Warning: Information you never intended to share with others may be shared! Welcome to the 21st century! Thank goodness for the the GPL! Err, LGPL... BSD license!
I thought the sharing of information was good? Ixnay?
So I doubt this will be modded up, but you want a real MMORPG story line? Where the players *make* a difference? Go look up Asheron's Call. No, not the crappy sequel, the original. In that game, each shard (rpg world) was given a task to open up a certain gate... One server (where you have to be pvp flagged to unlock the gate) decided to be a little different. They called up all their guild mates and friends and DEFENDED the gate from attackers. And they did it. For an entire month.
In the end, a GM, in some rare NPC form finally had to come along and destroy the gate the guild was defending.
Turbine finally conceded and raised statues dedicated to the defenders of that certain server's gate. The statues were viewable on all servers, and it showed everyone who played AC just how much a player's actions actually affected a game.
The Leopard/Ubuntu update must be coming along a lot faster than expected. I can't wait to delve into all those nifty features Vista has promised over the last few years! That kick ass WinFS addition will surely make my life easier.
I hang out with a SERE instructor and do a lot of camping / hiking / ORV riding where I'm sometimes far away from reliable potable water. He gave me some pretty cool information about how to obtain water from your surroundings:
1) Water from plants is always drinkable. I'm talking about water from the root system, not some stagnant water you could slurp out of a recess between branches. The easiest way is to take a large trash bag, grab a cluster of branches and put the bag around them (make sure the open end of the trash bag is tightly sealed to prevent air from going into the enclosed bunch). It forces the tree to "sweat" water from its root system. After about 24 hours you can slit the bottom of the bag and drain it into a nalgene bottle. You can only do one group of branches per 24 hour period, so you need to use different trees to gather water. I tried it out when I was in Eastern Oregon (which, for all intents and purposes, is an inland desert) and averaged about 1 liter of water per 24 hours. I had 6 trash bags that I normally have in my hiking ruck, so I could feasibly harvest 6 liters per day if I was SOL somewhere.
2) A cluster of birch trees usually means there's water underground.
3) Any multi-celled berry (ie: raspberry) is edible.
Anyway, I thought it was pretty cool shit, and informative.:)
Awesome program and worth checking out if you use a Mac.
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Ignoring all the stupid crap and lame jokes that I'm sure will get posted well before (and after) I make my comments....
*You* may have not liked the guy; maybe you hated him. His style, his 'in your face attitude' about "Outback" animals might have been a little bit too 'kooky' for what most mainstream Americans are used to. But anyway...
I met him once while on a flight out to LA (I think he was doing the Late Show/w Leno) and honestly I've never met anyone who had such a zest for life. Seriously, the guy was so upbeat about EVERYTHING, it was hard to ignore him.
People like him are so special. I'll never forget him, and I hope you all won't either.
but seeing as SCO kinda blind-sided him into testifying and they get 4 hours with him...
Can he get up on the witness stand and complain to the judge how his sore throat he woke up with that morning is killing him, and he'd be happy to testify -
But... *scribble* *scribble*
would have to *erase* *erase*
write *line out* *re-write last two sentences*
his testimony *writes to the bailiff - Can I get another eraser, please?*
"Among the other things that got confirmed along the way are WiFi connectivity and drive-based storage for the initial Zune player, as well as a new PlaysForSure DRM to accompany, rendering this player useless to Napster and other download service users."
WiFi? Cool! Err wait. I've seen this before, sort of. On my cell phone. Click this link to download $HOT_RINGTONE. Ok, now click this link and you'll start downloading it for real. Ha ha! One more link, I promise. Sucker! 2 more, no joke. And another link thrown in just to piss you off you big purple dork! I can't imagine Microsoft's implementation being much better. Queue up Clippy and suddenly: "It's looks like you'd like to download some music. Would you like some help BecomingEmoPretendingToBeGangstaYouStupidWhiteRichKid or YourHipMusicIsNowOldiesRock." Sorry you weren't logged into Microsoft Zone, click here to retry!
Seriously, that music player looks likes something Baby Jesus crapped out into his menorah. Oh yeah, new DRM that's isn't compatible with the existing partners? Good job Microsoft! Looks like some tactics never change.
"I bet Visa idles more RAM and CPU resources than an BeBox had to begin with."
I loved BeOS and all and I hate saying it, but a factory Windows install from Dell probably has more applications running in the XP system tray than the total applications that were available for BeOS.
"The secret is to spend less time complaining and more time reading.
Of course a different operating system will act differently than the one you're used to. That's kind of the point. Treat it as something unique rather than as an inferior version of your current platform and you'll get farther."
Yes because I have all the time in the world to read books, manuals, web pages and forums. No, wait. I don't.
The first time I used Linux (Red Hat 'Manhattan' - Early 1996) I had to print out about 400 fucking pages just to get a small understanding of how Linux worked. When I was in college. And unemployed. Sure, back then I had the time and the desire. Now? I work 40 to 60 hours a week. On the weekends I go camping, hiking, fishing or riding on my RM-Z250 around Mt. Hood. I _don't_ have the time to dick around compiling lib-foofoo0.14ß from source like I did when the bulk of my day was spent boozing it up and gaming on the Playstation.
So spending 'less time complaining and more time reading' doesn't work for me. It doesn't work for a whole lot of people, I'd imagine.
"According to the Washington Post, France is contemplating legislation designed to 'to force compatibility between digital songs and the different machines that play them."
Yeah, let's get those non-convicted monopolies! Oh wait...
That other crap? Don't want to support DRM? Don't buy an iPod. You already had a choice.
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Warning: Information you never intended to share with others may be shared! Welcome to the 21st century! Thank goodness for the the GPL! Err, LGPL... BSD license!
