An ultrasonic position-sensing device has been designed which will allow a computer to determine periodically the x, y, and z coordinates of the tip of a pensized wand.
Am I the only one who misread this as being a penis-sized wand? Now -that- would make for an interesting input device.....though probably most effective for navigating through pr0n.
I would understand if Haitians were the only ethnic group singled out for mindless killing, but honestly....at a point in the game, you actually -work- for the Haitians, specifically for the purpose of killing the rival Cubans. At other points in the game, you kill Italians, French, Colombians, hell, I think I even killed some seagulls. If one took killing people out (and don't whine about ethnicity - in case it's not obvious, -everyone- is part of some ethnicity), you'd have.....nothing. And if you have a problem with killing in general........
DON'T BUY THE FSCKING GAME!!!!!
I swear, we need to hold a telethon for these people......
Probably the most unfufilling ending I ever experience myself was Zero Wing (of "All your base are belong to us" fame). It's not the hardest side-scrolling shooter, but it doesn't take it easy on you either......and I was rewarded for my hours of diligent play by what I could only describe as knock-off California Raisins dancing by the word "Congradulations". A big let-down, since I ws hoping for an ending as entertaining as the beginning was......."You have no chance to survive make your time....."
I have a number of longtime hardcore Linux fans, most notably my (now) roommate. After being ridiculed for a long time about my use of Windows (especially my need to reinstall it every three months, due to it's tendency to crap out, regardless of which one I used--9x, 2000, XP), I decided I'd try this so-called "Linux".:-)
So I asked for a copy. Not even being aware that I had a choice of distributions, I took the first cd set given to me--"Woody", at that time Debian's testing distro, later to become Debian 3.0.
At first, I kinda freaked. No pretty graphical install, but it really wasn't so bad. I've been through worse in DOS. The instructions were pretty straightforward, though I did have to ask my friend what NIC driver to use (it was tulip). But after about an hour, I had a working system, with WindowMaker as my default window manager, and witha simple "startx"....
It worked.
And didn't stop, ever. It's never even paused on me. Since then, I've taught myself every intimate detail of linux in general, and even tried a few other distros on my other machines, but always end up going back to Debian (though now I'm running unstable--I like to live dangerously). Even used it to turn my crappy 486/DX66 Toshiba Satellite w/16MB of RAM into a useful internet terminal for my living room.
It's not the easiest way to start, but when you're done, you'll have a good grasp of everything you'll need for an everyday system, and adding features or building a custom "utility system"(email server, firewall, etc.) is just an apt-get away. Overall, I'd highly recommend it to anyone.
"As to the historical/technological information contained in this magazine, neither Radio Shack nor Tandy Corporation, nor any of their employees makes any warranty express or implied, for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such information contained in this magazine..."
I've noticed it's hard for Radio Shack to be up-to-date on technology's cutting edge.....:-)
AS a deskop replacement, portable workstation, or just another mobile email station:-)?
I love the Powerbook (and I'm not huge into macs, tho OS X is nice). I personally have an IBM T20 that's slim, light, and rugged. I love it, and I've taken it all over the world, including Japan.
Mostly, it'll depend on her expertise (if she has to do on-the-fly configuration), and just personal preferences. I dunno. Ask her.:-)
I read -alot- of postsalong the lines of "What's the big deal? If it's illegal, it's wrong!"
Bullshit.
It was once illegal for non-white non-male U.S. citizens to vote, but that doesn't mean it would have been wrong for then to do so, nor is it now. Yes - some courts interpret the DMCA in such a way that things like modding your own hardware are copyright circumvention and are therefore, under the Act, illegal.
But there's more depth to this issue.
1) In my opinion, mostly, I can do whatever I want to what I own. I could put my Xbox in a washing machine, throw it off a cliff, or fill it with Jagermeister. It's mine.
2) Just because an object has the potential to violate a law does not automatically mean it does. If I work at a Wal-mart, and sell you a baseball bat, and you crack someone over the head with it, I'm not going to be charged with homicide. That's the end-user's fate.
3) Are a good deal of mod chips used for playing illegally copied materials? You bet. But that's not all you can use them for. Just because hareware has capabilities that are illegal (see #2), doesn't mean that's what it'll be used for, nor can it belabled a "circumvention device". I mean, if you're going to slap that label on, why would no the Xbox itself be a part of that group too? You need the machine as much as the chip to play a pirated game.
The point is, there simply exists too much ambiguity to assuredly charge that mod chips and the like are outright "circumvention materials". And as such, one who sells them a) should not be held responsible for selling such a product, and b) should not be held responsible for it's eventual use. Exploitation of legal ambiguity? Maybe. But that's what makes America great;-)
The point, to me anyway, is not really to redefine the planets in our solar system--some people will argue it, but it will remain the same. Just like Columbus didn't "discover" America, but we're always taught that anyway.
