and a built-in Ethernet port (no adapter required)
So... did the last model require a transceiver then? Was it thin-net? 10-base-5? Some bizarre IBM token ring thing with a plug that looks like it came out of pre-transistor-age Soviet Russia?
Especially from a British developer... I mean, he could've gone with something like "The Cybermen Codec" or "The Sontaran Codec" or at least "The Dalek Codec"...
Ultima IV was disqualified, I guess
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· Score: 4, Insightful
There's a surprising number of games listed on that site, but no Ultima IV, apparently because its first goal was to entertain and not enlighten/educate/etc.. However, a large number of players took to heart the system of virtues expounded in the game; even to this day I evaluate myself as "high in compassion" but "lacking in spirituality." Social impact? A lot of pimply-faced youths were at least exposed to the concept of virtue and its value to civilization.
(Incidentally, Ultima IV fans may wish to check out the remake projecet.)
With Christian Slater as the disenfranchised White Hat Hacker... "My tcpdump is showing huge numbers of zombie packets, and they all want more brains."
Winona Ryder as the potenial but largely unreachable love interest... "When's the last time you shaved?"
Donald Sutherland as the evil mastermind behind the Zombie Networks... "Um, moo ha ha..."
Written, directed, produced, and music composed on the Casio by Roland Emmerich.
ZOMBIE NETWORKS. This film is not yet rated.
MORE PACKETS!
Opening everywhere February 30th 2005.
It would NOT out-perform Hubble
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· Score: 3, Informative
The scientist is even quoted as saying so... FTFA:
"... It's nearly as good as being in space."
Nearly as good, perhaps, but while you may have minimized light pollution by using the Antartic you still have the atmosphere diffusing incoming light. It's like a being a photojournalist with a sheet of fine tissue paper over your lens.
Built it on top of K2 or some other super-high peak if you want to keep it on earth, and only image things that are relatively perpindicular to minimize atmospheric distortion.
Elastigirl, who appears in this movie, was also the name of a superheroine (but with a hyphen: Elasti-Girl) in the DC Comics published Doom Patrol, an old comic from the 1960s. Her superpower: altering her size, not stretching parts of her body,
OK, yes, I'm old. At least I'm not overweight and eating a rapidly congealing breakfast burrito...
Doesn't work with either browser I have installed right now. For a company whose motto is The Power of Unix, apparently you need to run IE6 on Windows to actually use their website.
No, I'm not trolling or baiting, but think about it: would you rather have a $50k bounty on your head for work whose profit is of religious significance or a $200k bounty on your head for work whose profit is one or two orders of magnitude lower?
The TV tuner in the TV Wonder USB 2.0 looks to be an NTSC style tuner, compatible with cable TV and some over-the-air signals... but if we believe what the FCC tells us, NTSC will be completely phased out shortly for ATSC. And more and more cable companies are moving to a QAM-encoded MPEG stream too.
So, doesn't that sort of severely limit the lifetime of this product?
Those of you who aren'totaku may want to bring noseplugs to the theater, as such folk, nice though they may be, aren't known for their personal hygiene.
Oh and before you think I'm baiting/trolling/etc., I am an otaku too... fear me cosplay Sailor Moon, as I've just had my chest waxed! ^_^
With recently discovered security holes in JPEG imaging and perhaps other graphics libraries, graphical chat doesn't necessarily sound like a step forward...
Crystal90210: OMG!!!1 dont chat with CuteA0Lb0y!!!!1 my sister did and now she's pwned!!!!1 FLAgrrl: LOL!!!!1
When office politics, job stress, insane deadlines, an IT support from hell drive you insane, you might just well find it impossible to use your nouse due to all the nervous twitching.
That's when a wired mouse is still handy... in only few simple steps it can transform into a noose!
The models -- actually complicated software written in a computer language called Fortran -- attempt to account for everything happening in the atmosphere on a global basis.
Well no wonder weather prediction is so off!
I kid, I kid... actually I used to work for the National Weather Service... C++, Tcl/Tk, and even Fortran...
LEGO Mindstorms are instructive too ...
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My daughter and I came to the same conclusion as the researchers in this article: after struggling to make a biped robot with LEGO Mindstorms robotics for quite some time, we found that a six-legged ant was much simpler.
But Micro$oft themselves have said they're planning on moving to a monthly patch cycle. So you could suffer from a critical vulnerability for about 30 days before receiving a fix.
I wouldn't surprised if hackers even try to take advantage of this cycle in some way...
And now he's into open source development! I just don't know if we can allow someone that good looking, though... I mean, it's hard enough for Stallman to get a date.
Slashdot Mirror
and a built-in Ethernet port (no adapter required)
... did the last model require a transceiver then? Was it thin-net? 10-base-5? Some bizarre IBM token ring thing with a plug that looks like it came out of pre-transistor-age Soviet Russia?
So
Especially from a British developer ... I mean, he could've gone with something like "The Cybermen Codec" or "The Sontaran Codec" or at least "The Dalek Codec" ...
People might find handy the equation posted in this comment.
