I grew up playing video games, hey, news flash, there were some pretty gorey games out there even back in the day if you knew where to look. I remember one I used to play called Speed Racer? Or somesuch, you ran over little old ladies. *splock*
Gory? I'm not worried about my kids seeing gore, I'm worried about them emulating me;)
My best friend and I beat Lesiure Suit Larry 1 in one night, and we were only in 7th grade. To win the game, you had to get laid.
Perhaps related, bread more often falls butter-side down because it usually only has time to complete half a rotation in the distance it falls from your countertop.
You must be rather singy with the butter. I can drop it from any height, and it'll land butter side down.;)
That exactly describes the little rectangles in the toolbar on my Linux box... from several years ago.
Or Litestep - Replace explorer.exe with litestep on Windows 95, and get a completely stable system.
Oh, and virtual desktops with shadows representing your windows - which you can move between virtual desktops from the pager itself. (I still would like to do that in KDE)
I have my own personalized copy (just run litestep.exe) on my website. Just unzip to c:\litestep, and run litestep.exe. It's an older version, but works like a charm.
I know it's easy to jump on MS, but let's be honest: Lindows, as a word, doesn't mean anything. It's just Windows with an L instead of a W. It is OBVIOUSLY trying to cash in on the Windows franchise.
Honestly (and I much prefer OS/2 to Windows or Linux), I originally read it as LIN-dows.
So it wasn't as obvious to me as it may have been to you. As concentrating on 'Lin', instead of 'indows' gives you a different perspective.
How is an open games service any different from something like Gamespy, All Seeing Eye, or even just finding a server and logging onto it? yes, I know there are the issues with scoreboards and ranking and whatnot, but stuff like Raven Shield does that anyway.
Kali.net gives you a whole slew of games and listed servers to choose from.
So, to cut my rant short: what makes X-Box Live so great that it needs to be open-sourced?
Secondly, if X-Box Live is so groundbreaking, why the hell do I always hear about open source ripping off other people's models? I mean it's embarrassing! We bitch so much about Microsoft, but spend most of our time copying them: Media Center, Mono, Office, and now an online gaming community... way to go guys...
IMHO, they all stole the idea from Kali.net. In fact, Jay Cotton (original owner) wouldn't implement some types of compression, so Aaron Brinton, and Kevin Bentley (D3 Networking dude, got D1 open sourced) came out with Kahn.
IIRC, This all occured long before Win98 was even in beta;)
Pooterman.com is still up, he's got Kali Serial #6 (me with my #144), and may have some links to those apps.
He's mainly a PC online gamer, and it would be cool to have a friends list with him on it, saying what game and what server he's playing on, just like Xbox Live. That, and reliable voice chat.
I'm rather confused... I've been playing online since '94 (Descent over Kali or IHHD). Kali has listed usernames since way back then - When you ran either DOS or OS/2.
I agree, excellent game. I was always a big fan of Descent.
After I decided to download AA, I left CompUSA, and said to myself, "WTF? I just bought a mouse to play a game on my Mac?"
I wasn't sure myself until I saw their latest commercials touting I-Control over the 'hectic hassle of movie rental'.
That put everything in perspective for me. It's one thing to totally FUD something only a few people have experience with (Satellite), it's another thing to try it with something common (Renting at Blockbuster). I think they're going to lose customers to Satellite now that they've shown how far they'll go to put the competition in a bad light.
If the A/V software could be just a little smarter, or run the suspect Email through a header parser first, most of the problems would go away. The main problem occurs when the A/V software mindlessly bounces the message back to whoever is listed in the "From:" (or, possibly, "Reply-To:") header, rather than to the Postnmaster address of the last damned SMTP relay. Is it too much to ask to parse the Received: headers and find out where the mail really came from, rather than blindly replying to a possibly-forged address?
What is the postmaster of the last relay going to do? I'm sorry, but I'm going to send anything that says "A virus came from your relay with invalid headers" to/dev/null.
I think the bounce back to the IP address is best, and blindly using the from or reply-to is fine, as long as the admin is removing that function for viruses that are known to spoof the From and reply-to's.
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.. would TURN OFF those blasted "Your mail has a virus!" auto-replies. They accomplish nothing but the generation of yet more useless traffic.
A nice guy on the FreeBSD Mail-Toaster list put out a good script..
I now grab all the IP's out of infected emails, and put them in my etc/tcp.smtp file:
123.123.17.50:allow,RBLSMTPD="-VIRUS SOURCE Please check your computer for infections"
IP obfuscated to protect the guilty
How about that? You only get your mail bounced, with a virus warning if your IP (sure dial-up _could_ be hit - but I'm a standalone email provider) sent a virus through my system in the last day.
