So there's a real, scientific reason why I sleep through things like...
Hurricanes; tornadoes; multiple 747's, 777's, and other misc. big aircraft coming in to land right over me; gunfire; noon sun shining on my face... Now if only they could find why I'm almost hyper at 3am, and that I like it.
OK... So you can make a map out of something else. Doesn't mean you should.
Not because of the "oh my god, they're shooting in a school/church/hospital/mall/brothel" (fuck people who go off like that), It's because there's too much out there that's just crap. Probably about 90% of it.
If you're going to do it, go over it and make sure there aren't places where you can get stuck, be sure zombies don't spawn in the safe room, and at least make an effort with the textures.
When 4.0 came out, my first thought was "This is a P&P version of a computer RPG"... Specifically, it reminded me of the Baldurs Gate games for PS2. Then when they pulled all their PDFs, I just said "fuck 'em"... Actually, I'd said "fuck 'em" a while earlier, this time was "fuck 'em and forget 'em". (Although the writing was on the wall with that one, given how they wanted to do so much with their online system). I'd like to try out Pathfinder (supposedly an indie 3.5), but can't FIND it in deadtree.
As for the GW shops... I always get this weird, smiling cultist feeling whenever I've gone into one. Also wondered how they stay running, and whether the employees apparent enthusiasm might be exploited a bit. "Hey bob, wanna take a box of orcs home and paint 'em for the shop"? Maybe every mini purchased helps subsidize the stores.
I've thought about getting back in to 40K, stuff like this story cools me back down again. I'll keep my Warhammers with 2 PPCs and a SRM6.
The picture reminds me of how I once had a whole can of beer spilled on my mac keyboard... Bottom side of it looked like a water globe with bubbles instead of fish.
It was a 2 hour ambulance bypass. That's nothing. Seriously. They weren't turning away people at the door, just sending ambulances elsewhere.
Look at when it happened, 1am. They would have what, one, maybe two if they're lucky, people working at the admit desk at that time. Yeah, it might back up a bit., but it shouldn't.
This was a failure of hospital policy more than an IT system failure.
disclaimer: I work at a HIMSS level 6 rated hospital. (I've even had the experience of being an inpatient recently. Knowing the system, I still said "Wow! This is how things need to be run".) Almost everything is computerized. Everything is backed-up and redundant, and if the whole thing went down, you wouldn't be coming to us because there'd be a huge hole in the ground.
You didn't know what you were looking for, we did. we found it for you, you WILL find that what we gave you is what you were looking for. If you have a problem with this, we will kill you. (or failing that, come close enough for a copyright suit... how about a copyright vest? trousers?... what about a copyright shirt and tie?)
This is what should have happened in the first place. I have an Intel m-ITX board with the 330, it's nice... I wish it had a PCI-E/16 instead of regular PCI,,, Could only find an ATI 2400/PCI for it, now that they're out, I might rebuild with a Nvidia 95(6?)00 because ubuntu won't install (complains about memory corruption errors. The. memory. is. OK.).
Intel's graphics are so bad they're criminal. And please... stop making 230's and just make 330's.
I just hope it's not too expensive, With a separate power brick made-to-go with this board,,, A few stand-offs and you can have a nice low-power-draw render cluster. It'd be even nicer if blender, yafaray, or lux had a branch that took advantage of CUDA as well.
Laughed hard at this: "Speaking to the BBC, the chairman of industry body the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) John Kennedy said the verdict sent out a clear message. "These guys weren't making a principled stand, they were out to line their own pockets."
I remember a while after Daikatana came out, we got a bunch of copies for prizes at our lan party. Usually gave them out as the boobie prize. A couple copies we took out back, put m-80's in the box, through the hole in the CD, doused with gas... it was tons of pyro fun.
Anyone who used this for money would (and should) be skinned alive. It's the wrong thing to target.
If it's not exactly accurate, but instead centers around averages, (how well does it converge towards the REAL answer?) then I could see uses for it, but still in parallell with normal procs for a rough "checksum"...
CGI and various modelings where you just need to pour power at it for example.
Maybe make some kind of "accelerator" board with it to be used for certain apps. (Still pissed about not having a reasonably priced cell board like that).
I've been running HL2 on an atom 330, with a pci ati 2400 (note, old school pci, not pci-e), and except for a little flitter when levels start, it's been great. Then again, I'm running 1024/768 (monitor max res).
I do wonder why everyone is so gung-ho about the single core atom,,, isn't the dual core only about $5 more? That's worth it for me... add on a Nvidia chipset (please do CUDA), it'd be beautiful.
Disclaimer: I don't play EVE-O. I'd like to, it looks good; leveling up looks better than other MMORPGs. I'm not even that interested in the RPG part... I've been having fun with capitol ship fighting in megamek recently (and I dug out Homeworld to play again a couple of weeks ago).
I've read here about one needing to be logged in when a skill update happens or it's wasted,,, This is wrong... If it's progressed, you should get it.
