You could also call down a BSA audit on your soon-to-be-former company. It's even more effective if some of their licenses mysteriously vanish. Wink wink.
Amen from the highest fucking rooftops! Small executable, perfectly usable over ssh even on a dialup connection, and a completely customizable look and feel. Wonderful program.
Of course, it helps that I'm an old Wordstar fan. But if joe didn't exist, I'd probably be a pico fan. Maybe ae after pico.
Well, I suppose I have smallish hands and I like lots of buttons, so the gazillion-buttons-squished-together design of the dual shock is good for me.
Thanks for pointing out the Bleem stuff. I'm going to try to track some of them down. Either one would be perfect. The Bleempad actually looks a lot like a third-party PS controller I've got called the "Dual Impact" from Performance. It's actually pretty well-made for third-party stuff.
So instead we get to see the Playstation 2 attempt to take that market, and if you ask me, the Playstation 2 isn't really a much better console and it costs much more than the Dreamcast.
Not much better? With built-in USB so you can plug in any old cheap USB keyboard and mouse? And the best controller in console gaming history? And DVD movie playback? I guess you're right, it's not much better than the Dreamcast with proprietary, expensive keyboards and mice, and it's awful, wretchedly designed controller, and lack of DVD support.
Jesus fucking christ, do people expect the PS2 to do their taxes for them? It's graphics are pretty. It's games are fun. Just relax and enjoy. Prices will drop soon enough.
And before anyone gets bent out of shape, I have a Dreamcast. I like it. It's games are also fun. But I utterly hate the fucking controller. If I knew more about electronics I'd solder together some kind of adaptor for my PS dual shock controllers.
I have a question for the gamers: Once you get past a reliable 30 fps for a game, does it really matter? Can the human eye really tell the difference between 55 fps and 70 fps, or is this all just phallic bragging?
You're wasting your breath. To most Americans, there are exactly two ways of life. "Ours", and everyone else's. In America, socialism is the same as communism is the same as fascism is the same as monarchy.
* Sibyl of Prague, an old woman (17th century) "From the east a dragon will come, terrible to look at, because from its 9 times 99 eyes (1999?), mortal rays will be emitted and a poisonous air leaves its mouth".
You sir, obviously don't know what you are talking about. Audio cables are used for one (1) reason: to conduct an electrical current. As long as the cable kernel is made out of something that does this job (such as copper) then that is as good as it'll get.
Exactly my fucking point, dimwit. Was I not speaking english or something?
Granted, this mention was fairly benign - but am I the only one who finds the Debian elitism around here just a little bit annoying?
Nope. What's truly ironic about Debian is that it's supposed to be the purest form of Free Software, yet most of the Debian users I've talked to get irritated when I mention that I prefer compiling programs from source instead of just downloading a binary.
Canada reaps considerable benefit from this open border. In order to continue to reap these benefits, Canada is going to finally have to acknowledge that as part of its deal for the open border, it has a responsability to the US to not be a haven for terrorists.
(laughs) And this is exactly the imperial attitude that has caused this whole situation!
Don't you see that the reason a lot of people around the world don't like the US is because the US government likes to throw it's weight around so much? By insisting that other nations "owe" the US something, you're just perpetuating this global climate of resentment. Until the US stops acting like a playground bully, all this will never stop.
Another choice quote:
The US *MUST* show Canada that it should not take this open border for granted. IF that means hermetically sealing it to gain compliance, so be it.
I wasn't saying anything about computers in the third world. I was referring (which I should have pointed out, now that I think about it) to an interview on CBC today of a journalist who is one of the few westerners to ever personally interview bin Laden. This man (forgot the name) recounted the three times he had seen bin Laden. When he described their last meeting in Afganistan, he was carrying a several newspapers. Bin Laden saw them, grabbed them, and sat in a corner to read through them all because he was so out of contact with the rest of the world.
BTW, did anyone else see the interview? I'd like to get this guy's name. It was on Newsworld about 3pm AST, I think.
Agreed. And being able to install Junkbuster on the firewall box is another plus. All the traffic is going through that box anyway, so might as well kill two birds with one stone.
Of course, I live in a large house in an area with cheap electricity, so someone else might not use this solution. Getting some good use out of my old, perfectly functional Compaq Presario 486, though.
I'll take corporations over government any day. Corporations can't hire an army and force me to buy their product, or force the competitors out of business.
Corporations aren't legally bound to serve anyone except their stockholders. Most governments have to at least pay lip-service to serving its citizens. Corporations don't even have to do that. Also, I don't have to own shares in my government to take part in its voting system.
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Let's hope that it crashes and burns, and people, including parents, get up in arms about it.
Are you nuts? Any parents I know would beg for the chance to slow down the Lip'Sync infection.
(Redundant, I know, but what the hell.)
You could also call down a BSA audit on your soon-to-be-former company. It's even more effective if some of their licenses mysteriously vanish. Wink wink.
Amen from the highest fucking rooftops! Small executable, perfectly usable over ssh even on a dialup connection, and a completely customizable look and feel. Wonderful program.
Of course, it helps that I'm an old Wordstar fan. But if joe didn't exist, I'd probably be a pico fan. Maybe ae after pico.
