glue an aol floppy to the center of an aol cd and your drink coaster not only gains weight so that it avoids sticking to your drink in the manner described above, but it also aids with the condensation-permitting hole problem.
if it's not very reliable storage, i sure as hell wouldn't want to be the aol tech support monkey who will be receiving all of the calls when people can't get the software to work. (that *is* the point of it all, right? getting software to people? or is the point more just a stupid advertising gimmick?)
tech support is hell already, there's no need to make it worse...
especially if they're moron users who install the latest "Elf Bowling" apps and play them all the time, run every javascript module they can find on the web while playing shit like iwin.com, yada yada... i've generally found that it's the 'i don't know anything about computers' people that put all the stupidest shit on them, install everything in sight, and in general flush the system straight down the toilet as quickly as possible. maybe this is just too many years of tech support or something (tell hawk@xer0.net that i plugged techcomedy.com for him, heh) but IMO lusers trash their comps harder, faster than geeks. i could be wrong. *shrug*
samurai showdown I and II were the bomb.
even samurai showdown III and IV were ok.
II was my favourite though.
Neo Geo made some neat stuff. Most of it is crap, but i'll defend samurai showdown to the death, bitch!:)
one summer a friend of mine and i played defender, 2 player version (which iirc meant p1 plays 1 level, p2 plays 1 level, etc) up to the 324th level before we got bored and gave up to go do something else.:)
just think... if the commercial licenses had been cheaper perhaps we wouldn't be seeing all these windows boxen today, as more things would have been developed on and for unix. then again, maybe not. *shrug*
"Members of the hacker community then stepped up efforts to distribute DeCSS to the widest possible audience in an apparent attempt to preclude effective judicial relief," Kaplan said.
this is, to me, an interesting use of the word 'hacker'. not so much in an obvious sense, because it is being used all over the net and tv (indeed, the 'hacker community' seems more than happy to accept such a label), but more along the lines of the 'hacker == cracker' media usage. in my mind, the use of the phrase 'online community' would have been much more acceptable (although perhaps arguably unnecessarily broad.) in my opinion, this type of usage could conceivably lead to an all-too-easy labeling of that group, thereby making it easier to dismiss them out of hand as, basically, a bunch of punks.
heh, the problem is that in order to find out if there is a reason to keep it secret you have to find out what the info is and then decide... catch-22.:)
cops deal with the worst kind of people on a daily basis. it's not surprising that they turn into the worst kind of misanthropes. think of tech support personnel, except they get shot at instead of yelled at over the phone.
couldn't you just make the mouse retain its position relative to your view? ie, if it's in the lower-right corner when you're looking to your right, and you decide to look at your web browser which is straight-ahead and 45 degrees up, it would still be in the lower right corner of your view once you're looking at the web browser... then it wouldn't have to move so far since it would be automagically moved by your viewchange.
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super glue.
glue an aol floppy to the center of an aol cd and your drink coaster not only gains weight so that it avoids sticking to your drink in the manner described above, but it also aids with the condensation-permitting hole problem.
eudas
p.s. i have not actually done this, heh.
eudas
if it's not very reliable storage, i sure as hell wouldn't want to be the aol tech support monkey who will be receiving all of the calls when people can't get the software to work. (that *is* the point of it all, right? getting software to people? or is the point more just a stupid advertising gimmick?)
tech support is hell already, there's no need to make it worse...
eudas
especially if they're moron users who install the latest "Elf Bowling" apps and play them all the time, run every javascript module they can find on the web while playing shit like iwin.com, yada yada... i've generally found that it's the 'i don't know anything about computers' people that put all the stupidest shit on them, install everything in sight, and in general flush the system straight down the toilet as quickly as possible. maybe this is just too many years of tech support or something (tell hawk@xer0.net that i plugged techcomedy.com for him, heh) but IMO lusers trash their comps harder, faster than geeks. i could be wrong. *shrug*
eudas
hey dude, where do you work? drop me an email or something.
cheers,
eudas(yet another austinite)
don't you think that's funny?
eudas
samurai showdown I and II were the bomb. :)
even samurai showdown III and IV were ok.
II was my favourite though.
Neo Geo made some neat stuff. Most of it is crap, but i'll defend samurai showdown to the death, bitch!
eudas
one summer a friend of mine and i played defender, 2 player version (which iirc meant p1 plays 1 level, p2 plays 1 level, etc) up to the 324th level before we got bored and gave up to go do something else. :)
eudas
amen brutha.
mod this guy up!
eudas
just think... if the commercial licenses had been cheaper perhaps we wouldn't be seeing all these windows boxen today, as more things would have been developed on and for unix. then again, maybe not. *shrug*
eudas
i stayed up for 72 hours once and ended up sleeping after that for 20-21. try telling my body that extra sleep doesn't make up for missed sleep, eh?
eudas
comments are welcome.
cheers,
eudas
heh, the problem is that in order to find out if there is a reason to keep it secret you have to find out what the info is and then decide... catch-22. :)
eudas
cops deal with the worst kind of people on a daily basis. it's not surprising that they turn into the worst kind of misanthropes. think of tech support personnel, except they get shot at instead of yelled at over the phone.
eudas
and then my web browser stalls when posting, saying '42 bytes read'... hmm.
eudas
The winning team shall be the first team that wins.
eudas
that sounds a lot like what Subspace has been doing for a long time... server side monitors that check for game cheats like twister and others.
eudas
There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
eudas
well, some things just have to take priority, man. let's fix the big issues and then move on to the smaller things. one thing at a time.
eudas
i agree with you. they are not interested in the good-hearted fraternity that comes with honest competition. they are small, petty, and mean-spirited.
eudas
3 meters by 1 meter by 1 meter is a lot of volume. :)...
:)
most men don't go much above 6 feet (approx 2 meters)
and anyone who has the other 1 meter by 1 meter has problems other than being seen around a corner.
eudas
oh.. i thought we were the Popular Front.
eudas
at least until magmatism or seafloor/subterranean earthquakes kick in...
eudas
aye, there's the rub.
eudas
couldn't you just make the mouse retain its position relative to your view? ie, if it's in the lower-right corner when you're looking to your right, and you decide to look at your web browser which is straight-ahead and 45 degrees up, it would still be in the lower right corner of your view once you're looking at the web browser... then it wouldn't have to move so far since it would be automagically moved by your viewchange.
eudas
time to revise our opinions of 'badass', then, eh?
eudas