and I think a fair few people are regretting the purchase of new video cards based on that information...
Maybe that will make them actually think the next time. Buying hardware only for games that aren't out yet is plain stupid. You can still buy the hardware when the game's out, and it will even usually be cheaper then.
Yeah, actually among my family and friends Carcassonne is extremely popular. It has been said that Settlers is easy and appealing for non-gamers, but from my experience, Carcassonne is a *lot* easier to learn, and I introduced around 30 persons to both Carcassonne and Settlers. It's much more fun, too, because inexperienced players stand a good chance of winning, given they really try and don't play for just killing time.
Actually, I just realize that I haven't been playing Settlers for years now, but we regularly get out Carcassonne and play - it's even good for two people, which is not true for Settlers (playing several colors per player is not really enjoyable in my book).
BTW, I'm German and can tell you that Settlers and Carcassone aren't related, they are made by different companies and were designed by different people. There are also other companies making games which are blends of Settlers and Carcassone, but most of them aren't really interesting if you know both original games.
Thanks for sharing, especially Soldat and Xpilot look great for extended LAN fun. I have several boxes of UT (classic) and CS available (they're about 10 EUR each over here), for being legit and because it's easier to get people to play if you have a working, legal copy for them to use while they're at your place. I see FreeCiv should be great for LAN, too, and now all that's missing is one nice RTS, like C&C, only free. I haven't tried C&C Generals yet as I thought my machine wouldn't run it anyways, but I'll take a look if you say it uses little resources.
The main problem I see would be the inevitable debris resulting from the destruction of those sats, spaceships or whatever. Blow enough stuff up up there and you'll end up with an athmosphere you have a pretty bad chance of transversing alive. I read it's bad enough already, and this definitely won't make it any better. (However, I'd plead for joining the Kyoto crowd first.)
Oh, and let's pretend I had some witty remark about that rocket eating green commander guy in my post.
Would you mind to share some more of your favourites? I know lots of people who have older 3d hardware because they use their computers mainly to actually work with it, but I'm sure that'll make some *very* nice LAN parties because I can reply to their (honest) "I'd love to, but my machine doesn't run any good games and I don't own any" with "No problem, I have loads of great free games, here go download and try them, they'll run and they're free."
BTW, no sarcasm here, I'm writing this from a machine with a Matrox G550 DualHead (I'm a professional designer) which will play CS, UT (Classic) and maybe AvP okay, but that's about it.
Now that the cameras have wireless it would be quite interesting to write a worm which infects cameras and produces infected JPEGs with some secondary load.
Goatse Windows theme and screensaver, for everyone, and the combination of some older but reliable propagation methods to make sure it's damn near everyone who shouldn't be on the Internet anyway. Hilarity ensues.
For a tangent, those infected machines, connected to each other, would redefine the meaning of world WIDE web.
Expect Microsoft to react to THAT quickly.
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OT, but that surely looks like one interesting read. If you one can easily grab the concepts of a language and always wanted to learn some more of that JavaScript, PHP, OOP and C++ while fiddling with something interesting like 3D, have a quick look.
Yes, it would, but simply stripping all tags works with both kind of markup, semantic as well as presentational. Work with what's left, and it almost doesn't matter.
Mind you, I'm all for the semantic web and build sites accordingly, but people are hyping it for the wrong reasons. It *is* great, but it's for accessibility and brings separation of content and design with it which makes for helluva lot of time savings when updating those pages.
How the heck is this insightful? Being a father myself, I call BS. Playing GTA with your six-year-old is a good opportunity to continue teaching the difference between a console game and reality. Note that I say *continue*, as I *do* think that it needs supervision. But keeping it all away will not give your kid the opportunity to deal properly with it.
Actually, ASAP to me reads as "you decide when it's done" and I act accordingly. You fucked up your computer and cannot work now? Well, tough luck, looks like overtime for you. I'll deal with the things first which have to be completed on time. Then it might be "possible" to address your problem.
This actually helps big deal where I work. People learn quickly to properly use 'ASAP', ask me directly when 'ASAP' will approximately be and not bother me while I'm working at other things. Those who have really important stuff will prioritize properly when they learn that it's rewarded. This makes timing discussions much more enjoyable if you got the right peers, which I mostly have (I know I'm lucky).
You know, I have mouths to feed. I try to do it "the right way" instead of "good enough", but at times the client *demands* something and if they *choose* to be stupid after being explained what's problematic about their ideas, well so be it. You don't throw your job away these days, and if the job is fun enough most of the time, I don't mind about stupid clients. I told them, they insist, they get what they deserve. If I have to change it later, great, I'll happily charge for the extra work.
