> The 1.5G Syjet is a Turkey. I've been through 2 drives and 6G worth of lost data...
Hear, hear!! I've also lost 3 gigs (2 disks) of data too. A similiar rebate wouldn't do much good though, since after the 2nd disk that was thrshed, I stopped using it, and switched over to CD-R.
Heheh. Everyone time Easter Eggs comes up, I remember the ones back in Need For Speed (PSX).
Mine was this one: Players can only enter names with that a maximum 8 chars. I was a little annoyed that my name wouldn't fit, so I had the name entry screen automatically append the "I" when you entered in my last name.
And I remember the day Dave (fiziks guy) put in the machine gun cheat. Lost productivity that day:)
Now only if we could find that nude cheat in Dungeon Keeper.:) (Hey, Peter Molyneux said no one found it, at last years GDC talk or at Blue's new's link)
You want a Happy Hacker Keyboard... this thing is portable ! Two people at the month lan party I go to, use it, and do very well with it.
And you can't go wrong with a flat panel LCD if you can afford it. You may want to check your local computer fair and see if you can buy a refurbished one.
> The goal was to find out why companies weren't creating games and applications to run on multiple platforms.
Why didn't you just ask the game developers?;-)
Windows has 95% of the PC games market for OS's. It's not up to the developer what OS to support, but the publisher! That's why you don't see Win2K listed much as "officially supported" on the side of the game box, even though, most likely the developers are developping under it. (I love how I can use multimon via my AGP GeForce2 and a PCI video card under Win2K.:)
I'd like to smack the publishers that say Win2k isn't a gaming OS... hello, DX8 & the SDK work just fine under it. But this is another rant...
Media Player 6 also has the hotkey "SPACEBAR" to play/pause the video/audio clip. They took it out on ver 7. That, along with the new UI design hogging up more screen real estate, was the reason I went back to 6.
Apple's Quicktime doesn't let me save the.mov either. I happen to LIKE saving movie trailors and backing them up to my "Movies CD".
You know, last year, was the first time I really ran into a newer versions removing features that the previous version had. There is a silver lining though: If this continues, more people will switch over to Open Source software, since it's doubtfull "they" will remove features that users are using. (The general trend of bloatware is a whole another story.:)
Does anyone know/have the history of Be from the last 2 years? Last I heard was they were doing the IA (Internet Appliance.) I guess it didn't pan out.;-(
The reason I'm asking, is because I ordered 2 copie of Be (one was a gift for a fellow programmer friend who loves the way Be was designed) along with the Be SuperBible, which we both thought was a real cool read. ("That makes my nipples hard!" -- inside joke for those who have read it;-) At the end of almost every chapter was some insight into how BeOS came about.
It's too bad the few mistakes Be made (no multi-user, lack of drivers, and being arrogrant towards Apple) was their demise.
I know I'm not the only one who would love to see BeOS open sourced. Pity that the company must fold though, in order to have that chance.
If this isn't proof of an OS monopoly, I don't know what is...
Don't steal. The government doesn't like competition ("Our tax system is based on individual self assessment and VOLUNTARY compliance." - M. Caplin, IRS Commissioner)
("Our tax system is based upon volutary assessment and payment and
not on distraint" -Supreme Court Ruling, Flora v. U.S., 362 u.s. 145)
Last year a few people took The Canadian Wheat Board to court over the fact that farmers are FORCED to sell their wheat to the Wheat Board. In the [Canadian] praires, it is ILLEGAL to sell your wheat that grows on your land to ANYONE else other then the Wheat Board.
How nice to see our rights getting to$$ed as soon as there is money to be made. What a $ick and disgusting society.
Use DiscDump to get an.iso of the 2nd disc (it's not copy protected) and just use Daemon Tools to "mount" your.iso in the virtual cd-rom! Change the registry drive setting for D2 and you're set! (I have drive R: cdrom, drive V: virtual, drive W: burner)
Sure it takes 640 megs (good thing 30 gig drives are less then $200;-) but at least I never have to worry about my cd getting scratched.
