Obligatory Family Guy Quote [Peter] Ah Jeez, where am I gonna get $50000? [Quagmire] Well, you could whore yourself out to 1000 fat chicks for $50 each - or 50 really fat chicks for $1000 a piece! * Everyone looks a Quagmire [Quagmire] Hey. Don't look at me like that. Fat chicks need love too. They just gotta pay for it.
...Later...
[Sailor - All Peg arms and legs] (Talking about the $50000 reward to catch a fish named "Daggermouth") I saw Daggermouth. Sure. I may have been really tired, and my eyes were sore from rubbing them too much, and I was swimming in a pool with too much chlorine in it, and it was the hour my glasses were at lenscrafters, but I swear it was him... Or of course, you could just whore yourself out to 1000 fat chicks... [Quagmire] (Interrupting) No we covered that already.
We are super-involved in the community that has sprung up around our games. Whether through e-mail, the forums, the fan sites, or calling my house at 3 a.m. in the morning...
I have emailed Game several times, and recieved a reply almost every time (1 didnt get a reply). He's a really funny guy who delivers information straight out with a good amount of wit. Here's a sample:
Me: I've noticed lately that you (read: Valve Software) are affiliating with 2 canadian based businesses (Softimage in Quebec and ATI in Ontario). Not to generate a conspiracy, but could this be a sign of things to come (Valve software moving to Canada?), or do canadians just kick ass with the technology playground?
Gabe: Where do you think the G-Man is from?
Not exactly the information I was seeking - but it made me laugh for a few minutes.
As for calling him at 3am - Its on my todo list.
Think of the costs associated...
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Koalas Gone Wild
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The government proposes shooting 20,000 of them
That would be a pretty damned expensive operation. Factoring in:
=+=1000's of litres of gas for jeeps to track the koalas. =+=hiring people to shoot the koalas - unless its done by volunteers. =+=25000 rounds of ammo. Hunters may miss the koala, or hit it in a non-critical area (legs, arms). Where's an aimbot when you need one? =+=hauling of 20000 dead koalas. A few solid transport trucks should do the trick.
Their best bet would be to sell off the dead koalas to make back some of the money. Koala Burgers anyone?
One solution that would be inexpensive would be to use plastic bags. Seal your camera in a Ziploc-type bag (not cheap ones - good ones) after use. The best part is - you get to keep your existing hardware!
Re:The 89 is banned as well dude...
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TI-84 Plus Released
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* Calculators with QWERTY (...) keypads They didn't ban Dvorak layouts now, did they? Just reprogram your TI-xx to Dvorak layout, and its entirely legal!
It was essentially BCPL stripped of anything Thompson felt he could do without, in order to fit it on very small computers, and with some changes to suit Thomson's tastes (mostly along the lines of reducing the number of non-whitespace characters in a typical program). ...
According to Ken, B was greatly influenced by BCPL, but the name B had nothing to do with BCPL. B was in fact a revision of an earlier language, bon, named after Ken Thompson's wife, Bonnie.
Without a magnetic field, we will have (comparatively) little protection against gamma rays from the sun. There are only 3 solutions to living on earth without a magnetic field:
1) Living above ground with SPF 10000 sunscreen being constatly applied 2) Living above ground with a Class 5 hairiness - like those seen on Steve Allen and CowboyNeal 3) Living below ground
Since I hate putting on sunscreen, option 1 is ruled out. Since I don't like Steve Allen, option 2 is also ruled out.
Thus leaving us with option 3. Underground living. It seems bearable. As long as CS is still playable under 30m of bedrock, I'm happy.
[Server Admin #1] Help me god! I'm being slashdoted! [God] (Points to town) YOU SHALL NOT SLASHDOT! * Electronics set fire [Sicilian Town] Ahhhhh.... help us slashdot!
Plenty of people do this over Local and Wide area networks. A webserver.
Install a piece of windows compatible webserver software (IIS - Recommended, Apache, or whatever else floats your boat). Create a page or two of ASP/PHP scripts which are designed to run the applications. Whenever you need to execute the apps, point a web browser over the network to the pages....Just make sure that your windows box is either disconnected from the 'net or disallowed to access the 'net, elsewise you'll have people from Khazakstan executing those apps instead of you.
While we may not have weapons of mass destruction, we certainly have weapons of ass destruction.
Damn Tim Hortons Timbits. Sure, so small and so sweet, but you just gotta have one more. Then another... and another... and another.
Before you know it, you've landed yourself in a gym, just to slim down enough to fit through the front door of your local Tim Hortons to buy more timbits.
...
Vicious cycle.
Re:Mach? What is that?
