I'd say that millenia-old artifacts which are our only link to the beginnings of civilization are a little more important than you make them out to be.
It has a spring inside of it, therefore it is properly called a "magazine."
It may be technically proper, but they've been referred to as "clips" as well since at least 1986, which is when I first played Wasteland. It featured the phrase "[ name of character ] rips a clip into [ name of monster ]" when you used the full-auto option.
No kidding. He looks like a cross between Gumby and the Stay-Puft (sp?) Marshmallow Man from Ghostbusters, as animated by the team that did the terrible CGI fight sequence in Blade II. You know which one I'm talking about.
At least it's got Jennifer Connelly in it. I was wondering when she would do another film.
It was unnecesarry and rediculous to do, formatting them to anything.
Jesus, dude. How many different ways does he have to spell "RTFA" for you? She was trying to replicate conditions of someone switching from Windows to Linux, which involves starting with FAT or NTFS partitions on an existing hard drive.
What, do you have the Ivory Tower l33+ hax0r edition of Win95 that allows you to format as NTFS?
I had well-known, mass-market video cards with chipsets that were allegedly supported, but getting a GUI to show up was never a sure thing....no comment....
Maybe because you don't have a good answer? I've seen the same behaviour many times with Linux installations.
The weapon is a good clue, but no better than the camoflage pattern.
I guess it depends on what you have an eye for. I would never have noticed the difference in camoflauge, but I picked up on the L85A1 rifle right away, since I've always thought it was a very clever design for the British to use.
I'm with it as long as the use Red for one side and Blue for the other just like they did in the GI Joe cartoons.
You know, a friend of mine loaned me an old videotape of the GI Joe movie a few weeks ago, and I was disillusioned to see both sides using both red and blue laser-beam weapons. I don't know if they did it to throw off all the kids who were used to the colour-coding, or if the artists figured as long as they were killing off Cobra Commander, they could throw out all the time-honoured traditions too.
"Crashing through the night/comes a fearful cry/Cobra! Cobra!"
I think it gets its data directly from live feeds on satalites, not old pictures
No, if you read the article they're talking about using the data that Endeavour picked up a few years ago.
The geographic data would be supplemented by realtime sensors like IR, mm-wave, etc.
Still, if you read the article, it's pretty clear that this is not going to be a VR-helmet type of deal. At best it's a HUD that overlays normal vision, so you'd still see the tank when it got close enough.
The Dreamcast is kind of cool in that you can play imports using a boot disc.
I picked up an imported demo disc from Hong Kong on eBay, and it runs great using the same boot disc that pirates use to play their bootleg games.
The Gamecube is the same way - Datel is releasing a boot disc that allows imported games to play on US consoles. OTOH since the GC uses a nonstandard disc format, it *can't* also be used to play pirate games.
I do agree about other systems though. I've got a chipped PS2 so I can play PAL games, and I'm going to get a chip for my XBox so I can access files on the hard drive.
From your description, I think we work for the same company =).
Personally I think they should just donate it to a museum. Then every few years, we could take the new IT workers down and pull the old "when I was YOUR age..." thing. I bet they wouldn't believe it though. "Haw haw gramps, '...and the copyright date on the software was from when I was in kindergarten.' sure!"
Mainframes are a completely different world than what most people nowadays think of as computer systems. They are unbelievably hardcore. Imagine the computer equivalent of a cinderblock weapons factory in the former Soviet Union, full of workers chain-smoking cheap cigarettes. They get the job done well, but they are devoid of anything remotely resembling fun.
Is it just me, or is anyone else getting deja vous thinking of Sun's vision of the 'network computer' in our future?
Totally. We had one of those at work back when I was in high school. It was like, the worst of all possible worlds. "Sun presents: The Network Computer. Now instead of a speedy workstation running NT4, you can have an incredibly slow session on a remote server, a UI that looks like it's still in the prototype phase, and run an outdated version of Netscape Navigator in 8-bit colour! But the tower is 33% smaller than that of a regular desktop! How can you resist?!"
I would instantly convert from agnosticism to the religion of any deity who would strike down with wrath the people who are so dorky they use their laptops while taking a shit.
I fully agree. Look at the Soul Reaver series and Metroid Prime. Silent Hill 2 is a "survival horror" title, but it's got all the basic adventure elements - puzzle solving, non-twitchhead combat, linear storyline, and so on.
-Or some users have inadvertantly got thier browser configured to open the file rather than download it.
