yeah, what the hell is up? Rather than use the link provided by/., I went to the FAQ to read it there, especially since the quote/. used made it sound like he didn't want to give out the source.....
shitty precedent gang!
to quote from news post This guy has stated that he prefers to finish this project on his own (but you are welcomed to do any of the other Star Wars movies). In his FAQ's he has stated that he doesn't have time to support his Java applet nor the text files, so he would not be making them available for anyone.
and from his FAQ Is the source code for the player and the text file available?
I can't really make these available yet. I don't have as much time as I would like for support or questions on the applet or the text file. I do plan to make them available when they are complete.
Can I offer to help to finish it?
Well, I would really like to finish this myself. I know that may take a long time but I ask people to be patient. There are three other, sorry four other, Star Wars films though if people are interested in asciimating those!
Besides the fact that the guy pretty much explains how he does it, can't any of you wizards code your own? And although he states that he'd like to release the code in the future, that doesn't mean a thing now.....oh, I see this was a "pre-emptive" code appropriation...bah
If you compare the 20+ year history of Microsoft to the much younger open source movement, I think it may be fair to say that there's been more technical innovation from Microsoft.
ALERT! Who let this guy in here?
j/k.....good post, I too found it interesting that they( or Ballmer actually) have to quantify themselves in regard to Linux
can't see paying $3 for 32 pages any more, but I do try to keep up with graphic novels.
Thats the safest bet anymore....Valiant was actually very "old style" but they slowly merged into an "image-esque" style.
Rob Liefeld!!!! How could I have forgotten that name, yes, you're right on the mark there thats a perfect example of "Image" style as I mentioned it...Spawn was good up until a point, I lost all interest around issue 50, and it was waning before then, Maxx was interesting though...
the "Image" style I refer to is the severe overabundance of Jim Lee and Todd McFarlane-ish style drawing adopted by every label, some less than others, but that was suddenly the "hot" style, and since the Image guys were celebs and owned their own characters and were making mad $$$ then we should draw like them too.
I'm talking around 1993-1996 area, back then thats what the style was referred to as...."image-ized"
Not only was there a boatload of crap in the indy scene but even more so in the "mainstream" lines as well.
God, when Image and Valiant were the companies with the "buzz" soooooooooo much crap came out, and it seemed that overnight practicallly everyone started drawing in the "Image" style, you know what I mean...it really was sad at the time, and then since they were all "creator owned" the prices went up and up and up, quality went down and down and down (unless variant foil cover # 8 special edition equals quality to you:p )
TMNT, that used to be a gritty book, I was thrilled when a year or so ago, I think John Woo(?) was looking to do an "original" TMNT movie, haven't heard anything since.....
Theres some great ones out there today, but you need hip-waders to get through all the crap, I'm all for them trying new distribution types, but it may be tough to find the "gems" and as always one mans crap could be anothers gem....
its better to have more selection than none at all I suppose:)
hahaha, one guy that works in a sister agency is one the the last Banyan "gurus" around, and anytime anything goes *pffft* guess who gets called to fix the mess....
Ironically, I was just moving over the last two printers on our network that still run off Banyan Vines, 3 terminals to move and its history....we're gonna party and they'll be smiles all around when we cut the power on that server for good!
hahaha, the only way that could have been more funny is if you had an Eliza/. account...just to complete the gag!
Along the same lines, the bots in the recent Chatter box challenge show some improvements in the whole chatbot world, but some are just like the ol' Eliza
To even more clearly delineate the role of contractors, Microsoft does not allow these workers to use employee discounts for products they help to design. They aren't invited to company parties. They don't get promotional swag. And many times they don't get the respect they deserve from full time Microsofties.
They aren't full time Microsofties, simple....and if they are a contractor that feels they are getting taken advantage of by MS, then find another gig!
[SARCASM]Yeah, yeah I know that that the Seattle and its suburbs (Redmond,Bothell,Kirkland,etc.) are barren tech wastelands where you'll find disadvantaged programmers and techs running up your car at traffic lights saying
"hey man, need me to normalize your database? You got a few bucks for a man down on his luck?"