I thought the sharing of information was good? Ixnay?
That will be one sweaty, and very abused chair.
In the end, a GM, in some rare NPC form finally had to come along and destroy the gate the guild was defending.
Turbine finally conceded and raised statues dedicated to the defenders of that certain server's gate. The statues were viewable on all servers, and it showed everyone who played AC just how much a player's actions actually affected a game.
It's a shame more MMORPG's aren't like AC.
The Leopard/Ubuntu update must be coming along a lot faster than expected. I can't wait to delve into all those nifty features Vista has promised over the last few years! That kick ass WinFS addition will surely make my life easier.
indeed.
1) Water from plants is always drinkable. I'm talking about water from the root system, not some stagnant water you could slurp out of a recess between branches. The easiest way is to take a large trash bag, grab a cluster of branches and put the bag around them (make sure the open end of the trash bag is tightly sealed to prevent air from going into the enclosed bunch). It forces the tree to "sweat" water from its root system. After about 24 hours you can slit the bottom of the bag and drain it into a nalgene bottle. You can only do one group of branches per 24 hour period, so you need to use different trees to gather water. I tried it out when I was in Eastern Oregon (which, for all intents and purposes, is an inland desert) and averaged about 1 liter of water per 24 hours. I had 6 trash bags that I normally have in my hiking ruck, so I could feasibly harvest 6 liters per day if I was SOL somewhere.
2) A cluster of birch trees usually means there's water underground.
3) Any multi-celled berry (ie: raspberry) is edible.
Anyway, I thought it was pretty cool shit, and informative. :)
Uhh... "Eat up Martha.?"
Rappers play with their balls all the time as well, and "some" people consider them talented and creative. You're golden, mang.
CSSEdit by Macrabbit.
Awesome program and worth checking out if you use a Mac.
*You* may have not liked the guy; maybe you hated him. His style, his 'in your face attitude' about "Outback" animals might have been a little bit too 'kooky' for what most mainstream Americans are used to. But anyway...
I met him once while on a flight out to LA (I think he was doing the Late Show /w Leno) and honestly I've never met anyone who had such a zest for life. Seriously, the guy was so upbeat about EVERYTHING, it was hard to ignore him.
People like him are so special. I'll never forget him, and I hope you all won't either.
Can he get up on the witness stand and complain to the judge how his sore throat he woke up with that morning is killing him, and he'd be happy to testify -
But... *scribble* *scribble*
would have to *erase* *erase*
write *line out* *re-write last two sentences*
his testimony *writes to the bailiff - Can I get another eraser, please?*
out?
- Click affirmative
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WiFi? Cool! Err wait. I've seen this before, sort of. On my cell phone. Click this link to download $HOT_RINGTONE. Ok, now click this link and you'll start downloading it for real. Ha ha! One more link, I promise. Sucker! 2 more, no joke. And another link thrown in just to piss you off you big purple dork! I can't imagine Microsoft's implementation being much better. Queue up Clippy and suddenly: "It's looks like you'd like to download some music. Would you like some help BecomingEmo PretendingToBeGangstaYouStupidWhiteRichKid or YourHipMusicIsNowOldiesRock." Sorry you weren't logged into Microsoft Zone, click here to retry!
Seriously, that music player looks likes something Baby Jesus crapped out into his menorah. Oh yeah, new DRM that's isn't compatible with the existing partners? Good job Microsoft! Looks like some tactics never change.
Apple's going to mop the floor with `em.
^-- Mod up, this man understands.(TM)
"freedb really rocks!"
Not anymore.
It's a secret to everyone.
"I bet Visa idles more RAM and CPU resources than an BeBox had to begin with."
I loved BeOS and all and I hate saying it, but a factory Windows install from Dell probably has more applications running in the XP system tray than the total applications that were available for BeOS.
"The secret is to spend less time complaining and more time reading.
Of course a different operating system will act differently than the one you're used to. That's kind of the point. Treat it as something unique rather than as an inferior version of your current platform and you'll get farther."
Yes because I have all the time in the world to read books, manuals, web pages and forums. No, wait. I don't.
The first time I used Linux (Red Hat 'Manhattan' - Early 1996) I had to print out about 400 fucking pages just to get a small understanding of how Linux worked. When I was in college. And unemployed. Sure, back then I had the time and the desire. Now? I work 40 to 60 hours a week. On the weekends I go camping, hiking, fishing or riding on my RM-Z250 around Mt. Hood. I _don't_ have the time to dick around compiling lib-foofoo0.14ß from source like I did when the bulk of my day was spent boozing it up and gaming on the Playstation.
So spending 'less time complaining and more time reading' doesn't work for me. It doesn't work for a whole lot of people, I'd imagine.
"According to the Washington Post, France is contemplating legislation designed to 'to force compatibility between digital songs and the different machines that play them."
Yeah, let's get those non-convicted monopolies! Oh wait...
That other crap? Don't want to support DRM? Don't buy an iPod. You already had a choice.
The others?
WMV?
WMA?
NTFS?
gg Micro Soft.
Dr. Peter Venkman
Dr. Raymond Stantz
Dr. Egon Spengler
I was going to make some witty sexual comment but I had like 4 or 5 window tabs open and forgot where I was. :(
If do a grep and cut out each "eh", it narrows down the document to 2 pages.
Why even post this here? There won't be case of prostate cancer among the Slashdot crowd for the next 65 fucking years!
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Ah. Nothing like waking up to take your morning medication which may now include a 300,000+ SCOVILLE SCALE PILL FROM HELL.
You could have 19,413 wifi's under your couch and it still wouldn't increase you chances of impreggnating a woman. Face it. We're nerds.
It's not a perfect job if you're finding yourself disinterested and bored to tears.