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NASA Tests X-43A
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Mach is a measure of speed in relation to the speed of sound (Vs). (Vs) varies with Temperature (t), and is calculated as such:
Vs = 332 + 0.6 * t (Where Vs is in Meters/Sec, and t is in ^C)
For example, an aircraft travelling at Mach 2 with an atmospheric temperature of 20^C would be travelling at:
2(332 + 0.6 * 20) 2(332 + 12) 2(334) 688m/s
Whilist Warp speeds vary per series. In the original series, warp factor was a multiplier. So Warp 3, Kirk's enterprise would be travelling at:
3(3.0 * 10^8) 3(300000000) 900000000 m/s (Pretty damned fast)
In the newer series' (TNG, DS9, Voy, Ent), it acts as a power. So at Warp 4, Picard's enterprise would be speeding at
(3.0 * 10^8)^4 300000000^4 m/s 8.1^33m/s (Even more firepower!)
"Pretty funny after all those Star Trek haters claimed such speeds were impossible."
Henry Ford himself said that man would not be capable of reaching speeds beyind 65mph. Now we have Hypersonic Scramjets. Western Union said that the phone is useless. Now we have infrastructres largely based upon the telephone. Lord Kelvin said that Heavier-Than-Air flight was impossible. Now there are 747's that weight much more than an equivalent mass of air. IBM said that there was a world market for about 5 computers. Now there are millions of computers situated around the globe.
[Body Guard #1] Hey boss, we were just thinkin' of you. [Quimby] You idiots! You're fired! [Body Guard #1] Oh yeah. Then who will take a bullet for you? [Body Guard #2] Or hook your genitals up to a car battery? [Quimby] I'll tell you who. This man! (points to Homer) [Homer] Woohoo! [Marge] Homer, didn't you hear... [Homer] (Interrupting) I said Woohoo.
Slashdot Mirror
I see a money making angle to that...
...Later...
Obligatory Family Guy Quote
[Peter] Ah Jeez, where am I gonna get $50000?
[Quagmire] Well, you could whore yourself out to 1000 fat chicks for $50 each - or 50 really fat chicks for $1000 a piece!
* Everyone looks a Quagmire
[Quagmire] Hey. Don't look at me like that. Fat chicks need love too. They just gotta pay for it.
[Sailor - All Peg arms and legs] (Talking about the $50000 reward to catch a fish named "Daggermouth") I saw Daggermouth. Sure. I may have been really tired, and my eyes were sore from rubbing them too much, and I was swimming in a pool with too much chlorine in it, and it was the hour my glasses were at lenscrafters, but I swear it was him...
Or of course, you could just whore yourself out to 1000 fat chicks...
[Quagmire] (Interrupting) No we covered that already.
There may be few DVI switches - but CRT switches are plentiful and cheap.
If you use 3 DVI->CRT Converters and a CRT switch, you should be able to retain the DVI connectivity. It should look a little like this:
System 1*---&|CRT Switch|&----*System 2
&
|
*
Monitor
& = DVI->CRT Adapter
- | = DVI Cable
Switch = CRT Switch
* = DVI In/Out
I'm pretty sure it works - in theory. I claim no responsibility if this fries your monitor/video card(s).
We are super-involved in the community that has sprung up around our games. Whether through e-mail, the forums, the fan sites, or calling my house at 3 a.m. in the morning...
I have emailed Game several times, and recieved a reply almost every time (1 didnt get a reply). He's a really funny guy who delivers information straight out with a good amount of wit. Here's a sample:
Me:
I've noticed lately that you (read: Valve Software) are affiliating with 2 canadian based businesses (Softimage in Quebec and ATI in Ontario). Not to generate a conspiracy, but could this be a sign of things to come (Valve software moving to Canada?), or do canadians just kick ass with the technology playground?
Gabe:
Where do you think the G-Man is from?
Not exactly the information I was seeking - but it made me laugh for a few minutes.
As for calling him at 3am - Its on my todo list.
The government proposes shooting 20,000 of them
That would be a pretty damned expensive operation. Factoring in:
=+=1000's of litres of gas for jeeps to track the koalas.
=+=hiring people to shoot the koalas - unless its done by volunteers.
=+=25000 rounds of ammo. Hunters may miss the koala, or hit it in a non-critical area (legs, arms). Where's an aimbot when you need one?
=+=hauling of 20000 dead koalas. A few solid transport trucks should do the trick.
Their best bet would be to sell off the dead koalas to make back some of the money. Koala Burgers anyone?
At first I was considering having my sig in BASIC:
10 PRINT "Jorkapp is a Programmer"
20 GOTO 10
but it was too - Basic. IMO, my sig in C is more 1337.
One solution that would be inexpensive would be to use plastic bags. Seal your camera in a Ziploc-type bag (not cheap ones - good ones) after use. The best part is - you get to keep your existing hardware!
* Calculators with QWERTY (...) keypads
They didn't ban Dvorak layouts now, did they? Just reprogram your TI-xx to Dvorak layout, and its entirely legal!
I tried to mate a bird with a bee once...
All I got a really bad rash from the sting.
I know that in the average CRT there's a kilogram or so, used to shield the user from xrays.
Actually, CRT's do not use XRays. An XRay is similar to Gamma radiation (an energy wavelength). CRT's actually use Beta Radiation (electrons).
If a CRT did use XRays/Gamma Radiation, it would take more than a phosphor screen and a thin coating of lead to stop it.
