I've used a cafe on the Dutch side, and while the machines were pretty infected with spyware, it looked more like neglect than actual malicious intent on the part of the operators. As usual, I changed passwords before leaving on the trip and after returning, and didn't log into anything important or sensitive while there.
Young white male professional, with long hair but otherwise fairly conventional.
The only time I was randomly selected it had been the first time I flew in a while, and it was a last minute flight for work without checking any luggage (just carrying clothing and three laptops). Got "randomly selected" going out, and coming back.
I've gone on over half a dozen round trip flights since then, and haven't been selected. I think it was the way the ticket was purchased (the day of) that caused me to get yanked that one time, and that I hadn't flown in a while to boot.
I count three (1010 on the ones, 1130 on the fives, 880 on the eights). I had all three set up to quickly cycle through 'em just as one ended and the other started up until I got Sirius.
I've posted with a variety of HTML, and the preview looks exactly like my post unless I'm posting a poll or ordinal list.
What are you doing, and what is the result that you're seeing?
Staying out late, getting caught sneaking in...
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That still happens. See here for a hilarious example of that. Scroll down to the fifth post for a laugh.
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I used to work at that EB, and I'm still friends with management at the EB and the EBX. There's a reason for them both being there.
At first there was just our EB, which made records for the region, and all was well. But in 2001 or so, the company wanted to branch out, and opened up a EB Kids down the hall from the EB. The EB Kids failed, and the home office got rid of the whole line. So instead of shutting down the store, they just converted it into an EBX, as Simon had rules against two stores with the same name being in the mall.
Here is the initial panning of the game. It ends with:
Mercifully, Portal Runner's missions are short, and even incompetent gamers will have no problem conquering the easy "puzzles"---a good thing since players will get tired of the tinny in-game music and Vikki's raspy-voiced one-liners real fast. Stay away. Stay far away.
Because it would have been so much better if Micro$oft didn't save Bungie from bankruptcy? You would rather that no one play Halo 1 instead of it being playable on the Xbox and later other systems? That's just foolish.
Falcon's Eye was a million times better... different types of factions, the added strategies of people being put to work and buildings being built, and so on. Falcon's Eye was wonderful. A few of my friends and I still play it here.
Welcome to the wonderful world of VGA cables, which were introduced to consoles a few years ago.
The Dreamcast had quite a few games that looked much better on a computer monitor than on a television. A few of my friends do the use them at LAN parties for Halo.
My former roommate subscribed for the T&A, and often left his copies lying around. I was often amazed and impressed with the level of journalism present in the magazine. Good hard-hitting interviews with some fairly big names, insightful exposes, and so on.
I'd still like to see a few minor improvements to the engine, like the changes made in Arcanum and Fallout Tactics. Waypoints, easy stance changes, and more fleshed out vehicles come to mind.
Likewise. Though if you want to add a RSS/Atom feed that doesn't already exist on LJ, you need to be a paid or permanent member. Though you can just spend five bucks for two months of membership, add all the feeds you want that aren't already there, and read them for free from then on out.
I recommend JWZ's cheesegrater for scraping RSS feeds out of sites that fail to provide one.
Let me explain this to you really simply, so you can grasp it.
You replied to this comment where scrytch was complaining about Ultima IX. That's nine, as in not ten. scrytch lashed out at Lord British. You replied, asking where Lord British fit into all this. I noted that Lord British was still working at the Origin division of EA when IX came out. IX, as in the Ultima that scrytch was talking about in the comment that YOU REPLIED TO!WE are not talking about Ultima X. scrytch is talking about Ultima IX, I'm talking about Ultima IX, you're making clueless interjections. Capiche? Remedial reading in context 101.
He was still working for EA, running Origin, at the time that nine came out. He didn't resign until after the patch for nine was released. Check your timeline a little more carefully.
Of course, he hasn't been that actively involved with the series since six, according to many reports from inside the company.
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I can't wait for Slashdot V: The Trolls Strike Back.
I've used a cafe on the Dutch side, and while the machines were pretty infected with spyware, it looked more like neglect than actual malicious intent on the part of the operators. As usual, I changed passwords before leaving on the trip and after returning, and didn't log into anything important or sensitive while there.
