I'm just happy to see that your post was marked down as offtopic. *wink*
I don't see how anything posted ON Slashdot could be marked OFFTOPIC while DISCUSSING Slashdot. But, maybe that's just me.
Karma sucks now. It was cool three years ago, when it was new. Now it's silly. No name-changing or whatever is going to fix that. That's why I posited for an overhaul, but I'm tired and old, and fuckit, I'm gonna study kenjutsu.
I have learned that them "being cold" is a fine opportunity to provide the benefits of manly companionship, but, now that I am engaged, I'm finding it be a goddamn nuisance at times.
I grew up with "previews" so I have not thought much about them. I actually like previews (as long as there are not too many) because they are generally geared towards the kind of audience that is seeing this particular movie. But when I saw the same sort of tripe that I typically see on tv I flipped! I was like, "This is a COMMERCIAL!" And it was. I saw it on tv a few weeks later.
You used to be able to buy muriatic acid at a pool store. I don't remember the molarity, but it was pretty strong stuff. Enough to affect the pH in a pool (with just one bottle), at least.
One summer I used many bottles of pool-store-bought muriatic acid to etch away at a long, long driveway in preparation to retreat it with a paint. I actually went through a few brooms which basically fizzled away in the process.
I don't know how much I believe the melting down of a stop sign pole but it would definitely burn a lawn.
I find it all pathetic and very, very sad. Part of the UCSD experience was hanging out in the dingy dumb terminal labs at UGL or wherever hacking, hacking, hacking. The power and stability of the Suns (vs Windows) was extraordinary and directly influenced a few of of my peers (as well as me) to investigate Linux simply because the concept of having a UNIX machine of your very own was so cool.
vi, emacs, more (ooh, lookie "less" is better), and gcc were all a sort of trial-by-fire experience that many came to appreciate.
I actually studied bioengineering and applied mathematics but I also spent a lot of time hanging out with CSers and MUDding and whatnot for a while there.
I've, without your explicit permission, forwarded your post to a few of my old buds to let them know that Microsoft is hard encroaching on what was once sacred UNIX territory.:(
It's not like people will watch the live action one and then criticize you for liking the original.
People will criticize your liking of the original because they don't understand the difference.
Then, if you actually influence them enough to watch the original, their preconceptions will be tainted enough by the second hack that they will not be able to appreciate the original with all due respect to the element within which it was created (and this doesn't just mean anime as much as the time period).
In the end, the secondary remake, which usually sucks, will wash with the value of the original and marginalize those that "liked the first one" first so that they become disenchanted with the general public opinion... hence posts like "DON;'T REMAKE 1T I7;S KWEL! N0w! AflEck!!s FAG"
This was very interesting, but, and I don't normally complain about this, there were a few punctuation errors here and there that really threw off the rhythm.
Oh, and before I forget, I don't think the haiku's are the more traditional 5-7-5, although, quite frankly, I don't know how many syllables are in LOLI QUERU.
Thanks for the tips, though, and I'll be sure not to peruse OSNews in the near future.
MS is obviously trying very hard to keep CS students from learning to seriously develop software outside of a Microsoft Environment. By providing students with MS software for free, they hope to stop students from using open source development tools.
When I was at UCSD as an undergrad we did all of our coding in UNIX (sdcc?? machines, etc), generally using gcc at dumb terminals or over dialup.
Are you suggesting that things are done differently now?
When I TAed at UPenn the students were completely hamstrung by not being able to use Matlab remotely since the only versions of Matlab on campus were for Windows machines. I can't imagine this also happening to CS students with their development tools (being forced to use Visual C++ or something).
You have to give your mother credit for not only following you this far into your internet endeavors as to also be able to compose an obviously well-educated (as far as netlore ('cluestick') goes) response.
I, for one, am bothered by the disparaging of your mother that you have already done.
That was his real name? wow. I had never heard it before i said it.