Well, I suppose I have smallish hands and I like lots of buttons, so the gazillion-buttons-squished-together design of the dual shock is good for me.
Thanks for pointing out the Bleem stuff. I'm going to try to track some of them down. Either one would be perfect. The Bleempad actually looks a lot like a third-party PS controller I've got called the "Dual Impact" from Performance. It's actually pretty well-made for third-party stuff.
So instead we get to see the Playstation 2 attempt to take that market, and if you ask me, the Playstation 2 isn't really a much better console and it costs much more than the Dreamcast.
Not much better? With built-in USB so you can plug in any old cheap USB keyboard and mouse? And the best controller in console gaming history? And DVD movie playback? I guess you're right, it's not much better than the Dreamcast with proprietary, expensive keyboards and mice, and it's awful, wretchedly designed controller, and lack of DVD support.
Jesus fucking christ, do people expect the PS2 to do their taxes for them? It's graphics are pretty. It's games are fun. Just relax and enjoy. Prices will drop soon enough.
And before anyone gets bent out of shape, I have a Dreamcast. I like it. It's games are also fun. But I utterly hate the fucking controller. If I knew more about electronics I'd solder together some kind of adaptor for my PS dual shock controllers.
(End rant)
I have a question for the gamers: Once you get past a reliable 30 fps for a game, does it really matter? Can the human eye really tell the difference between 55 fps and 70 fps, or is this all just phallic bragging?
You're wasting your breath. To most Americans, there are exactly two ways of life. "Ours", and everyone else's. In America, socialism is the same as communism is the same as fascism is the same as monarchy.
I thought Azrael was Gargamel's stupid cat.
* Sibyl of Prague, an old woman (17th century) "From the east a dragon will come, terrible to look at, because from its 9 times 99 eyes (1999?), mortal rays will be emitted and a poisonous air leaves its mouth".
She predicted the rise of Godzilla. Cool!
GODZIRRRRRRAAAAAAA!
Real Geeks have Koosh guns. ;)
You sir, obviously don't know what you are talking about. Audio cables are used for one (1) reason: to conduct an electrical current. As long as the cable kernel is made out of something that does this job (such as copper) then that is as good as it'll get.
Exactly my fucking point, dimwit. Was I not speaking english or something?
1. Have high-quality outputs on your stereo.
2. Have high-quality inputs on your sound card.
3. Have high-quality audio cables.
Case closed.
Sounds like an ideal system to add to Slackware.
Come on, no one is *that* desperate.
Really? I thought spelling ability was already a requirement to vote in the US. Why else would they have an average 35% voter turnout?
Actually, I hadn't, and this sounds damned useful. I think I'll go get apt and stick it on my Slackware box now...
Granted, this mention was fairly benign - but am I the only one who finds the Debian elitism around here just a little bit annoying?
Nope. What's truly ironic about Debian is that it's supposed to be the purest form of Free Software, yet most of the Debian users I've talked to get irritated when I mention that I prefer compiling programs from source instead of just downloading a binary.
There's always Epkg. No more dependancy hell, but everything is still nicely organized for easy upgrading.
Canada reaps considerable benefit from this open border. In order to continue to reap these benefits, Canada is going to finally have to acknowledge that as part of its deal for the open border, it has a responsability to the US to not be a haven for terrorists.
(laughs) And this is exactly the imperial attitude that has caused this whole situation!
Don't you see that the reason a lot of people around the world don't like the US is because the US government likes to throw it's weight around so much? By insisting that other nations "owe" the US something, you're just perpetuating this global climate of resentment. Until the US stops acting like a playground bully, all this will never stop.
Another choice quote:
The US *MUST* show Canada that it should not take this open border for granted. IF that means hermetically sealing it to gain compliance, so be it.
(shakes head) That says it all, really.
Imagine 38 of D in zero-G.
I wasn't saying anything about computers in the third world. I was referring (which I should have pointed out, now that I think about it) to an interview on CBC today of a journalist who is one of the few westerners to ever personally interview bin Laden. This man (forgot the name) recounted the three times he had seen bin Laden. When he described their last meeting in Afganistan, he was carrying a several newspapers. Bin Laden saw them, grabbed them, and sat in a corner to read through them all because he was so out of contact with the rest of the world.
BTW, did anyone else see the interview? I'd like to get this guy's name. It was on Newsworld about 3pm AST, I think.
Are they nuts? This guy lives isolated in mountain camps. I doubt he's even a heavy electicity user.
His sympathizers, on the other hand...
Agreed. And being able to install Junkbuster on the firewall box is another plus. All the traffic is going through that box anyway, so might as well kill two birds with one stone.
Of course, I live in a large house in an area with cheap electricity, so someone else might not use this solution. Getting some good use out of my old, perfectly functional Compaq Presario 486, though.
You've got a sub-100k UID, you've never been moderated up, and you're not posting at -1?
Wow.
I'll take corporations over government any day. Corporations can't hire an army and force me to buy their product, or force the competitors out of business.
Corporations aren't legally bound to serve anyone except their stockholders. Most governments have to at least pay lip-service to serving its citizens. Corporations don't even have to do that. Also, I don't have to own shares in my government to take part in its voting system.