As this was during summer vacation were stayed up very late terrorizing the neighborhood pretending we were ninjas or army or whatever. Ah, the American dream:) George Bush still likes to play this particular game.
I was wearing my kilt to a wedding on friday actually, but I wear it well;) Even when I had long hair I still looked pretty manly in it, I have to say:D
Also, read up on Scotch. I understand it's still used in America, but personally I just think of Scotch as a type of whiskey!:p
It really depends. For OSes, people don't care about benchmarks and stuff (though thankfully Vista seems to be being rejected - I really hope it doesn't manage to scrape through to mainstream adoption). But for specific high performance apps, people really do care about the speed and interface, and if one application was twice as fast as the rest, with the same features, reliability and ease of use, the others would basically have to follow suit - admittedly only as long as the faster app was marketed well enough that people knew about it and tried it out.
That actually sounds like a great idea. And on/. no less! All of their games have pretty much had a space theme - I didn't know that was because they are interested in the space program, I just thought it was for convenience when creating monsters:P
It's a PITA, but they do have to record everything they do in case it comes up in court or whatever. Personal cameras as part of the uniform could be a better way of doing that though.. it sure would cut down a lot on corruption in the Police and that kind of thing, and save time writing up reports!
Not really, worms probably eat the same dirt all the time. I hadn't realised that this was WORM media:( Is there any possibility of rewritable holo-storage? I had thought it was just storing light rather than making any permanent changes to the structure of the media. After RTFA again I guess it sounds analagous to developing a photograph though, recording the light pattern on photosensetive media..
Yeah when my browser window started jiggling around I freaked out a bit, it was like someone had VNCed in and started shaking the window (I had just opened up a bunch of tabs and one of them was this one, I wasn't expecting a troll). Almost switched off me Mac right there until I saw the GNAA title and realised it was just some malicious window positioning javascript. An Apple-Q later and everything was happy again..
So while we revel in the curios of the past, we ourselves have none to give to future generations. I'd say we're more likely to get stuff like this in the future, rather than less likely.. old backup tapes.. possibly stuff the developers took home to show their friends/family (well, maybe that's strictly forbidden or something, it certainly would be with DNF:P ). But I doubt developers just wipe old projects as soon as they start a new one. They probably keep backups of all their code on a network fileserver, that's what any sane person/company would do.
Thanks to the internets, it's easy to find stuff like this online too - I wrote a game when I was 12/13 and sent it into Amiga Format. A couple of years ago in a fit of nostalgia I tried searching for it online, found a website mentioning the name, got in contact with the author, and he sent me a copy (I dont have an Amiga any more and if I still have the floppies for the game they're at least 10 years old and probably corrupt, although the version that I sent into Amiga Format wasn't my final version, so there are little touches that are missing:( ). I can now play my game on an emulator. Kinda cool.
Usually if a project is canceled, it's because it was no fun to play anyway, so don't feel like you're missing out or anything! Some companies just release their boring games anyway.. others, like Valve or 3D Realms, only release games that they know are worthy.
I wasn't saying that the standard had to come first, but I didn't see how one could be 'invalid' per se. Others have helpfully pointed out that the standard could have paradoxical or otherwise impossible requirements though, which I s'pose makes sense. I didn't consider that at all, but in a sufficiently complex standard with different parts defined by different people, I guess it could happen pretty easily..
Well, NASA has a pretty good brand name and strong advertising possibilities (via careful organisation of their satellites to spell out the URL). You may have an Evangelion unit at your disposal, but the fact that it needs to be connected to a power cable kind of limits your sphere of influence.
Link is a GNAA troll. Fuck you, anonymous coward. There were also way more fighter planes in WWII than F117As. And the tech in them is probably still classified? *shrug*
Uh..
The term "cult following" does not use the definition of "cult" you are implying it does. Note: The term "cult following" does not use the definition of "cult" you are implying it does.
The 'cult' part in this well known phrase simply means that the followers are fairly limited in number, but very devout. Not that they are brainwashed. For example Another common use of the word cult is in film: for example the Blues Brothers is known as a 'cult classic', though it has nothing whatsoever to do with cults. Apart from possibly those Nazi dudes.
There was a Scotsman, an Englishman and an.. oh wait, you probably wouldn't get it anyway..
For the record, I think the GP sounds like he has a decent sense of humour, and you're just scared of upsetting people. Personally I think there's a lot of humour to be found in stereotypes, as long as it is the ironic kind and not just vicious racism and the like. I don't mind people making jokes about my ethnicity (Scottish), the fact that I am not a morning person, blah blah blah.
There have been people at my work who do seem genuinely bigoted and in those cases, your talk of avoiding confrontation and such is valid, but the GP doesn't sound like a bigot.
And as an aside, how on earth do you think that weight is 'beyond the control' of the subject (unless they perhaps aren't physically well enough to do exercise). If you get regular exercise and don't eat junk then it's going to be pretty difficult for your body to pile on the pounds. I have a pretty good metabolism (I recognise that some people put on weight more easily than others, I'm 14 stone/196 pounds, 6'2", my sister goes crazy whenever I suggest I'm getting 'fat', because I'm not:p ), but I also am trying to keep more of a reign of my appetite these days. FFS, I hate political correctness so much..
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Don't ask me how they manage to walk and run at the same time. I'm far too sensible to know that.