If I bought the game, wtf do I *need* the cd in the drive to play?!
UT has a real nice compromise - you only need the cd-rom for patches: you can play BOTH single player and multi-player without the cd. I find Q3 and HalfLife to be annoying that you need the CD for single player.
I wish certain idiots would wise up and realize ALL copy-protection schemes have been and will continue to be broken.
> For that matter how many gamers can tell the difference between a bleeding edge graphcis card and an "old" one from 12 or 18 months back, without running a benchmark?
By the blockiness of the models (low poly), and stuttering framerate with all the "high-detail" options turned on.
> Face it, graphics hardware has hit the same plateau that CPU power has
Oh please.
CPUs are still dog-slow. Realistic cloth movement sucks the cpu dry just on the physics calcs alone.
The GeForce 3 can render "Luxo Jr" in real time (Check the GF3 preview at MacExpo) and that's no where even _close_ to photo-realism. We *finally* are *starting* to see the ability to render heat waves, the ability to render hair properly. (Along with the end to billboarded trees - thank god.)
Graphics (and video cards) have quite a way to go still.
How is net access there? Are Cable modems or DSL available?
How much does a nice house go for?
How long have you been done there for? Would it be a good place to retire?
This picture explains why it is NOT 50/50
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There were some pretty heated discussions here a while ago, until we wrote down all the possible outcomes. It was a relief to find a mathematician agreed:
> but I have been sticking to version 99b since,
Me too. I tried 2000 and 2001 but they added everything but the kitchen sink in the new versions. I quickly uninstalled and went back to the old version. (How does one export/import the address book in the new version)
> The version name doesn't imply it won't work on W2K or so, it works very fine.
I haven't had any problems either on Win2K. Been using it on W2K since last august.
> The annoying thing with this approach is that more and more software comes out with those stupid stub-installers...
I hear you ! Forced obsolence of older programs sucks! M$ pulls this crap with DirectX as well.
> I keep all programs I find usefull on a Archive CD:
Same here. I install programs onto drive P:, my data on Drive D:, cdrom R: cd-burner W:, virtual cdrom V:. When I get a system crash, I only need to restore drive D, since the rest can be restored via installs.
>... I once wanted to installe IE4 for the Active Desktop
I think I have a copy of the older IEs laying around, let me check...
... mostly, because of the chipset support under Windows. In the past, it wasn't up to par as with the Intel chipsets. Thankfully, drivers are now mature. e.g. VIA 4-in-1 are up to version 4.29.
The other reason was "compatibility" in the past. With Intel chipsets, you were pretty much guaranteed not to have any problems running software.
Me and 2 other friends finally went the AMD route: picked up the Abit KT7A-RAID w/ a 1.2Ghz last month. Why? Because the price/performance just smokes Intel! (Especially considering when you pick up a good stick of PC133/CAS2 memory, and enable all the BIOS memory tweaks on this mobo!)
Who [AMD or Intel] will get my money on my next upgrade? AMD will, IF they can support dual and qud processors. (I miss my dual Cels/550)
But for the moment, I'm VERY happy with AMD, and will support them for the next few systems I build. (I've given enough money to Intel for the past 10 years: i.e. 286, 386sx, Pentium100, Pentium133, PentiumPro, Celeron) It's time to support AMD - the end user only benefits from the competition between AMD and Intel.
The "geek" friends that I know are all going the AMD route. When we get asked for advice from our non-computing people we steer them towards AMD.
About the lack of flashy ads by Intel. AMD can't even compete in this area: (doesn't Intel spend money on their adverstising budget, then AMD makes?) but AMD don't have to... they already have the best type of advertising: Word of Mouth
P3's were hot last year.
Athlon's are hot this year.
(pardon the pun.:)
I want to play my favorite games on my platform of Choice, be it whether Windows, Linux, or BeOS.
Without games, an desktop OS will never reach mass popularity.
