I have no problems with any icq function, you just have to make sure that you tell it you are behind a firewall, and that you dont use a socks 4/5 server...as for quake, it works just fine, make sure the quake module is loaded on your linux box...
masq servers cant accept incoming connections to you, so you'll have to initiate them if you want to do something...
Im not a psychiatrist, or a sociologist, so what Im about to say is based on my own experiences and observations.
Everyone is trying to place the blame for what has happened on one specific thing. I do not believe that this can be done...If we really want to place the blame, it falls on everyone.
Being a teenager and going to high school can be one of the hardest jobs in existence. Everyone tries to fit in and have friends, all the while their bodies are changing, hormones are raging, and emotions are going wild. Somehow, we have created a high school culture where there are strong social lines between groups of people. People fear and often hate what is different, or what they do not understand.
Belonging to a particular group may label you as an outcast, so may belonging to no group. These larger groups must assert their superiority over others, so ridicule and harassment may ensue, further separating the social groups.
Basically, we have created a culture where one group is glorified and supported, and another is ignored, labeled as outcasts, and often thought of as troublemakers. This is one factor.
But theres more The list of causes is long:
We must start with the individual, because in this case it came down to the individual. They may have been pushed and pushed day after day, but ultimately it came down to a choice that they made. First and foremost, they are to blame. I don't know all the facts surrounding this, but there are exceptions, in the case of extreme mental illness and whatnot. But I digress.
Their parents are to blame as well, for not being more involved in their kids' life. There may be other factors that caused this... One in particular is that teenagers are difficult to communicate with and deal with, and often it is simpler just to leave them alone and hope they get better themselves. It may also be that their parents were in a situation like many other families, in which both parents work long hours just to make a living.
So for creating a situation like the latter, it is the fault of the American society that parents have to work so hard to make a living, and as a result, sacrifice time with their kids.
In addition, it is the fault of the parents of these other groups, for not teaching their children basic respect for other people. When you really look at the problems the world faces with people fighting, it all comes down to respect (actually the lack thereof). It also comes down to the other individuals in the environment, for not showing basic respect to others.
I don't believe that gun control laws would have prevented anything. We have made it illegal to buy, sell, possess, grow, process, use, etc.... Cocaine, crack, heroin, LSD, marijuana, etc...But it is not at all difficult to obtain any of these drugs. At the same time, anyone with sufficient motivation would find a way to obtain firearms, even in a strictly controlled environment. So for this, it is the fault of whoever got the guns for those kids. Whoever they are, the should know better that 16 or 17 year olds (I don't know how old they were) have no business with a 12 gauge shotgun, or semi-auto rifles, or a 9mm semi-auto...
We can't place the blame on music, or video games, or the Internet. But what we need to understand is some of the effects that these can have. With all the TV shows, movies, video games, etc....does anyone actually think when someone dies on the screen "Oh my god, they just killed someone!"....Not really... So, by whatever means, it is the fault of all of the above for desensitizing our society as a whole to violence.
Blame goes to the people that think of new and innovative ways to hurt, maim, kill, or blow up someone using items in the kitchen, and stuff from the hardware store. And it is their fault for making this information widely available.
It is the fault of the media for sensationalizing these kinds of incidences. Most of the world has heard of this and probably has seen the pictures of the killers by now. If someone wanted to go out in a blaze of glory, this would be the way to do it, just because they would be getting the attention of the world. I'm not saying we need no coverage, but we do need to understand where to draw the line.
But for all of these reasons combined....it still doesn't justify killing people. There is always another way.
It may be hard for some to realize, but this is the fault of everyone, for the situations we create, the information we distribute, the technology we develop, and our attitudes towards one another. It is a reflection of what we, as Americans, have become.
(The flaming may commence) -El Guapo
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Im performing an experiment on my laptop (Dell Latitude LX4100D) to take windows to the 49.7 day mark. Im already up to 34 days. Check out the page here.
Its got an uptime counter on it, as well as a research-paperesque introduction page.
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Went for the trailer. The movie was just about what I expected. I never played the game series, so I had no idea what was right/wrong.
Most of the folks from my office went to see it. One of my co-workers put it best: "It was like Casablanca, except it was in space, with spaceships and special Fx. Also, Bogart wasn't in it, and there was no casle and no Nazis. But otherwise, it was just like Casablanca"
Funny stuff
I love the immediate compatibility with alien technology that is shown in movies. Like in ID4, they were automatically able to link up with the "alien ship network" and communicate on it, not to mention that the C program he uploaded was automatically binary compatible w/ the alien ship's computer. (#include "aliens.h"). Just the same w/ this movie, the whatever AI computer for navigation looked like it was just plugged into the kilrathi ship like it belonged there.
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Damn Enter key anyways!
