>Hmm, does SWOTL run OK and find the joystick in DOSbox or some other VM?
DOSBOX does a bang-up job of running SWOTL with sound and music, and it lets me use my old CH flight yoke and stick with a 15-pin to USB adapter (every USB game controller works, no configuration necessary).
For the record, I never cheated in SWOTL, I didn't even back up my pilot files...so losing a pilot who'd been promoted to Oberst was a heart-stopping event.
SWOTL was top shelf, the last and best 2.5D flight simulator by Totally Games/Lucasfilm Games. The manual alone was worth the price of the box.
It's true, you only had 60 rounds of 30mm ammo, but with the Mk.103 cannon and careful aim you could easily knock every opponent out of the sky before running out. The P-51s usually only took two or three rounds to destroy utterly. Always fun to fly a tour of duty in the 229, although to tell the truth, the Do.335 from an expansion pack was my most favourite. It was a little slower and less maneuverable, but still faster than any Allied fighter (well, except the P-80, another expansion pack fighter) and probably the most durable plane in the entire game.
You're breaking my heart here, and although I'm sure you mean well and it's nice that you are a fan of music from earlier periods, you're way off-base.
I've performed many of the works of Bach, Mozart, and their contemporaries and successors and hardly anything tops Bach in any of those categories. High harmonic tempo, rhythmic complexity in and between parts (Classical-era music is largely homophonic), extended chords via appoggiatura and other passing tones, four, five, and eight-part fugues with multiple subjects and counter-subjects.
Off the top of my head, here are a few Bach works that I think best exemplify his genius:
Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor (BWV 582) Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (BWV 225) Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue (BWV 903)
Mozart, however, is elegant but very straightforward, even simple. Perhaps it's a personal experience bias as I've mostly only performed his liturgical works (Masses etc.) and arias from his operas, but there is hardly a comparison to be made between the two.
With old enough drives, their head actuators being powered by stepper motors, there are actually gaps between the tracks that the bits "leak" onto, making recovery of overwritten data feasible. So, don't store sensitive data on 20-year-old drives.
That whole "reading between the tracks" thing hasn't been true since hard drive head actuators were powered by stepper motors (over 20 years ago). Voice coil head actuators are precise enough to eliminate this concern entirely.
Son of a Democratic legislator in Tennessee...and his clarification post on/b/ made it clear that his intent was looking for damaging e-mails. Lurk moar.
If I'm not mistaken, it was in his column about blowing up Saddam Hussein's toilet, many years back. The band name in question was the "Flying Shards".
Might be one of the best comments on this article.
Andy was before my time, but the Man on the Moon film helped introduce me to him. What a guy.
It seems like the bar has been lowered for trolling, and even the word 'troll' gets flung around as an insult to people with whom you simply disagree, whether or not they are misrepresenting their true beliefs.
I am reminded of the image macro of the old lady with the superimposed text "Back in the days trolling meant something".
Most modern motherboards work fine with the Model M. I've used them with a couple LGA775 and Socket 754 and 939 boards for years. That said, if you are having issues, it's definitely worth your time and money to get a USB adapter for the poor thing!
I'm using Opera 9.5 as well and I'm also showing just under 130MB used. It *seems* to use a bit less than 9.2x, despite keeping more things in memory (content-searching address bar as well as closed windows, etc.).
You're dead on, I think. Kucinich's primary motivation for introducing articles of impeachment against Bush (and Cheney in the past) seems to be to stop us from going to war with Iran. That would seriously damage the US!
Congressman Dennis Kucinich read off all thirty-five articles of impeachment, each one accompanied by a great deal of supporting evidence, so that the other Congress Critters couldn't avoid hearing about it, and that at least people watching C-SPAN could witness it for themselves (as he probably knew it would get ignored by the traditional media). The vile actions of this administration need to rest on the consciences of all our representatives, whether complicit or just complacent.
If you want to complain about wasting time in Congress, look up which party has done more filibustering in recent years.:)
As a Warhammer fan (40k and Fantasy) I find myself torn between picking a Chaos Chosen or Dark Elf Sorceress as my first character, but I know a lot more casual players will pick the 'good guys', as long as they look awesome/hot.
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Free will is an illusion and the 'ability to choose' is a legal and social construct. You are wrong.
>Hmm, does SWOTL run OK and find the joystick in DOSbox or some other VM?
DOSBOX does a bang-up job of running SWOTL with sound and music, and it lets me use my old CH flight yoke and stick with a 15-pin to USB adapter (every USB game controller works, no configuration necessary).
For the record, I never cheated in SWOTL, I didn't even back up my pilot files...so losing a pilot who'd been promoted to Oberst was a heart-stopping event.
SWOTL was top shelf, the last and best 2.5D flight simulator by Totally Games/Lucasfilm Games. The manual alone was worth the price of the box.
