1. Star Control II 2. Half-Life 3. X-Com UFO 4. Master of Orion 5. Evil Genius
These are all games you could play for months and not get bored - that's how I tend to determine what is a good game. *Especially* if I come back to it a decade later.
Real life blacksmithing is incredibly fun. I started out when I worked at Philmont. I even made my own knife. It's really not that hard. There's a bit of a learning curve, but as long as you know someone who's done it before and can answer questions when you have them, it's not hard at all.
I'd always tell people about linux as an alternative to windows or OSX until I ran into the simple problem of getting it (numerous distros - red hat, SuSE, Debian, Knoppix, Ubuntu, etc.) to handle WPA wireless support. I'm fairly handy with linux and trying to get WPA support setup was a complete nightmare. I gave up on it for now as a matter of fact.
How can I give a good recomendation of linux as an alternative OS when it doesn't even have good (or any) native WPA support? WEP is better than nothing, but not by much. What entry level user would want to spend time hacking on getting Ndiswrapper or another third party app. to be able to hook up to their own WPA enabled wireless network? Turning off WPA encryption isn't a sensible solution either. No normal user should have to go to this much time and trouble for such a simple and basic feature as WPA wireless support.
Any OS that claims to be a reliable alternative desktop OS for your average or slightly above average user that doesn't have native WPA support is just... Sad.
(*the wireless setup that I was using and trying to get WPA support on was in Ubuntu with a USB based wireless adapter from Airlink 101, the AWLL3026. Native linux driver set is Zydas1211. Ndiswrapper also seems to be workable with the native XP drivers. Yet I've still been unable to get working WPA support and I've spent more than 20 hours total on it. WPA supplicant with the Zydas1211 drivers have been the closest thing to working so far. I love the command line and all, but the complete lack of a good GUI based tool for WPA support is just sad. If any of you have had success with Ubuntu and the AWLL3026 adapter on getting working WPA support, please let me know.)
I recently tried to get WPA working on a fresh Ubuntu install. I spent the better part of two days before I gave up, and I'm no slouch when it comes to computers.
How can I advocate using linux to someone when *I* can't even get WPA encryption working? Certain things should just 'work' right off the bat. MP3 and such, that I can understand. WPA, on the other hand... And WEP is next to useless. Should I go around saying "It's better than Windows XP. But you can't really get WPA working." I'll have them right up until that last sentence. No one in their right of mind is going to switch to an OS that can't even get bloody WPA support working. And saying 'well, if you do X, and really mess around with X config files' isn't going to cut it either. If *I* ended up throwing in the towel over trying to get WPA working, then the average user sure as hell isn't going for it.
Linux is *worthless* as an operating system for the regular home user as long as basic things like WPA aren't supported. That would be similar to selling a car that didn't have working locks. Nobody in their right of mind would want a car like that. So what if it's free? If you're using wireless and want do anything over the internet that requires a password, switching to an OS that doesn't support WPA is ludicrous.
Long Live Bill Gates and Microsoft. I'll still be using XP as my primary OS until Linux becomes a reasonable choice as a home user OS. And at this rate, I don't see that happening any time soon.
The space quest and quest for glory series were some of the best games that I have ever played. And it seems that nothing like them has been made since then:-(
The DataHand one actually does look pretty usefull, if only for people with RSI and other hand injuries that minimize the amount of hand movement that they have. For everyone else though, it looks like a complete waste of time.
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Why don't you click on a few ads though? ;)
There is something to be said for Counter-Strike. I used to map for it though, so I might have a bit of positive bias heh.
The dialog and humor from that game is just top-notch. And it was incredibly unique as a game.
MOO just has that replay value... Krondor is an excellent game, but how many times in a row can you play it?
No contest as to the top five -
1. Star Control II
2. Half-Life
3. X-Com UFO
4. Master of Orion
5. Evil Genius
These are all games you could play for months and not get bored - that's how I tend to determine what is a good game. *Especially* if I come back to it a decade later.
