I too had purchased from them before their superfluous advertising campaign, though my experience was positive. Got the 3 cameras + base station in a week or so. The quality wasn't great, but they worked!
No idea why people still code in C++ and Java. Get with the times! Macromedia Flash is gaining ground very quickly, and will soon overtake the aging "popular" programming languages. Those who have already tuned in to the wave of the future are using flash to program everything from command line utils to MMORPGs. You crusty unix programmers need to stop clinging to your old ways and modernize!
After a weekend of installing software, I'm nearly back up to speed with my PowerBook. It took a while for it to start to feel like it used to, but I'm comfortable with it again. It's weird coming back to it after nearly a month of not having it around. Without Mac OS X around to spoil me, I was forced to get my Linux machines current again, so I could still be productive and use modern software. I was able to upgrade a couple machines to Linux 2.6 and Gnome 2.4, and with the addition of anti-aliased fonts to the Linux desktop I didn't miss my PowerBook quite so much. But now that it's back, I wonder what the hell I was thinking.
I guess he shouldn't have smashed his PowerBook then!
Thats right let the government take control of the tasks which I as a parent am supposed to have control over.
I don't want to be a responsible parent and teach my kid right from wrong, I want to live in a society who dictates that for me. Uncle Sam hit the ball right on its mark, I mean why should I tell my kids how to act in society, or the differences from movies, video games, and reality when I could push the blame on those darn folks who make those games.
Look when I was growing up sure we listened to people like Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne, and we never once bit the head off a bat, unlike that wretched Marilyn Manson.
When I grew up, we didn't look at films by John Wayne, and Clint Eastwood and decide to go shoot up our schools. My great government at the time did their darndest best to make sure guns didn't flood the schools, and education back then was the focal point of society.
No more. I say forget spending on education and send that money towards the prison systems, where all the kids will rot for playing video games. Least when I grew up we didn't have video games. We just had World War II, and Vietnam, real man games.
Though I don't think he's right to egg on us for using CD-ROMs instead of floppies (anachronistic sev!) I agree with his advice. I installed Fedora Core 2 recently, and before I could even go online, I had to modify 3c509x.c to support my onboard NIC (3Com 3C920B-EMB-ATI / Asus P4R800-VM) and recompile it (newer version is included in 2.6.7 with said modification) ! I just wanted to read my e-mail and I had to do this!
...but what I'd prefer would be more of a port or integration of portage, because I'm still not so sure that I want to be running other peoples binaries.
Everyone is arguing about not liking the green goblin or thinking it a bad idea if he is the villain again in the third, but I was actually thinking when I heard about this ending that Raimi and Co. probably already thought it would be repetitive and a weak character for already being used so they will probably turn to the hobgoblin, which was also a great villain in my opinion. Also in my opinion, the green goblin was a great choice, I absolutely loved that villain.
I saw it at a critics screening Saturday. It was pretty good, the SFX are better and Dr. Octopus makes for a more compelling foe. I was a little bothered by how they've rendered Peter Parker as an angst ridden, navel-gazer. That seems to be the fashion for superhero films these days. Everyone trying to copy Tim Burton's Batman, but while Batman has always been a haunted figure, Spiderman was always pretty light stuff I thought. If you liked the first one, you'll like this one.
*SPOILERS* The next sequel is foreshadowed at the end of the one. The Green Goblin will be back and it's going to be Harry, as yhou might expect. I don't know I just don't like the character of the Green Goblin, I don't think any amount of CGI can hide the lameness of that character.
I'm the author of this thing. I read slashdot quite regularly and I'm very suprised this found it's way here. In my opinion it is not slashdot worthy. It relies on lots of experimental stuff, and is just generally not up to production standard. It was my mess-around one afternoon when I should have been studying. I entered it into the competition because I wanted to do something different. I chose intentionally to use GTK for various reasons. I wanted to start out from scratch and see if I can do everything myself. It was not my intention to do this all 'properly' as such.
GNAA BEGINS SALE OF DECAPITATION INSURANCE Zeikfried - Reuters, Saudi Arabia
The brutal slayings of Paul Johnson, the young Jew Nick Berg, and local
Starcraft champion Kim Sun-il, only serve to exemplify that while so-called
moderates preach Islam as a religion of peace, normal god-fearing citizens are
not blind to the brutal truth, Islam wants to lop off your shit liberally. "But these poor bastards were working abroad!" you cry, your several
chins flailing wildly as a mixture of spittle and congealed fat sprays from
your blackened lips like a gaijin Tubgirl. But you couldn't be more wrong, Gay
Nigger studies indicate the muslims are, in fact, stealing your land, woman,
and anal virginity before your very eyes. The situation is indeed dire, as
indicated by a recent #GNAA straw poll showing that your average Joe Negro is a
mere 58 metres away from a filthy sand nigger, ready willing and able to
decapitate you and encode your fate into a shitty.wmv
How may we counter this? How can we protect our terrified brothers, sisters,
and lovers from this reprehensible neck decimating towelhead menace? The answer
is simple you wretched cretins, as of the 19th of June, award winning self-help
group the Gay Nigger Association of America begins the sale of Decapitation
Insurance to all American, Korean, and British citizens and expatriates not
willing to contribute to Wil Wheatons latest marathon masturbation session.
