Sorry - The company that got the funding that could have gone to Looking Glass - Which made the *BEST* ever first person shooter, 'Thief', deserves none.
But that's a nice long torrid soap opera in itself. And yes, they got the money because one team had a 'superstar', and the other dev team didn't.
I perfer the one that actually shipped some incredible games which pushed the FPS genre to its limits, thanks.
In Star Trek One, The Motion Picture - I believe the V'Ger probe was 'Voyager 7' or somesuch, which was wormholed to an advanced sentient AI race and 'returned home' looking for it's maker.
Also, there was a TOS episode about a 'Nomad' probe with much the same plot.
I don't suppose you've got a source for nice laptops without the windows tax? I'd rather my $90 os cost go to say, RH or SuSE or Mandrake, rather than MS.
Actually, I've rebuilt this thinkpad 760 I use quite a few times, down to the system board level. IBM's got quite complete documentation anyone halfway decent with a screwdriver should be able to handle.
Now, as far as what this guy should look at - IBM does make some great systems, with nice keyboards and the trackpoint that you don't have to leave your fingers from the 'home' positions to use.
As far as battery life, there's the IBM Thinkpad S30 off dynamism.com http://www.dynamism.com/thinkpad/index.shtml
*drool*:)
Or you can pick up one of the new R serise thinkpads, get an ultrabay secondary battery module, *and* get an adapter for a number-pad.
=)
Okay, enough pimping ibm stuff. But I do love their laptops, though.
Hate replying to myself... but here's a few more links.
This is the staff level sim overview - lots of links here, of course.
http://www-leav.army.mil/nsc/famsim/
I'll highlight a few we use. *grin*
'BBS'(Battalion/Brigade Battle Simulation) is one of the systems used. This is mostly a 'battle' sim.
http://www-leav.army.mil/nsc/famsim/bbs/index.ht m
'SPECTRUM' concentrates on missions other than war, as well as supply problems.
http://www-leav.army.mil/nsc/famsim/spectrum/ind ex.htm
These systems can also bring training to remote sites, so the exercised headquarters can actually be conducting other field training as they conduct their exercise. (Think leased lines, etc, to a 'sim center' located elsewhere)
It's called 'Battle Command Staff Training'. There's several systems involved, playing various things including logistics, combat, etc, but on the HQ level they actually just have to do the maps and radio the commands to their subordinates, who are 'players' in the scenario.
http://www.usarc.army.mil/91div/ (currently down) is the of the units that does this kind of stuff, especially 1st brigade.
=)
As for tactical training? I'm playing way too much return to castle wolfenstein. *grin* Fun squad level fragfest!
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What OSDN bar?
Oh, but then again, I do browse text only.
I hope that'd work for the big banners too. =) Pleeeeeese?
You know - you *could* always buy a few sets of rechargables. I know they're way handy for me to use. =) I just swap 'em between the TI-83plus for school, the Fuji Finepix 1300 digital camera, and the Palm3XE.
Now if only I could do the same thing with the cell and the laptop..
Well, I'd almost suggest finding somewhere in BART range from SF, instead of actually living there yourself. Though DSL and Cable access might be a problem, of course. Out here, in the Concord area, we're stuck with inferior Pacbell / @home services.
Just FYI, PBI's DSL is 60/mo for 5 IP 192/384.. *mutter*
But rent's a bit cheaper, and you can get a monthly BART pass if you're working in the city.
Funny.. You know, our NBC (Nuclear / Biological/Chemical) policy works about the same way.
We have specialists in NBC, but for *defense* only. After all, offensive NBC warefare requires much the same gear (exept for the munitions themselves).. the same portscan that you use to find a security hole, works for the good guys, too.
Oh, did I mention I now work on network stuff? Much fun for a former NBC specialist.. even if it *is* mostly NT.
As a enlisted soldier, I, for one, have used MACS.
It's basically a shooting range, on nitintendo + custom M16 lightgun. That's it.
It's there to teach shooting fundamentals, ie, steady position, trigger squeeze, good sight picture, etc.
Scoreing is based on the *real* military qualification range, where a hit is a hit, regardless of location. It also provides a 'up close' view of each target showing shot placement afterwards.
The targets are standard human 'shillouette' targets, not realistic figures.
I don't know how much 'better' the classes are. It seems I've enjoyed the smaller classes I've had at a JC more than the uber-crowded lectures I've had, regardless of subject, really.
But that's my opinion on cal:)
But hey, the social-economic effect of that diploma is worth it, n'est pas?
:) Social engineerng. Gotta go thru it. (not necessarily love it.)
Unless you *LIKE* huge classes with professors 'lecturing'.. yet all the real PERSON TO PERSON interaction comes from GSI's (Grad Student Interns).
Berkeley isn't about profs teaching undergrads. They've got GSI's for that. Profs have much more *important* things to do.
At least, if you're an undergrad.
IMHO, go somewhere smaller, where you can WORK WITH that phd, instead of a GSI. (no offense to any GSI's in the audience, of course. But some of them.. plainly.. *SUCK*;) )
Yes, I have, actually. My *personal* machine is a 98/NT/Linux tripleboot, running on a ip masq'd intranet.:)
The problem is, again...
