What a time to bring up seek42. In short, it is a web-based LAN search software. We have been using it for quite a while at my campus (i believe most, if not all of the developers went here) and it works great for listening to music while in my office, or watching an episode of aqua teen hunger force to stave the boredom. it's internal, so you have to be local to use it.
Realize that price is just ONE of the factors when buying online. yes, it IS often cheaper. but that is usually more of a side-effect of the reason that buying online is so great - AVAILABILITY. If the shop in my small midwest town has the same item you can buy online, it probably WILL be more expense, because it of convenience. More likely, though, it ISN'T available here.
Heh, i just remembered my Abnormal Psych professor complaining about a character on ER who, after receiving brain surgery, was up and running in just a couple weeks.
Ahhh.., yes, I remember the BBSs. I remember my dad getting a 1200 baud external when I was 12 or 12 (1990), and all the experiences I had. Me, my mom, and my dad all frequented many different types of BBSs throughout the years, including the oft-mentioned Fido, but I remember most the ones that were based on WWIV. When you bought a license, you also bought a copy of the C++ source code, which could be modded to your heart's content. Many WWIV BBSs had a MOD section in the Download Directory, where people could post cool text files defining modifications to cut and paste into the code. Some cool examples included adding new shortcuts or colors in the message editor, or perhaps a time bank (VERY useful, most had settable limits, of course), or even one in particular that I remember that would blink the LEDs on the keyboard in sucession Star Trek-style when the server was waiting for someone to dial in.
I lived in St. Louis at the time, so many of the BBSs would have a copy of Fire Escape's BBS List (for the Greater St. Louis Area). It appears to have stopped being updated a couple years back, though. I found a number for the BBS, but a quick call finds that I may have pissed off someone (it's 2am here), and that there is definately not a BBS on the other end. I remember being excited when the new Fire Escape Directory came out.
I remember once chatting with the Sysop's son, who happened to be my age, and we almost met IRL.
My usual name at the time was TURTLE, due to my current interest in TMNT. I even had a cool ANSI sig in full color that I was able to map to a key-combo (many BBS Servers allowed Macros, including WWIV, Telegard, and Wildcat).
I remember logging onto my first private piracy board. The Sysop had to call me and talk to me in person before I was given access. While I no longer openly condone piracy or anything, I must admit that it contributed to my development. I remember getting Turbo C++ 3.0 and the source to WWIV among other things (which I don't remember so much, though I'm sure included many games, like Commander Keen 2 and 3). Playing around with WWIV and Modding it helped me learn a little bit about C++ and the joys of logic around the age 14, and ultimately led to me majoring in CS.
Another great experience was Anarchy Files. While I haven't done 90+% of anything I read in such files, I still found myself totally intrigued with them. Phone Phreaking, Bombs, Early Social Engineering to get into systems, even Instructions to make LSD in your kitchen (never tried it, sounded a bit shady). All of it fascinating. Even today, I can amaze my friends with a simple bit of trivia or two, like how to kill someone with pipe tobacco (soak in water, ring out and throw away tobacco, now your have a super concentrated deadly poison). Of course, you always follow up such a conversation with maniacal laughter.
And of course, Tradewars. I can't remember how much time I spent in that game back in the days where it was almost always only 1 user on at a time. I played it a little my freshman year of college, too, but it was quite different, having multiple nodes (more like a MUD), and ran through a telnet client (or mudding client if you're hardcore).
Probably the greatest memory of the time was checking my "e-mail" and having it all be useful. If I wanted a larger penis, I did what every other boy did and exercised it myself, with not one piece of spam to try to persuade me of another method.
having lived in a small town most of my life, i have to agree that we do generally watch more tv than cityfolk. The reason is simple common-sense, too. In a city, there are usually things to do, like see a live concert or a good indie movie. In a small town, however, the best thing to look forward to in a given week is usually something very trivial, like smoking a bowl and watching scrubs or that 70s show. In a small town, you often have to get cable just to stave the boredom (without cable, you're lucky to get a fuzzy 20/20 or religious channel). In a city, however, i'm fine with mere local channels, as there is usually so much more to do and see than some star trek marathon on tnn.
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Most old box-style NES consoles aren't necessarily useless, just worn out. a search on eBay for pin connectors can be an easy fix, as the original pin connectors were cheap and wore out easily. you should find one for ~$8, and the non-gold cheaper ones work just as well. Classic games can be found in many places for very little. in fact, with the fix (usually) being less than $10, why would you want to place a PC inside instead?
you think they smell bad, try smoking one. And while yes, tobacco is quite disgusting, i would rather smoke it then what some of those are made out of (i bought a pack once that actually contained marshmallows on the ingredient list!) Cloves are a bad substitute, as well. I personally think they stink and taste like ass (and if you can finish a pack half as fast as cigarettes, you must have no taste buds and lungs of steel). I think these cigarettes could be the answer for me and many of my friends who want to quit, but don't, do to our friends smoking (and yes, i realise the irony of it).
Bleach was their first album. And despite the lower quality in mixing, many Nirvana fans, including myself, prefer the raw angst and noise expertise that Cobain displayed in Bleach and Incesticide over the more poppy mainstream Nevermind and In Utero (which are still VERY good albums and much more developed musically). It's not that Bleach is better (some of the early stuff is Just Plain Silly) but it sounds much more Human: young, lovable, and faulty.
Yup. When they stop selling consoles, they're done. It's not like they've ever made a game for another console...
i'm not sure if that is sarcastic or not. the fact remains, though, that I once owned Mario Bros. on the Atari 2600. And Donkey Kong is another nintendo classic made for that system.
