My dad bought our first PC from them (tandy tl/2) when I was in junior high. It came with 2 Seirra Online games (Conquest of Camelot and Hero's Quest: So You Want To Be A Hero). I immediately became obsessed with computers and wen't to college for comp sci (never finished though) and I'm now an IT Director/Architect for a DotCOM making a high salary.
Thank god for The Shack. I still think they aren't long for this world though. I went into one about 2 months ago and it was like a Spencer Gifts for electronics. They had this little shelf of audio cables and no digital logic equipment in sight. I was really sad.:(
Its the only one that shows just how spanked this card gets compared to the pci express models. My interest was to see if I could upgrade my system and get similar numbers to an P.E. setup. These benchmarks undeniably show that isn't possible. My recommendation would to be to just hold off and get a new system at some point.
trackmania nations has been getting a lot of press because its a new FREE game released by the trackmania people. Guess what? this FREE game includes starforce for some crazy f'd up reason. avoid it at all costs.
Its like Skype only uses SIP. It also includes free voicemail which is kinda cool. Mails a.wav file with the message to the email message you have associated with your SIP Id. It also supports unlimited conference participants where as skype only supports someone hosting with 4 other individuals. You can purchase a SIP router to tie it into your home telephone system for as much as one of those Skype phones costs. Its by the same guy who started Linspire. THe only thing that I don't like is that the linux package support is wonky. I don't suppose they care about other distro's besides Linspire using it without a hassle. Another neat feature is the party line functionality. You can use a special SIP number starting with 1-222 for a unlimited (i'm sure there must be one but its big) number of participants and doesn't require anyone to host the call (think Team Speak replacement).
I haven't had a chance to check it out, but last time I checked the bug it wasn't going to be fixed for 1.5. Basically there was only a 'Sent Date' (sending computers time) column available to sort on instead of a 'Received Date' (time received by your SMTP server). Maybe it got fixed, sure hope so.
I'm not familiar with ID but I can only assume that since christians are pushing for it, it must be something about God creating everything. Well, I say if they wanna present that, that we should also include Alien Seeding theories as well. For all we know we're just some huge f**king ant farm.:D
the sellers on their site. As long as they make their commission they are completely happy. You can't even report copyright voilations anymore unless you are the copyright holder. Even if they are so obvious its sickening.
thanks for the pointer. I've got a couple drives and I'm in the process of ripping my collection (few hundred). I'm going to alternate which drive I use to do each rip to give the other a chance to cool down a bit. I really do think these things we're designed to be used though. I don't see 10 or 11 straight hours of use for a couple days breaking them.
maybe check into consignment vs. trade-in. In other words let people sell their games in your store for store credit. Yes, many people will use that money in turn to buy other games on consignment but eventually they will use it to buy new games as well. Something to think about atleast. You could use it as a loss leader but its not really a loss in the end.
that she doesn't use the dreaded Chewbacca defense.
Ladies and gentlemen of the supposed jury, Chef's attorney would certainly want you to believe that his client wrote "Stinky Britches" ten years ago. And they make a good case. Hell, I almost felt pity myself!
But ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, I have one final thing I want you to consider: Ladies and gentlemen, this [pointing to a picture of Chewbacca] is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk, but Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now, think about that. THAT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE! (Background: Damnit! What? He's using the Chewbacca defense!) Why would a Wookiee -- an eight foot tall Wookiee -- want to live on Endor with a bunch of two foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense!
But more important, you have to ask yourself, what does this have to do with this case? Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense.
Look at me, I'm a lawyer defending a major record company, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca. Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense. None of this makes sense!
And so you have to remember, when you're in that jury room deliberating and conjugating the Emancipation Proclamation... Does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense.
If Chewbacca lived on Endor, you must acquit! The defense rests.
they got us on one thing and thats the amount of data that has to be downloaded. its pretty ridiculous to have to redownload entire packages that are several MB in size when the binary diffs between the previous (or even original) and the new package data are a small fraction of that size.
# Fix for texturing problems in Axis and Allies and Evil Genius # Fix for model corruption in Pirates # Movies in Pirates # A Fix for the lines on the landscape in Axis and Allies
when you fix something for a specific game does it fix it for all other games that might exibit a specific problem or do you actually have to make specific tweaks for specific games/software?
arresting officers if conjugal visits were allowed in prison. The office replied, "Conjugal visits? Not that I know of. Now, a minimum security prison is no picnic.... You see, the trick is, kick someone's ass the first day or become someone's bitch. Then everything will be all right...."
As soon as I read about the SCO deal I started looking at how to move to postgresql. Its going to require us to rethink some methodologies that have been used over the years but we'll also gain some interesting features as well.
how is this any different than just creating a new icon theme. another 1 of a gazillion available on the gnome/kde-look.org sites? why not just pick one of those. I hate the mix of cartoon and surreal (aqua-like) as well. This project goes anywhere it'll be a miracle.
who are we talking about here? TiVo and ReplayTV. I stopped using my ReplayTV because charter rolled out Moxi. I hate it and its difficult to use but it works without some lame IR blaster. My cable company offers cablecards now but where is the offering from ReplayTV or TiVo to take advange of that? There isn't one. They are killing themselves IMO.
