No offense to the poster, but I find it hillarious that these days you can get a +4 or 5 just by posting "And Opera too" to any post mentioning a Firefox feature.
The guy actually advises using a broken laptop as a "local or Internet Quake server".
"Hey Bob, your Quake server is the envy of none, slow and lag filled. How do you do it?"
"Well Tom, I host my Quake games from this broken P2-500 Dell Latitude! It's got woefully limited memory, a pathetic system bus, plus it tends to overheat and shutdown at random!"
"Man, that's some pathetic setup. Whatever possessed you to try and make a game server out of this piece of shit?"
"My total and complete lack of common sense!"
...can support stereo speakers and portable file transfers, yet it is targetted at business users?
This has been Palms biggest problem in recent years I think. They can't seem to decide if they're making Palms for business customers, or consumers, or both.
Sony has (had) this great thing going making shit-hot Palms with all the latest features for bleeding-edge Palm junkies, while their lower models had all the cool new features (for their price range) for Joe Consumer. Palm has this "5x-m500" reputation of building nice, solid, business minded Palms, but since the majority of new features to come out on Palms the past couple years have been consumer-related (cameras, MP3, etc), Palm has been in an identity crisis.
I don't think blame should be assigned to the technician who missed the task...
Boss: OK Tech, it's your job to see to it this computer is rebooted monthly.
Tech: Will do Boss!
*Time Passes, System Crashes*
Boss: The system crashed, why is that?
Tech: Well, it's because I didn't reboot the system like I should have.
Boss: Oh well, I guess it's not your fault, obviously I failed to realize maximum security synergy in my systems.
Wherever the submitter works, I wanna get a job there!
The 4210 IDS we have is basically a re-branded Dell rack mount. I needed a 256 memory upgrade for it to run the 4.x OS update, which luckly we got for free under maintenance contract, but if not would have cost us like $500. And I installed the memory, I know for a fact it wasn't anything more than a genereric DIMM stick.
I'll have you know that 3Com's line of routers have a default username/password of 3Com/oakland. So clearly they are a seperate and complete product from Cisco's line of routers, and there is no chance whatsoever that any of Cisco's code was used to create the 3Com router code.
True story: We have a Cisco VPN (don't know model off hand) that we needed to order an extra 256 meg of RAM for. We call up our Cisco rep, and they get a price quote from Cisco of $9600. For a 256 piece of RAM. The damn VPN itself only cost like $12k. So our Cisco rep does some more calling around, trying to find out what the story is with that price, and finally comes back with a price of $450 or something like that.
So obviously this is much better and we're all relieved, and then it dawns on us: Who else other than Cisco can buy PC133 sticks of RAM in bulk for probably $10 a pound, stick a "Cisco Certified" sticker on them, then sell it to you for $450 a stick, and make you feel like you're getting a good deal?
Not trying to be an asshole here or anything, but I really have to wonder why anyone associated with this project ever thought it would end in any way other than this.
Chrono Cross, while not a direct sequal to Trigger, is still based on the same game universe (sort of, lots of time travel and dimensional weirdness going on in both games stories), and is just now coming up on it's 5th anniversary. This isn't like someone trying revive dead franchises like Star Control or whatever. Square still owns the rights to the "Chrono Universe", and it would not be suprising in the least to see another Chrono-based game from them in the very near future.
Added into this is that Square already has a history themselves of reviving their older Final Fantasy games with updated graphics, new CGI movies, and other stuff. In fact Chrono Trigger itself was part of the Final Fantasy Chronicles package along with Final Fantasy IV.
In other words, there's just no way Square could allow this project to continue, seeing as how the Chrono Universe is still an active viable property. I'm sure people associated with Chrono Ressurrection were only motivated by their love for the original Chrono Trigger game, but come on: what did you expect would happen?
There's absolutely no reason Star Trek cannot inspire good, intelligent sci-fi, even after all the over-exposure.
A TV or movie is only as good as the people in charge of writing and/or producing it. Shit-can Berman and Braga and everyone else permanently associated with the franchise these days, and give it to someone who actually knows a little bit about sci-fi. Get some scripts from up-and-coming sci-fi writers. Sure, you'll probably get a lot of shit, but you'll also get the best Star Trek scripts seen in 10 years.
The point being, it's not the concept of Star Trek itself that's the problem, it's the people delivering it to us. Get the right people, and Star Trek can be exciting, interesting, and relevant once again.
I'm sure that Wikipedia is the authoritative source on things like Starcraft or Goatse.cx, but personally I think I'm going to have to go with a more traditional encyclopedia if I'm concerned about the information I'm looking fore being absolutely factual and correct.
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No offense to the poster, but I find it hillarious that these days you can get a +4 or 5 just by posting "And Opera too" to any post mentioning a Firefox feature.
This is pulp.
This guy must be an EB veteren or something, getting "5-finger" discounts for the past 20 years. Who the hell acquires 78 NES's?
The guy actually advises using a broken laptop as a "local or Internet Quake server".
"Hey Bob, your Quake server is the envy of none, slow and lag filled. How do you do it?"
"Well Tom, I host my Quake games from this broken P2-500 Dell Latitude! It's got woefully limited memory, a pathetic system bus, plus it tends to overheat and shutdown at random!"
"Man, that's some pathetic setup. Whatever possessed you to try and make a game server out of this piece of shit?"
