Hey, what's wrong with Spongebob? Granted, it's definitely not What's Opera, Doc? But, is anything out there up to that caliber? Even The Simpsons in it's best episodes pales next to a classic Road Runner cartoon.
And I love The Simpsons. I just don't think it's appropriate for my 5 year olds. However, I've been putting in Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck videos for years.
CmdrTaco! Over here! Here's somebody you can bill directly for the cost of running Slashdot! If he doesn't want to see the ads, let him pick up your bandwidth bill.
Me, I can ignore banner ads, popups, popunders, and whatever is needed. I just want free content, and I don't want my name/ip address in some tracking database.
Re:Yay! Secret of Mana in the Car!
on
SNES Portable
·
· Score: 2
(Now if the GBA could just be hooked up to a TV, stereo and had a better controller.)
VisualBoy Advance or Boycott Advance, a PSX to USB controller adapter (or any USB gamepad), and Morpheus to download ROMS. I don't even play my GBA anymore, as I can actually see Castlevania now.
Duh, you're right. Been so long, forgot Nightmare didn't come with the original release. I beat it on the hardest difficulty at the time, which was ultra-violence.
And if all you can do is call me a dumbass and insult my intelligence, at least have the courage to not hide behind the anonymous coward moniker.
to reminice about Doom. I constantly monitored the wustl.edu ftp site the days before Doom was released. I even skipped a few classes because of rumors that the game was being uploaded to the site and would be available.
Then, I finally got the game, and stayed up 48 hours straight finishing the game on Nightmare. Got some sleep, then dragged my system to a friends house, hooked up the null-modem cable, then proceeded to spend the next 36 hours playing deathmatch. Haven't wasted so much time on a single game since (at least till The Sims and Civ III came out).
The history of Doom is an excellent topic to write about, I just wish the writer wrote more of a history, rather than just retyping the descriptions off the boxes and manuals. 3 pages cut and pasted from Coming Attractions?? Jeez! He didn't cover any of the differences between the early betas and the final released version. Nothing of the buildup of the hype (save for a brief mention).
As much as I hate saying this (and this will get the anti-Katz-ites into a frenzy), this is a subject I'd like to see Jon cover. And have him get more into the effects of the game on society. Essentially creating a new genre (yes, I know there were other FPS out before, but Doom really caused the development of so many other games). Public outcry about the violence. Colombine (there, that alone should get Jon writing about it). Maybe even cover FPS games in general, not just focus on Doom. Cover the Doom spin-offs (Heretic, Rise of the Triad), some of the more thinking FPS games (System Shock) and the modern FPS (Quake III, Unreal, etc). C'mon, Jon. Give us something that would actually be interesting to read.
Actually, the descriptions of the bonding, especially among firemen, is very real. My dad was a fireman for 26 years, and pretty much the only people he hung out with were his fellow firemen. Yes, weekend BBQs, softball games followed by pizza and beer, it all actually happens.
Of course, when you risk your life on a daily basis with a group of people in similar circumstances, you can't help but bond with them. I don't think many IT people (myself included) consider our profession life threatening (unless you're AOL tech support, and that's just from suicides.)
Now, my 4 year old children can benefit from watching my XXX movies tuned down to a G rating. And a 2 minute movie of random people talking and closing credits is perfect for their attention span.
Ben, been a huge avid fan of The Tick since issue 1. Still got all my issues (including my uncut #2) and still read them on occasion. Got every episode of the cartoon series, still watch them on occasion (and to introduce my 4 year old boys to The Tick).
Here's my questions...
As the creator / executive producer / high goddess of all that is Tick-y, what would be the one thing you wish to be done with the new live action show? Guest appearances? (BTW, nice shot of you and Barry on the couch) Better special effects? Hot dog cut into a little octopus?
And second, since it appears that characters from the cartoon exclusively will not be appearing due to copyright issues, can you give us a brief list of those that might appear from the comic? Chairface Chippendale? Chainsaw Vigilante? Paul the Samurai? Man Eating Cow?
Thanks for making Thurday night TV watchable again.
OK, here's my story. At my last job, I was sysadmin at an auto recycling plant (not your mom and pop pick-u-part places, much much bigger.). Office space attached to a huge warehouse surrounded by about 60 acres of totalled cars. Some cars come in with blood stains still on the interior of the car.
Anywho, I would work late nights alot, being the only person in the whole complex. Almost every night I ever stayed there, I heard things. Indistinct voices down the hall. Doors opening and closing. Footsteps walking across rooms. I'd stand up to see what was happening, instantly all sound would stop.
