Drones are actually killed (actually thrown out) by the workers in the fall. Workers share food evenly, starving to death more or less simultaneously in many cases. The queen does not care for herself, so you need for at least some workers to survive long enough to care for the next round of brood and the queen.
My wife bought one of these, and not only are these things illegal, they are crap. The controls are ridiculously stiff. Perhaps it could be soldered to a real NES controller, but why bother when I've got a real NES downstairs?
I've played it a few times, but would gladly trade it for a PC running a decent emulator any day. I think there's around 40 actual games, lots of clones, and not many of them actually fun to play.
My favorite -
"Duke Nukem If Ever"
actually, a more pragmatic (but less witty) title would be "Duke Nukem: Does anyone care anymore?" Of course, it does leave open the possibilities - "Son, back in my day, I played the finest FPS of the time. And one day, your grandchildren may play the sequel. Or at least a leaked alpha test."
If this device somehow verifies age to other people, I could just see perverts using it to help target exactly whatever age they happen to be interested in. Even "age exclusion" - i.e., not younger than X would be helpful to them. And how long until a statutory rape defense "her card said she was 17?"
I heard the makers of Duke Nukem Forever are going to do the same thing - only it will be distributed on 1.44 mb disks, in cereal boxes, and the boxes and disks won't be labled. THe entire set will be 1300 disks. The theory is that this way they can claim they finally released the game, without ever having to worry about anyone actually playing it.
Almost got "hooked" myself by a paypal phish - looked exactly like those account emails, had a https link. Wasn't until I stopped and looked closely at the server name and address that I realized it didnt' belong to paypal. The SSL sert matched the server, but not, of course, paypal. Also, the "account" numbers didn't actually match mine. Paypal says they'll always include the last four numbers, or something like that, and this was pretty well done to look a lot like that. Worst of all, it was a two stage phish - the first screen only had you "log in". The second stage asked for account numbers and confirmation (AFTER a very paypalish "click here to pay us even more money for something you don't need" add). What got me curious was that I typed the wrong password, and it still put me through to the account page.
I know this is funky, but while he blacked out the licese plate in the ebay car photo, the bumper is still reflecting (a tiny) portion of it. Wonder if one could deduce a partial plate from the reflected bit?
The extra $100 dollars is for a stylish flourescent plastic packaging they come in. It's called the iBag, and is designed with the macintosh user in mind - using the thumb and the forefinger to open it instead of the much inferior "Two hands plus teeth" method used by PC bag makers.
Don't be silly. When the sun goes cold and dark, its last feeble rays will fall on an unfinished alpha of a leaked tech demo from the 126th engine to host DN4Ever.
On another note - I tried applying the same approach the DN4 team uses to a turkey I was cooking once. I started it out in the oven, switched to a convection cooker about two hours later, fried it in oil until it blistered, and later put it in a toaster oven. Every time I switched I hyped it to anyone in earshot. I told my family "it will be done when it's done." What I failed to realize is that the turkey smelled funny, was more than a little poisonous, and most importantly - *no one cared to eat it anymore*. That's what DN4 is like now.
There was also a computer game of the ORIGINAL civ - incunabula, complete with trade cards and everything. I used to play it on my 286. Like the much better Civ, it had a fatal flaw though related to ships. Once you knew that bug, the game was considerably less fun to play.
Porn Spam would have a very specific smell to it. If you could do the same thing with web pages, a lot of people would get in trouble when the wife went sniffing around the computer.
If we could do this with packet level traffic it would give a whole new meaning to a network sniff (Yes sir, I suspected the router because it smelled like the homeless man outside your building.)
I have most of the set sitting on the shelf beside me (the binding was terrible though). I loved the gameplay that emphasized fun over rules. In one campaign, the R&D folks distributed "powerful weapons" to us instead of lasers. One person got a vacuum cleaner, another a toaster, ect. Turns out, the vacuum cleaner shot homing lightning. Of course, you had to plug it in somewhere, and there haven't been power outlets in Alpha complex forever.:)
I just opened the box. Second Edition, Acute Paranoia, Crash Course Manual, and "The computer always shoots twice."
Why not just land him on Europa? "All these planets are yours. Except Europa. Attempt no landings there. But then again, since it's covered in acidic ice, poisonous gas and is so radioactive it glows in the dark, do you really want to land there?" - 2001, (new living translation).
Wilst reducing the chances of life on Europa,...
on
Europa's Acid Ice Fields
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· Score: 5, Funny
Man, are those black obelisks going to be pissed. Of course, they are several years behind schedule already, which probably didn't do much for their attitude to begin with.
I disagree about the N64 zeldas. Actually, the first one only. The second one felt like an add on or expansion pack (as I understand it was originally to be an add on). The Ocarina of Time music is stuff I still find myself humming. Now, for Wind Waker, I only really enjoyed the music that was a rehash of the old stuff. I can still remember the sailing theme but it doesn't stick with me.
The radio tags for billing/tracking. There's a technology with a lot of promise for being very, very cool, and at the same time, possessing vast potential for abuse.
I can see the arms race now. RFID tags, RFID countermeasures.
Stores selling things by RFID, and claiming countermeasures are the providence of theives (echos of RIAA, MPAA).
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Drones are actually killed (actually thrown out) by the workers in the fall. Workers share food evenly, starving to death more or less simultaneously in many cases. The queen does not care for herself, so you need for at least some workers to survive long enough to care for the next round of brood and the queen.
