Yes, I played doom and quake back in the day, but Starsiege Tribes was the first game that I was truly addicted to. Squad based warfare engines had been attempted, but non of them captured such a strong following of players as Tribes did.
Back in the day before I discovered linux, i used a nice html editor for windows called HotDog Express(http://hotdog.com). This had a split window so you could see the page source and the page preview (in real time). It also came with a bunch of pre-loaded syntax and features out the wazoo. I wish sombody would put enough work into porting hotdog to qt or gtk.
Linux does not need industry support to stay alive. If VA Linux Systems ends up losing their current stock holdings lawsuit, and the financial impact is huge, whats going to happen to OSDN? to/. even? Lawsuits like that are the kinds that end businesses, which in turn, could end an era.
I cannot imagine why the american public could even think about blaming the net for any of the horrible events that took place at Columbine High. 20% of americans own personal computers, and even about 70% of them are capable of connecting to the net. So it seems that 80% of America believes the net is in some way responsible, it is only out of ignorance.
After the murders took place at columbine, a sawed off shotgun barrel was found in one of the shooter's rooms, along with supplies capable of constructing a bomb. If the parents were responsible, they should have noticed somthing was wrong before somthing like that would happen.
And as for the W.A.V.E organization..
Myself, a highschool student, have never been suicidal, extremely violent, depressed, or an outcast from my peers. Im just not an outspoken person. If somone confronted me and tried to assist me with some inposed issues, I would feel uncomfortable at school, and singled out. Programs like this would do more bad than good. It should be the teachers responsibility to point out these issues to a school official, only if it poses a threat to other students. Maby if got some more Outgoing teachers, this would work.
All through Junior high, I had a cool tech teacher named Mr. green. He developed a morning news program for the students that replaced the boring attempt at announcements by our principal over the intercom. This gave kids the opportunity to combine their skills to run a successful news program that the whole campus would watch. A few of us would go out around the campus with video cameras and then meet back to put together a story on the mixer. This was alot of fun and gave me somthing to look forward to during the day.
During my 7th grade year, Mr. green brought in his 486 linux box named alfred, and set it up in the class room. I was just learning linux and was eager to learn. Soon afterward, a local business upgraded their computer systems, and they basically dumped 50 486 boxes with Mr. Green, which he brought to the classroom. From now on, my job would be build as many working linux machines as I could. All throughout my 8th grade year, I administered a local mail/telnet server for the classroom, and would teach linux basics to the kids who were interested. Mr green always let me experiment around with the computer equipment, and gave me alot of room to learn. I think to everyone else, Mr. Green was just a weird tech teacher, but he left me with 10 times more than any other teacher could give me. If every teacher was as dedicated as he was, the american school system might actually not suck.
Hemos, May you and your wife be in love and together for a lifetime. I want to see some posts on slashdot from HemosJR somtime soon:) Now go and have fun.
I definately agree that gimp has a bit of a learning curve(so does almost every other art program out there), but once you do understand howto get around, it is a great (FREE!) tool. One thing that I hope to see being improved is the number of quality plugins and filters.
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I say we get all the astronauts to smile for a group picture when they land on mars.
Yes, I played doom and quake back in the day, but Starsiege Tribes was the first game that I was truly addicted to. Squad based warfare engines had been attempted, but non of them captured such a strong following of players as Tribes did.
Back in the day before I discovered linux, i used a nice html editor for windows called HotDog Express(http://hotdog.com). This had a split window so you could see the page source and the page preview (in real time). It also came with a bunch of pre-loaded syntax and features out the wazoo. I wish sombody would put enough work into porting hotdog to qt or gtk.
Linux does not need industry support to stay alive. If VA Linux Systems ends up losing their current stock holdings lawsuit, and the financial impact is huge, whats going to happen to OSDN? to /. even? Lawsuits like that are the kinds that end businesses, which in turn, could end an era.
Two for one deal on clones in isle 6.
I guess that adds a new twist to shopping at the local safeway.
I cannot imagine why the american public could even think about blaming the net for any of the horrible events that took place at Columbine High. 20% of americans own personal computers, and even about 70% of them are capable of connecting to the net. So it seems that 80% of America believes the net is in some way responsible, it is only out of ignorance.
After the murders took place at columbine, a sawed off shotgun barrel was found in one of the shooter's rooms, along with supplies capable of constructing a bomb. If the parents were responsible, they should have noticed somthing was wrong before somthing like that would happen.
And as for the W.A.V.E organization..
Myself, a highschool student, have never been suicidal, extremely violent, depressed, or an outcast from my peers. Im just not an outspoken person. If somone confronted me and tried to assist me with some inposed issues, I would feel uncomfortable at school, and singled out. Programs like this would do more bad than good. It should be the teachers responsibility to point out these issues to a school official, only if it poses a threat to other students. Maby if got some more Outgoing teachers, this would work.
All through Junior high, I had a cool tech teacher named Mr. green. He developed a morning news program for the students that replaced the boring attempt at announcements by our principal over the intercom. This gave kids the opportunity to combine their skills to run a successful news program that the whole campus would watch. A few of us would go out around the campus with video cameras and then meet back to put together a story on the mixer. This was alot of fun and gave me somthing to look forward to during the day.
During my 7th grade year, Mr. green brought in his 486 linux box named alfred, and set it up in the class room. I was just learning linux and was eager to learn. Soon afterward, a local business upgraded their computer systems, and they basically dumped 50 486 boxes with Mr. Green, which he brought to the classroom. From now on, my job would be build as many working linux machines as I could. All throughout my 8th grade year, I administered a local mail/telnet server for the classroom, and would teach linux basics to the kids who were interested. Mr green always let me experiment around with the computer equipment, and gave me alot of room to learn. I think to everyone else, Mr. Green was just a weird tech teacher, but he left me with 10 times more than any other teacher could give me. If every teacher was as dedicated as he was, the american school system might actually not suck.
He made an imact on me, and for that I thank him.
Hemos, May you and your wife be in love and together for a lifetime. I want to see some posts on slashdot from HemosJR somtime soon :) Now go and have fun.
I definately agree that gimp has a bit of a learning curve(so does almost every other art program out there), but once you do understand howto get around, it is a great (FREE!) tool. One thing that I hope to see being improved is the number of quality plugins and filters.
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