Didn't really think of it that way...Just goes to show that try as I might, I am still just a typical American, thinking of the world in a selfish manner.
Opps, I forgot that the original overclocked.org is so outdated that the main links don't work. To view the comics, click goto http://www.overclocked.org/current.htm and then use the pulldown menu to choose your episode.
Here are some other places to listen to videogame music in nontradional ways.
First there are the minibosses http://minibosses.com/ They are a cover band of videogame music that preform live shows. They even have a few MP3s on their site.
Then there is djpretzel's remix.overclocked.org http://remix.overclocked.org/ Here you can find tons of songs set to a beat. For the true emulation nerd, check out the original overclocked.org http://www.overclocked.org/ comic strips. They are well dated, but still bring a smile to my face.
I'm sure some people know about listening to old videogame software without out this hardware hack. You won't be as leet as this guy, but you can still enjoy the music.
After you get a player for your choosen platform, you can click through to a song database. For example, here are the SNES songs available: http://www.zophar.net/zsnes/spc/
Some people have been playing around with Google's SMS Service http://www.google.com/sms/ and have found if you SMS "Directions" to 46645 you get a reply back "Looking for driving directions? Unfortunately this feature is not yet supported."
Another undocumented feature is for flight times. Try SMSing flight WN 764 and you get the same reply.
Re:The whole one-button mouse thing has to go...
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Want a new mouse? I highly recommend http://www.macmice.com/themouse.html. Keeps with the good lucks of your Apple and had 2 buttons and a scroll wheel. I know you want a solution out of the box, but since Apple is not going to do it, find your solution in this box.
I'd like to propose a new pay TV service to you.It will provide you with 5 broadcast channels. Yes, broadcast channels--cable or satellite will cost substantially extra. These are not specialty or niche channels. They just contain your usual mix of re-runs, soap operas, sitcoms, and miniseries; you will love some of these programs, dislike others, and ignore many of them. And, yes, there will commercials.
Subscribing to this service will cost you $15 a month. Not subscribing will cost you $1600. Those are your only choices. Take your pick.
Doesn't sound like a good deal? Welcome to England.
That's right: England--home of the Magna Carta, birthplace of modern civil liberties, cradle of the freedom of the press--does not allow a citizen to so much as own a television unless he pays £112 per year for a license. And don't try to fool TV Licensing. If you live in a flat with no TV license, you will receive a series of ominous letters warning you that agents of the government could drive down your block at any moment, hunting for contraband picture tubes, ready to fine you £1000 if they find one. (How do I know about these letters? Don't ask.) Stores cannot so much as sell you a VCR without reporting your name and address to the Powers That Be.
And if your TV purchase somehow slips through the net, TV Licensing's website warns, "the fact that our enquiry officers are now so well equipped with the latest technology means that there is virtually no way to avoid detection... We can detect a TV in use, in any area. That's because every TV contains a component called the 'local oscillator', which emits a signal when the television is switched on. It's this signal that the equipment on our vans picks up." The websight also contains anecdotes that are presumably meant to humanize the inspectors, but which come across as rather chilling. Witness, for example, the one about the husband and wife who refuse the inspector entry, hurriedly shut their curtains, attempt to sneak the TV into the trunk of their car, and drive off.
So, which branch of the government has such terrifying powers as to send grown men and women scurrying into the night like common criminals? Is such mighty authority vested in the hands of Scotland Yard, or MI5? Nope: the men hunting through the mean streets of London for rogue local oscillators are employees of the BBC, which may be the only pay network in the world with the authority to forcibly acquire customers. And you thought HBO had a brilliant business model.
TV Licensing is merciful, though. Blind people who own colour TV's need only pay £56 a year. If that sounds generous, reflect that fully sighted people who own black and white tellies pay only £37.50. According to the wisdom of TV Licensing, it is a greater hardship to see a program in black and white than not to see it at all.