A) Linux has no place as a client. *G*
B) USARC is a NT administered system. I'm not high enough on the totem pole to change things, neh? After all, I'm only some weefle brigade compy tech. *G* The only possible use, really, is to replace our SMP local fileserv, but again, I'm not the only person admistering things,..
Intresting thread. Anyhow, I'm in the army, enlisted, for now, doing a lot of sysadmin and repair stuff for my organization.
A few reasons why linux can't work in *my* unit, at least...
a) We have a large installed base of 9x and NT boxes to administer. Adding linux to the mix would only add to the headache,... 100+ boxen is a pain to administer without someone on it full time, which I am not.
b) User retraining. Yes, we're using 9x/NT/Exchange/Office/blahblahblah for networking. Corel (my choice), or Staroffice, are diffrent enough to *need* retraining, which is not practical without disrupting operations.
c) WAN - Other units on the WAN are also running 9x networking.. without a SOP for a complete changeover, any smaller change would result in chaos.
Yeah, in short.. 9x is just too dared embedded in our setup to bother with linux. When NT Server and Linux can interchange user info, plus an exchange client (that being the protocol of choice).. exists on linux... And then we can teach everyone about X/linux... too . but in the meantime? Not a chance.
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Sorry - The company that got the funding that could have gone to Looking Glass - Which made the *BEST* ever first person shooter, 'Thief', deserves none.
But that's a nice long torrid soap opera in itself. And yes, they got the money because one team had a 'superstar', and the other dev team didn't.
I perfer the one that actually shipped some incredible games which pushed the FPS genre to its limits, thanks.
In Star Trek One, The Motion Picture - I believe the V'Ger probe was 'Voyager 7' or somesuch, which was wormholed to an advanced sentient AI race and 'returned home' looking for it's maker.
Also, there was a TOS episode about a 'Nomad' probe with much the same plot.
I've got it running. It's pretty slow and crash ridden, though.
http://www.dragonfeathers.org/~wy/shot5.jpg
is a screenshot. ALong with VMware xp/mandrake and whatnot.
From what I can tell, they're overly generic.
And usability-wise, they're a touchpad based system. I perfer trackpoints myself, so it'd have to be *very* convincing for me to like 'em.
I'd rather get an IBM Thinkpad R serise or the S30 offa Dynamism, anyhow.
I don't suppose you've got a source for nice laptops without the windows tax? I'd rather my $90 os cost go to say, RH or SuSE or Mandrake, rather than MS.
Actually, I've rebuilt this thinkpad 760 I use quite a few times, down to the system board level. IBM's got quite complete documentation anyone halfway decent with a screwdriver should be able to handle.
:)
Now, as far as what this guy should look at - IBM does make some great systems, with nice keyboards and the trackpoint that you don't have to leave your fingers from the 'home' positions to use.
As far as battery life, there's the IBM Thinkpad S30 off dynamism.com http://www.dynamism.com/thinkpad/index.shtml
*drool*
Or you can pick up one of the new R serise thinkpads, get an ultrabay secondary battery module, *and* get an adapter for a number-pad.
=)
Okay, enough pimping ibm stuff. But I do love their laptops, though.
(reply to a troll)
... you're not dealing with sensative info here.
Full disclosre, nutwad. =)
Seriously - if it's on the web, on a publicly accessible server INDEXED BY GOOGLE
And who knows, this might intrest a geek or two.
BTW, the 1st BDE, 91st DIV *is* looking for Bay Area Officer and Enlisted personnel who might be intrested in joining the unit.
=)
The phone number is listed at http://www.usarc.army.mil/91div/1bde/
Hate replying to myself... but here's a few more links.
t m
d ex .htm
This is the staff level sim overview - lots of links here, of course.
http://www-leav.army.mil/nsc/famsim/
I'll highlight a few we use. *grin*
'BBS'(Battalion/Brigade Battle Simulation) is one of the systems used. This is mostly a 'battle' sim.
http://www-leav.army.mil/nsc/famsim/bbs/index.h
'SPECTRUM' concentrates on missions other than war, as well as supply problems.
http://www-leav.army.mil/nsc/famsim/spectrum/in
These systems can also bring training to remote sites, so the exercised headquarters can actually be conducting other field training as they conduct their exercise. (Think leased lines, etc, to a 'sim center' located elsewhere)
There is. =)
It's called 'Battle Command Staff Training'. There's several systems involved, playing various things including logistics, combat, etc, but on the HQ level they actually just have to do the maps and radio the commands to their subordinates, who are 'players' in the scenario.
http://www.usarc.army.mil/91div/ (currently down) is the of the units that does this kind of stuff, especially 1st brigade.
=)
As for tactical training? I'm playing way too much return to castle wolfenstein. *grin* Fun squad level fragfest!
What OSDN bar?
Oh, but then again, I do browse text only.
I hope that'd work for the big banners too. =) Pleeeeeese?
I should hope so. =) *I* wouldn't buy a P4, since the Athlon XP's are priced a bit cheaper, and are as fast, if not faster.