I agree with the article. Linux does take a long time to setup -- I don't have 3 days to read man pages and HOWTO's just to setup a desktop (For firewalls and servers, I *will* take the time for that.) I use Win2K at home, because it is "good enough" for development, quick to setup, and gaming.
Under windows it is painless to upgrade your driver to a newer version. i.e. nVidia 6.31 to 6.50, etc.
Does anyone have a link to that article where it showed that Window's strengths were Linux's weaknesses, and Linux's strengths were Window's weaknesses.
As Linux becomes more user-friendly, consistent, and easier to use, that is good thing for everyone.
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Are there any Open Source clones of Outlook for Windows? (and runs on Linux, with maybe a port to Be)
> The 1.5G Syjet is a Turkey. I've been through 2 drives and 6G worth of lost data...
Hear, hear!! I've also lost 3 gigs (2 disks) of data too. A similiar rebate wouldn't do much good though, since after the 2nd disk that was thrshed, I stopped using it, and switched over to CD-R.
The 3D maze was in Excel 95. The flight sim is in Excel 97.
/. at http://slashdot.org/articles/99/12/01/1424204.shtm l
:)
:) (Hey, Peter Molyneux said no one found it, at last years GDC talk or at Blue's new's link)
They can be found in the archived
and in the Easter Egg Archive.
Heheh. Everyone time Easter Eggs comes up, I remember the ones back in Need For Speed (PSX).
Mine was this one: Players can only enter names with that a maximum 8 chars. I was a little annoyed that my name wouldn't fit, so I had the name entry screen automatically append the "I" when you entered in my last name.
And I remember the day Dave (fiziks guy) put in the machine gun cheat. Lost productivity that day
Now only if we could find that nude cheat in Dungeon Keeper.
> Probability is a funny, funny thing...
Probability is a best guess, when you don't have all the facts. Nothing funny or strange about it all.
It was written in pascal too. (Use "unp" to unencrypt the .exe)
Here's a link with a bit of history: http://www.starbreeze.com/triton.htm
Unfortunately you'll have to run it under DOS with OUT any 386 memory managers.
You want a Happy Hacker Keyboard ... this thing is portable ! Two people at the month lan party I go to, use it, and do very well with it.
And you can't go wrong with a flat panel LCD if you can afford it. You may want to check your local computer fair and see if you can buy a refurbished one.
> The goal was to find out why companies weren't creating games and applications to run on multiple platforms.
;-)
:)
Why didn't you just ask the game developers?
Windows has 95% of the PC games market for OS's. It's not up to the developer what OS to support, but the publisher! That's why you don't see Win2K listed much as "officially supported" on the side of the game box, even though, most likely the developers are developping under it. (I love how I can use multimon via my AGP GeForce2 and a PCI video card under Win2K.
I'd like to smack the publishers that say Win2k isn't a gaming OS... hello, DX8 & the SDK work just fine under it. But this is another rant...
That's just an "implementation"
If you stop your clock having "events" (i.e. moving, calculating, etc) time still moves ahead.
> Time can only be measured by events. When there are no events, there can be no time. Simple as that.
I don't buy that. Time is meta-physical. It's existance doesn't depend on the physical.
Yep, I already would scour the html source for the .mov, copy the link, and paste it into my \trash\t.htm file. That about: trick is very cool.
Thx !
Hear hear !
.mov either. I happen to LIKE saving movie trailors and backing them up to my "Movies CD".
:)
Yeah, I noticed that too.
Media Player 6 also has the hotkey "SPACEBAR" to play/pause the video/audio clip. They took it out on ver 7. That, along with the new UI design hogging up more screen real estate, was the reason I went back to 6.
Apple's Quicktime doesn't let me save the
You know, last year, was the first time I really ran into a newer versions removing features that the previous version had. There is a silver lining though: If this continues, more people will switch over to Open Source software, since it's doubtfull "they" will remove features that users are using. (The general trend of bloatware is a whole another story.
