*Run Antivirus update once a month (they're on dialup remember?)
I'm on dial-up - I run AVG update almost every day. To do otherwise is silly. Also bad to use expensive bloatware from Norton and the like when AVG (etc) is free, small and great. (I use Kerio for firewalling.)
*Do not download email to your computer, use Yahoo mail.
Nope. With an ounce of knowledge and the right program (moz or Tbird) it's more than fine to download email. Webmail is weak and should be used only when you're not on your primary machines.
Stop feeding proprietary corporate crap down others' mouths. Use open source solutions, yo.
Nintendo has a more forgiving, devoted following than similar brands. It's not surprising that they're getting props on/.
Besides, inasmuch as they're not big into open source, and (like PSP) use proprietary media, it's easy enough to buy a dev kit/cart and either create your own games or pirate theirs.
Yep. You said it. I moved to an Appalachian college town over a decade ago. The money isn't city-good, but it goes a long, L O N G way. It was also nice to get a sweet secluded house with a huge pool, huge hot tub, orchard, terraced gardens, pond, horse shoe pits and etc. three miles from work for about $100k. I'd have to get a HUGE raise to consider moving back to the city... and then it would only be temporary.
IBM offered me twice the money for a gig in NYC a few years ago. I turned them down b/c of the compensation. "But it's twice what you make now?!?" "Yeah, but it would cost me twice as much to keep the same standard of living in NYC..."
My company uses in-house support. (Nice to have the support in the same building as all the servers etc.) (Also nice to have a big college right down the road for a regular stream of [educated] employees too.)
OTOH, I don't know if TWiki is the answer. Something like it perhaps, but TWiki itself tends to be unwieldily, visually confusing, and ugly.
Visually confusing? My company uses TWiki internally, and though it took some tweaking, it now looks great. Not much confusing or unwieldy about it, really. (or did you mean "willy dilly"?!?)
We're also looking at TikiWiki as the backend for customizable customer portals.
Ah, altruism. Maybe I should've used a different, less powerful "good" word;) My favorite altruism dilemma... is a Buddhist monk altruistic? Even if while he/she's "good" or otherwise nice and cookie-cutter ethical all the time, he/she gets pleasure out of the sacrifices, and would conversely suffer by acting typically narcissistic?
Regardless, I don't think there'd be a huge market for any sort of one-sided "good" game, but I'm thinking of a variation or expansion (or more so adaptation) on/of the chr$ alignment aspects of sundry RPGs. E.g. add different facets to games (like GTA) so that the user (drug reference?) could take a break from ass kicking, restart a different scenario of do-gooding, etc.
So what I'm saying is, it wouldn't be difficult to add a totally new dynamic to games like GTA - capturing a larger neophyte audience without sacrificing the core experience for the already allegiant throngs.
Sure enough. If I could use my mod points in this thread, I'd give you some modding. We're not talking profound crap here, but to deny the power of such a violent (and flarging awesome) game, is silly.
It'd be an interesting option if you could play GTA as an altruistic cop... try not to hurt anybody, etc. I'll bet even the ultra violent wankers would give it a try just because it'd be different entertainment. And think of the new market such duality would open. When production houses eventually realize that there's a market for a more dynamic gaming experience, we'll all win.
"I'm sick of killing pigs. I think I'm gonna save babies for a while.";)
Right on. Guess if you're so disjointed as to not recognize the power of representation, then the matrix has your knob. or something. I'm almost as far from a censor or a softie as they come, but I'm still able to react to increasingly accurate imagery. Know what I mean?
Mr. Prensky clearly didn't have much of an "effective" focus group if those MicroSoft games and time-sinkers are supposed to represent... anything other than a thinly veiled ad.
I'd load the list with real time strategy titles, and toss in a few turn-based, with *maybe* a couple of other genres to round it out. (Say maybe a FPS and a RPG.)
I'll probably have to give this GTA a try just because my mom wouldn't want me to. Is it weird that I felt a little "bad" after bludgeoning skulls in the last GTA? I either mean that I felt bad in a good way, or good in a bad way. Not sure which. Not sure if there's a difference.
And when will we get an updated RTS like Total Annihilation? Or TA2? That game kicked serious rear.
What about Windows users refusing (or in an increasing number of cases not allowed) to use IE? I'd *love* to see a Mozilla/Firefox extension to integrate Gmail with the Win file system.
Preemptive response: (to save you the time)
-use Linux!
We've hired a couple of hackers. Worked out well.
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We have no problem hiring hackers. We've hired two in the past several years.
The first perp had an account with a different ISP. He found several big holes in their security and alerted them of the problem. The ISP revoked his account as a reward. We found out about it, and gave him a job. He was 16 at the time and stayed with us well into adulthood while he went to college.
The second perp, who still works for us, was asked to perform a security check by his employer. He found holes, presented his findings, (including the dirt he dug,) and was brought up on charges for "Exceeding mandate" or something along those lines. We hired him. He's great.
Regardless, hacker jerks regularly hack away at our walls. I wish we had jobs for all of them! My vote? Hire them.
I had to turn off the Windows "firewall" on a few 'puters to acheive decent post SP2 results. (Problems with Dreamweaver and a few others...) I wouldn't recommend that unless you have a decent third-party firewall though. (I use Kerio. Love it.) I noticed a bit of slowdown at first (after installing SP2) but now I'm either a) used to it, b) it got better, or c) it was a figment of my wild imagination.
My pal used the bugmenot extension, and it automatically posted his web email login and password to the bugmenot site. He only found out about it when alerted by a thorough friend. I'm sure there're some settings with which to screw around, but it's unfortunate that some don't bother. Great extension - if you're careful.