Now for the doozy. One night, working late. It had been raining, but had stopped. Usual footsteps, voices in the background. After a few hours of this, heard some very loud footsteps walking through an adjoining office. Walked into the office and across the carpet, from one side of the room to another, wet footprints of some sort of work boot. Started in the middle of one wall, walked straight across the room to the other side, through two cubicle walls, to the other wall. No doorways anywhere near the footprints. One print actually was underneath a cubicle wall, half the print on either side. These prints were not there minutes earlier. Needless to say, I was a bit freaked out, left the work unfinished and went home.
Talked to the boss about it the next morning. The prints were gone before anybody else saw them, but I pointed out where the prints were. Turns out where the footprints ended at the walls, there used to be doorways there before they remodeled and added the office space.
Look as WWIIOL (not what is currently is, but what it's very close to actually being).
Control of certain choke points (cities, military bases, depots, etc), determine where your supply lines are and where they flow. This determines what equipment, weapons, and troops you are able to spawn at particular cities. Eventually, supply lines will be visualized with train and truck convoys moving between cities. These lines will be able to be disrupted, disrupting the supply lines and the availability of units.
Real world tactics have actually proven very effective in this game. It's not a perfect game yet, but it's getting there.
is like going to Ronald McDonald for nutritional advice.
is like going to Bill Clinton for marital counseling and/or babysitting.
is like going to Phillip Morris executives for help to quit smoking.
C'mon people. If the journalists of this web site actually think of themselves as journalists, then I'm fucking George Lucas because I download movies off the net.
Re:Blocked by websense
on
Seanbaby.com
·
· Score: 2, Funny
Well, then what's the point of being the security expert if you won't circumvent them for your own personnal kicks.
That's like being the president and not being able to launch a nuke now and then.
Hemos, this is not a great satellite idea...
on
Triana Mothballed
·
· Score: 2, Flamebait
I thought this idea by Al Gore was bad when he first proposed it. I never even thought they'd actually build it.
This is a feel good enviroweenie type of project. It's a frigging NASA-built webcam! We need to spend our money on more important projects, like sending Lego robots to Mars, and huge expensive lasers in orbit. Yeah, that's the ticket.
Spend the NASA budget where it's use will better serve the advancement of science and knowledge. Raise the budget for the ISS. More Mars exploration missions. Christ, let's send a mission to the Moon to verify the existence of subsurface ice.
T2 was the most bug ridden piece o' crap ever to be mass produced on the CD media.
Obviously, you haven't played World War II Online. The day it was released, you had to download a 70MB patch. Been out for two months, and with every successive patch, some crashes are fixes, and more are introduced. I'd throw the game in the trash if it wasn't fun to play, and didn't have the potential to be a truly awe inspiring game.
They also were forced by their distributor (and primary financier) to ship way too early. Effectively, the game has been out for two months and is still in beta.
But it's still a blast to play, when you don't crash.
My work machine was a Dimension XPS, and currently a Dimension 8100. I use a Palm V with a serial cradle. I ran WinNT and now run Win2k. I have never had any problem with my Palm not syncing with the PC.
Rocks will rid your existence of those pesky Windows. Just heave our patented Window Uninstaller(tm) and you'll never have to deal with those Windows again.
Kinda makes you think every copy of RedHat and Mandrake should come with a Windows Uninstaller(tm). That'd be a sweet marketing campaign.
Listen, you tree-hugging hippie piece of shit. Our leaders can solve problems with other cultures. It's the other leaders we're worried about.
Do you honestly think the Chinese government, the same government that killed and injured hundreds of students in Tianammen Square, gives a shit about polite discourse? The fucking country threatened to nuke Los Angeles if we said anything about their missle drills in the Taiwan Strait. You can't negotiate with a country like that, you pressure them through the use of force.
Would Hussein have pulled out of Kuwait voluntarily if we had just begged "pretty please with sugar on top?" Fuck no, we went in and showed them what Peace through Superior Firepower was all about.
The missile defense system that was tested is not an offensive weapon. It's to protect your pansy white ass safe from little third world countries with a nuke. It's a DEFENSIVE WEAPON!! Why can't you understand that. It shoots down other missiles.
You want to complain about the money that's being spent, let's bitch about the Department of Education. They've been in charge for decades, and the educational system is getting WORSE! Let's talk about the National Endowment of the Arts, a huge bureaucracy dedicated to supporting shitty artists that can't get a job anywhere else. Let's talk about the US Congress, a huge mess with the only objective being to get re-elected, milk as much as they can from lobbiest and donors, and who only pay scant attention to the country when they might actually leave office and have to work for a living.
