OS/2 was *huge* in the BBS days. I know a lot of people who set their BBS software in a DOS windows, and had the box running 24/7. In those days, a 24/7 service on a home PC was certainly extraordinary. I remember seeing it running the DOS BBS app, a DOS game *and* some Windows program, all at the time, without a hiccup. I was a DOS/WIN3.1 user in those days, and was floored.
OS/2 truly was a DOS better than DOS, and a Windows better than Windows. It's a shame it never did as good as it should.
Oh, c'mon. Online FPSs are as huge as MMORPGs, and while some have paid servers with subscriptions (notably those on consoles), 9 out of 10 times there's a server avaiable for download. Which means you're not tied to the company any more, you just bought a product from them.
Would't it be cool having independent servers for MMORPGs like City of Heroes, complete with new worlds, mods, and quests? Wouldn't it be cool to be able to set a server at home for you, friends, and people you'd like to play with?
There's a saying in Spanish that goes: "Cuando la limosna es grande, hasta el santo desconfia", which translates more or less to "When alms are great, even a saint is untrustful". Nothing is free:)
Besides the (mostly) repetitve, annoyingly boring gameplay, this is the main reason i hate MMORPGs with passion. I'd rather be stabbed in the balls than paying a monthly fee to play a game i've already paid for. I could understand if they supplied a server binary, but if i'm at mercy of the game publisher, it's a no-go.
Anyway, there's a lot of perfectly fine MMORPGs with free servers if you're willing to look arround.
This is true in most institues. When i was in high school i had a maths teacher that was, well, the shittiest teacher i've ever had. She knew her maths, but made the class harder than humanly necesary and was a bitch to boot.
Anyway, i had a year of calculus with her, and most of the class flunked it. She actually told me she made the best (who, for her, still weren't deserving of it) pass just so she wouldn't have any problems with her superiors. Schools expect a percentage of each class passing.
Thanks for the tip, i'll DEFINITELY consider it next time...
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My ADSL upload connection has ben maxed since the very moment i set that mirror up. Slashdot is a scary force indeed...
Yet, it happens. It's nitpicking, but ditching a half-made PCB with 70 components only because you missed a diode can drive a man insane.... *breaks in tears*
Well, i don't know how integrated is PCB with gEDA (under the hood, that is), but what could be done is to save a hash and name of the netlist file that originated the PCB file with it (if any), and, if the hash changes, between saves or during editing, adapt the PCB file accordingly. That would work if the schematic capture and PCB have no other way of comunicating with each other.
I know it's easier said than done, and in any case, it's not a perfect solution, but it could work. I would help with the coding but lately my free time amounts to near-zero, and i'm re-teaching C myself to boot (writting a compressor, which will become GPL if it happens to work).
My main quirk is the lack of integration with the rest of gEDA - on interface and other issues; for example, on EAGLE i can modify a schematic on the capture program and have the changes reflected automatically on the PCB design, and viceversa.
Having said that, i've just emerged PCB v1.99 (i can't recall the last version i've tried, but it was a while ago). It seems to have got quite better. I have some single-sided boards to design and will give it a shot - complete with feedback from the user experience. I was planning to dicth the EAGLE schematic capture part anyway, so gEDA seems like a good starting point.
PS: Don't mind assholes like me. I've said it before: this is a powerful program indeed; thank you for working on it for free.
There are mature EDA packages indeed; notably Protel, which is quite expensive but powerful and let's you cover almost every aspect of electronic CAD.
I think such quality can be achieved with OSS; in fact, the working parts of gEDA are quite mature indeed, like the schematic capture and SPICE simulator. OSS tends to move slower though, but given enough time gEDA could be there.
never bitch about GPL software. The source is there, so either submit some patches or shut the fuck up. That's the GPL way.
I don't, i'm just pointing it out. I've used gEDAs' schematic capture and SPICE simulation and found both to be very mature (and useful). Like i said, it has evolved quite a lot. But a PCB designer is an integral part of a electronic design software; it's pretty sure anything you'll design on a computer will end up on a PCB. Sadly, gPCB was abandoned. I would like a PCB designer well integrated to the suite rather than a separate program, no matter how good.
... which, for me, it's a showstopper and forces me to use EAGLE (which is excellent and available for Windows and Linux, but not OSS). PCB seems to be powerful, but i simply cannot get accostumed to it's interface.
The rest of the package is quite good though, and i have to agree, they've come a long way in these six years. Kudos to the developers!
Seriously. C'mon, if you don't have Mars, demons, marines and a research experiment gone bad opening a gateway to Hell, IT'S NOT DOOM. That they want to change the plot so bad it's retarded - we've already seen movies with similar (and much worse) plots than the original Doom.
I wanted to see a Doom movie, but i'm getting an average action movie with the Doom name plastered on it. No thanks.
PS, from the article...
