I have a deep dark addiction... one that forces me to spend hundreds of dollars a week/month.. one which never ceases... never sleeps... and will continue until I or the electricity dies..... it is far worse then my friends' E or pot habits.... nay it is not a chemical dependancy... but one etched in "vinyl"
it is.... a record addiction.... one which makes DJing the most expensive hobby on the planet today
My home away from home is the record store... and my name is legion... for we are many
err.. sorry... wrong quotation... wrong time
but, lets hear it for all the dj's out there who have more milk crates full of records then they have cans of coke on their computer desk;)
I think that the game is ready... from what I've seen based the demo.
The netcode is very good... much better then q2 when it was released... and better then any other game in existance.. perhaps even QW?
The balance is pretty good... I have my issues with the mac gun and the shotgun and the lightning gun (along with the rail, but thats cause I'm a QW junkie and the rail is heresy;)
But I digress... what I meant to talk about was the fact that Q3 was announced as gold because UT was announced last week and was going to hit shelves Monday(today) or Tuesday... so ID needed to announce gold to keep people hopefull in its release.
For me... knowing that Q3 will be in my hands within' a week is reason enuf not to buy UT yet... anyone else feel the same way? probably.
Also I'm gonna have more game then I know what to do with when I get Ultima IX tomorrow.. mmmm ultima.
-Ecc (the quakin' avatar;)
Wow My B-Day is actually Special
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Does it make this super odd day for me.. since I'm 19 today....
I use my favorite quotes from the Simpsons, which some how I can never forget.. if you and your friends have Simpson quote battles.... then this may be a good idea for you too =]
so like... "The googles.... they do nothing!" -Wolfcastle "TgTdN80" - cause I usually mix case and add on some numbers for good measure
Also... I've found using certain sequences in Pi working really well
so like..... 3.1415926535897 (for brevities sake)... you could use 926535897, and maybe add a letter or two to keep the brute force crackers workin' hard...
The first thought that came to my mind (this must be freudian) was textured screens... ones that webpages and programs alike could texture on the fly. Then of course (here is the freudian part =] ) my next thought was.... all those "dirty webpages" sure would become a whole lot more interesting...
Porn already accounts for what.. like 90% of the eCommerce today... this would definately help boost that even higher.
For every good idea... there are atleast ten bad ones... (like this one)
I remember when my friends and I discovered a pop machine that would give you a free orange pop every 2 cans or so.... we reaped that thing dry... my only excuse is that I was a sophomore in high school =]
Lets say the temp sensor goes wrong... its 120 outside... but the thing inside says its 30 below.... its like the money is falling outta my ass!
The same thing might be true if on a campus... one coke machine is off by... a degree.. ok.. well then the great hunt for the coldest coke machine begins.. and the lines form.
Or howabout... "hey dude... gimme umm..." /me checks parabolic price guide for coke prices as a function of temp "52 cents for the coke machine"
"alright here is 106.. get me one... and the temp is bound to rise on your way there so thats 4 extra cents" "thanks"
Its lunacy... during the summer I'd buy bulk cases of cans... in the winter... from the machine... I think they are defeating their own purpose.
Some may remember the 'Windows Refund Ordeal' where by people were attempting to return their copy of win9x to the manufacture in order to get a refund. Its possible that this is in response to these attemps.
The wafer size (.18) is not directly proportional to how much heat is created....
With a thinner wafer... its possible to use less voltage and intel has been "pretty" good about keeping the voltages down on their chips... AMD learned their lesson early on... hopefully intel did too... Granted every new intel chip gets a little hotter then the previous... but this is new tech... I suspect they'll keep it reasonable (*note: the athlon while it uses large amounts of electricity... is still reasonably easy to cool)
When I see oppurtunities to crack code like this, I just think of the movie Pi and I get all giddy like 'a little school girl' (-said in my best Hans and Frans voice)... I know I won't be the first to crack it.. but its a lot of fun going thru the commonalities of the codes... and the possibilities... perfect clean fun for a little hacker.
Perhaps when they said 'fun for the whole family', Amazon was speaking in more a general sense like.... the Jumble... and Crosswords.... because aren't those coded messages? Lord knows they sure are cryptic sometimes...
btw... if you haven't seen the movie Pi... I suggest you do so.... excellent film... good sound track... although its not really 'fun for the whole family' kinda entertainment.
3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169307
Thats as far as I can remember it right now... been a while since I was at 100 characters... and don't quote me on those last 4 up there...
