That just sucks for those of us who get telemarketers calling our cell phones. I have a very limited number of minutes a month primarily intended for emergencies. I do have free weekends, but there's not exactly a guarantee that telemarketers will stick to only calling me when it doesn't use up my minutes.
Wow. After my 15th or so run-in with Xupiter last week, I considered submitting this story to/. myself. Bah.
Anyhow, the best page for information and removals which I've found to date is at http://www.allentech.net/parasite/Xupiter.html
The removal info has worked every time, with the exception that on WinME it is usually possible to just drag the Xupiter folder into the Recycle Bin and delete it directly after a reboot.
Damn. I'd mod you up, but I posted a few comments earlier prior to reading on. There go my mod points./: Couldn't agree more with your comments, though. Grammar nazis are irritating and unnecessary as hell. Generally, content is more important than spelling, and so long as the meaning is clear, it's just not a big deal.
Self-sufficient arks, maybe. But I wonder how far technology will have progressed by then. I'm sure they'd still have mail shipped up there, as well as computers perhaps.. I suppose online ordering wouldn't be overly convenient./:
I'm not so confident in their claims of security, though. Yes, people do build strong bonds, and new families will form, but as a result of that children will be born.. How would they deal with the growth in population, if more children are born than older people die? Ship them back to Earth? Second, regardless of screening their parents, one never knows how the children born there will grow up. They could grow into terrorists or anarchists.. And I wonder about citizenship issues. What would they be considered a citizen of? I don't think the arks would be considered their own country.
The whole concept is a very cool idea, though I can't say I'm overly optimistic about it. Nonetheless, it'd be great to see them succeed in their goals. And I'd love to head up for a visit. (: I bet it'd be a great view.
Or, if you'd rather not shell out a monthly fee in addition to the initial cost to play a Star Wars RPG, there are a couple free alternatives - The Star Wars Combine or Star Wars Unleashed, which is based on SWC. Neither are entirely complete yet, but then, the programmers and admins aren't getting any money out of it and both games run on personal funds and donations.
How do you feel about what happened, in retrospect?
And what are your plans for when you get out?
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Actually, I've been using the (: smiley for a few years now, but I'm not left-handed. Essentially, I started doing this when various instant messengers and other programs began interpreting:) as an irritating little graphic of a horrible looking smiley. Somehow, the text smiley just seems more accurate to me, so I flipped it to evade that. These days, some services unfortunately have already caught on to the backwards smileys, so now it's little more than a symbol of unique-ness around most places. But it's really grown on me. (:
I'm one of those who is intrigued by the hype. Sure, I've heard of the show before, and of course I've had various friends telling me it was wonderful and I should sit down and watch it. And after reading the chat log and hearing about all this, I really would watch whatever's left of it.
The only setback being I don't have cable, so no sci-fi channel for me. ): Maybe next year.
Ads do work to an extent. It just typically isn't noticeable because it's not like every single time a person sees any ad, they realize they want the product.
But think about little kids. They watch tv, see commercials of new toys out, and they do want them. As a result, they might receive some of those toys for a birthday or other holiday. And when one kid wants something, typically their friends do as well, if not solely because someone else has it.
Skip forward about a decade. Said kid is now a teen/young adult living away from home. No more parents to make food for them. They turn on the tv, see a commercial for pizza, and it's quite possible they will then realize they are, in fact, hungry for pizza. That one's certainly happened to me on many occasions.
Ultimately, ads do work to an extent, though I really have no way to determine whether companies earn enough to make up for the cost of the ad campaign. I suppose you win some, you lose some. Personally I'm not too bothered by ads.. as someone else pointed out a few posts away, they're convenient for bathroom breaks or to fetch some snacks. And some ads really are interesting/informative.
However, according to my Econ class, tv ads actually are not as profitable as magazine/newspaper ads, despite the fact that much more money is spent on them. I just thought that was pretty interesting. Again, I don't know to what extent that would be accurate, so perhaps the option to remove tv ads wouldn't make as much of a difference as expected.
Yeah but the mask is supposed to be rubber like the rest of the costume actually, not spandex, according to some other sources. (: Hence it not burning when he was fighting the Green Goblin in the burning building.
Some more information I haven't seen anyone mention: The weapons used were Tomahawk cruise missiles, and they sent over B-52s and 1,000 infantry men, though there's been no word yet on when the infantry will strike. However, those are only the American statistics; I am aware that other countries are preparing as well.
MSNBC's story at http://www.msnbc.com/news/627086.asp though it isn't extremely informative, there is some useful information.
