Just a thought... those jails we have are awfully expensive per inmate. Wouldn't it be an idea to give offenders a choice: jail time or a tour of service in Afghanistan or Iraq? To err... atone for their misdemeanour? Just a thought.
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... edit the complaint form, fill in your enthusiastic endorsement of such shows, and submit it?
I think the FCC should take compliments as well as complaints...
*cough*
Re:Surprisingly, Guild Wars cheaper *and* better n
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World of Queuecraft
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Guild wars, unfortunately, can get old fast. It's fairly easy/quick to reach the max level (20). At that point, you have a few options.
1) Finish the storyline. 2) Work on unlocking new skills / skill capturing / unlocking runes, etc. 3) Farming for items / gold 4) Working on a new character class / combo 5) Switching to PVP
At least they are coming out with their Factions sequel soon, to give us a little more content.
You're absolutely right. Most of the people responding to this thread have never used the CORPORATE VERSION OF SYMANTEC ANTIVIRUS (or SYMANTEC __INSERT CORPORATE VERSION HERE__) - which typically has
a) much less bells and whistles in terms of GUI annoyance
b) lets you do things like setup a AV server, and then just update / fix that which will in turn rollout updates to your clients
c) many things i've forgotten because it's been a while since i administrated that (last version I did was 9.x something)
The Corporate version(s) is(are) FAR FAR less intrusive than the consumer version(s).
I'm serious. Nothing around you but other computers and students. Chugging the code on an all night project, with nothing but a 2 liter of Mt. Dew to fuel your sleep-deprived, caffeine induced coding hallucinations.
Going to the lab was an explicit statement of "I'm getting shit done" - cutting yourself off from an many distractions as you possibly could (though email/web pervade) and working until you drop / it's done.
I look fondly back at the labs these days - wish I was younger - and remember the all nighters and watching the sun rise. (From the top of the CII).
I can only imagine the hookers and blow that Intel is sending to Dell, to keep it
exclusively using Intel processors. Benchmarks, tests, performance reviews, all laud
praise onto AMD and their processors, yet Dell continues to steadfastly
use sub-par chips.
Ah, to be the Dell CEO and snorting lines off a hooker's ass...
Seriously. Suddenly you have an OS being used far and wide. An OS that needs applications, or people willing to sell applications. Hell, it might even fuel more iPod sales.
The only real issue is the hardware and hardware support. Didn't Apple get bit hard by crappy mac-knock-offs/cheap imitations a long time ago?
Dunno. I just think Apple can sell support+services+hardware to a broader market, once they creep into the x86 space.
I remember this. My local ACM and I did 'bad things' during the Thanksgiving weekend when everyone left. We organized our groups, and went computer to computer launching client after client in almost every computer lab on campus.
We got quite a yelling at a while later, but we spiked our ranking up quite a bit that weekend, which was all that mattered.;-)
Reminds me of the DOS 'Pac Man' virus... everytime you typed a '.', a little pac-man would run out and eat it. It cracks me up everytime I think about it for some reason. Why don't we have some viruses that act more as 'creative grafitti', rather that pure tools of spam and DDoS slaves? If they are relatively benign enough, I could picture letting them run on my computer for kicks.:-)
Uh, placement of PCI cards / sound cards because of RFI interference from graphics cards? Uh?
I'm more worried about the placement of sound cards because of IRQ sharing / dedicated IRQ's depending on the PCI slot. Some cards don't IRQ share well. Simply leaving this small, yet important piece of information out really makes me question his tech knowledge.
Uh, and he contiunes to use IE? My first step with a new XP install is to : go get a better browser. Firefox, Opera, whatever. Well, after I turn off all the lameness that is XP (Color scheme, menu styles / animations, etc)
Oh, and he turns System Restore off. Um, while I don't like XP all that much, if something totally fucking trashes your registry, this is a handy thing to have.
My SLI shopping experience.
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SLI Primer
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First off, the PCI-E motherboard. You'll pay a $50-$75 premium on this just to get a motherboard that's capable of SLI.
Next up, you'll need a pair of video cards. It seems most retail places have jacked up the PCI-E cards (though I doubt they cost more to produce!) because they're betting on the fact you'll probably buy two of them. Even though the current crop of PCI-E performs the same as an AGP equivalent. IE, there's no damn reason for them to be jacked in price. So you'll pay another 50-100$ premium just for the PCI-E privilege.:P
If you're serious about SLI, you'll probably want to be looking at the 6800 models. I chose the 6800GT 256MB,PCI-E card as my base. After researching, it didn't seem worthwhile to get the 6600's, because 2 of them equals a single 6800. I'll probably buy my second 6800GT in a month or so and just drop it in place. (Same brand, model, etc to minimize thrash)
I recommend you pick a place with a decent price, and then watch that price over the course of a week or two (unless you need it NOW!). The place I bought it from actually fluctuated the price by +-$50... so I waited until it hit a low and then bought it. Saved a bit of cash that way.
Oh, you'll also need 'molex' cables - it's those 4 pin square power adaptors. You'll need two of them for SLI (duh), and then 1 of the regular power plugs to plug into the board (At least on my ASUS A8N-SLI deluxe). So if your current power supply doesn't have those, you'll have to buy them separate. (Typically the 4 pin rectangle plugs to molex adaptors).
I say finally to the cost conscious : wait. Or, don't bother.
I hate to followup to myself, but given the responses I got, I almost have to.
Everyone seems to think it's fine and dandy to brand a felon with a tracker, or something to let the rest of the world know that indeed, they are a felon.
Wow, I can't think of a better way to reintegrate a criminal into the public than to socially stigmatize them and further alienate them from the rest of society. These are people that have committed crimes, and may need social, mental and psychological help, and now we add the extra burden of being a leper?