Indeed it is. You should check out New Mexico if you can - it's worth it.
Real life blacksmithing is incredibly fun. I started out when I worked at Philmont. I even made my own knife. It's really not that hard. There's a bit of a learning curve, but as long as you know someone who's done it before and can answer questions when you have them, it's not hard at all.
(Flickr set of all my Philmont photos)
Nope. If you build it, they will make data to fill it. Trust me.
Wow. What a way to abuse the english language! "...on my MP3" You've got something on your data file? WHAT?!
Thanks for that tip! For anyone else that didn't quite catch how to, here's a link to a firefox how-to: Firefox quick searches / smart keywords
I did. Bought a copy of a NOVA special on fireworks. It was nice.
I'd always tell people about linux as an alternative to windows or OSX until I ran into the simple problem of getting it (numerous distros - red hat, SuSE, Debian, Knoppix, Ubuntu, etc.) to handle WPA wireless support. I'm fairly handy with linux and trying to get WPA support setup was a complete nightmare. I gave up on it for now as a matter of fact. How can I give a good recomendation of linux as an alternative OS when it doesn't even have good (or any) native WPA support? WEP is better than nothing, but not by much. What entry level user would want to spend time hacking on getting Ndiswrapper or another third party app. to be able to hook up to their own WPA enabled wireless network? Turning off WPA encryption isn't a sensible solution either. No normal user should have to go to this much time and trouble for such a simple and basic feature as WPA wireless support. Any OS that claims to be a reliable alternative desktop OS for your average or slightly above average user that doesn't have native WPA support is just... Sad. (*the wireless setup that I was using and trying to get WPA support on was in Ubuntu with a USB based wireless adapter from Airlink 101, the AWLL3026. Native linux driver set is Zydas1211. Ndiswrapper also seems to be workable with the native XP drivers. Yet I've still been unable to get working WPA support and I've spent more than 20 hours total on it. WPA supplicant with the Zydas1211 drivers have been the closest thing to working so far. I love the command line and all, but the complete lack of a good GUI based tool for WPA support is just sad. If any of you have had success with Ubuntu and the AWLL3026 adapter on getting working WPA support, please let me know.)
The complete and utter absence of YaST?
I recently tried to get WPA working on a fresh Ubuntu install. I spent the better part of two days before I gave up, and I'm no slouch when it comes to computers. How can I advocate using linux to someone when *I* can't even get WPA encryption working? Certain things should just 'work' right off the bat. MP3 and such, that I can understand. WPA, on the other hand... And WEP is next to useless. Should I go around saying "It's better than Windows XP. But you can't really get WPA working." I'll have them right up until that last sentence. No one in their right of mind is going to switch to an OS that can't even get bloody WPA support working. And saying 'well, if you do X, and really mess around with X config files' isn't going to cut it either. If *I* ended up throwing in the towel over trying to get WPA working, then the average user sure as hell isn't going for it. Linux is *worthless* as an operating system for the regular home user as long as basic things like WPA aren't supported. That would be similar to selling a car that didn't have working locks. Nobody in their right of mind would want a car like that. So what if it's free? If you're using wireless and want do anything over the internet that requires a password, switching to an OS that doesn't support WPA is ludicrous. Long Live Bill Gates and Microsoft. I'll still be using XP as my primary OS until Linux becomes a reasonable choice as a home user OS. And at this rate, I don't see that happening any time soon.
The space quest and quest for glory series were some of the best games that I have ever played. And it seems that nothing like them has been made since then :-(
I.M rocks. So does VNV & Lords of Acid. W.Z had its day, not so sure about the others.
Thank you for that - you made my day.
Such sanity in a modern textbook - it must be a hoax! It is quite clear that you are making a complete fabrication in regards to this!
The DataHand one actually does look pretty usefull, if only for people with RSI and other hand injuries that minimize the amount of hand movement that they have. For everyone else though, it looks like a complete waste of time.