But rather than provide this service to the select few, the GNAA understands
that your menial jobs are now being performed for one tenth of the cost by an
equally skilled Indian, so we have provided a range of contracts scaled to suit
your needs.
For just $50 per month: Captured by Islamists? About to utterly fail it at life? Worry no more, for with our GNAA patented tracking device (inserted anally - replaced once a fortnight) you can call for assistance with a stealthy squeeze of the buttocks. In the unlikely event that this takes longer than anticipated our probe is programmed to gently stimulate your prostate to prevent unnecessary panic.
For just $75 per month: Sadly our response teams are often distracted by widespread sodomy and the dulcet tones of Emerson Lake and Palmer, and as a result may not be able to save you from the junktouch of death. But fear not, for an extra 25 dollars a month we will throw in a made-to-measure GNAA sponsored cast-iron neckbrace, proven to stop a round from a Kalashnikov at 20 paces. Also, feel free to laugh majestically as their cries of "ALLAHU AKBAR!" are drowned out by the in-built speaker system, designed to pump out 140 decibels of "I am a Viking" by renowned pie-huffing Swedish guitar rapist Yngwie J Malmsteen.
For Just $100 per month: Round-the-clock protection for you and your friends and family can be yours. Your potential executioners will quake in fear of our GNAA dogs of war, fresh from their victories over 4chan, efnet #politics, and gaiaonline, as they shield your prone jugular with their very lives and dongs. The service is second to none, and each contract is hand signed by GNAA president Timecop himself. The first 500 will also recieve a free jar of holy nigger seed, eagerly provided by GNAA GAMES chairman Zeikfried Tuvai.
But don't just take our word for it, GNAA sponsored clairvoyant Madame Jank
DuTouche has contacted Paul Johnsons head from beyond the ethereal veil of
death to bring you this recommendation: "The moons axis over Jupiter brings it into allignment with the
constellation Orion and the Planet Anus. After inhaling several ounces of
crack, I followed this up with my tarot reading of 'The Jester', 'Death',
'Captain B Dick', '4 swords' and a 'double headed anal dildo'.
This told me but one thing, Paul Johnson endorses the Gay Nigger Association of
Americas drive for a gay and Decapitation free universe."
Not to be outdone, Kim Sun-il's head released the following statement: "kekeke"
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Why do you doubt that the free market can handle things on its own? There is no need for cost sharing programs.
but we really need to be running it on open hardware. What's the best FPGA chip arch out? Let's start doing our own!
Is there really a point in a review for a Linux distribution including screenshots? Hurray, we can see their GDM skin and default background pictures!
dongs
X-Chat Windows Port Now Shareware Monday August 23, @04:26AM Rejected
I too had purchased from them before their superfluous advertising campaign, though my experience was positive. Got the 3 cameras + base station in a week or so. The quality wasn't great, but they worked!
X10 filed for bankruptcy, so you'll be supporting their creditors, not them!
http://news.com.com/2100-1014-5095260.html
No idea why people still code in C++ and Java. Get with the times! Macromedia Flash is gaining ground very quickly, and will soon overtake the aging "popular" programming languages. Those who have already tuned in to the wave of the future are using flash to program everything from command line utils to MMORPGs. You crusty unix programmers need to stop clinging to your old ways and modernize!
Anyone have a nude patch?
here
Why am I on your foes list? Can't we all just get along?
Quote from his blog:
After a weekend of installing software, I'm nearly back up to speed with my PowerBook. It took a while for it to start to feel like it used to, but I'm comfortable with it again. It's weird coming back to it after nearly a month of not having it around. Without Mac OS X around to spoil me, I was forced to get my Linux machines current again, so I could still be productive and use modern software. I was able to upgrade a couple machines to Linux 2.6 and Gnome 2.4, and with the addition of anti-aliased fonts to the Linux desktop I didn't miss my PowerBook quite so much. But now that it's back, I wonder what the hell I was thinking.
I guess he shouldn't have smashed his PowerBook then!
Woops, I made a typo: over=offer
I recall they had done that in a few cases, to some corporations. Can't remember the names for the life of me.
I wonder if MS will over them cheaper Windows licenses to keep them away from OSS?
Given the relative popularity of Windows here. According to The Register 80% of spam also comes from infected Windows PCs!
Thats right let the government take control of the tasks which I as a parent am supposed to have control over.
I don't want to be a responsible parent and teach my kid right from wrong, I want to live in a society who dictates that for me. Uncle Sam hit the ball right on its mark, I mean why should I tell my kids how to act in society, or the differences from movies, video games, and reality when I could push the blame on those darn folks who make those games.
