One of the main reasons I don't use GNOME anymore is because GnomeVFS was such a godawful piece of shit for years and years, with nobody seeming particularly concerned about it.
I would be all "Hey, I'll use the GUI to copy these files from one drive to another" and GnomeVFS would be all "Sure thing! I'll have that done sometime after the heat death of the universe!"
Operamail is is just rebranded Outblaze (which was bought by IBM recently).
I don't think Opera has much to do with the inner workings of it, although the interface did just get a revamp and all references to paid subscriptions were removed.
If you prefer graphical tiles to (nearly) pure ASCII (I certainly do) get the Mike Mayday tileset from this page and use the instructions to get it working.
Then watch the 40 tutorial videos to ease the neigh vertical learning curve. You will of course supplement the videos with lots of careful reading of the wiki.
This game is a time vampire, but lots of fun if you have a little patience and an attention span.
What they need to be working on is a $2 flash drive.
NAND prices are way up this year, but if USB flash drives are going to be true floppy replacements the manufacturers need to find some way to make the small (less than a gig) sizes cheap and keep them that way.
Not clicking on banner ads isn't enough. For years I've been fine with letting any non-Flash banner ad through, but I a few months ago I finally installed Adblock after finding one too many PDF exploits being loaded through banner ad display code.
It works like this: You are minding your own business browsing some perfectly legitimate web site when suddenly you get a dialog box asking if you would like to execute the JavaScript in "this PDF document". There's no PDF in sight, no other windows, nothing else suspicious.
Oh, but you only get this dialog if you have JavaScript disabled in Acrobat (most people don't).
This is what made me install AdBlock. I was good with just FlashBlock for years but with all the PDF exploits showing up in banner ads the past few months, last week I decided I'd had enough.
"Just" using a non-Adobe PDF reader is good until you grow up and realize that something not being displayed in a PDF could very easily mean serious consequences. Ever fill out an employment app in a PDF? Yeah.
Or perhaps they'll have 2 of them with three different prices marked - one on each of the items and one on the shelf (and perhaps a fourth when you ring it up)
In my state everything on the shelves of a retail establishment must have a price on each unit and that price must be honored.
I don't need to pay $60 (assuming I have Vista or an Xbox 360 already) to play a wide variety of games with a Shadowrun theme. Between the free MUSH games, Half-Life mods, Neverwinter Nights mod and even (gasp) the pen-and-paper RPG itself (which can be played online) there are plenty of games that are cheaper and "more Shadowrun" than the official FPS.
FASA Interactive was a division of FASA Corporation which (along with perpetual rights to the creation of electronic BattleTech and Shadowrun properties) was sold to Microsoft in 1999. MS dissolved FASA Interactive (so that all IP rights would be directly owned by MS) and created FASA Studio which went on to create MechAssault, the Shadowrun FPS, etc. FASA Studio is what this/. article is talking about.
FASA Corporation went out of business in 2001 and sold most of their remaining IP (including BattleTech and Shadowrun RPG properties) to WizKids Games
WizKids currently licenses Shadowrun RPG development to Catalyst Game Labs. The official site is www.shadowrun4.com (at least for now -- www.shadowrunrpg.com and www.srrpg.com will most likely return at some point).
The lack of an upgrade path from RHL to anything else was my big issue with this debacle. I had set people up with promises of amazing linux stability, but ended up having to wipe their machines as if I was reloading bloated Windows installs.
My users got Debian after this and I will continue to steer clear of anything tainted by RedHat.
Now, there are four states of being in the Apple, or Mac OS X, society: Cool, Groovy, Hip, and Square. The square is seldom if ever cool. He is not "with it," that is, he doesn't know "what's happening." But if he manages to figure it out, he moves up a notch to "hip."
And if he can bring himself to approve of what is happening, he becomes "groovy." After that, with much luck and perseverance, he can rise to the rank of "cool." A "cool guy"...