Making a definition of what constitutes a planet will aid scientists more as they continue to find new planets. In the forseeable future, astronomy technology will allow us to see disant solar systems with great clarity, and then will be the need to differentiate between a planet/astreoid/etc.
I've still got 2.2 on my laptop, and really, I'm happy. I don't use it for much more than mobile internet access, and as tightly compiled as I have it, I don't feel a need to go through and upgrade. Just that much more work for an overall unimportant change, a least in this situation.
I wonder if I can get someone else's really nice face....I wouldn't mind being a Brad Pitt. Or for that matter, Jennifer Anison (heheh).
But seriously, I wonder what the availability of donor faces will be like, should this become a more mainstream reconstructive surgery practice. I'm sure there will be some kind-hearted, altruistic donors out there, but enough to meet the likely demand? I want to look nice for my funeral.....with a face.
I've got an old '67 volvo, and I was sick of the old-looking green backlighting in my dash. I replaced all the bulbs with blue LED's, and they look great. Kind of expensive, but they'll last forever. Smaller applications like this seem to be the most useful. though here in Eugene, OR, we've replaced the red and green traffic light bulbs with LED bulbs. Still waiting on yellow, a cost issue mostly.........
It was funny - i just had a conversation with a friend about Doom ten minutes ago. We said then, and I'll say now--Doom has been amazing in the fact that it's now what, 8 years old? and it's still as fun as any other FPS. Sure, not if you're playing say, he demo for the billionth time, but thank god--we have WADs. And I've played a helluva lot of them. And it's awesome, because you constantly re-invent the game any way you want, and it's like starting all over again. Of course, you do still have your l33t fragging skills......
hey, i feel for you....posted the same story. but it is a thing of wonder to imagine that no two snowflakes are alike, unlike posts to slashdot about burned phalluses......
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Sounds like a lot of hassle. If you're on dial-up but want all the cds, I would:
a.) Get a friend to download/burn them and give/mail them to you.
b.) Buy a set from an online store such as CheapBytes. sets run about $18.
Either way, you'll end up with your cds without dumping hours of painful work into a plan which sounds infeasible. But you know, it could be fun.
Yeah, and eventually we'll be left with only one Master Race.... Oh wait.
Black nail polish. You can very neatly cover the LED and 2 coats will usually block all the light out.
The only two industries I've ever had to deal with Customer Service extensively are the worst! Very much in line with my own experience...
Am I the only one who misread this as being a penis-sized wand? Now -that- would make for an interesting input device.....though probably most effective for navigating through pr0n.
You mean Ununfunyuns? Those are somewhat doughnut-shaped.
I would understand if Haitians were the only ethnic group singled out for mindless killing, but honestly....at a point in the game, you actually -work- for the Haitians, specifically for the purpose of killing the rival Cubans. At other points in the game, you kill Italians, French, Colombians, hell, I think I even killed some seagulls. If one took killing people out (and don't whine about ethnicity - in case it's not obvious, -everyone- is part of some ethnicity), you'd have.....nothing. And if you have a problem with killing in general........ DON'T BUY THE FSCKING GAME!!!!! I swear, we need to hold a telethon for these people......
Probably the most unfufilling ending I ever experience myself was Zero Wing (of "All your base are belong to us" fame). It's not the hardest side-scrolling shooter, but it doesn't take it easy on you either......and I was rewarded for my hours of diligent play by what I could only describe as knock-off California Raisins dancing by the word "Congradulations". A big let-down, since I ws hoping for an ending as entertaining as the beginning was......."You have no chance to survive make your time....."
Simply put, "Debian parties when it is time."
My own experience with Debian:
:-)
I have a number of longtime hardcore Linux fans, most notably my (now) roommate. After being ridiculed for a long time about my use of Windows (especially my need to reinstall it every three months, due to it's tendency to crap out, regardless of which one I used--9x, 2000, XP), I decided I'd try this so-called "Linux".
So I asked for a copy. Not even being aware that I had a choice of distributions, I took the first cd set given to me--"Woody", at that time Debian's testing distro, later to become Debian 3.0.
At first, I kinda freaked. No pretty graphical install, but it really wasn't so bad. I've been through worse in DOS. The instructions were pretty straightforward, though I did have to ask my friend what NIC driver to use (it was tulip). But after about an hour, I had a working system, with WindowMaker as my default window manager, and witha simple "startx"....
It worked.
And didn't stop, ever. It's never even paused on me. Since then, I've taught myself every intimate detail of linux in general, and even tried a few other distros on my other machines, but always end up going back to Debian (though now I'm running unstable--I like to live dangerously). Even used it to turn my crappy 486/DX66 Toshiba Satellite w/16MB of RAM into a useful internet terminal for my living room.
It's not the easiest way to start, but when you're done, you'll have a good grasp of everything you'll need for an everyday system, and adding features or building a custom "utility system"(email server, firewall, etc.) is just an apt-get away. Overall, I'd highly recommend it to anyone.