-Ecc
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The reason I follow the quake series is because of its simplicity.
I play quake from a competitive and fun standpoint, the simplicity allows me to jump into the game and play... the years of playing other FPSs affords me the oppurtunity to beat other people, and further hone my skills.
Games like unreal with its funny weapons and great graphics, (which I enjoy in a different way), are not suited to competition type games....
To put it another way... I play q3a and UT with ALL the graphics options OFF... and at 640x480... granted I have a dual 550mhz and so its not a necessity but a choice that I make to help me win. I don't care what the game looks like... I just want good gameplay and lots of frames/sec =]
Half-life for all its single player glory... doesn't hold a candle to the modability (HUGE HUGE point when it comes to arguing the quake series' success) and multiplayer gameplay of the quake's
q3a looks to improve upon quakeworld's superior gameplay... and q2 marginally better graphics (cause q2 sure din't have worthy gameplay to speak of, imho)
Awaiting q3a's release so he can buy the linux version, Ecc
Granted this kryotech thing is real and its been proven for well over a year now on all types of systems, and the athlon is the proven winner in mhz to mhz comparisions with the intels. But don't believe all of what you read on Tom's site!
As of late his site has become full of useless banter and opinionated (subjective) reviews full of insults aimed squarely at specific companies and people.
Anyone familiar with his bout with Brian Hook, formely of iD software, knows what I'm talking about.
Please remember that this is the same guy that was sponsered by nvidia, during which time he gave them a good review.... and 3dfx a bad review... seems like greedy favortism to me.
This is another example of computer industry giants crossing their once evangelized lines.
What I mean by that is... companies that once denounced competitors for believing in theory 'A'.... and heralded theory 'B' as the best (aka their way.) Are now embracing theory 'A' along with theory 'B'
Lets look at x86 companies vs.... well everyone else =], to be more specific lets say Apple. Intel has ALWAYS been pushing CISC as the way to go, ever since their 8086, this hasn't changed to any great extent until fairly recently. With each new generation of chips they bring in just a little more RISC processing onto the die. While Apple has always (afaik) pushed RISC... the G4 is a RISC chip.... BUT now with the intro of the G4... they have CISC instructions.... a little thing they like to call the Velocity Engine. Just a fancy name for Apple's ver of SSE or MMX type stuff.
Now Microsoft is doing the same, when Sun and Oracle have been pushin' this "thin client" type deal forever, Microsoft embraces and says HEY ITS OUR IDEA... LOOK AT US.... WE'RE SPECIAL.
The PR associated with these types of things are always ridiculous.... they claim we were here first, when they never were... and vice versa... I expect to see Sun or Oracle droppin' their thin client ideals soon;)
I wonder what this would do to competitive pricing for each respective chip. I'm no economist, so maybe someone has some more insight.
But I'm hoping that this will drive g4 prices down, I'm no mac fan, but their prices are always high. And Hopefully this would cause athlon prices to go down, since amd would be bringing in a profit for a change;)
Course, a 500mhz athlon IS cheaper then a 500mhz pIII right now, so thats good.... plus its faster.
Also This is REALLY convient (good?) timing for motorola and apple.... since silicon valley's #1 LSD takin' CEO just stated that they were takin' a huge hit in the pocket book due to motorola's poor G4 production numbers. I'm sure the stocks will reflect this news.
Just FYI for those who haven't seen Dr Strangelove enuf times (its never enuf right?)
Peter Sellers played 3 roles: Dr. Strangelove Mr. Merkin Muffley (The President) and Group Captain Lionel Mandrake (the brit who was with "the bodily fluids guy";)
BUT he was also cast for the part of the rodeo pilot (the bomb rider)... well Kubrick filmed a few days worth with him in that role and decided he din't like him there and decided to use Slim Pickens instead.... a wise decision me thinks.
The movie is incredibly deep (and funny on the surface).... come up with your own theories as to what the "nazi mechanical hand" means... the one that keeps attacking dr strangelove and his wheel chair.
Some of you are writing this article off as worthless psycho dribble because you believe they are labeling all geeks as autistic.
Thats not the case, no where do they say ALL geeks have a disease or all social "misfits" are autistic. It merely states that the recent discovery of shadow symptomes helps explain some reaccuring themes in SOME people.
If you choose to not be socially active or just don't have the practice to be good at it your not suddenly autistic. But if your like me, you have several neutrotic habits (neurocese or however thats spelled) often linked to autism as well as other symptoms (like attention problems and social trip-ups), then this article helps to link it all together.
