And darn near every other alien race in sci-fi (and fantasy). Nothing says alien like an apostrophe... Perhaps because most Americans' are so unfamiliar with them.
Some misguided trekkies would send you to Memory Alpha, but that place is strictly bush league. If you want the best in Treknology, all the way down to fictional elements and even elementary particles, you've gotta head to Ex Astris Scientia. When I found this place, it blew my freaking mind.
Comparing Microsoft OS and Linux and saying who's is like asking who would win in fight between Darth Vader and Capt Picard.
Lemme stop you right there... I understand the analogy you're trying to draw here, but the answer is clearly Darth Vader. Let there be no doubt about that fact. The Dark Lord of the Sith has a personal Executor Star Destroyer, the combined might of the Galactic Empire at his beck and call, a bad-ass cyborg body, a lightsaber and THE FREAKING FORCE!
There's simply no competition here. Darth Vader could kick Picard's bald ass even from another universe... Not to mention a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
The sad parts - A) MS is probably Darth Vader in this analogy, B) Star Wars beats Star Trek in a head-to-head fight (even though it's the superior franchise) and C) I think about these kinds of things.
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It depresses me when someone reads a Terry Goodkind novel. I read Wizard's First Rule and I will never, ever pick up one of his books again... unless it's to ridicule him. Mmmmm, delicious ridicule.
Now I can prove once and for all that the moon landing was a fraud! So far in reviewing the tapes, I've seen dress-rehearsals, cables, stand-in props... Hell, you can even see a set-designer clad in overalls working on a matte painting in the background.
Fer criminy's sake, the tapes are labelled "Faked Moon Landing".
I use Opera every day, and have for years. I love it all - except the bookmark manager. IMO, it's in need of a serious overhaul. It's counter-intuitive, cumbersome, and really just makes my day a tiny bit worse. Thankfully, I don't really use my bookmarks much... Or maybe I don't use my bookmarks much because of the manager. Hmmm.
At the very least, I'd like the bookmarks menu to have drag-and-drop functionality like the entire rest of the Opera interface does.
Otherwise, thanks for an excellent browser, Opera Software!
How about a P133 with a VESA-compatible video card?
Nope... That'd take up more space, and my space is sort of limited these days. With DOSBox, I can run old Sierra games in a window on my Linux box while I'm ignoring the work I'm supposed to be doing.
It's an excellent DOS emulator for Windows, Linux, MacOSX, BeOs, FreeBSD, OS/2 and toasters... Wait, it might not run on toasters. You may need to do a little fine tuning, but I haven't found a better way to run old DOS games.
But the shooting/targeting/aiming controlls have been abysmal.
As of at least Vice City, you can hold down left trigger to auto-target, and use the d-pad left/right to switch between targets. It's simple and lightning quick, and works with most weapons. The assault rifles, sniper rifles and rocket launcher all force you to aim first person, which is accomplished by holding the left trigger (exactly like the auto-targeting). The first person aiming really isn't much of a problem, though. Maybe a little inelegant, but certainly not broken.
As for the driving controls, they're fun as hell once you get used to them... which for most players happens very quickly.
Your post isn't sacrilege, but I do think it's poorly informed. Honestly, if you think GTA has "bad controls" - enough to kvetch for 600-some-odd words about - you would absolutely shudder to play some of the games I've suffered. GTA is one of those excedingly rare games that I can sit almost anyone down at, and they'll be having fun in ten minutes time.
For a site doing a story on OSX apps, it renders beautifully in the Safari browser (which is supplied with OSX). The text and blue links are on a white page that sits on the blue background.
It's rendering as a white "page" against a blueprint-style background on all of the browsers I'm using... That includes Opera9, Firefox and Konqueror. Of these, only Firefox fails the Acid2, but as I mentioned, it's rendering the page just fine.
I wonder if this might be an interaction with an adblocking extension or some such. Maybe broken PNG support?
Despite the age of our species, every human on earth can trace their ancestry back to someone who may have lived as recently as the Golden Age of Greece (around 500 BC)
Well damn, I can trace my ancestry to someone much more recent than that. To boot, I'm pretty sure we all have ancestors that lived during 500 BC... I dare you to find me someone who lacks a living ancestor during anytime past the origin of life on earth and before their own time. I frickin' dare you.