All the players prefer to play terrorist rather than counter-terrorist--extrapolate what conclusions you will from this. At the map change, the cafe fills with the bleep-bleep-bleep of forty Emiratis rapidly pressing the "1" button for Terrorist, and they'll keep at it for a round or two, finally giving in to the inevitability that some will have to play CT.
I personally witnessed this attitude mirrored on Counter-Strike servers in the US just after 9/11.
Without the creative team that was behind the first WarGames (the same two guys who were responsible for Sneakers) chances are very high that it would still suck.
Nobody else in hollywood has any respect for this kind of material.
The tabletop Shadowrun RPG is well known for its detailed "living" world, with a timeline that advances with each sourcebook published. To not use anything from that world in this game is a wasted opportunity but not a complete disaster.
The real problem is that this FPS is multi-player only. So even if it did work strictly within the canon of the tabletop game it wouldn't matter because story is not a consideration when choosing a multi-player FPS. Only things like weapon balance and running speed matter.
I keep trying to think of some way this could be a bigger waste of the Shadowrun license, but I keep drawing a blank.
Being able to easily join your friends on a game server is nice, but what really attracted me to Xfire was the ability to receive and reply to messages while playing games. Most IM clients can't deal with that and will either leave incoming messages in the background (where you discover them upon exiting the game) or grab focus, abuptly returning you to the desktop.
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All I ask is that ThunarVFS not suck.
One of the main reasons I don't use GNOME anymore is because GnomeVFS was such a godawful piece of shit for years and years, with nobody seeming particularly concerned about it.
I would be all "Hey, I'll use the GUI to copy these files from one drive to another" and GnomeVFS would be all "Sure thing! I'll have that done sometime after the heat death of the universe!"
Don't even get me started on the SMB performance.
Operamail is is just rebranded Outblaze (which was bought by IBM recently).
I don't think Opera has much to do with the inner workings of it, although the interface did just get a revamp and all references to paid subscriptions were removed.
Maybe next they'll up the quota?
My mind read this whole post in the voice of the guy who picks apart the sci-fi movies
The deepest Roguelike ever. If you aren't sure why you might want to play it, start here.
Get the Linux 40d16 version from this page
If you prefer graphical tiles to (nearly) pure ASCII (I certainly do) get the Mike Mayday tileset from this page and use the instructions to get it working.
Then watch the 40 tutorial videos to ease the neigh vertical learning curve. You will of course supplement the videos with lots of careful reading of the wiki.
This game is a time vampire, but lots of fun if you have a little patience and an attention span.
What they need to be working on is a $2 flash drive.
NAND prices are way up this year, but if USB flash drives are going to be true floppy replacements the manufacturers need to find some way to make the small (less than a gig) sizes cheap and keep them that way.
Obama was listed on Wikipedia as "sworn in" two minutes after he took the oath of office.
In an event that was broadcast live by every possible medium and media outlet...
Not clicking on banner ads isn't enough. For years I've been fine with letting any non-Flash banner ad through, but I a few months ago I finally installed Adblock after finding one too many PDF exploits being loaded through banner ad display code.
It works like this: You are minding your own business browsing some perfectly legitimate web site when suddenly you get a dialog box asking if you would like to execute the JavaScript in "this PDF document". There's no PDF in sight, no other windows, nothing else suspicious.
Oh, but you only get this dialog if you have JavaScript disabled in Acrobat (most people don't).
Incidentally: FileFront is closing in five days, taking with it any files that aren't hosted elsewhere.
I am told that many of the Half-Life mods hosted there are not available anywhere else, so get while the getting is good...
This is what made me install AdBlock. I was good with just FlashBlock for years but with all the PDF exploits showing up in banner ads the past few months, last week I decided I'd had enough.
"Just" using a non-Adobe PDF reader is good until you grow up and realize that something not being displayed in a PDF could very easily mean serious consequences. Ever fill out an employment app in a PDF? Yeah.
Or perhaps they'll have 2 of them with three different prices marked - one on each of the items and one on the shelf (and perhaps a fourth when you ring it up)
In my state everything on the shelves of a retail establishment must have a price on each unit and that price must be honored.