Actually no, but it would sure be interesting to know why you assume it.;) They've got a nice DSL router/firewall with DynDNS and ssh open which in my book is enough safety even for the paranoid. I have a static IP at home so I could add another layer of security, but I like being able to ssh there when I'm on the road.
So which is broken, her dyndns or her VNC server? You don't tell me you really still leave your family computers without those (preferably through ssh if you're more paranoid)? It's all free, it's set up in a matter of minutes even if you forgot your tool CD/DVD and have to download it through ma's modem, and you *never ever* have to talk her through anything via phone. Instead you can show her 'live' or simply fix the problem, whatever you like.
"Son, my e-mail is fucked up again." -"Sorry dad, but I told you to dump Outlook. Just connect to the Internet and leave the computer on, I'll shut it down when I've repaired it." *installs Thunderbird*
How the heck did you get the client to accept the 25 seconds of delay they probably see? I haven't had a client that would accept more than one, maybe two seconds of JavaScript-induced delay since the days when 28.8 was catching on. I'd really love to hear how I can make my client *love* the three second delay we have in our online ad layout engine (massive logical checks to ensure all generated documents comply with the CI and all those stupid EU laws concerning advertising, matrix built on load). Then at least they would stop whining while building more and more rules into it.
About those nasty mail catchalls - at most ISPs you can get rid of those by redirecting the catchall address to a non-existant address. Use a non-existing address of the ISP. They're ignorant enough not letting you choose whether you want that catchall, so they can deal with that shit which is mostly worms and spam anyway. They will notice when their servers melt down (assuming enough people do this which I hereby heartily encourage for those in the situation). If they take away my mail service, I can still sue them, my insurance pays that.
As a side note - if you're *really* not satisfied with the settings of your ISP, simply switch. There are enough *good* ISPs out there. Where my mail currently resides, I can choose and switch catchall behaviour at any time simply by adding or removing the account mailer-daemon@[domain]. Maybe this is the default behaviour of some MTA, no idea.
I think one of the most fundamental needs of the human animal is to be appreciated.
At work I read a.sig the other day which went along the lines of "you should seek appreciation for your work rather than applause" (it was in German and I don't remember the exact wording), and I find this to be very true. If more people worked like this, work would be a much better place to be - you could always do what's required, not what makes you look good.
Don't know about English, in my native language (German) the term hasn't changed, those are still called typewriters here by everybody. Might be that it's incorrect, I've got no idea, I'm not a secretary, but I guess when everybody calls it typewriter, it might well be a typewriter.
I don't know about you, but the last non-digital typewriter I've seen was in the 80's. All typewriters used in companies today have a display and store the text in not-so-small memory before you press that 'print' button - exactly for the reason you stated. I'd be amazed if you had some old-style, manual typewriter at work, except if you work at a museum.;)
Sorry, you didn't even get the question. But your witty binary remark makes it obvious that you can't control your anger as much as you pretend to yourself. You are quite easy to trigger, and the sooner you admit it to yourself the sooner you can be the calm person you want to be.
Even better, encrypt the filesystem and put the key on the CD so that it performs as just that, a key, to limit access to the thing. Would be the same as setting a BIOS password for a notebook to avoid information theft, only that it would actually work if your encryption is strong enough. Shouldn't be a too big performance hit, either.
Thus, we are raising children who stay indoors to watch TV and play video games so they don't get hurt.
Being a father myself, I ask you: Why do you do this? Buy your kids their own stuff if there isn't any, give them skateboards, inline skates, bikes, whatever they want. They will enjoy having lots of space to explore their physical abilities, and I guess if someone starts, others will follow and the situation will gradually improve. I've seen it where I've grown and where now my children grow up. There haven't been many kids outside here when I was young. My kids have *lots* of other kids playing outside now, and the number of kids living here has been mostly constant.
Really, please think about it. Your children will realize that not having seen the cartoon du jour means nothing, and that being outside is more fun. There are enough couch potatoes already. They can still park their asses in front of a screen when they're older. Kids need to play outside to build self-confidence. What do they have otherwise? "Hey have you seen they guy on Jackass yesterday who ate those eggs and ham and stuff, puked it into the pan and eat it again"? You can't let the media build the world your kids will later remember as their youth. They should remember friends and fun, not what they saw on TV or what PS2 game they played.
Amen. Sorry for the rant, but I see parents parking their children in front of the television still to often, and I see what becomes of those children when they are adolescents and adults, and it's not exactly what makes the world a better place.
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Maybe that will make them actually think the next time. Buying hardware only for games that aren't out yet is plain stupid. You can still buy the hardware when the game's out, and it will even usually be cheaper then.