Well, after a while he just went by "Dil", which could have been short for "Dilbert", "dill pickle", etc. All of the other fictional (and imagined) names are less embarrassing than "Dildatron," you must say.
Interestingly enough, the name dildatron came from a receiver remote.
ITYM, "Interestingly enough, the name 'dildatron', that I use, came from a receiver remote, not from the guy you know."
So, [it] is affectionately called "the Dildatron", because it controls the whole entertainment system.
That's funny. My wife calls the controller of my entertainment system, "that huge cock of yours". As in, "I bet you'd be much more entertained if we were playing with -- as opposed to that remote control."
I went to elementary school with a guy named "Dildatron". He didn't think it was funny but many others did, at least the ones who knew what "dildo" meant.
I don't know what happened to him, but that doesn't preclude me from agreeing with you:
anyone who thinks the name 'dildatron' is funny can't possibly have anything else intelligent to say...
Dildatron really was a nice guy. Unfortunate name, though.
I've been a G3 member of RedOctane since shortly after the PS2 came out. I never hesitate to recommend it to anyone who owns or is interested in buying a console. It's not a company for everyone, though.
After looking at my last credit card statement, I see that I pay $23.76 per month to have 3 games for as long as I want. This, to me, equates to about $8 to rent a game for a month! I think the rates have gone up slightly but they haven't raised mine. I find this a nice touch.
I believe that the way that I use RedOctane's service may be significantly different than the person who wrote this review. In the early days of my membership I discussed, at some length, RedOctane's policy for the determination of the next customer to be sent a game when one is returned. They said that it's a first-come-first-served basis, meaning that from the moment you enqueue a game, you are on the list. Your place on the list is also not penalized if you are "passed over" for game shipment because you already have all of your allotted games.
The way to do best at this system is to immediately enqueue a game as soon as it becomes available. Many times you can enqueue games weeks before they are actually sold. If you do this then you ensure an early spot on the list and a copy will come to you soon enough.
I don't worry about these details anymore, though. Currently my queue consists of (please forgive the PS2 redundancy,/. won't let me post with "short lines"):
Parappa the Rapper 2 (Playstation 2)
Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance (Playstation 2)
Devil May Cry (Playstation 2)
Rez (Playstation 2)
Tony Hawk 3 (Playstation 2)
Final Fantasy X (Playstation 2)
Jak and Daxter (Playstation 2)
Deus Ex (Playstation 2)
Guilty Gear X (Playstation 2)
Mr. Mosquito (Playstation 2)
Virtua Fighter 4 (Playstation 2)
Red Faction (Playstation 2)
Ace Combat 4 (Playstation 2)
Test Drive (Playstation 2)
Way of the Samurai (Playstation 2)
Onimusha 2: Samurais Destiny (Playstation 2)
Tekken 4 (Playstation 2)
Akira Psychoball (Playstation 2)
Spiderman: The Movie (Playstation 2)
Spy Hunter (Playstation 2)
Supercar Street Challenge (Playstation 2)
Star Wars Bombad Racing (Playstation 2)
UFC Throwdown (Playstation 2)
MTV Music Generator 2 (Playstation 2)
Legend of Alon Dar (Playstation 2)
Wild Arms 3 (Playstation 2)
Summoner 2 (Playstation 2)
Kings Field: The Ancient City (Playstation 2)
Cookies and Cream (Playstation 2)
Yanya Caballista: City Skater (Playstation 2)
Smash Court Tennis (Playstation 2)
Tetris Worlds (Playstation 2)
SOCOM (Playstation 2)
Medal of Honor Frontline (Playstation 2)
Stuntman (Playstation 2)
I currently have Metal Gear, Harvest Moon, and Blood Omen 2 checked out. I've had Metal Gear since _June_ just because I kinda like playing it every once in a while but don't feel like buying it (in three more months I should have). I have two other "slots" that I've been burning through. Since I have so many games queued up, three days after I put a game in the mail I usually get two emails in the afternoon, one saying they received the returned game, and one saying they shipped a new one. Within a couple of days I'm playing a new game which I thought may have been interesting to play at some time or another.
