Let me warn yuo all, if a chimp attempts to fly into this thing, whatever you do, don't fly into it after him, or you'll end up on that damn dirty ape planet like in that movie that had a screwey ending!
just like the leaves rustling noise acts as a hardwired response to possible danger, the loud screaming alarm of the firetruck is similar to a "battle cry" of sorts I suppose.:)
Just like having a large group of people yelling, seems to really prep you up for battle, or so.. the.. battle guys tell me..
veeery interesting.
Klowner
Because where I live, my connection is the equiv. to a post-nuclear wasteland... I don't know if that made sense..
anyway, 26k dialup is all I can get.
no 56k
no cable
no dsl
no 128k ISDN, but I can get 64k ISDN for $115 a month.. don't think so
wireless, I don't know yet.. probably not, considering I have trees around me
satellite, high latency sucks
tin cans and fishing line, I don't have enough to reach that far
Well, we've got 4KB/sec connection, and an FTP server running on the computer connected directly to it. No big deal? of course not, except when someone overlooks the fact that anonymous access is allowed, with full read/write access.
Needless to say, we ended up with a few gigs of DivX movies (most of them were harrison ford movies, no clue why).
So we set up a port listener for a few days, finally they quit, so now we don't care and theres no more ftp server.
Another good reason to make me the "computer guy" at work and not the guy that was currently "computer guy" at the time of that happening.
Just a non-amusing story about having no paranoia.
Klowner
Annoying Legislator in secret lair: When I was young, the kids would laugh at me, they would say things like "What's the matter? you can't jump and land on the koopa? don't run into it! you moron!", and "I've never seen someone play pong this badly! you suck eggs!", they used to say suck eggs back then.. But now, now, muahaha, I shall have revenge, in two decades all memories of video games will be lost, and I shall triumph at the only remaining game known to human beings.. checkers! Muahahaha, Muahahahaahaaa.
This may not be factual, but I have a feeling it may be true.:)
Yeah its cool having wasps and bees that hunt down diseases. Imagine being at an airport and seeing some smelly lady get carried away by a swarm of giant stink-wasps!
How about selling me the first one before improving it?
It's like going to a sandwich shop and they say "Oh sorry, can you just wait a week or so, we'll have some new emu and yak meat here for your sandwich" and you say "I didn't want that though, I just wanted my first sandwich". And they say "Too bad!"..
I had a hard enough time trying to get that bubbly eyed piece of wrinkly metal out of my face! Heck, the thing scared my mom the first time she saw it!
Klowner
in case you didn't know, soybeans are commonly grown in America, I live in Iowa and my father grows soybeans. Most of the soybeans grown in america aren't the type that are used to make tofu. Most of it is used for other stuff like sweetening(sp?) ice cream (not kidding) and feeding piggys.
Hmmm, perhaps I should keep the family farm after all! I could be my own Iran! (it's Iran isnt it? the gas people?)
Klowner -
I have over 5 computers, tharfor I ain't no hick:)
It's real good. I like it a LOT more than searching for icons. if you want to leash your creature just move the mouse in a clockwise square, or if you want to cast a spell just spin the mouse in a circle and then your hand glows, then cast the spell.. like S is food, 3 is wood, W is rain, heart shape is heal. Its darn nice.
I'm still waiting for the small personal hoverplatform to transport my insanely heavy monitor and case built of lead, besides the fact my arms are too weak to carry both a mouse and a keyboard at once.
They need to add a monitor strap type thing, so you can wear the computer on your back like a backpack, and the monitor on your chest like a baby holder.. Or other way around. either way, just so its balanced.
I really need to stop posting right after I wake up..
Too bad to hear that a company isn't building arcade machines anymore, I remember dropping a lot of quarters in street fighter 2.
just a few weeks ago the local Pocket Change Park in the mall (Northpark mall, owned by Simon in Davenport,IA) closed up. It was a shame to see it leave, they had a big wooden carousel and everything. Very neat arcade/kiddie-ride place but it seems like arcade games REALLY have to be cutting edge for people to like them more than just home consoles or computer games.
For example Police 911 by Konami. Really cool, you have to duck and move around and dodge bullets and crap, totally neat stuff other than the fact my legs turn to jello after jumping around for 10 minutes.
Don't tell me this isnt totally cool:) make your own pong game with a little soldering and a PIC microcontroller, generates simple black and white NTSC output and everything.
