Oh, I'm pretty sure Destro isn't a descendent of Frankenstein.
This is totally old news though. I'm pretty sure Breaker knocked out the Weather Dominator and this shouldn't be a problem anymore.
http://www.joeheadquarters.com/joeii.shtml
I just picked up a iMac G5 20" Display 2.0 GHz, 512mb, 250GB HD, SuperDrive, BT, AE, Wireless Mouse & Keyboard. Price: $899 from the my university bookstore.
I thought that was a decent deal - yeah, its the pre-iSight one.
I noticed that slikstik offers some Ultimarc joysticks as upgrade/replacements. But they don't offer the T-stik.
In my opinion, thats the best joystick out there. They have small throws and strong springs which give a really good feel on a stand up cabinet. It might not be appropriate for a little home-built... but when my venerable Atari controllers started dying in my Cyberball cabinet, they were the ones that I finally kept. The Happ ones (especially the Ultimates) blow.
So... save up your 700 and then some, or as someone else pointed out - make your own. Ultimarc.com has all the parts you need, and thats where slikstik buys theirs. Granted, if you're not very handy, they make a good product at a fair profit.
Give it up, you will never ever see logical pricing that doesn't require loose change.
Actually... the movie theaters do it at their concession stands. Its not like they're concerned with the price, they're reaming up the behind something fierce... but it makes the line move faster.
Tax is figured into the prices already and everything is priced in dollars and quarters (for the most part). Most standard combinations of items (a Coke and popcorn) usually come out to even dollars. Lots and lots of dollars, but even. $4.25 for the large popcorn and $3.75 for the Coke. Eight bucks. Next...
I would think its just to keep the line moving quick.
Ya know... You can have a square cover. In fact, you can have a round one that DOES fall through. Its really a question of the smallest dimension of the cover and the largest dimension of the lip it sits on.
For example, a square cover over a round hole with a diameter just smaller than the side of the square. Because a 1m circular cover will fit through a 1m circular hole just as easily (more easily, really) than a square cover through a hole with a lip just an inch smaller.
I like the 'no orientation' and 'easy to roll' arguments for round ones the best.
This seems kindof a modern shot at the X15 program.
The X15 got piggybacked up to 40k feet and then would fly/rocket up to 350k feet. Rutan's craft is going to be starting out almost twice as high.
Granted, part of the purpose of the X15 was going fast in addition to going high. Rutan's probably won't go that fast as low, but all those draggy airfoils won't be so bad higher up.
Perhaps someone with some aerodynamics knowledge could comment on exactly how benificial the higher starting altitude is.
It seems most of the posts involve USB or some other port from a PC. I thought some of the point of the ball... well, all of the practicality of it, at least, was that it was wireless. I know the only reason I'd ever use one is because my computer is loud and I like to have it off when I'm doing anything else in my room. To have a lamp light when I've got mail would let me unsleep my machine just when I need to.
Just put the guts of an old pager in it. Then you could have the thing battery powered and completely wireless. Your server checks whatever you're interested in and fires off emails to ##########@messaging.yourpagerco.com with text messages telling the lights what to do. RED FULL, PULSE RAINBOW, SLOW GREEN, whatever... have that tie in to all the other hardware you guys came up with.
Text pagers are dirt cheap - we probably have a drawer-full somewhere. And the service is under 5 bucks a month for a single person...
... and of course, if someone actually makes one, I want one....
My department has bought some furniture there... I almost bought a nice $800 chair for $125, but it was a tight month and I thought better of it. The warehouse is pretty big... lots of crazy medical stuff there too. One could make some pretty interesting stuff if one had the mind to.
Electronics there is a crapshoot. Your computers might actually be working when you send them there... Ours are totally stripped.
Lots of office stuff though... desks, chairs... The guys that work there are nice enough, but try to get as much as they can for everything. It's good to know a lot about what you are buying. Cash or check only though...
Sorry, I can't see that being a good analogy. I think any security professional would agree (I'm not one). When someone roots a box they can do anything they want to it, including leaving a backdoor to completely repurposing the machine. If someone hides in KMart after closing, they can't exactly start running the store as if it were their own.
If we were to go with your analogy, I'd say its more like the old cyonide in the Tylenol thing. They didn't just pull the bottles that looked tampered with, they pulled every bottle from every store.
