Where in the hell can you find a decent version of omega race? Mame only?
I was thinking about that game after a vector graphics conversation I had a couple weeks back.
For me: Joust Those stupid Nanaca Crash or Pengu swf games (I think I have a dozens versions of pengu now) and my Intellivision Utopia, Astrosmash, and Snafu carts
Did you miss the first two Michael Jackson trials?
Clinton?
Hell, the OJ trial? I could not even get decent local weather/traffic during that mess. Radio news was 9 minutes of OJ, 30 seconds of sports and 27 seconds on local response to OJ)
I spent time in Australia in 97.. I was amazed at how little the rest of the world cares about what the US media thinks we should care about. (And no, I don't mean local v/s local.. Of course the Aussie news is more Aussie based, but the rest of the news was very informative)/Yes, I also doubt the 13 week thing, but there is an ASTONISHING lack of international coverage
It was a memory from childhood during the winter of 77-78 which was brutal in this area.
My father (who is an engineer at GEAE in Evendale) and I once discussed the fact that if such a winter was to occur again, it would cause serious problems with the epa monitors on plant emissions as they would likely need to be re-programmed because of voltage drops and memory failures.
About 2 years ago I talked to someone who had scored a "surplus" army laptop that was hardened, but had a bios password he was unable to get around. I suggested a deep freeze, and it was effective. So, now it is one of my fallback options for misbehaving electronics.
(random trivia... Zip drives which were suffering from permanent clicky-disk, regardless of changing the media, could be reset in the same way, and some of the Iomega data sheets would list freezing as a method of reset)
No, but I suppose it is probably not the best treatment for one either.
I have never worried much about my laptops being out in extreme weather because usually it is a second hand machine of someone elses that I resurrected, or just a task-based machine that is on borrowed time to begin with. (Like my laptop I use for music and web transactions on wholesale trips) I never bothered to bring them in even when temps have been well below zero out.
Then again, I always bring them back to normal operating temps slowly, to avoid condensation issues and cracking the plastic.
Either way, not the *first* thing I would try in that situation, but it has worked for me in the past.
You might think this sounds totally nuts, but I was able to bypass the bios passwords on a group of laptops by deep freezing them for 24 hours in a 0f freezer.
I took out the main battery, and apparently by dropping the temp far enough the voltage dropped to a point where it was like removing the (soldered in) on board battery.
Worked like a charm for three HP Omnibooks.
Your mileage my of course vary, and I have no idea if it only worked because the systems were far from "new" and the batteries may have already degraded somewhat.
Use standard "this is cold... don't snap the screen when opening it" measures!
I know the whole thing is a very far fetched goofy idea, but if you collect the larger pieces, and they were moved to an orbit similar in relative speed to the the station (or satellite) could it not be used, in current form, as a type of ablative sheilding?
I know, goofy... but I was looking for a bright side to that.
"Other Trek series treated their characters as if they were greedless, religionless, sexless robots incapable of even the slightest moral failing or ambiguity."
Sexless robots?
Dr Soong would remind you that Data was "Fully Functional".
As would Tasha Yar.
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Finally it is worth something here.
Kroger stores with attached gas stations will give you ten cents per gallon off of your gas purchase (one per) if you purchased over $100 in groceries in the previous month. This is good for one gas purchase per $100 in purchases.
Now that can add up fast, and it is obvious that gas prices are competitive with others in the area. (I also live very close by, and we will fuel multiple cars per purchase, sometimes over $200-300 in gas)
That is saving me REAL money, and I can not detect that grocery prices have risen to compensate, so I am all for it.
I suppose it is a sign of the times that I had to stop and linger on this for a second (no pun intended)...
Mostly because of the fact that I can now read, and post to/. on my cell phone, which... while somewhat computer like, it is not what we think of when think "computer".
What an amazing speed at which things are changing.
So, yes.. some could very well now answer to something "But I don't *own* (or have access to) a computer!
My mouse lets me program keyboard macros to buttons on my mouse.
Is there some reason why this person can not use (for example) Intellimouse 4.1 ?
I understand that he is upset the game took away his ability to control his character the way he wants, but most people I know with extreme handicaps are almost eager to show that they can find ways to beat the system.
Why not just map WASD to mousebuttons/wheel and be done with it?
I know this was a joke, but you *are* aware that Polar Bears are actually black right?
Black with white (dense) hollow hair, that acts similar to millions of small fiber optic pieces to channel light down to the black skin, where it is more efficiently used.