It's true, you only had 60 rounds of 30mm ammo, but with the Mk.103 cannon and careful aim you could easily knock every opponent out of the sky before running out. The P-51s usually only took two or three rounds to destroy utterly. Always fun to fly a tour of duty in the 229, although to tell the truth, the Do.335 from an expansion pack was my most favourite. It was a little slower and less maneuverable, but still faster than any Allied fighter (well, except the P-80, another expansion pack fighter) and probably the most durable plane in the entire game.
You're breaking my heart here, and although I'm sure you mean well and it's nice that you are a fan of music from earlier periods, you're way off-base.
I've performed many of the works of Bach, Mozart, and their contemporaries and successors and hardly anything tops Bach in any of those categories. High harmonic tempo, rhythmic complexity in and between parts (Classical-era music is largely homophonic), extended chords via appoggiatura and other passing tones, four, five, and eight-part fugues with multiple subjects and counter-subjects.
Off the top of my head, here are a few Bach works that I think best exemplify his genius:
Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor (BWV 582)
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (BWV 225)
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue (BWV 903)
Mozart, however, is elegant but very straightforward, even simple. Perhaps it's a personal experience bias as I've mostly only performed his liturgical works (Masses etc.) and arias from his operas, but there is hardly a comparison to be made between the two.
With old enough drives, their head actuators being powered by stepper motors, there are actually gaps between the tracks that the bits "leak" onto, making recovery of overwritten data feasible. So, don't store sensitive data on 20-year-old drives.
This is not actually true. It may have been true for certain early stepper-motor drives, but certainly not any modern hard disk drive.
That whole "reading between the tracks" thing hasn't been true since hard drive head actuators were powered by stepper motors (over 20 years ago). Voice coil head actuators are precise enough to eliminate this concern entirely.
>I just accidentally my friend with the whiskey.
Accidentally what?
Son of a Democratic legislator in Tennessee...and his clarification post on /b/ made it clear that his intent was looking for damaging e-mails. Lurk moar.
No, you'd have to open the media file in emacs to search. Ctrl+Meta+Shift+ESC+S if I'm not mistaken.
Exactly right. "Correlation is not causation" has become more like a reflexive meme around here rather than a thoughtful addition to the conversation.
Yes...I guess I was...wait. Where am I?
I'll give you props. When I signed up *in 1998* I ended up with an early 8-digit number.
If I'm not mistaken, it was in his column about blowing up Saddam Hussein's toilet, many years back. The band name in question was the "Flying Shards".
Might be one of the best comments on this article.
Andy was before my time, but the Man on the Moon film helped introduce me to him. What a guy.
It seems like the bar has been lowered for trolling, and even the word 'troll' gets flung around as an insult to people with whom you simply disagree, whether or not they are misrepresenting their true beliefs.
I am reminded of the image macro of the old lady with the superimposed text "Back in the days trolling meant something".
Tshhhhhhh! or Kshhhhhh! work fine.
Hey, now...Mark of Chaos isn't that bad, is it? :/
Most modern motherboards work fine with the Model M. I've used them with a couple LGA775 and Socket 754 and 939 boards for years. That said, if you are having issues, it's definitely worth your time and money to get a USB adapter for the poor thing!
I'm using Opera 9.5 as well and I'm also showing just under 130MB used. It *seems* to use a bit less than 9.2x, despite keeping more things in memory (content-searching address bar as well as closed windows, etc.).
One of my favourite Opera features. I use it for jumping to the next page in a really long thread, or an eBay or Google search.
That is an incredible thread. I didn't know people this gullible existed. What an amazingly profitable scam business!
Then why did he say "The House is not in order"? Who banged the gavel? Your post had no resemblance to fact whatsoever. :p
You're dead on, I think. Kucinich's primary motivation for introducing articles of impeachment against Bush (and Cheney in the past) seems to be to stop us from going to war with Iran. That would seriously damage the US!
Congressman Dennis Kucinich read off all thirty-five articles of impeachment, each one accompanied by a great deal of supporting evidence, so that the other Congress Critters couldn't avoid hearing about it, and that at least people watching C-SPAN could witness it for themselves (as he probably knew it would get ignored by the traditional media). The vile actions of this administration need to rest on the consciences of all our representatives, whether complicit or just complacent.
:)
If you want to complain about wasting time in Congress, look up which party has done more filibustering in recent years.
http://www.massively.com/2008/06/07/warhammer-onlines-realm-imbalance-fears/
Some interesting thoughts there.
As a Warhammer fan (40k and Fantasy) I find myself torn between picking a Chaos Chosen or Dark Elf Sorceress as my first character, but I know a lot more casual players will pick the 'good guys', as long as they look awesome/hot.