So, what does this mean? The best way to use RedOctane is to queue up as many games as you think might be fun and kick back. Get the games you have to have for a party or for the weekend or whatever at your local rental. Otherwise, think of it as some person you know who just sends you games you yourself have said are intriguing and waits patiently to take them back whenever you feel like it.
I don't know how many games I've gone through with them, probably on the order of sixty or so, and I've only had one that was unplayable. They have twice neglected me (not shipping _anything_ for a week) and after inquiring about it they gave me a free month's membership both times. I figure that when all is said and done, if I would have rented those same games at Blockbuster or wherever I would have spent much more and not had that feeling of luxury that RedOctane gives.
I really like it. If you are not the kind of person who must have the latest game _immediately_ then it's well worth the money.
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I'm just happy to see that your post was marked down as offtopic. *wink*
I don't see how anything posted ON Slashdot could be marked OFFTOPIC while DISCUSSING Slashdot. But, maybe that's just me.
Karma sucks now. It was cool three years ago, when it was new. Now it's silly. No name-changing or whatever is going to fix that. That's why I posited for an overhaul, but I'm tired and old, and fuckit, I'm gonna study kenjutsu.
Please don't discrimanate against me.
If you mod me down, you'z a playahata!
Starcraft ROOLZ! Preview is da bomb, yo! Peace out!
ITYM,
7. Get in car
8. Drive to library/(internet cafe)/relative's
9. Twiddle
10. Twiddle
11. Login and go to store.apple.com
No SOUP FOR YOU!! You did not READ!
It's not like everyone on Slashdot doesn't already have 50 karma anyway
... and then it turns to shit. Break it there, rebuild, and start again. It's an eternal process.
My fucking ass. Some of us have been here since the beginning and fersure don't understand "the current system".
FUCK karma. It was a good idea, like communism, and it needs to be overhauled when in practice, like communism, IMO.
Moderation by the masses works for a while
Ah, then it is obviously:
Innies vs. outies?
I find that suspect.
I have learned that them "being cold" is a fine opportunity to provide the benefits of manly companionship, but, now that I am engaged, I'm finding it be a goddamn nuisance at times.
Please to explain.
Cleavage?
Innies vs. outties?
More desirable?
All of the above?
12. Turning the AC down so low that my gf has to look like a fsckin eskimo to keep from walking out a deep shade of blue
Why is it always the women who are cold?
I can't even begin to count the number of women I've gone out with who are cold at the slightest touch of a breeze (or "low" AC).
My sister says, "They just want you to warm them up."
I say, "That's fine, I can do that, but why the fuck don't they just bring a jacket?"
I just wish that there was a pizza+movie delivery service.
.com boom.
There was. They just expanded too quickly and died off with the rest of the mismanaged
Even the good ideas got whacked.
far more sassier.
ITYM, far more sassy.
As in:
Can you say, SASSY?
or
That's SASSY!
RIP Phil.
Yeah, no shit.
I grew up with "previews" so I have not thought much about them. I actually like previews (as long as there are not too many) because they are generally geared towards the kind of audience that is seeing this particular movie. But when I saw the same sort of tripe that I typically see on tv I flipped! I was like, "This is a COMMERCIAL!" And it was. I saw it on tv a few weeks later.
WTF is up with that?
You used to be able to buy muriatic acid at a pool store. I don't remember the molarity, but it was pretty strong stuff. Enough to affect the pH in a pool (with just one bottle), at least.
One summer I used many bottles of pool-store-bought muriatic acid to etch away at a long, long driveway in preparation to retreat it with a paint. I actually went through a few brooms which basically fizzled away in the process.
I don't know how much I believe the melting down of a stop sign pole but it would definitely burn a lawn.
Thanks for the info.
