I decided to give CFLs a try. The first one I tried it on is my nice lamp in the living room. 3 lights I can position anywhere. So I took out the old one, and realized the energy-saving ones don't fit. Just after the screw-base, it gets really wide on the base. That means it refuses to fit any tight-clearance light sockets.
So I moved it to the light socket(no space restrictions, just a socket) downstairs to the laundry room. It worked, but it didn't seem to light up a room well at all! Oh well.
As an addition to #1, I hate websites that require you to enter a password to UNSUBSCRIBE. Like their marketing emails are so precious that they don't want anyone else unsubscribing you. Yeah.... Most likely you would have forgotten said password.
I once did an online order from Pizza Hut, and I've been stuck on their mailing list ever since. I did their unsubscribe spiel, and was aghast: they said it would take 6-8 weeks for me to get off their mailing list.
In this day and age of computers, 6-8 weeks to be removed off of their mailings is ridiculous. I'm not trying to buy a house here, I just don't want your correspondence.
Legit marketing emails? Just go RSS or make a web page. Let them come to you.
I got a Peripehral Expansion Box for my TI-99/4A. No more cassettes! I was ridin' high with SS/SD floppy disks. My first box was by a company named Bonus.
EVERY single one failed after another, eventually. I was kind to my disks, but they failed miserably.
Later when I had a 1.2 meg floppy for my PC, I could read & write my own disks, but nobody else could read mine.
Cut to 21 years later, I bring out some old 3.5 inchers, and almost none of them read. But, some may have been Amiga formatted as the poster above said. Oddly, when I brought out the old Amiga 500, none of the Amiga disks failed. So maybe it was my drive.
Excellent point. There are way too many websites with 'sign up for our email newsletter' , and you know what? Most of it is pointless, and is probably an excuse to get peoples' email address for, of course, to resell it to spammers. The next step of that are websites that require registration for no real reason.
An RSS feed would also prevent X from signing up to mailing lists with person Y's email address. There are guards in place for that(one-time-passwords), but an email still gets sent, and thus can be an annoyance.
RSS all the way, I say. RSS is great for impersonal communication.
I swear 50% of the accoutns on myspace are "spambot" accounts, usually using a hot chick for a picture. They are getting more and more advanced on trying to make the profiles look legit, by listing random bands in the music section, popular tv shows in tv shows, etc. Some even post blogger entries(typically with links to spam sites).On any time if you are "online" you'll get about 8-10 friend requests from them, recycling the same images.
Heck, they even ignore messages sent to them just like real myspace users.:)
I have a mouse at work I brought from home, and about 60% of the silver paint has worn off. It worn off right where my palm & fingers touch it. There's a small spot underneath the big button where my thumb touches, totally dull gray.
I'm gonna get flak for this, but I wouldn't mind another carmageddon sequel. Sure, once you look at the premise of the game, there really isn't anything to it. Competitor cars wander off, and al you basically do is run over people to keep your timer up, and casually hit checkpoints.
I still would like to see one with a modern graphics engine(maybe base it off of GTA?), and make the missions OPTIONAL. The missions were overdone in Carmageddon TDR, and frankly, weren't that fun. Carmageddon 2's missions were alright, and it had much more fluid gameplay. TDR couldn't even do 5x combos(the game didn't register it fast enough).
It would make a great stress reliever, and with updated graphics and more resources, I bet the game would be a blast.
It seemed only like 2 months ago people were camping overnight and threatening each others lives for a PS3.
And now they are gathering dust on sales shelves.
You gotta admit, this is funny. Once again, the stories about the Playstation 3 have entertained me more than the console itself, for much less than $600.
I'll be replacing my entertainment derived from the (nonexistant) Phantom console and my Gizmondo portable for the PS3. C'mon Sony, make some more silly PR statements like "The 360 costs too much!" or something like the former Iraqi information minister would say.
I used to work for Compaq tech support in 1995, so I'm getting a kick out of all these replies...
Don't forget that Compaq Presario models replaced the Windows Explorer shell with "Tabworks", a stupid book-like layout shell for Windows. The Tabworks.ini file(I forgot, it has been 12 years) used to corrupt all the time on people's machines. That was a good bulk of our calls right there.
As for a complete re-install of the system, it was done with a base windows, and then app after app install on floppies. While it was time-consuming, it was never painful.
One of the major advantages with web forums is the lack* of cross-posting. Cross-posting usually dilutes groups when people insist on posting to a ton f groups at the same time.
Web forums can usually crack down on spam. Usenet, in all its wonderful unmoderated glory, has turned into a haven for spam and virus distribution. You have tons more possible functionality with web forums to block out stupid signatures, inline image posting, email post notification and so forth.