Keep in mind, though that their dominance is also due to backward compatability. Personally, that's why I bought a PS2, over Xbox or Gamecube. Not only was there a large base of PS2 games due to it being out earlier than the others, but also 100s of games, many of them GOOD, which could be picked up for $5-$10 at a pawn shop. Many people already had a huge set a games to start with, too.
What's interesting is that this is probably why the Gameboy is still around today (in Advance form). Even today, you can still play the first-generation gameboy games, and there is no real competition in the handheld market.
Makes me wonder if backward compatability will continue to be a trend in the next console wave.
yes, that is one of my favorites, as well. Also, true to Stephen King fashion, he casually relates the story to his "world" (Flagg). It is an excellent fantasy read, and I seem to remember he had written it for his daughter, who complained that he only wrote scary stories. Also, any fan should read the Richard Bachman Books, which were written under his pen name, and are nothing like the chilling tales he usually tells. These are, for the most part, very good.
this was modded as insightful? Afterall, most people i know think that...And Justice For All was decent, even if most of their non-Cliff stuff is still garbage.:)
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What would be better than go to sauna and take some beer.
interesting, i created a program to evolve a strategy (EA) for that very game last semester. It's not just used in game theory, it has applications in psychology and political science, too. oddly enough, the best general strategy against unknown players is one of the simplest - Tit-For-Tat. Defect when the opponent defects and cooperate when your opponent cooperates. now i am wondering if this kind of knowledge is really worth $10,000...seems more like a class project to me.:)
this is interesting, i'm from Missouri, and I could have used that back when I had a land line. Do you have information on this? I'm sure I know a lot of people who would be interested.
not sure about original king's quest, but you might be able to find the kq collection in a bargain bin or on ebay or something, and this includes all of them (except maybe the last one). i bought it a few years ago, and it even included a remake (new higher-res graphics) of the first king's quest.
they are called swordquest. there was supposed to be four of them, but airworld didn't get made. each game came with a comic book, but more important was that each game/book combo contained five clues, and players had a chance to win a real-life treasure. a quick googling could tell you more.
froogle isn't really like eBay. it's closer to pricewatch in that it appears to search business sites, as opposed to auctions. if google did make an auction search portal, then watch out eBay!
it's really only good in the sense that the whole story told by Star Trek 2-4 was a pretty kickass story. However, it is not one of the better Star Trek Movies. That being said, I agree, the difference between how bad III was and how bad I or V was is huge.
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The only real market share it would get would be non-computer-literate people who want to use their computers for very limited purposes.
Wait, what is the point of Lindows? I thought it was a Linux distro that is geared towards the masses....
Realize that price is just ONE of the factors when buying online. yes, it IS often cheaper. but that is usually more of a side-effect of the reason that buying online is so great - AVAILABILITY. If the shop in my small midwest town has the same item you can buy online, it probably WILL be more expense, because it of convenience. More likely, though, it ISN'T available here.
Heh, i just remembered my Abnormal Psych professor complaining about a character on ER who, after receiving brain surgery, was up and running in just a couple weeks.
I lived in St. Louis at the time, so many of the BBSs would have a copy of Fire Escape's BBS List (for the Greater St. Louis Area). It appears to have stopped being updated a couple years back, though. I found a number for the BBS, but a quick call finds that I may have pissed off someone (it's 2am here), and that there is definately not a BBS on the other end. I remember being excited when the new Fire Escape Directory came out.
I remember once chatting with the Sysop's son, who happened to be my age, and we almost met IRL.
My usual name at the time was TURTLE, due to my current interest in TMNT. I even had a cool ANSI sig in full color that I was able to map to a key-combo (many BBS Servers allowed Macros, including WWIV, Telegard, and Wildcat).
I remember logging onto my first private piracy board. The Sysop had to call me and talk to me in person before I was given access. While I no longer openly condone piracy or anything, I must admit that it contributed to my development. I remember getting Turbo C++ 3.0 and the source to WWIV among other things (which I don't remember so much, though I'm sure included many games, like Commander Keen 2 and 3). Playing around with WWIV and Modding it helped me learn a little bit about C++ and the joys of logic around the age 14, and ultimately led to me majoring in CS.
Another great experience was Anarchy Files. While I haven't done 90+% of anything I read in such files, I still found myself totally intrigued with them. Phone Phreaking, Bombs, Early Social Engineering to get into systems, even Instructions to make LSD in your kitchen (never tried it, sounded a bit shady). All of it fascinating. Even today, I can amaze my friends with a simple bit of trivia or two, like how to kill someone with pipe tobacco (soak in water, ring out and throw away tobacco, now your have a super concentrated deadly poison). Of course, you always follow up such a conversation with maniacal laughter.
And of course, Tradewars. I can't remember how much time I spent in that game back in the days where it was almost always only 1 user on at a time. I played it a little my freshman year of college, too, but it was quite different, having multiple nodes (more like a MUD), and ran through a telnet client (or mudding client if you're hardcore).
Probably the greatest memory of the time was checking my "e-mail" and having it all be useful. If I wanted a larger penis, I did what every other boy did and exercised it myself, with not one piece of spam to try to persuade me of another method.
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i'm not sure if that is sarcastic or not. the fact remains, though, that I once owned Mario Bros. on the Atari 2600. And Donkey Kong is another nintendo classic made for that system.
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What's interesting is that this is probably why the Gameboy is still around today (in Advance form). Even today, you can still play the first-generation gameboy games, and there is no real competition in the handheld market.
Makes me wonder if backward compatability will continue to be a trend in the next console wave.
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this was modded as insightful? Afterall, most people i know think that ...And Justice For All was decent, even if most of their non-Cliff stuff is still garbage. :)
What would be better than go to sauna and take some beer.
Going to the sauna with a woman?
and best results are obtained if you have both.
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