Weird; I'm always a year or so behind the curve when it comes to gaming.
So, after deciding that Neverwinter Nights is highly biased towards fighting, and thus: my paladin doesn't cut it... I thought about what it takes to "adjust" a character.
Of course, this is possible from the console, but that would be the easy way:)
After digging in to find documents on format, I realized that a) someone has already done this, and b) the ITP format is actually kind-of neat, as well as being necessary to comprehend in order to alter *everything* I might want to alter on my character.
So, away I go, between meals with friends.
Thank you for sacrificing about a minute of your time to this post:P
(Incidentally, what's up with Aribeth being a dual-class cleric 17(... 17?!?)/paladin level 10 near the end of the game?)
I think what the guy is implicitly keeping in mind (and not writing explicitly) is that when a load balancer fails, it takes out N (where N is usually > 1) perfecly operational webservers in one point. Which does make it somewhat more critical than, say, the mailserver, which (usually) doesn't intrinsically kill, say, your DNS server. Unless they're both in one box, which has no parallel when anyone is using an HTTP load-balancer in concert with web servers.
The phenomenon you're talking about is called "combing". Sometimes, a piece of NTSC hardware (likesay a capture card or composite monitor) will implement what's callled a "comb filter" to attempt to remove it. The effect is the worst with horizontal borders generated by a digital source (such as an older game console like a Sega Genesis/Megadrive), but it can be found in any NTSC image where two high-saturation primary colors are located right next to each other.
The "sure" way to avoid this is to not to employ composite baseband anywhere in the image generation, which unfortunately means part of it is out of your control entirely. Hence, comb filters. If your capture software can do a software comb filter, or if you can utilize a piece of software that can before you perform the final compression, that would be one way to go.
Both my home machines are such, so I know of which I speak.
That said, observe the machine running with the top and at least one side of the case removed for a while.
Seriously, if your spouse can handle the smells that come from laundry detergents, then the smells from your computer should not be making her ill if everything is in working order.
- No part of the inside should be hot to the touch other than the metal portions of the CPU heat sinks. At slight risk to yourself, touch *everything* after leaving the computer running for more than 4 hours, preferably doing something irritatingly hard (e.g. "cd/usr/src/linux ; while (/bin/true) ; do make bzImage ; done"). If something else *is* this hot, evaluating the cooling is in order. - No proper application of either thermal tape or paste should create smells of this magnitude during operation.
Off-topic, but just a factoid: the fumes from burning aluminum are toxic.
If he gets wedged, you're looking for *how* he gets wedged.
Kinda like secure software (sorry, "software that is proposedly secure"): you're interested in how it works, but you're really interested in how it *fails*.
Well, that's the way it is with the BSD license as well as several others: you might be allowing someone you dislike to use the code. If you license your code this way, it is best to be willing to be okay with it.
Bear in mind that this is happening in a *different* country from the United States.
Bear in mind that, although the Republic of Korea is more-or-less considered a representative democracy, it has been less than 15 years since a military-installed president has *not* warmed the seat in the Central Assembly Building.
Bear in mind that, from about 1918 (officially; and I think this is off by a bit anyway) until 1945, Korea was occupied by the Japanese, who tried to systematically eliminate the Korean culture from the face of Earth.
I'm not saying I agree with these practices, but give them a little credit for being authoritarian-by-survival-instinct ^_^
Certain components within the G400 are not documented, but that's about it. Mainly it involves the pieces needed to get the MJPEG chip on Marvel G400s working. As I recall, the G400s driver is one of the better functioning ones, especially when it comes to multi-head support.
(All of Xfree supports multi-head with heterogeneous cards (Xinerama), but the G400 driver can operate both heads on a DualHead G400 card.)
Personally, I tend to think that's one better than releasing binary-only modules (Nvidia) even though I understand Nvidia's take behind it (quality control). Something tells me that it'll be a Nvidia-produced binary-only driver which comes out first with multi-head support for MX cards.
