Keep in mind that the video game market grows over time (or at least should), therefore EA will have to continue to increase their size in order to keep up.
Actually, I believe civilian VW production was jumpstarted in 1946 by the British general in charge of the Wolfsburg occupation area. Can't remember a link with substantive info tho.
I was reading those discussions as they happened. They do indeed capture the creator (Gary Weaver)'s attention to detail, and they also describe how he was ripped off when he auctioned the car. Mr. Weaver originally wanted $30k for the car, but ended up getting much less. The person who has the car now is selling it for at least twice what he paid for it. Something to think about if you're considering a bid.
Considering the general quality of those movies and the fact that Lucas did most of the writing and directing, I'd be more inclined to spell it "Shit Lord."
One of the reasons (excuses?) John Z. DeLorean gave for the stainless steel skin on the automobile that bore his name was that it would never rust, thus avoiding what DeLorean saw as built-in obsolescence in cars made by conventional manufacturers with conventional materials. He backed that up by advertising a 25-year warranty on the car's body.
It might not be easier, but wouldn't it be a significantly better investment to build cars meant to last as long as possible rather than cars meant to be thrown away?
My grandfather has a 1974 Volkswagen Westfailia campervan that he bought, fully intact, from a junkyard. When he finally got around to trying to fix it, the mechanic he took it to deduced that the easiest way to make it run was to remove the emissions equipment entirely. Now, at the time, 1974 vehicles were not yet exempt from California smog regulations.
The mechanic was able to make that damnable dual-carbureted, "inefficient," junkyard-salvage Volkswagen air-cooled engine pass smog without any smog equipment.
Make of it what you will, especially considering the poster below accusing Hummers of barely passing federal emissions requirements.
(...and the fact that the Volkswagen Bus is a far more cargo and passenger space-efficient vehicle than any commodity-built Detroit SUV ever built, but that's a debate for another day.)
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Actually, the Universal Life Church will ordain anybody over the Internet, for free.
and how can they expect to compete agaist 'x.org'?
I expect there will be people saying exactly the same thing about X.org when it is commonplace but the DNS standards have moved on from TLDs such as.org.
The game you're referencing was SimCity 3000, which was ported by a group called Software MacKiev. SimCity 4 was ported stateside, I think, but it was still dog-slow.
and everything will be OK. It's not like somebody's going to hijack that domain and pretend to be a registrar for the nation of Tobango (or whoever.to was delegated to originally).
Most slashdotters should understand why I want to.us, but a.su domain would also be cool just for the novelty of it... because in Soviet Russia, domain name registers YOU!
Oh my. I just combined two worn-out jokes in one post.
What about wireless? The only reason I have any sort of broadband is because of ZinniaNet, which is an independent operation providing wireless to rural areas in Northern California.
The Popular Mechanics article uses the X-33 as a major justification for Area 6413. But according to this article, the X-33 is dead, at least as far as NASA is concerned.
Are there indications that the Air Force has the X-33, or any other supposedly dead NASA projects, on life support?
Also, the Popular Mechanics article makes Area 51 out to be totally dead (7 years ago, at least). I force myself to take this with a grain of salt, since Popular Mechanics wants to sell magazines. All my web searches have turned up little about A51 that isn't sensationalistic, so does anybody know any concrete info about recent activity at Area 51?
Appears to be for sale by a "research organization" near Zhukovsky Airbase, where most Russian prototype aircraft are tested. I wouldn't know, but even though the Russian style is to use centralized radar on the ground, the FAA probably wouldn't allow any sort of experimental or combat radar. Of course, the first person to plop down 10 million takes it, whether playboy or desparate foreign government.
I don't know anywhere that it can be downloaded, but GeoWorks came with a couple of refurbished 486s my school had around 6th grade... This is part of the reason I rescued them when the school decided to get rid of them a year ago. It's really a great little system, it even has an AOL client of all things. If it can still be found someplace, then I think it certainly makes a superior environment to the ubiquitous DOSSHELL, and Win3.1's only advantage is application compatibility.
Not that anyone is still going to be using 486s with DOS for serious work. I hope.
After he started Subaru USA (and before he imported the Yugo), Malcolm Bricklin took a stab at building his own car, the Bricklin. The similarities with the DeLorean are somewhat obvious, but run deeper than you might think. The car was only produced for three years (1974-1976, DeLorean was produced from 1981-1983), and Bricklin convinced the New Brunswick government to provide financial backing (much as DeLorean got aid from the British government). Overall, it seems like a kit car, but owners say it holds together fairly well. Probably a tad bit more reliable than the Yugo that would come after, and also better performing (there's a Yugo near my house with a "Pocket Rocket decal on the side. Still haven't figured that one out). At least one of Bricklin's automotive attempts survives today.
BTW, I'm surprised that neither the DeLorean nor the Bricklin was mentioned in the article. Both seem to catch shit hand-in-hand whenever they're mentioned in an auto-industry rag.
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Keep in mind that the video game market grows over time (or at least should), therefore EA will have to continue to increase their size in order to keep up.
Actually, I believe civilian VW production was jumpstarted in 1946 by the British general in charge of the Wolfsburg occupation area. Can't remember a link with substantive info tho.
I was reading those discussions as they happened. They do indeed capture the creator (Gary Weaver)'s attention to detail, and they also describe how he was ripped off when he auctioned the car. Mr. Weaver originally wanted $30k for the car, but ended up getting much less. The person who has the car now is selling it for at least twice what he paid for it. Something to think about if you're considering a bid.