Every time I see robots I want to build them, then I remember I'm poor and I can't build ones that fly... darn you slashdot, darn you and your teasing of my robot loving mind!
just imagine if the rangers had blimps on top, so they dropped the scouts down upon unsuspecting cats... Mwaaahahahahaa
You can still buy kits for little robotic projects. There's stores all over the internet selling neat little kits. http://www.robotstore.com has a few.
the photovore robot featured in the article was originally a BEAM kit I think, they're still around but I forget the URL.
as for l33t j03's comment about downloadable source code; this robot doesnt run any code, theres no microprocessor, its just a neat little logic circuit that runs something like:
if light is on my right - then spin left motor
if light is on my left - then spin right motor
if light is in front of me - then spin both
a very neat way of making a little light hunting robot:)
someone please pass the ketchup (or catsup) to go with my foot?BR>
Next thing the RIAA should do, is shut down all IRC networks, and then once that is done, they should really just shut down the whole internet, most of its full of illigal anyway right?
wait.. I thought creativity was legal last time I checked, I guess I better check again.
Klowner where was the RIAA when I was copying songs off the radio when I was 8 years old?
What I would give for a computer in the trunk of my car, and a microphone so I can yell "KITT, WHAT TIME IS IT?" and I hear "it is 7:30am sir, what the hell are you doing up this early?". Then I could go back to bed since I simply wouldn't be able to sleep without talking to it every few hours.
Slashdot Mirror
Let me warn yuo all, if a chimp attempts to fly into this thing, whatever you do, don't fly into it after him, or you'll end up on that damn dirty ape planet like in that movie that had a screwey ending!
just like the leaves rustling noise acts as a hardwired response to possible danger, the loud screaming alarm of the firetruck is similar to a "battle cry" of sorts I suppose. :)
Just like having a large group of people yelling, seems to really prep you up for battle, or so.. the.. battle guys tell me..
veeery interesting.
Klowner
Because where I live, my connection is the equiv. to a post-nuclear wasteland... I don't know if that made sense..
anyway, 26k dialup is all I can get.
no 56k
no cable
no dsl
no 128k ISDN, but I can get 64k ISDN for $115 a month.. don't think so
wireless, I don't know yet.. probably not, considering I have trees around me
satellite, high latency sucks
tin cans and fishing line, I don't have enough to reach that far
I hate the internet,
Klowner
Well, we've got 4KB/sec connection, and an FTP server running on the computer connected directly to it. No big deal? of course not, except when someone overlooks the fact that anonymous access is allowed, with full read/write access. Needless to say, we ended up with a few gigs of DivX movies (most of them were harrison ford movies, no clue why). So we set up a port listener for a few days, finally they quit, so now we don't care and theres no more ftp server. Another good reason to make me the "computer guy" at work and not the guy that was currently "computer guy" at the time of that happening. Just a non-amusing story about having no paranoia. Klowner
AOL
:)
Because most AOL users don't know they actually have the option of typing in a URL and going somewhere else.
Yahoo!
With their catchy "Yaaa-hooOO-Oooh" jingle, who can stay away from that place! (google! woo!)
Napster:
Free music, plus its been on TV just about every day, shunned by the US officials, so of course people are going to be interested.
Microsoft:
Due to them releasing urgent security patches all the stinkin time, of COURSE people go there.
this was intended to be comical
Klowner
Annoying Legislator in secret lair:
:)
When I was young, the kids would laugh at me, they would say things like "What's the matter? you can't jump and land on the koopa? don't run into it! you moron!", and "I've never seen someone play pong this badly! you suck eggs!", they used to say suck eggs back then.. But now, now, muahaha, I shall have revenge, in two decades all memories of video games will be lost, and I shall triumph at the only remaining game known to human beings.. checkers! Muahahaha, Muahahahaahaaa.
This may not be factual, but I have a feeling it may be true.
Klowner
proceed to mod me down
This is great, now all the STORES get slashdotted.
Almost as good as telling everyone that we're going to run out of gas in about three weeks, "GO GET SOME BEFORE ITS GONE KIDS!".
Klowner
watch me get modded down..
Yeah its cool having wasps and bees that hunt down diseases.
Imagine being at an airport and seeing some smelly lady get carried away by a swarm of giant stink-wasps!
Klowner
I hate slashdot
Lets see, I could pay probably at least $20 for a shirt made out of this stuff, and in turn power my laptop with it while I sit outside.
:o)
And for $2 I can buy myself some new underware, and wear those while sitting in front of this computer in my basement.