Some resources to get someone started...
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Have a look at the following sites (dumped quickly from my bookmarks; apologies for the rough treatment)
Heheheh. Have a look at http://www.dslreports.com and one will discover that, when there is trouble, just about EVERYONE gets hurt with DSL. It is irrelevant whether the entire setup is provided by "one" company, or through an ILEC/Link Carrier/ISP arrangement.
I cannot know how he has developed himself to the point where he is completely a master of his violent tendencies. But he should probably give up software development and get involved in teaching this to others... If this is true.
If this is not, he has reactively blinded himself to the fact that the human race has a violent side. Ignoring it does not make it go away. And refusing to look at it means you do not know where to bring your mental hand to bear when it is about to go out of control in any given situation.
If his point is not, in fact, to ignore violence, he may have gone through the trouble to make this more clear.
Otherwise, this is a fairly well thought-out critique of the "free software" ethos. Apart from the fact that he is rather high-minded about high-mindedness (this does not work well, by the way, unlike, say, "intolerant of intolerance"), his constructive critique does not hurt. It is a fair implementation of a way to compel us to look at our actions and our beliefs.
Is it just me, or is someone now going to whip up a Win32 version just to slap Mafiasoft in the nuts for the "blame," even if the article is not blaming Linux... [grin]
I mean the three counties of Ulster which are in the Republic. I'm interested specifically in Co. Donegal... But wondering what I should expect given that JobFinder.ie found all of two IT jobs there:)
If you'd like to address this in private feel free to send e-mail (lance.k.dryden@usa.net).
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Weird; I'm always a year or so behind the curve when it comes to gaming.
:)
:P
So, after deciding that Neverwinter Nights is highly biased towards fighting, and thus: my paladin doesn't cut it... I thought about what it takes to "adjust" a character.
Of course, this is possible from the console, but that would be the easy way
After digging in to find documents on format, I realized that a) someone has already done this, and b) the ITP format is actually kind-of neat, as well as being necessary to comprehend in order to alter *everything* I might want to alter on my character.
So, away I go, between meals with friends.
Thank you for sacrificing about a minute of your time to this post
(Incidentally, what's up with Aribeth being a dual-class cleric 17(... 17?!?)/paladin level 10 near the end of the game?)
I think what the guy is implicitly keeping in mind (and not writing explicitly) is that when a load balancer fails, it takes out N (where N is usually > 1) perfecly operational webservers in one point. Which does make it somewhat more critical than, say, the mailserver, which (usually) doesn't intrinsically kill, say, your DNS server. Unless they're both in one box, which has no parallel when anyone is using an HTTP load-balancer in concert with web servers.
Hi there.
The phenomenon you're talking about is called "combing". Sometimes, a piece of NTSC hardware (likesay a capture card or composite monitor) will implement what's callled a "comb filter" to attempt to remove it. The effect is the worst with horizontal borders generated by a digital source (such as an older game console like a Sega Genesis/Megadrive), but it can be found in any NTSC image where two high-saturation primary colors are located right next to each other.
The "sure" way to avoid this is to not to employ composite baseband anywhere in the image generation, which unfortunately means part of it is out of your control entirely. Hence, comb filters. If your capture software can do a software comb filter, or if you can utilize a piece of software that can before you perform the final compression, that would be one way to go.
If I may ask, why are you relying on the ISP to handle this?
It's an unfortunate consequence of the way the network is that one should be watching over one's own machines.
Don't take this too seriously, but some of the links found are written by foreigners in Japan and have some detail of their experiences.
Keeping dual-athlons relatively cool is a bitch.5
/usr/src/linux ; while (/bin/true) ; do make bzImage ; done"). If something else *is* this hot, evaluating the cooling is in order.
Both my home machines are such, so I know of which I speak.
That said, observe the machine running with the top and at least one side of the case removed for a while.
Seriously, if your spouse can handle the smells that come from laundry detergents, then the smells from your computer should not be making her ill if everything is in working order.
