Interesting. At 5 billion dollars, and 26 million people, that seems to be $192.30 per Iraqi per month. As I understand it, the average person could live quite lavishly in Iraq on that kind of stipend. I'd actually rather we paid the Iraqis to live lavishly, instead of overpaying Halliburton to make American soldiers be truck drivers and security guards. Any way I can get a refund?
What stupid people like you seem to call liberal, doesn't seem all that bad to me -- "broad political tradition, and current of political thought, which holds liberty as the primary political value." This doesn't seem so bad to me.
What I think is bad, is your totalitarian and facist attions, which limit my rights (privacy), freedoms (speech), and ability to do things (fly on a plane without a butt-probe). Why do you hate freedom?
Personally, I consider myself ultra-conservitive, meaning almost zero government, and zero interference with my life, and zero interference with my work.
Not all of us are cubical drones. I have been UNIX contracting for 10 years. I generally do project-based stuff -- I only work for companies for ~ 6-8 months, sometimes shorter. I think I prefer visiting all kinds of offices, and working on all kinds of equipment, to being shut-in to only one limited function. Like they say, though, to each his and/or her own.
Hm, I've been tempted to fill a suitcase with assorted and various marital aids, just to give the TSA something fun to do while xraying or searching me. I can imagine that a poorly-packed suitcase in an exploding overstuffed compartment might be rather amusing, especially if they were already sicky.
Why? I like to collect wardriving data. I like to take pictures of the wing, clouds, and airline food. I enjoy using my electronic devices on a plane. If they're not going to give me a comfortable seat for me to sit in, I might as well take pictures, blog, or scan for Wi-Fi.
I'm using a Garmin ETrex Legend, and it seems to work fine in the air at 400+ mph. This thing has seen some extremely heavy use over the last 4 years. I use rechargable batteries all the time, which is really the way to go. Extremely recommended as an all-purpose GPS.
CMU is a top engineering school. Every year, they crank out high-quality engineers, most of which instantly flee the City that is Pittsburgh. I'm sure the requirements on quality for a PhD at CMU are about that of MIT, CalTech, Penn, and others. I haven't gone through any of their programs, but I do live here.
I just turn the ringer off, and leave my phone on. In fact, if I have a laptop with me, I usually leave it on in my bag with netstumbler running. I always have my GPS with me -- on and next to the window (I've even taped it to the window on some trips).
It would be of poor design to make the airplanes' electronics easily interferable, and if that is the case, then they shouldn't leave the ground in the first place. If I can bring a plan down while snapping pictures with my camera phone, the TSA has far larger issues than pissed-off foreign militants -- everyday American consumers.
Well, you could advertise politely about where to get game ROMs in the appropriate forums. Not every advertisement or sig is SPAM -- at least I don't consider it as such. As an example, I could invite you to check out my kitchen cooking food recipe website, which helps me to figure out what to make for dinner. This may not be the most appropriate forum, but at least I can try to make an attempt at posting a link without sounding like a commercial. =_)
Agreed, I'd never heard of this company before. What does it take to post stuff on the Internet, like maybe in some of the foums where people talk about these ROMs?
Really, I'd buy old ROMs on a CD for my MythTV, if I only knew where!
Interestingly enough, we get this G4 TV channel with our deprecated Comcast cable. On it, was a show called Icons, which had two great episodes that really caught my eye -- one looked at music-related games like Parappa the Rapper and DDR, and the other episode was on the Intellivision, which I thought was really neat, having had one. Intellivision Lives!, is this the way to success for old game companies?
You forget that they're supposedly trying to not be evil. Also, as a note about wardriving, Google seems to be less interested in that type of technique due to privacy concerns. However, if that changes, I am available for work in that arena =_)
Agreed. Samurai Jack is very psychedelic, and I enjoy watching it when I can. Love the Powerpuff girls, and Dexter's Lab too. Definately watch 'em before you knock 'em, this guy is good.
Definately true. I've seen Linux run on so many architectures, does kinda make the though irrelevant these days. Ah, well, at least I got modded up a point or two =_)
I am not a sucker -- I have not consumed the iPod Kool-Aid. I do like the iPod from an embedded-systems point of view -- good use of resources, space, and they have a good design. Unfortunately, the unit does not have the features I want (FM Radio, FM Transmitter, Scheduled FM recording, Line-In recording, mid rec). My El Cheapo Cowon U2 player works just fine for my needs.
No, I don't download MP3s, and I don't have a big CD collection. I mostly listen to SomaFM's stations, and the news FM station. No need for wasting disk space...
Yes, thank you -- I like to think I take a personal hand in promoting safe wardriving practices. I also recommend having a bit of fun, but I do not advocate breaking any laws -- like siphoning credit card information, passwords, etc.
With all the hubub freakout over people wi-camping streetside, I wonder how people would react to superceding in-home APs with a more mobile approach. I think a game, or "tag you're it" type of thing might be fun. I think I'd hate to have to carry a couple of laptops in my backpack but it would be fun to watch the hit counter -- especially in a dense City area.
Now you can wardrive AND provide internet access at the same time. I wonder if you can broadcast a better signal than people's own APs, and redirect them to your own loacal propaganda. I think I have a summer project now...
Has anyone wardriven that area? I betcha there would be far more signals from access-points and wireless cards than they could possibly keep all turned off. Policing that environment would not be a fun job: "Yes, I know it's cool and useful and makes, but we can't have that here."
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Interesting. At 5 billion dollars, and 26 million people, that seems to be $192.30 per Iraqi per month. As I understand it, the average person could live quite lavishly in Iraq on that kind of stipend. I'd actually rather we paid the Iraqis to live lavishly, instead of overpaying Halliburton to make American soldiers be truck drivers and security guards. Any way I can get a refund?