Yeah, actually among my family and friends Carcassonne is extremely popular. It has been said that Settlers is easy and appealing for non-gamers, but from my experience, Carcassonne is a *lot* easier to learn, and I introduced around 30 persons to both Carcassonne and Settlers. It's much more fun, too, because inexperienced players stand a good chance of winning, given they really try and don't play for just killing time.
Actually, I just realize that I haven't been playing Settlers for years now, but we regularly get out Carcassonne and play - it's even good for two people, which is not true for Settlers (playing several colors per player is not really enjoyable in my book).
BTW, I'm German and can tell you that Settlers and Carcassone aren't related, they are made by different companies and were designed by different people. There are also other companies making games which are blends of Settlers and Carcassone, but most of them aren't really interesting if you know both original games.
Thanks for sharing, especially Soldat and Xpilot look great for extended LAN fun. I have several boxes of UT (classic) and CS available (they're about 10 EUR each over here), for being legit and because it's easier to get people to play if you have a working, legal copy for them to use while they're at your place. I see FreeCiv should be great for LAN, too, and now all that's missing is one nice RTS, like C&C, only free. I haven't tried C&C Generals yet as I thought my machine wouldn't run it anyways, but I'll take a look if you say it uses little resources.
Thanks for the hints!
The main problem I see would be the inevitable debris resulting from the destruction of those sats, spaceships or whatever. Blow enough stuff up up there and you'll end up with an athmosphere you have a pretty bad chance of transversing alive. I read it's bad enough already, and this definitely won't make it any better. (However, I'd plead for joining the Kyoto crowd first.)
Oh, and let's pretend I had some witty remark about that rocket eating green commander guy in my post.
Yes, Brain, but won't some of the people to whom we displayed the Goatse on that big screen try and sue us?
Would you mind to share some more of your favourites? I know lots of people who have older 3d hardware because they use their computers mainly to actually work with it, but I'm sure that'll make some *very* nice LAN parties because I can reply to their (honest) "I'd love to, but my machine doesn't run any good games and I don't own any" with "No problem, I have loads of great free games, here go download and try them, they'll run and they're free."
BTW, no sarcasm here, I'm writing this from a machine with a Matrox G550 DualHead (I'm a professional designer) which will play CS, UT (Classic) and maybe AvP okay, but that's about it.
Now that the cameras have wireless it would be quite interesting to write a worm which infects cameras and produces infected JPEGs with some secondary load.
Goatse Windows theme and screensaver, for everyone, and the combination of some older but reliable propagation methods to make sure it's damn near everyone who shouldn't be on the Internet anyway. Hilarity ensues.
For a tangent, those infected machines, connected to each other, would redefine the meaning of world WIDE web.
Expect Microsoft to react to THAT quickly.
Attention: Moderators should be aware of the concept of dark humour.
OT, but that surely looks like one interesting read. If you one can easily grab the concepts of a language and always wanted to learn some more of that JavaScript, PHP, OOP and C++ while fiddling with something interesting like 3D, have a quick look.
Yes, it would, but simply stripping all tags works with both kind of markup, semantic as well as presentational. Work with what's left, and it almost doesn't matter.
Mind you, I'm all for the semantic web and build sites accordingly, but people are hyping it for the wrong reasons. It *is* great, but it's for accessibility and brings separation of content and design with it which makes for helluva lot of time savings when updating those pages.
Whoosh.
How the heck is this insightful? Being a father myself, I call BS. Playing GTA with your six-year-old is a good opportunity to continue teaching the difference between a console game and reality. Note that I say *continue*, as I *do* think that it needs supervision. But keeping it all away will not give your kid the opportunity to deal properly with it.
Actually, ASAP to me reads as "you decide when it's done" and I act accordingly. You fucked up your computer and cannot work now? Well, tough luck, looks like overtime for you. I'll deal with the things first which have to be completed on time. Then it might be "possible" to address your problem.
This actually helps big deal where I work. People learn quickly to properly use 'ASAP', ask me directly when 'ASAP' will approximately be and not bother me while I'm working at other things. Those who have really important stuff will prioritize properly when they learn that it's rewarded. This makes timing discussions much more enjoyable if you got the right peers, which I mostly have (I know I'm lucky).
Just my 0.02.
You know, I have mouths to feed. I try to do it "the right way" instead of "good enough", but at times the client *demands* something and if they *choose* to be stupid after being explained what's problematic about their ideas, well so be it. You don't throw your job away these days, and if the job is fun enough most of the time, I don't mind about stupid clients. I told them, they insist, they get what they deserve. If I have to change it later, great, I'll happily charge for the extra work.
Yeah, hand those suitcases to Helmut Kohl and he'll *never* tell where they came from.