- No part of the inside should be hot to the touch other than the metal portions of the CPU heat sinks. At slight risk to yourself, touch *everything* after leaving the computer running for more than 4 hours, preferably doing something irritatingly hard (e.g. "cd
- No proper application of either thermal tape or paste should create smells of this magnitude during operation.
Off-topic, but just a factoid: the fumes from burning aluminum are toxic.
If he gets wedged, you're looking for *how* he gets wedged.
Kinda like secure software (sorry, "software that is proposedly secure"): you're interested in how it works, but you're really interested in how it *fails*.
Well, that's the way it is with the BSD license as well as several others: you might be allowing someone you dislike to use the code. If you license your code this way, it is best to be willing to be okay with it.
Bear in mind that this is happening in a *different* country from the United States.
Bear in mind that, although the Republic of Korea is more-or-less considered a representative democracy, it has been less than 15 years since a military-installed president has *not* warmed the seat in the Central Assembly Building.
Bear in mind that, from about 1918 (officially; and I think this is off by a bit anyway) until 1945, Korea was occupied by the Japanese, who tried to systematically eliminate the Korean culture from the face of Earth.
I'm not saying I agree with these practices, but give them a little credit for being authoritarian-by-survival-instinct ^_^
Certain components within the G400 are not documented, but that's about it. Mainly it involves the pieces needed to get the MJPEG chip on Marvel G400s working. As I recall, the G400s driver is one of the better functioning ones, especially when it comes to multi-head support.
(All of Xfree supports multi-head with heterogeneous cards (Xinerama), but the G400 driver can operate both heads on a DualHead G400 card.)
Personally, I tend to think that's one better than releasing binary-only modules (Nvidia) even though I understand Nvidia's take behind it (quality control). Something tells me that it'll be a Nvidia-produced binary-only driver which comes out first with multi-head support for MX cards.
Anime Stuff
- Ayashi-no Seles
- Ayashi.net
- Bubblegum Crisis
- Bubblegum Crisis page
- Tokyo 2040: Rare and Useless Pages
- Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Neon Genesis Evangelion site
- A.D.V. Films
- AnimEigo
- Anime Grapevine
- Anime Hideaway
- Anime International Company
- Anime Marriage Prospects
- Anime Nation
- Anime On DVD
- AniPike
- AniSound
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- OX-11 ("Gall Force: The Web Page")
- U.S. Manga Corps
-- LanceHeheheh. Have a look at http://www.dslreports.com and one will discover that, when there is trouble, just about EVERYONE gets hurt with DSL. It is irrelevant whether the entire setup is provided by "one" company, or through an ILEC/Link Carrier/ISP arrangement.
I cannot know how he has developed himself to the point where he is completely a master of his violent tendencies. But he should probably give up software development and get involved in teaching this to others... If this is true.
If this is not, he has reactively blinded himself to the fact that the human race has a violent side. Ignoring it does not make it go away. And refusing to look at it means you do not know where to bring your mental hand to bear when it is about to go out of control in any given situation.
If his point is not, in fact, to ignore violence, he may have gone through the trouble to make this more clear.
Otherwise, this is a fairly well thought-out critique of the "free software" ethos. Apart from the fact that he is rather high-minded about high-mindedness (this does not work well, by the way, unlike, say, "intolerant of intolerance"), his constructive critique does not hurt. It is a fair implementation of a way to compel us to look at our actions and our beliefs.
Is it just me, or is someone now going to whip up a Win32 version just to slap Mafiasoft in the nuts for the "blame," even if the article is not blaming Linux... [grin]
I mean the three counties of Ulster which are in the Republic. I'm interested specifically in Co. Donegal... But wondering what I should expect given that JobFinder.ie found all of two IT jobs there :)
If you'd like to address this in private feel free to send e-mail (lance.k.dryden@usa.net).
To tag on the end of this thread:
Does anyone know about what it's like trying to find an IT job, say, in Ulster (NOT in Northern Ireland!)?