Most users, even. I had a collection of mp3s up on my website for awhile, and I had to take them down because I discovered most people don't bother to download them, they treat your site like a part of their media library and just stream them over... and over... and over. It was kind of lame.
And is anyone else surprised that there have been no EMP 'terrorist' attacks yet? Cheap, simple, minimal training, incredibly effective...
Yeah, if you can get your hands on a nonexistent EMP weapon. Aside from nuclear weapons, EMP devices are all theoretical.
Yes, I know about the Popular Science/Mechanics article where they made it seem like every terrorist could build a magic EMP bomb, and that the US was going to deploy them in Iraq. As soon as the war started, I saw a clip on the news where they asked a military rep about them, and he basically said "I don't think you're going to see anything like that. We've tried that idea in the past, and it just didn't work out."
If you, like me, are tired of having to manually deliver documents or other items within your office building, and if your building has high ceilings, good lighting, and minimal air currents, then you will inevitably reach the same conclusion I have: An automatic helium blimp delivery service.
Okay Helium Jim Jones, whatever you say. Just don't send any Kool-Aid my way.
I hope they lose the suit, have to pay up, are forced to close down, and then their crappy half assed programming language and crappy OS go with Scott McNealy to live under a card board box that I can kick and piss on while I point and laugh at his mis-fortune.
Damn dude, all you need to do now is take your weapon and strike someone down with all of your anger.
Yes, I know of companies that outsource lots of programming and documentation to India because of the cheap labor, but their products are starting to suffer.
Foreign companies are just like American ones. Some are better than others, and the cheapest ones are generally of poor quality.
I've seen top-notch work from India-based organizations, as well as Mickey Mouse amateur hour.
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I'd say that millenia-old artifacts which are our only link to the beginnings of civilization are a little more important than you make them out to be.
It has a spring inside of it, therefore it is properly called a "magazine."
It may be technically proper, but they've been referred to as "clips" as well since at least 1986, which is when I first played Wasteland. It featured the phrase "[ name of character ] rips a clip into [ name of monster ]" when you used the full-auto option.
That would be really nice, but I imagine it would be a hassle in earthquake-prone areas.
Imagine having to tear up the streets to fix broken power lines in addition to all the other damage control after a major quake.
I fully agree.
Did anyone else notice how this is being made by "C2 Pictures"? Is that a cheap shot at Carolco or what?
No kidding. He looks like a cross between Gumby and the Stay-Puft (sp?) Marshmallow Man from Ghostbusters, as animated by the team that did the terrible CGI fight sequence in Blade II. You know which one I'm talking about.
At least it's got Jennifer Connelly in it. I was wondering when she would do another film.
...that US publishers now feel like they can't distribute books on hacking hardware, despite the array of them on other topics like:
- Building unlicensed automatic weapons and explosive devices
- Converting post-ban assault rifles for fully-automatic operation
- Breaking and entering
- Creating a counterfeit identity
I guess it's like the view that violence in a film is more appropriate for a wide audience than sexual content.
...but my high-caffeine, low-sunlight diet has kept me at or below my ideal weight for over a decade.
They sure are [infiltration.org].
Holy crap, that is the coolest website ever.
It was unnecesarry and rediculous to do, formatting them to anything.
Jesus, dude. How many different ways does he have to spell "RTFA" for you? She was trying to replicate conditions of someone switching from Windows to Linux, which involves starting with FAT or NTFS partitions on an existing hard drive.
ah, fat drives very technical thing to do.
What, do you have the Ivory Tower l33+ hax0r edition of Win95 that allows you to format as NTFS?
I had well-known, mass-market video cards with chipsets that were allegedly supported, but getting a GUI to show up was never a sure thing....no comment....
Maybe because you don't have a good answer? I've seen the same behaviour many times with Linux installations.
The weapon is a good clue, but no better than the camoflage pattern.
I guess it depends on what you have an eye for. I would never have noticed the difference in camoflauge, but I picked up on the L85A1 rifle right away, since I've always thought it was a very clever design for the British to use.
I'm with it as long as the use Red for one side and Blue for the other just like they did in the GI Joe cartoons.
You know, a friend of mine loaned me an old videotape of the GI Joe movie a few weeks ago, and I was disillusioned to see both sides using both red and blue laser-beam weapons. I don't know if they did it to throw off all the kids who were used to the colour-coding, or if the artists figured as long as they were killing off Cobra Commander, they could throw out all the time-honoured traditions too.
"Crashing through the night/comes a fearful cry/Cobra! Cobra!"
