So the bottom line is, just because someone calls your business, doesn't mean they aren't in higher authority,etc or in charge of some security company. Sadly, we are gullible by nature. Sure, it may seem extreme that a guy on the other end tells you to smash the windows & set off the alarms, but better safe than sorry.
I would love to see a modern-engined Carmageddon reboot. Sure, the 3rd one(TDR) was horrible, focusing on the missions. The reason for that is that even the developers realized there wasn't much to this game. The enemy cars often got damaged and just randomly veered around. There was no sense of urgency except to kill peds to keep your timer from running out. Ergo, missions were put in(some I could not solve even with cheats).
It was just fun to drive around & do stunts, mixed in with car combat & running peds down. Veered into sandbox-style games. It was a zen game. Let's see this redone with a modern game engine, perhaps with destructible environments and such.
Probably nobody else is going to agree with me, but I had to mix it up a bit.
If you have software updates every 5-6 days in the name of "security patches", you probably should hire better developers. I remember some stupid HP updater utility that got tacked on some printer drivers needed an update in the name of security. I decided to one-up the software by removing it entirely, thus preventing any future security issues with that product.
I tried 2 different optical drives(one DVD, one CDR) on my dad's system to narrow out that possibility, and it still failed. Switched the IDE cable. I ran the virtual machine on my work laptop(thus a totally diff drive).
I go and reinstall windows on my dad's machine. I use an nLited burnt CD I made(HP made CD) and it won't even boot. Tried a linux recovery CD(same maker of CD), would not boot. Somehow, out of the 6 tries I was able to get the XP install CD to boot. It did. Failed about halfway, asking for the file "ASMS", which didn't exist(but a folder did).
So, bad Cd? I fire up a virtual machine, and install XP in the machine and it works flawlessly.
I go back to my dad's machine & eventually try my legit store-bought XP install CD, and it continued to install. I burn a CD of my dad's backed up data(again, an HP cd), and it reads just fine on my machine I burned it from, won't read at all on my dad's system.
Agreed. I'm sick of these articles saying that the almighty iPhone is going to make this/that dedicated device obsolete. Here's the big catch: the cellular subscription you have to pay EACH MONTH. Not everyone has unlimited funds for such toys, whether it's monthly or a 1-time cost. The one thing the iPhone isn't going to render obsolete: $40/month in your wallet.
Heck, I would be happy with the Saint's flip-open keyboard Nokia phone from 13 years ago. To me that's still slick.
Yes, it's almost spot-on like the video from the IT crowd, yet it's from the same creators of DCTF. You are shown police state tactics with a scene that reminds me of Brazil.
..is when you go to a site, and visually, everything appears to be fine. Everything looks loaded up wonderfully, and you can use it as you please. However, firefox on its tab still perpetually says "Loading.....". I know it's ad-related. I just hit Stop and go along my way. Myspace is one of the worst offenders. guess they need more bandwidth to http://ads-featuring-gangsta-rappers.myspace.com./
I'm sure in 20 years we'll find German plans to make ray guns, giant mech fighers, etc. Castle Wolfenstein game plots seems less & less like fiction as the years go on.:)
You want to know what's worse? I've downloaded apps straight off the website, and the instant I run it, it tells me there's another update available. Apparently the website(vendor site, not download.com, etc) can't be bothered to get the latest release, or they released it in patch-only.
I think it's funny when you see the SAME clip art being used on multiple products. You have probably seen the "chick with red vinyl pants turning her hair to the side" picture if you have seen a Coby portable DVD player. I saw the same image being used at a Sam Goody(on a wall poster) as well as a cardboard display for free AOL CDs. I have yet to find the original.
Heck, I've seen familiar clip art images on Tim & Eric Awesome show, from Hemera Photo Objects.
I'm in St. Paul, and I'm only getting channel 25 & 4 & 23. Oddly enough, the channels I have no interest in watching(spanish language gospel) are the ones coming in the clearest. There seems to be no way to manually set channels myself on this Apex box.
A friend of mine once bought "Chicken Shoot" and showed me the box. From the silly artwork on the box and simple concept(shooting livestock), it looked like it was from a timewarp from 2 decades ago. No, not every game has to be as complex as Final Fantasy, but I just can't imagine spending $60 on a fowl carnage game, ie an updated Duck Hunt. With the popularity of the Wii, it seems to be nothing but kiddie shovelware titles, when I would rather play Fallout 3.
Many moons ago, after a 2600 meeting, a bunch of us converged at a coffee shop. Dark Tangent & his friends were there. He had a laptop with a webcam attached to it(supposedly recording). Yet he raised a stink when someone else tried to take a picture of him. Do as I say, not as I do?