(If you don't get it, simply don't mod it. Thanks.)
Oh well. And 100% of all sessions require a shutdown! Pure craze! Now, this Windows thing must be stopped!
Actually no, but it would sure be interesting to know why you assume it. ;) They've got a nice DSL router/firewall with DynDNS and ssh open which in my book is enough safety even for the paranoid. I have a static IP at home so I could add another layer of security, but I like being able to ssh there when I'm on the road.
I dread having to talk her through upgrading it.
So which is broken, her dyndns or her VNC server? You don't tell me you really still leave your family computers without those (preferably through ssh if you're more paranoid)? It's all free, it's set up in a matter of minutes even if you forgot your tool CD/DVD and have to download it through ma's modem, and you *never ever* have to talk her through anything via phone. Instead you can show her 'live' or simply fix the problem, whatever you like.
"Son, my e-mail is fucked up again."
-"Sorry dad, but I told you to dump Outlook. Just connect to the Internet and leave the computer on, I'll shut it down when I've repaired it." *installs Thunderbird*
I'm sure I'm not the only one who wants to know:
How the heck did you get the client to accept the 25 seconds of delay they probably see? I haven't had a client that would accept more than one, maybe two seconds of JavaScript-induced delay since the days when 28.8 was catching on. I'd really love to hear how I can make my client *love* the three second delay we have in our online ad layout engine (massive logical checks to ensure all generated documents comply with the CI and all those stupid EU laws concerning advertising, matrix built on load). Then at least they would stop whining while building more and more rules into it.
About those nasty mail catchalls - at most ISPs you can get rid of those by redirecting the catchall address to a non-existant address. Use a non-existing address of the ISP. They're ignorant enough not letting you choose whether you want that catchall, so they can deal with that shit which is mostly worms and spam anyway. They will notice when their servers melt down (assuming enough people do this which I hereby heartily encourage for those in the situation). If they take away my mail service, I can still sue them, my insurance pays that.
As a side note - if you're *really* not satisfied with the settings of your ISP, simply switch. There are enough *good* ISPs out there. Where my mail currently resides, I can choose and switch catchall behaviour at any time simply by adding or removing the account mailer-daemon@[domain]. Maybe this is the default behaviour of some MTA, no idea.
I think one of the most fundamental needs of the human animal is to be appreciated.
.sig the other day which went along the lines of "you should seek appreciation for your work rather than applause" (it was in German and I don't remember the exact wording), and I find this to be very true. If more people worked like this, work would be a much better place to be - you could always do what's required, not what makes you look good.
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Don't know about English, in my native language (German) the term hasn't changed, those are still called typewriters here by everybody. Might be that it's incorrect, I've got no idea, I'm not a secretary, but I guess when everybody calls it typewriter, it might well be a typewriter.
I don't know about you, but the last non-digital typewriter I've seen was in the 80's. All typewriters used in companies today have a display and store the text in not-so-small memory before you press that 'print' button - exactly for the reason you stated. I'd be amazed if you had some old-style, manual typewriter at work, except if you work at a museum. ;)
Sorry, you didn't even get the question. But your witty binary remark makes it obvious that you can't control your anger as much as you pretend to yourself. You are quite easy to trigger, and the sooner you admit it to yourself the sooner you can be the calm person you want to be.
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Even better, encrypt the filesystem and put the key on the CD so that it performs as just that, a key, to limit access to the thing. Would be the same as setting a BIOS password for a notebook to avoid information theft, only that it would actually work if your encryption is strong enough. Shouldn't be a too big performance hit, either.
Being a father myself, I ask you: Why do you do this? Buy your kids their own stuff if there isn't any, give them skateboards, inline skates, bikes, whatever they want. They will enjoy having lots of space to explore their physical abilities, and I guess if someone starts, others will follow and the situation will gradually improve. I've seen it where I've grown and where now my children grow up. There haven't been many kids outside here when I was young. My kids have *lots* of other kids playing outside now, and the number of kids living here has been mostly constant.
Really, please think about it. Your children will realize that not having seen the cartoon du jour means nothing, and that being outside is more fun. There are enough couch potatoes already. They can still park their asses in front of a screen when they're older. Kids need to play outside to build self-confidence. What do they have otherwise? "Hey have you seen they guy on Jackass yesterday who ate those eggs and ham and stuff, puked it into the pan and eat it again"? You can't let the media build the world your kids will later remember as their youth. They should remember friends and fun, not what they saw on TV or what PS2 game they played.
Amen. Sorry for the rant, but I see parents parking their children in front of the television still to often, and I see what becomes of those children when they are adolescents and adults, and it's not exactly what makes the world a better place.