I must say, the pilot wasn't nearly as much of a disappointment as I'd prepared for. The cast was decent, except that Ho Shi *sp* girl has the most irritating high pitched voice, the Vulcan seems a bit too irritable for a Vulcan, and no one was acting very military.
However, a few technical inaccuracies were brought up by a friend of mine: First, it's a historical fact, as mentioned in some episode of Next Generation, that the first encounter between the humans and the Klingons resulted in the war between them. Second, the Vulcans supposedly did not know of the existence of Klingons until AFTER the humans ran into them [the Klingons]. Third, the humans encountered the Klingons *after* they were renamed to the United Federation of Planets, and unless I missed something in this episode, they have not yet been renamed. Especially since they were renamed on the same day they authorized the creation of the NCC starships.
I'd like to hear comments on this, since I'm not entirely sure of the accuracy here. Much of this is secondhand knowledge, but I *do* recall hearing that the first encounter with the Klingons provoked hostility, and not gratitude.
Besides that, the pilot was indeed interesting. Though I wonder why the Suliban are not mentioned in any of the other series. Many species don't come up more than once, but it seems like these should, it being a historical event and all as one of the first species encountered.
This post probably sounds like more complaints than anything, but to be quite honest, my only real complaint with the show as of this point is the theme. What the hell? It sounds like some soap opera theme. It's the very first Star Trek without the captain's intro of Cochran's speech [which was an interesting little revelation]. And why widescreen?
About a year after I started using the Internet [on 33.6k] I was quite depressed. Although it lessened slowly [I got 56k] I was put on medication. I now have one-way cable, and although I still feel depressed once in a while [damn slow uploads], I no longer take medication.
Indeed, I noticed that no one in the choppers shot down those dinosaurs when they were heading away from the island. If they don't have the range to make it to Costa Rica, they could easily accomplish that through island hopping. I don't think they were Quetzalcoatlus, though; they seemed too small for that. They looked more like Pteranodons to me.
About the phone, I was wondering why it wasn't digested. Or as someone pointed out to me, when it was fully underwater, it died. Saliva should do the trick as well. Or maybe stomach acid. I don't see any way for the phone to continue working after it is swallowed by a dinosaur.
As for Eric, surviving 8 weeks should have been impossible. Consider this: On the same path Eric took, Alan Gray was attacked by dinosaurs at least once, and they would have killed him, if not for Eric. Eric, taking that path, should have been attacked as well, especially if it's a common territory for velociraptors. I don't see how he was able to make it to safety at all in that time, and I'd consider that fairly unrealistic [although I do understand that it theoretically *could* happen].
Final point, not exactly a plot hole, but I absolutely do not like how all the dinosaurs looked and sounded different from the other 2 movies. It reminds me a lot of the comparison between the Star Wars trilogy and Episode 1. It just seems wrong to start using new technology in the middle of a set of movies.
..And why didn't JP3 have a title? Or maybe a better question would be, why did Lost World have a title? (:
Well, this article may be late so most of us probably missed that meteor shower, but fortunately there are 3 more meteor showers later this year. The next one is, of course, the annual Perseids shower in August.. Too bad I'll most likely be on a plane August 12, but until then, I'll hopefully have a nice view from the middle of the ocean, the weather permitting. (:
A list of approved titles, eh? Anyone care to volunteer for the job of contacting every known & indie artist out there for their permission, & writing up a nice, long list? Yeah.. didn't think so..
It's not foolproof, anyhow. Just rename a Metallica song to one of the approved titles [watch for id3 tags], and the poor aforementioned volunteer with no life will have wasted their time.
They still sell modems for sure. Probably network cards, as well. I recently bought me a new external modem since my old one had major problems with packet loss, and I ended up with a 3com. It's an excellent modem, though the speaker is a bit loud. Very low ping. Ooh, flashing lights.:D
Computer games have taken over the game industry. Why spend hours at an arcade when you can simply buy the games for little money, or swipe burned copies free, and play them as much as you wish from your own home?
Not only that, but the computer game industry is moving ahead much more quickly, as well. I doubt there've been any recent arcade game breakthroughs. Last I saw, GameWorks still had arcade versions of Pong and PacMan.:P
It was a good movie. That review sounds awfully negative to me. It wasn't just your typical war documentary. Sure, some of the romance scenes could've been left out, but that was only maybe 3 minutes of footage. The rest may have been left in for a reason, to show how the war personally affects citizens. Think about it; if the entire movie had been centered around the two snipers, with no other footage whatsoever, it would be extremely boring, as there's not a whole lot of action, unless you're as patient as one of the snipers.
