ditto. from the evil antagonist to the squirming small-time bad guys to the storm troopers that can't hit the broad side of a barn, the game (jk2 at least, i can't vouch for 1) gushes original trilogy goodness.
Perhaps a cheesy, modified (read: VERY easy to use IRC client, with smilies, "send" buttons AND an option "start up when windows is booting";))
so you've used trillian then? it has exactly what you describe (well, maybe not quite so easy, you do have to know the server name and possibly the port number, but otherwise it's as candied up as can be).
the irc client is hella convenient if you like trillian for your multiple IM client needs. althoguh i dont recommend it for older systems, it burns through too much cpu time, probably coding and decoding stuff to/from xml.
you'd resolve it using the scheme ICQ has been using since it began: you have a user ID number which is unique, and you can use whatever screen name you want. your friends either give you their number directly, or you could look it up using email address or any other personal data you provide.
the other poster is correct, there is very little miyazaki that has been released in the US. Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi ("Spirited Away") should be released to theaters this fall here in the US (and, i would assume, subsequently to DVD).
...the object of claimed affection really IS as good as everyone says.
And, Google forbid, should google start to suck, or something else start to be better, then I think most of us would find another search engine to "worship", like I (and I assume many others) did when Yahoo went down the toilet.
For me, the one mention of pop-ups and heavy graphic ads is more than enough to make it not worth my while to check out (and yes, I know, at home, I can filter out all the banner ad and pop-up garbage, but here at work I don't have the luxury of arbitrarily installing proxies and browsers to do that sort of thing. besides, web sites that use pop-ups piss me off).
i can't imagine using the keyboard to move the guy around anyway, i'm so used to mousing on FPS games. it was a little weird at first switching back and forth, but i gotta have my mouse for moving/aiming in FPS, and there's no way i can imagine steering very well with the mouse, or other pointing device.
and besides, you spend 90% of the time in a car anyway, so it's really not that bad.
this website as very good info. and the flash is worth viewing.
http://www.akira2001.com/
granted i know it's probably paid for as a big ad for the re-release on dvd, but it talks about the story, all the characters, and the comics which the movie is based on.
AFAIK the vendor(s) we are using are only different from retail chains like best buy in that they are buying in greater volume to sell cheaper, or are merely selling off last year's software in an attempt to get rid of it (i.e. like a clearance).
well, 360 bucks may not be cheap, but it is compared to the retail price of 1200. check half.com for this price, i've acquired two so far for our company.
are you a free loader if you change channels during commercials?
or don't read the ads on the bus/subway/billboards?
or don't click on the ads? or move your window up so the ad is off the screen? or just ignore them?
are you a freeloader if you use lynx, or don't download images?
to me, it's like with the credit card companies: i don't pay finance charges, but i'm damn glad for the people that do (especially the retards that only make minimum payments) because they support the service for me. until they start doing something to keep me from using their service, i assume they have no problem with "freeloaders".
so save your freeloaders bullshit for 5 years down the road when 1337 d00ds have to steal CC numbers or passwords to get on so they can troll the latest jon katz story, or only read posts from some underground mirror of slashdot built by a subscriber. freeloading is still the de facto standard here, and on the internet in general, for a little while longer.
right here i've got a clock on my cell phone, the computer, the vcr, my alarm clock, another computer, and another alarm clock sitting here for no particular reason. not to mention anyone that's got a pda, or a beeper (or three), or a laptop, ad nauseum.
aren't most geeks already so decked out in gadgets that a watch would be redundant?
instead of waiting for dropped packets that will never return, you can block the ads at the proxy and when they are requested the proxy returns immediately with just a line of text to replace the ad.
assuming aol's fix actually works, then in this case there's not much of a window for wreaking havoc, so the points may be fairly moot anyway.
however things that stay valid: would aol have fixed it if no one announced it? in other words, is it better to announce it and let the script kiddies wreak havoc for as long as the owner of the software waits to fix it, or is it better to leave it unannounced, leaving the possibility that it will be discovered by someone less benevolent, which would open the exploit up to less noisy hackers for an indefinite period of time?
you don't think a big corporation might hide, or just simply have overlooked, a nice gaping hole like this would you? nothing like that ever happens around here no sir....
also more generally speaking, it's like keeping murder and mayhem off the news so as not to risk giving other people ideas. it's a noble idea but it just ain't gonna work.
i'd rather risk a handful of poor aolers losing their mp3 collection because some 1337 d00ds haxored their boxen when the information was released than have someone else make the decision that i don't need to know about it. in this (albeit minor) case, i'd rather have the freedom to protect myself (or at least see a company forced to unf*ck their software that millions of people use) than the security (*cough*) of blind reassurance that all is well and i shouldn't worry.
(most of the time i'm really cynical and would prolly say the herd is too stupid to protect itself, but it still stands that people in charge of the herd sometimes needs a kick in the ass to do their bloody job.)
