Qix is definately one of my favorite games to pull up on Mame. Look through the MAME roms, and you'll find tons and tons of variations, many of which reveal pixelated porn.
In the grand scheme of things, I still trust MS slightly more than governments. At least, so far, MS doesn't have tactical nukes and M16s. In addition, the government can set their own rules (MS tries, but it's much easier for gubmints).
Indycar is like open wheel Nascar. F1 is much better. Crap, everyone else in the world gets cool racing (touring car, observed trials, WRC, etc.) and we get Billy Bob's Go Fast, Turn Left Extravaganza.
Don't forget to take the wheels off. Trust me, you do NOT want your house being repossessed.
Seriously, I know a few people with prefabs (off site construction, or some other PC phrase exists) and they seem okay. Watching the home shows, it seems they can do amazing things these days. While you can't get a true 'custom' home (also unlikely as most contractors only want to build from one set of cookie cutter prints) there is enough variability in modules that if you find a large manufacturer, you're unlikely not to be satisfied.
There, think that second paragraph might be serious enough to avoid a downmod as a 'troll' for what is really a 'funny', 'insightful', and 'intelligent' joke in the first.
Reading the stories, it seems that it is more than better graphics and ammo. Interfaces have all been revamped, as has the skill system. Better ability to do non 'run and gun' tactics to finish the game. Choices matter throughout the game, not just at the end.
The trolls and ACs are right. Clicking on the SCO icon shows one story today, one the day before, one the day before that, and another two days before that. Problem is when you get rid of michael shit and a few other sections, the SCO stories fall right on top of each other:)
I think you just blew my mind. An accurate, serious comparison between Stallman and John Galt. That's kind like two objects trying to occupy the same place in space/time.
I never conceded that you were a Master Mechanic. Your lack of elucidation on the pros/cons of a code scanner can surely prove that you aren't. Further, I've claimed since the beginning that you were a toddler. Finally, your psychology class should point out the differences between being online and RL. The two are quite different. It amused me to put the smack down on a toddler, so I did.
Finally, at least you paid a bit of attention in English class, and put debating in quotation marks. Even someone of your limited intellect can recognize that our tete-a-tete was about as far from debate as the foolishness on Fox, MSNBC, CNN, etc.
You were such a brilliant 'Master Mechanic' that you had to get out of it and get into computers. Truly a genius. I bet you're going to tout your MSCE as much as you are touting your ASE cert.
FWIW, you still haven't pointed out what you'll be doing with a diagnostic computer beyond reading fault codes.
One glaring omission: operators/'editors' of popular internet sites. A certain one has maintainers/editors who:
ignore user requests play games all day don't 'edit' anything don't read submissions don't read their own site don't properly test proposed site changes offend and namecall users
Mmm.... Yeah, okay. Look, it's late. I'm sure you have to get up early for your minimum wage job at Jiffy Lube. Now go away little troll until you have something informative to add. Perhaps some elucidation as to what the difference is between that item and the non-existant item at the questioner's favorite shop? Or perhaps you noticed the link is from a device clearly not available at Pep Boys?
A Rambler? Oh joy. Lovely, well handling, safe vehicle. The average guy can do work on modern cars. It does require a bit of education. It probably helps to have a code reader and a shop manual, but is $200 for the pair too much to ask? IMHO, not if the trade off is traction control, ABS, air bags, AC, 28 mpg highway, and net horsepower from a V6 that is likely much higher than the net on even an S/C Rambler (been reading Hot Rod and Car Craft since I was 15, so I know the lingo and even the obscure models.)
The problem with getting information open sourced on cars is a bipartite unwillingness on the parts of environmentalists and business interests. Business people want you to get rid of that 3+ year old car and buy a new one. How much does AMC/Chrysler/DMX make off your Rambler? How much off of a PT Cruiser? The greens don't understand that constructing a new electric car is going to likely use more resources and damage the environment more than keeping your Rambler in a top state of tune. If you must drive a car, it has to be a weenie eco-mobile. So they won't do anything to help you convince government that 'open sourcing the engine management code and protocols (the latter being probably at least as important as the former) would help stay in emissions compliance'.
Reverse engineering shouldn't be illegal (but as it is emissions related, who knows) as one is only reverse engineering the controls to 'ensure compatibility' with some new part. (Although you are no doubt aware of CARB mandates that cars must contain original equipment or original appearing equipment, even if the proposed replacement is a better performer. Ahh, government logic.)