Young white male professional, with long hair but otherwise fairly conventional.
The only time I was randomly selected it had been the first time I flew in a while, and it was a last minute flight for work without checking any luggage (just carrying clothing and three laptops). Got "randomly selected" going out, and coming back.
I've gone on over half a dozen round trip flights since then, and haven't been selected. I think it was the way the ticket was purchased (the day of) that caused me to get yanked that one time, and that I hadn't flown in a while to boot.
Yup, he's stopped writing "tech" and instead started writing about dogs. Read more on Wikipedia.
I count three (1010 on the ones, 1130 on the fives, 880 on the eights). I had all three set up to quickly cycle through 'em just as one ended and the other started up until I got Sirius.
And yet neither you nor the original poster can spell the name of the beloved little xenophobic beastie correctly...
How so?
I've posted with a variety of HTML, and the preview looks exactly like my post unless I'm posting a poll or ordinal list.
What are you doing, and what is the result that you're seeing?
That still happens. See here for a hilarious example of that. Scroll down to the fifth post for a laugh.
I used to work at that EB, and I'm still friends with management at the EB and the EBX. There's a reason for them both being there.
At first there was just our EB, which made records for the region, and all was well. But in 2001 or so, the company wanted to branch out, and opened up a EB Kids down the hall from the EB. The EB Kids failed, and the home office got rid of the whole line. So instead of shutting down the store, they just converted it into an EBX, as Simon had rules against two stores with the same name being in the mall.
Not anymore, he isn't...
See LJers freak about it here.
Because it would have been so much better if Micro$oft didn't save Bungie from bankruptcy? You would rather that no one play Halo 1 instead of it being playable on the Xbox and later other systems? That's just foolish.
Like that's a useful invention.
Not just the EGA graphics, but the MIDI sounds! That was great.
LoD, OO][ (Operation Overkill 2), and some arena game all offered clients.
That's one thing I miss on the current crop of telnet BBSes, the EGA/VGA clients don't work anymore.
Falcon's Eye was a million times better... different types of factions, the added strategies of people being put to work and buildings being built, and so on. Falcon's Eye was wonderful. A few of my friends and I still play it here.
Welcome to the wonderful world of VGA cables, which were introduced to consoles a few years ago.
The Dreamcast had quite a few games that looked much better on a computer monitor than on a television. A few of my friends do the use them at LAN parties for Halo.
Yes, it can do HD-TV in all games that support it, as well as Dolby 5.1 sound (unlike the PS2, which only does it for DVD playback, not games).
My former roommate subscribed for the T&A, and often left his copies lying around. I was often amazed and impressed with the level of journalism present in the magazine. Good hard-hitting interviews with some fairly big names, insightful exposes, and so on.
You may pack up and leave now.
I'd still like to see a few minor improvements to the engine, like the changes made in Arcanum and Fallout Tactics. Waypoints, easy stance changes, and more fleshed out vehicles come to mind.
Likewise. Though if you want to add a RSS/Atom feed that doesn't already exist on LJ, you need to be a paid or permanent member. Though you can just spend five bucks for two months of membership, add all the feeds you want that aren't already there, and read them for free from then on out.
I recommend JWZ's cheesegrater for scraping RSS feeds out of sites that fail to provide one.
Let me explain this to you really simply, so you can grasp it.
You replied to this comment where scrytch was complaining about Ultima IX. That's nine, as in not ten. scrytch lashed out at Lord British. You replied, asking where Lord British fit into all this. I noted that Lord British was still working at the Origin division of EA when IX came out. IX, as in the Ultima that scrytch was talking about in the comment that YOU REPLIED TO! WE are not talking about Ultima X. scrytch is talking about Ultima IX, I'm talking about Ultima IX, you're making clueless interjections. Capiche? Remedial reading in context 101.
He was still working for EA, running Origin, at the time that nine came out. He didn't resign until after the patch for nine was released. Check your timeline a little more carefully.
Of course, he hasn't been that actively involved with the series since six, according to many reports from inside the company.