Not to certain, but I just started reading into some VoIP...'stuff'. Implication so far is that the bandwidth you mentioned would be more than sufficient for FAR more than 5 lines. More like 10 or 15 -- voice uses something like 38kb/s Sooo, maybe you are getting screwed? Just a happy thought:~) I'm sure someone will tell me how much shit I am full of if such is the case.
Well, I guess it depends on how you look at it;)
T1's are 24 channels, 23 if it's a PRI. PRI is a 23 B channel ISDN, with a single D channel. Each channel is normally a single voice channel. This is _not_ VOIP, but how the telco's traditionally work. If you want to think of it in smaller terms, the telco is taking a channel from any one of their T1's, converting it back to analog, and running that POTS line to your home.
heh. Think DSL or 56k modems. You want as little analog wire between you and the digital conversion as possible. Because I'll be converting to analog in my basement I'll have maybe 25ft of analog signal. That would give me reliable 52k connections everytime. I used to run a PBX for a bank, and we had awesome 56k dialouts;)
So it really depends on how you look at it.. I was thinking of utilizing the extra lines for local dial-out to support that free VOIP LD network for my local prefix. Remember the name of that project?
But that IS where the per-user registry settings are kept, in a binary hive in the user's profile directory. The only difference is, it's not a plain text file. Instead, you can load the hive using the registry editor, separate from the currently loaded registry settings.
Technically, yes, you are correct. Unfortunately it's not a per-application thing. Unless you put a lot of, IMHO, worthless work into it you get everything.
You also have to setup every pc to sync all of that up (upgrade to NT). It's a poor hack at best.
Write it to a text file, keep it in the user dir. Easy to modify, easy to remove, easy to manage.
Any Win32 app that conformed to that spec would run just fine across multiple PC's on Any network, on any version of Windows.
The registry crap does nothing more than require extra MS software that's not needed.
Now if only Adobe could fix the bug that requires oridinary users to have file create permissions in the root directory. It's not as if per-user temporary directories haven't been implemented since NT4.
Exactly where those registry settings should be kept: An ini file in the users home directory;)
If you can control it through "putting your mind to it", it's probably not ADD. You could be one of those in the "overdiagnosed" category. Thats how non-ADDers get stuff done.
If that's what makes you feel better..
But that's really part of the problem, isn't it?;)
I have it. My kid has it. I know exactly what you're talking about with trying to read a book.
Though it would seem that you don't believe what I believe: You can do anything, if you put your mind to it.
So you can blather about it being a chemical issue, and not an On/Off thing all you want. You're still ignoring that you really do have control over your mind/body, and you can learn to adjust all of that on your own.
I was diagnosed with Attention Deficit in the 4th Grade, and after that diagnosis, my teachers worked with me to accomodate the issue. I went from barely passing to very nearly acing my classes, without a change in class difficulty.
Good for you. But I would advise others to be cautious about this method. My daughter is ADHD/Manic depressive. Some teachers work really well with her, others knee-jerk when she's just being a typical kid.
We've come to the conclusion that we'll tell the teachers after the first conference. By that point they've formed their own opinion of her, and we're (knock-on-wood) generally pleased when the teachers are surprised she has a 'problem'.
I have to deal with ADHD. I know what it's like to suddenly get distracted by the smallest thing, and I know that -- in my case -- Ritalin helps with the concentration problems. I can't stand it when someone who does not have to deal with what I live with comes forth with an "authoratitive" position on ADHD, calling it a myth.
IMHO, it is a myth. It's a myth that you can't control it. You have to WORK to concentrate. I can't sit in meeting. I quite easily daze off after a minute or so of someone talking. The trick is to stay focused.
We're great at doing a million things at once, so use that to your advantage: Tell yourself to concentrate on the lecure WHILE you're taking notes. You can do it. Your brain is all over the board.
Don't settle for just doing one thing at a time - some people might think it's rude - but IMHO it's rude of them to think you're going to hang on every syllable.
Oh, and if you DO fall behind, because you lost it for a second: ASK. If you don't get caught up, you're just going to fall further behind.
If you want to take a bit of a risk you can even try "dumpster diving" outside of office buildings, schools and libraries.
The local mom-and-pop computer store has a back corner where they put 'old' parts and such. I've been buying 3c905b's from there for $10 a pop. That's a decent price, but the other day I dug out a PIII-450/64MB/30GB with a Viper V770 - paid $85 for that plus a PIII MB, and two 10/100 NICS.
I got a "Hmmm, how did that end up back there.."
Of course, that was one machine out of probably 30 cases, but you never know until you look...