Considering the general quality of those movies and the fact that Lucas did most of the writing and directing, I'd be more inclined to spell it "Shit Lord."
But that one was obvious.
One of the reasons (excuses?) John Z. DeLorean gave for the stainless steel skin on the automobile that bore his name was that it would never rust, thus avoiding what DeLorean saw as built-in obsolescence in cars made by conventional manufacturers with conventional materials. He backed that up by advertising a 25-year warranty on the car's body.
It might not be easier, but wouldn't it be a significantly better investment to build cars meant to last as long as possible rather than cars meant to be thrown away?
My grandfather has a 1974 Volkswagen Westfailia campervan that he bought, fully intact, from a junkyard. When he finally got around to trying to fix it, the mechanic he took it to deduced that the easiest way to make it run was to remove the emissions equipment entirely. Now, at the time, 1974 vehicles were not yet exempt from California smog regulations.
The mechanic was able to make that damnable dual-carbureted, "inefficient," junkyard-salvage Volkswagen air-cooled engine pass smog without any smog equipment.
Make of it what you will, especially considering the poster below accusing Hummers of barely passing federal emissions requirements.
(...and the fact that the Volkswagen Bus is a far more cargo and passenger space-efficient vehicle than any commodity-built Detroit SUV ever built, but that's a debate for another day.)
Actually, the Universal Life Church will ordain anybody over the Internet, for free.
So are you saying that Christ would buy everyone a pony? Where do I sign up?
I expect there will be people saying exactly the same thing about X.org when it is commonplace but the DNS standards have moved on from TLDs such as
The creator of the Magic proposal card was also the creator of the game, Richard Garfield. See Magic Rarities for info.
Does in fact work on ATi and (I believe) nVidia. I have a 64MB Radeon 7000 PCI meant for x86 flashed and working in a Power Mac.
Accelerate Your Mac has more info.
The game you're referencing was SimCity 3000, which was ported by a group called Software MacKiev. SimCity 4 was ported stateside, I think, but it was still dog-slow.
and everything will be OK. It's not like somebody's going to hijack that domain and pretend to be a registrar for the nation of Tobango (or whoever .to was delegated to originally).
.su domain would also be cool just for the novelty of it... because in Soviet Russia, domain name registers YOU!
Most slashdotters should understand why I want to.us, but a
Oh my. I just combined two worn-out jokes in one post.
I'm going to stop now.
"My God, Bones, what have I done?"
What about wireless? The only reason I have any sort of broadband is because of ZinniaNet, which is an independent operation providing wireless to rural areas in Northern California.
The Popular Mechanics article uses the X-33 as a major justification for Area 6413. But according to this article, the X-33 is dead, at least as far as NASA is concerned.
Are there indications that the Air Force has the X-33, or any other supposedly dead NASA projects, on life support?
Also, the Popular Mechanics article makes Area 51 out to be totally dead (7 years ago, at least). I force myself to take this with a grain of salt, since Popular Mechanics wants to sell magazines. All my web searches have turned up little about A51 that isn't sensationalistic, so does anybody know any concrete info about recent activity at Area 51?
When reading the books, for some reason I always imagined Ford Prefect as looking exactly like Jeff Goldblum.
However, perhaps the movie will be better off without him, considering that string of inexplicably retarded Apple commercials.
http://www.aircraftbargains.com/ad/355/buy/
Appears to be for sale by a "research organization" near Zhukovsky Airbase, where most Russian prototype aircraft are tested. I wouldn't know, but even though the Russian style is to use centralized radar on the ground, the FAA probably wouldn't allow any sort of experimental or combat radar. Of course, the first person to plop down 10 million takes it, whether playboy or desparate foreign government.
They're all right next to the cloaked Bird-of-Prey he stashes in the back of his hangar.
Come to think of it, you're right. His point would be better served by using a minigun.
Maybe only until the end of this season, but...
PLEASE MAKE THE HORROR STOP.
I don't know anywhere that it can be downloaded, but GeoWorks came with a couple of refurbished 486s my school had around 6th grade... This is part of the reason I rescued them when the school decided to get rid of them a year ago. It's really a great little system, it even has an AOL client of all things. If it can still be found someplace, then I think it certainly makes a superior environment to the ubiquitous DOSSHELL, and Win3.1's only advantage is application compatibility.
Not that anyone is still going to be using 486s with DOS for serious work. I hope.
We're sending this kernel... BACK TO THE FUTURE!
I thought Phoenix wasn't supposed to launch until 2063.
Also, wouldn't it get to Mars a whole lot faster than three years?
After he started Subaru USA (and before he imported the Yugo), Malcolm Bricklin took a stab at building his own car, the Bricklin. The similarities with the DeLorean are somewhat obvious, but run deeper than you might think. The car was only produced for three years (1974-1976, DeLorean was produced from 1981-1983), and Bricklin convinced the New Brunswick government to provide financial backing (much as DeLorean got aid from the British government). Overall, it seems like a kit car, but owners say it holds together fairly well. Probably a tad bit more reliable than the Yugo that would come after, and also better performing (there's a Yugo near my house with a "Pocket Rocket decal on the side. Still haven't figured that one out). At least one of Bricklin's automotive attempts survives today.
BTW, I'm surprised that neither the DeLorean nor the Bricklin was mentioned in the article. Both seem to catch shit hand-in-hand whenever they're mentioned in an auto-industry rag.