How I've missed those days. We used to take this thing out in the car and use special little boxes with this baby. Man, those were heady days./me sighs
I loved the image so much, I put a sign that said the above on the printer in our helpdesk. Never seen so much coffee spirted out of peoples mouths in ages...
And I do agree, there are many things in the herb world (for example) that have been practised for ages, that science is beginning to "discover". Mind you, there's plenty there that science has said "are you CRAZY?!"
Tis a long and puzzling path, and it won't be solved for some time to come me thinks.
This is very true. Take for example, how bleeding the body is healthy. Or kissing a toad can cure the cold.
There is a middle ground, and thats what we need. It's called balance, or moderation. Simple example, a glass of red wine is good for you. A glass of red wine every half hour is not.
Myself, I think the only way we're going to start to "scientifically" prove this is when we finally get quantum computers up and running, and can being to use a virtual human in close to real time. Start to feed in the variety of the bazillion different theories that come out of the single focus scientific groups and begin to understand the holistic solution.
For now, I'm going back to my few glasses of wine.
I used to have an ATI card in my linux box. I installed Cedega, and did a direct copy from NTFS to get WoW running in Linux. After a bit of tweaking, I got better FPS (from 5 to 10) in Linux than in Windows. I went and got myself a nVidia 6600GT.. and the FPS dropped the other way, 5 to 10 down.
This was a little ago, as I haven't been playing much of late, but I'm now very tempted to get back and see if the new version changes things.
Ahhh Talisman. Yeah I remember spending far too much time on that also:P
I actually figured out a logical path to "optimise" your so called chances when playing. Was one of my first brainstorms in understanding complex logical systems. Well, it was complicated at the time hehe.
I'd love to make a web-based version of Taliman, turn based ofcourse.
Cosmic Encounters was a blast. Add in the expansions and it got even more crazy. I still remember my Traveller game with great fondness, and still hope that one day, a MMORPG will evolve around it.
For me, two games started me off onto my gaming journey. Chainmail, and my most favourite of all, Car Wars.
Ahh faithless one, I see your issue is one of simple logic, the use of AND rather than OR.
I will always fly on an aircraft designed by a company who find "the solution" to a problem, and if their attitude is one where they strive to find the best solution - and where with whom the buck stops has the ability to "manage" rather than to "solve".
I love to code, to make *nix spin on a dime and have it perform simple perfect little wonders. When I was shuffled up the chain at a multinational I used to work with, I was suddenly a manager of three simply *amazing* techs. Something I could do in a few hours, they had done in 45 mins. I became quite accustomed to them coming to me with a solution to a problem, rather than the problem itself, and if they didn't, they had *some* educated idea as to the next step. Now, *I* could have made that decision, but as they're aware of the issue, and have had some experience in looking at *doesnt* work, why should I be making random stabs in the dark, with the highest chance to just repeat what they've already tried?
Management is not a bad thing. It's just some *managers* that fuck it all up.
I see the game as having so much potential, but it just falls short. Repeative missions, a system that cripples newbies into gankfood, repeative actions, flying through a star is NOT GOOD (and I dont care if you're in some version of warp space - gravity wells are bad, mmmkay), repeative space flight, and the list goes on.
There are some seriously cool things about the game, the depth of the story is very impressive, and as an old PnPer (pen and paper role player), I loved soaking it all in.
But, it's slow and tedius. I literally was at a LAN party when I first played this, and there were parts of the game where I just told the ship to do what to do, and I went around for 10 minutes making sure everyone was happy. Returned, and it was still going.
hehe, I know that feeling. I worked on Geeklog a while back, and when I saw it was being used for Groklaw, I was smiling for hours. In many ways, that's what brings me back to working within Open Source projects when I find a bit of time.
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In the changelog ..
..
Mac OS X port:
* New script to delete the preferences automatically
I see OSX is now getting standard Windows functionality
Where's my damn MOD points when I need them.
PuTTY under Linux can be annoying, but there are times when it's gold.
Oh. Dear. Ghod.
/me sighs
How I've missed those days. We used to take this thing out in the car and use special little boxes with this baby. Man, those were heady days.
PEN IS
...
STUCK
IN PRINTER
I loved the image so much, I put a sign that said the above on the printer in our helpdesk. Never seen so much coffee spirted out of peoples mouths in ages
She was more of a Frogger type of gal.
http://fail2ban.sourceforge.net/ is my friend, make it yours.
See, you hade me until you mentioned DNF ..