Slashdot Mirror
ditto. from the evil antagonist to the squirming small-time bad guys to the storm troopers that can't hit the broad side of a barn, the game (jk2 at least, i can't vouch for 1) gushes original trilogy goodness.
it's very easy to restrict who's allowed to send you messages, including multiple-recipient messages and the like.
the irc client is hella convenient if you like trillian for your multiple IM client needs. althoguh i dont recommend it for older systems, it burns through too much cpu time, probably coding and decoding stuff to/from xml.
i don't follow; you have to have multiple windows open on any client to talk to multiple people, unless you are in some kind of chat room.
are you talking about a cross-platform chatroom (which would be an excellent addition to trillian) or something else?
you'd resolve it using the scheme ICQ has been using since it began: you have a user ID number which is unique, and you can use whatever screen name you want. your friends either give you their number directly, or you could look it up using email address or any other personal data you provide.
the other poster is correct, there is very little miyazaki that has been released in the US. Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi ("Spirited Away") should be released to theaters this fall here in the US (and, i would assume, subsequently to DVD).
man what a blast from the past.
google is what i switched to after yahoo went down the toilet.
...the object of claimed affection really IS as good as everyone says.
And, Google forbid, should google start to suck, or something else start to be better, then I think most of us would find another search engine to "worship", like I (and I assume many others) did when Yahoo went down the toilet.
For me, the one mention of pop-ups and heavy graphic ads is more than enough to make it not worth my while to check out (and yes, I know, at home, I can filter out all the banner ad and pop-up garbage, but here at work I don't have the luxury of arbitrarily installing proxies and browsers to do that sort of thing. besides, web sites that use pop-ups piss me off).
please show me where you can build your own mac for 400 bucks or less.
i can't imagine using the keyboard to move the guy around anyway, i'm so used to mousing on FPS games. it was a little weird at first switching back and forth, but i gotta have my mouse for moving/aiming in FPS, and there's no way i can imagine steering very well with the mouse, or other pointing device.
and besides, you spend 90% of the time in a car anyway, so it's really not that bad.
...of course, he should have been arrested for Ep 1.
if that's the punishment for ep 1, he should slowly have all his skin flayed off, regrown, and flayed again for ep 2.
...not finding a job for you.
have a good long read at ask the headhunter and judge for yourself.
holy crap, plato invented capitalism!
As seen here
Someone notify the feds!
I dont think the general public is particularily interesting or worth generating interest in myself.
you'd change your mind if it was your business to find/justify funding for government projects.
(or at the very least learn to pretend)
..because it's the only thing that really gets us capitalist pigs off of our ass and into gear.
history of space race
(well, it's not going to start another space race, but it sure would be nice if it regenerated a little interest in the general public.)
here
here
here
or of course, do your own google search here
this website as very good info. and the flash is worth viewing.
http://www.akira2001.com/
granted i know it's probably paid for as a big ad for the re-release on dvd, but it talks about the story, all the characters, and the comics which the movie is based on.
AFAIK the vendor(s) we are using are only different from retail chains like best buy in that they are buying in greater volume to sell cheaper, or are merely selling off last year's software in an attempt to get rid of it (i.e. like a clearance).
well, 360 bucks may not be cheap, but it is compared to the retail price of 1200. check half.com for this price, i've acquired two so far for our company.
i've heard similar tales, where some couple who paid off their balance in full for X years finally got dropped because they never made them any money.
i can't find evidence to support either, but neither can i find a clear reference to the story being just an urban legend.
are you a free loader if you change channels during commercials?
or don't read the ads on the bus/subway/billboards?
or don't click on the ads? or move your window up so the ad is off the screen? or just ignore them?
are you a freeloader if you use lynx, or don't download images?
to me, it's like with the credit card companies: i don't pay finance charges, but i'm damn glad for the people that do (especially the retards that only make minimum payments) because they support the service for me. until they start doing something to keep me from using their service, i assume they have no problem with "freeloaders".
so save your freeloaders bullshit for 5 years down the road when 1337 d00ds have to steal CC numbers or passwords to get on so they can troll the latest jon katz story, or only read posts from some underground mirror of slashdot built by a subscriber. freeloading is still the de facto standard here, and on the internet in general, for a little while longer.
right here i've got a clock on my cell phone, the computer, the vcr, my alarm clock, another computer, and another alarm clock sitting here for no particular reason. not to mention anyone that's got a pda, or a beeper (or three), or a laptop, ad nauseum.
aren't most geeks already so decked out in gadgets that a watch would be redundant?
you need junkbuster.
instead of waiting for dropped packets that will never return, you can block the ads at the proxy and when they are requested the proxy returns immediately with just a line of text to replace the ad.
junkbuster.com
assuming aol's fix actually works, then in this case there's not much of a window for wreaking havoc, so the points may be fairly moot anyway.
however things that stay valid: would aol have fixed it if no one announced it? in other words, is it better to announce it and let the script kiddies wreak havoc for as long as the owner of the software waits to fix it, or is it better to leave it unannounced, leaving the possibility that it will be discovered by someone less benevolent, which would open the exploit up to less noisy hackers for an indefinite period of time?
you don't think a big corporation might hide, or just simply have overlooked, a nice gaping hole like this would you? nothing like that ever happens around here no sir....
also more generally speaking, it's like keeping murder and mayhem off the news so as not to risk giving other people ideas. it's a noble idea but it just ain't gonna work.
i'd rather risk a handful of poor aolers losing their mp3 collection because some 1337 d00ds haxored their boxen when the information was released than have someone else make the decision that i don't need to know about it. in this (albeit minor) case, i'd rather have the freedom to protect myself (or at least see a company forced to unf*ck their software that millions of people use) than the security (*cough*) of blind reassurance that all is well and i shouldn't worry.
(most of the time i'm really cynical and would prolly say the herd is too stupid to protect itself, but it still stands that people in charge of the herd sometimes needs a kick in the ass to do their bloody job.)