My cheap phone - a Siemens MC60 - plays WAV files. I have the PacMan theme tune from the original game as my ringtone. The sound of Pac dieing for SMS.
A few people have talked about Tescos. Sorry to pick on your post.
When my daughter was due to be born we decided to use Tescos home delivery service. She was late by a few weeks and had to be induced - we knew exactly which day this was going to happen. A week before the birth we made our list and gave a time and date for the shopping to be delivered (one day after the birth). There was no chance in the world we could do the shopping manually.
The shopping did not arrive on the day. We were told "sorry, it will have to be tomorrow". This was not acceptable as you can imagine. To cut a long story short, I ended up collecting the shopping myself. The order was not correct and I had to return to Tescos for a second time.
Man, it's gotten so much better over the years. These new 20-20 matches are great.
I find watching it on TV in the pub to be just as enjoyable. The replays and computer rendered ball paths are top... and the choice of beer is better than good.
Give each person a loaf before they set out on their hike. Instruct them to sprinkle the bread behind them as they walk. If they have the misfortune to get lost, the trail of bread will show them the way home.
You know what I did when I couldn't install SP1? No I didn't change my key. I just downloaded a version of XP with SP1 already included. I even installed it over the top of my original installation and everything worked just as it did before the update.
I was promised so much when I bought W98. I was let down. Pirating XP for me is not a problem.
That's pretty much a golden rule when using all P2P software. I would go with 80% of your maximum download speed.
I find BT has a big bandwidth overhead; much bigger than other P2P applications. I set the max upload speed to 12kb/s and DU still shows 18kb/s leaving my PC. Setting my maximum upload to 80% (26kb/s) will eventually saturate my upload connection. I hope this gets fixed.
20 years ago I pirated games for the Spectrum 48k and the C64. I would buy a game and tape it for my friends. They would return the favour.
Now these games were poor. Some didn't work and some shops refused to believe me on this. They were expensive back then in my eyes too. A good 3 or 4 weeks worth of pocket money.
"Without me, the games industry today would be nothing" - Inda....and that's how I justify my piracy these days too.
The other point to make about developer not having food to eat is bollocks. Your games are crap. It has nothing to do with piracy.
Recently, a few thousand of us commented on a game in the making. This was an old 2D game that was going to get revamped into 3D. I, along with others, commented that some of us had more experience with games than the developers and they should listen to our worries. The game flopped, it contained none of the elements that we loved from the 2D game. I deleted my Warez copy after a couple of days......now they want to make Part II. It will also flop because of lack of gameplay and originallity.
You want to eat? Don't sell half finished buggy games at unreasonable prices.
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I sort of remember playing a game like this on the Spectrum.
A friend and I took 3 hours to type the code from a book. He was reading and I was typing. 2 hours it took to go over it again. It never worked. I hated those books.
My pockets aren't big enough to hold a CD. That's what the hell is wrong with them!
A nice little keyring would be sweet.
The last thing I would want to do after a concert is carry a CD. Holding all those flyers is bad enough. Sweety hands. Getting cold.. In need of a smoke...
I made a point like this on/. ages ago in regards to FLAC.
WinRAR does a comparible job at compressing WAV files. Not quiet as good as FLAC but for achive purposes I think it is better choice as it is more widely used.
I know some media players can play FLAC but there are no CD burning applications [that I know of] that can decompress FLAC on the fly, meaning you have to decompress manually just like you have to do in WinRAR.
btw I'd still rather use WP 6.1 over any version of Word even today. Word is infuriating to work with as it constantly has to do things "its way". I just recently was updating my resume which hasn't been touched in years and the act of just adding a simple bullet point in line with the others made me want to smash my head into my monitor.
<P>So many say this where I work: "I wish we were still using WP6!". So many people complain that they can't line bullets up too...
<P>Education.
<P>They came from WP with no insight into word processing. They believe that all software should work they way they want it to. That's 30 people here all wanting the bullet button to do different thing.
<P>Education.
<P>How many of them went on Word courses? Exactly none. Not even the admin staff bothered to learn new skills. They just sit there huffing and puffing because the bullet button is not doing what they want it to do.
<P>Education.
<P>If you want your bullets to line up then use the Format Painter Button. It really is that simple. (Of course there are 10 other ways of doing it too, as with all MS Office applications)
<P>Not a flame or a troll. Just some education because Word is a complex application.
I've been trying to think of ways that this card could help _me_ go about my day-to-day life. I cannot think of one single reason.