> Under this contract the only type of organization who can run the .org registry is a non-profit organization,
Can anyone comment on where people who need an unique domain name, but don't have a organization are supposed to go??
e.g. I have a domain name for family use.
Thank you for the link, I'm adding my domain name to the petition.
See subject for the question.
... I'm just curious as to what problem BlueTooth is trying to solve.
Please don't start a flamewar
Thos pants make you look PHAT ! (Pretty Hot and Tempting)
;-)
(Why would you settle for someone who isn't hot, intelligent, and a great personality?
Does anyone know/have the history of Be from the last 2 years? Last I heard was they were doing the IA (Internet Appliance.) I guess it didn't pan out. ;-(
;-) At the end of almost every chapter was some insight into how BeOS came about.
The reason I'm asking, is because I ordered 2 copie of Be (one was a gift for a fellow programmer friend who loves the way Be was designed) along with the Be SuperBible, which we both thought was a real cool read. ("That makes my nipples hard!" -- inside joke for those who have read it
It's too bad the few mistakes Be made (no multi-user, lack of drivers, and being arrogrant towards Apple) was their demise.
I know I'm not the only one who would love to see BeOS open sourced. Pity that the company must fold though, in order to have that chance.
If this isn't proof of an OS monopoly, I don't know what is...
The US government started this modern paradigm when they stole the gold from the people in the 30's via the The Gold Reserve Act.o _Owns_The_Money.html
e.g.
http://www.diac.com/~bkennedy/Thorkelson/X0008_Wh
--
Don't steal. The government doesn't like competition
("Our tax system is based on individual self assessment and VOLUNTARY compliance." - M. Caplin, IRS Commissioner)
("Our tax system is based upon volutary assessment and payment and
not on distraint" -Supreme Court Ruling, Flora v. U.S., 362 u.s. 145)
Last year a few people took The Canadian Wheat Board to court over the fact that farmers are FORCED to sell their wheat to the Wheat Board. In the [Canadian] praires, it is ILLEGAL to sell your wheat that grows on your land to ANYONE else other then the Wheat Board.
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How nice to see our rights getting to$$ed as soon as there is money to be made. What a $ick and disgusting society.
They lost the case, as you read the transcript here:
http://www.fja.gc.ca/en/cf/2000/vol4/html/2000fca
(You will have to scroll down to Section 102, 103, and the DISPOSITION)
.. is to *BOYCOTT* AOL/AIM.
And don't give me that garbage about "but all my friends use it" Switch to a FREE IM and let your friends know WHY you are switching.
If everyone STOPPED supporting AOL we WOULDN"T have this problem.
It's their network, so AOL can go f#$* themselves.
> I used it to make a copy of my diablo 2 play disk so I could play at home on battle.net and also do the same at work.
.iso of the 2nd disc (it's not copy protected) and just use Daemon Tools to "mount" your .iso in the virtual cd-rom! Change the registry drive setting for D2 and you're set! (I have drive R: cdrom, drive V: virtual, drive W: burner)
;-) but at least I never have to worry about my cd getting scratched.
I frequently play a few games, and they all require the stupid cd in the drive. After getting tired of swapping cd's all the time, I found this page:
Game Copy World - Diablo 2
Which gave me a link to game CD ripping utils
Then finally to Daemon tools
Use DiscDump to get an
Sure it takes 640 megs (good thing 30 gig drives are less then $200
If I bought the game, wtf do I *need* the cd in the drive to play?!
UT has a real nice compromise - you only need the cd-rom for patches: you can play BOTH single player and multi-player without the cd. I find Q3 and HalfLife to be annoying that you need the CD for single player.
I wish certain idiots would wise up and realize ALL copy-protection schemes have been and will continue to be broken.
> For that matter how many gamers can tell the difference between a bleeding edge graphcis card and an "old" one from 12 or 18 months back, without running a benchmark?
By the blockiness of the models (low poly), and stuttering framerate with all the "high-detail" options turned on.