Really, I'm asking in all seriousness. The things that were presented in E3 seemed as gimmicky as when they first were thought of(u-force, etc). Almost 20 years ago we had the gimmick of "multimedia" with games having FMV sequences, and it ended up being a bunch of bad Sega CD games.
Then I thought of the video game crash(no more Atari, Coleco, Intelly, etc) and what good came out of it: a revamped market that wasn't the same ol same ol. A cleansing with fire.
I remember the "pop the bubbles" game that came free with a webcam. Amusing for roughly 5 minutes. Sony's wand seems like they are just trying to catch up to the Wii, but it's too late.
That's the first thing I noticed sitting inside an H2. There really is no cargo space in it, unless you want to put your stuff on the seats. You would think a big cube-shaped SUV that's ultra-wide would have plenty of comfort & personal space for passengers. It doesn't. The driver & front passenger are enveloped by consoles, etc. Behind the rear passengers doesn't make for much cargo room whatsoever. It's like it was designed for people who don't want to sit near each other and are giving each other the silent treatment.
I admit, things slowed down a bit when they moved it to Fridays, but I still enjoyed watching it. I always enjoyed the first 2 Terminator movies, and this actually stuck well to the storyline. I was surprised to see Dr. Silverman who was in the first 2 movies, and the fallout from his brief experiences(he became a nutjob). While this was more drama than action, it still held its weight. Sci Fi shows aren't too terribly common in the big scope of television, so I welcome anything that graces the screen.
Yesterday I was working on my Linux server getting an HP printer to work(moreso the printer's fault, not my server's). Well, lo and behold, all network access randomly decided to stop on my system. I had some update installed(some updates to 9.04 not an upgrade TO 9.04), and then I couldn't get anywhere. How the heck did the buggy as all hell NetworkManager get included? I can't even get it to work right, saying basically my ethernet card doesn't exist, even though it was working just great before?
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So the bottom line is, just because someone calls your business, doesn't mean they aren't in higher authority,etc or in charge of some security company. Sadly, we are gullible by nature. Sure, it may seem extreme that a guy on the other end tells you to smash the windows & set off the alarms, but better safe than sorry.
I would love to see a modern-engined Carmageddon reboot. Sure, the 3rd one(TDR) was horrible, focusing on the missions. The reason for that is that even the developers realized there wasn't much to this game. The enemy cars often got damaged and just randomly veered around. There was no sense of urgency except to kill peds to keep your timer from running out. Ergo, missions were put in(some I could not solve even with cheats).
It was just fun to drive around & do stunts, mixed in with car combat & running peds down. Veered into sandbox-style games. It was a zen game. Let's see this redone with a modern game engine, perhaps with destructible environments and such.
Probably nobody else is going to agree with me, but I had to mix it up a bit.
Well, son we used to have these things called CueCats....
I kept the printer. I just got rid of the annoying software around it. Kept the driver. It was just an updater program.
If you have software updates every 5-6 days in the name of "security patches", you probably should hire better developers. I remember some stupid HP updater utility that got tacked on some printer drivers needed an update in the name of security. I decided to one-up the software by removing it entirely, thus preventing any future security issues with that product.
I tried 2 different optical drives(one DVD, one CDR) on my dad's system to narrow out that possibility, and it still failed. Switched the IDE cable. I ran the virtual machine on my work laptop(thus a totally diff drive).
I go and reinstall windows on my dad's machine. I use an nLited burnt CD I made(HP made CD) and it won't even boot. Tried a linux recovery CD(same maker of CD), would not boot. Somehow, out of the 6 tries I was able to get the XP install CD to boot. It did. Failed about halfway, asking for the file "ASMS", which didn't exist(but a folder did).
So, bad Cd? I fire up a virtual machine, and install XP in the machine and it works flawlessly.
I go back to my dad's machine & eventually try my legit store-bought XP install CD, and it continued to install. I burn a CD of my dad's backed up data(again, an HP cd), and it reads just fine on my machine I burned it from, won't read at all on my dad's system.
Wow, I'm lucky.
And just what do they have for assets? It is just a bunch of torrent links, not the actual content.
Remember when computers didn't have monthly data plans? I would rather save $ and just mooch off free wi-fi.
Agreed. I'm sick of these articles saying that the almighty iPhone is going to make this/that dedicated device obsolete. Here's the big catch: the cellular subscription you have to pay EACH MONTH. Not everyone has unlimited funds for such toys, whether it's monthly or a 1-time cost. The one thing the iPhone isn't going to render obsolete: $40/month in your wallet.
