Commented 14 years ago2009-08-07 22:46:31 UTC
in journal: #5987Comment #55653
That Targus site looks exclusive and pricy. But hey, they have this nice Black Leather Laptop Case that I just might get. Anyway, that's a bad-ass mouse you got there, so good pick Captain Terror.
Commented 14 years ago2009-08-07 22:09:27 UTC
in journal: #5988Comment #42654
Good luck on your new webmaster job, I know it can sometimes be a bit tough and all the time sensitive pressure that goes with it, and I should know, I do the same type of work, but I do it on a freelance basis. I have already done 7 e-commerce sites in the last 2 years, all for restaurants.
Online food ordering websites is my niche specialty, which also require the setup of a "shopping cart to fax gateway interface". What this means is when a customer does an order and pays for it online, the restaurant will receive the paid order as a printed paper fax instantly. The restaurant can then prepare the order for customer pickup.
One good example of this in action, is "Papa John's Pizza" website, they have a similar order setup in place too. Now, before I do anymore paid sites for anybody else, I will be taking a break and hitting the books soon and brush-up on CSS and XHTML (which I really need to), all with the aim of eventually taking the "Certified Internet Webmaster" (CIW) exam. It will be nice to have that certification on my resume. Once again, congats on your new, better paid job.
Commented 14 years ago2009-08-06 09:45:57 UTC
in journal: #5986Comment #50618
Hey Masta Killa, the "over-sized inflatable woman" picture is not showing, and when I click on the Open in new window, I get this "Permission Denied!" from Image Shack. There's something you need to fix with the link, or maybe Image Shack removed that picture?
Commented 14 years ago2009-08-05 23:57:32 UTC
in journal: #5985Comment #59609
There's always the chance that eBay's admin people may take a second, closer look at this listing since it's already getting a buz in the media, and close it down before the auction ends. Trust me, if eBay sees that this listing is going to cause more trouble than it's worth, they will shut down this auction in a heart beat.
EDIT: Wow, just read a bit of the "Question & Answer" section of this auction, and man....a lot of people are angry and are hammering away at the owner of this auction listing! Not surprised at all....
Commented 14 years ago2009-08-05 23:03:04 UTC
in journal: #5985Comment #59608
You know, this reminds me of an old episode from The Simpson's where Bart and Lisa were arguing on what to name Marge's new baby. Anyway, Bart wanted to name the baby "Cool Moe' Dee". That always cracks me up when I think about it, so let's just say that if I were to ever win this auction, you can bet your ass I will name this baby *COOL MOE' DEE!!!
*Cool Moe' Dee was a famous New York City DJ/rapper from the early 1980's.
Commented 14 years ago2009-08-05 20:41:50 UTC
in journal: #5985Comment #59605
I'm afraid the story is very real. Some local TV news stations have already picked up on this. FoxNews, CNN and Univision's "Primer Impacto" are starting to comment on this too. Remember, the economy is in the shits right now, people from left and right are loosing their jobs, so anything can happen these days, people are just plain getting desperate to put food on their table for their families.
Commented 14 years ago2009-08-03 09:39:31 UTC
in journal: #5980Comment #51950
Too bad Hollywood does not make more often those good "thinking man's" movies like Moon. I too saw Moon and I got to say that the last time I saw a serious space movie like that, was 2001: A Space Odyssey. And most of you were not even born yet when that movie first came out in theaters.
Just recently they celebrated the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11's first manned Moon mission that led to some talk from the media and to some extent from the U.S. government about man going back to the Moon, with an eventual manned mission to Mars. Let's hope this dream does not die out.
Commented 14 years ago2009-07-31 22:31:03 UTC
in journal: #5976Comment #53122
Some ISPs also cap bandwidth when they detect bitorrent sharing on your end. The cap only applies to the uploading, not the downloading of torrent files. In the U.S., the one big ISP that started this trend was Comcast.
Commented 14 years ago2009-07-29 21:33:48 UTC
in journal: #5972Comment #54036
As long as they don't "come on to me", or try some other funny shit with me, I have no problems with them. But if they do mess with me, I will go in to combat mode and somebody will bleed.
Commented 14 years ago2009-07-29 21:24:10 UTC
in journal: #5972Comment #54035
That's why I keep on me my loaded Colt .45 (with an extra loaded clip) whenever I go to some city I am not familiar with, you just never know if the need will arise for me to make an example out of some foolish homo that crosses path with me.