Personally I thought this was a great article and very informing. Now I don't feel so alone in the world;)
Unless I missed it, I don't see anything about the source for this compiler being released. Has anyone d/l'd it and opened it up to find out if its in there?
Its my understanding that last summer thru this year, the companies that produce RAM created WAY too much, and had like 2 or 3 years of over stock. So some companies went out of business from the sudden deflation in RAM prices, due to over supply under demand (basic econ). Now quantities are reaching nominal levels, but with the decreased competition, and rising demand we are seeing ram prices climb back upto and over their expected price points.
Prices are ridiculous right now, but they should come back down like everything else does. I just hope it happens sooner then latter.
Crossing my fingers, and guarding my corsair 128mb sticks, Ecc
Next they'll have a "Virtual Judge" that will automatically deny your request to have the ticket reduced/dismissed, ala The Simpons when homer calls the traffic cop about the boot on his vehicle, in the Simpsons goto New York episode.
In the end..... it all comes back to old simpsons re-runs.
Slashdot Mirror
the fruits of someone's first attempt at using photoshop makes slashdot headlines.
cheers,
ecc
I have a deep dark addiction... one that forces me to spend hundreds of dollars a week/month.. one which never ceases... never sleeps... and will continue until I or the electricity dies..... it is far worse then my friends' E or pot habits.... nay it is not a chemical dependancy... but one etched in "vinyl"
.... a record addiction.... one which makes DJing the most expensive hobby on the planet today
;)
it is
My home away from home is the record store... and my name is legion... for we are many
err.. sorry... wrong quotation... wrong time
but, lets hear it for all the dj's out there who have more milk crates full of records then they have cans of coke on their computer desk
cheers,
ecc
I've found it difficult to find objective reviews on storage issues. The best resource that I have found (and perhaps the only one) is
http://www.storagereview.com/
A fitting url =]
They also have a small blurb about the new seagate drive, they are always on top of the latest innovations in hard drive tech.
Before you buy your next HD... read their reviews... they'll never steer you wrong.
-ecc
I think that the game is ready... from what I've seen based the demo.
;)
;)
The netcode is very good... much better then q2 when it was released... and better then any other game in existance.. perhaps even QW?
The balance is pretty good... I have my issues with the mac gun and the shotgun and the lightning gun (along with the rail, but thats cause I'm a QW junkie and the rail is heresy
But I digress... what I meant to talk about was the fact that Q3 was announced as gold because UT was announced last week and was going to hit shelves Monday(today) or Tuesday... so ID needed to announce gold to keep people hopefull in its release.
For me... knowing that Q3 will be in my hands within' a week is reason enuf not to buy UT yet... anyone else feel the same way? probably.
Also I'm gonna have more game then I know what to do with when I get Ultima IX tomorrow.. mmmm ultima.
-Ecc (the quakin' avatar
Does it make this super odd day for me.. since I'm 19 today....
also.. is it odd I feel old at 19?
-Ecc (feelin' like Ecc the Ancient)
I use my favorite quotes from the Simpsons, which some how I can never forget.. if you and your friends have Simpson quote battles.... then this may be a good idea for you too =]
so like...
"The googles.... they do nothing!" -Wolfcastle
"TgTdN80" - cause I usually mix case and add on some numbers for good measure
Also... I've found using certain sequences in Pi working really well
so like..... 3.1415926535897 (for brevities sake)... you could use 926535897, and maybe add a letter or two to keep the brute force crackers workin' hard...
-Ecc
and one big slug chasing one small slug is easily the most boring thing I've ever seen =]
heh now thats a dull chase scene.
-Ecc
The first thought that came to my mind (this must be freudian) was textured screens... ones that webpages and programs alike could texture on the fly. Then of course (here is the freudian part =] ) my next thought was.... all those "dirty webpages" sure would become a whole lot more interesting...
Porn already accounts for what.. like 90% of the eCommerce today... this would definately help boost that even higher.
For every good idea... there are atleast ten bad ones... (like this one)
-Ecc
I remember when my friends and I discovered a pop machine that would give you a free orange pop every 2 cans or so.... we reaped that thing dry... my only excuse is that I was a sophomore in high school =]
Lets say the temp sensor goes wrong... its 120 outside... but the thing inside says its 30 below.... its like the money is falling outta my ass!
The same thing might be true if on a campus... one coke machine is off by... a degree.. ok.. well then the great hunt for the coldest coke machine begins.. and the lines form.