Anyway, I plan on putting a 3.0 from a Taurus into my Mystique. Same concept as putting a big V8 from a Galaxie into a Falcon. And not much harder. (Easier, as I don't need to massage the wheelwells or firewall with a sledge.)
Sounds like your trustworthy dealer is full of it. Go to any Advance, Super Trak, or Pep Boys (or NAPA, Mac, or Snap-On) and you should be able to find a universal reader, or a reader for your car. There's no reason your dealer can't do likewise. In addition, your local German car specialty shop should have several of these lying around.
Further, auto computers do only a few rudimentary things. Control spark advance and fuel delivery curves. I'd have to question why the dealer has mechanics who can't make a decent determination without relying on the crutch of the computer.
Joebob needs to examine his business model. He shouldn't be paying sales tax on the parts to build his doodads. He should be able to provide a tax ID number to his suppliers and get that waived (which doesn't eliminate the property tax, phone tax, etc, etc, etc.)
I won't dispute the overall point, but I will take issue with your exemplifying Albania and Africa. In both instances, gun ownership is a privilege of a small minority.
I don't have a current console, much preferring PC games (back to C&C:Zero Hour after this note), but the $99 price tag from Nintendo was tempting. Not tempting enough, though. But now I can get four Zelda games for free? Sweet. Sign me up. Sure, I'm only one customer, but Nintendo will make a few bucks. Game Cube, an extra controller, memory card (I assume these are still needed?), and a copy of that Metroid game. Just for starters.
I had to clean out some cruft on my mother's and brother's computers. I suggest you install spyware and/or ad-aware and force them to run on every boot. Tell your inlaws that if you come over, and it's not installed, or not running, you won't work on the computer.
I don't know how my spybot install went, but the last time I had an issue, it was to tell them that if Windows Update wasn't running and up to date, I wouldn't work on their machines. Sure enough, they listened, so they were pretty much safe from the MS mail worm of the week.
Don't blame reality TV for falling ratings. First, the offerings are back down to a reasonable number. Fear Factor, Survivor, and Joe Millionaire are the only ones I can think of running on the networks. After the glut two years ago, we are seeing a return of comedies and dramas, big time. I can't remember when I've seen as many new dramas as have come out this year.
As others have pointed out, blame the quality of the programming. Many of those new shows have already been tossed in the dumpster. Older shows are coasting (South Park's RIAA episode was okay, crab people was lame) or haven't started yet (I'm looking at you, Fox). There are also few shows with a hook to get you watching week to week. Paramount won't force Star Trek to be anything other than episodic in nature. CSI and the bunch have followed the Law and Order thing. There's absolutely no reason for me to make sure I watch it next week.
Maybe something can be learned from 24 and Sopranos. Each tells a compelling story with week to week continuity. I think Sopranos succeeds better at bringing in new viewers, but can't be 100% sure without seeing the ratings trends.
Unfortunately, much of this is nothing new. The networks have spent the past 50+ years churning out variations on the same 'hot theme'. (Even back in the radio days, there were several variations on Gunsmoke, Paladin, Matt Dillon, etc, etc.) But when radio went to TV, the same people stayed in charge, so they didn't bitch (as much) about losing radioshare. What is different is that people have an alternative that isn't owned by NBC or CBS (old Westinghouse, FWIW). You better believe that if NBC owned Rockstar Studios or if CBS owned Sony Online Ent. they wouldn't be complaining. As much.
There is also the issue where the networks attempt to appeal to all people. This insures that they appeal to almost none. The cable stations can afford to be niche marketed. ABC et al. find themselves trying to sell Ford Tauruses while Discovery, Comedy Central, etc. can sell PT Cruisers and New Beetles. Sure, you may hate 'em, but somebody loves 'em enough to keep them in business and doing well.
So, all you upmodded reality TV haters, try and expand your vision a little bit. The situation is hardly as simple as that.
Further, how much grain is 'wasted' on beer and alcohol production? (Definately not wasted in my book, but for argument's sake, why aren't the vegetarians up in arms about this?)
True, but even in John Ashcroft's wettest of dreams, Chicago wouldn't have as many police as in Blues Brothers. OTOH, a properly tuned, blown, injected Hemi losing in a drag to a FWD car...
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Qix is definately one of my favorite games to pull up on Mame. Look through the MAME roms, and you'll find tons and tons of variations, many of which reveal pixelated porn.
I know all about them, but they certainly don't get the exposure in the US. Don't they only run like three or four USGP races each year?
