Another one for Link's Awakening. One quest you are supposed to escort some girl from one village to another so she can do something. But there is a glitch where you could hit start or select (forget which) while change screens and warp to a matching place on the next screen, i.e. leave the screen in the upper right hit start at the right time and you end up on the next screen in the same upper right location. Using this you could bypass the screen where the girl would leave you and have her travel around with you some more. But you couldn't enter dungeons or anything with her. And later on there is a spot where you are supposed to meet her again and if you still had her following you, you could freeze the game.
As much as I hate to say it, MS actually got one right. They ran a webcomic (Heroes Happen Here) for a while, most of it wasn't too great. The 1st page is a kid asking his dad what he does for a living so he can give a school presentation about it. The dad goes on about what he does as a developer and it goes way over the kids head. So the kid tells everyone his dad drives an ice cream truck.
Lets go with there being 2 possibilities: a) Extraterrestrial colonizers don't exist. b) Extraterrestrial colonizers do exist.
Then we have two choices: a) No one is in the way, let's spread out from this planet before something makes this place uninhabitable b) There are others out there, lets get a chunk of the universe for ourselves before we are out competed for it and and something makes earth uninhabitable.
If there are Extraterrestrials out there slowly colonizing their way towards us, we need to be in a position to do unto them before they do like wise. I find it hard to imagine anything like the Trek Federation forming. Equal dealings like that can only happen between equals, just look at human history. Any time a more advanced civilization meets a lesser, it is squashed. Any one that is out there will be just like us, the offspring of the meanest sneakiest critter that crawled out of the ooze and any peaceful deals will either not last long. We need to get off this rock before we are found unready.
You might want to give this document a look: http://center.wwrc.net/ImageCreation.doc. I just started making the images for my company, but my predecessor said this was invaluable. We're only using maybe 10 models of PC/laptop, 1 IBM, 1 Compaq, and the rest from Dell, and we've gotten one image to work for all of them.
The two major issues seem to be drivers and ACPI. If you've got similiar enough hardware, shouldn't be a big deal for drivers. And for ACPI, they either all need to have it on or off in BIOS, can't have a mix.
After you prep it to your satisfaction, run sysprep and your image tool of choice. Just beware of those applications that do things like hardcode a computer name in there install somewhere, apps like that will need to be done post image and you could use vbs/wise or something similiar to script that portion.
I work in IT installing software and other kinds of support. I've been trying to convince the boss to use this for documentation as a lot of our stuff changes without warning and we don't have anything to keep us up to date otherwise. But sadly have been unable to get him to see the light. Jst the usual right something up on it for me and then watch him forget about it.
I'm actually using it right now. my windows machine got a virus, booted up and cleaning it with the mcaffee tool. While thats running, i'm vnced into my linux box (runs headless normally) and using mozilla to post this.
The only reason I can think of is so you can rotate the dell logo to match when you have it flat vs on it's side. We have a 100 or so of them here and most people still haven't realized they pop open.
Try http://www.cdshell.org/. It's a scriptable menu that you can use to boot multiple floppy images off of cds, not sure if it works for usb keys but it's worth a try. With some tinkering you can boot linux or windows live cds but if it's too big to fit in a floppy image, you can only do one of each per disk (or usb key in your case).
I have a cd built with it combining http://ubcd.sourceforge.net/ and http://www.ubcd4win.com/ and a couple other tools I've found usefull
I would love to be able to use a PS2 controller for everything...
You might want to try something like this then: http://www.hartsunlimited.com/supxbcon.html There are a couple of adapters available so you can use ps2 controllers on gamecube and xbox, but I haven't seen any that go the other way.
I've always thought that Creatures of Light and Darkness could make a great anime myself. But i think too much of the descriptions would be lost unless there was a narator. "Dead, Dead, Dead, color it dust".
Something like Changling/Madwand or Jack of Shadows would be easier to do (as far as not losing the descriptions). Changling would give you the big battles for sure.