So, more accurately think of an old black man with white hair. I know a few of those, and they are pretty cool!
In regards to 2-D being intuitive.. I agree, and then disagree.
I type fast. In that past I used my keyboard for everything. On windows systems I was actually faster when I *had* to use a mouse by just enabling mousekeys. Then I got into gaming, and because of limited desk space and then a broken arm I went to using a trackball. I love them, and prefer them to all other mouse style interfaces. Now the trackball is intuitive to me.
Then when my logitechs finally died I bought Microsoft trackball optical 5 button with intellimouse. Suddenly, with program dependant functions my mouse is my primary interface. I don't even have to think about it. Outside buttons change songs/scan in winamp, cut paste and re-size in photoshop.. etc. I adapted to that very quickly and feel handicapped on a computer where I can not assign mouse buttons to specific tasks.
My mate has also found that she (while not very technically inclined) found the changing buttons very easy to get used to in a short period of time.
All this leading to a 3-D intuitive interface. If my scroll button isn't good enough for 3 axis movement in the OS environ, then lets combine trackball and standard mouse!
When stationary, its a mouse, and the ball moves the cursor on the screen. When I move the entire unit, it moves the screen not the cursor. I think I could get used to that in about.. 20 minutes.
It could be done, well done, easily... without a major breakthroughs.
Not everyone lives in a city. Our cat runs free, as do most other cats in the neighbourhood. Given the fact that I live in of a small town* that's perfectly okay as long as one doesn't mind the occasional slaughtered bird on the doorstep
Yeah, as long as you don't mind the skyrocketing rates of feline leukemia, or FIV, I'm sure you feel it is just fine to let your non-native predator run free of its own accord.
Now, don't think I am totally ignorant here, I grew up on a farm. I am totally at ease with the concept of outdoor "working"/farm cats. Aside from that circumstance, I feel that cat owners should be held to the same restrictions as dog owners in regards to letting their animals roam. They should be fined when they do not follow those rules, and the fines should go to cover the operating costs of your local shelter... and maybe some to us.
I am a IWRA licensed wildlife rehabber. We specialize in squirrels, raccoons, and groundhogs. (You know, native species) A very high percentage of my intake tends to be animals that are maimed, or orphaned due to cat attacks. In, for instance, a squirrel/cat fight, the cat usually ends up wounded but okay to hunt again, while the squirrel usually ends up with a bite or two. Because of the very high rate of infection from feline bites though, odds are the squirrel will die. This is usually bad because most squirrels that will stand their ground against a cat are those defending the young in their nests, who will now die.
I understand that many people do NOT understand what we do, and why we do it... and most people who bring me 4 baby raccoons don't understand that to raise and release will cost me an average of $1000 per animal (all out of pocket), but it is a calling.
Please understand that letting your "domesticated" cat run free in urban/suburban areas is irresponsible, and leads to: 1) More unwanted, stray, or feral cats from unfixed animals. 2) Higher rates of diseases that affect the cats. 3) Needless suffering of animals that the cat may attack.
Cleaning up your cats messes costs many of us a lot of time, money, and tears.
Can someone more mozilla adept than I *please* tell me how to make v1.5 stop displaying "chrome://global/skin/netError.css" in the event of a network timeout?
I much much prefer the little "network timeout" popup window.
Hmm, maybe I should make my own css to automatically reload the previous page until it actually loads. That would be cool.
As I know someone with partially servo controlled limb, I occasionally get to read some of the literature that is targeted towards people who need such devices. Something that seems to be a constant concern is heat dissapation.
The loss of a hand is a tremendous blow to the bodies ability to cool itself, and the addition of anything that creates additional heat is usually considered to be non-starter.
As I am unable to read the article from here I can not see if that is addressed within, but I am curious as to if there were any comments regarding it.
Where are the Fobin Projects, the Brainstorms, The Fly?
I am certain they are enjoying their own list somewhere.
Lightsabers and ethics do not sci-fi make.
Actually, pretty much if it has a Lightsaber, its gonna be sci-fi. Unless there is some bitchin new pr0n I need to download.
Where's the confrontation with humanity, where't the questioning of whether we SHOULD do something?
Tommorow on Oprah
Where's Dr. Strangelove.
On many top ten lists around the world.
This isn't the BEST top 10 by importance, merit or anything like that, it's the feel good top 10 + 2001.
I'm not impressed.