Look when I was growing up sure we listened to people like Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne, and we never once bit the head off a bat, unlike that wretched Marilyn Manson.
When I grew up, we didn't look at films by John Wayne, and Clint Eastwood and decide to go shoot up our schools. My great government at the time did their darndest best to make sure guns didn't flood the schools, and education back then was the focal point of society.
No more. I say forget spending on education and send that money towards the prison systems, where all the kids will rot for playing video games. Least when I grew up we didn't have video games. We just had World War II, and Vietnam, real man games.
Damned kids
Though I don't think he's right to egg on us for using CD-ROMs instead of floppies (anachronistic sev!) I agree with his advice. I installed Fedora Core 2 recently, and before I could even go online, I had to modify 3c509x.c to support my onboard NIC (3Com 3C920B-EMB-ATI / Asus P4R800-VM) and recompile it (newer version is included in 2.6.7 with said modification) ! I just wanted to read my e-mail and I had to do this!
...but what I'd prefer would be more of a port or integration of portage, because I'm still not so sure that I want to be running other peoples binaries.
Everyone is arguing about not liking the green goblin or thinking it a bad idea if he is the villain again in the third, but I was actually thinking when I heard about this ending that Raimi and Co. probably already thought it would be repetitive and a weak character for already being used so they will probably turn to the hobgoblin, which was also a great villain in my opinion. Also in my opinion, the green goblin was a great choice, I absolutely loved that villain.
I saw it at a critics screening Saturday. It was pretty good, the SFX are better and Dr. Octopus makes for a more compelling foe. I was a little bothered by how they've rendered Peter Parker as an angst ridden, navel-gazer. That seems to be the fashion for superhero films these days. Everyone trying to copy Tim Burton's Batman, but while Batman has always been a haunted figure, Spiderman was always pretty light stuff I thought. If you liked the first one, you'll like this one.
*SPOILERS*
The next sequel is foreshadowed at the end of the one. The Green Goblin will be back and it's going to be Harry, as yhou might expect. I don't know I just don't like the character of the Green Goblin, I don't think any amount of CGI can hide the lameness of that character.
I'm the author of this thing. I read slashdot quite regularly and I'm very suprised this found it's way here. In my opinion it is not slashdot worthy. It relies on lots of experimental stuff, and is just generally not up to production standard. It was my mess-around one afternoon when I should have been studying. I entered it into the competition because I wanted to do something different. I chose intentionally to use GTK for various reasons. I wanted to start out from scratch and see if I can do everything myself. It was not my intention to do this all 'properly' as such.
is how this is going to make me more productive. I can barely read the text when the windows are put into those weird angles.
Zeikfried - Reuters, Saudi Arabia
The brutal slayings of Paul Johnson, the young Jew Nick Berg, and local Starcraft champion Kim Sun-il, only serve to exemplify that while so-called moderates preach Islam as a religion of peace, normal god-fearing citizens are not blind to the brutal truth, Islam wants to lop off your shit liberally.
"But these poor bastards were working abroad!" you cry, your several chins flailing wildly as a mixture of spittle and congealed fat sprays from your blackened lips like a gaijin Tubgirl. But you couldn't be more wrong, Gay Nigger studies indicate the muslims are, in fact, stealing your land, woman, and anal virginity before your very eyes. The situation is indeed dire, as indicated by a recent #GNAA straw poll showing that your average Joe Negro is a mere 58 metres away from a filthy sand nigger, ready willing and able to decapitate you and encode your fate into a shitty
How may we counter this? How can we protect our terrified brothers, sisters, and lovers from this reprehensible neck decimating towelhead menace? The answer is simple you wretched cretins, as of the 19th of June, award winning self-help group the Gay Nigger Association of America begins the sale of Decapitation Insurance to all American, Korean, and British citizens and expatriates not willing to contribute to Wil Wheatons latest marathon masturbation session.
But rather than provide this service to the select few, the GNAA understands that your menial jobs are now being performed for one tenth of the cost by an equally skilled Indian, so we have provided a range of contracts scaled to suit your needs.
But don't just take our word for it, GNAA sponsored clairvoyant Madame Jank DuTouche has contacted Paul Johnsons head from beyond the ethereal veil of death to bring you this recommendation:
"The moons axis over Jupiter brings it into allignment with the constellation Orion and the Planet Anus. After inhaling several ounces of crack, I followed this up with my tarot reading of 'The Jester', 'Death', 'Captain B Dick', '4 swords' and a 'double headed anal dildo'. This told me but one thing, Paul Johnson endorses the Gay Nigger Association of Americas drive for a gay and Decapitation free universe."
Not to be outdone, Kim Sun-il's head released the following statement:
"kekeke"
Why can't they put a man in my mouth?
What's wrong with paying? The exchange of currency is what capitalism is all about!