If you have children over 5, plant mint, they can chew 1/2 leaf for a good fresh flavour and to help prevent tooth decay. (Be very careful about what you put on those plants!)
Kids aren't the only ones who like mint. Several years ago our neighbor gave us a decent size mint plant. By the next day, my doberman had eaten the entire thing except for the root ball.
I've some odd experiences with the old NES myself. Best was one time playing super mario 1. Something must have gotten screwwed with I put it in, but the 1st level was all messed up, platforms and ladders where they shouldn't have been. The thing froze at the end of the first level when I hit the flag and reseting it brought it back to normal.
A friends dad was a junk collector, picked one up from the discards while working on a school as an electrician. I ended up with it, I think it works fine, powers up, screen presents a cursor, but I don't have any disks for the thing.
I've tried to show many of the user's where I work those combinations and demonstrated them how much faster it can be. But the majority of them still insist on picking their hand up, moving over to the mouse, highlighting the text, then going up the edit or whatever and doing the copy/cut/paste stuff there.
Granted I don't think it would be any different if there were to be dedicated buttons, most people are just used to doing it this way. Just look at how many people have stated they ignore the extra buttons that have been added already. I love having the media keys on mine and use them for winamp all the time.
The old IBM keyboards were kinda loud, but you could use one to beat everyone in marketing to death and it would still work great after cleaning off all the blood and hair.
I've tested this and as long as nothing gets under the keys and jams them, you don't even need to bother with cleaning.
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Another one for Link's Awakening. One quest you are supposed to escort some girl from one village to another so she can do something. But there is a glitch where you could hit start or select (forget which) while change screens and warp to a matching place on the next screen, i.e. leave the screen in the upper right hit start at the right time and you end up on the next screen in the same upper right location. Using this you could bypass the screen where the girl would leave you and have her travel around with you some more. But you couldn't enter dungeons or anything with her. And later on there is a spot where you are supposed to meet her again and if you still had her following you, you could freeze the game.
As much as I hate to say it, MS actually got one right. They ran a webcomic (Heroes Happen Here) for a while, most of it wasn't too great. The 1st page is a kid asking his dad what he does for a living so he can give a school presentation about it. The dad goes on about what he does as a developer and it goes way over the kids head. So the kid tells everyone his dad drives an ice cream truck.
http://blogs.technet.com/hhh_comic/archive/2008/01/29/hhh-comic-releases-day-1-comic.aspx
Lets go with there being 2 possibilities:
a) Extraterrestrial colonizers don't exist.
b) Extraterrestrial colonizers do exist.
Then we have two choices:
a) No one is in the way, let's spread out from this planet before something makes this place uninhabitable
b) There are others out there, lets get a chunk of the universe for ourselves before we are out competed for it and and something makes earth uninhabitable.
If there are Extraterrestrials out there slowly colonizing their way towards us, we need to be in a position to do unto them before they do like wise. I find it hard to imagine anything like the Trek Federation forming. Equal dealings like that can only happen between equals, just look at human history. Any time a more advanced civilization meets a lesser, it is squashed. Any one that is out there will be just like us, the offspring of the meanest sneakiest critter that crawled out of the ooze and any peaceful deals will either not last long. We need to get off this rock before we are found unready.
The two major issues seem to be drivers and ACPI. If you've got similiar enough hardware, shouldn't be a big deal for drivers. And for ACPI, they either all need to have it on or off in BIOS, can't have a mix.
After you prep it to your satisfaction, run sysprep and your image tool of choice. Just beware of those applications that do things like hardcode a computer name in there install somewhere, apps like that will need to be done post image and you could use vbs/wise or something similiar to script that portion.1. In Soviet Russia, something new comes up with you.
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3. Profit!!!
I work in IT installing software and other kinds of support. I've been trying to convince the boss to use this for documentation as a lot of our stuff changes without warning and we don't have anything to keep us up to date otherwise. But sadly have been unable to get him to see the light. Jst the usual right something up on it for me and then watch him forget about it.