And in case you're wondering: blind people with black and white TV's only pay £18.72 a year. I'd ask why being unable to see a colour television costs more than being unable to see a black and white one, but an unmarked van just drove slowly by my flat, and I think I need to go hide.
quote "We're getting some 200 hits a day, of which an average of two become clients," Iriarte told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from the company's office in Brazil./quote
Dead Man's switch is an app someone thought up a few years ago to automate email, message board postings, and removal of files if it does not recieve user intervention within a set period of time.
Here in Dallas, I can't search from work, but can search fine from home (VNC). I have tried several different user agents (Thanks user agent switcher in Firefox!), but no difference.
BTW, I am in a midsized office building with over 100 users surfing the web.
If anyone wants to see a screenshot of the error, check this blog entry from 2003. Found via yahoo.
The account is not deleted. It remains forever, so anyone can check it.
Try it out. Login as something common, like spam@mailinator.com. You'll see all the spam that this address has collected.
This makes mailinator safe, but not so secure. When in doubt, use one the the randomized addresses on the front page, or your handle with some random letters and numbers after it.
Slashdot Mirror
Check out Danny Deckchair. Its relativly new, and recieved decent reviews.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337960/
Just checked the file available from the link above. MD5 matches the one in the reply. Looks safe.
237ee99dc7f35d2e2c0a8640086167bf
I thought of that as soon as I clicked submit.....I wonder if someone who has a download from a few days ago wouldn't mind posting the MD5?
Guardian seems to be /.ed. (WTF?)
Here is a link
If anyone is interested, this link still works:
/ MLNS_screensaver_en.exe
http://download2.makelovenotspam.com/screensavers
Didn't really think of it that way...Just goes to show that try as I might, I am still just a typical American, thinking of the world in a selfish manner.
Not absurb, sarcasm.
If you are in China, use the following link to read the stories: Link
Opps, I forgot that the original overclocked.org is so outdated that the main links don't work. To view the comics, click goto http://www.overclocked.org/current.htm and then use the pulldown menu to choose your episode.
Here are some other places to listen to videogame music in nontradional ways.
First there are the minibosses http://minibosses.com/ They are a cover band of videogame music that preform live shows. They even have a few MP3s on their site.
Then there is djpretzel's remix.overclocked.org http://remix.overclocked.org/ Here you can find tons of songs set to a beat. For the true emulation nerd, check out the original overclocked.org http://www.overclocked.org/ comic strips. They are well dated, but still bring a smile to my face.
I'm sure some people know about listening to old videogame software without out this hardware hack. You won't be as leet as this guy, but you can still enjoy the music.
You can find a player at http://www.zophar.net/utilities/music.html, a huge archive for just about every platform.
After you get a player for your choosen platform, you can click through to a song database. For example, here are the SNES songs available: http://www.zophar.net/zsnes/spc/
Have fun.
FYI: The site where you can legally purchase roms is http://www.starroms.com/
Not much there, but its about you're only bet for legit emulation on a computer.
Some people have been playing around with Google's SMS Service http://www.google.com/sms/ and have found if you SMS "Directions" to 46645 you get a reply back "Looking for driving directions? Unfortunately this feature is not yet supported."
Another undocumented feature is for flight times. Try SMSing flight WN 764 and you get the same reply.
This post was inspired by http://www.engadget.com/entry/8423209320818510/
Want a new mouse? I highly recommend http://www.macmice.com/themouse.html. Keeps with the good lucks of your Apple and had 2 buttons and a scroll wheel. I know you want a solution out of the box, but since Apple is not going to do it, find your solution in this box.
This post is not a paid advertisment.
Just a link: http://www.3drealms.com/duke4/
I was unaware of the "TV Tax" in Europe, so I checked with my friend google and came up with the following:
Official website for the UK: http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/
I'd like to propose a new pay TV service to you.It will provide you with 5 broadcast channels. Yes, broadcast channels--cable or satellite will cost substantially extra. These are not specialty or niche channels. They just contain your usual mix of re-runs, soap operas, sitcoms, and miniseries; you will love some of these programs, dislike others, and ignore many of them. And, yes, there will commercials.