Actually it was "Quest for the King" for Tunnels of Doom. Aasgard software made the ToD editor. I had it and it came with a few already-made sample games. You can basically change around the graphics, magic item names/behavior and such, but not not the core game. It is still fun to play with though.
There was a Star Trek-themed ToD game and some other fantasy-based ToD game, but it was insanely hard.
I was thinking of consoles in comparison to cars. It seems the PS3 is getting closer and closer to resembling the Bugatti Veyron. They are both priced out of the atmosphere for their respective peers. And how many places can you take your Veyron to its top speed?
As for what car the Xbox 360 would be, I dunno. The new Ford Mustang in white?
Your post reminded me of "velcro wall jumping" as seen on David Letterman. Wear a suit made of all velcro, and jump onto a sturdy wall of the other half of velcro. You stick to the wall.
Isn't this the 2nd time war and toys have crossed paths? IIRC Silly Putty was made by accident in WW2, attempting to make an explosion. While no explosive was made, the designers pressed it on a newspaper photo and went "but hey! Look what you can do with Hitler's face!"
Let's look for other toys with the word "silly" in them to see if they are usful in military applications. I'm betting now there's some research funds diverting towards it.
Any time I see anything about new television programming about video games, I always bet(and win) that it won't be on G4. Once again, I was right. I'd like to go within earshot of Morgan Webb and yell "What's that one tv network with all that video game coverage..uh, yeah, SPIKE TV."
Many moons ago, I think it was on the sci fi channel they had some video game competition involving "blockade running", done not on PCs, but these video game pilot "booths"(think Afterburner, etc). It was quite possibly the saddest thing you've ever seen with the biggest dorks as the players. Anyone remember what I'm talking about?
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I decided to give CFLs a try. The first one I tried it on is my nice lamp in the living room. 3 lights I can position anywhere. So I took out the old one, and realized the energy-saving ones don't fit. Just after the screw-base, it gets really wide on the base. That means it refuses to fit any tight-clearance light sockets.
So I moved it to the light socket(no space restrictions, just a socket) downstairs to the laundry room. It worked, but it didn't seem to light up a room well at all! Oh well.
As an addition to #1, I hate websites that require you to enter a password to UNSUBSCRIBE. Like their marketing emails are so precious that they don't want anyone else unsubscribing you. Yeah.... Most likely you would have forgotten said password.
I once did an online order from Pizza Hut, and I've been stuck on their mailing list ever since. I did their unsubscribe spiel, and was aghast: they said it would take 6-8 weeks for me to get off their mailing list.
In this day and age of computers, 6-8 weeks to be removed off of their mailings is ridiculous. I'm not trying to buy a house here, I just don't want your correspondence.
Legit marketing emails? Just go RSS or make a web page. Let them come to you.
I remember it like it was 21 years ago...
I got a Peripehral Expansion Box for my TI-99/4A. No more cassettes! I was ridin' high with SS/SD floppy disks. My first box was by a company named Bonus.
EVERY single one failed after another, eventually. I was kind to my disks, but they failed miserably.
Later when I had a 1.2 meg floppy for my PC, I could read & write my own disks, but nobody else could read mine.
Cut to 21 years later, I bring out some old 3.5 inchers, and almost none of them read. But, some may have been Amiga formatted as the poster above said. Oddly, when I brought out the old Amiga 500, none of the Amiga disks failed. So maybe it was my drive.
They won't be missed. Thumbdrives all the way.
Register a .su domain? Have a quick look on google; there's plenty of registrars that'll happily take your cash in exchange for a .su.
.su domained websites will be more than happy to take your credit card # as well. :)
And knowing Russian hackers, any of those
Is this a joke? How could anyone from Spike TV be respected?
Because it's not on G4. That alone gives you more respect in terms of video game coverage on TV.
Excellent point. There are way too many websites with 'sign up for our email newsletter' , and you know what? Most of it is pointless, and is probably an excuse to get peoples' email address for, of course, to resell it to spammers. The next step of that are websites that require registration for no real reason.
An RSS feed would also prevent X from signing up to mailing lists with person Y's email address. There are guards in place for that(one-time-passwords), but an email still gets sent, and thus can be an annoyance.
RSS all the way, I say. RSS is great for impersonal communication.
I swear 50% of the accoutns on myspace are "spambot" accounts, usually using a hot chick for a picture. They are getting more and more advanced on trying to make the profiles look legit, by listing random bands in the music section, popular tv shows in tv shows, etc. Some even post blogger entries(typically with links to spam sites).On any time if you are "online" you'll get about 8-10 friend requests from them, recycling the same images.
