>Maybe because online they can actually be *good* >at it?
I'm the opposite... I'm a pretty fair shot with a pistol or rifle in the real world (yes, that includes against a moving target), but can't hit the broadside of a barn in an FPS.
It probably has to do with the interface - in arcade shooters where you get an actual gun-type control (Time Crisis II, House of the Dead, that sorta thing), I'm a relative badass. In Medal of Honor, if I'm not sniping, I'm the handicap factor for my team...
Maybe that's cause my targets in real life or in the arcade games aren't bouncing around like Quake addicts on a double dose of ampethamines or calling each other "L4M3R CAMp3R f4GzZz" though...
>A regular camo suit doesn't have a lifelike tree >painted on it after all, merely a mess of forest- >colors that generally blend into forest >surroundings.
Technically, camo doesn't "blend into forest surroundings", it only breaks up the human outline that's so immediately recognizable. Ever notice that military camo doesn't work *at all* if the person wearing it is moving?
>Most legal understandings of the second >amendment allude to that right as being the >right for the country to build and maintain a >military; not your personal right to own a gun.
Care to back up this claim with some documentation?
Time and time again, the second amendment has stood up to the argument that it doesn't apply to individuals.
Please, show me some of these "legal understandings".
The Buffy Musical episode ("Once More With Feeling") actually got nominated for some awards. It's up there with the "nobody can talk" episode ("Hush") for gimmicks that actually worked.
Something like this would make a great semi-portable for gaming with friends. Put a decently quick system in it with a decent video card, and make fun of your friends that have their tricked out cases with handles on 'em. You can get your system to a friend's place with less weight AND have the monitor built in.
Still not as portable as a laptop, but a hell of a lot better than a tower case and a 17" monitor for LAN parties and the like.
As many have pointed out, this is hardly a hack. It's just a PC.
What I'd like to know is why people keep spending so much time getting Linux to run on silly little toys rather than making it better and more accessible on the platforms it already runs on.
Linux is not going to beat Windows by running on my watch, microwave, or cordless drill.
Linux is not going to conquer the desktop by running on my radar detector, VCR, or electric razor.
Yet I bet it will run on one of those devices before it's ready for me to install it on my mother's computer.
>Actually, he has spent some time in prison.. he >got thrown in jail in New Mexico
"prison" != "jail". Not by a long shot.
And just being arrested doesn't mean you actually "got thrown in jail", he was more likely taken to the station, booked, and released. I can't find details on what actually happened in a quick 30-second search.
However, he has been arrested more than that one time - in 1975, he was arrested for speeding and driving without a license. The mugshot is from 1977, when he ran a stop sign and again didn't have a license. In 1989 he was arrested in California "on suspicion of drunken driving".
>CD: Oops, sorry about the spoiler, when I >scheduled the post I miscalculated the timing. I >know, I'm evil. I promise I won't ruin the next >4 episodes or however many they have left.
Wouldn't it have made more sense to pull the story for a few hours rather than putting some lame semi-apology AFTER the story?
>it ends up crashing, or freezing in the game >which would make the situation even worse
So use the ultimate "escape from game" key - the reset button.
If the boss asks why, just say your Windows box crashed AGAIN.
C'mon, this is slashdot, aren't we supposed to agree that the boss will find nothing unusual about a Windows machine that crashes 40 or 50 times a day?
>Microsoft is a company out to destroy all of their competitors
And you don't think Ford would throw a huge party if GM went out of business?
You don't think Coca-Cola would give bonuses to every single employee if PepsiCo filed Chapter 11 tomorrow?
ATI vs. Nvidia?
RJR vs. Phillip-Morris?
Sony vs. Panasonic?
Christianity vs. Islam?
IBM vs. Dell vs. Gateway vs. Sun vs. HP vs. Apple vs. Joe's Homegrown Computer Shack?
The objective of ANY business is to BEAT THEIR COMPETITORS.
Why do people think this is so damn evil or wrong?
>If you're not part of microsoft, you do not >stand to benefit from anything that they do
Look me in the eye and tell me that you haven't benefitted at all from the massive influx of personal computers into every business and most homes in America in the last 15 years.
Now tell me you really honestly think that would have happened if something like Windows hadn't come along to make these gosh-darn complicated new-fangled boxes usable to people that can't get their VCR to stop blinking 12:00.
You are aware that the number of people that could tell ANYTHING from the source code is extremely small, right?
That's always been one of the things that's bothered me - "Where's the source?!" I don't care, I couldn't do anything with it anyway. Neither could 99% of the people looking to use something like Kazaa.
"But there are people that can!", you cry. Great. What makes THEM any more trustworthy?
Why do people find it so hard to believe that even THIS is more complex than your average home user wants to deal with?
>Or "emerge xfce", which also installs >*everything* necessary for the XFCE desktop, >including X Windows if you haven't yet.
I do have to admit that's kinda cool.
>all I had to do to install everything I wanted >was basically, "emerge xfce eterm mozilla gaim >openssh...etc"
Great, if you know the names (and correct spellings) of everything you want to install.