That may have something to do with the fact that you totally and completely missed the point. If you check the article (Blasphemous!) or even THIS comments section header, you will see that this is a top 10 list of SPACE Movies. You know... Outer Space? Hell, some of them even settle for LEO. But they all have something to do with SPACE TRAVEL or our quest to obtain a greater understanding of it.
Well, I don't know about your state, but the ones they use (at least in the past) here had polarized filters on them to assist in cutting down on ambient light/reflection issues.
That may help in some situations... Until someone smart enough drives by the camera with *another* piece of polarized film and matches the angle at 180 degrees, making it *black*.. marks the angle on the film in hand... then covers the front plate with a cover with said film.
A 50% film (such as polarized) is ususally acceptable enough by most standards as to not get you pulled over, but appears opaque to the camera because of the line up of the films.
Unless they change the angle of the film on the camera shielding, but it has worked in most applications I umm.. know of.
I have to take a slight exception to your statement that the pharmacist knows the least about you.
And I know this is not the most common situation but..
My s/o, because of multiple problems, and being on medicaid, has 4 specialist, and no PCP. Any general problems are usually dealt with by the "doctor of the day" at an "urgent care" type place.
There are 10 to 12 scripts she must take daily. Out pharmacist, who is absolutely wonderful, is always the one who knows her allergies best, knows what may cause interactions, and also is the one who will often make suggestions to us about alternate medicines which may work better.
He has saved us thousands (literally) by providing information about little known rebate programs, and is the first to call one of her doctors if he feels something is not right. I trust him more than her docs on many issues.
He even made a suggestion about an alternate migraine medication that has kept her out of the hospital many times. After 10 years of debilitating migraines, no doctor ever bothered to tell her that there were medicines she would not *have* to worry about keeping down when she was vomiting. (Inhalants and injectables don't usually work due to an allergy with the carrier)
He is a lifesaver, and very knowledged. Even though he probably serves 500 people a day, he knows every return patient by name (that I have seen).
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Where in the hell can you find a decent version of omega race? Mame only?
I was thinking about that game after a vector graphics conversation I had a couple weeks back.
For me:
Joust
Those stupid Nanaca Crash or Pengu swf games (I think I have a dozens versions of pengu now)
and my Intellivision Utopia, Astrosmash, and Snafu carts
Did you miss the first two Michael Jackson trials?
/Yes, I also doubt the 13 week thing, but there is an ASTONISHING lack of international coverage
Clinton?
Hell, the OJ trial? I could not even get decent local weather/traffic during that mess. Radio news was 9 minutes of OJ, 30 seconds of sports and 27 seconds on local response to OJ)
I spent time in Australia in 97.. I was amazed at how little the rest of the world cares about what the US media thinks we should care about. (And no, I don't mean local v/s local.. Of course the Aussie news is more Aussie based, but the rest of the news was very informative)
Yes, it was totally intentional.
It was a memory from childhood during the winter of 77-78 which was brutal in this area.
My father (who is an engineer at GEAE in Evendale) and I once discussed the fact that if such a winter was to occur again, it would cause serious problems with the epa monitors on plant emissions as they would likely need to be re-programmed because of voltage drops and memory failures.
About 2 years ago I talked to someone who had scored a "surplus" army laptop that was hardened, but had a bios password he was unable to get around. I suggested a deep freeze, and it was effective. So, now it is one of my fallback options for misbehaving electronics.
(random trivia... Zip drives which were suffering from permanent clicky-disk, regardless of changing the media, could be reset in the same way, and some of the Iomega data sheets would list freezing as a method of reset)
No, but I suppose it is probably not the best treatment for one either.
I have never worried much about my laptops being out in extreme weather because usually it is a second hand machine of someone elses that I resurrected, or just a task-based machine that is on borrowed time to begin with. (Like my laptop I use for music and web transactions on wholesale trips) I never bothered to bring them in even when temps have been well below zero out.
Then again, I always bring them back to normal operating temps slowly, to avoid condensation issues and cracking the plastic.
Either way, not the *first* thing I would try in that situation, but it has worked for me in the past.
You might think this sounds totally nuts, but I was able to bypass the bios passwords on a group of laptops by deep freezing them for 24 hours in a 0f freezer.
I took out the main battery, and apparently by dropping the temp far enough the voltage dropped to a point where it was like removing the (soldered in) on board battery.
Worked like a charm for three HP Omnibooks.
Your mileage my of course vary, and I have no idea if it only worked because the systems were far from "new" and the batteries may have already degraded somewhat.