I can't wait until we start redistributing the stars of david (/obvious flamebait).
For those missing parts of the story ...
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... you have to be more aware of your environment.
When you get to Black Mesa East, in the lab room, there is a wall of newspaper clippings. Take a look. From what it says there, there was a war, and humans/earth lost bigtime. Where the Combine came from, I can only guess through the portal from the alien world of HL1. Or some other portal. This is never explained.
That said, the story/back history is mostly non-existent. The ending is truly a huge let-down, on the scale of the old DOS games which would say "You Won!" and drop you to C:\
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... edit the complaint form, fill in your enthusiastic endorsement of such shows, and submit it?
...
I think the FCC should take compliments as well as complaints
*cough*
Guild wars, unfortunately, can get old fast. It's fairly easy/quick to reach the max level (20). At that point, you have a few options.
1) Finish the storyline.
2) Work on unlocking new skills / skill capturing / unlocking runes, etc.
3) Farming for items / gold
4) Working on a new character class / combo
5) Switching to PVP
At least they are coming out with their Factions sequel soon, to give us a little more content.
a) much less bells and whistles in terms of GUI annoyance
b) lets you do things like setup a AV server, and then just update / fix that which will in turn rollout updates to your clients
c) many things i've forgotten because it's been a while since i administrated that (last version I did was 9.x something)
The Corporate version(s) is(are) FAR FAR less intrusive than the consumer version(s).
I'm serious. Nothing around you but other computers and students. Chugging the code on an all night project, with nothing but a 2 liter of Mt. Dew to fuel your sleep-deprived, caffeine induced coding hallucinations.
Going to the lab was an explicit statement of "I'm getting shit done" - cutting yourself off from an many distractions as you possibly could (though email/web pervade) and working until you drop / it's done.
I look fondly back at the labs these days - wish I was younger - and remember the all nighters and watching the sun rise. (From the top of the CII).
People expressing their opinions online who aren't journalists controlled
by mega-corporations or dinosaur print media outlets!
Thank you for bringing this shocking abuse of free will to our attention Forbes!
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php?date=2005-09- 02&res=l
Ah, to be the Dell CEO and snorting lines off a hooker's ass ...
The only real issue is the hardware and hardware support. Didn't Apple get bit hard by crappy mac-knock-offs/cheap imitations a long time ago?
Dunno. I just think Apple can sell support+services+hardware to a broader market, once they creep into the x86 space.
We got quite a yelling at a while later, but we spiked our ranking up quite a bit that weekend, which was all that mattered. ;-)
And how exactly does this relate to pirates and global warming?
Will this even be taught in Kansas?
Happy Birthday, Joshi.
Premeditated.
Good thing I've got one of these all prepared for the future of the net ...
But was it an earth shattering ka-Boom ?
I'm more worried about the placement of sound cards because of IRQ sharing / dedicated IRQ's depending on the PCI slot. Some cards don't IRQ share well. Simply leaving this small, yet important piece of information out really makes me question his tech knowledge.
Uh, and he contiunes to use IE? My first step with a new XP install is to : go get a better browser. Firefox, Opera, whatever. Well, after I turn off all the lameness that is XP (Color scheme, menu styles / animations, etc)
Oh, and he turns System Restore off. Um, while I don't like XP all that much, if something totally fucking trashes your registry, this is a handy thing to have.
Next up, you'll need a pair of video cards. It seems most retail places have jacked up the PCI-E cards (though I doubt they cost more to produce!) because they're betting on the fact you'll probably buy two of them. Even though the current crop of PCI-E performs the same as an AGP equivalent. IE, there's no damn reason for them to be jacked in price. So you'll pay another 50-100$ premium just for the PCI-E privilege.:P
If you're serious about SLI, you'll probably want to be looking at the 6800 models. I chose the 6800GT 256MB,PCI-E card as my base. After researching, it didn't seem worthwhile to get the 6600's, because 2 of them equals a single 6800. I'll probably buy my second 6800GT in a month or so and just drop it in place. (Same brand, model, etc to minimize thrash)
I recommend you pick a place with a decent price, and then watch that price over the course of a week or two (unless you need it NOW!). The place I bought it from actually fluctuated the price by +-$50 ... so I waited until it hit a low and then bought it. Saved a bit of cash that way.
Oh, you'll also need 'molex' cables - it's those 4 pin square power adaptors. You'll need two of them for SLI (duh), and then 1 of the regular power plugs to plug into the board (At least on my ASUS A8N-SLI deluxe). So if your current power supply doesn't have those, you'll have to buy them separate. (Typically the 4 pin rectangle plugs to molex adaptors).
I say finally to the cost conscious : wait. Or, don't bother.
Everyone seems to think it's fine and dandy to brand a felon with a tracker, or something to let the rest of the world know that indeed, they are a felon.
Wow, I can't think of a better way to reintegrate a criminal into the public than to socially stigmatize them and further alienate them from the rest of society. These are people that have committed crimes, and may need social, mental and psychological help, and now we add the extra burden of being a leper?
I can't wait until we start redistributing the stars of david (/obvious flamebait).
Or maybe a nice GPS "collar" device that occasionally blurts out "Shun me!".
nt.
When you get to Black Mesa East, in the lab room, there is a wall of newspaper clippings. Take a look. From what it says there, there was a war, and humans/earth lost bigtime. Where the Combine came from, I can only guess through the portal from the alien world of HL1. Or some other portal. This is never explained.
That said, the story/back history is mostly non-existent. The ending is truly a huge let-down, on the scale of the old DOS games which would say "You Won!" and drop you to C:\
... Chun Li and Morrigan show up. Rawwrrrr!
to stop sniffing glue.
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Meaningless test data, indeed.
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