Unless you're really -that- lazy.
"As to the historical/technological information contained in this magazine, neither Radio Shack nor Tandy Corporation, nor any of their employees makes any warranty express or implied, for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such information contained in this magazine..."
:-)
I've noticed it's hard for Radio Shack to be up-to-date on technology's cutting edge.....
SOCOM:
Command: "Boomer, hold position!"
Boomer: "Engaging the enemy!"
Some things even GPS can't solve....
It depends on what she'll use it for.
:-)?
:-)
AS a deskop replacement, portable workstation, or just another mobile email station
I love the Powerbook (and I'm not huge into macs, tho OS X is nice). I personally have an IBM T20 that's slim, light, and rugged. I love it, and I've taken it all over the world, including Japan.
Mostly, it'll depend on her expertise (if she has to do on-the-fly configuration), and just personal preferences. I dunno. Ask her.
> 1) I don't think Microsoft cares what you do with your machine as long as it's not rigged to cut into their profits.
Well, if M$ loses money on every Xbox sold, then wouldn't buying it be just such an act?
I read -alot- of postsalong the lines of "What's the big deal? If it's illegal, it's wrong!"
;-)
Bullshit.
It was once illegal for non-white non-male U.S. citizens to vote, but that doesn't mean it would have been wrong for then to do so, nor is it now. Yes - some courts interpret the DMCA in such a way that things like modding your own hardware are copyright circumvention and are therefore, under the Act, illegal.
But there's more depth to this issue.
1) In my opinion, mostly, I can do whatever I want to what I own. I could put my Xbox in a washing machine, throw it off a cliff, or fill it with Jagermeister. It's mine.
2) Just because an object has the potential to violate a law does not automatically mean it does. If I work at a Wal-mart, and sell you a baseball bat, and you crack someone over the head with it, I'm not going to be charged with homicide. That's the end-user's fate.
3) Are a good deal of mod chips used for playing illegally copied materials? You bet. But that's not all you can use them for. Just because hareware has capabilities that are illegal (see #2), doesn't mean that's what it'll be used for, nor can it belabled a "circumvention device". I mean, if you're going to slap that label on, why would no the Xbox itself be a part of that group too? You need the machine as much as the chip to play a pirated game.
The point is, there simply exists too much ambiguity to assuredly charge that mod chips and the like are outright "circumvention materials". And as such, one who sells them a) should not be held responsible for selling such a product, and b) should not be held responsible for it's eventual use. Exploitation of legal ambiguity? Maybe. But that's what makes America great
Duke Nukem Forever.
Try looking on Kazaa. I'm sure someone has a pre-release *hacked* version of it. :-)
The point, to me anyway, is not really to redefine the planets in our solar system--some people will argue it, but it will remain the same. Just like Columbus didn't "discover" America, but we're always taught that anyway.
Making a definition of what constitutes a planet will aid scientists more as they continue to find new planets. In the forseeable future, astronomy technology will allow us to see disant solar systems with great clarity, and then will be the need to differentiate between a planet/astreoid/etc.
I get asked all the time.
:-)
I've still got 2.2 on my laptop, and really, I'm happy. I don't use it for much more than mobile internet access, and as tightly compiled as I have it, I don't feel a need to go through and upgrade. Just that much more work for an overall unimportant change, a least in this situation.
Of course, my desktop has 2.4.
I can get my :-| turned into a ;-)!
I wonder if I can get someone else's really nice face....I wouldn't mind being a Brad Pitt. Or for that matter, Jennifer Anison (heheh). But seriously, I wonder what the availability of donor faces will be like, should this become a more mainstream reconstructive surgery practice. I'm sure there will be some kind-hearted, altruistic donors out there, but enough to meet the likely demand? I want to look nice for my funeral.....with a face.
I've got an old '67 volvo, and I was sick of the old-looking green backlighting in my dash. I replaced all the bulbs with blue LED's, and they look great. Kind of expensive, but they'll last forever. Smaller applications like this seem to be the most useful. though here in Eugene, OR, we've replaced the red and green traffic light bulbs with LED bulbs. Still waiting on yellow, a cost issue mostly.........
My poor '67 Volvo 140 just hit 347,500 yesterday. So far, I've replaced.......everything. But that leaves little else to break.....right?
It was funny - i just had a conversation with a friend about Doom ten minutes ago. We said then, and I'll say now--Doom has been amazing in the fact that it's now what, 8 years old? and it's still as fun as any other FPS. Sure, not if you're playing say, he demo for the billionth time, but thank god--we have WADs. And I've played a helluva lot of them. And it's awesome, because you constantly re-invent the game any way you want, and it's like starting all over again. Of course, you do still have your l33t fragging skills......
hey, i feel for you....posted the same story. but it is a thing of wonder to imagine that no two snowflakes are alike, unlike posts to slashdot about burned phalluses......