Use standard "this is cold... don't snap the screen when opening it" measures!
Why change its shape?
I know the whole thing is a very far fetched goofy idea, but if you collect the larger pieces, and they were moved to an orbit similar in relative speed to the the station (or satellite) could it not be used, in current form, as a type of ablative sheilding?
I know, goofy... but I was looking for a bright side to that.
Sexless robots?
Dr Soong would remind you that Data was "Fully Functional".
As would Tasha Yar.
Finally it is worth something here.
Kroger stores with attached gas stations will give you ten cents per gallon off of your gas purchase (one per) if you purchased over $100 in groceries in the previous month. This is good for one gas purchase per $100 in purchases.
Now that can add up fast, and it is obvious that gas prices are competitive with others in the area. (I also live very close by, and we will fuel multiple cars per purchase, sometimes over $200-300 in gas)
That is saving me REAL money, and I can not detect that grocery prices have risen to compensate, so I am all for it.
"You insensitive clod!
/. on my cell phone, which... while somewhat computer like, it is not what we think of when think "computer".
I don't have a computer!"
I suppose it is a sign of the times that I had to stop and linger on this for a second (no pun intended)...
Mostly because of the fact that I can now read, and post to
What an amazing speed at which things are changing.
So, yes.. some could very well now answer to something "But I don't *own* (or have access to) a computer!
It is not likely, but certainly possible now!
I am not talking about changing the keybinding.
I am talking about using a 3rd party program to assign mouse buttons to those keys. It doesn't change the key assignment in the game in any way.
My mouse lets me program keyboard macros to buttons on my mouse.
Is there some reason why this person can not use (for example) Intellimouse 4.1 ?
I understand that he is upset the game took away his ability to control his character the way he wants, but most people I know with extreme handicaps are almost eager to show that they can find ways to beat the system.
Why not just map WASD to mousebuttons/wheel and be done with it?
I know this was a joke, but you *are* aware that Polar Bears are actually black right?
Black with white (dense) hollow hair, that acts similar to millions of small fiber optic pieces to channel light down to the black skin, where it is more efficiently used.
So, more accurately think of an old black man with white hair. I know a few of those, and they are pretty cool!
You could probably beat a man to death with the Sunday New York Times... /Carlin (Suprisingly enough... on airport security)
In regards to 2-D being intuitive.. I agree, and then disagree.
.. 20 minutes.
I type fast. In that past I used my keyboard for everything. On windows systems I was actually faster when I *had* to use a mouse by just enabling mousekeys. Then I got into gaming, and because of limited desk space and then a broken arm I went to using a trackball. I love them, and prefer them to all other mouse style interfaces. Now the trackball is intuitive to me.
Then when my logitechs finally died I bought Microsoft trackball optical 5 button with intellimouse. Suddenly, with program dependant functions my mouse is my primary interface. I don't even have to think about it. Outside buttons change songs/scan in winamp, cut paste and re-size in photoshop.. etc. I adapted to that very quickly and feel handicapped on a computer where I can not assign mouse buttons to specific tasks.
My mate has also found that she (while not very technically inclined) found the changing buttons very easy to get used to in a short period of time.
All this leading to a 3-D intuitive interface. If my scroll button isn't good enough for 3 axis movement in the OS environ, then lets combine trackball and standard mouse!
When stationary, its a mouse, and the ball moves the cursor on the screen. When I move the entire unit, it moves the screen not the cursor. I think I could get used to that in about
It could be done, well done, easily... without a major breakthroughs.
Hmmm...
Would you like to know more?(pops)
Sorry, I just had too...
Nintendo thumb?
Man up Nancy.
We had the Numb Thumb Club back in the Intellivision days. And we liked it!
Oh, and get off my lawn
Yeah, as long as you don't mind the skyrocketing rates of feline leukemia, or FIV, I'm sure you feel it is just fine to let your non-native predator run free of its own accord.
Now, don't think I am totally ignorant here, I grew up on a farm. I am totally at ease with the concept of outdoor "working"/farm cats. Aside from that circumstance, I feel that cat owners should be held to the same restrictions as dog owners in regards to letting their animals roam. They should be fined when they do not follow those rules, and the fines should go to cover the operating costs of your local shelter... and maybe some to us.
