you would never know the import was taking place.
We even got a "holy shit!" from our Oracle DBA when we should him.
--mark
A few Stern Machines:
Ted Nugent
Galaxy
Stars
Disco
Muhammad Ali
Big Game
Quick Silver
Iron Maiden (not the band)
9 Ball
Viper
Stern machines date back all the way into the 1930's. Maybe even earlier.
--Mark
Xenon was released in November 1980. Gorgar was released in November 1979. =)
/No. 1062/ Williams Electronics, Inc., November 1979, 4 players
Gorgar
Model number: 496
Production run: 14000
Theme: Fantasy
Design: Barry Oursler
Art: Constantino Mitchell
Notes: 'Gorgar' was the first talking pinball machine commercially released
--Mark
Unfortunatly, Williams owns Bally and Midway so there is no chance of those companies picking up the designers.
Gottlieb had been sold off to someone else, but may be back on their own now. I don't recall.
Williams always had great games (some under the Bally name though). In the last few years, Medievil Madness, Monster Bash, Attack From Mars, and Tales of The Arabian Nights
Classics from the 90's also included Addams Family and Twightlight Zone.
And of course, others like High Speed, Pin*bot (and the 2 sequals), Fun House, Cyclone, Comet, etc. They made GREAT machines.
My next house I buy will have sufficent room for me to make a massive gameroom, which will have at least 10 pins...
--mark
I know exatcly which machine you are referring to, but the name escapes me at the moment. FUN machine though! I played it at the 1997 Wild West Pinball Fest in Phoenix, and it was a blast.
I don't recall who the manufacturer is. If I could remember the name, I could look it up in one of the pinball databases.
--Mark
Those of us that collect Arcade machines and Pinball machines have known the sad truth for a long time. Pinball machines have long been dying.
There was a resurgence in the early 80's when machines like Gorgar came out (first talking machine), and games like High Speed and Pin*Bot (both of which I own now) really caught on.
But in the end, people went to video games.
The saddest part is that last year, Williams finally gave up and closed their Pinball division. That was pretty much the nail in the coffin.
--mark
We got one last week. After two days, we decided we can't live without it.... --mark
Stuff like this is just total crap and getting more and more out of hand....