The only thing you can clearly draw from your numbers is that the percentage of the population under 18 is dwindling. But as the actual population of the country is increasing, probably faster than a tenth of a percent or so a year, that means that the number of people under 18 is also increasing. The article didn't say that there's now a larger percentage of 18 year-olds, it said that there are now more 18 year-olds than there were, which might explain why high schools keep getting more and more crowded dontcha think?
"The half-life story line was pretty lame, when you think about it. Soldier of Fortune's story was even more flaccid. These games were fun single-player, but for me it wasn't the story."
I loved Half-Life, but I have to agree with you on this. The was pretty predictable and shallow, but I've noticed that when most people talk about how great Half-Life's story is, they're really talking about how immersive the story was. This was the first game that I can think of where events unfolded around you instead of in cut scenes and you could walk up to just about anyone and talk to them, or just shoot them when you felt like it.
Thief is another game that is praised for its story. And this one actually is a little deeper than Half-Life's, thanks to its cut scenes, but again the best part of the game was its immersiveness. You could sneak around and overhear conversations that progressed the story in addition to the incredible sound that had you cowering in the shadows at times.
In conclusion, I don't know what I'm talking about.
They did use Intel's tests. Nothing in "Intel's tests" says anything about code written by Intel for Intel.
When the G3 first came out and there was all the controversy about the BYTEmark tests that Apple ran showing them to be faster than the P-2, Intel countered that what really mattered was real-world tests and not benchmarks.
So this time they did real-world tests just like Intel said they should. I don't know exactly what apps Intel used in theirs (and I don't care enough to go look for the info), but they've been known in the past to do Photoshop demos that have been set up just right to work well with MMX. I'm guessing that the Photoshop demo pitting the G4 against the P-3 was probably using Intel's settings. But with the ass-whooping Intel got, I wouldn't bet too much on that.
I was out christmas shopping one time with my mom several years back. We were at a mall and were both looking in different stores. Just as I went to go join her in a toy store, she bumped a counter display and knocked it over. So I said with a perfectly straight face, "Clumsy bitch." The clerk just froze and stared at me, but after looking at his face my mom laughed and we both laughed about it on the way home. She knew that I didn't mean it in a bad way, it was just funny at the time. It's become a sort of inside joke between us. I've told the story to my friends and she's done the same and all of them are always shocked, so we just laugh some more.
Words are just words. You can make them mean anything you want.
It's about time someone stood up to all those people shouting for children to have their toys taken away. I can barely hear myself think over all that racket. If only the government would quit wasting time on balanced budgets, health care, education, and the like and let kids play with their toys.
I had a lot of respect for Lucas before Phantom Menace. After seeing the movie I saw that he could make mistakes. After reading that comment about toys, I realize that he can be a complete idiot. Maybe it's just me, but every time he opens his mouth I feel less and less like seeing the next movie when it comes out.
My dad used to be stationed at Yokota Air Force Base in Japan, so I spent several years there. One thing it's impossible not to notice is that the country of Japan seems to keep being referred to as Nippon. So it was pretty easy to deduce that Nippon was the Japanese way of saying Japan, so it should also be correct. NEC is just one example of that, but probably the best for an international audience. I know we Americans tend to change everything to suit us, but I have no idea how the "N" got changed to a "J". Anyone know the etymology behind this?
Anyone read Code Breaking by Rudolf Kippenhahn
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While I was reading Cryptonomicon I got interested in reading more about cryptography and right there in the new release section of my local bookstore they had this Code Breaking book which was a history and explanation (with seemingly lots of examples) of cryptography.
Has anyone read this? Is it good? I'm not asking for advice on whether to buy it, since I picked it up last night. But I also picked up Ralph Ellison's posthumous Juneteenth and I'm reading that first, so I want to know what to expect.
And if anyone can recommend good crypto books, go ahead. I'm interested and I'm sure some other people are too.
Anyone else notice the line: "Whatever the reason, more companies, Microsoft included, are jumping on the open-source bandwagon."
All MS had to do was invite ESR to speak, keep anouncing that they're "thinking about" opening up Windows, and invest in an open source project that focuses on the Windows-only version of Perl and now they're beginning to be included in all of the good press that open source is getting. And this article is really just about games on an open-source platform and MS still gets some good press.