Now, does that prevent intel from developing P4's and Itanics? Nope. But I voted with my dollars, thanks.
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Don't forget coyote linux http://www.coyotelinux.com/, a LRP derivative project with a GUIized windows disk maker, as well as a linux cli one.
There's also an embedded variant as well, it supports floppy sizes >1.6M, and you can even disable telnet and administer it via ssh.
Pregnant, barefoot, and waddleing? Oh wait, that's Tux.
Sorry, bad joke, couldn't resist.
=)
Believe it or not, I've got a .mil account. Or two, in fact.
for army, in fact - there's an army webmail using certificate based tunneling between the client and server from the us.army.mil server.
*grin* It's a great domain. Haven't seen much spam from it, either.
Nah - HardOCP has ars beat. :)
But anyhow, I'm still in the top 200 there myself. *grin*
You know - you *could* always buy a few sets of rechargables. I know they're way handy for me to use. =) I just swap 'em between the TI-83plus for school, the Fuji Finepix 1300 digital camera, and the Palm3XE.
..
Now if only I could do the same thing with the cell and the laptop
Terraserver images can be screenshotted and saved. I just verified it with Win2k / Netscape 4.7.
It must be something wrong with your GIMP / X combo. =)
If you want, I can put a screenshot up for you.
Oh, speaking about M$ folks writing operating system stuff ..
Check out www.geoshell.com, a GPL'd project that's a shell replacement for exploder.
Yes, it's headed by a guy working for M$ (in his spare time, of course)
Well, I'd almost suggest finding somewhere in BART range from SF, instead of actually living there yourself. Though DSL and Cable access might be a problem, of course. Out here, in the Concord area, we're stuck with inferior Pacbell / @home services.
.. *mutter*
Just FYI, PBI's DSL is 60/mo for 5 IP 192/384
But rent's a bit cheaper, and you can get a monthly BART pass if you're working in the city.
Funny .. You know, our NBC (Nuclear / Biological /Chemical) policy works about the same way.
.. the same portscan that you use to find a security hole, works for the good guys, too.
We have specialists in NBC, but for *defense* only. After all, offensive NBC warefare requires much the same gear (exept for the munitions themselves)
Oh, did I mention I now work on network stuff? Much fun for a former NBC specialist.. even if it *is* mostly NT.
As a enlisted soldier, I, for one, have used MACS.
:)
It's basically a shooting range, on nitintendo + custom M16 lightgun. That's it.
It's there to teach shooting fundamentals, ie, steady position, trigger squeeze, good sight picture, etc.
Scoreing is based on the *real* military qualification range, where a hit is a hit, regardless of location. It also provides a 'up close' view of each target showing shot placement afterwards.
The targets are standard human 'shillouette' targets, not realistic figures.
Does this sound like desentizition to you?
Nope, didn't think so.
Well ... :)
:)
I don't know how much 'better' the classes are. It seems I've enjoyed the smaller classes I've had at a JC more than the uber-crowded lectures I've had, regardless of subject, really.
But that's my opinion on cal
But hey, the social-economic effect of that diploma is worth it, n'est pas?
:) Social engineerng. Gotta go thru it. (not necessarily love it.)
About Berzerkeley :)
.. yet all the real PERSON TO PERSON interaction comes from GSI's (Grad Student Interns).
.. plainly .. *SUCK* ;) )
Not ragging cal here, but... Go elsewhere!
Unless you *LIKE* huge classes with professors 'lecturing'
Berkeley isn't about profs teaching undergrads. They've got GSI's for that. Profs have much more *important* things to do.
At least, if you're an undergrad.
IMHO, go somewhere smaller, where you can WORK WITH that phd, instead of a GSI. (no offense to any GSI's in the audience, of course. But some of them
Yes, I have, actually. My *personal* machine is a 98/NT/Linux tripleboot, running on a ip masq'd intranet. :)
...
..
.milFox
The problem is, again
A) Linux has no place as a client. *G*
B) USARC is a NT administered system. I'm not high enough on the totem pole to change things, neh? After all, I'm only some weefle brigade compy tech. *G* The only possible use, really, is to replace our SMP local fileserv, but again, I'm not the only person admistering things,
That's enough of that.
the
Intresting thread. Anyhow, I'm in the army, enlisted, for now, doing a lot of sysadmin and repair stuff for my organization.
... 100+ boxen is a pain to administer without someone on it full time, which I am not.
.. 9x is just too dared embedded in our setup to bother with linux. When NT Server and Linux can interchange user info, plus an exchange client (that being the protocol of choice) .. exists on linux ... And then we can teach everyone about X/linux ... too . but in the meantime? Not a chance.
.milFox
A few reasons why linux can't work in *my* unit, at least...
a) We have a large installed base of 9x and NT boxes to administer. Adding linux to the mix would only add to the headache,
b) User retraining. Yes, we're using 9x/NT/Exchange/Office/blahblahblah for networking. Corel (my choice), or Staroffice, are diffrent enough to *need* retraining, which is not practical without disrupting operations.
c) WAN - Other units on the WAN are also running 9x networking.. without a SOP for a complete changeover, any smaller change would result in chaos.
Yeah, in short
the