Actually, my main time waster, for the last several years, has been Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. I still play it several times a week. As for Civ III, I think http://www.macosx.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-3 9685.html>Civ IV's supposed to come out soon.
There was the splatters, of course. But a lot of the fun was the physics. Especially when you managed to snap off a light pole or a tree. Stuff would go flying and bounce around. Cool!
My wife's a unix sys-admin who wears glasses/long straight hair/no make up, likes Dr. Who and is active in the SCA. She also used to be a belly dancer at Busch Gardens, if Florida. Geektress belly dancer-SCORE! And we have one kid. Nerds may not get any but geeks do.
We had the same thing happen at the college I used to work at. In '97, only IT and CS students were dl'ing stuff. By '99, a week after the freshmen showed up, our network was in tatters. When I left last year, we had two seperate networks; one for classrooms and offices and the other for the dorms. We also had some heavy duty network gear that could throttle back traffic by various details (don't know much about that-network guy liked his secrecy. Just asked for more money all the time).
Heh, I've bought 3 Ruger.22's over the years. The first two were identical 6 7/8" tapered barrel models, 10 years apart. The last one is a custom that is so sweet to shoot. Definately won't let daughter touch it until she's at least 8. Man, wish I had family in the business. Would make things a lot easier.
I bought my first real computer with my school loan (1993, $2300, 33MHz). I'm still paying for it. Oh well, it still runs great! Gotta love an old Mac.
I am looking at the Cricket.22 for her first rifle. I like shooting.22 out of my Kimber, too (second Classic I've had-never should have sold the first one). Real smooth gun.
Kimber makes a nice.22 conversion slide that fits their.45 1911. With such a heavy pistol, the recoil is almost nothing. Only trouble is, you might have to wait until daughter is 5 or 6, for her hands to be large enough. Perfect for learning on.
Every tech repair job I've found, in the last 15 years, has been through an SCA member working there. Nothing like a group of beer drinkers who like to hit people with sticks and fix computers.
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Colour Newton?
Actually, my main time waster, for the last several years, has been Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. I still play it several times a week. As for Civ III, I think http://www.macosx.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-3 9685.html>Civ IV's supposed to come out soon.
So...am afraid to see what oogle.com is, here at work. Hmmm...
I'm a long time Mac user. I still think Civ III is cool.
I just got a woody.
Apples to prunes?
Stevesylvania!
Rate of adoption among windows users will pass Google, in 6 months?
Or an iNewton. Want new Newton!
'Cause no one's showing My Mother, the Car?
There was the splatters, of course. But a lot of the fun was the physics. Especially when you managed to snap off a light pole or a tree. Stuff would go flying and bounce around. Cool!
I'm flatulant in many lagranges.
The latest civilian 'innovation' I've seen is an adoptation of MRE technology to have shelf-stable 'TV Dinners'.
/...and they were forced to eat Robin's minstrals. Yay.
Oh, yum.
Now that was a cool game. Wish they'd bring that one back.
My wife's a unix sys-admin who wears glasses/long straight hair/no make up, likes Dr. Who and is active in the SCA. She also used to be a belly dancer at Busch Gardens, if Florida. Geektress belly dancer-SCORE! And we have one kid. Nerds may not get any but geeks do.
We had the same thing happen at the college I used to work at. In '97, only IT and CS students were dl'ing stuff. By '99, a week after the freshmen showed up, our network was in tatters. When I left last year, we had two seperate networks; one for classrooms and offices and the other for the dorms. We also had some heavy duty network gear that could throttle back traffic by various details (don't know much about that-network guy liked his secrecy. Just asked for more money all the time).
Heh, I've bought 3 Ruger .22's over the years. The first two were identical 6 7/8" tapered barrel models, 10 years apart. The last one is a custom that is so sweet to shoot. Definately won't let daughter touch it until she's at least 8. Man, wish I had family in the business. Would make things a lot easier.
I bought my first real computer with my school loan (1993, $2300, 33MHz). I'm still paying for it. Oh well, it still runs great! Gotta love an old Mac.
I am looking at the Cricket .22 for her first rifle. I like shooting .22 out of my Kimber, too (second Classic I've had-never should have sold the first one). Real smooth gun.
Chocolate milk and beer. Students and faculty are such slobs with equipment they didn't purchase.
Kimber makes a nice .22 conversion slide that fits their .45 1911. With such a heavy pistol, the recoil is almost nothing. Only trouble is, you might have to wait until daughter is 5 or 6, for her hands to be large enough. Perfect for learning on.
Oh, what kind of tech were you interested in?
What if you drop them into a pulsar?
Every tech repair job I've found, in the last 15 years, has been through an SCA member working there. Nothing like a group of beer drinkers who like to hit people with sticks and fix computers.
Mebbe' his Russian cousin will release it?
Are the Nox the Carol Kane aliens?