Microwave a package of cream cheese and a can of chili together (stirring occaisionally) and serve as a tasty chili-cheesy dip. May be addictive, add tortilla chips to keep hands clean.
http://mwave.com. No bull, good prices, and a decent website. The only places I found with better prices had bad websites. Dell is ok but I prefer to put the extra dollars where I want them (Video, CPU, RAM) than where Dell wants them (Support contract, OS software, 950X CD-ROM drive)...
Profession: Professional Lightsaber Manufacturer for 7 years
and
Goal: To be the best Lightsaber Designer in the world.
I imagine it wouldn't be hard to fix up those little bits and make the site copyright compliant. Now if only he could make one that expands and retracts at the touch of a button (and makes cool humming noises)... ah well.. I suppose we'll have to wait a couple more years for that.:)
Now comes the hard part... living with a whole office full of people who you'll forever consider "closed-minded". You might as well start looking for a new job right now.:)
The problem with making any competing product "Microsoft compatible" is that Microsoft's "standards" are subject to change without notice or disclosure. Just ask the authors of Samba or any of the "Word-compatible" office suites...
Yup, I remember when Windows was a lame DOS shell (insert joke here) only used for word processing and the point-of-pride of a system was how much of your 640k base memory you could keep free (remember LOAD=HIGH?). I think I pushed it to around 620k in my system's prime, and laughed heartily at stock store-bought systems and their lousy ~540k free...:)
Oh yeah, and I remember my crazed excitement when I upgraded from a 2400 to a 14.4k modem... wow! I could finally download files!
One thing I won't miss, though, is the exclusive nature of BBS'ing... it was almost impossible to "get on" to some boards if you didn't already have a reputation in the area, and getting one required you to be on the big boards.:P I'm a big fan of the high-speed free-for-all that is the modern internet.
Arrrr... It's been a hard week for us pirates. First this MPAA thing, then we get beat by the Cubs of Chicago, and now all these crazy ninjas are trying to chop our heads off... yee-ar.:(
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Names, birth dates, and social security numbers? So they're saying they didn't use any sort of security on the site, then. Hmmf.
Microwave a package of cream cheese and a can of chili together (stirring occaisionally) and serve as a tasty chili-cheesy dip. May be addictive, add tortilla chips to keep hands clean.
similar article posted at NY Times: http://nytimes.com/2002/07/22/technology/22REAL.ht ml
Could all this have to do with this by any chance?
Macintosh: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x, Netscape 4.7.X and up
Windows: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x, Netscape Navigator 5.X
Excuse me? What the hell is Netscape 5.x?
The header jpeg says: blended wind body
wind? Did CmdrTaco do the spell checking here? ;)
In God We Trust: Everyone else must pay in cash.
I'm sorry, but.... 52-69? Anybody have more than four local UHF stations? Think maybe they could fit all four between 14 and 51?
http://mwave.com. No bull, good prices, and a decent website. The only places I found with better prices had bad websites. Dell is ok but I prefer to put the extra dollars where I want them (Video, CPU, RAM) than where Dell wants them (Support contract, OS software, 950X CD-ROM drive)...
Profession: Professional Lightsaber Manufacturer for 7 years
and
Goal: To be the best Lightsaber Designer in the world.
I imagine it wouldn't be hard to fix up those little bits and make the site copyright compliant. Now if only he could make one that expands and retracts at the touch of a button (and makes cool humming noises)... ah well.. I suppose we'll have to wait a couple more years for that. :)
Thou hast "0wn3d" him. :)
You might take this article with a grain of salt.
Looks like the Farscape game is shaping up nicely as well...
More info on the Starband User's experience available here
I remember reading an article a while back about online game cheating. Seems like things haven't changed all that much in a couple years...
The problem with making any competing product "Microsoft compatible" is that Microsoft's "standards" are subject to change without notice or disclosure. Just ask the authors of Samba or any of the "Word-compatible" office suites...
Yeah, I think that "Lone Gunmen are Dead" article kinda did /. in for this year. ;)
Oh yeah, and I remember my crazed excitement when I upgraded from a 2400 to a 14.4k modem... wow! I could finally download files!
One thing I won't miss, though, is the exclusive nature of BBS'ing... it was almost impossible to "get on" to some boards if you didn't already have a reputation in the area, and getting one required you to be on the big boards. :P I'm a big fan of the high-speed free-for-all that is the modern internet.
It's a quick read and a decent story, but it's more the stuff of TV movies than blockbuster cinema.