In the grand scheme of things, I still trust MS slightly more than governments. At least, so far, MS doesn't have tactical nukes and M16s. In addition, the government can set their own rules (MS tries, but it's much easier for gubmints).
Indycar is like open wheel Nascar. F1 is much better. Crap, everyone else in the world gets cool racing (touring car, observed trials, WRC, etc.) and we get Billy Bob's Go Fast, Turn Left Extravaganza.
At least US Superbike is still tolerable.
Don't forget to take the wheels off. Trust me, you do NOT want your house being repossessed.
Seriously, I know a few people with prefabs (off site construction, or some other PC phrase exists) and they seem okay. Watching the home shows, it seems they can do amazing things these days. While you can't get a true 'custom' home (also unlikely as most contractors only want to build from one set of cookie cutter prints) there is enough variability in modules that if you find a large manufacturer, you're unlikely not to be satisfied.
There, think that second paragraph might be serious enough to avoid a downmod as a 'troll' for what is really a 'funny', 'insightful', and 'intelligent' joke in the first.
Reading the stories, it seems that it is more than better graphics and ammo. Interfaces have all been revamped, as has the skill system. Better ability to do non 'run and gun' tactics to finish the game. Choices matter throughout the game, not just at the end.
We'll see.
The trolls and ACs are right. Clicking on the SCO icon shows one story today, one the day before, one the day before that, and another two days before that. Problem is when you get rid of michael shit and a few other sections, the SCO stories fall right on top of each other:)
I think you just blew my mind. An accurate, serious comparison between Stallman and John Galt. That's kind like two objects trying to occupy the same place in space/time.
I never conceded that you were a Master Mechanic. Your lack of elucidation on the pros/cons of a code scanner can surely prove that you aren't. Further, I've claimed since the beginning that you were a toddler. Finally, your psychology class should point out the differences between being online and RL. The two are quite different. It amused me to put the smack down on a toddler, so I did.
Finally, at least you paid a bit of attention in English class, and put debating in quotation marks. Even someone of your limited intellect can recognize that our tete-a-tete was about as far from debate as the foolishness on Fox, MSNBC, CNN, etc.
You were such a brilliant 'Master Mechanic' that you had to get out of it and get into computers. Truly a genius. I bet you're going to tout your MSCE as much as you are touting your ASE cert.
FWIW, you still haven't pointed out what you'll be doing with a diagnostic computer beyond reading fault codes.
One glaring omission: operators/'editors' of popular internet sites. A certain one has maintainers/editors who:
ignore user requests
play games all day
don't 'edit' anything
don't read submissions
don't read their own site
don't properly test proposed site changes
offend and namecall users
No specific sites in mind
(goodbye karma...)
Mmm.... Yeah, okay. Look, it's late. I'm sure you have to get up early for your minimum wage job at Jiffy Lube. Now go away little troll until you have something informative to add. Perhaps some elucidation as to what the difference is between that item and the non-existant item at the questioner's favorite shop? Or perhaps you noticed the link is from a device clearly not available at Pep Boys?
A Rambler? Oh joy. Lovely, well handling, safe vehicle. The average guy can do work on modern cars. It does require a bit of education. It probably helps to have a code reader and a shop manual, but is $200 for the pair too much to ask? IMHO, not if the trade off is traction control, ABS, air bags, AC, 28 mpg highway, and net horsepower from a V6 that is likely much higher than the net on even an S/C Rambler (been reading Hot Rod and Car Craft since I was 15, so I know the lingo and even the obscure models.)
The problem with getting information open sourced on cars is a bipartite unwillingness on the parts of environmentalists and business interests. Business people want you to get rid of that 3+ year old car and buy a new one. How much does AMC/Chrysler/DMX make off your Rambler? How much off of a PT Cruiser? The greens don't understand that constructing a new electric car is going to likely use more resources and damage the environment more than keeping your Rambler in a top state of tune. If you must drive a car, it has to be a weenie eco-mobile. So they won't do anything to help you convince government that 'open sourcing the engine management code and protocols (the latter being probably at least as important as the former) would help stay in emissions compliance'.
Reverse engineering shouldn't be illegal (but as it is emissions related, who knows) as one is only reverse engineering the controls to 'ensure compatibility' with some new part. (Although you are no doubt aware of CARB mandates that cars must contain original equipment or original appearing equipment, even if the proposed replacement is a better performer. Ahh, government logic.)
Anyway, I plan on putting a 3.0 from a Taurus into my Mystique. Same concept as putting a big V8 from a Galaxie into a Falcon. And not much harder. (Easier, as I don't need to massage the wheelwells or firewall with a sledge.)