--I say we fall back to the mothership, nuke em from space. It's the only way to be sure.
While I'm not a supporter of big sentences for computer crime, even if someone just hacks my box and says that they own me, to be safe I've got to wipe the box and start over. No different than if they did hose it down. That's a lot of time, money and frustration on my part. I'm not saying they should be strung up by the testicles or locked away for 10 years. But how about 2 or 3 years of some of the nastiest community service you can come up with. They can still have thier life... and it won't hose down their family... but it will own their "free" time long enough to make them regret doing what they did and could be a good deterant for others.
It is all about cooperation to unlock the knowledge of Egypt.
Great. Maybe we can all hold hands and sing Kumbaya...
In other news: There is a new online game out, available to only a select few, where you get to play a cunningly lethal and undying mummy terrorizing some very confused looking Egyptologists...
This is precisely why I'm glad I know how to fish, start a fire without matches, and otherwise generally survive in the wild.
Well, duh... That is precisely why I'm glad I know how suck up to people like you. Or at the very least, kick your ass and take your stuff. 8-)
Ahh... we're all going to hell anyway...
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Homing missiles might be overkill, but a burst from a targeted 50 cal in an overflying drone wouldn't be. In fact, I think all the parts of that project have been done seperately.
Whether it hits or not, I bet it wouldn't be long before people stopped using their radios much.
Hell, for fun they could test it with a paint gun on cell phone users in metro areas...
"Hello? Hello? Talk louder. What?"/splat...
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So, where do we pick up our sigs?
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Oh, I'm pretty sure Destro isn't a descendent of Frankenstein. This is totally old news though. I'm pretty sure Breaker knocked out the Weather Dominator and this shouldn't be a problem anymore. http://www.joeheadquarters.com/joeii.shtml
I just picked up a iMac G5 20" Display 2.0 GHz, 512mb, 250GB HD, SuperDrive, BT, AE, Wireless Mouse & Keyboard. Price: $899 from the my university bookstore.
I thought that was a decent deal - yeah, its the pre-iSight one.
I noticed that slikstik offers some Ultimarc joysticks as upgrade/replacements. But they don't offer the T-stik.
In my opinion, thats the best joystick out there. They have small throws and strong springs which give a really good feel on a stand up cabinet. It might not be appropriate for a little home-built... but when my venerable Atari controllers started dying in my Cyberball cabinet, they were the ones that I finally kept. The Happ ones (especially the Ultimates) blow.
So... save up your 700 and then some, or as someone else pointed out - make your own. Ultimarc.com has all the parts you need, and thats where slikstik buys theirs. Granted, if you're not very handy, they make a good product at a fair profit.
...my 2 cents.
Yeah.. there were invisible dog/bears and aliens with little zap guns and stuff. Had to put a trademark Hoffman Institute smack down on em too.
Stupid Alternity getting cancelled... First Dark Sun, then Dark Matter... screw this, I'm going to go play Cyberball.
I can see it now... combine the Orbi with the Real Doll.... A USB adapter coming out of her side....
No really, I need this for work...
Give it up, you will never ever see logical pricing that doesn't require loose change.
Actually... the movie theaters do it at their concession stands. Its not like they're concerned with the price, they're reaming up the behind something fierce... but it makes the line move faster.
Tax is figured into the prices already and everything is priced in dollars and quarters (for the most part). Most standard combinations of items (a Coke and popcorn) usually come out to even dollars. Lots and lots of dollars, but even. $4.25 for the large popcorn and $3.75 for the Coke. Eight bucks. Next...
I would think its just to keep the line moving quick.
God-guided chemstry, god-guided weather, god-guided planetary orbits, and god-guided nuclear fission make a lot of sense too.
Personally, I use god-guided programming. And quite frankly, that dude sucks.
Didn't anyone else think the Fast and the Furious sequel should have been named:
The Faster and the Furiouser
I mean, its a no-brainer. Please...
"Wesa all oudda da boombas..."
"I'm in charge of security here, m' lady..."
Doesn't get much better than that.
What are you going to do to the other 179 spammers?
Ya know... You can have a square cover. In fact, you can have a round one that DOES fall through. Its really a question of the smallest dimension of the cover and the largest dimension of the lip it sits on.