Ohhhhhh... They mean to say that everyone can trace their ancestry back to a single person who lived during the Golden Age of Greece. That guy must've been a stud.
So because OpenDocument can't help everyone, it shouldn't help anyone? What kind of moronic politician -- sorry, I repeat myself -- thinks this is an intelligent decision?
True story... I worked a poll during a recent election in California. One of the many interesting bureaucratic foibles that caught my attention was the fact that all polls must post signs stating that there are no public restrooms... Even if there are in fact public restrooms on the premises. The reasoning was that they couldn't afford to ensure that all restrooms were handicapped accessible - So there simply weren't restrooms for anyone.
Better yet, I was working a location that was publically owned (a learning annex type place), which included handicapped accessible restrooms. Still "No Public Restrooms."
There's something magical about the way government works.
There are two things that are absolutely sacred right now on this site: Apple and Nintendo.
About that... I don't have anything against either Apple or Nintendo, and in fact, I think both companies market some pretty nice products. They're not products that I particularly want to buy, but I could definitely see how someone else would.
On the other hand, if someone happens to be a die-hard fan of Apple and Nintendo, I'm pretty sure he's gay. I don't mean that in the pejorative schoolyard way, but in the honest-to-goodness "sleeps with men" way. *shrug*
When someone starts going on passionately about Zelda or his MacBook, am I the only one that starts suspecting he might be a little light in the loafers?
I was a little dismayed when I first read the blurb. I could swear there wasn't any type of legal protection for typefaces in US law... One of the reasons that Adobe et al. made a push towards programmatically described fonts (Type 1 and Type 3). Although they couldn't protect the typeface itself, they could protect the copyrighted code that generated the font.
Then I remembered where the register.co.uk was located. Thank god... I was almost forced to RTFA. Phew.
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That is one aspect - levels.
Yeah, that's it. The only portion of Nethack (and other Roguelikes) that they bothered to implement was random levels. Oh yeah, and all this other stuff too.
Quoted from the DungeonDoom site, which you might've bothered to read: The modification is highly extensible and the current 8.1 build of DungeonDoom includes an overworld, a storyline, random quests, special level bosses with special abilities, magical spells, an equipment system, character development, player ability system and various playable characters, including a collectible card variant using the 'card master' and a sword- wielding combo performing ninja.
And the full feature list:
a practically endless wilderness with various places to visit, including the City of Asiris, various quest goals and a pyramid (south of the gates to Asiris at the end of the dark path), which serves as an entrance to the Dungeon.
up to 100 randomly generated maze levels with randomly placed monsters. The strength of enemies increases the deeper you descend. Exits are blocked by pentagrams until all enemies have been spawned
Five player classes: Fighter, Psi-Fighter, Supernatural, Cardmaster and Ninja with varying abilities to wield weapons, execute combos, use magical skills and/or use magical card decks.
Three different difficulty settings with variations in light level, trap visibility, enemy toughness and enemy behavior.
Three different choices for game length - ranging from short 20 level skirmishes to extended 100 levels adventures.
Three different gameplay types which emphasize different aspects of the game.
Three different player perspectives: Traditional first- person, overhead third-person and ninja 'follow-camera' modes.
4 adjustable light levels with optional ambient lighting.
16 different magical spells, some with 3 different skill levels.
Ammunition, potions, scrolls, armor and various light sources are available in shops.
Randomly generated magical item to improve your character.
Character development in 6 features: Strength, Intelligence, Dexterity, Wisdom, Vitality and Alignment.
Special enemy and boss capabilities, including paralyzing, blinding, poisoning, teleporting, invisibility, spawning, confusion, shields, self-healing, item destruction and special projectiles.
Randomly generated "unique" powerful wizards that can master multiple special abilities.
Enemy AI tweaks including fleeing and flocking capablities.
Traps which cause damage, status effects or level transitions (trapdoors).
Magically summoned pet pinky (credits to tinman).
10 different quests and 1 storyline.
Alignment influences storyline proceeding.