All in all, I think it was an excellent movie. It was actually quite informative, as I hadn't heard that part of the story before, and I never paid attention in history class.:P I do believe these war stories need a bit of a personal touch, however that may be achieved, else it'd end up as merely pointless violence [which Katz actually seems to want, according to his review]. There's nothing "silly" about losing loved ones in the midst of a battle, especially if they're shot down by your #1 enemy. That *is* what happens in war, whether you like it or not.
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That just sucks for those of us who get telemarketers calling our cell phones. I have a very limited number of minutes a month primarily intended for emergencies. I do have free weekends, but there's not exactly a guarantee that telemarketers will stick to only calling me when it doesn't use up my minutes.
Wow. After my 15th or so run-in with Xupiter last week, I considered submitting this story to /. myself. Bah.
Anyhow, the best page for information and removals which I've found to date is at http://www.allentech.net/parasite/Xupiter.html
The removal info has worked every time, with the exception that on WinME it is usually possible to just drag the Xupiter folder into the Recycle Bin and delete it directly after a reboot.
Erm .. great minds think alike, though it seems mine's got a 5 minute lag.
Damn. I'd mod you up, but I posted a few comments earlier prior to reading on. There go my mod points. /: Couldn't agree more with your comments, though. Grammar nazis are irritating and unnecessary as hell. Generally, content is more important than spelling, and so long as the meaning is clear, it's just not a big deal.
Freaks are the people who have you set as a foe.
[Sorry if this is redundant due to someone else possibly already having replied - This laptop is fairly slow, so I can't refresh to check.]
Time for a family reunion!
Self-sufficient arks, maybe. But I wonder how far technology will have progressed by then. I'm sure they'd still have mail shipped up there, as well as computers perhaps .. I suppose online ordering wouldn't be overly convenient. /:
.. How would they deal with the growth in population, if more children are born than older people die? Ship them back to Earth? Second, regardless of screening their parents, one never knows how the children born there will grow up. They could grow into terrorists or anarchists .. And I wonder about citizenship issues. What would they be considered a citizen of? I don't think the arks would be considered their own country.
I'm not so confident in their claims of security, though. Yes, people do build strong bonds, and new families will form, but as a result of that children will be born
The whole concept is a very cool idea, though I can't say I'm overly optimistic about it. Nonetheless, it'd be great to see them succeed in their goals. And I'd love to head up for a visit. (: I bet it'd be a great view.
Or, if you'd rather not shell out a monthly fee in addition to the initial cost to play a Star Wars RPG, there are a couple free alternatives - The Star Wars Combine or Star Wars Unleashed, which is based on SWC. Neither are entirely complete yet, but then, the programmers and admins aren't getting any money out of it and both games run on personal funds and donations.
So what sort of things do you most enjoy in life? Acting? Singing? Or something else entirely? What level of interest have you got in computers?
How do you feel about what happened, in retrospect?
And what are your plans for when you get out?
Actually, I've been using the (: smiley for a few years now, but I'm not left-handed. Essentially, I started doing this when various instant messengers and other programs began interpreting :) as an irritating little graphic of a horrible looking smiley. Somehow, the text smiley just seems more accurate to me, so I flipped it to evade that. These days, some services unfortunately have already caught on to the backwards smileys, so now it's little more than a symbol of unique-ness around most places. But it's really grown on me. (:
It certainly is a great strategy.
I'm one of those who is intrigued by the hype. Sure, I've heard of the show before, and of course I've had various friends telling me it was wonderful and I should sit down and watch it. And after reading the chat log and hearing about all this, I really would watch whatever's left of it.
The only setback being I don't have cable, so no sci-fi channel for me. ): Maybe next year.
Ads do work to an extent. It just typically isn't noticeable because it's not like every single time a person sees any ad, they realize they want the product.
.. as someone else pointed out a few posts away, they're convenient for bathroom breaks or to fetch some snacks. And some ads really are interesting/informative.
But think about little kids. They watch tv, see commercials of new toys out, and they do want them. As a result, they might receive some of those toys for a birthday or other holiday. And when one kid wants something, typically their friends do as well, if not solely because someone else has it.
Skip forward about a decade. Said kid is now a teen/young adult living away from home. No more parents to make food for them. They turn on the tv, see a commercial for pizza, and it's quite possible they will then realize they are, in fact, hungry for pizza. That one's certainly happened to me on many occasions.