Tell me about it, I dance across it daily :P
And I do agree, there are many things in the herb world (for example) that have been practised for ages, that science is beginning to "discover". Mind you, there's plenty there that science has said "are you CRAZY?!"
Tis a long and puzzling path, and it won't be solved for some time to come me thinks.
Unless aliens are involved.
Aliens with kitten2poptart powered drives.
This is very true. Take for example, how bleeding the body is healthy. Or kissing a toad can cure the cold.
There is a middle ground, and thats what we need. It's called balance, or moderation. Simple example, a glass of red wine is good for you. A glass of red wine every half hour is not.
Myself, I think the only way we're going to start to "scientifically" prove this is when we finally get quantum computers up and running, and can being to use a virtual human in close to real time. Start to feed in the variety of the bazillion different theories that come out of the single focus scientific groups and begin to understand the holistic solution.
For now, I'm going back to my few glasses of wine.
Seconded.
I used to have an ATI card in my linux box. I installed Cedega, and did a direct copy from NTFS to get WoW running in Linux. After a bit of tweaking, I got better FPS (from 5 to 10) in Linux than in Windows. I went and got myself a nVidia 6600GT .. and the FPS dropped the other way, 5 to 10 down.
This was a little ago, as I haven't been playing much of late, but I'm now very tempted to get back and see if the new version changes things.
http://www.tvacres.com/beverages_beer_buzz.htm
;)
The Drew Carey Show
Ahhh Talisman. Yeah I remember spending far too much time on that also :P
I actually figured out a logical path to "optimise" your so called chances when playing. Was one of my first brainstorms in understanding complex logical systems. Well, it was complicated at the time hehe.
I'd love to make a web-based version of Taliman, turn based ofcourse.
Cosmic Encounters was a blast. Add in the expansions and it got even more crazy. I still remember my Traveller game with great fondness, and still hope that one day, a MMORPG will evolve around it.
For me, two games started me off onto my gaming journey. Chainmail, and my most favourite of all, Car Wars.
May the Gods watch over Uncle Albert.
/me smiles
Ahh faithless one, I see your issue is one of simple logic, the use of AND rather than OR.
I will always fly on an aircraft designed by a company who find "the solution" to a problem, and if their attitude is one where they strive to find the best solution - and where with whom the buck stops has the ability to "manage" rather than to "solve".
I love to code, to make *nix spin on a dime and have it perform simple perfect little wonders. When I was shuffled up the chain at a multinational I used to work with, I was suddenly a manager of three simply *amazing* techs. Something I could do in a few hours, they had done in 45 mins. I became quite accustomed to them coming to me with a solution to a problem, rather than the problem itself, and if they didn't, they had *some* educated idea as to the next step. Now, *I* could have made that decision, but as they're aware of the issue, and have had some experience in looking at *doesnt* work, why should I be making random stabs in the dark, with the highest chance to just repeat what they've already tried?
Management is not a bad thing. It's just some *managers* that fuck it all up.
Actually, it's Zen.
;)
"Just Do It" was also around before Nike
The "solution" can be as simple as walking the next step, not just providing the end result.
It's a mindframe thing, and it's a damn important one.
A MOD POINT! A MOD POINT!
MY KINGDOM FOR A MOD POINT!
I find using a voodoo doll when calling them for support to help me so much.
Epic measure their Linux UT uptake based on their master server logs.
Can't for the life of me remember where I read that, but I do remember it being an official source.
I canna do it Captain.
Seriously.
Slashdot Rule #61
Never let the article get in the way of Funny Karma.
Torrent, the Backups of Champions.
Beer, the Breakfast of Champions.
I see the game as having so much potential, but it just falls short. Repeative missions, a system that cripples newbies into gankfood, repeative actions, flying through a star is NOT GOOD (and I dont care if you're in some version of warp space - gravity wells are bad, mmmkay), repeative space flight, and the list goes on.
... and repeative.
There are some seriously cool things about the game, the depth of the story is very impressive, and as an old PnPer (pen and paper role player), I loved soaking it all in.
But, it's slow and tedius. I literally was at a LAN party when I first played this, and there were parts of the game where I just told the ship to do what to do, and I went around for 10 minutes making sure everyone was happy. Returned, and it was still going.
B. o. r. i. n. g.
It was also repeative.
hehe, I know that feeling. I worked on Geeklog a while back, and when I saw it was being used for Groklaw, I was smiling for hours. In many ways, that's what brings me back to working within Open Source projects when I find a bit of time.
Meh, is it as funky as their Remote Control? Just got one of these babies, and it is, and I quote my mother, the rocksaw (hehe, she tries, she tries).