Refreshment fountains to replenish health or mana.
A final enemy, "The Balrog", with unique properties.
(I don't recall if the S3's Virge 3D decelerator was out, yet, but it wasn't supported and pretty useless either way).
Ahhhh, the S3 Virge. How fondly I remember the world's first 3D Decelerator Card. I seem to recall it facing stiff competition in the form of the ATI 3D Rage Pro. Those were the days... sigh.
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(Veiled Firefly/Serenity references? Check. Not so veiled Star Trek, Farscape, and Team America: World Police references? Check.)
Not Team America, for the love of god... Thunderbirds. Thunderbirds. Not to mention Supercar, Fireball XL5 and Stingray. Jeebus almighty.
why was this posted again?
Happy sunday.
The apostrophe after "Americans" is now doubly hilarious.
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It seems the Goa'uld are big on apostrophes.
And darn near every other alien race in sci-fi (and fantasy). Nothing says alien like an apostrophe... Perhaps because most Americans' are so unfamiliar with them.
I wish I knew where they're building all those Daedalus class ships...
Have you checked in space?
Damn, beat me to the punch.
Some misguided trekkies would send you to Memory Alpha, but that place is strictly bush league. If you want the best in Treknology, all the way down to fictional elements and even elementary particles, you've gotta head to Ex Astris Scientia. When I found this place, it blew my freaking mind.
Engage!
Comparing Microsoft OS and Linux and saying who's is like asking who would win in fight between Darth Vader and Capt Picard.
Lemme stop you right there... I understand the analogy you're trying to draw here, but the answer is clearly Darth Vader. Let there be no doubt about that fact. The Dark Lord of the Sith has a personal Executor Star Destroyer, the combined might of the Galactic Empire at his beck and call, a bad-ass cyborg body, a lightsaber and THE FREAKING FORCE!
There's simply no competition here. Darth Vader could kick Picard's bald ass even from another universe... Not to mention a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
The sad parts - A) MS is probably Darth Vader in this analogy, B) Star Wars beats Star Trek in a head-to-head fight (even though it's the superior franchise) and C) I think about these kinds of things.
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It depresses me when someone reads a Terry Goodkind novel. I read Wizard's First Rule and I will never, ever pick up one of his books again... unless it's to ridicule him. Mmmmm, delicious ridicule.
Each to their own, I suppose.
Now I can prove once and for all that the moon landing was a fraud! So far in reviewing the tapes, I've seen dress-rehearsals, cables, stand-in props... Hell, you can even see a set-designer clad in overalls working on a matte painting in the background.
Fer criminy's sake, the tapes are labelled "Faked Moon Landing".
Your ass is mine, NASA!
No need for that kind of processing power... Pam Anderson's got load-bearing implants.
I use Opera every day, and have for years. I love it all - except the bookmark manager. IMO, it's in need of a serious overhaul. It's counter-intuitive, cumbersome, and really just makes my day a tiny bit worse. Thankfully, I don't really use my bookmarks much... Or maybe I don't use my bookmarks much because of the manager. Hmmm.
At the very least, I'd like the bookmarks menu to have drag-and-drop functionality like the entire rest of the Opera interface does.
Otherwise, thanks for an excellent browser, Opera Software!
Funny - I can't find "compatibility mode" options anywhere in KDE. I wonder why.............
How about a P133 with a VESA-compatible video card?
Nope... That'd take up more space, and my space is sort of limited these days. With DOSBox, I can run old Sierra games in a window on my Linux box while I'm ignoring the work I'm supposed to be doing.
Check out DOSBox
It's an excellent DOS emulator for Windows, Linux, MacOSX, BeOs, FreeBSD, OS/2 and toasters... Wait, it might not run on toasters. You may need to do a little fine tuning, but I haven't found a better way to run old DOS games.
But the shooting/targeting/aiming controlls have been abysmal.
As of at least Vice City, you can hold down left trigger to auto-target, and use the d-pad left/right to switch between targets. It's simple and lightning quick, and works with most weapons. The assault rifles, sniper rifles and rocket launcher all force you to aim first person, which is accomplished by holding the left trigger (exactly like the auto-targeting). The first person aiming really isn't much of a problem, though. Maybe a little inelegant, but certainly not broken.