I have no problems with any icq function, you just have to make sure that you tell it you are behind a firewall, and that you dont use a socks 4/5 server...as for quake, it works just fine, make sure the quake module is loaded on your linux box...
masq servers cant accept incoming connections to you, so you'll have to initiate them if you want to do something...
El Guapo
Im not a psychiatrist, or a sociologist, so what Im about to say is based on my own experiences and observations.
Everyone is trying to place the blame for what has happened on one specific thing. I do not believe that this can be done...If we really want to place the blame, it falls on everyone.
Being a teenager and going to high school can be one of the hardest jobs in existence. Everyone tries to fit in and have friends, all the while their bodies are changing, hormones are raging, and emotions are going wild. Somehow, we have created a high school culture where there are strong social lines between groups of people. People fear and often hate what is different, or what they do not understand.
Belonging to a particular group may label you as an outcast, so may belonging to no group. These larger groups must assert their superiority over others, so ridicule and harassment may ensue, further separating the social groups.
Basically, we have created a culture where one group is glorified and supported, and another is ignored, labeled as outcasts, and often thought of as troublemakers. This is one factor.
But theres more
The list of causes is long:
We must start with the individual, because in this case it came down to the individual. They may have been pushed and pushed day after day, but ultimately it came down to a choice that they made. First and foremost, they are to blame. I don't know all the facts surrounding this, but there are exceptions, in the case of extreme mental illness and whatnot. But I digress.
Their parents are to blame as well, for not being more involved in their kids' life. There may be other factors that caused this... One in particular is that teenagers are difficult to communicate with and deal with, and often it is simpler just to leave them alone and hope they get better themselves. It may also be that their parents were in a situation like many other families, in which both parents work long hours just to make a living.
So for creating a situation like the latter, it is the fault of the American society that parents have to work so hard to make a living, and as a result, sacrifice time with their kids.
In addition, it is the fault of the parents of these other groups, for not teaching their children basic respect for other people. When you really look at the problems the world faces with people fighting, it all comes down to respect (actually the lack thereof). It also comes down to the other individuals in the environment, for not showing basic respect to others.
I don't believe that gun control laws would have prevented anything. We have made it illegal to buy, sell, possess, grow, process, use, etc.... Cocaine, crack, heroin, LSD, marijuana, etc...But it is not at all difficult to obtain any of these drugs. At the same time, anyone with sufficient motivation would find a way to obtain firearms, even in a strictly controlled environment.
So for this, it is the fault of whoever got the guns for those kids. Whoever they are, the should know better that 16 or 17 year olds (I don't know how old they were) have no business with a 12 gauge shotgun, or semi-auto rifles, or a 9mm semi-auto...
We can't place the blame on music, or video games, or the Internet. But what we need to understand is some of the effects that these can have. With all the TV shows, movies, video games, etc....does anyone actually think when someone dies on the screen "Oh my god, they just killed someone!"....Not really...
So, by whatever means, it is the fault of all of the above for desensitizing our society as a whole to violence.
Blame goes to the people that think of new and innovative ways to hurt, maim, kill, or blow up someone using items in the kitchen, and stuff from the hardware store. And it is their fault for making this information widely available.
It is the fault of the media for sensationalizing these kinds of incidences. Most of the world has heard of this and probably has seen the pictures of the killers by now. If someone wanted to go out in a blaze of glory, this would be the way to do it, just because they would be getting the attention of the world. I'm not saying we need no coverage, but we do need to understand where to draw the line.
But for all of these reasons combined....it still doesn't justify killing people. There is always another way.
It may be hard for some to realize, but this is the fault of everyone, for the situations we create, the information we distribute, the technology we develop, and our attitudes towards one another. It is a reflection of what we, as Americans, have become.
(The flaming may commence)
-El Guapo
Im performing an experiment on my laptop (Dell Latitude LX4100D) to take windows to the 49.7 day mark. Im already up to 34 days. Check out the page here.
Its got an uptime counter on it, as well as a research-paperesque introduction page.
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Whats so hot about chili?
This ENTER key is tough to figure out.
Went for the trailer. The movie was just about what I expected. I never played the game series, so I had no idea what was right/wrong.
Most of the folks from my office went to see it. One of my co-workers put it best:
"It was like Casablanca, except it was in space, with spaceships and special Fx. Also, Bogart wasn't in it, and there was no casle and no Nazis. But otherwise, it was just like Casablanca"
Funny stuff
I love the immediate compatibility with alien technology that is shown in movies. Like in ID4, they were automatically able to link up with the "alien ship network" and communicate on it, not to mention that the C program he uploaded was automatically binary compatible w/ the alien ship's computer. (#include "aliens.h").
Just the same w/ this movie, the whatever AI computer for navigation looked like it was just plugged into the kilrathi ship like it belonged there.
ATS32=2 should enable v.90 on a USR 56K