"[name of host I use/used to use] should not have been in the top [number 50 or less]! I used them for [length of time] and I had [random number] problems over a [1-12] month time span! They are TOTALY incompetent and I wouldn't wish them upon my neighbor's dog's fire hydrant!"
haven't played past the first mission (which is IMHO the worst in the entire game)
I wouldn't call it the worst... but it is definitly a stumbling block for most newbies. It's the hardest of the first 1/4 of the game, and it forces the player to rethink their traditional playing style.
Cars, excavating equipment, COMPUTERS. all examples of machines. Sure the computer is candy coated, but it's still a machine.
Now tell me.. how many women do you know actually LIKE "playing with" machines? This is the same male-dominated issue to affects the construction industry, the auto-machanic business, and many others.
The female gender doesn't generally WANT much to do with mechanical things (I'm not questioning their ability, just stating a trend in their apparent desire).
More than that, computers usually don't allow them to demonstrate their great personal/social skills (which are more often then not, 1000 times better than men's).
In other new, cases of carpel tunnel syndrome are on the rise as millions of online participants move their Sims avatar back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, and so on, in virtual picket lines
Is this attitude of letting students have this much say in the IT department a Maine thing?
I grew up in North Berwick, Maine (part of Noble), and there were 3 of us that pretty much owned the computer labs. We weren't paid, trained, or anything else. It was simply understood that we knew what we were doing, often times better than the staff, and were allowed certain privileges. eg - we had our own full size desk in the lab administration office, usually 2 computers reserved for us, our own full size stereo, server access, and sometimes most importantly, access to the office coffee maker. We were consulted on almost every change made, (eg - "Hey Phil, what do you know about XYZ, how would you do it?") and frequently asked to sit in on presentations of corporate demos etc...
Is this happening in any other high schools? Or is maine the only state with brains enough to see when the kids get it better than they do?
You talk about "real"... well, unless you spend thousands on outrageously priced powerpaks and locos, you can't crawl into your station at a scale.5 mph like you can with DCC. You also can't run multiple trains on the same track (same block as well) in the opposite directions either. Simple anolog control is just that - simple. You can hardly do anything "real" on a model layout with anolog/block wiring.
Don't rule out DCC just because it can do everything for you. You don't have to let it. Just let it do the basic things that you couldn't before.
heh. I service most of the macs at the university of maine @ farmington. With a limited budget, you can make OS 9 run on almost anything (including that 7100 you mentioned, with only 32 megs ram).
And I wouldn't call it hacking either. Granted, it's not the best idea in the world to install it on such old machines, but there's nothing that says you shouldn't be able to.
Then again, I don't recommend anyone around here upgrade beyond 8.6 anyway.
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"We're doing our very best, and that's all we can do"
In the words of George Carlin: "If this is your best, perhaps you should keep it to yourself."
Let me save everyone some time...
"[name of host I use/used to use] should not have been in the top [number 50 or less]! I used them for [length of time] and I had [random number] problems over a [1-12] month time span! They are TOTALY incompetent and I wouldn't wish them upon my neighbor's dog's fire hydrant!"
(Bad French Accent)
"I didn't know! How could I know?"
(/Bad French Accent)
haven't played past the first mission (which is IMHO the worst in the entire game)
I wouldn't call it the worst... but it is definitly a stumbling block for most newbies. It's the hardest of the first 1/4 of the game, and it forces the player to rethink their traditional playing style.
Once you get past it tho, you're hooked.
Cars, excavating equipment, COMPUTERS. all examples of machines. Sure the computer is candy coated, but it's still a machine.
Now tell me.. how many women do you know actually LIKE "playing with" machines? This is the same male-dominated issue to affects the construction industry, the auto-machanic business, and many others.
The female gender doesn't generally WANT much to do with mechanical things (I'm not questioning their ability, just stating a trend in their apparent desire).
More than that, computers usually don't allow them to demonstrate their great personal/social skills (which are more often then not, 1000 times better than men's).
"Now if only computer manufacturers could make equipment even remotely this sturdy." They did... 30 years ago.
Why is /. the only news site in the world that posts duplicates?? name me one other that has this problem... I dare ya.
I seriously want to know... WHY?
In other new, cases of carpel tunnel syndrome are on the rise as millions of online participants move their Sims avatar back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, and so on, in virtual picket lines
Word dat! Get a grip editors. Use yer heads.
"If you have experienced UK trains though, then you have my deepest sympathies."
You folks need to come to the US.. where our ONLY trains run ONLY between big cities, and ONLY if you've got tons of cash to pay for them.
I spent 3 months in the UK. Having a functional rail system was the highlight of my trip.
You don't realize how lucky you are.
"it's almost affordable enough to justify one in the home, too!"
Don't laugh too hard.. there is a couple of math/comp sci professors at my university to live together and have a blackboard in their bedroom.
ok.. maybe you should laugh... taking derivatives is NOT foreplay.
That he asked on /.
.....or that she answered in email?
I think I'd argue the latter.
Is this attitude of letting students have this much say in the IT department a Maine thing?
I grew up in North Berwick, Maine (part of Noble), and there were 3 of us that pretty much owned the computer labs. We weren't paid, trained, or anything else. It was simply understood that we knew what we were doing, often times better than the staff, and were allowed certain privileges. eg - we had our own full size desk in the lab administration office, usually 2 computers reserved for us, our own full size stereo, server access, and sometimes most importantly, access to the office coffee maker. We were consulted on almost every change made, (eg - "Hey Phil, what do you know about XYZ, how would you do it?") and frequently asked to sit in on presentations of corporate demos etc...
Is this happening in any other high schools? Or is maine the only state with brains enough to see when the kids get it better than they do?
There goes the price of metal tape measures...
As revealed on Apple's iPod user interface demonstration page (click on "About iPod", QT 5 required), the actual capacity of the drive is 4.6 gigs.
If they want to "declare computer crimes to be terrorism", that sounds great.
That makes MS the biggest terrorist in the world by my book....
You talk about "real"... well, unless you spend thousands on outrageously priced powerpaks and locos, you can't crawl into your station at a scale .5 mph like you can with DCC. You also can't run multiple trains on the same track (same block as well) in the opposite directions either. Simple anolog control is just that - simple. You can hardly do anything "real" on a model layout with anolog/block wiring.
Don't rule out DCC just because it can do everything for you. You don't have to let it. Just let it do the basic things that you couldn't before.
> I dunno if you've ever used X before,
> but if I don't have 3 mouse buttons I
> feel crippled.
What's that tell you about the GUI then?
Hey - I like X just as much as the next guy with half a brain - it's certainly better than any M$ POS - but it still has it's downfalls.
And I wouldn't call it hacking either. Granted, it's not the best idea in the world to install it on such old machines, but there's nothing that says you shouldn't be able to.
Then again, I don't recommend anyone around here upgrade beyond 8.6 anyway.
check out the hardware section of MP3car.com. a whole bunch there...