"(someone out there on doomworld.com sure loved the idea of Howie Long as Doomguy -- which is perfect aesthetically, but let's face it, totally absurd if you want this movie to come out in theatres)"
Why not? Granted, the guy is not Robert DeNiro, but he could pull an action movie just fine; just check Firestorm, in which he was actually pretty good as an action hero. Bullshit like that shows that they couldn't care less about making it a good movie; they just want a forgetable blockbuster to make some easy money.
Starship Troopers was so bad that scientists are trying to harness the power of Heinlein still spinning in his grave.
No, satirizing the book doesn't count as a good adaptation. In fact, despite a few action scenes, it was a lousy movie, and it's sad to think it might turn people away from the book, which was one of my all-time favorie reads.
I know, but Opera had that option forever, unlike Firefox, IIRC: Not that i'm bashing Firefox, but Opera's user interface has been consistently excellent since perhaps version 4.
Farnsworth fusors are fascinating devices. They are simple to design, simple to build, and they work - not as energy sources yet, though, but some people are working on it. Like you said, they made themselves a niche as neutron generators - which is a byproduct of fusion, and one of the prime indicators of it taking place.
And yes, it's the same Farnsworth that invented the TV. He was one bright and unappreciated guy.
Mine is the MZ-R70 (blue model), which has remote, recording capabilty (from line or digital), all aluminium casing and built as a tank. The only feature missing is USB-recording, but i usually plug it to my CD deck and let it cut the tracks automatically ("Synchro-REC"). I bought it second hand a couple of years ago and it's still going strong.
The only Sony product of very high build quality that i can think of is the second-gen Minidisc players (solid aluminium casing and mechanisim). I have one and love it. As for the rest, i agree...
Opera's bookmark management is a Godsend, specially in the latest versions (7.54 and up). Particularly, i love the "Open all folder items" button in the bookmark folders menu.
Slashdot Mirror
OS/2 was *huge* in the BBS days. I know a lot of people who set their BBS software in a DOS windows, and had the box running 24/7. In those days, a 24/7 service on a home PC was certainly extraordinary. I remember seeing it running the DOS BBS app, a DOS game *and* some Windows program, all at the time, without a hiccup. I was a DOS/WIN3.1 user in those days, and was floored.
OS/2 truly was a DOS better than DOS, and a Windows better than Windows. It's a shame it never did as good as it should.
Oh, c'mon. Online FPSs are as huge as MMORPGs, and while some have paid servers with subscriptions (notably those on consoles), 9 out of 10 times there's a server avaiable for download. Which means you're not tied to the company any more, you just bought a product from them.
Would't it be cool having independent servers for MMORPGs like City of Heroes, complete with new worlds, mods, and quests? Wouldn't it be cool to be able to set a server at home for you, friends, and people you'd like to play with?
There's a saying in Spanish that goes: "Cuando la limosna es grande, hasta el santo desconfia", which translates more or less to "When alms are great, even a saint is untrustful". Nothing is free :)
Besides the (mostly) repetitve, annoyingly boring gameplay, this is the main reason i hate MMORPGs with passion. I'd rather be stabbed in the balls than paying a monthly fee to play a game i've already paid for. I could understand if they supplied a server binary, but if i'm at mercy of the game publisher, it's a no-go.
Anyway, there's a lot of perfectly fine MMORPGs with free servers if you're willing to look arround.
This is true in most institues. When i was in high school i had a maths teacher that was, well, the shittiest teacher i've ever had. She knew her maths, but made the class harder than humanly necesary and was a bitch to boot.
Anyway, i had a year of calculus with her, and most of the class flunked it. She actually told me she made the best (who, for her, still weren't deserving of it) pass just so she wouldn't have any problems with her superiors. Schools expect a percentage of each class passing.
Thanks for the tip, i'll DEFINITELY consider it next time...
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Server Version: Apache/2.0.52 (Gentoo/Linux)
Server Built: Nov 7 2004 04:36:52
Current Time: Wednesday, 15-Dec-2004 19:28:34 ART
Restart Time: Wednesday, 15-Dec-2004 18:25:21 ART
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My ADSL upload connection has ben maxed since the very moment i set that mirror up. Slashdot is a scary force indeed...
Sorry, i've accidentaly posted the URL on a parent reply. Check it :)
Here, i'll set up Apache mirror at home for a couple hours. Please, be nice with my ADSL connection :)
"Update: 12/15 19:32 GMT by T: An anonymous coward adds this mirrored version of one of the bootcharts."
Have you actually bothered to check that link? It made me spit my Coke in laughter.
The guys at Penny Arcade analyzed this very subject with humor. And hitted the nail in the head, IMHO.