I guess I'm just frugal(sp?)
Klowner
How about selling me the first one before improving it?
...maybe it isnt like that
It's like going to a sandwich shop and they say "Oh sorry, can you just wait a week or so, we'll have some new emu and yak meat here for your sandwich" and you say "I didn't want that though, I just wanted my first sandwich". And they say "Too bad!"..
Klowner
I had a hard enough time trying to get that bubbly eyed piece of wrinkly metal out of my face! Heck, the thing scared my mom the first time she saw it! Klowner
in case you didn't know, soybeans are commonly grown in America, I live in Iowa and my father grows soybeans. Most of the soybeans grown in america aren't the type that are used to make tofu. Most of it is used for other stuff like sweetening(sp?) ice cream (not kidding) and feeding piggys.
:)
Hmmm, perhaps I should keep the family farm after all! I could be my own Iran! (it's Iran isnt it? the gas people?)
Klowner
- I have over 5 computers, tharfor I ain't no hick
It's real good. I like it a LOT more than searching for icons. if you want to leash your creature just move the mouse in a clockwise square, or if you want to cast a spell just spin the mouse in a circle and then your hand glows, then cast the spell.. like S is food, 3 is wood, W is rain, heart shape is heal. Its darn nice.
Klowner
I'm still waiting for the small personal hoverplatform to transport my insanely heavy monitor and case built of lead, besides the fact my arms are too weak to carry both a mouse and a keyboard at once.
They need to add a monitor strap type thing, so you can wear the computer on your back like a backpack, and the monitor on your chest like a baby holder.. Or other way around. either way, just so its balanced.
I really need to stop posting right after I wake up..
Klowner
Too bad to hear that a company isn't building arcade machines anymore, I remember dropping a lot of quarters in street fighter 2.
;)
just a few weeks ago the local Pocket Change Park in the mall (Northpark mall, owned by Simon in Davenport,IA) closed up.
It was a shame to see it leave, they had a big wooden carousel and everything. Very neat arcade/kiddie-ride place but it seems like arcade games REALLY have to be cutting edge for people to like them more than just home consoles or computer games.
For example Police 911 by Konami. Really cool, you have to duck and move around and dodge bullets and crap, totally neat stuff other than the fact my legs turn to jello after jumping around for 10 minutes.
gOOdByE squat machine, hello arcade game
Klowner
Don't tell me this isnt totally cool :)
make your own pong game with a little soldering and a PIC microcontroller, generates simple black and white NTSC output and everything.
VCR Pong
Klowner
Every time I see robots I want to build them, then I remember I'm poor and I can't build ones that fly... darn you slashdot, darn you and your teasing of my robot loving mind!
just imagine if the rangers had blimps on top, so they dropped the scouts down upon unsuspecting cats... Mwaaahahahahaa
Klowner
they're still using Amigas? thats cool.. wonderful machines they are :) (I've got three, that I pretty much never use)
You can still buy kits for little robotic projects. There's stores all over the internet selling neat little kits.
:)
http://www.robotstore.com has a few.
the photovore robot featured in the article was originally a BEAM kit I think, they're still around but I forget the URL.
as for l33t j03's comment about downloadable source code; this robot doesnt run any code, theres no microprocessor, its just a neat little logic circuit that runs something like:
if light is on my right - then spin left motor
if light is on my left - then spin right motor
if light is in front of me - then spin both
a very neat way of making a little light hunting robot
Klowner
someone please pass the ketchup (or catsup) to go with my foot?BR>
Next thing the RIAA should do, is shut down all IRC networks, and then once that is done, they should really just shut down the whole internet, most of its full of illigal anyway right?
wait.. I thought creativity was legal last time I checked, I guess I better check again.
Klowner
where was the RIAA when I was copying songs off the radio when I was 8 years old?
I was out of my house last night.. when, I went to the qclug meeting.
Thanks a lot, now I'm crying..
Klowner
exactly what I was going to say. Since Corel dumped their Linux division then microsoft couldn't be a parasitic monster that it generally is.
I go to the same LUG meeting as the owner :) GO RAY!
sorry this is my closest brush with fame.
Klowner
What I would give for a computer in the trunk of my car, and a microphone so I can yell "KITT, WHAT TIME IS IT?" and I hear "it is 7:30am sir, what the hell are you doing up this early?". Then I could go back to bed since I simply wouldn't be able to sleep without talking to it every few hours.
yeah, it is cool, you just won't admit it
Klowner