"My total and complete lack of common sense!"
"Hey, Music Industry! See how good we are? We're towing the piracy line good and proper! Please give us money!"
You know, sometimes it's just nice to see Microsoft sucking up to someone else for a change.
...can support stereo speakers and portable file transfers, yet it is targetted at business users?
This has been Palms biggest problem in recent years I think. They can't seem to decide if they're making Palms for business customers, or consumers, or both.
Sony has (had) this great thing going making shit-hot Palms with all the latest features for bleeding-edge Palm junkies, while their lower models had all the cool new features (for their price range) for Joe Consumer. Palm has this "5x-m500" reputation of building nice, solid, business minded Palms, but since the majority of new features to come out on Palms the past couple years have been consumer-related (cameras, MP3, etc), Palm has been in an identity crisis.
Because Palm has this mad-on for Bluetooth for some reason. They've only had one model (Tungsten C) that has had built-in 802.11.
I don't think blame should be assigned to the technician who missed the task...
Boss: OK Tech, it's your job to see to it this computer is rebooted monthly.
Tech: Will do Boss!
*Time Passes, System Crashes*
Boss: The system crashed, why is that?
Tech: Well, it's because I didn't reboot the system like I should have.
Boss: Oh well, I guess it's not your fault, obviously I failed to realize maximum security synergy in my systems.
Wherever the submitter works, I wanna get a job there!
Wow. Considering how the GMail invite scene was early on, I can only imagine what the beta for GBrowser will be like.
"Slashdot" and "effect" are located at?
...I just miss what it was.
Free?
The 4210 IDS we have is basically a re-branded Dell rack mount. I needed a 256 memory upgrade for it to run the 4.x OS update, which luckly we got for free under maintenance contract, but if not would have cost us like $500. And I installed the memory, I know for a fact it wasn't anything more than a genereric DIMM stick.
I'll have you know that 3Com's line of routers have a default username/password of 3Com/oakland. So clearly they are a seperate and complete product from Cisco's line of routers, and there is no chance whatsoever that any of Cisco's code was used to create the 3Com router code.
True story: We have a Cisco VPN (don't know model off hand) that we needed to order an extra 256 meg of RAM for. We call up our Cisco rep, and they get a price quote from Cisco of $9600. For a 256 piece of RAM. The damn VPN itself only cost like $12k. So our Cisco rep does some more calling around, trying to find out what the story is with that price, and finally comes back with a price of $450 or something like that.
So obviously this is much better and we're all relieved, and then it dawns on us: Who else other than Cisco can buy PC133 sticks of RAM in bulk for probably $10 a pound, stick a "Cisco Certified" sticker on them, then sell it to you for $450 a stick, and make you feel like you're getting a good deal?
"Among other tidbits, pessimists make great lawyers..."
The worlds greatest lawyer joke is hidden in that statement somewhere, if only I can find it...
...if nmap is good enough for Trinity, it's good enough for me.
Yeah, because current file system technology is perfect, with no room for improvement whatsoever.
And here I thought British humor was dry and impenetrable...
"The capsule broke open on impact. It was not yet clear whether the $260 million Genesis mission was ruined."
Any time the press in mentioning the price tag in their headlines, you know you're screwed.
Not trying to be an asshole here or anything, but I really have to wonder why anyone associated with this project ever thought it would end in any way other than this.
Chrono Cross, while not a direct sequal to Trigger, is still based on the same game universe (sort of, lots of time travel and dimensional weirdness going on in both games stories), and is just now coming up on it's 5th anniversary. This isn't like someone trying revive dead franchises like Star Control or whatever. Square still owns the rights to the "Chrono Universe", and it would not be suprising in the least to see another Chrono-based game from them in the very near future.
Added into this is that Square already has a history themselves of reviving their older Final Fantasy games with updated graphics, new CGI movies, and other stuff. In fact Chrono Trigger itself was part of the Final Fantasy Chronicles package along with Final Fantasy IV.
In other words, there's just no way Square could allow this project to continue, seeing as how the Chrono Universe is still an active viable property. I'm sure people associated with Chrono Ressurrection were only motivated by their love for the original Chrono Trigger game, but come on: what did you expect would happen?
There's absolutely no reason Star Trek cannot inspire good, intelligent sci-fi, even after all the over-exposure.
A TV or movie is only as good as the people in charge of writing and/or producing it. Shit-can Berman and Braga and everyone else permanently associated with the franchise these days, and give it to someone who actually knows a little bit about sci-fi. Get some scripts from up-and-coming sci-fi writers. Sure, you'll probably get a lot of shit, but you'll also get the best Star Trek scripts seen in 10 years.
The point being, it's not the concept of Star Trek itself that's the problem, it's the people delivering it to us. Get the right people, and Star Trek can be exciting, interesting, and relevant once again.
And sum up the top three posts to appear in this article:
1. Duh!
2. Nuh-uh!
3. So what?
SPOILERS! OMG you ruined it for me!
I'm sure that Wikipedia is the authoritative source on things like Starcraft or Goatse.cx, but personally I think I'm going to have to go with a more traditional encyclopedia if I'm concerned about the information I'm looking fore being absolutely factual and correct.
...the first one of you who makes a "Hack the Planet" joke, I'm kicking your ass (if I ever meet you).