You make me sick. And I'm not posting this AC, I stand by every word I said. Now, you pissant leet haxor, before you spout your unknowledged opinions, try realizing that your little MTV and *Nsync world is not real life. There are millions of people in the world that would love to take away your freedom and string you up from the nearest tree.
I believe in the first amendment, and I'll fight to my last breath to protect your right to say whatever you want to say. But, by God, I'll correct you when you're wrong and stupid.
I submitted a story about building a steam-powered microprocessor with RAM made out of banana peels, and that didn't get posted--why this?
Because everybody knows that Orange rinds offer better memory density than banana peels. And orange peels are more resistant to the excess steam from the CPU. Banana peels would just disintegrate with even a minimal amount of overclocking.
when you can remember how to get the Babel Fish, step by step. And it's been almost 10 years since I played it.
Between HHGTTG, Planetfall, Zork I and II, Leather Goddesses of Phobos and Deadline, I lost many hours of my childhood. And I'll never regret it as long as I live.
Now, if only I can find that Infocom Masterpieces CD for less than the $80.00 it goes for on eBay.
Slashdot Mirror
I wonder if they're ever gonna release that movie on DVD? It was funny as hell.
User, you've got some 'splaining to do!
Of course, those are just from my earlier spaghetti code years, not now. No way.
And I love The Simpsons. I just don't think it's appropriate for my 5 year olds. However, I've been putting in Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck videos for years.
I thought all of John's stories came out of his ass?
As mentioned in the article, Douglas Englebart demonstrated something that sure looks like a hyperlink. Once again, Xerox PARC saves us all! w00T!
Me, I can ignore banner ads, popups, popunders, and whatever is needed. I just want free content, and I don't want my name/ip address in some tracking database.
VisualBoy Advance or Boycott Advance, a PSX to USB controller adapter (or any USB gamepad), and Morpheus to download ROMS. I don't even play my GBA anymore, as I can actually see Castlevania now.
Note, only buy this for your favorite geek if you wish absolutely no f2f contact with him/her until Groundhog's Day.
And if all you can do is call me a dumbass and insult my intelligence, at least have the courage to not hide behind the anonymous coward moniker.
Then, I finally got the game, and stayed up 48 hours straight finishing the game on Nightmare. Got some sleep, then dragged my system to a friends house, hooked up the null-modem cable, then proceeded to spend the next 36 hours playing deathmatch. Haven't wasted so much time on a single game since (at least till The Sims and Civ III came out).
The history of Doom is an excellent topic to write about, I just wish the writer wrote more of a history, rather than just retyping the descriptions off the boxes and manuals. 3 pages cut and pasted from Coming Attractions?? Jeez! He didn't cover any of the differences between the early betas and the final released version. Nothing of the buildup of the hype (save for a brief mention).
As much as I hate saying this (and this will get the anti-Katz-ites into a frenzy), this is a subject I'd like to see Jon cover. And have him get more into the effects of the game on society. Essentially creating a new genre (yes, I know there were other FPS out before, but Doom really caused the development of so many other games). Public outcry about the violence. Colombine (there, that alone should get Jon writing about it). Maybe even cover FPS games in general, not just focus on Doom. Cover the Doom spin-offs (Heretic, Rise of the Triad), some of the more thinking FPS games (System Shock) and the modern FPS (Quake III, Unreal, etc). C'mon, Jon. Give us something that would actually be interesting to read.
Of course, when you risk your life on a daily basis with a group of people in similar circumstances, you can't help but bond with them. I don't think many IT people (myself included) consider our profession life threatening (unless you're AOL tech support, and that's just from suicides.)
Now, my 4 year old children can benefit from watching my XXX movies tuned down to a G rating. And a 2 minute movie of random people talking and closing credits is perfect for their attention span.
Here's my questions...
As the creator / executive producer / high goddess of all that is Tick-y, what would be the one thing you wish to be done with the new live action show? Guest appearances? (BTW, nice shot of you and Barry on the couch) Better special effects? Hot dog cut into a little octopus?
And second, since it appears that characters from the cartoon exclusively will not be appearing due to copyright issues, can you give us a brief list of those that might appear from the comic? Chairface Chippendale? Chainsaw Vigilante? Paul the Samurai? Man Eating Cow?
Thanks for making Thurday night TV watchable again.
Thankfully, I saw this episode months ago (thank you Gnutella) so nothing completely missed. Next week, however!
And I want to see Chairface Chippendale!
Anywho, I would work late nights alot, being the only person in the whole complex. Almost every night I ever stayed there, I heard things. Indistinct voices down the hall. Doors opening and closing. Footsteps walking across rooms. I'd stand up to see what was happening, instantly all sound would stop.