Subscribing to this service will cost you $15 a month. Not subscribing will cost you $1600. Those are your only choices. Take your pick.
Doesn't sound like a good deal? Welcome to England.
That's right: England--home of the Magna Carta, birthplace of modern civil liberties, cradle of the freedom of the press--does not allow a citizen to so much as own a television unless he pays £112 per year for a license. And don't try to fool TV Licensing. If you live in a flat with no TV license, you will receive a series of ominous letters warning you that agents of the government could drive down your block at any moment, hunting for contraband picture tubes, ready to fine you £1000 if they find one. (How do I know about these letters? Don't ask.) Stores cannot so much as sell you a VCR without reporting your name and address to the Powers That Be.
And if your TV purchase somehow slips through the net, TV Licensing's website warns, "the fact that our enquiry officers are now so well equipped with the latest technology means that there is virtually no way to avoid detection... We can detect a TV in use, in any area. That's because every TV contains a component called the 'local oscillator', which emits a signal when the television is switched on. It's this signal that the equipment on our vans picks up." The websight also contains anecdotes that are presumably meant to humanize the inspectors, but which come across as rather chilling. Witness, for example, the one about the husband and wife who refuse the inspector entry, hurriedly shut their curtains, attempt to sneak the TV into the trunk of their car, and drive off.
So, which branch of the government has such terrifying powers as to send grown men and women scurrying into the night like common criminals? Is such mighty authority vested in the hands of Scotland Yard, or MI5? Nope: the men hunting through the mean streets of London for rogue local oscillators are employees of the BBC, which may be the only pay network in the world with the authority to forcibly acquire customers. And you thought HBO had a brilliant business model.
TV Licensing is merciful, though. Blind people who own colour TV's need only pay £56 a year. If that sounds generous, reflect that fully sighted people who own black and white tellies pay only £37.50. According to the wisdom of TV Licensing, it is a greater hardship to see a program in black and white than not to see it at all.
And in case you're wondering: blind people with black and white TV's only pay £18.72 a year. I'd ask why being unable to see a colour television costs more than being unable to see a black and white one, but an unmarked van just drove slowly by my flat, and I think I need to go hide.
quote /quote
"We're getting some 200 hits a day, of which an average of two become clients," Iriarte told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from the company's office in Brazil.
Not today....
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/22/125020 7
Dead Man's switch is an app someone thought up a few years ago to automate email, message board postings, and removal of files if it does not recieve user intervention within a set period of time.
http://www.net-security.org/software.php?id=138
Why not use the Google Tool?
Because it just links to the yahoo page.
>>There's plenty of emulators available for the >>not-so-dead dreamcastc ast.html
>>http://www.zophar.net/consoles/dream
Or you could just goto DCEmulation.com the mother of all Dreamcast Homebrew Software.
Here in Dallas, I can't search from work, but can search fine from home (VNC). I have tried several different user agents (Thanks user agent switcher in Firefox!), but no difference.
BTW, I am in a midsized office building with over 100 users surfing the web.
If anyone wants to see a screenshot of the error, check this blog entry from 2003. Found via yahoo.
Blog
These 2 announcements (new ipod) have persuaded me to keep my $$ in my pocket until the new iMacs ship.
I for one am happy, but doesn't this go against Apple's usual way of doing business?
sorry to double post, but if you check spam@mailinator.com there is a 419 scam waiting for a victim. I just thought that was funny.
The account is not deleted. It remains forever, so anyone can check it.
Try it out. Login as something common, like spam@mailinator.com. You'll see all the spam that this address has collected.
This makes mailinator safe, but not so secure. When in doubt, use one the the randomized addresses on the front page, or your handle with some random letters and numbers after it.