Commented 14 years ago2009-07-28 13:14:15 UTC
in journal: #5969Comment #41057
Hold on a second, I thought you already had a job as an art director for some other company. Did you loose your art director position, or are you just looking to get a 2nd job?
Commented 14 years ago2009-07-28 08:05:31 UTC
in journal: #5967Comment #45069
If you say that they already did, then that's fine then, I will take your word for it. As for Archie, as soon as he grows up, I am sure he too will get laid eventually, cats are good at that. But they are a lot more noisier though.
Commented 14 years ago2009-07-27 21:41:33 UTC
in journal: #5967Comment #45068
So far, there's no mention of any women in any of this, and that's bad. And that's what got me gagging for a good throwing up. Come'on, show at least one photo of the supposed female being "done" by any of you.
Commented 14 years ago2009-07-27 04:30:40 UTC
in journal: #5967Comment #45067
Oh,...okay. I see what you mean. That's the price for killing a few million brain cells that can leave the brain numb all night long: Strange things can and will happen. But if you are the non-drinking type, it's still cool, nothing wrong with that. Now, the one thing that I totally refuse to do, is to drink every day, that's just asking for big trouble down the line.
Commented 14 years ago2009-07-27 01:03:33 UTC
in journal: #5967Comment #45066
Five beers each you say, uh? Well, it's only one short from a full six pack each, so it's not bad. As for the Scotch fucking you up, not surprising at all, it is hard liquor, 80 proof. You can not compare that to beer's low average 5% alcohol by volume. So, do they sell any Puerto Rican rum (Bacardi) where you live at? That's the stuff I drink, and also the occasional 100% pure Blue Agave Tequila too.
@Strider: "-10 points for everything else"?.....Why?
Commented 14 years ago2009-07-26 22:56:48 UTC
in journal: #5967Comment #45065
I can't seem to clearly make out the brand of those beers from the photos, so my question is: What brand are they? Are they just regular beers or are they the higher end lagers or ales? Oh, how many cans did you guys drink?...He, he.
Commented 14 years ago2009-07-23 16:22:20 UTC
in journal: #5963Comment #47644
Nice. I will send my sister a link to that video of yours, she's got two young kids. And even though my sister is a hospital nurse by trade and know a lot about these things, she will appreciate the extra info.
Commented 14 years ago2009-07-21 19:45:45 UTC
in journal: #5959Comment #41050
Yea, I am getting that "Internal Server Error" too, but that's to be expected from an unfinished site. After all, he did say "It's not all there".
Hey Rimrook, would you be intrested in adding a direct link on your new site to that VRML world I made of your Sunden map? Do you remember about that? It will just be all the more diffrent content that you will be offering on your site. Just let me know, and I will PM you the exact URL to that Sunden.wrl file
Commented 14 years ago2009-07-21 19:26:03 UTC
in journal: #5959Comment #41048
Interesting layout, looks very mechanical looking. I also noticed you are basically using multiple shades of just one color, at least for the home page. Have you thought about trying to experiment with some type of metal-ish/sci-fi texture to go with that layout design? Also, what website editor did you use?
Commented 14 years ago2009-07-21 13:13:10 UTC
in journal: #5956Comment #59592
Yea, they don't make'em like they used too. Hey Tetsu0, since you say you got a Wii and apparently like multi-player split screen game play, have you heard, seen or played "Speed Zone" for the Wii yet? According to what I read, this racing game has a ton of game play features, which include racing, stunts competition, a car FPS similar to that of Twisted Metal and a few others. But what really caught my attention to this game, is it's multi-player options: 2, 4, 6 and 8 players split screen action! That's right, the TV's screen can be split up in up to 8 separate player screens from just one Wii console! I don't know how they really do it exactly, since the Wii only supports up to 4 players at once, but apparently they pulled it off with some kind of controller combination trick. They actually have in-screen video of this 8 player split screen game play: http://www.detn8games.com/
Commented 14 years ago2009-07-21 10:45:10 UTC
in journal: #5956Comment #59591
Well, like all RTS's out there, Herzog Zwei has some degree of a learning curve. Unlike many action games out there, this is one game you will definitely need to read it's instruction manual to get you started, that's why I supplied a link to one.
