I always thought the best carpet would be a completely random design so that it wouldn't matter if you spilled anything on it, because whatever you spilled would blend right in.
It'd have to have completely random colors in completely random shapes in completely random configuration... well not totally, kinda blobby so that big splotches of ink or blood would fit in.
this wouldn't work:
for (x = 0; x < width; x++)
for (y = 0; y < height; y++)
pixel(x, y) = Random.nextInt();
Because that just creates an even fuzz.. if you spilled grape juice in the middle of that, it'd show up for sure.
Anyhow, that's one task that could create some original computer "art"
Anybody that released code using the BSD licence should have no problem at all with Microsoft using their code in their products as long as they keep the silly advert clause in there.
So while you're screaming bloody murder, the people who wrote the BSD licenced code are wondering what the hell you're screaming about.
1) swapping between different kinds of keyboards every couple of months. I have a regular rectangular one and a MS Natural one that I use alternatingly.
and 2) riding my bike. My hands feel totally restored for several days after a bike ride. Get out and do something besides typing.
I don't know if that would really solve the problem. Everybody is assuming that these kids are all brilliant. I can't understand where this assumption comes from. I suppose I was the kind of kid who was always bullied and would have liked to smash several bullies in the head with a baseball bat, but I learned to blend in with the background pretty well and had a pretty uneventful senior year.
But the thing is that I was never brilliant, I was actually kinda stupid. I knew the "computer geeks" and they could all hold their own a lot better than I could.
There were things like the honors club (or whatever) and the debate team, the FBLA, Academic Olympics for the smarter kids, and the sports for the popular kids, but nothing for kids who were simply dumb but didn't act out.
Sure, I had an interest in computers, but I was far from hacking x86 assembly like the "computer geeks" I knew.
But anyway, putting the gifted kids in a different spot isn't going to solve the problem of violence, because they aren't the same kids.
PS, I need more evidence of Seans "intelligence" other than the fact that he keeps floppies in his backpack and gets picked on. That could have been me, but you couldn't call me intelligent.
I just upgraded to Debian 2.2r2 on my new hard drive last week. I went to Progeny's page but at that time they only had a "release candidate".. oh well.
Installing 2.2 was a lot harder than it was to install 2.1 for some reason. Perhaps it was the fact that my old system was so customized and I had to start over with a default (crippled) setup.
Maybe I'll try upgrading to Progeny but I'm sick of installing stuff. And my 28.8 isn't up to a net upgrade.
I remember the first time I saw Strider in the arcades. Damn that was elite!
Watching the "big kids" fight the boss where you're spinning in orbit in a big sphere attacking the gravity source in the center. I had never seen anything like it.
It was a platformer with floors that were not always horizontal! Slanted floors! And parallaxing backgrounds!
And then the games like Bubble Bobble that you can hardly resist sticking quarters into.
Nothing in the arcades today wows me near as much.
If Napster and the RIAA really want to come to an agreement and make something that works, then first RIAA should 0wn Napster and then they should scrap the file sharing aspect.
They've got the skrilla for the space to store all the music they want to be made available in a central location (with mirrors etc.. but centrally controlled) and give access for either a monthly fee or price-per-track. (not per download.. networks are too flakey.. I'd pay to be able to flag a track for download any time/any number of times)
I'm sure little Tammy would love to be able to download all the Brittany Spears she can stand for a flat fee. The industry is happy, Tammy is happy, and Brittany is happy.
The downside is that they aren't going to have every song in the world to download (that's what OpenNap etc.. will be for), but the upside is that they can make all the files high-quality un-cut rips of the tracks.
If they did that, I wouldn't mind signing up to snag a few tracks for a few bucks if I knew they were going to be high-quality tracks. I'm much too lazy and too cheap to go to the store and buy whole CDs.
Thanks to new copyright law, the copy control measure doesn't really need to work.
It just needs to exist. Wether it works and is broken, or doesn't work and is broken isn't going to make a difference legally or in circumvent-ability.
Finishing Tetrisphere in the "Rescue" game.. too bad the "hide and seek" mode gets rediculously hard.
Finishing Adventures of Lolo 1 and 2 (3 is freakin' hard)
Finished Solstice.
Finished The Guardian Legend in one game. I think I died once though.
One game that is INSANELY HARD is the NES game Metal Storm after you enter a certain password. I think you have to finish the whole game in one life to get it or something... which isn't too hard.
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lol! no mod points, so i'll reply:
I always think the same thing when it comes to security: "People want to look at MY files? Cool!"
Yes. I'm right handed but I've been using my mouse on the left for quite some time now. It's much more comfortable.
Can I now read 500 jokes about patenting the process of pay-for patent access?
And a few about patenting breathing for old times sake.
I always thought the best carpet would be a completely random design so that it wouldn't matter if you spilled anything on it, because whatever you spilled would blend right in.
It'd have to have completely random colors in completely random shapes in completely random configuration... well not totally, kinda blobby so that big splotches of ink or blood would fit in.
this wouldn't work:
for (x = 0; x < width; x++)
for (y = 0; y < height; y++)
pixel(x, y) = Random.nextInt();
Because that just creates an even fuzz.. if you spilled grape juice in the middle of that, it'd show up for sure.