Or howabout...
"hey dude... gimme umm..."
/me checks parabolic price guide for coke prices as a function of temp
"52 cents for the coke machine"
"alright here is 106.. get me one... and the temp is bound to rise on your way there so thats 4 extra cents"
"thanks"
Its lunacy... during the summer I'd buy bulk cases of cans... in the winter... from the machine... I think they are defeating their own purpose.
-Ecc
Some may remember the 'Windows Refund Ordeal' where by people were attempting to return their copy of win9x to the manufacture in order to get a refund. Its possible that this is in response to these attemps.
Here is betanews.com's synopsis of the events.
http://betanews.com/article.p hp3?sid=story36a9330ea874f
I think this is great, I don't see how anyone can disagree with that... except MS I suppose.
-Ecc
Granted this has very little to do with hacking...
but I guess IIS isn't upto handling user homepages....
http://homepages.msn.com/asdf.html
Now is it runnin' on NT or Linux.... hmmm
-Ecc
The wafer size (.18) is not directly proportional to how much heat is created....
With a thinner wafer... its possible to use less voltage and intel has been "pretty" good about keeping the voltages down on their chips... AMD learned their lesson early on... hopefully intel did too... Granted every new intel chip gets a little hotter then the previous... but this is new tech... I suspect they'll keep it reasonable (*note: the athlon while it uses large amounts of electricity... is still reasonably easy to cool)
-Ecc
When I see oppurtunities to crack code like this, I just think of the movie Pi and I get all giddy like 'a little school girl' (-said in my best Hans and Frans voice)... I know I won't be the first to crack it.. but its a lot of fun going thru the commonalities of the codes... and the possibilities... perfect clean fun for a little hacker.
Perhaps when they said 'fun for the whole family', Amazon was speaking in more a general sense like.... the Jumble... and Crosswords.... because aren't those coded messages? Lord knows they sure are cryptic sometimes...
btw... if you haven't seen the movie Pi... I suggest you do so.... excellent film... good sound track... although its not really 'fun for the whole family' kinda entertainment.
3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169307
Thats as far as I can remember it right now... been a while since I was at 100 characters... and don't quote me on those last 4 up there...
-Ecc
The reason I follow the quake series is because of its simplicity.
I play quake from a competitive and fun standpoint, the simplicity allows me to jump into the game and play... the years of playing other FPSs affords me the oppurtunity to beat other people, and further hone my skills.
Games like unreal with its funny weapons and great graphics, (which I enjoy in a different way), are not suited to competition type games....
To put it another way... I play q3a and UT with ALL the graphics options OFF... and at 640x480... granted I have a dual 550mhz and so its not a necessity but a choice that I make to help me win. I don't care what the game looks like... I just want good gameplay and lots of frames/sec =]
Half-life for all its single player glory... doesn't hold a candle to the modability (HUGE HUGE point when it comes to arguing the quake series' success) and multiplayer gameplay of the quake's
q3a looks to improve upon quakeworld's superior gameplay... and q2 marginally better graphics (cause q2 sure din't have worthy gameplay to speak of, imho)
Awaiting q3a's release so he can buy the linux version,
Ecc
"The metric system is the tool of the devil! My car gets 40 parceps to the rad... and thats the way I like it!" -Grandpa (Abe) Simpson
Something to that effect, someone correct =]
-Ecc
Granted this kryotech thing is real and its been proven for well over a year now on all types of systems, and the athlon is the proven winner in mhz to mhz comparisions with the intels. But don't believe all of what you read on Tom's site!
As of late his site has become full of useless banter and opinionated (subjective) reviews full of insults aimed squarely at specific companies and people.
Anyone familiar with his bout with Brian Hook, formely of iD software, knows what I'm talking about.
Please remember that this is the same guy that was sponsered by nvidia, during which time he gave them a good review.... and 3dfx a bad review... seems like greedy favortism to me.
-Ecc
This is another example of computer industry giants crossing their once evangelized lines.
;)
What I mean by that is... companies that once denounced competitors for believing in theory 'A'.... and heralded theory 'B' as the best (aka their way.) Are now embracing theory 'A' along with theory 'B'
Lets look at x86 companies vs.... well everyone else =], to be more specific lets say Apple. Intel has ALWAYS been pushing CISC as the way to go, ever since their 8086, this hasn't changed to any great extent until fairly recently. With each new generation of chips they bring in just a little more RISC processing onto the die. While Apple has always (afaik) pushed RISC... the G4 is a RISC chip.... BUT now with the intro of the G4... they have CISC instructions.... a little thing they like to call the Velocity Engine. Just a fancy name for Apple's ver of SSE or MMX type stuff.