>And if you're not sure of the package >name? 'emerge search "^kde"' lists all the >packages starting with "kde".
How much fun is teaching those kinda tricks to someone that got a new computer because they thought the Dell kid was funny?
Take your estimation of the level of expertise and comfort of the true average computer user, and lower it significantly. You have far too much faith in the ability of normal people to care enough to put up with the things you've listed. They're neat features to you and me, but to my sister, my uncle, or even my own mother, they are far too cryptic for them to want to learn to use.
Or maybe too many years in support really HAS made me bitter. YMMV.
The weakness with Linux today isn't ease of install - hell, Redhat has been trivial to install for at least a couple of versions now, even on the weirdest hardware Joe "Dude, You're Gettin' a Dell" Sixpack is likely to have.
Installation is ALREADY pretty brain dead, even to the most clueless newbie. At most, they're looking at a 5 minute call to their vendor / friend / LUG / 7-year old neighbor.
The trouble comes when they want to run the stupid elf bowling program some cow orker sends to them. Or when they want to free up some drive space. Or when they want to install a game. Or install ANY new software via four to six clicks of a mouse button.
Put the creative energy in the right direction, and Linux WILL win. This isn't it. This is the road more travelled.
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>Maybe because online they can actually be *good*
>at it?
I'm the opposite... I'm a pretty fair shot with a pistol or rifle in the real world (yes, that includes against a moving target), but can't hit the broadside of a barn in an FPS.
It probably has to do with the interface - in arcade shooters where you get an actual gun-type control (Time Crisis II, House of the Dead, that sorta thing), I'm a relative badass. In Medal of Honor, if I'm not sniping, I'm the handicap factor for my team...
Maybe that's cause my targets in real life or in the arcade games aren't bouncing around like Quake addicts on a double dose of ampethamines or calling each other "L4M3R CAMp3R f4GzZz" though...
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>No worries about keying, just paint it back
>yourself
Except that now instead of keying leaving a line in the paint, it leaves a big trail of dead pixels.
Nothing ruins the hardcore porn on your car door like a line of dead pixels right across her nipples...
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>>Americans are working themselves to death
>>compared to most other civilized nations.
>Oh come on, this has to be modded as 'Funny'!
With the exception of Japan, the typical US citizen puts in more hours on a given work week than any first-world nation.
I don't get the joke.
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>Yea, it is a cool picture but is the Count's
>light saber crooked?
There are several pictures. Just reload.
And as far as Dooku's light saber, it looks more like it has a slightly curved handle.
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>A regular camo suit doesn't have a lifelike tree
>painted on it after all, merely a mess of forest-
>colors that generally blend into forest
>surroundings.
Technically, camo doesn't "blend into forest surroundings", it only breaks up the human outline that's so immediately recognizable.
Ever notice that military camo doesn't work *at all* if the person wearing it is moving?
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>Making it tougher for a criminal to buy a gun
>does not violate the 2nd Amendment.
It's ALREADY illegal for a criminal to buy a gun.
What's your fscking POINT?
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>Most legal understandings of the second
>amendment allude to that right as being the
>right for the country to build and maintain a
>military; not your personal right to own a gun.
Care to back up this claim with some documentation?
Time and time again, the second amendment has stood up to the argument that it doesn't apply to individuals.
Please, show me some of these "legal understandings".
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>the Buffy Musical episode
The Buffy Musical episode ("Once More With Feeling") actually got nominated for some awards. It's up there with the "nobody can talk" episode ("Hush") for gimmicks that actually worked.
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>Project Yamato
As long as it included a wave-motion drive...
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>But competing with $100 Million + hollywood
>blockbuster? Not bloody likely.
Never saw "Clerks"? Total budget: about 26,800 USD (minus the soundtrack).
How about "El Mariachi"? $7000.
Even "The Blair Witch Project" only cost about $35,000 before post-production.
You don't need a huge budget to make a good movie.
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Something like this would make a great semi-portable for gaming with friends. Put a decently quick system in it with a decent video card, and make fun of your friends that have their tricked out cases with handles on 'em. You can get your system to a friend's place with less weight AND have the monitor built in.
Still not as portable as a laptop, but a hell of a lot better than a tower case and a 17" monitor for LAN parties and the like.
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>It's also coming out for BeOS I think
No, the link I posted clearly says the BeOS version will not be finished.
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we need more games for alternate platforms like macosx, linux, *bsd, etc.
According to the NWN faq, the box will contain media for Windows, Linux, and MacOS.
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>This is a great hack if you ask me.
As many have pointed out, this is hardly a hack. It's just a PC.
What I'd like to know is why people keep spending so much time getting Linux to run on silly little toys rather than making it better and more accessible on the platforms it already runs on.
Linux is not going to beat Windows by running on my watch, microwave, or cordless drill.
Linux is not going to conquer the desktop by running on my radar detector, VCR, or electric razor.