> Face it, graphics hardware has hit the same plateau that CPU power has
Oh please.
CPUs are still dog-slow. Realistic cloth movement sucks the cpu dry just on the physics calcs alone.
The GeForce 3 can render "Luxo Jr" in real time (Check the GF3 preview at MacExpo) and that's no where even _close_ to photo-realism. We *finally* are *starting* to see the ability to render heat waves, the ability to render hair properly. (Along with the end to billboarded trees - thank god.)
Graphics (and video cards) have quite a way to go still.
> I'm in Costa Rica
Sorry for the 20 questions, but I'm curious:
How is net access there? Are Cable modems or DSL available?
How much does a nice house go for?
How long have you been done there for? Would it be a good place to retire?
There were some pretty heated discussions here a while ago, until we wrote down all the possible outcomes. It was a relief to find a mathematician agreed:
http://math.ucsd.edu/~crypto/Monty/montybg.html
> but I have been sticking to version 99b since,
... I once wanted to installe IE4 for the Active Desktop
Me too. I tried 2000 and 2001 but they added everything but the kitchen sink in the new versions. I quickly uninstalled and went back to the old version. (How does one export/import the address book in the new version)
> The version name doesn't imply it won't work on W2K or so, it works very fine.
I haven't had any problems either on Win2K. Been using it on W2K since last august.
> The annoying thing with this approach is that more and more software comes out with those stupid stub-installers...
I hear you ! Forced obsolence of older programs sucks! M$ pulls this crap with DirectX as well.
> I keep all programs I find usefull on a Archive CD:
Same here. I install programs onto drive P:, my data on Drive D:, cdrom R: cd-burner W:, virtual cdrom V:. When I get a system crash, I only need to restore drive D, since the rest can be restored via installs.
>
I think I have a copy of the older IEs laying around, let me check...
... mostly, because of the chipset support under Windows. In the past, it wasn't up to par as with the Intel chipsets. Thankfully, drivers are now mature. e.g. VIA 4-in-1 are up to version 4.29.
... they already have the best type of advertising: Word of Mouth
:)
The other reason was "compatibility" in the past. With Intel chipsets, you were pretty much guaranteed not to have any problems running software.
Me and 2 other friends finally went the AMD route: picked up the Abit KT7A-RAID w/ a 1.2Ghz last month. Why? Because the price/performance just smokes Intel! (Especially considering when you pick up a good stick of PC133/CAS2 memory, and enable all the BIOS memory tweaks on this mobo!)
Who [AMD or Intel] will get my money on my next upgrade? AMD will, IF they can support dual and qud processors. (I miss my dual Cels/550)
But for the moment, I'm VERY happy with AMD, and will support them for the next few systems I build. (I've given enough money to Intel for the past 10 years: i.e. 286, 386sx, Pentium100, Pentium133, PentiumPro, Celeron) It's time to support AMD - the end user only benefits from the competition between AMD and Intel.
The "geek" friends that I know are all going the AMD route. When we get asked for advice from our non-computing people we steer them towards AMD.
About the lack of flashy ads by Intel. AMD can't even compete in this area: (doesn't Intel spend money on their adverstising budget, then AMD makes?) but AMD don't have to
P3's were hot last year.
Athlon's are hot this year.
(pardon the pun.
I want to play my favorite games on my platform of Choice, be it whether Windows, Linux, or BeOS.
Without games, an desktop OS will never reach mass popularity.
I agree with the article. Linux does take a long time to setup -- I don't have 3 days to read man pages and HOWTO's just to setup a desktop (For firewalls and servers, I *will* take the time for that.) I use Win2K at home, because it is "good enough" for development, quick to setup, and gaming.
Under windows it is painless to upgrade your driver to a newer version. i.e. nVidia 6.31 to 6.50, etc.
Does anyone have a link to that article where it showed that Window's strengths were Linux's weaknesses, and Linux's strengths were Window's weaknesses.
As Linux becomes more user-friendly, consistent, and easier to use, that is good thing for everyone.