My idea for EVE-off-line would include some kind of tamogatchi-type thingamajigger... something you synched up via USB with a few simple games on it to play, that would then be authenticated and uploaded, helping you when online.
The problem is some people really believe that if you take in certain pieces of information, you WILL act on it You have no choice, it's not a question of self-control; sooner or later, you will do something. (Strangely enough, these kind of people usually talk big about "personal responsibility"... although it's usually in terms of punishment, rarely in terms of prevention.) The fact that you deny it will happen is proof that you've been corrupted, your conscience seared, and reinforces their belief in their own rightness. That consuming that information might actually prevent someone from going out and committing the act depicted/described, is something entirely alien, and will cause them to redouble their belief against it.
Whether it's porn of any type, birth control, evolution, video games, political theories,,, hell, damned near anything, someone with this mode of thought will crusade against it. And again, trying to cure them of it only makes them dig in deeper.
Of course, the inquisitors, err... special investigators, are somehow immune to this effect, and are there to save you from your sins.
I've done some tech support for people in my mother's building (and since then, re-affirmed my oath to NOT FUCKING do that ever again!), You may as well surf all the virus/trojan loaded sites before you give it to them and save them the trouble. And save yourself the trouble of having to explain why all their pictures are gone, or why they're victims of ID theft and not able to do anything about it.
Many people are going to shout "UBUNTU!!! They can just do the updates themselves." Yeah, and then you're gonna be over there figuring out what happened when they do a version upgrade and it not just breaks, but shatters to pieces.
I got my mom a mini-mac. The only issues I've had to fix are getting an old version of photoshop running on it, and telling her that "no, you don't have to pay for Open Office, that's a donation button, like on PBS."
Disclaimers: I use ubuntu on my systems; no problems, I like it. I am not a mac fanboi. I know not every senior is technically inept; I've seen plenty who do amazing things on their systems, I've also seen some who shouldn't be allowed to own a toaster.
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So there's a real, scientific reason why I sleep through things like...
Hurricanes; tornadoes; multiple 747's, 777's, and other misc. big aircraft coming in to land right over me; gunfire; noon sun shining on my face...
Now if only they could find why I'm almost hyper at 3am, and that I like it.
OK... So you can make a map out of something else.
Doesn't mean you should.
Not because of the "oh my god, they're shooting in a school/church/hospital/mall/brothel" (fuck people who go off like that),
It's because there's too much out there that's just crap. Probably about 90% of it.
If you're going to do it, go over it and make sure there aren't places where you can get stuck, be sure zombies don't spawn in the safe room, and at least make an effort with the textures.
When 4.0 came out, my first thought was "This is a P&P version of a computer RPG"... Specifically, it reminded me of the Baldurs Gate games for PS2.
Then when they pulled all their PDFs, I just said "fuck 'em"... Actually, I'd said "fuck 'em" a while earlier, this time was "fuck 'em and forget 'em".
(Although the writing was on the wall with that one, given how they wanted to do so much with their online system).
I'd like to try out Pathfinder (supposedly an indie 3.5), but can't FIND it in deadtree.
As for the GW shops...
I always get this weird, smiling cultist feeling whenever I've gone into one.
Also wondered how they stay running, and whether the employees apparent enthusiasm might be exploited a bit.
"Hey bob, wanna take a box of orcs home and paint 'em for the shop"?
Maybe every mini purchased helps subsidize the stores.
I've thought about getting back in to 40K, stuff like this story cools me back down again.
I'll keep my Warhammers with 2 PPCs and a SRM6.
Sure it's safe with water, but what about beer?
The picture reminds me of how I once had a whole can of beer spilled on my mac keyboard...
Bottom side of it looked like a water globe with bubbles instead of fish.
WOW.
What kinda jet was it and where did it happen/come from?
All you need is Fortran.
It was a 2 hour ambulance bypass.
That's nothing. Seriously.
They weren't turning away people at the door, just sending ambulances elsewhere.
Look at when it happened, 1am.
They would have what, one, maybe two if they're lucky, people working at the admit desk at that time.
Yeah, it might back up a bit., but it shouldn't.
This was a failure of hospital policy more than an IT system failure.
disclaimer: I work at a HIMSS level 6 rated hospital.
(I've even had the experience of being an inpatient recently. Knowing the system, I still said "Wow! This is how things need to be run".)
Almost everything is computerized.
Everything is backed-up and redundant, and if the whole thing went down, you wouldn't be coming to us because there'd be a huge hole in the ground.
gods, what is it?
You didn't know what you were looking for, we did.
we found it for you, you WILL find that what we gave you is what you were looking for.
If you have a problem with this, we will kill you.
(or failing that, come close enough for a copyright suit... how about a copyright vest? trousers?... what about a copyright shirt and tie?)
139 euro is about 190 USD...
For that price, I'd head towards the zotac m-ITX core-2 board with PCI-E/16.
Halve the price, and I'd grab it in a snap.
This is what should have happened in the first place.
I have an Intel m-ITX board with the 330, it's nice... I wish it had a PCI-E/16 instead of regular PCI,,,
Could only find an ATI 2400/PCI for it, now that they're out, I might rebuild with a Nvidia 95(6?)00 because ubuntu won't install (complains about memory corruption errors. The. memory. is. OK.).