Here's one from a quick google for 'audi code scanner'. It covers back to 1988.
Sounds like your trustworthy dealer is full of it. Go to any Advance, Super Trak, or Pep Boys (or NAPA, Mac, or Snap-On) and you should be able to find a universal reader, or a reader for your car. There's no reason your dealer can't do likewise. In addition, your local German car specialty shop should have several of these lying around.
Further, auto computers do only a few rudimentary things. Control spark advance and fuel delivery curves. I'd have to question why the dealer has mechanics who can't make a decent determination without relying on the crutch of the computer.
Joebob needs to examine his business model. He shouldn't be paying sales tax on the parts to build his doodads. He should be able to provide a tax ID number to his suppliers and get that waived (which doesn't eliminate the property tax, phone tax, etc, etc, etc.)
I won't dispute the overall point, but I will take issue with your exemplifying Albania and Africa. In both instances, gun ownership is a privilege of a small minority.
"Canada sucks"
"US sucks more"
"We're Americans too"
"France sucks"
"Drug costs"
Have I missed anything?
I don't have a current console, much preferring PC games (back to C&C:Zero Hour after this note), but the $99 price tag from Nintendo was tempting. Not tempting enough, though. But now I can get four Zelda games for free? Sweet. Sign me up. Sure, I'm only one customer, but Nintendo will make a few bucks. Game Cube, an extra controller, memory card (I assume these are still needed?), and a copy of that Metroid game. Just for starters.
I had to clean out some cruft on my mother's and brother's computers. I suggest you install spyware and/or ad-aware and force them to run on every boot. Tell your inlaws that if you come over, and it's not installed, or not running, you won't work on the computer.
I don't know how my spybot install went, but the last time I had an issue, it was to tell them that if Windows Update wasn't running and up to date, I wouldn't work on their machines. Sure enough, they listened, so they were pretty much safe from the MS mail worm of the week.
Don't blame reality TV for falling ratings. First, the offerings are back down to a reasonable number. Fear Factor, Survivor, and Joe Millionaire are the only ones I can think of running on the networks. After the glut two years ago, we are seeing a return of comedies and dramas, big time. I can't remember when I've seen as many new dramas as have come out this year.
As others have pointed out, blame the quality of the programming. Many of those new shows have already been tossed in the dumpster. Older shows are coasting (South Park's RIAA episode was okay, crab people was lame) or haven't started yet (I'm looking at you, Fox). There are also few shows with a hook to get you watching week to week. Paramount won't force Star Trek to be anything other than episodic in nature. CSI and the bunch have followed the Law and Order thing. There's absolutely no reason for me to make sure I watch it next week.
Maybe something can be learned from 24 and Sopranos. Each tells a compelling story with week to week continuity. I think Sopranos succeeds better at bringing in new viewers, but can't be 100% sure without seeing the ratings trends.
Unfortunately, much of this is nothing new. The networks have spent the past 50+ years churning out variations on the same 'hot theme'. (Even back in the radio days, there were several variations on Gunsmoke, Paladin, Matt Dillon, etc, etc.) But when radio went to TV, the same people stayed in charge, so they didn't bitch (as much) about losing radioshare. What is different is that people have an alternative that isn't owned by NBC or CBS (old Westinghouse, FWIW). You better believe that if NBC owned Rockstar Studios or if CBS owned Sony Online Ent. they wouldn't be complaining. As much.
There is also the issue where the networks attempt to appeal to all people. This insures that they appeal to almost none. The cable stations can afford to be niche marketed. ABC et al. find themselves trying to sell Ford Tauruses while Discovery, Comedy Central, etc. can sell PT Cruisers and New Beetles. Sure, you may hate 'em, but somebody loves 'em enough to keep them in business and doing well.
So, all you upmodded reality TV haters, try and expand your vision a little bit. The situation is hardly as simple as that.
What are you wasting our time for? What could you possibly know about Debian?
BTW, your picture on your site makes you look much more sane than you did in Revolution OS.
Further, how much grain is 'wasted' on beer and alcohol production? (Definately not wasted in my book, but for argument's sake, why aren't the vegetarians up in arms about this?)
Holy crap, I expected a link to that windows keyboard photo. Amazing that you linked to an informative page. That is sad.
True, but even in John Ashcroft's wettest of dreams, Chicago wouldn't have as many police as in Blues Brothers. OTOH, a properly tuned, blown, injected Hemi losing in a drag to a FWD car...