Recently I was a victim of identity fraud. Someone visited my old house, found some junk mail with my full name on it, and then proceeded to order GBP 650 of mail order goods. Would an identity card help here? Not likely.
About 5 years ago, I was walking home from a friend's house. I did not take my wallet with me as I was only going out for 10 minutes. The police stopped me because of the way I was dressed and proceeded to give me twenty questions. They were looking for a mentally handicapped adult who had 'escaped'. With no ID on me I said "Do I look like a fucking mental case?". To which the reply was no. "Fucking idiot" I said I went on my way. Would having an ID card helped _me_ in this situation? No, a swift Fuck Off was all that was needed.
A swift Fuck Off helps _me_ live _my_ life the way I want to. An ID card doesn't.
So, Blunkett, a Fuck Off is the only real help here. If you want a solution to the illegal immigrants then I suggest telling them to Fuck Off as well. Put a big sign up in all languages by the Channel Tunnel that says "Fuck Off (or we'll shoot you)".
Will the police have yet another reason to stop people who are just going about their business? Yes.
I agree but the thing I found annoying most of all was the crappy controls that couldn't be redefined... On all the games.
I love Super Sprint but why oh why does the accelerator have to be on R-tigger and steering have to be controlled with the L-stick? Coming from using a PSX for donkeys-years I want to use the D-pad and A. Very poor if you ask me.
They ripped the living shit out of games. No movies, no soundtracks, no commentry, compressed sound, no online play... And Ashcroft is worry about them?
Funny really because they left the scene back in January. Maybe they saw what was coming.
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Great fun... apart from the MIDI side of things.
My cheap phone - a Siemens MC60 - plays WAV files. I have the PacMan theme tune from the original game as my ringtone. The sound of Pac dieing for SMS.
Neat.
Smoking alone is a bad habit that I wish I didn't have...
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If you have problems sleeping I would suggest smoking more
A few people have talked about Tescos. Sorry to pick on your post.
When my daughter was due to be born we decided to use Tescos home delivery service. She was late by a few weeks and had to be induced - we knew exactly which day this was going to happen. A week before the birth we made our list and gave a time and date for the shopping to be delivered (one day after the birth). There was no chance in the world we could do the shopping manually.
The shopping did not arrive on the day. We were told "sorry, it will have to be tomorrow". This was not acceptable as you can imagine. To cut a long story short, I ended up collecting the shopping myself. The order was not correct and I had to return to Tescos for a second time.
Once bitten twice shy.
I'll stick up for you Mr Anonymous.
I think the sad thing here is that a lot of people share your view and a number of them are American.
Used to like it?
Man, it's gotten so much better over the years. These new 20-20 matches are great.
I find watching it on TV in the pub to be just as enjoyable. The replays and computer rendered ball paths are top... and the choice of beer is better than good.
So basically: Keep your eye on the ball and stick that huge glove in the way. It's not rocket science.
Catching a harder, heavier ball, from a larger distance using your bare hands is far more impressive. Cricket is what I'm talking about.
I know I always sound like a troll but it's the mods that need kicking most of the time.
I was hoping to see Rat Boy. Imagine how I feel.
I saw a programme once where they (the programme makers) filled a jam-jar with petrol then proceded to dip a lit cigarette into in the liquid.
It did not ignite either.
I found that very interested after watching years of Holywood films where the bad guys always started fires with cigar dog-ends.
So why do we all fold them in three?
Why not use bread?
Give each person a loaf before they set out on their hike. Instruct them to sprinkle the bread behind them as they walk. If they have the misfortune to get lost, the trail of bread will show them the way home.
Hyperlink withdraw is my problem.
1. http://www.2ch.net/
2. Post "I hate you facisist pig dog scum!"
3. Outcry over.
You are correct.
You know what I did when I couldn't install SP1? No I didn't change my key. I just downloaded a version of XP with SP1 already included. I even installed it over the top of my original installation and everything worked just as it did before the update.
I was promised so much when I bought W98. I was let down. Pirating XP for me is not a problem.
I still play games on my P3 450 - love my games. I mainly use it for surfing and email but I've even been known to rip DVDs on it (36 hours a piece).
Apart from a new GFX card, hard drive, stick of memory and CD burner, the PC is original. It does everything I want it to.
When I thought about upgrading a year ago, I thought hard, and bought an XBOX for playing games.
196MB of RAM is TONS too!
That's pretty much a golden rule when using all P2P software. I would go with 80% of your maximum download speed.
I find BT has a big bandwidth overhead; much bigger than other P2P applications. I set the max upload speed to 12kb/s and DU still shows 18kb/s leaving my PC. Setting my maximum upload to 80% (26kb/s) will eventually saturate my upload connection. I hope this gets fixed.