Heck, I would be happy with the Saint's flip-open keyboard Nokia phone from 13 years ago. To me that's still slick.
...who control barter town?
Yes, it's almost spot-on like the video from the IT crowd, yet it's from the same creators of DCTF. You are shown police state tactics with a scene that reminds me of Brazil.
We have come a long way, America.
..is when you go to a site, and visually, everything appears to be fine. Everything looks loaded up wonderfully, and you can use it as you please. However, firefox on its tab still perpetually says "Loading.....". I know it's ad-related. I just hit Stop and go along my way. Myspace is one of the worst offenders. guess they need more bandwidth to http://ads-featuring-gangsta-rappers.myspace.com./
I'm sure in 20 years we'll find German plans to make ray guns, giant mech fighers, etc. Castle Wolfenstein game plots seems less & less like fiction as the years go on. :)
Is that what they are calling armchair journalists these days?
You want to know what's worse? I've downloaded apps straight off the website, and the instant I run it, it tells me there's another update available. Apparently the website(vendor site, not download.com, etc) can't be bothered to get the latest release, or they released it in patch-only.
I think it's funny when you see the SAME clip art being used on multiple products. You have probably seen the "chick with red vinyl pants turning her hair to the side" picture if you have seen a Coby portable DVD player. I saw the same image being used at a Sam Goody(on a wall poster) as well as a cardboard display for free AOL CDs. I have yet to find the original.
Heck, I've seen familiar clip art images on Tim & Eric Awesome show, from Hemera Photo Objects.
I'm in St. Paul, and I'm only getting channel 25 & 4 & 23. Oddly enough, the channels I have no interest in watching(spanish language gospel) are the ones coming in the clearest. There seems to be no way to manually set channels myself on this Apex box.
Oh well, that's why I have cable.
A friend of mine once bought "Chicken Shoot" and showed me the box. From the silly artwork on the box and simple concept(shooting livestock), it looked like it was from a timewarp from 2 decades ago. No, not every game has to be as complex as Final Fantasy, but I just can't imagine spending $60 on a fowl carnage game, ie an updated Duck Hunt. With the popularity of the Wii, it seems to be nothing but kiddie shovelware titles, when I would rather play Fallout 3.
Many moons ago, after a 2600 meeting, a bunch of us converged at a coffee shop. Dark Tangent & his friends were there. He had a laptop with a webcam attached to it(supposedly recording). Yet he raised a stink when someone else tried to take a picture of him. Do as I say, not as I do?
Really, I'm asking in all seriousness. The things that were presented in E3 seemed as gimmicky as when they first were thought of(u-force, etc). Almost 20 years ago we had the gimmick of "multimedia" with games having FMV sequences, and it ended up being a bunch of bad Sega CD games.
Then I thought of the video game crash(no more Atari, Coleco, Intelly, etc) and what good came out of it: a revamped market that wasn't the same ol same ol. A cleansing with fire.
I remember the "pop the bubbles" game that came free with a webcam. Amusing for roughly 5 minutes. Sony's wand seems like they are just trying to catch up to the Wii, but it's too late.
That's the first thing I noticed sitting inside an H2. There really is no cargo space in it, unless you want to put your stuff on the seats. You would think a big cube-shaped SUV that's ultra-wide would have plenty of comfort & personal space for passengers. It doesn't. The driver & front passenger are enveloped by consoles, etc. Behind the rear passengers doesn't make for much cargo room whatsoever. It's like it was designed for people who don't want to sit near each other and are giving each other the silent treatment.
What hoops do I have to jump through to see subject lines on Slashdot again?
I admit, things slowed down a bit when they moved it to Fridays, but I still enjoyed watching it. I always enjoyed the first 2 Terminator movies, and this actually stuck well to the storyline. I was surprised to see Dr. Silverman who was in the first 2 movies, and the fallout from his brief experiences(he became a nutjob). While this was more drama than action, it still held its weight. Sci Fi shows aren't too terribly common in the big scope of television, so I welcome anything that graces the screen.
Yesterday I was working on my Linux server getting an HP printer to work(moreso the printer's fault, not my server's). Well, lo and behold, all network access randomly decided to stop on my system. I had some update installed(some updates to 9.04 not an upgrade TO 9.04), and then I couldn't get anywhere. How the heck did the buggy as all hell NetworkManager get included? I can't even get it to work right, saying basically my ethernet card doesn't exist, even though it was working just great before?