"Custom apps, and freeform poetry, I got all you need! Spare some change!?"[/SARCASM]
Sounds like the problem is that these contractors are....how does the saying go.....they are on Microsofts' DICK.....yes I believe thats it
Yeah, I agree that their bulk mail folder works pretty damn good...
yeah, some days that gets filled with a bunch of crap, but all it takes to wipe 'em out is a single click....and if you want to scan over them real quick to make sure nothing got in there by accident you're just reading the subject lines, not waiting on any msg downloads
And every once in a while some will creep into my inbox, but if what you're saying is true, its probably because I'd opened a some spam earlier in the week to confirm its spam...
or more correctly, take it with a pound of salt because Ellison said it, I wonder if he just has "yes-men" that have a MEAN sense of humor, feeding him some off-base stuff all the time...and laughing as they see the aftermath
I remember reading an interview with him in Wired and by the time I was done I was literally shocked that this is the guy who makes big $$$$$$$ through Oracle......ponderous!
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and Delaware will get you with some wacky toll booth rates anyways...:)
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"When people are using software but they're using a pirated version, they're not paying the government the tax revenues it should be receiving," Holleyman said.
Damn.....if thats a big issue with how piracy is wrong, I'm free and clear since I don't pay any sales tax anyway in the state I'm in (Delaware)......whew! my conscious is CLEARED!
Ok, this joke was old the third time, I'll give em' the second post....
now we're on number four...gad!
Try doing a real April Fools joke, like replace the main./ page with a "we were bought out by Microsoft" or hell put a mirror of MS's homepage over yours, that'd be funny:|
or something silly like that, this shit is -10 : Redundant and -20 : Overrated fer Gads sakes
Ok....ok...ok...you guys can poke fun at yourselves, since a dupe is not all that uncommon, and the third time is the "exclamation point" on your joke, we get it....crimey.....enough is enough already....
you'd almost think that there was no real news today at all! Too bad we can't moderate the mods who post the news!
where's this story about the invis-cloak? That sounds interesting.....
oh and to keep my post on topic, I don't think this speaker technology will do much but help office workers who "aren't allowed" to have speakers on their machine...can these be disabled if need be?? (Other than liberal use of a screwdriver:) If not they could piss off many a network admin
Candy Cruncher isn't cool, but it makes us money.
Thats one of the best lines in the article...it really speaks alot about entertainment industry, gaming in particular, sometimes you gotta make the "turds" to make a living....
If the "cool" games are the ones with the millions of $$ budgets and overhead, thus they have to sell outrageous amounts of product just to break even...someone has to make the budget titles, and the smaller titles are alot less risk...a friend of mine works in such a studio, when he they first went down that path they were all like..."ugh! F-ing budget games?!?" But they quickly realized that they can still work at them to make them as cool as possible, and they're not sweating about whether more work is coming....it always does. Simply because if one of their titles bombs completely, they're only out $100k as opposed to $2.5M....alot easier to re-coup, and alot less sour taste in the publishers mouth
hehe, I was just gonna post the same page...took him a little bit be he finally got it (with Arnold's help..)
Wish they would update that site alot more..
Slashdot Mirror
shitty precedent gang!
to quote from news post This guy has stated that he prefers to finish this project on his own (but you are welcomed to do any of the other Star Wars movies). In his FAQ's he has stated that he doesn't have time to support his Java applet nor the text files, so he would not be making them available for anyone.
and from his FAQ
Is the source code for the player and the text file available?
I can't really make these available yet. I don't have as much time as I would like for support or questions on the applet or the text file. I do plan to make them available when they are complete.
Can I offer to help to finish it?
Well, I would really like to finish this myself. I know that may take a long time but I ask people to be patient. There are three other, sorry four other, Star Wars films though if people are interested in asciimating those!
Besides the fact that the guy pretty much explains how he does it, can't any of you wizards code your own? And although he states that he'd like to release the code in the future, that doesn't mean a thing now.....oh, I see this was a "pre-emptive" code appropriation ...bah
ALERT! Who let this guy in here?
j/k.....good post, I too found it interesting that they( or Ballmer actually) have to quantify themselves in regard to Linux
Thats the safest bet anymore....Valiant was actually very "old style" but they slowly merged into an "image-esque" style.
Rob Liefeld!!!! How could I have forgotten that name, yes, you're right on the mark there thats a perfect example of "Image" style as I mentioned it...Spawn was good up until a point, I lost all interest around issue 50, and it was waning before then, Maxx was interesting though...
I'm talking around 1993-1996 area, back then thats what the style was referred to as...."image-ized"
Not only was there a boatload of crap in the indy scene but even more so in the "mainstream" lines as well.
God, when Image and Valiant were the companies with the "buzz" soooooooooo much crap came out, and it seemed that overnight practicallly everyone started drawing in the "Image" style, you know what I mean...it really was sad at the time, and then since they were all "creator owned" the prices went up and up and up, quality went down and down and down (unless variant foil cover # 8 special edition equals quality to you :p )
TMNT, that used to be a gritty book, I was thrilled when a year or so ago, I think John Woo(?) was looking to do an "original" TMNT movie, haven't heard anything since.....
