My roommates and I played a bit of CS in our freshman year, and then went out to play lasertag on campus and with airsoft in the woods.
My accuracy was good, only because I've practically grown up on a range. My roommate had not, and his gaming skill didn't manifest itself at all in marksmanship.
However, we still played very well and quickly became the most feared two-man team on campus. FPS games teach something much more important than how to shoot a gun: How to move properly. We played one lasertag game in one of the massive academic buildings, and knowing how to properly cover your partner, sweep rooms, and predict where a fleeing opponent will make his stand was crucial.
In airsoft, the effect wasn't as great since it was more about shooting skill. But the simple truths of "Keep your freaking head down" and "Reload *before* you run out of rounds" gave us a slight head start on the guys who had never thought about that sort of thing before.
One thing we noticed in both games was that while everyone else made crazy headlong rushes into groups of enemy players, we tended to find good cover and fight an enemy who had to move from poor cover to poorer cover.
Someone gave me the $100 "Classic" brand player, and it was awful. It would apparently run out of buffer in the middle of a song, causing skips and crashes. You couldn't have more that 67(!) files in any given folder, including root.
Luckily, somebody dropped it and reimbersed me for it. I got a Rio Volt for $160 ($40 now) and have loved it ever since.
I second this. I bought a rio volt near the time they came out (4 years ago?) for $160. You can get one for $40 now, but my volt has been worth five times what I paid. It's been with me on three overseas mission trips, multiple road trips, played in my car for a while, etc... I've probably logged over 1000 hours on it.
MP3 CD players are the way to go. I can carry my entire music collection in a small CD wallet.
I even bit the bullet to buy the Sony car stereo that plays MP3 CDs. This was back when I was making 8 hour round-trips semi-weekly. 10 hours of music on one CD means I can just set it to shuffle and drive.
This is why I hate the GPA system. My school requires that professors stick to 94% for an A, 84% for a B, etc...
Yours is stricter than most, but I hate it when people poo-poo me for my 93% B, then get an 81% B of their own.
I think I would really prefer a percentage average being the advertised ideal. Of course, it's always going to be a little subjective, based on the whims of the professors.
Don't forget that at some point. A significant character will die. He/She may make an appearance through some non-physical manifestation at some crucial point in the plot, or they may just pop back to life with no more than two lines of explanation.
But I also hate waiting for a bus, only to have it finally arrive to force me into the back with a bunch of odd-smelling people who insist on cursing in front of my kids. Then I get to wait twice as long to get there.
And getting someplace late at night? Right.
I bike when it's possible, but drive because that's really the best way to go.
The barrier to entry for that method is a fee for use of LJ... I paid $5... or you need someone to give you a referal code, of which each paid member gets only a few.
Working at a used video game store that doesn't do repairs helped.
Later, I bought two more boxes with bad DVD drives and put the software hacks on there for, oh, about $30 apiece. I only wish I could keep that opportunity now. They're great little computers for less than half a day's work.:-)
My XBox has a 10 gig hard drive, I bought it with a bad DVD drive, modded it, and installed linux over the network port. Total cost = $80 for a 700 MHz...
With that PS2, you'll need a hard drive and network adapter.
If that firmware "upgrade" has a speed-limiter that prevents your car from going over 85 mph, you'd be raising hell, too.
But, but, but, why would you want to go over 85 mph? That was not the stated purpose of the car, and most reasonable users have no good reason to do it.
I *live* in Jackson, TN at Union University. The school ran busses for three days so that students could go downtown and help with cleanup. I helped a gentleman move pieces of a tree off of what was left of his already run-down house. He pointed to a half-broken coffee table and told me that he and his pregnant wife managed to get under the table when the walls and ceiling came down around them.
We lost nine people in Jackson, and downtown is still a wasteland. Every single car on the north side of town (including mine) was hit by baseball-sized hail.
Not to mention that Union was directly hit by an F-1 last November. Two tornadoes in two semesters. I think the insurance company should consider pulling our "acts of God" coverage...
Yes, we have a lot of people who even we refer to as "hicks"... That doesn't have to define our town though. Jackson is a good place to live with three thriving colleges and not a few slashdot readers.
Joke about our cars that look like golf balls. Joke about out gutters which are still wrapped around light poles. Joke about how dark it is downtown at night. But don't make light of people who died in their homes, just because that was the best that they could afford.
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My roommates and I played a bit of CS in our freshman year, and then went out to play lasertag on campus and with airsoft in the woods.
My accuracy was good, only because I've practically grown up on a range. My roommate had not, and his gaming skill didn't manifest itself at all in marksmanship.
However, we still played very well and quickly became the most feared two-man team on campus. FPS games teach something much more important than how to shoot a gun: How to move properly. We played one lasertag game in one of the massive academic buildings, and knowing how to properly cover your partner, sweep rooms, and predict where a fleeing opponent will make his stand was crucial.
In airsoft, the effect wasn't as great since it was more about shooting skill. But the simple truths of "Keep your freaking head down" and "Reload *before* you run out of rounds" gave us a slight head start on the guys who had never thought about that sort of thing before.
One thing we noticed in both games was that while everyone else made crazy headlong rushes into groups of enemy players, we tended to find good cover and fight an enemy who had to move from poor cover to poorer cover.