Now Microsoft is doing the same, when Sun and Oracle have been pushin' this "thin client" type deal forever, Microsoft embraces and says HEY ITS OUR IDEA... LOOK AT US.... WE'RE SPECIAL.
The PR associated with these types of things are always ridiculous.... they claim we were here first, when they never were... and vice versa... I expect to see Sun or Oracle droppin' their thin client ideals soon
To err is human, to segfault is....
-Ecc
I wonder what this would do to competitive pricing for each respective chip. I'm no economist, so maybe someone has some more insight.
;)
But I'm hoping that this will drive g4 prices down, I'm no mac fan, but their prices are always high. And Hopefully this would cause athlon prices to go down, since amd would be bringing in a profit for a change
Course, a 500mhz athlon IS cheaper then a 500mhz pIII right now, so thats good.... plus its faster.
Also This is REALLY convient (good?) timing for motorola and apple.... since silicon valley's #1 LSD takin' CEO just stated that they were takin' a huge hit in the pocket book due to motorola's poor G4 production numbers. I'm sure the stocks will reflect this news.
Spell checking is over-rated,
Ecc
=]
Just FYI for those who haven't seen Dr Strangelove enuf times (its never enuf right?)
;)
Peter Sellers played 3 roles:
Dr. Strangelove
Mr. Merkin Muffley (The President)
and Group Captain Lionel Mandrake (the brit who was with "the bodily fluids guy"
BUT he was also cast for the part of the rodeo pilot (the bomb rider)... well Kubrick filmed a few days worth with him in that role and decided he din't like him there and decided to use Slim Pickens instead.... a wise decision me thinks.
The movie is incredibly deep (and funny on the surface).... come up with your own theories as to what the "nazi mechanical hand" means... the one that keeps attacking dr strangelove and his wheel chair.
-Ecc
Priest: "I saw a bible by your bedside, do you find time to read it?"
Patton: "Every god damn day" =]
Patton: "Rommell! you magnificent bastard... I READ YOUR BOOK!"
GSC as the general in Dr Strangelove: "You can't let him in here... he'll.... he'll see the big board!"
when he and the ambasador from russia are fighting,
President: "Gentlemen.. you can't fight in the war room!" hehe oh the irony
And the whole scene about the bombers flyin' in low, "if the pilot is real good" =] heh oh my
argh I know I'm forgetting some REAL good ones... lets make this a quote thread =]
Patton: "My soul thirsth for thee",
Ecc
Some of you are writing this article off as worthless psycho dribble because you believe they are labeling all geeks as autistic.
;)
Thats not the case, no where do they say ALL geeks have a disease or all social "misfits" are autistic. It merely states that the recent discovery of shadow symptomes helps explain some reaccuring themes in SOME people.
If you choose to not be socially active or just don't have the practice to be good at it your not suddenly autistic. But if your like me, you have several neutrotic habits (neurocese or however thats spelled) often linked to autism as well as other symptoms (like attention problems and social trip-ups), then this article helps to link it all together.
Personally I thought this was a great article and very informing. Now I don't feel so alone in the world
-Ecc
This reminds me of those damn'd volkswagen beetles... maybe someday soon we'll all see amiga's "new beetle".
Hopefully it won't look as fruity though.
-Ecc
"For I have become Microsoft, the destroyer of stability..."
Unless I missed it, I don't see anything about the source for this compiler being released. Has anyone d/l'd it and opened it up to find out if its in there?
Show me the source code!
/me kicks himself for that one
-Ecc
Its my understanding that last summer thru this year, the companies that produce RAM created WAY too much, and had like 2 or 3 years of over stock. So some companies went out of business from the sudden deflation in RAM prices, due to over supply under demand (basic econ). Now quantities are reaching nominal levels, but with the decreased competition, and rising demand we are seeing ram prices climb back upto and over their expected price points.
Prices are ridiculous right now, but they should come back down like everything else does. I just hope it happens sooner then latter.
Crossing my fingers, and guarding my corsair 128mb sticks,
Ecc
Next they'll have a "Virtual Judge" that will automatically deny your request to have the ticket reduced/dismissed, ala The Simpons when homer calls the traffic cop about the boot on his vehicle, in the Simpsons goto New York episode.
In the end..... it all comes back to old simpsons re-runs.