:(
I find it all pathetic and very, very sad. Part of the UCSD experience was hanging out in the dingy dumb terminal labs at UGL or wherever hacking, hacking, hacking. The power and stability of the Suns (vs Windows) was extraordinary and directly influenced a few of of my peers (as well as me) to investigate Linux simply because the concept of having a UNIX machine of your very own was so cool.
vi, emacs, more (ooh, lookie "less" is better), and gcc were all a sort of trial-by-fire experience that many came to appreciate.
I actually studied bioengineering and applied mathematics but I also spent a lot of time hanging out with CSers and MUDding and whatnot for a while there.
I've, without your explicit permission, forwarded your post to a few of my old buds to let them know that Microsoft is hard encroaching on what was once sacred UNIX territory.
It's not like people will watch the live action one and then criticize you for liking the original.
... hence posts like "DON;'T REMAKE 1T I7;S KWEL! N0w! AflEck!!s FAG"
People will criticize your liking of the original because they don't understand the difference.
Then, if you actually influence them enough to watch the original, their preconceptions will be tainted enough by the second hack that they will not be able to appreciate the original with all due respect to the element within which it was created (and this doesn't just mean anime as much as the time period).
In the end, the secondary remake, which usually sucks, will wash with the value of the original and marginalize those that "liked the first one" first so that they become disenchanted with the general public opinion
Damn triffids. I go out of my way to step on them.
This was very interesting, but, and I don't normally complain about this, there were a few punctuation errors here and there that really threw off the rhythm.
Oh, and before I forget, I don't think the haiku's are the more traditional 5-7-5, although, quite frankly, I don't know how many syllables are in LOLI QUERU.
Thanks for the tips, though, and I'll be sure not to peruse OSNews in the near future.
MS is obviously trying very hard to keep CS students from learning to seriously develop software outside of a Microsoft Environment.
By providing students with MS software for free, they hope to stop students from using open source development tools.
When I was at UCSD as an undergrad we did all of our coding in UNIX (sdcc?? machines, etc), generally using gcc at dumb terminals or over dialup.
Are you suggesting that things are done differently now?
When I TAed at UPenn the students were completely hamstrung by not being able to use Matlab remotely since the only versions of Matlab on campus were for Windows machines. I can't imagine this also happening to CS students with their development tools (being forced to use Visual C++ or something).
That is, of course, just what the Illuminati would have you think.
You are an ass.
You have to give your mother credit for not only following you this far into your internet endeavors as to also be able to compose an obviously well-educated (as far as netlore ('cluestick') goes) response.
I, for one, am bothered by the disparaging of your mother that you have already done.
I think you should apologize.
That was his real name? wow. I had never heard it before i said it.
Well, after a while he just went by "Dil", which could have been short for "Dilbert", "dill pickle", etc. All of the other fictional (and imagined) names are less embarrassing than "Dildatron," you must say.
Interestingly enough, the name dildatron came from a receiver remote.
ITYM, "Interestingly enough, the name 'dildatron', that I use, came from a receiver remote, not from the guy you know."
So, [it] is affectionately called "the Dildatron", because it controls the whole entertainment system.
That's funny. My wife calls the controller of my entertainment system, "that huge cock of yours". As in, "I bet you'd be much more entertained if we were playing with -- as opposed to that remote control."
I went to elementary school with a guy named "Dildatron". He didn't think it was funny but many others did, at least the ones who knew what "dildo" meant.
I don't know what happened to him, but that doesn't preclude me from agreeing with you:
anyone who thinks the name 'dildatron' is funny can't possibly have anything else intelligent to say...
Dildatron really was a nice guy. Unfortunate name, though.
I've been a G3 member of RedOctane since shortly after the PS2 came out. I never hesitate to recommend it to anyone who owns or is interested in buying a console. It's not a company for everyone, though.
