We straightened the bent frame by wedging it between the trailer and Joseph's tractor, and running a floor jack under the middle until it straightened out. Russ gave it a quick paint job.
Holy cow, I didn't know Carmack was such a farm boy.;p
In Tennessee, the state requires NO other form of identification to get a drivers license. Since this was enacted by the governor, lines at drivers license stations AVERAGE 4 hours. English is not the most widely used language in these lines, either.
I mean, if I read that right, you just need a SSN to get a license, right? But then I read the actual Requirements and you need to have a birth certificate, and even more complicated, proof of residency. The SSN section goes:
Tennessee has a computer link with the Social Security Administration, so most applicants will not have to present proof of the Social Security number. The computer will simply return a message indicating the number matches (or it doesn't). However, in case the computer link is down, and to make sure the examiner accurately records the number, you should bring one of the documents listed below. These documents may also serve as a second piece of identification, which you will need any way, so it makes sense to bring them along when you can.
which sounds like what you said, but that's just for proof of... SSN.;p You still have to meet the other couple of categories.
I think... I mean, do what you want, hey, to each his own, right?
Personally, if I was backing up data, I'd use a tape drive. Especially if we're talking about 500 gigs. Unless I'm thinking of something wrong, recordable DVD is around 5 GB, right? So, you're talking about 100 discs.
That's not exactly chump change.
You can get a Quantum 40/80 DLT drive for nearly exactly $1000. Just check www.pricewatch.com for more details. The 40/80 is compressed/uncompressed, so assuming your data compresses even much worse than average, you can squeeze in 50 GB/tape. So, 10 tapes. And it writes very quickly - I've easily gotten 30 MB (not Mbit)/sec, reading off a RAID array onto tape.
As for easier to find files/directories, any decent backup progam will just ask you what you want to restore, and then tell you to put in tape #X. DVD-/+R isn't exactly something that won't crap out any more or less than anything else - if anything, they're really prone to scratching. Once the tape is out of the drive, it's a fully encased hockey puck.
Well, that's kind of the whole thing. If the game is only going to have 80 moves, looking 12 ahead will mean you're looking at a large, meaningful part of the game. If a game is 300 moves, looking at the next twelve moves ahead is a lot less effective. In fact, it probably scales exponentially, but what the heck. Math ain't my thing.
That's great. Thanks for putting your name to it. Then I could look at your post history, gaze longingly at your string of 1's and 0's (hey, your karma is binary!) and your other witty comments like, 'I like ass.'
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Well, crikey. But ask yourself this - if not round, well, what?
Okay, so you're a guy, and you have to put a hole in the street, and put a cover on it. What shape do you make it? Triangular? Well, uh, why? It's pointy, and can fall through the hole. So you wouldn't do that. Square? Well, you really can't roll it, and TRUCKS have to drive over it, so it'll be heavy, so you'd *want* to roll it, rather than heft it.
Hey, circles can roll.
Oh, yeah. And that crap about a Wankel. Why would you want to fiddle around in traffic trying to get it to be oriented properly when a circle HAS a constant radius, as you point out? You can thump it down any old way. Fits!
So, answer: Because it's just better than any other shape.
You're a racecar driver on a one mile track. You drive one lap, averaging 30 mph. How fast do you have to average on the second lap to get a total average speed of 60 mph over the two combined laps?
Wow, don't you sound smart. I bet you're a hit with the ladies.
Here's the thing. Even on the slowest modem, a frigging spam e-mail takes less than five seconds to download. All this bitching and moaning about how it is costing you money... well... one post to slashdot probably 'costs' you more than all the spam e-mails you'll receive in a month. And honestly, if the extra 30 seconds of local phone time is really hurting you, well, cry me a river, willya? Get off the internet, stop redeeming your food stamps for booze, and get a job. Look down on your way home from the crack house, and you'll find the penny you need to fork over to Ma Bell to pay to download that sunny advertisement that will enlarge your penis.
Of how the phrase "and if this trend continues" can pretty much turn otherwise useful statistics into a big mess.
You know, watching a puppy grow, you could say, "And if this trend continues, this will soon be a super-dog the size of Godzilla, and will devour Tokyo."
Yeah, I use Linux occasionally for servers... I set up Jabber for my company that way, and actually got AIM-t working mostly.;p I don't disagree about Windows being made for a single user - it really is.
I'll make bold statements here. I like Novell for servers. I like Groupwise. So I don't use outlook, or IIS, so I have no windows problems, no Novell problems, and no Linux problems. Each OS is good at it's own thing. I actually still use Netscape Fasttrack for web services. Mwahahaha!
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We straightened the bent frame by wedging it between the trailer and Joseph's tractor, and running a floor jack under the middle until it straightened out. Russ gave it a quick paint job.
;p
Holy cow, I didn't know Carmack was such a farm boy.
Are you for real?
;p You still have to meet the other couple of categories.
In Tennessee, the state requires NO other form of identification to get a drivers license. Since this was enacted by the governor, lines at drivers license stations AVERAGE 4 hours. English is not the most widely used language in these lines, either.
I mean, if I read that right, you just need a SSN to get a license, right? But then I read the actual Requirements and you need to have a birth certificate, and even more complicated, proof of residency. The SSN section goes:
Tennessee has a computer link with the Social Security Administration, so most
applicants will not have to present proof of the Social Security number. The computer
will simply return a message indicating the number matches (or it doesn't). However,
in case the computer link is down, and to make sure the examiner accurately records the
number, you should bring one of the documents listed below. These documents may also
serve as a second piece of identification, which you will need any way, so it makes
sense to bring them along when you can.
which sounds like what you said, but that's just for proof of... SSN.