20 years ago I pirated games for the Spectrum 48k and the C64. I would buy a game and tape it for my friends. They would return the favour.
...and that's how I justify my piracy these days too.
...now they want to make Part II. It will also flop because of lack of gameplay and originallity.
Now these games were poor. Some didn't work and some shops refused to believe me on this. They were expensive back then in my eyes too. A good 3 or 4 weeks worth of pocket money.
"Without me, the games industry today would be nothing" - Inda.
The other point to make about developer not having food to eat is bollocks. Your games are crap. It has nothing to do with piracy.
Recently, a few thousand of us commented on a game in the making. This was an old 2D game that was going to get revamped into 3D. I, along with others, commented that some of us had more experience with games than the developers and they should listen to our worries. The game flopped, it contained none of the elements that we loved from the 2D game. I deleted my Warez copy after a couple of days...
You want to eat? Don't sell half finished buggy games at unreasonable prices.
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I sort of remember playing a game like this on the Spectrum.
A friend and I took 3 hours to type the code from a book. He was reading and I was typing. 2 hours it took to go over it again. It never worked. I hated those books.
My pockets aren't big enough to hold a CD. That's what the hell is wrong with them!
A nice little keyring would be sweet.
The last thing I would want to do after a concert is carry a CD. Holding all those flyers is bad enough. Sweety hands. Getting cold.. In need of a smoke...
I made a point like this on /. ages ago in regards to FLAC.
WinRAR does a comparible job at compressing WAV files. Not quiet as good as FLAC but for achive purposes I think it is better choice as it is more widely used.
I know some media players can play FLAC but there are no CD burning applications [that I know of] that can decompress FLAC on the fly, meaning you have to decompress manually just like you have to do in WinRAR.
btw I'd still rather use WP 6.1 over any version of Word even today. Word is infuriating to work with as it constantly has to do things "its way". I just recently was updating my resume which hasn't been touched in years and the act of just adding a simple bullet point in line with the others made me want to smash my head into my monitor.
<P>So many say this where I work: "I wish we were still using WP6!". So many people complain that they can't line bullets up too...
<P>Education.
<P>They came from WP with no insight into word processing. They believe that all software should work they way they want it to. That's 30 people here all wanting the bullet button to do different thing.
<P>Education.
<P>How many of them went on Word courses? Exactly none. Not even the admin staff bothered to learn new skills. They just sit there huffing and puffing because the bullet button is not doing what they want it to do.
<P>Education.
<P>If you want your bullets to line up then use the Format Painter Button. It really is that simple. (Of course there are 10 other ways of doing it too, as with all MS Office applications)
<P>Not a flame or a troll. Just some education because Word is a complex application.
I've been trying to think of ways that this card could help _me_ go about my day-to-day life. I cannot think of one single reason.
Recently I was a victim of identity fraud. Someone visited my old house, found some junk mail with my full name on it, and then proceeded to order GBP 650 of mail order goods. Would an identity card help here? Not likely.
About 5 years ago, I was walking home from a friend's house. I did not take my wallet with me as I was only going out for 10 minutes. The police stopped me because of the way I was dressed and proceeded to give me twenty questions. They were looking for a mentally handicapped adult who had 'escaped'. With no ID on me I said "Do I look like a fucking mental case?". To which the reply was no. "Fucking idiot" I said I went on my way. Would having an ID card helped _me_ in this situation? No, a swift Fuck Off was all that was needed.
A swift Fuck Off helps _me_ live _my_ life the way I want to. An ID card doesn't.
So, Blunkett, a Fuck Off is the only real help here. If you want a solution to the illegal immigrants then I suggest telling them to Fuck Off as well. Put a big sign up in all languages by the Channel Tunnel that says "Fuck Off (or we'll shoot you)".
Will the police have yet another reason to stop people who are just going about their business? Yes.
I agree but the thing I found annoying most of all was the crappy controls that couldn't be redefined... On all the games.
I love Super Sprint but why oh why does the accelerator have to be on R-tigger and steering have to be controlled with the L-stick? Coming from using a PSX for donkeys-years I want to use the D-pad and A. Very poor if you ask me.
mmmm custard.
Not that ready made stuff either.
1997 they started releasing.
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They ripped the living shit out of games. No movies, no soundtracks, no commentry, compressed sound, no online play... And Ashcroft is worry about them?
Funny really because they left the scene back in January. Maybe they saw what was coming.
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I doubt they were teenagers either.