As for it's AI, I wont go as far as saying it was impossible, after all I did finished the single player campaign all the way through several times, but I will say the game was not easy to beat, the difficulty settings were kind of high, the game's AI is very aggressive. But that's not an issue with the two player mode, since the two player split screen mode is what it's really all about with this game.
It's sort of like with the N64's Golden Eye game, sure it had a great single player campaign made, but what really made Golden Eye stand out was it's four player split screen mode, and that was just way too fun. Well, the same deal with Herzog Zwei, it's all about the multi-player mode.
Commented 14 years ago2009-07-20 22:35:46 UTC
in journal: #5956Comment #59590
Shit yea it was fun! This game was pure gaming crack, addictive as hell! And even though it has a good single player campaign mode, it's two player, split screen mode is what made it a gaming legend way back then. Heck, rumor has it that the creators of StarCraft were inspired by Herzog Zwei. Anyway, if you do plan on getting it, you will be needing it's instructions manual to get you started, you can checkout this one, it's the best one for this game that I know of: http://www.danielthomas.org/pop/videogames/hz_strategy_page01.htm
Commented 14 years ago2009-07-20 17:49:52 UTC
in journal: #5956Comment #59589
I had both the SNES and the Sega Genesis, but eventually I found myself playing the Genesis games more often. My favorite all time best game from the 16 bit era was "Herzog Zwei", a very simple but exiting RTS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EO53h7nWEU
Commented 14 years ago2009-07-20 09:56:48 UTC
in journal: #5956Comment #59587
Oh that's why I also called him a clown, his antics on the videos are funny, he does make me laugh too. But at the same time, it's kind of sad watching a fully grown man acting like a 10 year old in love with his toy, not to mention he takes himself too seriously. I am waiting for him to go on a big rant soon against Valve for them not treating the PS3 the same way they treat the Xbox360, that should be a classic, I cant wait to hear his take on that.
Commented 14 years ago2009-07-18 19:29:00 UTC
in journal: #5955Comment #56539
My favorite death scene was in the third movie, when that pot smoking airhead guy gets sliced in 3 pieces by that flying barbwire. You know, one thing I don't get is why "Death" in the Final Destination movies bothers with setting up all these elaborate "accidental" death traps, which some of the intended victims seem to escape anyway. Why not just kill everybody you want dead with your own hands, you know....using your deathly supernatural powers and get it over with. I am sure if there was really such a thing as an "Angel of Death" or something similar to it, it would take care of business personally, not through outside methods like staged accidents.
Commented 14 years ago2009-07-17 01:39:23 UTC
in journal: #5951Comment #47642
Are you by any chance referring to Verizon's Fios network? I hear that's the latest in fiber optics tech. With Fios fiber optics, you can get phone, internet and TV, all on the same line.
Commented 14 years ago2009-07-16 00:14:03 UTC
in journal: #5948Comment #60372
Hey JeffMOD, pretty good excerpt example, I liked it. Way back in high school, I also took a few weeks of story writing classes, so I know that it's really fun to do. A friendly suggestion: Since your story writing is set in the world of Half Life, which as we all know has military elements to it, I would highly recommend you read yourself a Tom Clancy or a Oliver North novel, any will do, really. Those two guys are masters at their craft, especially Tom Clancy. You could really benefit your writing inspiration by checking out the competition's style. And who knows, maybe one they might be making movies of your novels like they do for Tom Clancy. If you want to go sci-fi military, one of the best all time authors on this, is David Drake, I read most of his novels and he is really good too.
Commented 14 years ago2009-07-14 20:48:42 UTC
in journal: #5946Comment #59567
This iGod chat room is a flash app, so with that said they most likely used actionscript to program the so called "AI". Now, I don't know too much about flash or actionscripting programming, but I am sure it does have it's limits when it comes to doing something as complicated as artificial intelligence behavior. C++ is normally better suited for this kind of stuff.
Commented 14 years ago2009-07-14 20:11:26 UTC
in journal: #5946Comment #59565
@potatis_invalid: I don't blame you for not knowing that saying, after all, it is old as dirt and hardly ever mentioned in modern pop-culture English. But it does exist, mostly used in old music record shops.
@JeffMOD and Luke: I agree. And as for God smiting people, that's reserved for Judgment Day, which is coming soon I hear.