Maybe I'm misreading something?
Yeah, and I'd be cooler if I was Citizen #95235344. ;p
I think... I mean, do what you want, hey, to each his own, right?
/sec, reading off a RAID array onto tape.
;p
Personally, if I was backing up data, I'd use a tape drive. Especially if we're talking about 500 gigs. Unless I'm thinking of something wrong, recordable DVD is around 5 GB, right? So, you're talking about 100 discs.
That's not exactly chump change.
You can get a Quantum 40/80 DLT drive for nearly exactly $1000. Just check www.pricewatch.com for more details. The 40/80 is compressed/uncompressed, so assuming your data compresses even much worse than average, you can squeeze in 50 GB/tape. So, 10 tapes. And it writes very quickly - I've easily gotten 30 MB (not Mbit)
As for easier to find files/directories, any decent backup progam will just ask you what you want to restore, and then tell you to put in tape #X. DVD-/+R isn't exactly something that won't crap out any more or less than anything else - if anything, they're really prone to scratching. Once the tape is out of the drive, it's a fully encased hockey puck.
I wouldn't play with it, but I mean, you could.
Well, that's kind of the whole thing. If the game is only going to have 80 moves, looking 12 ahead will mean you're looking at a large, meaningful part of the game. If a game is 300 moves, looking at the next twelve moves ahead is a lot less effective. In fact, it probably scales exponentially, but what the heck. Math ain't my thing.
;p
Short version - it's about percentage.
Out of (quite a lot) of Catholics I know, none of them believe that.
Don't care what you think. ;p
That's great. Thanks for putting your name to it. Then I could look at your post history, gaze longingly at your string of 1's and 0's (hey, your karma is binary!) and your other witty comments like, 'I like ass.'
Good for you. =)
Ha! Hahahaha! You're so witty and observant! Hahahaha! Damn, you really showed me!
You're like, superior to all of us!
1) I like playing games where I get to shoot things.
2) ???
3) Hire me!
Bingo. Have a cookie. =)
Well, crikey. But ask yourself this - if not round, well, what?
Okay, so you're a guy, and you have to put a hole in the street, and put a cover on it. What shape do you make it? Triangular? Well, uh, why? It's pointy, and can fall through the hole. So you wouldn't do that. Square? Well, you really can't roll it, and TRUCKS have to drive over it, so it'll be heavy, so you'd *want* to roll it, rather than heft it.
Hey, circles can roll.
Oh, yeah. And that crap about a Wankel. Why would you want to fiddle around in traffic trying to get it to be oriented properly when a circle HAS a constant radius, as you point out? You can thump it down any old way. Fits!
So, answer: Because it's just better than any other shape.
You're a racecar driver on a one mile track. You drive one lap, averaging 30 mph. How fast do you have to average on the second lap to get a total average speed of 60 mph over the two combined laps?
I'd imagine it's the incredibly rare job held buy a guy who actually knows how to use what he's selling. =)
The... answer... they... gave... was... 24...
So, I guess I don't see your point.
From the site: So if I'm counting correctly, that'd be 10 + 10 + 1 + 3== 24 zeroes.
So uh... yeah.
E-mail plans for a penis enlarger: Pretty much $0 to manufacture. ;p
Wow, don't you sound smart. I bet you're a hit with the ladies.
Here's the thing. Even on the slowest modem, a frigging spam e-mail takes less than five seconds to download. All this bitching and moaning about how it is costing you money... well... one post to slashdot probably 'costs' you more than all the spam e-mails you'll receive in a month. And honestly, if the extra 30 seconds of local phone time is really hurting you, well, cry me a river, willya? Get off the internet, stop redeeming your food stamps for booze, and get a job. Look down on your way home from the crack house, and you'll find the penny you need to fork over to Ma Bell to pay to download that sunny advertisement that will enlarge your penis.
That made me feel better. Thanks! =)
Now, when you said process it yourself, what in the world are you referring to? Since... there isn't any processing, I mean.
Damn. And I was going for funny. *shrug* ;p
Of how the phrase "and if this trend continues" can pretty much turn otherwise useful statistics into a big mess.
You know, watching a puppy grow, you could say, "And if this trend continues, this will soon be a super-dog the size of Godzilla, and will devour Tokyo."
Funny, that never seems to happen.
*shrug*
;)
Perhaps you did something wrong.
Yeah, I use Linux occasionally for servers... I set up Jabber for my company that way, and actually got AIM-t working mostly. ;p I don't disagree about Windows being made for a single user - it really is.
;)
I'll make bold statements here. I like Novell for servers. I like Groupwise. So I don't use outlook, or IIS, so I have no windows problems, no Novell problems, and no Linux problems. Each OS is good at it's own thing. I actually still use Netscape Fasttrack for web services. Mwahahaha!
There. Got that off my chest.
Oh cry me a river.
If you read the article, it's an IDE CD-RW. You think in windows I need vendor specific drivers?
(If you're really confused, the answer is no.)
Microsoft may have a monopolistic stranglehold, but that's not the reason why their OS can burn a damn CD easily.
Yeah, and half the kids who took this job are thinking, "Wow, that's like... two games a DAY!"
Okay, I'll admit it. I was reading slashdot the first three days thinking, "Christ, this Coward guy sure posts a lot... and most of it's crap!"