Yet, it happens. It's nitpicking, but ditching a half-made PCB with 70 components only because you missed a diode can drive a man insane.... *breaks in tears*
Well, i don't know how integrated is PCB with gEDA (under the hood, that is), but what could be done is to save a hash and name of the netlist file that originated the PCB file with it (if any), and, if the hash changes, between saves or during editing, adapt the PCB file accordingly. That would work if the schematic capture and PCB have no other way of comunicating with each other.
I know it's easier said than done, and in any case, it's not a perfect solution, but it could work. I would help with the coding but lately my free time amounts to near-zero, and i'm re-teaching C myself to boot (writting a compressor, which will become GPL if it happens to work).
Didn't mean to diss, sorry.
My main quirk is the lack of integration with the rest of gEDA - on interface and other issues; for example, on EAGLE i can modify a schematic on the capture program and have the changes reflected automatically on the PCB design, and viceversa.
Having said that, i've just emerged PCB v1.99 (i can't recall the last version i've tried, but it was a while ago). It seems to have got quite better. I have some single-sided boards to design and will give it a shot - complete with feedback from the user experience. I was planning to dicth the EAGLE schematic capture part anyway, so gEDA seems like a good starting point.
PS: Don't mind assholes like me. I've said it before: this is a powerful program indeed; thank you for working on it for free.
gEDA has a mixed mode simulator program called Gnucap. I haven't tried it, but seems to be quite powerful, even while it's still work in progress.
There are mature EDA packages indeed; notably Protel, which is quite expensive but powerful and let's you cover almost every aspect of electronic CAD.
I think such quality can be achieved with OSS; in fact, the working parts of gEDA are quite mature indeed, like the schematic capture and SPICE simulator. OSS tends to move slower though, but given enough time gEDA could be there.
never bitch about GPL software. The source is there, so either submit some patches or shut the fuck up. That's the GPL way. I don't, i'm just pointing it out. I've used gEDAs' schematic capture and SPICE simulation and found both to be very mature (and useful). Like i said, it has evolved quite a lot. But a PCB designer is an integral part of a electronic design software; it's pretty sure anything you'll design on a computer will end up on a PCB. Sadly, gPCB was abandoned. I would like a PCB designer well integrated to the suite rather than a separate program, no matter how good.
The rest of the package is quite good though, and i have to agree, they've come a long way in these six years. Kudos to the developers!
See what Im getting at here? A DooM movie would be 90 minutes of:
a) Demons from hell
b) Zombie headshots
c) Ultra-violence
d) Satanism/satanic symbolism
e) Absolutely no redeeming moral value
My god. Where is it showing? Tell me, for the love of god, TELL ME!!!! I need to see it!
Seriously. C'mon, if you don't have Mars, demons, marines and a research experiment gone bad opening a gateway to Hell, IT'S NOT DOOM. That they want to change the plot so bad it's retarded - we've already seen movies with similar (and much worse) plots than the original Doom.
I wanted to see a Doom movie, but i'm getting an average action movie with the Doom name plastered on it. No thanks.
PS, from the article...
"(someone out there on doomworld.com sure loved the idea of Howie Long as Doomguy -- which is perfect aesthetically, but let's face it, totally absurd if you want this movie to come out in theatres)"
Why not? Granted, the guy is not Robert DeNiro, but he could pull an action movie just fine; just check Firestorm, in which he was actually pretty good as an action hero. Bullshit like that shows that they couldn't care less about making it a good movie; they just want a forgetable blockbuster to make some easy money.
Starship Troopers was so bad that scientists are trying to harness the power of Heinlein still spinning in his grave.
No, satirizing the book doesn't count as a good adaptation. In fact, despite a few action scenes, it was a lousy movie, and it's sad to think it might turn people away from the book, which was one of my all-time favorie reads.
I know, but Opera had that option forever, unlike Firefox, IIRC: Not that i'm bashing Firefox, but Opera's user interface has been consistently excellent since perhaps version 4.
Farnsworth fusors are fascinating devices. They are simple to design, simple to build, and they work - not as energy sources yet, though, but some people are working on it. Like you said, they made themselves a niche as neutron generators - which is a byproduct of fusion, and one of the prime indicators of it taking place.
And yes, it's the same Farnsworth that invented the TV. He was one bright and unappreciated guy.
Mine is the MZ-R70 (blue model), which has remote, recording capabilty (from line or digital), all aluminium casing and built as a tank. The only feature missing is USB-recording, but i usually plug it to my CD deck and let it cut the tracks automatically ("Synchro-REC"). I bought it second hand a couple of years ago and it's still going strong.
Here's a nice review for it.
It can also play for more than 11 hours with a single AA rechargeable.
The only Sony product of very high build quality that i can think of is the second-gen Minidisc players (solid aluminium casing and mechanisim). I have one and love it. As for the rest, i agree...
Opera's bookmark management is a Godsend, specially in the latest versions (7.54 and up). Particularly, i love the "Open all folder items" button in the bookmark folders menu.