Intel's graphics are so bad they're criminal.
And please... stop making 230's and just make 330's.
I just hope it's not too expensive,
With a separate power brick made-to-go with this board,,,
A few stand-offs and you can have a nice low-power-draw render cluster.
It'd be even nicer if blender, yafaray, or lux had a branch that took advantage of CUDA as well.
All free speech, is hate speech.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8003799.stm
Laughed hard at this:
"Speaking to the BBC, the chairman of industry body the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) John Kennedy said the verdict sent out a clear message.
"These guys weren't making a principled stand, they were out to line their own pockets."
Oh yeah, and he isn't?
Just make sure no one with the last name Hasek-Davion is working there.
And I'll beat you both on a black motorcycle than only gets 60 mpg.
Thank gods I don't live in CA.
How long until it's in hobbyist hands?
I want one of these: http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Marauder
Failing that, how about http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Turkina or http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Dire_Wolf_(Daishi)
But a http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Locust or http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Kit_Fox_(Uller) would be fun too.
Any way, new toys for robotics are always fun.
I remember a while after Daikatana came out, we got a bunch of copies for prizes at our lan party.
Usually gave them out as the boobie prize.
A couple copies we took out back, put m-80's in the box, through the hole in the CD, doused with gas... it was tons of pyro fun.
And those lemons are belly-button lint...
Why not study spinning, then knit and embroider a tapestry out of it?
Hell, you could even Call in Sick to do it.
In an alternate galaxy long long ago...
Emperor palpatine went senile, and every time they fired the death star superlaser, insisted that darth vader pull his finger.
Anyone who used this for money would (and should) be skinned alive.
It's the wrong thing to target.
If it's not exactly accurate, but instead centers around averages, (how well does it converge towards the REAL answer?) then I could see uses for it, but still in parallell with normal procs for a rough "checksum"...
CGI and various modelings where you just need to pour power at it for example.
Maybe make some kind of "accelerator" board with it to be used for certain apps.
(Still pissed about not having a reasonably priced cell board like that).
I've been running HL2 on an atom 330, with a pci ati 2400 (note, old school pci, not pci-e), and except for a little flitter when levels start, it's been great.
Then again, I'm running 1024/768 (monitor max res).
I do wonder why everyone is so gung-ho about the single core atom,,, isn't the dual core only about $5 more?
That's worth it for me... add on a Nvidia chipset (please do CUDA), it'd be beautiful.
OK, Just one thing,
make 'em bigger.
sure, not the equivalent of 3 months worth of stuff, but more content than in just a single issue.
Disclaimer:
I don't play EVE-O.
I'd like to, it looks good; leveling up looks better than other MMORPGs.
I'm not even that interested in the RPG part... I've been having fun with capitol ship fighting in megamek recently (and I dug out Homeworld to play again a couple of weeks ago).
I've read here about one needing to be logged in when a skill update happens or it's wasted,,,
This is wrong... If it's progressed, you should get it.
My idea for EVE-off-line would include some kind of tamogatchi-type thingamajigger... something you synched up via USB with a few simple games on it to play, that would then be authenticated and uploaded, helping you when online.
The problem is some people really believe that if you take in certain pieces of information, you WILL act on it
You have no choice, it's not a question of self-control; sooner or later, you will do something.
(Strangely enough, these kind of people usually talk big about "personal responsibility"... although it's usually in terms of punishment, rarely in terms of prevention.)
The fact that you deny it will happen is proof that you've been corrupted, your conscience seared, and reinforces their belief in their own rightness.
That consuming that information might actually prevent someone from going out and committing the act depicted/described, is something entirely alien, and will cause them to redouble their belief against it.
Whether it's porn of any type, birth control, evolution, video games, political theories,,, hell, damned near anything, someone with this mode of thought will crusade against it. And again, trying to cure them of it only makes them dig in deeper.
Of course, the inquisitors, err... special investigators, are somehow immune to this effect, and are there to save you from your sins.
DON'T!!!
I've done some tech support for people in my mother's building (and since then, re-affirmed my oath to NOT FUCKING do that ever again!),
You may as well surf all the virus/trojan loaded sites before you give it to them and save them the trouble.
And save yourself the trouble of having to explain why all their pictures are gone, or why they're victims of ID theft and not able to do anything about it.
Many people are going to shout "UBUNTU!!! They can just do the updates themselves."
Yeah, and then you're gonna be over there figuring out what happened when they do a version upgrade and it not just breaks, but shatters to pieces.
I got my mom a mini-mac. The only issues I've had to fix are getting an old version of photoshop running on it, and telling her that "no, you don't have to pay for Open Office, that's a donation button, like on PBS."
Disclaimers: I use ubuntu on my systems; no problems, I like it. I am not a mac fanboi. I know not every senior is technically inept; I've seen plenty who do amazing things on their systems, I've also seen some who shouldn't be allowed to own a toaster.