I don't suppose you know of a version that is 210MB? I have a few 8cm disks here but no business card size disks. It seems a waste to leave 3/4 of the disk blank when more tools etc could be added.
I had to have wasted 5 minutes of my time just thinking.
I find this statement strange. These 5 minutes of thinking probably scored him double with the interviewers.
When I was a Patternmaker I would typically spend 8 hours (1 whole day) thinking about the job before I started it. Most jobs would take 400 hours so this was still a small amount of time in my mind.
Rushing to start a job just leads to mistakes when you are building something big and complex like a Lego model or a set of 50 tonne press tools.
WTF! Why Perl!?! We already know the webmaster/IT person is clueless. There is no chance they will know what Perl is nor what a Regex is.
I have never taken the time to learn Perl but I can use Regexs in VBScript (yes!) and JavaScript. Surely we should be recommending the easiest scripting language possible and not trying to show how 'elite' we are?
We have a low-end HP scanner here. One button press on the front and you get a PDF (jpeg format???) with complete OCR scan inserted into a blank email ready to go.
I feel for you... Actually no I don't - you said 'used to work' and I'm still here.
I have written "TEXT THIS SIDE UP" in big black letters on our FAX machine because I got fed up with explaining how the little logo works.
I have also given up trying to explain that a black and white picture is not black and white; it is many shades of grey. The FAX machine settings must be set to 'greyscale' if you want the pictures to look good the other end.
Anyway, I prefer email as the FAX machine is at least five steps away from my desk.
The current evidence points to the idea that memories are stored in serveral desparate areas of the brain...
Can't stop typing that word 'server'?
Areas of your brain desparate [sic]?
You need the all new, all exclusive, Memory Zapper (TM). Erase all those work related memories with the click of a button! Buy now! $12.99! While stocks last!
You are almost there with the advice but you do not go far enough.
It's not about how 'hard' you are. It's not about knowing that hitting in the solar plexus hurts. And it's not how many friends they have.
It's about the level you are willing to go to to end the situation. The psycho side of things.
So, take something heavy, like a brick, and hit them round the back of the head. It doesn't have to be that hard - not hard enough to kill them.
Hitting from behind is not cowardly. It is nutty. Be a nutty fucker. Be a psycho.
Don't say anything either. There is no need and you'll probably fluff the lines anyway.
Have a big audience. Preferably adults. Make sure everyone knows that it was you who cracked him round the back of the head with a brick.
Drawing blood is good. Blood scares people. Head cuts bleed more than any other place on the body - they are not as serious as they look. Cuts heal after a week or so. Blood scares people like I said.
Be prepared for a punishment afterwards. He will not touch you again if you hit hard enough, draw blood and _do it within him knowing it's coming_ - he'll be scared forever.
I just want to take corners at 100mph in my car without buying a Ferrari because it is so expensive.
Life is so unfair. I hate you. *stamps on ground*
Seriously, suck it up. We can't have everything we want in this world. In fact, you should start your statements: "I would like". It's realistic and well mannered. You'll find it less stressful too when you actually don't get everything 'you want'.
Don't know where you are from so I'll assume you are from the UK.
1. Don't buy Sony or any other branded DVD player. I know someone with a £600 Sony DVD player and the picture is crisp but it plays nothing apart from local DVDs.
2. Buy a brand you've never heard of but make sure it is made in Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia etc etc. They don't care. They play anything you throw at them; MP3s, VCDs, JPEGs, etc etc.
3. Buy one from Adsa Walmart, Tescos, Sainsburys, etc etc. These supermarkets have a reputation to keep. They don't want people returning players because they don't play the disks that little Johnny has borrowed from school. The father in law just paid £35 for a player from Asda Walmart; it plays everything. For £35 you can't go wrong.
I play ET on my P3 450, 320 SDRAM and a GF2 64MB like yours. I played it last night. I had a great laugh. I'm not the best in the world at it. I normally finish halfway down the list of frag totals (if that means anything at all in ET).
I would put the graphics quality at better than my old PSX. How good do they need to be for a game like this? I find the team play far more exciting than the graphics.
The story submitter has a P4. Where is the problem again?
Slashdot Mirror
That's cool.
I don't suppose you know of a version that is 210MB? I have a few 8cm disks here but no business card size disks. It seems a waste to leave 3/4 of the disk blank when more tools etc could be added.
I had to have wasted 5 minutes of my time just thinking.
I find this statement strange. These 5 minutes of thinking probably scored him double with the interviewers.
When I was a Patternmaker I would typically spend 8 hours (1 whole day) thinking about the job before I started it. Most jobs would take 400 hours so this was still a small amount of time in my mind.
Rushing to start a job just leads to mistakes when you are building something big and complex like a Lego model or a set of 50 tonne press tools.
Um... I always thought this was part of the GFX card drivers. I have definately unticked an option relating to this. I see no nVidia splash screens.
WTF! Why Perl!?! We already know the webmaster/IT person is clueless. There is no chance they will know what Perl is nor what a Regex is.
I have never taken the time to learn Perl but I can use Regexs in VBScript (yes!) and JavaScript. Surely we should be recommending the easiest scripting language possible and not trying to show how 'elite' we are?
If only it was as easy as typing "/join #warez950"... If only getting access to FTP dumps was that easy...
