I was fooled once with titanfall. Glad I didn't buy into this one. In fact the free beta was so lacking in fun that I deleted it the same day. Much like I'm now deleting all the spam emails I receive from them, apparently having clicked OK on some marketing consent thing somewhere along the way.
In "When the Bullet Hits Your Funny bone" http://amzn.com/1606190660
One of the "funny" stories talks about this device and a SEAL being whisked away from a card game. Unfortunately, something went wrong and he released just before reaching the plane. He flashed the bird to the plane as he fell to his death.
That was the one tale from that book in which I didn't quite see the humor. Just goes to show how routine this stuff is for those who live it.
He starts the article with "As an IT professional, I rarely get out of the office."
Then a wee bit further down says "...Ive gotten above 10,000 feet in the Sierra almost weekly for the past seven years."
Still, I enjoyed the read. That's some good company leading the way.
I find that as I approach the end of the 18-35 year old male target group, I find myself caring less and less about the latest tech.
All of a sudden I'm not rushing out to get an XBOX 360, I haven't pre-paid for a PS3, I keep waiting for the next i-pod only to say "meh. I can wait for the next one again", I won't be in line at midnight for Vista like I was for Windows 95.
OMG I'M AGING!
Come on advertisers, make me WANT STUFF!!
It wasn't the 4 years of college. It wasn't the 3 years managing an ISP staff of 40. It was that silly A+ Cert on my resume I have to thank for my current career. After coming aboard, the manager leveled with me. It was his belief that obtaining a cert showed more drive and determination than a college degree. He said "You had to actually decide that you were going to get certified, and take the initiative and steps necessary to comeplete both the studying, and the subsequent test/tests and that, to me, is worth more than someone staying in school for four more years." The more I thought about it the more fault I found in that, but the point is that there are managers out there who still give certs, or at least the process of obtaining one, significant weight in the hiring process.
standing in line at the local egghead software at midnight to get my copy.
Ended up getting Office, Plus, and an ergo keyboard too.
Marketing people love guys like me. lol.
We see a performance hit with XP until I turn off all the fancy garbage. My Computer->Properties->Advanced->Performance->Visua l Effects
Turning off most of that stuff will help. There are many other ways to speed it up significantly. Even if the number crunching speed does not improve, the interface speed-up is very noticible.
Another little known feature is the XP Compatibility mode. Right click on a program executable and choose the compatibility tab. You can emulate Win 95, 98/Me, NT, 2K. We use this to run older software and it works just fine.
The PS2 does not play ALL PS1 games. So it's not an unheard of travesty that the XBOX 360 won't play ALL XBOX games.
From http://www.psextreme.com/features/faq.htm
"Is the PS2 backward compatible with all PlayStation games?
According to SCEA, there are a handful of PS One games that experience problems when played on a PS2. These games include: Arcade Party Pack, Arcade's Greatest Hits: Atari 2, Fighter Maker, Final Fantasy Anthology, International Track and Field, Judge Dredd, Monkey Hero, Mortal Kombat Trilogy, and Tomba. Note that this does not necessarily mean the entire game is unplayable, only that there is a known compatibility issue with a certain feature or part of the game. "
The main reason the game is so much fun is that it's an extremely open environment. A 'world simulator' if you will.
My wife flipped when she heard it "was a game where you have to pick up hookers and then kill them". That's not at all a required behavior nor is it what the game is about.
I hope games continue to push the envelope in physics and what is possible in the game world. Having a choice of how to play makes the game that much more entertaining for grown-ups.
They already have the robots built to do the mission. They have tested them and CNN has filmed them.
To cancel everything would be a huge waste of money. They are proceding with testing like the mission will actually happen. If it's truly canned - a lot of people will at least have work through this year.
I'm torn in my feelings though. If they know the mission will be cancelled, it seems a waste to continue burning through the tax dollars allocated for FY05. Keeping people employed on the other hand is a good thing. Mikulski has been an avid supporter of the HST for years. She's on committees directly related to projects such as this.
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Yes they pay about a half cent out of each tax dollar. This isn't about NASA it's about Boeing.
I was fooled once with titanfall. Glad I didn't buy into this one. In fact the free beta was so lacking in fun that I deleted it the same day. Much like I'm now deleting all the spam emails I receive from them, apparently having clicked OK on some marketing consent thing somewhere along the way.
