The REALLY sad thing is that is ENTIRELY true. I just got Comcast@home and I was getting crappy speeds, so I called up. Took me about 1/2 an hour to get in, and then another 20 mins for the techs to realize I had a firewall... Then they claim its the firewall that's making the problems, and a "courrupted registry entry." Haven't tested my upload in Linux, but I get much faster down in Linux than doze.
Funny, I have that pattern for my kitchen counter-top.;)
Word to the wise, don't open to both drawers in a file cabinet that's filled with stuff, lest you want to ruin many thousands to see it crashing down. Almost happened way back when I used this setup.
... or do all ATi cards have crappy game support? I have an ATI AIW 32, and on a few games (Q2) I turn up all the settings to max, and it looks really nice. On Tribes 1, I do the same it looks fine, running at a decent FPS for me. On Tribes 2, I turn the settings up all the way, and the terrain looks like a paint-by-numbers: Sold colors in clearly divisible areas.
Older != always heavier and bulkier. I have 2 laptops, an older Toshiba Satellite Pro 405C5 and an Apple Powerbook Duo 250. The Powerbook is extremely light (2 pounds I'm guessing, but it doesn't have a battery in it. Damn Apple that they stop supporting them about 2 weeks prior to when I start looking for a battery) and is relatively small, fitting in raver pants pockets easily. Only does 640x400, but it works as a word processor.
IIRC, when I installed Mandrake 7.2, it didn't ask alot of the "tech questions" that I heard about in previous years about having to know damn near everything about any peice of given hardware.
Harp first introduced her bill -- which passed by an 82 to 63 vote --in l999, just weeks after the Columbine killings. It would require business owners to control video gaming the same way they restrict sales of cigarettes (at least there's substantial medical research supporting the idea that tobacco is unhealthy) and liquor, by prohibiting anyone under 18 from playing games that involve firing simulated guns at simulated human beings. Operators of public video-game outlets would have faced fines up to $1,000 for letting minors grab the joysticks for games Sen. Harp considers violent and distatesful.
This bill didn't pass, AFAIK (and I'm a minor and live in Connecticut). I can gotot the movies, mall, what-have-you and still be able to play point-and-shoot games. In fact, that's exactly what I do while waiting for movies to start in one theatre.
Rich and the powerful, eh? Don't you mean the lying and the cheating? If no one has skills, how can they be of use? Mindless sheep sitting there doing nothing? I'd rethink your reasoning
In Japan only, Final Fantasy 9 was sponsored by Coca-Cola, and they had a 15 and 30 second TV ad that showed the characters running through one of the major towns in the game chasing after a shining Coke bottle cap. TheGIA has the commercials, sorry, no direct links.
(URL is www.thegia.com)
There's a difference between zero tolerance and ratting out other people. I almost got kicked out of my junior high last year because some preppy kids (not that it really makes a difference, or maybe it does?) thought I was going to kill em. Did I? No. Did I get kicked out? Nope, because either the school psychartrist I had to goto believed me over them, or because the school didn't give a damn. Whatever it was, zero tolerance is if you bring a weapon of any sort to school (in mine if you took a box cutter out of the woodshop room you could get expelled, since thats what the zero telerance policy was) and ratitng out (where I think first thing they do is try to remove the student if they deem it serious enough, they didn't to me cause I had only gotten in trouble once.)
I'm in highschool, and I actually prefer to be lost in the crowd, it's much easier to deal with. I like it when my teachers or people forget who I am, not only because I usually forget who they are due to a bad memory, but it's easier to deal with. In grade school and junior high I was picked on or whatever the hell you want to call it, and it's lessened now, but being in a relatively large school of about 2k+ and in classes from 20-25 helps if you just want to be left alone.
I'm a freshmen in HS, and geeks aren't the sex symbol.
It seems that, at least in my school, all the popular people want the people that are easy. One night stand and drugs are in.
On the respect side, everyone apreciates somewhat when I help them with problems, when I burn CDs for them, etc, but geeks haven't gained much respect. I'm not an end be all loser in school, but I'm not Mr. I play 5 sports this semester.
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The REALLY sad thing is that is ENTIRELY true. I just got Comcast@home and I was getting crappy speeds, so I called up. Took me about 1/2 an hour to get in, and then another 20 mins for the techs to realize I had a firewall... Then they claim its the firewall that's making the problems, and a "courrupted registry entry." Haven't tested my upload in Linux, but I get much faster down in Linux than doze.
Sounds like something from Ender's Shadow...
Erm... Actually they do. My mother is an aide for a blind student, and I had to OCR a book for him.
Funny, I have that pattern for my kitchen counter-top. ;)
Word to the wise, don't open to both drawers in a file cabinet that's filled with stuff, lest you want to ruin many thousands to see it crashing down. Almost happened way back when I used this setup.