Ultimately, ads do work to an extent, though I really have no way to determine whether companies earn enough to make up for the cost of the ad campaign. I suppose you win some, you lose some. Personally I'm not too bothered by ads
However, according to my Econ class, tv ads actually are not as profitable as magazine/newspaper ads, despite the fact that much more money is spent on them. I just thought that was pretty interesting. Again, I don't know to what extent that would be accurate, so perhaps the option to remove tv ads wouldn't make as much of a difference as expected.
Yeah but the mask is supposed to be rubber like the rest of the costume actually, not spandex, according to some other sources. (: Hence it not burning when he was fighting the Green Goblin in the burning building.
It now sounds like both engines actually fell off the plane. This makes terrorism a possible option again.
I was watching the news, and I believe I heard them say that one of the engines fell into someone's boat in the backyard.
Some more information I haven't seen anyone mention: The weapons used were Tomahawk cruise missiles, and they sent over B-52s and 1,000 infantry men, though there's been no word yet on when the infantry will strike. However, those are only the American statistics; I am aware that other countries are preparing as well.
MSNBC's story at http://www.msnbc.com/news/627086.asp though it isn't extremely informative, there is some useful information.
I must say, the pilot wasn't nearly as much of a disappointment as I'd prepared for. The cast was decent, except that Ho Shi *sp* girl has the most irritating high pitched voice, the Vulcan seems a bit too irritable for a Vulcan, and no one was acting very military.
However, a few technical inaccuracies were brought up by a friend of mine: First, it's a historical fact, as mentioned in some episode of Next Generation, that the first encounter between the humans and the Klingons resulted in the war between them. Second, the Vulcans supposedly did not know of the existence of Klingons until AFTER the humans ran into them [the Klingons]. Third, the humans encountered the Klingons *after* they were renamed to the United Federation of Planets, and unless I missed something in this episode, they have not yet been renamed. Especially since they were renamed on the same day they authorized the creation of the NCC starships.
I'd like to hear comments on this, since I'm not entirely sure of the accuracy here. Much of this is secondhand knowledge, but I *do* recall hearing that the first encounter with the Klingons provoked hostility, and not gratitude.
Besides that, the pilot was indeed interesting. Though I wonder why the Suliban are not mentioned in any of the other series. Many species don't come up more than once, but it seems like these should, it being a historical event and all as one of the first species encountered.
This post probably sounds like more complaints than anything, but to be quite honest, my only real complaint with the show as of this point is the theme. What the hell? It sounds like some soap opera theme. It's the very first Star Trek without the captain's intro of Cochran's speech [which was an interesting little revelation]. And why widescreen?
Ah well, overall it was better than I expected.
About a year after I started using the Internet [on 33.6k] I was quite depressed. Although it lessened slowly [I got 56k] I was put on medication. I now have one-way cable, and although I still feel depressed once in a while [damn slow uploads], I no longer take medication.
How I'd love an OC-48...
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About the phone, I was wondering why it wasn't digested. Or as someone pointed out to me, when it was fully underwater, it died. Saliva should do the trick as well. Or maybe stomach acid. I don't see any way for the phone to continue working after it is swallowed by a dinosaur.
As for Eric, surviving 8 weeks should have been impossible. Consider this: On the same path Eric took, Alan Gray was attacked by dinosaurs at least once, and they would have killed him, if not for Eric. Eric, taking that path, should have been attacked as well, especially if it's a common territory for velociraptors. I don't see how he was able to make it to safety at all in that time, and I'd consider that fairly unrealistic [although I do understand that it theoretically *could* happen].
Final point, not exactly a plot hole, but I absolutely do not like how all the dinosaurs looked and sounded different from the other 2 movies. It reminds me a lot of the comparison between the Star Wars trilogy and Episode 1. It just seems wrong to start using new technology in the middle of a set of movies.
..And why didn't JP3 have a title? Or maybe a better question would be, why did Lost World have a title? (:
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It's not foolproof, anyhow. Just rename a Metallica song to one of the approved titles [watch for id3 tags], and the poor aforementioned volunteer with no life will have wasted their time.
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Not only that, but the computer game industry is moving ahead much more quickly, as well. I doubt there've been any recent arcade game breakthroughs. Last I saw, GameWorks still had arcade versions of Pong and PacMan. :P
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All in all, I think it was an excellent movie. It was actually quite informative, as I hadn't heard that part of the story before, and I never paid attention in history class. :P I do believe these war stories need a bit of a personal touch, however that may be achieved, else it'd end up as merely pointless violence [which Katz actually seems to want, according to his review]. There's nothing "silly" about losing loved ones in the midst of a battle, especially if they're shot down by your #1 enemy. That *is* what happens in war, whether you like it or not.
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