:)
Heck, they even ignore messages sent to them just like real myspace users.
I have a mouse at work I brought from home, and about 60% of the silver paint has worn off. It worn off right where my palm & fingers touch it. There's a small spot underneath the big button where my thumb touches, totally dull gray.
I'm gonna get flak for this, but I wouldn't mind another carmageddon sequel. Sure, once you look at the premise of the game, there really isn't anything to it. Competitor cars wander off, and al you basically do is run over people to keep your timer up, and casually hit checkpoints.
I still would like to see one with a modern graphics engine(maybe base it off of GTA?), and make the missions OPTIONAL. The missions were overdone in Carmageddon TDR, and frankly, weren't that fun. Carmageddon 2's missions were alright, and it had much more fluid gameplay. TDR couldn't even do 5x combos(the game didn't register it fast enough).
It would make a great stress reliever, and with updated graphics and more resources, I bet the game would be a blast.
It seemed only like 2 months ago people were camping overnight and threatening each others lives for a PS3.
And now they are gathering dust on sales shelves.
You gotta admit, this is funny. Once again, the stories about the Playstation 3 have entertained me more than the console itself, for much less than $600.
I'll be replacing my entertainment derived from the (nonexistant) Phantom console and my Gizmondo portable for the PS3. C'mon Sony, make some more silly PR statements like "The 360 costs too much!" or something like the former Iraqi information minister would say.
IIRC he was showing kids how to do "Crunch-ups", and that's where things kind of went downhill.
I used to work for Compaq tech support in 1995, so I'm getting a kick out of all these replies...
Don't forget that Compaq Presario models replaced the Windows Explorer shell with "Tabworks", a stupid book-like layout shell for Windows. The Tabworks.ini file(I forgot, it has been 12 years) used to corrupt all the time on people's machines. That was a good bulk of our calls right there.
As for a complete re-install of the system, it was done with a base windows, and then app after app install on floppies. While it was time-consuming, it was never painful.
What chick wouldn't want to go back to a castle? Of love?
:)
With Dracula's castle, you would have your pick of ANY goth chick. So it could be a good investment just from that.
I've seen it happen in Amsterdam's airport as well, on their nice monitors hanging overhead.
One of the major advantages with web forums is the lack* of cross-posting. Cross-posting usually dilutes groups when people insist on posting to a ton f groups at the same time.
Web forums can usually crack down on spam. Usenet, in all its wonderful unmoderated glory, has turned into a haven for spam and virus distribution. You have tons more possible functionality with web forums to block out stupid signatures, inline image posting, email post notification and so forth.
..just imagine the huge torque wrench they need for the cylinder head nuts. It has to be airlifted in from Sears.
Actually it was "Quest for the King" for Tunnels of Doom. Aasgard software made the ToD editor. I had it and it came with a few already-made sample games. You can basically change around the graphics, magic item names/behavior and such, but not not the core game. It is still fun to play with though.
There was a Star Trek-themed ToD game and some other fantasy-based ToD game, but it was insanely hard.
I was thinking of consoles in comparison to cars. It seems the PS3 is getting closer and closer to resembling the Bugatti Veyron. They are both priced out of the atmosphere for their respective peers. And how many places can you take your Veyron to its top speed?
As for what car the Xbox 360 would be, I dunno. The new Ford Mustang in white?
And how much is Sony paying the lawyers to do this? I wonder if this is an attempt to get the heat off the PS3, by making the Wii look bad.
..they said so with their last PSP firmware update. :)
Your post reminded me of "velcro wall jumping" as seen on David Letterman. Wear a suit made of all velcro, and jump onto a sturdy wall of the other half of velcro. You stick to the wall.
Right next to the Asia-pacific part, which could be captioned "here be the spam".
Isn't this the 2nd time war and toys have crossed paths? IIRC Silly Putty was made by accident in WW2, attempting to make an explosion. While no explosive was made, the designers pressed it on a newspaper photo and went "but hey! Look what you can do with Hitler's face!"
Let's look for other toys with the word "silly" in them to see if they are usful in military applications. I'm betting now there's some research funds diverting towards it.
Any time I see anything about new television programming about video games, I always bet(and win) that it won't be on G4. Once again, I was right. I'd like to go within earshot of Morgan Webb and yell "What's that one tv network with all that video game coverage..uh, yeah, SPIKE TV."
Many moons ago, I think it was on the sci fi channel they had some video game competition involving "blockade running", done not on PCs, but these video game pilot "booths"(think Afterburner, etc). It was quite possibly the saddest thing you've ever seen with the biggest dorks as the players. Anyone remember what I'm talking about?