... or do all ATi cards have crappy game support? I have an ATI AIW 32, and on a few games (Q2) I turn up all the settings to max, and it looks really nice. On Tribes 1, I do the same it looks fine, running at a decent FPS for me. On Tribes 2, I turn the settings up all the way, and the terrain looks like a paint-by-numbers: Sold colors in clearly divisible areas.
Older != always heavier and bulkier. I have 2 laptops, an older Toshiba Satellite Pro 405C5 and an Apple Powerbook Duo 250. The Powerbook is extremely light (2 pounds I'm guessing, but it doesn't have a battery in it. Damn Apple that they stop supporting them about 2 weeks prior to when I start looking for a battery) and is relatively small, fitting in raver pants pockets easily. Only does 640x400, but it works as a word processor.
Well, if you eat enough beans, you're going to have to stay up to let them come out :D
Last time I went to the store looking for pants, I saw the new fad in jeans, Specialized pockets for Cell Phones. That's one down.
For a Palm, you could throw it in a cargo pocket, as carpenter pockets make it stick out, readily availble for theives to have a go at.
MP3 Player: Personally, I use a CD Player with MP3 CD support, but for Rios, I think they should be able to fit in the change pocket.
Camera: Just throw it in an empty normal pocket, or the 2nd cargo pocket.
Erm.... Look at the bottom of all GameFAQs pages. No linking directly to FAQs
IIRC, when I installed Mandrake 7.2, it didn't ask alot of the "tech questions" that I heard about in previous years about having to know damn near everything about any peice of given hardware.
You forgot the god of all Linux editors.... PICO
...but he didn't know what the hell he was talking about. Maybe it's the same with America's Sweethart?
I just saw the movie tonight, and I remember hearing about this guy in a Turkish Prison. Plus he doesn't have a German, nor an Italian acent to me...
Harp first introduced her bill -- which passed by an 82 to 63 vote --in l999, just weeks after the Columbine killings. It would require business owners to control video gaming the same way they restrict sales of cigarettes (at least there's substantial medical research supporting the idea that tobacco is unhealthy) and liquor, by prohibiting anyone under 18 from playing games that involve firing simulated guns at simulated human beings. Operators of public video-game outlets would have faced fines up to $1,000 for letting minors grab the joysticks for games Sen. Harp considers violent and distatesful. This bill didn't pass, AFAIK (and I'm a minor and live in Connecticut). I can gotot the movies, mall, what-have-you and still be able to play point-and-shoot games. In fact, that's exactly what I do while waiting for movies to start in one theatre.
My parents are not the bext expert on me. I am, if anyone.
Rich and the powerful, eh? Don't you mean the lying and the cheating? If no one has skills, how can they be of use? Mindless sheep sitting there doing nothing? I'd rethink your reasoning
Not less drugs, more drugs. It'll kill the stupid people off.
In Japan only, Final Fantasy 9 was sponsored by Coca-Cola, and they had a 15 and 30 second TV ad that showed the characters running through one of the major towns in the game chasing after a shining Coke bottle cap. TheGIA has the commercials, sorry, no direct links. (URL is www.thegia.com)
There's a difference between zero tolerance and ratting out other people. I almost got kicked out of my junior high last year because some preppy kids (not that it really makes a difference, or maybe it does?) thought I was going to kill em. Did I? No. Did I get kicked out? Nope, because either the school psychartrist I had to goto believed me over them, or because the school didn't give a damn. Whatever it was, zero tolerance is if you bring a weapon of any sort to school (in mine if you took a box cutter out of the woodshop room you could get expelled, since thats what the zero telerance policy was) and ratitng out (where I think first thing they do is try to remove the student if they deem it serious enough, they didn't to me cause I had only gotten in trouble once.)
We all know what guns are for. Defending your family, killing rare or delicious animals and to keep the King of England from pushing you around.
I'm in highschool, and I actually prefer to be lost in the crowd, it's much easier to deal with. I like it when my teachers or people forget who I am, not only because I usually forget who they are due to a bad memory, but it's easier to deal with. In grade school and junior high I was picked on or whatever the hell you want to call it, and it's lessened now, but being in a relatively large school of about 2k+ and in classes from 20-25 helps if you just want to be left alone.
If you like LTJ, check out Operation Ivy (they broke up though) and NOFX,.
I'm a freshmen in HS, and geeks aren't the sex symbol. It seems that, at least in my school, all the popular people want the people that are easy. One night stand and drugs are in. On the respect side, everyone apreciates somewhat when I help them with problems, when I burn CDs for them, etc, but geeks haven't gained much respect. I'm not an end be all loser in school, but I'm not Mr. I play 5 sports this semester.
Don't be such a generalist. There are some 15 year olds that listen.