If you've a domain and unlimited email addresses, you don't need to resort to shifty yet effective third party tactics (e.g. sneakemail) I provide a different email address for every online endeavor (amazon@uncoolcentral.com noodlestore@uncoolcentral.com etc.) and route all addresses to a catchall until they're spam compromised. The compromised addys are then forwarded to dev null. Works like a charm.
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I'm on dial-up - I run AVG update almost every day. To do otherwise is silly. Also bad to use expensive bloatware from Norton and the like when AVG (etc) is free, small and great. (I use Kerio for firewalling.)
*Do not download email to your computer, use Yahoo mail.
Nope. With an ounce of knowledge and the right program (moz or Tbird) it's more than fine to download email. Webmail is weak and should be used only when you're not on your primary machines.
Stop feeding proprietary corporate crap down others' mouths. Use open source solutions, yo.
Must... control... urge... to... fire... quick... yer mama joke...
Though every once in a while they don't mirror in time and we still have to deal with server choke.
Disclaimer: I'm on it from time to time.
They're lagging a bit on posting the shows, (the only one up so far is the first show from August 2004,) but they're posting more soon.
Besides, inasmuch as they're not big into open source, and (like PSP) use proprietary media, it's easy enough to buy a dev kit/cart and either create your own games or pirate theirs.
Troll.
(I'd rather use my mods to prop up, not knock down, yo.)
Damn. Now I can't mod this thread.
'why' printed 'why not?'
and etc.
Then I got creative and started writing a few responses for profanity commands
(which are pretty common when you're learning to use the shell.)
e.g.
'shit' printed 'not here. it would attract flies, and little kids with spoons'
'fucking die' aliased to 'exit'
Kept me entertained for a while.
IBM offered me twice the money for a gig in NYC a few years ago. I turned them down b/c of the compensation.
"But it's twice what you make now?!?"
"Yeah, but it would cost me twice as much to keep the same standard of living in NYC..."
My company uses in-house support. (Nice to have the support in the same building as all the servers etc.) (Also nice to have a big college right down the road for a regular stream of [educated] employees too.)
Visually confusing?
My company uses TWiki internally, and though it took some tweaking, it now looks great.
Not much confusing or unwieldy about it, really. (or did you mean "willy dilly"?!?)
We're also looking at TikiWiki as the backend for customizable customer portals.
Look it up.
People are allergic to either the dander, saliva or urine of cats.
sure sure, off-topic, but correct ;)
now I think I'm gonna go pay it forward tomorrow...
but ask the recipient of my transitive reciprocal goodness to give me a dollar.
or a milkshake.
everybody loves milkshakes.
Regardless, I don't think there'd be a huge market for any sort of one-sided "good" game, but I'm thinking of a variation or expansion (or more so adaptation) on/of the chr$ alignment aspects of sundry RPGs. E.g. add different facets to games (like GTA) so that the user (drug reference?) could take a break from ass kicking, restart a different scenario of do-gooding, etc.
So what I'm saying is, it wouldn't be difficult to add a totally new dynamic to games like GTA - capturing a larger neophyte audience without sacrificing the core experience for the already allegiant throngs.
Everybody wins. tres uncool
It'd be an interesting option if you could play GTA as an altruistic cop... try not to hurt anybody, etc. I'll bet even the ultra violent wankers would give it a try just because it'd be different entertainment. And think of the new market such duality would open. When production houses eventually realize that there's a market for a more dynamic gaming experience, we'll all win.
"I'm sick of killing pigs. I think I'm gonna save babies for a while." ;)
Right on. Guess if you're so disjointed as to not recognize the power of representation, then the matrix has your knob. or something. I'm almost as far from a censor or a softie as they come, but I'm still able to react to increasingly accurate imagery. Know what I mean?
I'd load the list with real time strategy titles, and toss in a few turn-based, with *maybe* a couple of other genres to round it out. (Say maybe a FPS and a RPG.)
What would you put on your list?
And when will we get an updated RTS like Total Annihilation? Or TA2? That game kicked serious rear.
What about Windows users refusing (or in an increasing number of cases not allowed) to use IE?
I'd *love* to see a Mozilla/Firefox extension to integrate Gmail with the Win file system.
Preemptive response: (to save you the time)
-use Linux!
The first perp had an account with a different ISP. He found several big holes in their security and alerted them of the problem. The ISP revoked his account as a reward. We found out about it, and gave him a job. He was 16 at the time and stayed with us well into adulthood while he went to college.
The second perp, who still works for us, was asked to perform a security check by his employer. He found holes, presented his findings, (including the dirt he dug,) and was brought up on charges for "Exceeding mandate" or something along those lines. We hired him. He's great.
Regardless, hacker jerks regularly hack away at our walls. I wish we had jobs for all of them! My vote? Hire them.
I had to turn off the Windows "firewall" on a few 'puters to acheive decent post SP2 results. (Problems with Dreamweaver and a few others...) I wouldn't recommend that unless you have a decent third-party firewall though. (I use Kerio. Love it.) I noticed a bit of slowdown at first (after installing SP2) but now I'm either a) used to it, b) it got better, or c) it was a figment of my wild imagination.
My pal used the bugmenot extension, and it automatically posted his web email login and password to the bugmenot site. He only found out about it when alerted by a thorough friend. I'm sure there're some settings with which to screw around, but it's unfortunate that some don't bother. Great extension - if you're careful.
If you've a domain and unlimited email addresses, you don't need to resort to shifty yet effective third party tactics (e.g. sneakemail) I provide a different email address for every online endeavor (amazon@uncoolcentral.com noodlestore@uncoolcentral.com etc.) and route all addresses to a catchall until they're spam compromised. The compromised addys are then forwarded to dev null. Works like a charm.