So, the choice between "the benefits of breastfeeding" and "the dangers of formula" usually indicates the choice of the practice one considers "the norm".
Exactly. I mean to make sure that people are aware that B isn't perfect, and A isn't the end of the world.
Speaking of being lucky or unlucky - that's where statistics comes in.
Err. This is about breastfeeding. Luck is generally intermingled with statistical improbabilities. To say I have 3 kids who were 'lucky' they came out ok using formula is a gross inaccuracy/misrepresentation at worst. That's better described as quite a stretch of the definition of luck;)
I'll give you that breastfeeding is 'generally' better, BUT I will argue the so-called 'dangers' of formula to the end merely because breastfeeding has been represented in a light that's brighter than reality. That pisses me off - especially because it concerns my children. Therefore, I will slam down anyone who attempts to do the same thing to other parents.
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Gory? I'm not worried about my kids seeing gore, I'm worried about them emulating me ;)
My best friend and I beat Lesiure Suit Larry 1 in one night, and we were only in 7th grade. To win the game, you had to get laid.
I now have 4 kids, and I just turned 30.
Bring on the gore! :P
You must be rather singy with the butter. I can drop it from any height, and it'll land butter side down. ;)
Or Litestep - Replace explorer.exe with litestep on Windows 95, and get a completely stable system.
Oh, and virtual desktops with shadows representing your windows - which you can move between virtual desktops from the pager itself. (I still would like to do that in KDE)
I have my own personalized copy (just run litestep.exe) on my website. Just unzip to c:\litestep, and run litestep.exe. It's an older version, but works like a charm.
Honestly (and I much prefer OS/2 to Windows or Linux), I originally read it as LIN-dows.
So it wasn't as obvious to me as it may have been to you. As concentrating on 'Lin', instead of 'indows' gives you a different perspective.
1994 here. Decent in DOS via IHHD or Kali.
How is an open games service any different from something like Gamespy, All Seeing Eye, or even just finding a server and logging onto it? yes, I know there are the issues with scoreboards and ranking and whatnot, but stuff like Raven Shield does that anyway.
Kali.net gives you a whole slew of games and listed servers to choose from.
So, to cut my rant short: what makes X-Box Live so great that it needs to be open-sourced? Secondly, if X-Box Live is so groundbreaking, why the hell do I always hear about open source ripping off other people's models? I mean it's embarrassing! We bitch so much about Microsoft, but spend most of our time copying them: Media Center, Mono, Office, and now an online gaming community... way to go guys...
IMHO, they all stole the idea from Kali.net. In fact, Jay Cotton (original owner) wouldn't implement some types of compression, so Aaron Brinton, and Kevin Bentley (D3 Networking dude, got D1 open sourced) came out with Kahn.
IIRC, This all occured long before Win98 was even in beta ;)
Pooterman.com is still up, he's got Kali Serial #6 (me with my #144), and may have some links to those apps.
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I'm rather confused... I've been playing online since '94 (Descent over Kali or IHHD). Kali has listed usernames since way back then - When you ran either DOS or OS/2.
Roger Wilco came out years ago.
I don't get it.
I agree, excellent game. I was always a big fan of Descent.
After I decided to download AA, I left CompUSA, and said to myself, "WTF? I just bought a mouse to play a game on my Mac?"
Oh how times have changed.
I wasn't sure myself until I saw their latest commercials touting I-Control over the 'hectic hassle of movie rental'.
That put everything in perspective for me. It's one thing to totally FUD something only a few people have experience with (Satellite), it's another thing to try it with something common (Renting at Blockbuster). I think they're going to lose customers to Satellite now that they've shown how far they'll go to put the competition in a bad light.
What is the postmaster of the last relay going to do? I'm sorry, but I'm going to send anything that says "A virus came from your relay with invalid headers" to /dev/null.
I think the bounce back to the IP address is best, and blindly using the from or reply-to is fine, as long as the admin is removing that function for viruses that are known to spoof the From and reply-to's.
A nice guy on the FreeBSD Mail-Toaster list put out a good script..
I now grab all the IP's out of infected emails, and put them in my etc/tcp.smtp file:
123.123.17.50:allow,RBLSMTPD="-VIRUS SOURCE Please check your computer for infections"
IP obfuscated to protect the guilty
How about that? You only get your mail bounced, with a virus warning if your IP (sure dial-up _could_ be hit - but I'm a standalone email provider) sent a virus through my system in the last day.