Goddard has one too and you can feel the building vibrate when it runs. http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/about/unique_resources_prt.htm
In "When the Bullet Hits Your Funny bone" http://amzn.com/1606190660 One of the "funny" stories talks about this device and a SEAL being whisked away from a card game. Unfortunately, something went wrong and he released just before reaching the plane. He flashed the bird to the plane as he fell to his death. That was the one tale from that book in which I didn't quite see the humor. Just goes to show how routine this stuff is for those who live it.
He starts the article with "As an IT professional, I rarely get out of the office." Then a wee bit further down says "...Ive gotten above 10,000 feet in the Sierra almost weekly for the past seven years." Still, I enjoyed the read. That's some good company leading the way.
hmmmm... 5 breaks * 5 minutes * 5 days a week * 50 weeks a year (cause you get 2 weeks off) That's 13 8 hour days a year!
See the screen starts scrambled, and the faster you jerk the controller up and down the less scrambled the image becomes.... err nevermind.
I find that as I approach the end of the 18-35 year old male target group, I find myself caring less and less about the latest tech. All of a sudden I'm not rushing out to get an XBOX 360, I haven't pre-paid for a PS3, I keep waiting for the next i-pod only to say "meh. I can wait for the next one again", I won't be in line at midnight for Vista like I was for Windows 95. OMG I'M AGING! Come on advertisers, make me WANT STUFF!!
Create another admin user account and delete from there.
It wasn't the 4 years of college. It wasn't the 3 years managing an ISP staff of 40.
It was that silly A+ Cert on my resume I have to thank for my current career.
After coming aboard, the manager leveled with me. It was his belief that obtaining a cert showed more drive and determination than a college degree. He said "You had to actually decide that you were going to get certified, and take the initiative and steps necessary to comeplete both the studying, and the subsequent test/tests and that, to me, is worth more than someone staying in school for four more years."
The more I thought about it the more fault I found in that, but the point is that there are managers out there who still give certs, or at least the process of obtaining one, significant weight in the hiring process.
standing in line at the local egghead software at midnight to get my copy. Ended up getting Office, Plus, and an ergo keyboard too. Marketing people love guys like me. lol.
We see a performance hit with XP until I turn off all the fancy garbage. My Computer->Properties->Advanced->Performance->Visua l Effects
Turning off most of that stuff will help. There are many other ways to speed it up significantly. Even if the number crunching speed does not improve, the interface speed-up is very noticible.
Another little known feature is the XP Compatibility mode. Right click on a program executable and choose the compatibility tab. You can emulate Win 95, 98/Me, NT, 2K. We use this to run older software and it works just fine.
The PS2 does not play ALL PS1 games. So it's not an unheard of travesty that the XBOX 360 won't play ALL XBOX games. From http://www.psextreme.com/features/faq.htm "Is the PS2 backward compatible with all PlayStation games? According to SCEA, there are a handful of PS One games that experience problems when played on a PS2. These games include: Arcade Party Pack, Arcade's Greatest Hits: Atari 2, Fighter Maker, Final Fantasy Anthology, International Track and Field, Judge Dredd, Monkey Hero, Mortal Kombat Trilogy, and Tomba. Note that this does not necessarily mean the entire game is unplayable, only that there is a known compatibility issue with a certain feature or part of the game. "
The main reason the game is so much fun is that it's an extremely open environment. A 'world simulator' if you will. My wife flipped when she heard it "was a game where you have to pick up hookers and then kill them". That's not at all a required behavior nor is it what the game is about. I hope games continue to push the envelope in physics and what is possible in the game world. Having a choice of how to play makes the game that much more entertaining for grown-ups.
They already have the robots built to do the mission. They have tested them and CNN has filmed them. To cancel everything would be a huge waste of money. They are proceding with testing like the mission will actually happen. If it's truly canned - a lot of people will at least have work through this year. I'm torn in my feelings though. If they know the mission will be cancelled, it seems a waste to continue burning through the tax dollars allocated for FY05. Keeping people employed on the other hand is a good thing. Mikulski has been an avid supporter of the HST for years. She's on committees directly related to projects such as this.