I knew a guy who tried this once.
He hit his wife with it.
It wasn't good... I walked in just as he did it, so he looked like he threw it at her, hitting her in the back.
All the original MP3 CD players were crap.
Someone gave me the $100 "Classic" brand player, and it was awful. It would apparently run out of buffer in the middle of a song, causing skips and crashes. You couldn't have more that 67(!) files in any given folder, including root.
Luckily, somebody dropped it and reimbersed me for it. I got a Rio Volt for $160 ($40 now) and have loved it ever since.
I second this. I bought a rio volt near the time they came out (4 years ago?) for $160. You can get one for $40 now, but my volt has been worth five times what I paid. It's been with me on three overseas mission trips, multiple road trips, played in my car for a while, etc... I've probably logged over 1000 hours on it.
MP3 CD players are the way to go. I can carry my entire music collection in a small CD wallet.
I even bit the bullet to buy the Sony car stereo that plays MP3 CDs. This was back when I was making 8 hour round-trips semi-weekly. 10 hours of music on one CD means I can just set it to shuffle and drive.
$100 will buy a LOT of Moutain Dew.
:-)
Let's do the math, shall we?
I just bought a 12 pack at the supermarket. It was $2.50. Add 9.25% TN sales tax, and you get roughly $0.23 per can.
For $100, you can buy 434 cans of Dew.
Maybe not a years worth, but you really shouldn't be drinking more than 1 or 2 cans a day anyhow.
This is why I hate the GPA system. My school requires that professors stick to 94% for an A, 84% for a B, etc...
Yours is stricter than most, but I hate it when people poo-poo me for my 93% B, then get an 81% B of their own.
I think I would really prefer a percentage average being the advertised ideal. Of course, it's always going to be a little subjective, based on the whims of the professors.
You do know that the XBox comes with a Celeron processor, right? ...Right?
Yeah, I even tried sniffing coke once.
Pity, though, the ice cubes kept getting stuck up my nose.
That usually is my first question when I wake up in the morning: "What was I thinking?"
My first was Celine Dion - To Love You More.
I got it on DALnet.
And I still have it.
I am not proud.
Hahaha
Commodore. Poke around. Ha ha.
sigh...
Not only that, but you can use Philips-head AND flat-head screwdrivers!
Duct tape covering over the power supply fan could.
Don't forget that at some point. A significant character will die. He/She may make an appearance through some non-physical manifestation at some crucial point in the plot, or they may just pop back to life with no more than two lines of explanation.
I, for one, fully support the right to keep and arm bears.
Also useful for classes where you already know what's going on, but are required to attend. My PDA is my friend!
Actually, I hate driving.
But I also hate waiting for a bus, only to have it finally arrive to force me into the back with a bunch of odd-smelling people who insist on cursing in front of my kids. Then I get to wait twice as long to get there.
And getting someplace late at night? Right.
I bike when it's possible, but drive because that's really the best way to go.
The barrier to entry for that method is a fee for use of LJ... I paid $5... or you need someone to give you a referal code, of which each paid member gets only a few.
Working at a used video game store that doesn't do repairs helped.
:-)
Later, I bought two more boxes with bad DVD drives and put the software hacks on there for, oh, about $30 apiece. I only wish I could keep that opportunity now. They're great little computers for less than half a day's work.
Why a PS2?
My XBox has a 10 gig hard drive, I bought it with a bad DVD drive, modded it, and installed linux over the network port. Total cost = $80 for a 700 MHz...
With that PS2, you'll need a hard drive and network adapter.
Gosh...
My roommate had major jaw surgery over the summer, and supposedly still has nightmares about that thing being pulled out.
*shudder*
Even better was my store, which used x9 as the external line code.
On of the guys had a really funny idea:
"Barry, you have a call on ninety-nine-eleven. Barry, ninety-nine-eleven."
Oh wait. That wasn't funny at all.
I have that song stuck in my head, and will likely have it all weekend!
Darn you!
Darn you to heck!
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If that firmware "upgrade" has a speed-limiter that prevents your car from going over 85 mph, you'd be raising hell, too.
But, but, but, why would you want to go over 85 mph? That was not the stated purpose of the car, and most reasonable users have no good reason to do it.
Not funny.
I *live* in Jackson, TN at Union University. The school ran busses for three days so that students could go downtown and help with cleanup. I helped a gentleman move pieces of a tree off of what was left of his already run-down house. He pointed to a half-broken coffee table and told me that he and his pregnant wife managed to get under the table when the walls and ceiling came down around them.
We lost nine people in Jackson, and downtown is still a wasteland. Every single car on the north side of town (including mine) was hit by baseball-sized hail.
Not to mention that Union was directly hit by an F-1 last November. Two tornadoes in two semesters. I think the insurance company should consider pulling our "acts of God" coverage...
Yes, we have a lot of people who even we refer to as "hicks"... That doesn't have to define our town though. Jackson is a good place to live with three thriving colleges and not a few slashdot readers.
Joke about our cars that look like golf balls. Joke about out gutters which are still wrapped around light poles. Joke about how dark it is downtown at night. But don't make light of people who died in their homes, just because that was the best that they could afford.