What stupid people like you seem to call liberal, doesn't seem all that bad to me -- "broad political tradition, and current of political thought, which holds liberty as the primary political value." This doesn't seem so bad to me.
What I think is bad, is your totalitarian and facist attions, which limit my rights (privacy), freedoms (speech), and ability to do things (fly on a plane without a butt-probe). Why do you hate freedom?
Personally, I consider myself ultra-conservitive, meaning almost zero government, and zero interference with my life, and zero interference with my work.
Yeah, and this one goes to eleven!
--old rocker
yeah, yeah, yeah, thunderstruck!
Not all of us are cubical drones. I have been UNIX contracting for 10 years. I generally do project-based stuff -- I only work for companies for ~ 6-8 months, sometimes shorter. I think I prefer visiting all kinds of offices, and working on all kinds of equipment, to being shut-in to only one limited function. Like they say, though, to each his and/or her own.
Hm, I've been tempted to fill a suitcase with assorted and various marital aids, just to give the TSA something fun to do while xraying or searching me. I can imagine that a poorly-packed suitcase in an exploding overstuffed compartment might be rather amusing, especially if they were already sicky.
Why? I like to collect wardriving data. I like to take pictures of the wing, clouds, and airline food. I enjoy using my electronic devices on a plane. If they're not going to give me a comfortable seat for me to sit in, I might as well take pictures, blog, or scan for Wi-Fi.
I'm using a Garmin ETrex Legend, and it seems to work fine in the air at 400+ mph. This thing has seen some extremely heavy use over the last 4 years. I use rechargable batteries all the time, which is really the way to go. Extremely recommended as an all-purpose GPS.
CMU is a top engineering school. Every year, they crank out high-quality engineers, most of which instantly flee the City that is Pittsburgh. I'm sure the requirements on quality for a PhD at CMU are about that of MIT, CalTech, Penn, and others. I haven't gone through any of their programs, but I do live here.
If you're in a plane, and 250lb people start to become projectiles, you have other things to worry about -- like the ground.
I just turn the ringer off, and leave my phone on. In fact, if I have a laptop with me, I usually leave it on in my bag with netstumbler running. I always have my GPS with me -- on and next to the window (I've even taped it to the window on some trips).
It would be of poor design to make the airplanes' electronics easily interferable, and if that is the case, then they shouldn't leave the ground in the first place. If I can bring a plan down while snapping pictures with my camera phone, the TSA has far larger issues than pissed-off foreign militants -- everyday American consumers.
Well, you could advertise politely about where to get game ROMs in the appropriate forums. Not every advertisement or sig is SPAM -- at least I don't consider it as such. As an example, I could invite you to check out my kitchen cooking food recipe website, which helps me to figure out what to make for dinner. This may not be the most appropriate forum, but at least I can try to make an attempt at posting a link without sounding like a commercial. =_)
Agreed, I'd never heard of this company before. What does it take to post stuff on the Internet, like maybe in some of the foums where people talk about these ROMs?
Really, I'd buy old ROMs on a CD for my MythTV, if I only knew where!
Interestingly enough, we get this G4 TV channel with our deprecated Comcast cable. On it, was a show called Icons, which had two great episodes that really caught my eye -- one looked at music-related games like Parappa the Rapper and DDR, and the other episode was on the Intellivision, which I thought was really neat, having had one. Intellivision Lives!, is this the way to success for old game companies?
Makes you wonder how Dave Thomas ever got anywhere.
You forget that they're supposedly trying to not be evil. Also, as a note about wardriving, Google seems to be less interested in that type of technique due to privacy concerns. However, if that changes, I am available for work in that arena =_)
No, not a masochist -- just a glutton for punnishment =_)
Here in Pittsburgh, Earthlink ate the larger ISP, Stargate. Now there are three total players: Comcast, Verizon, and Earthlink.
Agreed. Samurai Jack is very psychedelic, and I enjoy watching it when I can. Love the Powerpuff girls, and Dexter's Lab too. Definately watch 'em before you knock 'em, this guy is good.
Definately true. I've seen Linux run on so many architectures, does kinda make the though irrelevant these days. Ah, well, at least I got modded up a point or two =_)
I am not a sucker -- I have not consumed the iPod Kool-Aid. I do like the iPod from an embedded-systems point of view -- good use of resources, space, and they have a good design. Unfortunately, the unit does not have the features I want (FM Radio, FM Transmitter, Scheduled FM recording, Line-In recording, mid rec). My El Cheapo Cowon U2 player works just fine for my needs.
No, I don't download MP3s, and I don't have a big CD collection. I mostly listen to SomaFM's stations, and the news FM station. No need for wasting disk space...
Yes, thank you -- I like to think I take a personal hand in promoting safe wardriving practices. I also recommend having a bit of fun, but I do not advocate breaking any laws -- like siphoning credit card information, passwords, etc.
With all the hubub freakout over people wi-camping streetside, I wonder how people would react to superceding in-home APs with a more mobile approach. I think a game, or "tag you're it" type of thing might be fun. I think I'd hate to have to carry a couple of laptops in my backpack but it would be fun to watch the hit counter -- especially in a dense City area.
Now you can wardrive AND provide internet access at the same time. I wonder if you can broadcast a better signal than people's own APs, and redirect them to your own loacal propaganda. I think I have a summer project now...
Linux ported to this device in 5... 4... 3... 2...
Has anyone wardriven that area? I betcha there would be far more signals from access-points and wireless cards than they could possibly keep all turned off. Policing that environment would not be a fun job: "Yes, I know it's cool and useful and makes, but we can't have that here."
Wait 10 years, and then go outside. It'll be real, though, not a game.
Yah, but I haven't done anything professional with a Mac since... Well, I guess my Mac IIci is waiting for a power supply, I guess it was last week!