Sensible, not smart. All the other radio telescopes like to walk in the rain without appropriate head coverings, while running with scissors.
That or a giant spoon. NEO doesn't believe in them so it should be pretty easy to catch him unawares.
I was wearing my kilt to a wedding on friday actually, but I wear it well ;) Even when I had long hair I still looked pretty manly in it, I have to say :D
:p
Also, read up on Scotch. I understand it's still used in America, but personally I just think of Scotch as a type of whiskey!
It really depends. For OSes, people don't care about benchmarks and stuff (though thankfully Vista seems to be being rejected - I really hope it doesn't manage to scrape through to mainstream adoption). But for specific high performance apps, people really do care about the speed and interface, and if one application was twice as fast as the rest, with the same features, reliability and ease of use, the others would basically have to follow suit - admittedly only as long as the faster app was marketed well enough that people knew about it and tried it out.
I like it!
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That actually sounds like a great idea. And on /. no less! All of their games have pretty much had a space theme - I didn't know that was because they are interested in the space program, I just thought it was for convenience when creating monsters :P
I certainly hope not
Makes you wonder what happens once you get to 'married' status. Ads for earplugs?
It's a PITA, but they do have to record everything they do in case it comes up in court or whatever. Personal cameras as part of the uniform could be a better way of doing that though.. it sure would cut down a lot on corruption in the Police and that kind of thing, and save time writing up reports!
Not really, worms probably eat the same dirt all the time. I hadn't realised that this was WORM media :( Is there any possibility of rewritable holo-storage? I had thought it was just storing light rather than making any permanent changes to the structure of the media. After RTFA again I guess it sounds analagous to developing a photograph though, recording the light pattern on photosensetive media..
Yeah when my browser window started jiggling around I freaked out a bit, it was like someone had VNCed in and started shaking the window (I had just opened up a bunch of tabs and one of them was this one, I wasn't expecting a troll). Almost switched off me Mac right there until I saw the GNAA title and realised it was just some malicious window positioning javascript. An Apple-Q later and everything was happy again..
Thanks to the internets, it's easy to find stuff like this online too - I wrote a game when I was 12/13 and sent it into Amiga Format. A couple of years ago in a fit of nostalgia I tried searching for it online, found a website mentioning the name, got in contact with the author, and he sent me a copy (I dont have an Amiga any more and if I still have the floppies for the game they're at least 10 years old and probably corrupt, although the version that I sent into Amiga Format wasn't my final version, so there are little touches that are missing
Usually if a project is canceled, it's because it was no fun to play anyway, so don't feel like you're missing out or anything! Some companies just release their boring games anyway.. others, like Valve or 3D Realms, only release games that they know are worthy.
I wasn't saying that the standard had to come first, but I didn't see how one could be 'invalid' per se. Others have helpfully pointed out that the standard could have paradoxical or otherwise impossible requirements though, which I s'pose makes sense. I didn't consider that at all, but in a sufficiently complex standard with different parts defined by different people, I guess it could happen pretty easily..
Well, NASA has a pretty good brand name and strong advertising possibilities (via careful organisation of their satellites to spell out the URL). You may have an Evangelion unit at your disposal, but the fact that it needs to be connected to a power cable kind of limits your sphere of influence.
Wha? Valid in what respects? The standard is meant to be the reference for the implementation, not the other way round.
:)
This story is one of the funniest I've seen for a while though
Is for me, I used to have an F117A flight sim on me Amiga as a kid.
Plus, Microsoft seem to get a lot of press even though they murder application and OS design and implementation all the time.
Link is a GNAA troll. Fuck you, anonymous coward. There were also way more fighter planes in WWII than F117As. And the tech in them is probably still classified? *shrug*
I believe in you! Here - have my flame retardant cloak!
You mean they could bust Texas for possession?
The 'cult' part in this well known phrase simply means that the followers are fairly limited in number, but very devout. Not that they are brainwashed. For example Another common use of the word cult is in film: for example the Blues Brothers is known as a 'cult classic', though it has nothing whatsoever to do with cults. Apart from possibly those Nazi dudes.
There was a Scotsman, an Englishman and an.. oh wait, you probably wouldn't get it anyway..
:p ), but I also am trying to keep more of a reign of my appetite these days. FFS, I hate political correctness so much..
For the record, I think the GP sounds like he has a decent sense of humour, and you're just scared of upsetting people. Personally I think there's a lot of humour to be found in stereotypes, as long as it is the ironic kind and not just vicious racism and the like. I don't mind people making jokes about my ethnicity (Scottish), the fact that I am not a morning person, blah blah blah.
There have been people at my work who do seem genuinely bigoted and in those cases, your talk of avoiding confrontation and such is valid, but the GP doesn't sound like a bigot. And as an aside, how on earth do you think that weight is 'beyond the control' of the subject (unless they perhaps aren't physically well enough to do exercise). If you get regular exercise and don't eat junk then it's going to be pretty difficult for your body to pile on the pounds. I have a pretty good metabolism (I recognise that some people put on weight more easily than others, I'm 14 stone/196 pounds, 6'2", my sister goes crazy whenever I suggest I'm getting 'fat', because I'm not
Hmm. There's an adult subsection to the theme section? Probably quite a few wads on display in there, and some mods for Doom too.
The fact that you don't see the irony, of course!