There's a surprising number of games listed on that site, but no Ultima IV, apparently because its first goal was to entertain and not enlighten/educate/etc.. However, a large number of players took to heart the system of virtues expounded in the game; even to this day I evaluate myself as "high in compassion" but "lacking in spirituality." Social impact? A lot of pimply-faced youths were at least exposed to the concept of virtue and its value to civilization.
(Incidentally, Ultima IV fans may wish to check out the remake projecet.)
... you know, the information visualization/presentation guy, might like their display.
The new Hacker Horror film from Miramax!
... "My tcpdump is showing huge numbers of zombie packets, and they all want more brains."
... "When's the last time you shaved?"
... "Um, moo ha ha ..."
With Christian Slater as the disenfranchised White Hat Hacker
Winona Ryder as the potenial but largely unreachable love interest
Donald Sutherland as the evil mastermind behind the Zombie Networks
Written, directed, produced, and music composed on the Casio by Roland Emmerich.
ZOMBIE NETWORKS. This film is not yet rated.
MORE PACKETS!
Opening everywhere February 30th 2005.
The scientist is even quoted as saying so ... FTFA:
"... It's nearly as good as being in space."
Nearly as good, perhaps, but while you may have minimized light pollution by using the Antartic you still have the atmosphere diffusing incoming light. It's like a being a photojournalist with a sheet of fine tissue paper over your lens.
Built it on top of K2 or some other super-high peak if you want to keep it on earth, and only image things that are relatively perpindicular to minimize atmospheric distortion.
Elastigirl, who appears in this movie, was also the name of a superheroine (but with a hyphen: Elasti-Girl) in the DC Comics published Doom Patrol, an old comic from the 1960s. Her superpower: altering her size, not stretching parts of her body,
...
OK, yes, I'm old. At least I'm not overweight and eating a rapidly congealing breakfast burrito
...to see a summary of each document.
Doesn't work with either browser I have installed right now. For a company whose motto is The Power of Unix, apparently you need to run IE6 on Windows to actually use their website.
FTFA: One notorious spammer, whom EarthLink helped put behind bars, repeatedly used the names of sports such as baseball and football as his password.
Spammers are stupider than I realized.
No, I'm not trolling or baiting, but think about it: would you rather have a $50k bounty on your head for work whose profit is of religious significance or a $200k bounty on your head for work whose profit is one or two orders of magnitude lower?
Too bad its already been slashdotted :)
D'oh!
Oh, they're historic campaign commercials ... oh, OK, nevermind ... no Slashdot Effect to worry about!
The TV tuner in the TV Wonder USB 2.0 looks to be an NTSC style tuner, compatible with cable TV and some over-the-air signals ... but if we believe what the FCC tells us, NTSC will be completely phased out shortly for ATSC. And more and more cable companies are moving to a QAM-encoded MPEG stream too.
So, doesn't that sort of severely limit the lifetime of this product?
Those of you who aren't otaku may want to bring noseplugs to the theater, as such folk, nice though they may be, aren't known for their personal hygiene.
... fear me cosplay Sailor Moon, as I've just had my chest waxed! ^_^
Oh and before you think I'm baiting/trolling/etc., I am an otaku too
With recently discovered security holes in JPEG imaging and perhaps other graphics libraries, graphical chat doesn't necessarily sound like a step forward ...
Crystal90210: OMG!!!1 dont chat with CuteA0Lb0y!!!!1
my sister did and now she's pwned!!!!1
FLAgrrl: LOL!!!!1
When office politics, job stress, insane deadlines, an IT support from hell drive you insane, you might just well find it impossible to use your nouse due to all the nervous twitching.
... in only few simple steps it can transform into a noose!
That's when a wired mouse is still handy
... is my friend, as the old saying goes.
And so long as they keep the Unix trademark from SCO with the force of a thousand lawyers with lasers strapped to their heads, they're fine by me.
The models -- actually complicated software written in a computer language called Fortran -- attempt to account for everything happening in the atmosphere on a global basis.
... actually I used to work for the National Weather Service ... C++, Tcl/Tk, and even Fortran ...
Well no wonder weather prediction is so off!
I kid, I kid
My daughter and I came to the same conclusion as the researchers in this article: after struggling to make a biped robot with LEGO Mindstorms robotics for quite some time, we found that a six-legged ant was much simpler.
... does the PC/104 run Linux? No really, I'm curious ... never heard of it before.
(Don't bother to mod this post up, I've got all the karma I could possibly spend.)
I wish I had known about this site when I was locked out on my own balcony and forced to jump.
Well, I suppose I would also wish for to be locked out with my laptop.
Oh, and be in WiFi range.
Or at least have this book handy.
Well, since I'm wishing, I suppose I could wish to not get locked out, too.
But Micro$oft themselves have said they're planning on moving to a monthly patch cycle. So you could suffer from a critical vulnerability for about 30 days before receiving a fix.
...
I wouldn't surprised if hackers even try to take advantage of this cycle in some way
And now he's into open source development! I just don't know if we can allow someone that good looking, though ... I mean, it's hard enough for Stallman to get a date.
...
I kid, I kid