Maybe that's why there's no Fry's here...
fourteen years ago
Good thing nothing has changed in the IT employment market since 1994.
Paranoia XP is the latest edition.
Not sure what "Hacknoia" is...
I don't need to pay $60 (assuming I have Vista or an Xbox 360 already) to play a wide variety of games with a Shadowrun theme. Between the free MUSH games, Half-Life mods, Neverwinter Nights mod and even (gasp) the pen-and-paper RPG itself (which can be played online) there are plenty of games that are cheaper and "more Shadowrun" than the official FPS.
FASA Interactive was a division of FASA Corporation which (along with perpetual rights to the creation of electronic BattleTech and Shadowrun properties) was sold to Microsoft in 1999. MS dissolved FASA Interactive (so that all IP rights would be directly owned by MS) and created FASA Studio which went on to create MechAssault, the Shadowrun FPS, etc. FASA Studio is what this /. article is talking about.
FASA Corporation went out of business in 2001 and sold most of their remaining IP (including BattleTech and Shadowrun RPG properties) to WizKids Games
WizKids currently licenses Shadowrun RPG development to Catalyst Game Labs. The official site is www.shadowrun4.com (at least for now -- www.shadowrunrpg.com and www.srrpg.com will most likely return at some point).
The lack of an upgrade path from RHL to anything else was my big issue with this debacle. I had set people up with promises of amazing linux stability, but ended up having to wipe their machines as if I was reloading bloated Windows installs.
My users got Debian after this and I will continue to steer clear of anything tainted by RedHat.
Once they've simulated everything else there's no need.
The stock market predictions write themselves.
Now, there are four states of being in the Apple, or Mac OS X, society: Cool, Groovy, Hip, and Square. The square is seldom if ever cool. He is not "with it," that is, he doesn't know "what's happening." But if he manages to figure it out, he moves up a notch to "hip."
And if he can bring himself to approve of what is happening, he becomes "groovy." After that, with much luck and perseverance, he can rise to the rank of "cool." A "cool guy"...
From page two of cs in the gulf states:
All the players prefer to play terrorist rather than counter-terrorist--extrapolate what conclusions you will from this. At the map change, the cafe fills with the bleep-bleep-bleep of forty Emiratis rapidly pressing the "1" button for Terrorist, and they'll keep at it for a round or two, finally giving in to the inevitability that some will have to play CT.
I personally witnessed this attitude mirrored on Counter-Strike servers in the US just after 9/11.
Without the creative team that was behind the first WarGames (the same two guys who were responsible for Sneakers) chances are very high that it would still suck.
Nobody else in hollywood has any respect for this kind of material.
The tabletop Shadowrun RPG is well known for its detailed "living" world, with a timeline that advances with each sourcebook published. To not use anything from that world in this game is a wasted opportunity but not a complete disaster.
The real problem is that this FPS is multi-player only. So even if it did work strictly within the canon of the tabletop game it wouldn't matter because story is not a consideration when choosing a multi-player FPS. Only things like weapon balance and running speed matter.
I keep trying to think of some way this could be a bigger waste of the Shadowrun license, but I keep drawing a blank.
Being able to easily join your friends on a game server is nice, but what really attracted me to Xfire was the ability to receive and reply to messages while playing games. Most IM clients can't deal with that and will either leave incoming messages in the background (where you discover them upon exiting the game) or grab focus, abuptly returning you to the desktop.
And by "agree with him totally" you really mean "get the gays and the blacks out of movies!"
Because you know, there were no movies made this year without gay cowboys or pimps.
The Matrix sequels sucked because one Wachowski was in charge of story and plot while the other was in charge of action scenes.
Guess which brother was busy getting a sex change operation while Matrix 2 and 3 were being filmed?
Totally useless. Why don't they put it in sensible terms everyone can understand: How many Libraries of Congress is it?
The article says that other mice have adjustable weights, however I was unaware of this. Can someone provide a list of mice with this feature?