> Since Slashdot certainly has its share of political left, right, and women, it's easy to see that no one thing will EVER unite ALL Slashdot readers.
Sure there is. Our love of bandwidth.
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There were 7 of them, the first trilogy was EGA based graphics, the second trilogy was VGA, and the last one (aliens ate my babysitter?) was basically just a collection of second rate levels that didnt make the second trilogy.
Sorry, beg to differ. There were 7, yes, but the "second trilogy" was a "second duology": "Aliens Ate My Babysitter" was #6, a separate story, and was not just a "collection of second rate levels" - it had new monsters and did thematically fit together.
The full list goes:
INVASION OF THE VORTICONS: Commander Keen: Marooned on Mars Commander Keen: The Earth Explodes Commander Keen: Keen Must Die
LOST EPISODE Commander Keen: Keen Dreams
GOODBYE GALAXY Commander Keen: Secret of the Oracle Commander Keen: The Armageddon Machine
ALIENS ATE MY BABYSITTER Commander Keen: Aliens Ate My Babysitter
There was supposed to be another trilogy - called "The Universe is Toast" - and it's about 11 years overdue; the rise of FPSes pretty much killed it. Most fans of the series have given up holding their breath, especially after level 32 of doom II had you putting hanging Keens out of their misery.
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And the next one was Dark Forces 3: Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast.
And the upcoming one would be DF4:JK3:JO2:Jedi Academy, except that Kyle Katarn isn't the main character anymore, so I hear.
In short? Don't bother.
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I know this may be off-topic to the story, but does anyone have quick tips on how to play these DOS-age games on modern day OS's and hardware?
Don't try. Just get another computer. I have a K6-2/300 [that I picked up for next to nothing] sitting at my right that I use for all my old games. Keen, Wing Commander, Raptor, Tyrian, etc. 256 megs RAM, 8.4 gig drive, SB AWE32, all for next to no time or money.
The most expensive part would have been a KVM switch, except that I have a dual-input monitor, so I just needed a KM switch.
Payload is obvious - HD wipe. The kicker is that any useful backups will of course be infected.
The problem with that is that the longer you let the virus sit, the more likely it will be detected by an AV company and neutralized before it detonates.
I happen to know someone who wrote a proof of concept for this; three varieties, word macro, worm, and.exe infector. Payload goes off six months after infection.
Fortunately, she nuked it without reattaching the testbed machine to the 'Net.
> Is everyone forgetting WiFi? My university provides WiFi free to all students.
Yes, Cal State Berkeley? Yes, yes, go Bears. I need to know what MAC address had been assigned an IP registered to your university's AirBear system... Oh, a hacker, sir, a very dangerous antisocial miscreant. Oh, yes you do have to; DMCA. Look, we can do this the easy way, or I can get a subpoena.
You don't keep logs? I don't believe that, surely you're aware that you're liable for everything that comes out of your network. I'd rather believe you've destroyed such logs, which we can turn into destruction of evidence charges...
* Flathead screwdriver * Phillps screwdriver to deal with the ubiquitous "hexhead" screws on PC-compatibles. * 1/4" socket driver in case those screws get stripped. By, say, someone wielding a power 'driver. * A long thin pair of forceps for dropped screw retrieval - also can be used to hold a small magnet for tough retrievals. Don't look at me like that, pull the hard drives first and it's safe. * Pliers * Flashlight, LED preferred, or snake light. * Mirror * Jumper puller * Paper towels * Rubber gloves (non-medical, for things like Arctic Silver application) * Compressed air * Tape or twist ties (cable routing etc)
Hardware: * 15' xover utp cable * 3 known good blank 3.5" disks * Laptop with CD-RW drive, modem/nic (with cabling, obviously) * Blank -RWs
Software: * Win98 boot 3.5" disk * Knoppix CD * Windows utilities CD
In a couple years, I might have to add a USB floppy drive to that list; experience shows that even if someone's computer has a floppy installed (rarer and rarer), it doesn't work half the time. Also, if you're going to be working on a laptop, smaller screwdrivers are indicated. Power drivers are for removing screws, **not** putting them in.
> If 99% of the Linux people used Mozilla (an exaggeration, I'm sure) and 0.5% of the Windows market used it, then which group would account for more browser downloads?
> (Hint: The answer is Windows)
Certainly, since most dists of Linux these days seem to *come with* Moz. Only Windows users would h=not have it and have to download it.
It was Internet Explorer that STILL doesn't do the transparency right. More [p]eople would start using the format right now if the implementation could do what the spec specifies.
IE goes its own way, breaks spec, people code for it because it's the most common browser. Film at 11.
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> Since Slashdot certainly has its share of political left, right, and women, it's easy to see that no one thing will EVER unite ALL Slashdot readers.
Sure there is. Our love of bandwidth.
There were 7 of them, the first trilogy was EGA based graphics, the second trilogy was VGA, and the last one (aliens ate my babysitter?) was basically just a collection of second rate levels that didnt make the second trilogy.
Sorry, beg to differ. There were 7, yes, but the "second trilogy" was a "second duology": "Aliens Ate My Babysitter" was #6, a separate story, and was not just a "collection of second rate levels" - it had new monsters and did thematically fit together.