I am a IWRA licensed wildlife rehabber. We specialize in squirrels, raccoons, and groundhogs. (You know, native species) A very high percentage of my intake tends to be animals that are maimed, or orphaned due to cat attacks. In, for instance, a squirrel/cat fight, the cat usually ends up wounded but okay to hunt again, while the squirrel usually ends up with a bite or two. Because of the very high rate of infection from feline bites though, odds are the squirrel will die. This is usually bad because most squirrels that will stand their ground against a cat are those defending the young in their nests, who will now die.
I understand that many people do NOT understand what we do, and why we do it... and most people who bring me 4 baby raccoons don't understand that to raise and release will cost me an average of $1000 per animal (all out of pocket), but it is a calling.
Please understand that letting your "domesticated" cat run free in urban/suburban areas is irresponsible, and leads to:
1) More unwanted, stray, or feral cats from unfixed animals.
2) Higher rates of diseases that affect the cats.
3) Needless suffering of animals that the cat may attack.
Cleaning up your cats messes costs many of us a lot of time, money, and tears.
288612
I miss that number. Was brute force hacked sometime when I was in Australia.
I also had 10 or 20 the night everyone was trying to be 1,000,000
Ended up with 999995 (Which just stopped working one day, and Mirabilis never would answer any questions about it)
Excellent! Thank you!
Can someone more mozilla adept than I *please* tell me how to make v1.5 stop displaying "chrome://global/skin/netError.css" in the event of a network timeout?
I much much prefer the little "network timeout" popup window.
Hmm, maybe I should make my own css to automatically reload the previous page until it actually loads. That would be cool.
As I know someone with partially servo controlled limb, I occasionally get to read some of the literature that is targeted towards people who need such devices. Something that seems to be a constant concern is heat dissapation.
The loss of a hand is a tremendous blow to the bodies ability to cool itself, and the addition of anything that creates additional heat is usually considered to be non-starter.
As I am unable to read the article from here I can not see if that is addressed within, but I am curious as to if there were any comments regarding it.
I am certain they are enjoying their own list somewhere.
Lightsabers and ethics do not sci-fi make.
Actually, pretty much if it has a Lightsaber, its gonna be sci-fi. Unless there is some bitchin new pr0n I need to download.
Where's the confrontation with humanity, where't the questioning of whether we SHOULD do something?
Tommorow on Oprah
Where's Dr. Strangelove.
On many top ten lists around the world.
This isn't the BEST top 10 by importance, merit or anything like that, it's the feel good top 10 + 2001.
I'm not impressed.
That may have something to do with the fact that you totally and completely missed the point. If you check the article (Blasphemous!) or even THIS comments section header, you will see that this is a top 10 list of SPACE Movies. You know... Outer Space? Hell, some of them even settle for LEO. But they all have something to do with SPACE TRAVEL or our quest to obtain a greater understanding of it.
Moran! (yes, I know)
Aww hell. Yep I did.
Sorry.
Well, I don't know about your state, but the ones they use (at least in the past) here had polarized filters on them to assist in cutting down on ambient light/reflection issues.
.. marks the angle on the film in hand... then covers the front plate with a cover with said film.
That may help in some situations... Until someone smart enough drives by the camera with *another* piece of polarized film and matches the angle at 180 degrees, making it *black*
A 50% film (such as polarized) is ususally acceptable enough by most standards as to not get you pulled over, but appears opaque to the camera because of the line up of the films.
Unless they change the angle of the film on the camera shielding, but it has worked in most applications I umm.. know of.
I have to take a slight exception to your statement that the pharmacist knows the least about you.
And I know this is not the most common situation but..
My s/o, because of multiple problems, and being on medicaid, has 4 specialist, and no PCP. Any general problems are usually dealt with by the "doctor of the day" at an "urgent care" type place.
There are 10 to 12 scripts she must take daily. Out pharmacist, who is absolutely wonderful, is always the one who knows her allergies best, knows what may cause interactions, and also is the one who will often make suggestions to us about alternate medicines which may work better.
He has saved us thousands (literally) by providing information about little known rebate programs, and is the first to call one of her doctors if he feels something is not right. I trust him more than her docs on many issues.
He even made a suggestion about an alternate migraine medication that has kept her out of the hospital many times. After 10 years of debilitating migraines, no doctor ever bothered to tell her that there were medicines she would not *have* to worry about keeping down when she was vomiting. (Inhalants and injectables don't usually work due to an allergy with the carrier)
He is a lifesaver, and very knowledged. Even though he probably serves 500 people a day, he knows every return patient by name (that I have seen).