Fortunately, flying electrons are easily stopped and turned into useful things (ahh the warm glow of a CRT at night... so peaceful).
Wikipedia: B Programming Language
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It was essentially BCPL stripped of anything Thompson felt he could do without, in order to fit it on very small computers, and with some changes to suit Thomson's tastes (mostly along the lines of reducing the number of non-whitespace characters in a typical program).
According to Ken, B was greatly influenced by BCPL, but the name B had nothing to do with BCPL. B was in fact a revision of an earlier language, bon, named after Ken Thompson's wife, Bonnie.
Without a magnetic field, we will have (comparatively) little protection against gamma rays from the sun. There are only 3 solutions to living on earth without a magnetic field:
1) Living above ground with SPF 10000 sunscreen being constatly applied
2) Living above ground with a Class 5 hairiness - like those seen on Steve Allen and CowboyNeal
3) Living below ground
Since I hate putting on sunscreen, option 1 is ruled out. Since I don't like Steve Allen, option 2 is also ruled out.
Thus leaving us with option 3. Underground living. It seems bearable. As long as CS is still playable under 30m of bedrock, I'm happy.
Yoda... must snuggle up with Princess Leia
Just the thought of Yoda and Princess Leia in bed together... I don't know whether to laugh or vomit.
I would want mine to be an outline of goatse. That way, he would be known throughout ALL the world.
I'm sure we would all get used to it. Eventually.
[Server Admin #1] Help me god! I'm being slashdoted!
[God] (Points to town) YOU SHALL NOT SLASHDOT!
* Electronics set fire
[Sicilian Town] Ahhhhh.... help us slashdot!
Plenty of people do this over Local and Wide area networks. A webserver.
...Just make sure that your windows box is either disconnected from the 'net or disallowed to access the 'net, elsewise you'll have people from Khazakstan executing those apps instead of you.
Install a piece of windows compatible webserver software (IIS - Recommended, Apache, or whatever else floats your boat). Create a page or two of ASP/PHP scripts which are designed to run the applications. Whenever you need to execute the apps, point a web browser over the network to the pages.
Thats Touche, you insensitive english speaking clod!
While we may not have weapons of mass destruction, we certainly have weapons of ass destruction.
...
Damn Tim Hortons Timbits. Sure, so small and so sweet, but you just gotta have one more. Then another... and another... and another.
Before you know it, you've landed yourself in a gym, just to slim down enough to fit through the front door of your local Tim Hortons to buy more timbits.
Vicious cycle.
Mach is a measure of speed in relation to the speed of sound (Vs). (Vs) varies with Temperature (t), and is calculated as such:
Vs = 332 + 0.6 * t
(Where Vs is in Meters/Sec, and t is in ^C)
For example, an aircraft travelling at Mach 2 with an atmospheric temperature of 20^C would be travelling at:
2(332 + 0.6 * 20)
2(332 + 12)
2(334)
688m/s
Whilist Warp speeds vary per series. In the original series, warp factor was a multiplier. So Warp 3, Kirk's enterprise would be travelling at:
3(3.0 * 10^8)
3(300000000)
900000000 m/s (Pretty damned fast)
In the newer series' (TNG, DS9, Voy, Ent), it acts as a power.
So at Warp 4, Picard's enterprise would be speeding at
(3.0 * 10^8)^4
300000000^4 m/s
8.1^33m/s (Even more firepower!)
"Pretty funny after all those Star Trek haters claimed such speeds were impossible."
Henry Ford himself said that man would not be capable of reaching speeds beyind 65mph. Now we have Hypersonic Scramjets. Western Union said that the phone is useless. Now we have infrastructres largely based upon the telephone. Lord Kelvin said that Heavier-Than-Air flight was impossible. Now there are 747's that weight much more than an equivalent mass of air. IBM said that there was a world market for about 5 computers. Now there are millions of computers situated around the globe.
I'll stop there.
Such an infinite sequence does for example contain the Microsoft Windows source code...
I wonder what Bill Gates would do if he saw that.
Now I know that these machines have media player, web browser and all sorts of other redundant crap installed on a full version of XP
What??? No copy of Counter-Strike? They can at least give use something to do while we wait 20 minutes for the cash to come out.
The US has been prepared to be nuked for some time now.
Obligatory Simpsons Quote
[Body Guard #1] Hey boss, we were just thinkin' of you.
[Quimby] You idiots! You're fired!
[Body Guard #1] Oh yeah. Then who will take a bullet for you?
[Body Guard #2] Or hook your genitals up to a car battery?
[Quimby] I'll tell you who. This man! (points to Homer)
[Homer] Woohoo!
[Marge] Homer, didn't you hear...
[Homer] (Interrupting) I said Woohoo.
Even better:
In Goats we thrust.
Did you ever make it to Xen? Compared to the rest of the highly polished levels, Xen felt like a puddle of mud.
At least as far back as 1985...
Hmm... I wonder why Google doesn't go back to 1984? Maybe Google is run by Big Bro +++NO CARRIER.