/. won't let me post with "short lines"):
After looking at my last credit card statement, I see that I pay $23.76 per month to have 3 games for as long as I want. This, to me, equates to about $8 to rent a game for a month! I think the rates have gone up slightly but they haven't raised mine. I find this a nice touch.
I believe that the way that I use RedOctane's service may be significantly different than the person who wrote this review. In the early days of my membership I discussed, at some length, RedOctane's policy for the determination of the next customer to be sent a game when one is returned. They said that it's a first-come-first-served basis, meaning that from the moment you enqueue a game, you are on the list. Your place on the list is also not penalized if you are "passed over" for game shipment because you already have all of your allotted games.
The way to do best at this system is to immediately enqueue a game as soon as it becomes available. Many times you can enqueue games weeks before they are actually sold. If you do this then you ensure an early spot on the list and a copy will come to you soon enough.
I don't worry about these details anymore, though. Currently my queue consists of (please forgive the PS2 redundancy,
Parappa the Rapper 2 (Playstation 2)
Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance (Playstation 2)
Devil May Cry (Playstation 2)
Rez (Playstation 2)
Tony Hawk 3 (Playstation 2)
Final Fantasy X (Playstation 2)
Jak and Daxter (Playstation 2)
Deus Ex (Playstation 2)
Guilty Gear X (Playstation 2)
Mr. Mosquito (Playstation 2)
Virtua Fighter 4 (Playstation 2)
Red Faction (Playstation 2)
Ace Combat 4 (Playstation 2)
Test Drive (Playstation 2)
Way of the Samurai (Playstation 2)
Onimusha 2: Samurais Destiny (Playstation 2)
Tekken 4 (Playstation 2)
Akira Psychoball (Playstation 2)
Spiderman: The Movie (Playstation 2)
Spy Hunter (Playstation 2)
Supercar Street Challenge (Playstation 2)
Star Wars Bombad Racing (Playstation 2)
UFC Throwdown (Playstation 2)
MTV Music Generator 2 (Playstation 2)
Legend of Alon Dar (Playstation 2)
Wild Arms 3 (Playstation 2)
Summoner 2 (Playstation 2)
Kings Field: The Ancient City (Playstation 2)
Cookies and Cream (Playstation 2)
Yanya Caballista: City Skater (Playstation 2)
Smash Court Tennis (Playstation 2)
Tetris Worlds (Playstation 2)
SOCOM (Playstation 2)
Medal of Honor Frontline (Playstation 2)
Stuntman (Playstation 2)
I currently have Metal Gear, Harvest Moon, and Blood Omen 2 checked out. I've had Metal Gear since _June_ just because I kinda like playing it every once in a while but don't feel like buying it (in three more months I should have). I have two other "slots" that I've been burning through. Since I have so many games queued up, three days after I put a game in the mail I usually get two emails in the afternoon, one saying they received the returned game, and one saying they shipped a new one. Within a couple of days I'm playing a new game which I thought may have been interesting to play at some time or another.
So, what does this mean? The best way to use RedOctane is to queue up as many games as you think might be fun and kick back. Get the games you have to have for a party or for the weekend or whatever at your local rental. Otherwise, think of it as some person you know who just sends you games you yourself have said are intriguing and waits patiently to take them back whenever you feel like it.
I don't know how many games I've gone through with them, probably on the order of sixty or so, and I've only had one that was unplayable. They have twice neglected me (not shipping _anything_ for a week) and after inquiring about it they gave me a free month's membership both times. I figure that when all is said and done, if I would have rented those same games at Blockbuster or wherever I would have spent much more and not had that feeling of luxury that RedOctane gives.
I really like it. If you are not the kind of person who must have the latest game _immediately_ then it's well worth the money.
ITYM, Worst. Moderation. Ever.
yea..that'll go over like gasoline and matches at a fireman's birthday party.
You've obviously never been to any fireman's birthday party.
Except for a mental ward you cannot guarantee a higher concentration of pyromaniacs anywhere.