Commented 14 years ago2009-07-10 00:03:56 UTC
in journal: #5938Comment #48871
Sweet! That's definitely a piece of pro grade equipment you got there. I myself will be in the market soon for some stage microphones. I will be looking for something like a 4 channel receiver with it's 4 wireless microphones bundled together. It's just something that once I buy it, I will be donating it to this local church that needs it where I live at.
Commented 14 years ago2009-07-07 12:26:43 UTC
in journal: #5933Comment #44426
Just follow your instincts then, if something does not feel right, be careful. But if you see and feel it's legit, then go for it and have a fun for all of us!
Commented 14 years ago2009-07-07 11:54:02 UTC
in journal: #5933Comment #44425
Well, so far this "YASIR" is not asking upfront for any personal information details or even mentioning some kind of "fee" that you need to pay to go to this "event".
I can't see a big harm replying to his email at this stage. Now, once you get an answer from your reply and he all of a sudden starts to ask for personal details and/or for you to wire him a "retainer fee" so he can secure your spot to this event, then watch out, it's most likely a scam.
One question: Did you recently filled out some kind of online (or offline) form related to this supposed event, or even posted on any other forums on where you live?
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Mmm, 43mb big, plenty of custom stuff I bet. I will have to try to download it later when my connection is a bit more faster than what it is now. It seems my ISP is choking the bandwidth due to ongoing infrastructure upgrade work.
Hey IMUS, I don't know if it's something I am doing wrong, but the green download button only takes me to what it seems to be the mediafire home page. I do not see no direct download link to your Mansion 3 map there.
Online food ordering websites is my niche specialty, which also require the setup of a "shopping cart to fax gateway interface". What this means is when a customer does an order and pays for it online, the restaurant will receive the paid order as a printed paper fax instantly. The restaurant can then prepare the order for customer pickup.
One good example of this in action, is "Papa John's Pizza" website, they have a similar order setup in place too. Now, before I do anymore paid sites for anybody else, I will be taking a break and hitting the books soon and brush-up on CSS and XHTML (which I really need to), all with the aim of eventually taking the "Certified Internet Webmaster" (CIW) exam. It will be nice to have that certification on my resume. Once again, congats on your new, better paid job.
Man, I'm going to have to do something like this too!
EDIT: Wow, just read a bit of the "Question & Answer" section of this auction, and man....a lot of people are angry and are hammering away at the owner of this auction listing! Not surprised at all....
Q & A Section: http://contact.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ShowAllQuestions&ShowASQAlways=1&frm=284&iid=250476640067&ssPageName=PageAskSellerQuestion_VI&redirect=0&requested=lavonneedrumm
*Cool Moe' Dee was a famous New York City DJ/rapper from the early 1980's.
Well, it's already in the four digit range....
Now, let's make a little betting game here!
I say the total amount will go up to about $6,500.00
So, feel free to post the amount you think the auction will close at.....
Just recently they celebrated the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11's first manned Moon mission that led to some talk from the media and to some extent from the U.S. government about man going back to the Moon, with an eventual manned mission to Mars. Let's hope this dream does not die out.
@Strider: "-10 points for everything else"?.....Why?
Hey Rimrook, would you be intrested in adding a direct link on your new site to that VRML world I made of your Sunden map? Do you remember about that? It will just be all the more diffrent content that you will be offering on your site. Just let me know, and I will PM you the exact URL to that Sunden.wrl file
As for it's AI, I wont go as far as saying it was impossible, after all I did finished the single player campaign all the way through several times, but I will say the game was not easy to beat, the difficulty settings were kind of high, the game's AI is very aggressive. But that's not an issue with the two player mode, since the two player split screen mode is what it's really all about with this game.
It's sort of like with the N64's Golden Eye game, sure it had a great single player campaign made, but what really made Golden Eye stand out was it's four player split screen mode, and that was just way too fun. Well, the same deal with Herzog Zwei, it's all about the multi-player mode.
@JeffMOD and Luke: I agree. And as for God smiting people, that's reserved for Judgment Day, which is coming soon I hear.
I can't see a big harm replying to his email at this stage. Now, once you get an answer from your reply and he all of a sudden starts to ask for personal details and/or for you to wire him a "retainer fee" so he can secure your spot to this event, then watch out, it's most likely a scam.
One question: Did you recently filled out some kind of online (or offline) form related to this supposed event, or even posted on any other forums on where you live?