Anyhow, that's one task that could create some original computer "art"
Art or utility.. computers don't care either way.
Swivels as you turn, and sinks down into the car at high speeds. All that, and it's fairly light.
The 500k pound price tag is probably half due to that.
So while you're screaming bloody murder, the people who wrote the BSD licenced code are wondering what the hell you're screaming about.
What keeps my wrists from hurting
1) swapping between different kinds of keyboards every couple of months. I have a regular rectangular one and a MS Natural one that I use alternatingly.
and 2) riding my bike. My hands feel totally restored for several days after a bike ride. Get out and do something besides typing.
If I have to download a special interpreter or virtual machine to use it, then I'm not even going to look at it.
an italian racing jetpod
That's OK. I read it as "Who" the first time. I guess all the bad grammar I read every day online has built up a language filter in my head.
HandEra doesn't sound as goofy as Palm Pilot first did to me.
When somebody first told me they got a Palm Pilot, I thought they were talking about a masturbatory aid.
I don't know if that would really solve the problem. Everybody is assuming that these kids are all brilliant. I can't understand where this assumption comes from. I suppose I was the kind of kid who was always bullied and would have liked to smash several bullies in the head with a baseball bat, but I learned to blend in with the background pretty well and had a pretty uneventful senior year.
But the thing is that I was never brilliant, I was actually kinda stupid. I knew the "computer geeks" and they could all hold their own a lot better than I could.
There were things like the honors club (or whatever) and the debate team, the FBLA, Academic Olympics for the smarter kids, and the sports for the popular kids, but nothing for kids who were simply dumb but didn't act out.
Sure, I had an interest in computers, but I was far from hacking x86 assembly like the "computer geeks" I knew.
But anyway, putting the gifted kids in a different spot isn't going to solve the problem of violence, because they aren't the same kids.
PS, I need more evidence of Seans "intelligence" other than the fact that he keeps floppies in his backpack and gets picked on. That could have been me, but you couldn't call me intelligent.
'course if you're using NT etc. it can be configured to only let admins run installshield.
I just upgraded to Debian 2.2r2 on my new hard drive last week. I went to Progeny's page but at that time they only had a "release candidate".. oh well.
Installing 2.2 was a lot harder than it was to install 2.1 for some reason. Perhaps it was the fact that my old system was so customized and I had to start over with a default (crippled) setup.
Maybe I'll try upgrading to Progeny but I'm sick of installing stuff. And my 28.8 isn't up to a net upgrade.
Now nobody is gonna believe anything /. says today anyway.
What happened two years ago? Some site shut down entirely. Was it Freshmeat? That was funny.
http://www.timeanddate.com/ is pretty useful. It seems to have worldwide info, but I can only vouch for it's usefulness in the US.
What the hell are you going to do here in Salt Lake?
I'm more concerned with the lack of underscores (Alt-key shortcuts) for anything on that screen.
Something free software tends to overlook as well.
I remember the first time I saw Strider in the arcades. Damn that was elite!
Watching the "big kids" fight the boss where you're spinning in orbit in a big sphere attacking the gravity source in the center. I had never seen anything like it.
It was a platformer with floors that were not always horizontal! Slanted floors! And parallaxing backgrounds!
And then the games like Bubble Bobble that you can hardly resist sticking quarters into.
Nothing in the arcades today wows me near as much.
But then ALL numbers can be relatively short.
Once I cited a /. feature and had to guess on the year. Oh well.
(Not a big deal, the assignment was just to cite something.)
If Napster and the RIAA really want to come to an agreement and make something that works, then first RIAA should 0wn Napster and then they should scrap the file sharing aspect.
They've got the skrilla for the space to store all the music they want to be made available in a central location (with mirrors etc.. but centrally controlled) and give access for either a monthly fee or price-per-track. (not per download.. networks are too flakey.. I'd pay to be able to flag a track for download any time/any number of times)
I'm sure little Tammy would love to be able to download all the Brittany Spears she can stand for a flat fee. The industry is happy, Tammy is happy, and Brittany is happy.
The downside is that they aren't going to have every song in the world to download (that's what OpenNap etc.. will be for), but the upside is that they can make all the files high-quality un-cut rips of the tracks.
If they did that, I wouldn't mind signing up to snag a few tracks for a few bucks if I knew they were going to be high-quality tracks. I'm much too lazy and too cheap to go to the store and buy whole CDs.
Thanks to new copyright law, the copy control measure doesn't really need to work.
It just needs to exist. Wether it works and is broken, or doesn't work and is broken isn't going to make a difference legally or in circumvent-ability.
Finishing Tetrisphere in the "Rescue" game.. too bad the "hide and seek" mode gets rediculously hard.
Finishing Adventures of Lolo 1 and 2 (3 is freakin' hard)
Finished Solstice.
Finished The Guardian Legend in one game. I think I died once though.
One game that is INSANELY HARD is the NES game Metal Storm after you enter a certain password. I think you have to finish the whole game in one life to get it or something... which isn't too hard.
if configure can tell me what I have on my system without looking in a database, then why can't rpm or apt?