The full list goes:
INVASION OF THE VORTICONS:
Commander Keen: Marooned on Mars
Commander Keen: The Earth Explodes
Commander Keen: Keen Must Die
LOST EPISODE
Commander Keen: Keen Dreams
GOODBYE GALAXY
Commander Keen: Secret of the Oracle
Commander Keen: The Armageddon Machine
ALIENS ATE MY BABYSITTER
Commander Keen: Aliens Ate My Babysitter
There was supposed to be another trilogy - called "The Universe is Toast" - and it's about 11 years overdue; the rise of FPSes pretty much killed it. Most fans of the series have given up holding their breath, especially after level 32 of doom II had you putting hanging Keens out of their misery.
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And the next one was Dark Forces 3: Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast.
And the upcoming one would be DF4:JK3:JO2:Jedi Academy, except that Kyle Katarn isn't the main character anymore, so I hear.
I know this may be off-topic to the story, but does anyone have quick tips on how to play these DOS-age games on modern day OS's and hardware?
Don't try. Just get another computer. I have a K6-2/300 [that I picked up for next to nothing] sitting at my right that I use for all my old games. Keen, Wing Commander, Raptor, Tyrian, etc. 256 megs RAM, 8.4 gig drive, SB AWE32, all for next to no time or money.
The most expensive part would have been a KVM switch, except that I have a dual-input monitor, so I just needed a KM switch.
>> Don't you have any interns at your place?
> No, no... temps.
No, no, no... redshirts.
Aggravating.
Nah, AT-AT...
Payload is obvious - HD wipe. The kicker is that any useful backups will of course be infected.
.exe infector. Payload goes off six months after infection.
The problem with that is that the longer you let the virus sit, the more likely it will be detected by an AV company and neutralized before it detonates.
I happen to know someone who wrote a proof of concept for this; three varieties, word macro, worm, and
Fortunately, she nuked it without reattaching the testbed machine to the 'Net.
> Is everyone forgetting WiFi? My university provides WiFi free to all students.
Yes, Cal State Berkeley? Yes, yes, go Bears. I need to know what MAC address had been assigned an IP registered to your university's AirBear system... Oh, a hacker, sir, a very dangerous antisocial miscreant. Oh, yes you do have to; DMCA. Look, we can do this the easy way, or I can get a subpoena.
You don't keep logs? I don't believe that, surely you're aware that you're liable for everything that comes out of your network. I'd rather believe you've destroyed such logs, which we can turn into destruction of evidence charges...
Oh, you'll cooperate? Good boy.
Doesn't matter - sending the mail will give the originating IP.
why not just go the whole distance and put a nipple-maus there to act as an all-directional scrool wheel?
Someone else's hardware... or network... or building.
There comes down to a point where the only way you can avoid surveilance is to be under your own bed, in the dark.
Oh, and also an empty tin of icebreakers or altoids mints - for screw-keeping.
The pliers above should be needlenose.
Tools:
* Flathead screwdriver
* Phillps screwdriver to deal with the ubiquitous "hexhead" screws on PC-compatibles.
* 1/4" socket driver in case those screws get stripped. By, say, someone wielding a power 'driver.
* A long thin pair of forceps for dropped screw retrieval - also can be used to hold a small magnet for tough retrievals. Don't look at me like that, pull the hard drives first and it's safe.
* Pliers
* Flashlight, LED preferred, or snake light.
* Mirror
* Jumper puller
* Paper towels
* Rubber gloves (non-medical, for things like Arctic Silver application)
* Compressed air
* Tape or twist ties (cable routing etc)
Hardware:
* 15' xover utp cable
* 3 known good blank 3.5" disks
* Laptop with CD-RW drive, modem/nic (with cabling, obviously)
* Blank -RWs
Software:
* Win98 boot 3.5" disk
* Knoppix CD
* Windows utilities CD
In a couple years, I might have to add a USB floppy drive to that list; experience shows that even if someone's computer has a floppy installed (rarer and rarer), it doesn't work half the time. Also, if you're going to be working on a laptop, smaller screwdrivers are indicated. Power drivers are for removing screws, **not** putting them in.
> I do that too; I put an XXX at any unfinished bits. It's visible, and you can search for it.
You start your day by searching for XXX?
> I've never heard anyone say they got a prompt after rebooting asking if they wanted to inform MS of the problem.
Well, now you have. And I even took a screenshot. (This is after a video-driver-caused BSOD on my Dell laptop.)
http://www.geocities.com/by426/serious_error.png
> If so, how does it run to prompt you to allow it to report your computer has crashed, if your computer has crashed and the sw can't run?
Probably the same way that Scandisk used to know to scan if you just killed power:
On OS start, set "unclean shutdown" bit. Last thing before power off, clear bit. If bit is set on boot, run scandisk/phone-home software.
I see it on my laptop now and then: "The system has recovered from a serious error."
> If 99% of the Linux people used Mozilla (an exaggeration, I'm sure) and 0.5% of the Windows market used it, then which group would account for more browser downloads?
> (Hint: The answer is Windows)
Certainly, since most dists of Linux these days seem to *come with* Moz. Only Windows users would h=not have it and have to download it.
It will be turned on protestors^W activists^W anarchists^W terrorists...
I just pretended to mod you up.
Actually, the most common sexual style is ::drumroll:: doggie style.
That's where the man sits up and begs and the woman rolls over and goes to sleep.
No, use @example.com
If you need DirectX calls to render images in web pages, one of these days we'll see ourselves writing directinput calls to read Microsoft keyboards.
In a couple years, we'll be writing Direct3d calls to render windows in Windows.
It was Internet Explorer that STILL doesn't do the transparency right. More [p]eople would start using the format right now if the implementation could do what the spec specifies.
IE goes its own way, breaks spec, people code for it because it's the most common browser. Film at 11.