Lage corporations are great that way.
What is the most requested myth you guys have been asked to test? Have you done it, if not why?
and i'm still not bothering to check spelling or preview
I'm actually using it right now.
my windows machine got a virus, booted up and cleaning it with the mcaffee tool.
While thats running, i'm vnced into my linux box (runs headless normally) and using mozilla to post this.
The sad fact is this is all true.
The only reason I can think of is so you can rotate the dell logo to match when you have it flat vs on it's side.
We have a 100 or so of them here and most people still haven't realized they pop open.
I had this happen once with super mario bros on the original nes.
Popped in the cart, must have been dusty or something, some of the graphics on the start were a little messed up but i didn't think anything of it.
When I started 1-1 there were enemies that shouldn't be there, those floating platforms and pully platforms, vines, etc, all over the place.
It was fun but only happened on that level, I reset to try it again but it worked normally this time.
you sir, have issue's.
what insprired you to make such a game and does it come in pill form?
Hey, I just got outsourced to ACS too. Don't suppose you are in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl are you?
Try http://www.cdshell.org/. It's a scriptable menu that you can use to boot multiple floppy images off of cds, not sure if it works for usb keys but it's worth a try. With some tinkering you can boot linux or windows live cds but if it's too big to fit in a floppy image, you can only do one of each per disk (or usb key in your case). I have a cd built with it combining http://ubcd.sourceforge.net/ and http://www.ubcd4win.com/ and a couple other tools I've found usefull
Dammit dammit dammit.
Must stop looking at toys made by no longer existing companies when posting to slashdot.
What question are you most tired of being asked and if not immediatly obvious, why?
The tv series has been out on DVD for a while now.
Here's an Amazon link: I am a link.
It's pretty good, commentary, lots of extra's etc.
Peter Jackson. Instead of using midgets, the ewoks will be done using full size wookies and then digitally shrunk.
I would love to be able to use a PS2 controller for everything...
You might want to try something like this then: http://www.hartsunlimited.com/supxbcon.html There are a couple of adapters available so you can use ps2 controllers on gamecube and xbox, but I haven't seen any that go the other way.
I've always thought that Creatures of Light and Darkness could make a great anime myself. But i think too much of the descriptions would be lost unless there was a narator. "Dead, Dead, Dead, color it dust".
Something like Changling/Madwand or Jack of Shadows would be easier to do (as far as not losing the descriptions). Changling would give you the big battles for sure.
If you have children over 5, plant mint, they can chew 1/2 leaf for a good fresh flavour and to help prevent tooth decay. (Be very careful about what you put on those plants!)
Kids aren't the only ones who like mint. Several years ago our neighbor gave us a decent size mint plant. By the next day, my doberman had eaten the entire thing except for the root ball.
I've some odd experiences with the old NES myself. Best was one time playing super mario 1. Something must have gotten screwwed with I put it in, but the 1st level was all messed up, platforms and ladders where they shouldn't have been. The thing froze at the end of the first level when I hit the flag and reseting it brought it back to normal.
A friends dad was a junk collector, picked one up from the discards while working on a school as an electrician. I ended up with it, I think it works fine, powers up, screen presents a cursor, but I don't have any disks for the thing.
I've tried to show many of the user's where I work those combinations and demonstrated them how much faster it can be. But the majority of them still insist on picking their hand up, moving over to the mouse, highlighting the text, then going up the edit or whatever and doing the copy/cut/paste stuff there.
Granted I don't think it would be any different if there were to be dedicated buttons, most people are just used to doing it this way. Just look at how many people have stated they ignore the extra buttons that have been added already. I love having the media keys on mine and use them for winamp all the time.
The old IBM keyboards were kinda loud, but you could use one to beat everyone in marketing to death and it would still work great after cleaning off all the blood and hair.
I've tested this and as long as nothing gets under the keys and jams them, you don't even need to bother with cleaning.