I think it gets its data directly from live feeds on satalites, not old pictures
No, if you read the article they're talking about using the data that Endeavour picked up a few years ago.
The geographic data would be supplemented by realtime sensors like IR, mm-wave, etc.
Still, if you read the article, it's pretty clear that this is not going to be a VR-helmet type of deal. At best it's a HUD that overlays normal vision, so you'd still see the tank when it got close enough.
The Dreamcast is kind of cool in that you can play imports using a boot disc.
I picked up an imported demo disc from Hong Kong on eBay, and it runs great using the same boot disc that pirates use to play their bootleg games.
The Gamecube is the same way - Datel is releasing a boot disc that allows imported games to play on US consoles. OTOH since the GC uses a nonstandard disc format, it *can't* also be used to play pirate games.
I do agree about other systems though. I've got a chipped PS2 so I can play PAL games, and I'm going to get a chip for my XBox so I can access files on the hard drive.
I hate our mainframe. I wish it would die.
From your description, I think we work for the same company =).
Personally I think they should just donate it to a museum. Then every few years, we could take the new IT workers down and pull the old "when I was YOUR age..." thing. I bet they wouldn't believe it though. "Haw haw gramps, '...and the copyright date on the software was from when I was in kindergarten.' sure!"
Anyway, my point is is that mainframe is a dated term, now synonymous w/ server.
If I'm mistaken, please, let me know.
What you're talking about are midrange servers. Mainframes are in an entirely different class.
Ace's Hardware had a good overview of them awhile ago.
Mainframes are a completely different world than what most people nowadays think of as computer systems. They are unbelievably hardcore. Imagine the computer equivalent of a cinderblock weapons factory in the former Soviet Union, full of workers chain-smoking cheap cigarettes. They get the job done well, but they are devoid of anything remotely resembling fun.
Is it just me, or is anyone else getting deja vous thinking of Sun's vision of the 'network computer' in our future?
Totally. We had one of those at work back when I was in high school. It was like, the worst of all possible worlds. "Sun presents: The Network Computer. Now instead of a speedy workstation running NT4, you can have an incredibly slow session on a remote server, a UI that looks like it's still in the prototype phase, and run an outdated version of Netscape Navigator in 8-bit colour! But the tower is 33% smaller than that of a regular desktop! How can you resist?!"
Do you have Sun Rays in your bathroom stalls?
I would instantly convert from agnosticism to the religion of any deity who would strike down with wrath the people who are so dorky they use their laptops while taking a shit.
I fully agree. Look at the Soul Reaver series and Metroid Prime. Silent Hill 2 is a "survival horror" title, but it's got all the basic adventure elements - puzzle solving, non-twitchhead combat, linear storyline, and so on.
-Or some users have inadvertantly got thier browser configured to open the file rather than download it.
Most users, even. I had a collection of mp3s up on my website for awhile, and I had to take them down because I discovered most people don't bother to download them, they treat your site like a part of their media library and just stream them over... and over... and over. It was kind of lame.
I don't see why this is scary. Playing games in familiar places is fun. I'm planning a map (not for UT) of the area I live in for that reason.
And is anyone else surprised that there have been no EMP 'terrorist' attacks yet? Cheap, simple, minimal training, incredibly effective...
Yeah, if you can get your hands on a nonexistent EMP weapon. Aside from nuclear weapons, EMP devices are all theoretical.
Yes, I know about the Popular Science/Mechanics article where they made it seem like every terrorist could build a magic EMP bomb, and that the US was going to deploy them in Iraq. As soon as the war started, I saw a clip on the news where they asked a military rep about them, and he basically said "I don't think you're going to see anything like that. We've tried that idea in the past, and it just didn't work out."
If you, like me, are tired of having to manually deliver documents or other items within your office building, and if your building has high ceilings, good lighting, and minimal air currents, then you will inevitably reach the same conclusion I have: An automatic helium blimp delivery service.
Okay Helium Jim Jones, whatever you say. Just don't send any Kool-Aid my way.
I hope they lose the suit, have to pay up, are forced to close down, and then their crappy half assed programming language and crappy OS go with Scott McNealy to live under a card board box that I can kick and piss on while I point and laugh at his mis-fortune.
Damn dude, all you need to do now is take your weapon and strike someone down with all of your anger.
Yes, I know of companies that outsource lots of programming and documentation to India because of the cheap labor, but their products are starting to suffer.
Foreign companies are just like American ones. Some are better than others, and the cheapest ones are generally of poor quality.
I've seen top-notch work from India-based organizations, as well as Mickey Mouse amateur hour.