Now for the doozy. One night, working late. It had been raining, but had stopped. Usual footsteps, voices in the background. After a few hours of this, heard some very loud footsteps walking through an adjoining office. Walked into the office and across the carpet, from one side of the room to another, wet footprints of some sort of work boot. Started in the middle of one wall, walked straight across the room to the other side, through two cubicle walls, to the other wall. No doorways anywhere near the footprints. One print actually was underneath a cubicle wall, half the print on either side. These prints were not there minutes earlier. Needless to say, I was a bit freaked out, left the work unfinished and went home.
Talked to the boss about it the next morning. The prints were gone before anybody else saw them, but I pointed out where the prints were. Turns out where the footprints ended at the walls, there used to be doorways there before they remodeled and added the office space.
Control of certain choke points (cities, military bases, depots, etc), determine where your supply lines are and where they flow. This determines what equipment, weapons, and troops you are able to spawn at particular cities. Eventually, supply lines will be visualized with train and truck convoys moving between cities. These lines will be able to be disrupted, disrupting the supply lines and the availability of units.
Real world tactics have actually proven very effective in this game. It's not a perfect game yet, but it's getting there.
is like going to Bill Clinton for marital counseling and/or babysitting.
is like going to Phillip Morris executives for help to quit smoking.
C'mon people. If the journalists of this web site actually think of themselves as journalists, then I'm fucking George Lucas because I download movies off the net.
That's like being the president and not being able to launch a nuke now and then.
This is a feel good enviroweenie type of project. It's a frigging NASA-built webcam! We need to spend our money on more important projects, like sending Lego robots to Mars, and huge expensive lasers in orbit. Yeah, that's the ticket.
Spend the NASA budget where it's use will better serve the advancement of science and knowledge. Raise the budget for the ISS. More Mars exploration missions. Christ, let's send a mission to the Moon to verify the existence of subsurface ice.
Obviously, you haven't played World War II Online. The day it was released, you had to download a 70MB patch. Been out for two months, and with every successive patch, some crashes are fixes, and more are introduced. I'd throw the game in the trash if it wasn't fun to play, and didn't have the potential to be a truly awe inspiring game.
They also were forced by their distributor (and primary financier) to ship way too early. Effectively, the game has been out for two months and is still in beta.
But it's still a blast to play, when you don't crash.
Maybe I got lucky.
Rocks will rid your existence of those pesky Windows. Just heave our patented Window Uninstaller(tm) and you'll never have to deal with those Windows again.
Kinda makes you think every copy of RedHat and Mandrake should come with a Windows Uninstaller(tm). That'd be a sweet marketing campaign.
Do you honestly think the Chinese government, the same government that killed and injured hundreds of students in Tianammen Square, gives a shit about polite discourse? The fucking country threatened to nuke Los Angeles if we said anything about their missle drills in the Taiwan Strait. You can't negotiate with a country like that, you pressure them through the use of force.
Would Hussein have pulled out of Kuwait voluntarily if we had just begged "pretty please with sugar on top?" Fuck no, we went in and showed them what Peace through Superior Firepower was all about.
The missile defense system that was tested is not an offensive weapon. It's to protect your pansy white ass safe from little third world countries with a nuke. It's a DEFENSIVE WEAPON!! Why can't you understand that. It shoots down other missiles.
You want to complain about the money that's being spent, let's bitch about the Department of Education. They've been in charge for decades, and the educational system is getting WORSE! Let's talk about the National Endowment of the Arts, a huge bureaucracy dedicated to supporting shitty artists that can't get a job anywhere else. Let's talk about the US Congress, a huge mess with the only objective being to get re-elected, milk as much as they can from lobbiest and donors, and who only pay scant attention to the country when they might actually leave office and have to work for a living.
You make me sick. And I'm not posting this AC, I stand by every word I said. Now, you pissant leet haxor, before you spout your unknowledged opinions, try realizing that your little MTV and *Nsync world is not real life. There are millions of people in the world that would love to take away your freedom and string you up from the nearest tree.
I believe in the first amendment, and I'll fight to my last breath to protect your right to say whatever you want to say. But, by God, I'll correct you when you're wrong and stupid.
Because everybody knows that Orange rinds offer better memory density than banana peels. And orange peels are more resistant to the excess steam from the CPU. Banana peels would just disintegrate with even a minimal amount of overclocking.
Between HHGTTG, Planetfall, Zork I and II, Leather Goddesses of Phobos and Deadline, I lost many hours of my childhood. And I'll never regret it as long as I live.
Now, if only I can find that Infocom Masterpieces CD for less than the $80.00 it goes for on eBay.