Even though linux is in many ways more efficient than Windows or MacOS, keep in mind that the system requirements for any of these games that are being worked on will be very similar to the originals. MythII, or any new game for that matter, won't run on a 68k machine.
If you want to play an immersive 3D game (which is about all that's being made anymore) make sure you're running a relatively new system with plenty of RAM and preferably a 3D accelerator. I, for one, have always thought that it was great that linux runs so well on older platforms. They make great file servers, firewalls, workstations, etc., but don't expect to be able to run everything you want unless the harware's up to the task.
Nobody better pick up the damn phone and kick me off. I need to move someplace where I can get a cable modem or ADSL (or is that ASDL, I'm too lazy to check). But if anyone's having troubles getting on the US mirrors like I was, I tried the Swedish mirror and got through pretty quick and have a decent connection (2.9K/s) for my modem.
I'll check versions tomorrow to see if I need to upgrade anything else before compiling and installing the new kernel. I hope things go smooth.
I've yet to set anything like that up on my linux box (still learning), but one thing I'd probably do is split things between multiple servers. With that many users you'll have to deal with people wasting half an hour just trying to find a username that's not already in use. Let's say you're setting up a system for a big university (as an example), I'd probably set up a math.college.edu, english.college.edu, cs.college.edu, business.college.edu, etc. to both spread the load and to simplify getting in touch with someone. I know that a similar system allowed me to easily track down people's email addresses in school. When my CS TA had a common name, I just checked for her name on the CS computers and there was luckily only one of her in that department.
Don't know if that helps, but that's probably where I'd start. If it's not a good system I'd probably find out soon enough.
I think it sort of fits in with his selling stock with himself. Sure, it was just a way to make a lot of money fast, but it could actually end up as something good with mp3's. Imagine a world with no big distributors controlling content, pricing, etc. You could have artists sell stock in themselves and then sell mp3's of their music directly to the customers. And they could stick with the current method of putting albums together, or just sell individual songs as they release them. I'm not sure it would be any better in the long run, but it would be interesting to see it tried.
I'd never heard of them, so I went to their page. It struck me as funny that they're mentioning Katz and the computer they built for him on their front page already.
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The only thing you can clearly draw from your numbers is that the percentage of the population under 18 is dwindling. But as the actual population of the country is increasing, probably faster than a tenth of a percent or so a year, that means that the number of people under 18 is also increasing. The article didn't say that there's now a larger percentage of 18 year-olds, it said that there are now more 18 year-olds than there were, which might explain why high schools keep getting more and more crowded dontcha think?
"The half-life story line was pretty lame, when you think about it. Soldier of Fortune's story was even more flaccid. These games were fun single-player, but for me it wasn't the story."
I loved Half-Life, but I have to agree with you on this. The was pretty predictable and shallow, but I've noticed that when most people talk about how great Half-Life's story is, they're really talking about how immersive the story was. This was the first game that I can think of where events unfolded around you instead of in cut scenes and you could walk up to just about anyone and talk to them, or just shoot them when you felt like it.
Thief is another game that is praised for its story. And this one actually is a little deeper than Half-Life's, thanks to its cut scenes, but again the best part of the game was its immersiveness. You could sneak around and overhear conversations that progressed the story in addition to the incredible sound that had you cowering in the shadows at times.
In conclusion, I don't know what I'm talking about.
we would say a site has been Colonized.
They did use Intel's tests. Nothing in "Intel's tests" says anything about code written by Intel for Intel.
When the G3 first came out and there was all the controversy about the BYTEmark tests that Apple ran showing them to be faster than the P-2, Intel countered that what really mattered was real-world tests and not benchmarks.
So this time they did real-world tests just like Intel said they should. I don't know exactly what apps Intel used in theirs (and I don't care enough to go look for the info), but they've been known in the past to do Photoshop demos that have been set up just right to work well with MMX. I'm guessing that the Photoshop demo pitting the G4 against the P-3 was probably using Intel's settings. But with the ass-whooping Intel got, I wouldn't bet too much on that.
I was out christmas shopping one time with my mom several years back. We were at a mall and were both looking in different stores. Just as I went to go join her in a toy store, she bumped a counter display and knocked it over. So I said with a perfectly straight face, "Clumsy bitch." The clerk just froze and stared at me, but after looking at his face my mom laughed and we both laughed about it on the way home. She knew that I didn't mean it in a bad way, it was just funny at the time. It's become a sort of inside joke between us. I've told the story to my friends and she's done the same and all of them are always shocked, so we just laugh some more.