The acticle was silly though. It didn't decribe the scene as I know it - it only contains part-truths.
Centropy make money out of it? Yeah, yeah they all do. You are a bit green if you believe they take all that risk for no financial reward.
They are probably using a cracked version they downloaded from Usenet.
This disturbs me a little. I have many questions but will only ask a few.
1. How do you know they were typing "sh;t" or "sh1t"? Were you monitoring them? Do you still monitor them?
2. Was blocking certain words the only option that was discussed?
3. Do you personally feel that children should be free to talk about anything they like with their peers (or did you only do it for the cash)?
Please don't mod me as a troll. I will not judge anyone back - promise.
We have a low-end HP scanner here. One button press on the front and you get a PDF (jpeg format???) with complete OCR scan inserted into a blank email ready to go.
Wonderful, just what the client wanted.
I feel for you... Actually no I don't - you said 'used to work' and I'm still here.
I have written "TEXT THIS SIDE UP" in big black letters on our FAX machine because I got fed up with explaining how the little logo works.
I have also given up trying to explain that a black and white picture is not black and white; it is many shades of grey. The FAX machine settings must be set to 'greyscale' if you want the pictures to look good the other end.
Anyway, I prefer email as the FAX machine is at least five steps away from my desk.
The current evidence points to the idea that memories are stored in serveral desparate areas of the brain...
Can't stop typing that word 'server'?
Areas of your brain desparate [sic]?
You need the all new, all exclusive, Memory Zapper (TM). Erase all those work related memories with the click of a button! Buy now! $12.99! While stocks last!
:-)
I love reading about British criminal history and it's true; there was just as much crime 100 years ago as there is now.
I think the modern media has a big part to play in our perception of crime. We get to hear about everything these day.
You are almost there with the advice but you do not go far enough.
It's not about how 'hard' you are. It's not about knowing that hitting in the solar plexus hurts. And it's not how many friends they have.
It's about the level you are willing to go to to end the situation. The psycho side of things.
So, take something heavy, like a brick, and hit them round the back of the head. It doesn't have to be that hard - not hard enough to kill them.
Hitting from behind is not cowardly. It is nutty. Be a nutty fucker. Be a psycho.
Don't say anything either. There is no need and you'll probably fluff the lines anyway.
Have a big audience. Preferably adults. Make sure everyone knows that it was you who cracked him round the back of the head with a brick.
Drawing blood is good. Blood scares people. Head cuts bleed more than any other place on the body - they are not as serious as they look. Cuts heal after a week or so. Blood scares people like I said.
Be prepared for a punishment afterwards. He will not touch you again if you hit hard enough, draw blood and _do it within him knowing it's coming_ - he'll be scared forever.
There was a picture of a mouse
It's one word.
It's spoken as one word.
Put a hyphen there and it looks out of place.
I just want to take corners at 100mph in my car without buying a Ferrari because it is so expensive.
Life is so unfair. I hate you. *stamps on ground*
Seriously, suck it up. We can't have everything we want in this world. In fact, you should start your statements: "I would like". It's realistic and well mannered. You'll find it less stressful too when you actually don't get everything 'you want'.
And you have to give QT props for dressing Uma up like Bruce for half the movie!
Half a movie more like. Yes I know it is Vol 1 but I still felt cheated at the end. Why not tell the story in one go..?
He got more right than wrong. Surely he should get some credit for that..?
I get asked this a lot by friends and family.
Don't know where you are from so I'll assume you are from the UK.
1. Don't buy Sony or any other branded DVD player. I know someone with a £600 Sony DVD player and the picture is crisp but it plays nothing apart from local DVDs.
2. Buy a brand you've never heard of but make sure it is made in Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia etc etc. They don't care. They play anything you throw at them; MP3s, VCDs, JPEGs, etc etc.
3. Buy one from Adsa Walmart, Tescos, Sainsburys, etc etc. These supermarkets have a reputation to keep. They don't want people returning players because they don't play the disks that little Johnny has borrowed from school. The father in law just paid £35 for a player from Asda Walmart; it plays everything. For £35 you can't go wrong.
Unlucky dude.
My record is 45Gb down and 60Gb up over the space of a month on NTL. This was achieved 3 or 4 months after they set the limit.
The only reason I can see that they didn't chase me was because I am a very very old customer of theirs.
I know of others who have had letters from them. They were new customers.
Who knows?
You have been unlucky.
I play ET on my P3 450, 320 SDRAM and a GF2 64MB like yours. I played it last night. I had a great laugh. I'm not the best in the world at it. I normally finish halfway down the list of frag totals (if that means anything at all in ET).
I would put the graphics quality at better than my old PSX. How good do they need to be for a game like this? I find the team play far more exciting than the graphics.
The story submitter has a P4. Where is the problem again?
I saw that too and wondered if they meant Nitrous-oxide (laughing gas). 'tis the normal thing you you mix with fuel to create that 'added kick'.
:)
Definately not nitroglycerine, that's for sure.
- No one saw him do it. You can't prove anything.
Cases killed the fun in W2. Roping games took over. CL2K did a much better job with WA. The community spirit lives on...
GameCubes have been chipped. Games can be copied to [many] little 210MB CDRs (8cm). Nitendo made things hard but not too hard.
I'm alright Jack. How's your back?