My wife bought one of these, and not only are these things illegal, they are crap. The controls are ridiculously stiff. Perhaps it could be soldered to a real NES controller, but why bother when I've got a real NES downstairs? I've played it a few times, but would gladly trade it for a PC running a decent emulator any day. I think there's around 40 actual games, lots of clones, and not many of them actually fun to play.
My favorite - "Duke Nukem If Ever" actually, a more pragmatic (but less witty) title would be "Duke Nukem: Does anyone care anymore?" Of course, it does leave open the possibilities - "Son, back in my day, I played the finest FPS of the time. And one day, your grandchildren may play the sequel. Or at least a leaked alpha test."
If this device somehow verifies age to other people, I could just see perverts using it to help target exactly whatever age they happen to be interested in. Even "age exclusion" - i.e., not younger than X would be helpful to them. And how long until a statutory rape defense "her card said she was 17?"
I heard the makers of Duke Nukem Forever are going to do the same thing - only it will be distributed on 1.44 mb disks, in cereal boxes, and the boxes and disks won't be labled. THe entire set will be 1300 disks. The theory is that this way they can claim they finally released the game, without ever having to worry about anyone actually playing it.
Your tag line should have a ? after the indecisive. :)
Ah yes - but didn't that episode have "The Canada Song"? that's one of my favorites.
Almost got "hooked" myself by a paypal phish - looked exactly like those account emails, had a https link. Wasn't until I stopped and looked closely at the server name and address that I realized it didnt' belong to paypal. The SSL sert matched the server, but not, of course, paypal. Also, the "account" numbers didn't actually match mine. Paypal says they'll always include the last four numbers, or something like that, and this was pretty well done to look a lot like that. Worst of all, it was a two stage phish - the first screen only had you "log in". The second stage asked for account numbers and confirmation (AFTER a very paypalish "click here to pay us even more money for something you don't need" add). What got me curious was that I typed the wrong password, and it still put me through to the account page.
I know this is funky, but while he blacked out the licese plate in the ebay car photo, the bumper is still reflecting (a tiny) portion of it. Wonder if one could deduce a partial plate from the reflected bit?
The extra $100 dollars is for a stylish flourescent plastic packaging they come in. It's called the iBag, and is designed with the macintosh user in mind - using the thumb and the forefinger to open it instead of the much inferior "Two hands plus teeth" method used by PC bag makers.
VPC 2004 here. What version did you try it on?
I think you are wrong - $100 is for one rubber foot. It's $500 for all four.
Works fine on vpc on my machine. I captured the FreeDos ISO and booted right up, got warcraft working immediately. Good stuff.
Don't be silly. When the sun goes cold and dark, its last feeble rays will fall on an unfinished alpha of a leaked tech demo from the 126th engine to host DN4Ever. On another note - I tried applying the same approach the DN4 team uses to a turkey I was cooking once. I started it out in the oven, switched to a convection cooker about two hours later, fried it in oil until it blistered, and later put it in a toaster oven. Every time I switched I hyped it to anyone in earshot. I told my family "it will be done when it's done." What I failed to realize is that the turkey smelled funny, was more than a little poisonous, and most importantly - *no one cared to eat it anymore*. That's what DN4 is like now.
There was also a computer game of the ORIGINAL civ - incunabula, complete with trade cards and everything. I used to play it on my 286. Like the much better Civ, it had a fatal flaw though related to ships. Once you knew that bug, the game was considerably less fun to play.
As I recall, Sierra games had a recompiler that screwed the code quite badly to make it hard to hack.
Porn Spam would have a very specific smell to it. If you could do the same thing with web pages, a lot of people would get in trouble when the wife went sniffing around the computer.
If we could do this with packet level traffic it would give a whole new meaning to a network sniff (Yes sir, I suspected the router because it smelled like the homeless man outside your building.)
I have most of the set sitting on the shelf beside me (the binding was terrible though). I loved the gameplay that emphasized fun over rules. In one campaign, the R&D folks distributed "powerful weapons" to us instead of lasers. One person got a vacuum cleaner, another a toaster, ect. Turns out, the vacuum cleaner shot homing lightning. Of course, you had to plug it in somewhere, and there haven't been power outlets in Alpha complex forever. :)
I just opened the box.
Second Edition, Acute Paranoia, Crash Course Manual, and "The computer always shoots twice."
Fun reading, even more fun to play.
So there really is *no* chance of intelligent life on Europa.
Why not just land him on Europa? "All these planets are yours. Except Europa. Attempt no landings there. But then again, since it's covered in acidic ice, poisonous gas and is so radioactive it glows in the dark, do you really want to land there?" - 2001, (new living translation).
Man, are those black obelisks going to be pissed. Of course, they are several years behind schedule already, which probably didn't do much for their attitude to begin with.
I disagree about the N64 zeldas. Actually, the first one only. The second one felt like an add on or expansion pack (as I understand it was originally to be an add on). The Ocarina of Time music is stuff I still find myself humming. Now, for Wind Waker, I only really enjoyed the music that was a rehash of the old stuff. I can still remember the sailing theme but it doesn't stick with me.
Try that line around the missus.
"I was browsing that porn site looking for people to arrest."
"She looks guilty."
"That sheep looks familiar."
I'd like to know which fine upstanding police officer risked his eyes to bring her to justice.
Next she'll post pics of herself being strip searched by the police.
Should say province. That's what I get for posting before coffee.
The radio tags for billing/tracking. There's a technology with a lot of promise for being very, very cool, and at the same time, possessing vast potential for abuse.
I can see the arms race now. RFID tags, RFID countermeasures.
Stores selling things by RFID, and claiming countermeasures are the providence of theives (echos of RIAA, MPAA).
Sigh.