Words are just words. You can make them mean anything you want.
It's about time someone stood up to all those people shouting for children to have their toys taken away. I can barely hear myself think over all that racket. If only the government would quit wasting time on balanced budgets, health care, education, and the like and let kids play with their toys.
I had a lot of respect for Lucas before Phantom Menace. After seeing the movie I saw that he could make mistakes. After reading that comment about toys, I realize that he can be a complete idiot. Maybe it's just me, but every time he opens his mouth I feel less and less like seeing the next movie when it comes out.
A while back I was going to invent the internet, but got busy and before I knew it, Al Gore had beat me to it. Bastard!
My dad used to be stationed at Yokota Air Force Base in Japan, so I spent several years there. One thing it's impossible not to notice is that the country of Japan seems to keep being referred to as Nippon. So it was pretty easy to deduce that Nippon was the Japanese way of saying Japan, so it should also be correct. NEC is just one example of that, but probably the best for an international audience. I know we Americans tend to change everything to suit us, but I have no idea how the "N" got changed to a "J". Anyone know the etymology behind this?
While I was reading Cryptonomicon I got interested in reading more about cryptography and right there in the new release section of my local bookstore they had this Code Breaking book which was a history and explanation (with seemingly lots of examples) of cryptography.
Has anyone read this? Is it good? I'm not asking for advice on whether to buy it, since I picked it up last night. But I also picked up Ralph Ellison's posthumous Juneteenth and I'm reading that first, so I want to know what to expect.
And if anyone can recommend good crypto books, go ahead. I'm interested and I'm sure some other people are too.
Anyone else notice the line: "Whatever the reason, more companies, Microsoft included, are jumping on the open-source bandwagon."
All MS had to do was invite ESR to speak, keep anouncing that they're "thinking about" opening up Windows, and invest in an open source project that focuses on the Windows-only version of Perl and now they're beginning to be included in all of the good press that open source is getting. And this article is really just about games on an open-source platform and MS still gets some good press.
All hail MS PR.
Even though linux is in many ways more efficient than Windows or MacOS, keep in mind that the system requirements for any of these games that are being worked on will be very similar to the originals. MythII, or any new game for that matter, won't run on a 68k machine.
If you want to play an immersive 3D game (which is about all that's being made anymore) make sure you're running a relatively new system with plenty of RAM and preferably a 3D accelerator. I, for one, have always thought that it was great that linux runs so well on older platforms. They make great file servers, firewalls, workstations, etc., but don't expect to be able to run everything you want unless the harware's up to the task.
...my root password. how the hell did he guess it?!
Nobody better pick up the damn phone and kick me off. I need to move someplace where I can get a cable modem or ADSL (or is that ASDL, I'm too lazy to check). But if anyone's having troubles getting on the US mirrors like I was, I tried the Swedish mirror and got through pretty quick and have a decent connection (2.9K/s) for my modem.
I'll check versions tomorrow to see if I need to upgrade anything else before compiling and installing the new kernel. I hope things go smooth.
I've yet to set anything like that up on my linux box (still learning), but one thing I'd probably do is split things between multiple servers. With that many users you'll have to deal with people wasting half an hour just trying to find a username that's not already in use. Let's say you're setting up a system for a big university (as an example), I'd probably set up a math.college.edu, english.college.edu, cs.college.edu, business.college.edu, etc. to both spread the load and to simplify getting in touch with someone. I know that a similar system allowed me to easily track down people's email addresses in school. When my CS TA had a common name, I just checked for her name on the CS computers and there was luckily only one of her in that department.
Don't know if that helps, but that's probably where I'd start. If it's not a good system I'd probably find out soon enough.
I think it sort of fits in with his selling stock with himself. Sure, it was just a way to make a lot of money fast, but it could actually end up as something good with mp3's. Imagine a world with no big distributors controlling content, pricing, etc. You could have artists sell stock in themselves and then sell mp3's of their music directly to the customers. And they could stick with the current method of putting albums together, or just sell individual songs as they release them. I'm not sure it would be any better in the long run, but it would be interesting to see it tried.
I'd never heard of them, so I went to their page. It struck me as funny that they're mentioning Katz and the computer they built for him on their front page already.
"A 16-year-old Irish schoolgirl may have made e-mail even faster."