As for the driving controls, they're fun as hell once you get used to them... which for most players happens very quickly.
Your post isn't sacrilege, but I do think it's poorly informed. Honestly, if you think GTA has "bad controls" - enough to kvetch for 600-some-odd words about - you would absolutely shudder to play some of the games I've suffered. GTA is one of those excedingly rare games that I can sit almost anyone down at, and they'll be having fun in ten minutes time.
For a site doing a story on OSX apps, it renders beautifully in the Safari browser (which is supplied with OSX). The text and blue links are on a white page that sits on the blue background.
It's rendering as a white "page" against a blueprint-style background on all of the browsers I'm using... That includes Opera9, Firefox and Konqueror. Of these, only Firefox fails the Acid2, but as I mentioned, it's rendering the page just fine.
I wonder if this might be an interaction with an adblocking extension or some such. Maybe broken PNG support?
Despite the age of our species, every human on earth can trace their ancestry back to someone who may have lived as recently as the Golden Age of Greece (around 500 BC)
Well damn, I can trace my ancestry to someone much more recent than that. To boot, I'm pretty sure we all have ancestors that lived during 500 BC... I dare you to find me someone who lacks a living ancestor during anytime past the origin of life on earth and before their own time. I frickin' dare you.
Ohhhhhh... They mean to say that everyone can trace their ancestry back to a single person who lived during the Golden Age of Greece. That guy must've been a stud.
So because OpenDocument can't help everyone, it shouldn't help anyone? What kind of moronic politician -- sorry, I repeat myself -- thinks this is an intelligent decision?
True story... I worked a poll during a recent election in California. One of the many interesting bureaucratic foibles that caught my attention was the fact that all polls must post signs stating that there are no public restrooms... Even if there are in fact public restrooms on the premises. The reasoning was that they couldn't afford to ensure that all restrooms were handicapped accessible - So there simply weren't restrooms for anyone.
Better yet, I was working a location that was publically owned (a learning annex type place), which included handicapped accessible restrooms. Still "No Public Restrooms."
There's something magical about the way government works.
There are two things that are absolutely sacred right now on this site: Apple and Nintendo.
About that... I don't have anything against either Apple or Nintendo, and in fact, I think both companies market some pretty nice products. They're not products that I particularly want to buy, but I could definitely see how someone else would.
On the other hand, if someone happens to be a die-hard fan of Apple and Nintendo, I'm pretty sure he's gay. I don't mean that in the pejorative schoolyard way, but in the honest-to-goodness "sleeps with men" way. *shrug*
When someone starts going on passionately about Zelda or his MacBook, am I the only one that starts suspecting he might be a little light in the loafers?
I was a little dismayed when I first read the blurb. I could swear there wasn't any type of legal protection for typefaces in US law... One of the reasons that Adobe et al. made a push towards programmatically described fonts (Type 1 and Type 3). Although they couldn't protect the typeface itself, they could protect the copyrighted code that generated the font.
Then I remembered where the register.co.uk was located. Thank god... I was almost forced to RTFA. Phew.
Yeah, that's it. The only portion of Nethack (and other Roguelikes) that they bothered to implement was random levels. Oh yeah, and all this other stuff too.
Quoted from the DungeonDoom site, which you might've bothered to read:
The modification is highly extensible and the current 8.1 build of DungeonDoom includes an overworld, a storyline, random quests, special level bosses with special abilities, magical spells, an equipment system, character development, player ability system and various playable characters, including a collectible card variant using the 'card master' and a sword- wielding combo performing ninja.
And the full feature list:
I hope those kids crap on your lawn.
Ignore my bolding. I completely missed that you made the same joke. Today's excuse is... Low blood sugar? :)
(I don't recall if the S3's Virge 3D decelerator was out, yet, but it wasn't supported and pretty useless either way).
Ahhhh, the S3 Virge. How fondly I remember the world's first 3D Decelerator Card. I seem to recall it facing stiff competition in the form of the ATI 3D Rage Pro. Those were the days... sigh.