Theres some great ones out there today, but you need hip-waders to get through all the crap, I'm all for them trying new distribution types, but it may be tough to find the "gems" and as always one mans crap could be anothers gem....
its better to have more selection than none at all I suppose :)
Ironically, I was just moving over the last two printers on our network that still run off Banyan Vines, 3 terminals to move and its history....we're gonna party and they'll be smiles all around when we cut the power on that server for good!
Along the same lines, the bots in the recent Chatter box challenge show some improvements in the whole chatbot world, but some are just like the ol' Eliza
They aren't full time Microsofties, simple....and if they are a contractor that feels they are getting taken advantage of by MS, then find another gig!
[SARCASM]Yeah, yeah I know that that the Seattle and its suburbs (Redmond,Bothell,Kirkland,etc.) are barren tech wastelands where you'll find disadvantaged programmers and techs running up your car at traffic lights saying
"hey man, need me to normalize your database? You got a few bucks for a man down on his luck?"
"Custom apps, and freeform poetry, I got all you need! Spare some change!?"[/SARCASM]
Sounds like the problem is that these contractors are....how does the saying go.....they are on Microsofts' DICK.....yes I believe thats it
Uppercut
Hurricane kick
?? Damn it's been a long time since i played Streetfighter...
Shin-Shoryuken = New or True Shoryuken...ie. the super-combo uppercut
News from Babylon
theres probably others, I just happen to come across this one yesterday...
yeah, some days that gets filled with a bunch of crap, but all it takes to wipe 'em out is a single click....and if you want to scan over them real quick to make sure nothing got in there by accident you're just reading the subject lines, not waiting on any msg downloads
And every once in a while some will creep into my inbox, but if what you're saying is true, its probably because I'd opened a some spam earlier in the week to confirm its spam...
Duke was fun as hell, anyone else remember "Cases' Ladder" an early online gaming rank ladder? and Kali?? LOL I feel old!
And please.....resist the burning urge to insert some obligatory "Tux" or "Linus" hidden room or some shit in it! Please!
Nobody wants it. And it makes everybody uncomfortable.
Thanks for a good laugh! Shit, that was funny! Someone MOD HIM UP!
to release "Deer Hunter Forever" of course....
...ever since it started wearing large glasses and dating a young asian girl....that wacky PC!
I remember reading an interview with him in Wired and by the time I was done I was literally shocked that this is the guy who makes big $$$$$$$ through Oracle......ponderous!
and Delaware will get you with some wacky toll booth rates anyways... :)
Damn.....if thats a big issue with how piracy is wrong, I'm free and clear since I don't pay any sales tax anyway in the state I'm in (Delaware)......whew! my conscious is CLEARED!
Time to buy another spindle of CDRs!
A hack-job is a hack-job and good programming is good programming, IDE or not...
"REAL programmers, actually manually flip the AND and XOR gates on their CPUs!!!!poo-poo!"LOL!
now we're on number four...gad!
Try doing a real April Fools joke, like replace the main ./ page with a "we were bought out by Microsoft" or hell put a mirror of MS's homepage over yours, that'd be funny :|
or something silly like that, this shit is -10 : Redundant and -20 : Overrated fer Gads sakes
you'd almost think that there was no real news today at all! Too bad we can't moderate the mods who post the news!
oh and to keep my post on topic, I don't think this speaker technology will do much but help office workers who "aren't allowed" to have speakers on their machine...can these be disabled if need be?? (Other than liberal use of a screwdriver:) If not they could piss off many a network admin
Thats one of the best lines in the article...it really speaks alot about entertainment industry, gaming in particular, sometimes you gotta make the "turds" to make a living....
If the "cool" games are the ones with the millions of $$ budgets and overhead, thus they have to sell outrageous amounts of product just to break even ...someone has to make the budget titles, and the smaller titles are alot less risk...a friend of mine works in such a studio, when he they first went down that path they were all like..."ugh! F-ing budget games?!?" But they quickly realized that they can still work at them to make them as cool as possible, and they're not sweating about whether more work is coming....it always does. Simply because if one of their titles bombs completely, they're only out $100k as opposed to $2.5M....alot easier to re-coup, and alot less sour taste in the publishers mouth
hehe, I was just gonna post the same page...took him a little bit be he finally got it (with Arnold's help..) Wish they would update that site alot more..
yeah, I hear ya, but at least this guy posted it AC, so its not really karma whoring