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My dad bought our first PC from them (tandy tl/2) when I was in junior high. It came with 2 Seirra Online games (Conquest of Camelot and Hero's Quest: So You Want To Be A Hero). I immediately became obsessed with computers and wen't to college for comp sci (never finished though) and I'm now an IT Director/Architect for a DotCOM making a high salary.
:(
Thank god for The Shack. I still think they aren't long for this world though. I went into one about 2 months ago and it was like a Spencer Gifts for electronics. They had this little shelf of audio cables and no digital logic equipment in sight. I was really sad.
My dad still has it I believe. After that it was a Tandy TL/2 (286 8mhz) with whopping 512k memory upgradable to 640k. :)
Its the only one that shows just how spanked this card gets compared to the pci express models. My interest was to see if I could upgrade my system and get similar numbers to an P.E. setup. These benchmarks undeniably show that isn't possible. My recommendation would to be to just hold off and get a new system at some point.
trackmania nations has been getting a lot of press because its a new FREE game released by the trackmania people. Guess what? this FREE game includes starforce for some crazy f'd up reason. avoid it at all costs.
Its like Skype only uses SIP. It also includes free voicemail which is kinda cool. Mails a .wav file with the message to the email message you have associated with your SIP Id. It also supports unlimited conference participants where as skype only supports someone hosting with 4 other individuals. You can purchase a SIP router to tie it into your home telephone system for as much as one of those Skype phones costs. Its by the same guy who started Linspire. THe only thing that I don't like is that the linux package support is wonky. I don't suppose they care about other distro's besides Linspire using it without a hassle. Another neat feature is the party line functionality. You can use a special SIP number starting with 1-222 for a unlimited (i'm sure there must be one but its big) number of participants and doesn't require anyone to host the call (think Team Speak replacement).
I'm going to get to go first one of these days and win for once.
nope.. they didn't fix it. .. looks like i'll wait for thunderbird 2.0 or whatever the next version.
I haven't had a chance to check it out, but last time I checked the bug it wasn't going to be fixed for 1.5. Basically there was only a 'Sent Date' (sending computers time) column available to sort on instead of a 'Received Date' (time received by your SMTP server). Maybe it got fixed, sure hope so.
I'm not familiar with ID but I can only assume that since christians are pushing for it, it must be something about God creating everything. Well, I say if they wanna present that, that we should also include Alien Seeding theories as well. For all we know we're just some huge f**king ant farm. :D
red superman boots. What did you think I was going to say? Pervert.
still no cure for cancer.
the sellers on their site. As long as they make their commission they are completely happy. You can't even report copyright voilations anymore unless you are the copyright holder. Even if they are so obvious its sickening.
thanks for the pointer. I've got a couple drives and I'm in the process of ripping my collection (few hundred). I'm going to alternate which drive I use to do each rip to give the other a chance to cool down a bit. I really do think these things we're designed to be used though. I don't see 10 or 11 straight hours of use for a couple days breaking them.
last I heard working out and eating right didn't make your tits as big as basketballs.
I wonder how many guys just clicked that link hoping to see some examples of these over developed women in video games. I sure as hell know I did. :D
maybe check into consignment vs. trade-in. In other words let people sell their games in your store for store credit. Yes, many people will use that money in turn to buy other games on consignment but eventually they will use it to buy new games as well. Something to think about atleast. You could use it as a loss leader but its not really a loss in the end.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewbacca_Defense (actually it was only on a google cache version)
they got us on one thing and thats the amount of data that has to be downloaded. its pretty ridiculous to have to redownload entire packages that are several MB in size when the binary diffs between the previous (or even original) and the new package data are a small fraction of that size.
hey I was curious. i saw some stuff on your site:
# Fix for texturing problems in Axis and Allies and Evil Genius
# Fix for model corruption in Pirates
# Movies in Pirates
# A Fix for the lines on the landscape in Axis and Allies
when you fix something for a specific game does it fix it for all other games that might exibit a specific problem or do you actually have to make specific tweaks for specific games/software?
arresting officers if conjugal visits were allowed in prison. The office replied, "Conjugal visits? Not that I know of. Now, a minimum security prison is no picnic. ... You see, the trick is, kick someone's ass the first day or become someone's bitch. Then everything will be all right. ..."
As soon as I read about the SCO deal I started looking at how to move to postgresql. Its going to require us to rethink some methodologies that have been used over the years but we'll also gain some interesting features as well.
that whole SCO/MySQL partnership thing. WTF are they thinking? http://www.eweek.com/article2/0%2C1895%2C1855483%2 C00.asp
thanks from me as well. I didn't realize how complete that icon set was. really nice.
how is this any different than just creating a new icon theme. another 1 of a gazillion available on the gnome/kde-look.org sites? why not just pick one of those. I hate the mix of cartoon and surreal (aqua-like) as well. This project goes anywhere it'll be a miracle.
who are we talking about here? TiVo and ReplayTV. I stopped using my ReplayTV because charter rolled out Moxi. I hate it and its difficult to use but it works without some lame IR blaster. My cable company offers cablecards now but where is the offering from ReplayTV or TiVo to take advange of that? There isn't one. They are killing themselves IMO.