For example, a square cover over a round hole with a diameter just smaller than the side of the square. Because a 1m circular cover will fit through a 1m circular hole just as easily (more easily, really) than a square cover through a hole with a lip just an inch smaller.
I like the 'no orientation' and 'easy to roll' arguments for round ones the best.
This seems kindof a modern shot at the X15 program.
The X15 got piggybacked up to 40k feet and then would fly/rocket up to 350k feet. Rutan's craft is going to be starting out almost twice as high.
Granted, part of the purpose of the X15 was going fast in addition to going high. Rutan's probably won't go that fast as low, but all those draggy airfoils won't be so bad higher up.
Perhaps someone with some aerodynamics knowledge could comment on exactly how benificial the higher starting altitude is.
Right.... What's a QBit?
I miss my Dark Castle... (and Beyond Dark Castle)
nya nya nya nya nyah (Thwack!!)
It seems most of the posts involve USB or some other port from a PC. I thought some of the point of the ball... well, all of the practicality of it, at least, was that it was wireless. I know the only reason I'd ever use one is because my computer is loud and I like to have it off when I'm doing anything else in my room. To have a lamp light when I've got mail would let me unsleep my machine just when I need to.
... and of course, if someone actually makes one, I want one....
Just put the guts of an old pager in it. Then you could have the thing battery powered and completely wireless. Your server checks whatever you're interested in and fires off emails to ##########@messaging.yourpagerco.com with text messages telling the lights what to do. RED FULL, PULSE RAINBOW, SLOW GREEN, whatever... have that tie in to all the other hardware you guys came up with.
Text pagers are dirt cheap - we probably have a drawer-full somewhere. And the service is under 5 bucks a month for a single person...
-- I have nothing clever to say.
My department has bought some furniture there... I almost bought a nice $800 chair for $125, but it was a tight month and I thought better of it. The warehouse is pretty big... lots of crazy medical stuff there too. One could make some pretty interesting stuff if one had the mind to.
7835 Trade St. suite 100
Electronics there is a crapshoot. Your computers might actually be working when you send them there... Ours are totally stripped.
Lots of office stuff though... desks, chairs... The guys that work there are nice enough, but try to get as much as they can for everything. It's good to know a lot about what you are buying. Cash or check only though...
The can be found here.
Sorry, I can't see that being a good analogy. I think any security professional would agree (I'm not one). When someone roots a box they can do anything they want to it, including leaving a backdoor to completely repurposing the machine. If someone hides in KMart after closing, they can't exactly start running the store as if it were their own.
If we were to go with your analogy, I'd say its more like the old cyonide in the Tylenol thing. They didn't just pull the bottles that looked tampered with, they pulled every bottle from every store.
--I say we fall back to the mothership, nuke em from space. It's the only way to be sure.
While I'm not a supporter of big sentences for computer crime, even if someone just hacks my box and says that they own me, to be safe I've got to wipe the box and start over. No different than if they did hose it down. That's a lot of time, money and frustration on my part.
I'm not saying they should be strung up by the testicles or locked away for 10 years. But how about 2 or 3 years of some of the nastiest community service you can come up with. They can still have thier life... and it won't hose down their family... but it will own their "free" time long enough to make them regret doing what they did and could be a good deterant for others.
It is all about cooperation to unlock the knowledge of Egypt.
Great. Maybe we can all hold hands and sing Kumbaya...
In other news: There is a new online game out, available to only a select few, where you get to play a cunningly lethal and undying mummy terrorizing some very confused looking Egyptologists...
Hooking it into World of Warcraft wouldn't have hurt either...
This is precisely why I'm glad I know how to fish, start a fire without matches, and otherwise generally survive in the wild.
Well, duh... That is precisely why I'm glad I know how suck up to people like you. Or at the very least, kick your ass and take your stuff. 8-)
Ahh... we're all going to hell anyway...
Homing missiles might be overkill, but a burst from a targeted 50 cal in an overflying drone wouldn't be. In fact, I think all the parts of that project have been done seperately. Whether it hits or not, I bet it wouldn't be long before people stopped using their radios much. /splat...
Hell, for fun they could test it with a paint gun on cell phone users in metro areas...
"Hello? Hello? Talk louder. What?"
-- So, where do we pick up our sigs?