Yet I bet it will run on one of those devices before it's ready for me to install it on my mother's computer.
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>Actually, he has spent some time in prison.. he
>got thrown in jail in New Mexico
"prison" != "jail". Not by a long shot.
And just being arrested doesn't mean you actually "got thrown in jail", he was more likely taken to the station, booked, and released. I can't find details on what actually happened in a quick 30-second search.
However, he has been arrested more than that one time - in 1975, he was arrested for speeding and driving without a license. The mugshot is from 1977, when he ran a stop sign and again didn't have a license. In 1989 he was arrested in California "on suspicion of drunken driving".
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>CD: Oops, sorry about the spoiler, when I
>scheduled the post I miscalculated the timing. I
>know, I'm evil. I promise I won't ruin the next
>4 episodes or however many they have left.
Wouldn't it have made more sense to pull the story for a few hours rather than putting some lame semi-apology AFTER the story?
HayZOOS.
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>it ends up crashing, or freezing in the game
>which would make the situation even worse
So use the ultimate "escape from game" key - the reset button.
If the boss asks why, just say your Windows box crashed AGAIN.
C'mon, this is slashdot, aren't we supposed to agree that the boss will find nothing unusual about a Windows machine that crashes 40 or 50 times a day?
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>It does have a sort of "x2/K56flex/v90" feel to ..
>it.
I was thinking "802.11b.terbo", personally.
Or maybe "802.11b.HST", since it's USR...
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>Microsoft is a company out to destroy all of their competitors
And you don't think Ford would throw a huge party if GM went out of business?
You don't think Coca-Cola would give bonuses to every single employee if PepsiCo filed Chapter 11 tomorrow?
ATI vs. Nvidia?
RJR vs. Phillip-Morris?
Sony vs. Panasonic?
Christianity vs. Islam?
IBM vs. Dell vs. Gateway vs. Sun vs. HP vs. Apple vs. Joe's Homegrown Computer Shack?
The objective of ANY business is to BEAT THEIR COMPETITORS.
Why do people think this is so damn evil or wrong?
>If you're not part of microsoft, you do not
>stand to benefit from anything that they do
Look me in the eye and tell me that you haven't benefitted at all from the massive influx of personal computers into every business and most homes in America in the last 15 years.
Now tell me you really honestly think that would have happened if something like Windows hadn't come along to make these gosh-darn complicated new-fangled boxes usable to people that can't get their VCR to stop blinking 12:00.
If you can really do that, you're deluded.
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>Have you seen the source code?
You are aware that the number of people that could tell ANYTHING from the source code is extremely small, right?
That's always been one of the things that's bothered me - "Where's the source?!" I don't care, I couldn't do anything with it anyway. Neither could 99% of the people looking to use something like Kazaa.
"But there are people that can!", you cry. Great. What makes THEM any more trustworthy?
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> It's those damn kids that are sharing kleenex
>that are causing the drop in sales.
It's not the drop in sales that concerns me, it's the spread of disease.
Call for Kleenex exchange programs in your city NOW.
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>I'm not sure that I am seeing the same things :)
>that other people are.
Can I buy ad space on your retinas to replace things you see with what I want you to see?
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> You can rent this space for only $5 a week.
But since this is virtual space, someone can come along and change the ads when they quote you.
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> in Gentoo it takes 1 line: "emerge vim".
...etc"
Why do people find it so hard to believe that even THIS is more complex than your average home user wants to deal with?
>Or "emerge xfce", which also installs
>*everything* necessary for the XFCE desktop,
>including X Windows if you haven't yet.
I do have to admit that's kinda cool.
>all I had to do to install everything I wanted
>was basically, "emerge xfce eterm mozilla gaim
>openssh
Great, if you know the names (and correct spellings) of everything you want to install.
>And if you're not sure of the package
>name? 'emerge search "^kde"' lists all the
>packages starting with "kde".
How much fun is teaching those kinda tricks to someone that got a new computer because they thought the Dell kid was funny?
Take your estimation of the level of expertise and comfort of the true average computer user, and lower it significantly. You have far too much faith in the ability of normal people to care enough to put up with the things you've listed. They're neat features to you and me, but to my sister, my uncle, or even my own mother, they are far too cryptic for them to want to learn to use.
Or maybe too many years in support really HAS made me bitter. YMMV.
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The weakness with Linux today isn't ease of install - hell, Redhat has been trivial to install for at least a couple of versions now, even on the weirdest hardware Joe "Dude, You're Gettin' a Dell" Sixpack is likely to have.
Installation is ALREADY pretty brain dead, even to the most clueless newbie. At most, they're looking at a 5 minute call to their vendor / friend / LUG / 7-year old neighbor.
The trouble comes when they want to run the stupid elf bowling program some cow orker sends to them. Or when they want to free up some drive space. Or when they want to install a game. Or install ANY new software via four to six clicks of a mouse button.
Put the creative energy in the right direction, and Linux WILL win. This isn't it. This is the road more travelled.
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