Well, I guess it depends on how you look at it ;)
T1's are 24 channels, 23 if it's a PRI. PRI is a 23 B channel ISDN, with a single D channel. Each channel is normally a single voice channel. This is _not_ VOIP, but how the telco's traditionally work. If you want to think of it in smaller terms, the telco is taking a channel from any one of their T1's, converting it back to analog, and running that POTS line to your home.
heh. Think DSL or 56k modems. You want as little analog wire between you and the digital conversion as possible. Because I'll be converting to analog in my basement I'll have maybe 25ft of analog signal. That would give me reliable 52k connections everytime. I used to run a PBX for a bank, and we had awesome 56k dialouts ;)
So it really depends on how you look at it.. I was thinking of utilizing the extra lines for local dial-out to support that free VOIP LD network for my local prefix. Remember the name of that project?
Ah well.. Hope that makes sense ;)
I think TDS Metrocom serves Michigan. I'm getting a 768k T1, with 5 business lines installed for $160/month. It's their XDATA plan, IIRC.
My currently 1500/768 ADSL with 5 IP's is $105. Add to that my normal phone at $35, and I'm almost getting 4 additional lines for free.
Not that I need 5 phone lines, but that's their requirement. Anyways, I have 4 kids, 2 of which are girls, I'm sure they're be used at some point ;)
Technically, yes, you are correct. Unfortunately it's not a per-application thing. Unless you put a lot of, IMHO, worthless work into it you get everything.
You also have to setup every pc to sync all of that up (upgrade to NT). It's a poor hack at best.
Write it to a text file, keep it in the user dir. Easy to modify, easy to remove, easy to manage. Any Win32 app that conformed to that spec would run just fine across multiple PC's on Any network, on any version of Windows.
The registry crap does nothing more than require extra MS software that's not needed.
Hehe. I graduated with a 1.9 GPA. You can bite me now
*sigh*
You assume it's not an ongoing process.
Keeping your mind in shape is the same as keeping your body in shape.. You've merely chosen the "Metabolife" version of weight mangement.
Exactly where those registry settings should be kept: An ini file in the users home directory ;)
If that's what makes you feel better..
But that's really part of the problem, isn't it? ;)
Though it would seem that you don't believe what I believe:
You can do anything, if you put your mind to it.
So you can blather about it being a chemical issue, and not an On/Off thing all you want. You're still ignoring that you really do have control over your mind/body, and you can learn to adjust all of that on your own.
No No No.. The fluid IS the inside of the turbine, the part that gets spun.. Isn't it magnetic or something?
Keep in mind that my knowledge about turbines is restricted to the superguy turning the handle on SchoolHouse Rock :)
Granted, Helium isn't magnetic - so superfluid something else ;)
Good for you. But I would advise others to be cautious about this method. My daughter is ADHD/Manic depressive. Some teachers work really well with her, others knee-jerk when she's just being a typical kid.
We've come to the conclusion that we'll tell the teachers after the first conference. By that point they've formed their own opinion of her, and we're (knock-on-wood) generally pleased when the teachers are surprised she has a 'problem'.
IMHO, it is a myth. It's a myth that you can't control it. You have to WORK to concentrate. I can't sit in meeting. I quite easily daze off after a minute or so of someone talking. The trick is to stay focused.
We're great at doing a million things at once, so use that to your advantage: Tell yourself to concentrate on the lecure WHILE you're taking notes. You can do it. Your brain is all over the board.
Don't settle for just doing one thing at a time - some people might think it's rude - but IMHO it's rude of them to think you're going to hang on every syllable.
Oh, and if you DO fall behind, because you lost it for a second: ASK. If you don't get caught up, you're just going to fall further behind.
The local mom-and-pop computer store has a back corner where they put 'old' parts and such. I've been buying 3c905b's from there for $10 a pop.
That's a decent price, but the other day I dug out a PIII-450/64MB/30GB with a Viper V770 - paid $85 for that plus a PIII MB, and two 10/100 NICS.
I got a "Hmmm, how did that end up back there.."
Of course, that was one machine out of probably 30 cases, but you never know until you look...
So, the choice between "the benefits of breastfeeding" and "the dangers of formula" usually indicates the choice of the practice one considers "the norm".
Exactly. I mean to make sure that people are aware that B isn't perfect, and A isn't the end of the world.
Err. This is about breastfeeding. Luck is generally intermingled with statistical improbabilities. To say I have 3 kids who were 'lucky' they came out ok using formula is a gross inaccuracy/misrepresentation at worst. That's better described as quite a stretch of the definition of luck ;)
I'll give you that breastfeeding is 'generally' better, BUT I will argue the so-called 'dangers' of formula to the end merely because breastfeeding has been represented in a light that's brighter than reality. That pisses me off - especially because it concerns my children. Therefore, I will slam down anyone who attempts to do the same thing to other parents.