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Anarchy / Re: Tastes like purple« on: November 25, 2014, 10:00:56 AM »
Maybe a bit of a periwinkle after-taste, but...
Any online profile found when searching for "Thunder3Davis". 77
Anarchy / Re: MAKING A VIDEO GAME-NEED HELP« on: November 24, 2014, 06:31:01 PM »
Yeah, I hate that too... except, not.
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Anarchy / Re: MAKING A VIDEO GAME-NEED HELP« on: November 24, 2014, 08:40:58 AM »
Good!
<TROLL>I'm excited to finally be working in the world of Visual Basic game programming again. Please send me your contact info to: gotoKing@RentAnAncientGeek.com and I'll let you know my rates.</TROLL> 79
Anarchy / Re: MAKING A VIDEO GAME-NEED HELP« on: November 23, 2014, 02:03:42 PM »
I only work on games written in Visual Basic. Is that what you're writing it in?
Also, do you own handguns and brandish them in pictures online? 80
Sticky Stuff (no pun intended) / Re: #HN Bash« on: November 18, 2014, 12:24:19 PM »
I think Shifty broke the interwebs.
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New Geeks on the Block / Re: Rawr« on: November 17, 2014, 02:11:04 PM »
A naked blonde walks into a bar with a poodle under one arm and a two-foot salami under the other. She lays the poodle on the table. Bartender says,'I suppose you won't be needing a drink.' Naked lady says..
Welcome. 82
Entertainment / I like my _______ like I like my ______.« on: November 10, 2014, 09:40:53 AM »
cat changed the topic to: I like my men like I like my weather. GO.
11:08:34 AM cat Destructive 11:10:14 AM cat Seasonal 11:31:23 AM cat In like a lion, out like a lamb 11:31:44 AM cat Covered by insurance 11:31:58 AM cat Different in every part of the country 1:55:22 PM BizB making puddles. 1:55:53 PM BizB blowing me hard 3:26:57 PM MFS coming fast 3:27:30 PM MFS strong enough to rip the shingles off my roof 3:27:44 PM MFS something everyone complains about 3:27:45 PM hackess Blustery. 3:27:53 PM MFS calm 3:28:14 PM MFS leading to home repairs 3:29:45 PM MFS predicted by scientists 3:29:51 PM MFS observed by satellites 3:29:59 PM hackess Brought up in polite conversation. 3:30:00 PM MFS here today, gone tomorrow 3:30:15 PM hackess All I talk about with my dad. 3:30:20 PM MFS ruining farmers financially 3:30:43 PM BizB cold at night and hot at noon 3:31:02 PM MFS able to kill thousands 3:31:26 PM BizB nearly as dangerous as religion 3:31:30 PM MFS computer modeled 3:31:54 PM BizB unpredictable beyond today 3:32:19 PM hackess Delaying sporting event 3:32:20 PM hackess s 3:32:42 PM MFS visible on doppler radar 3:32:53 PM MFS causing warning sirens to go off 3:33:18 PM hackess LOL 3:33:36 PM MFS described daily by Al Roker 3:33:40 PM BizB giving me inches and inches until I cry mercy 3:33:48 PM MFS *spittake* 3:33:52 PM hackess Making me get a shovel. 3:34:03 PM MFS ruining everything 3:34:08 PM BizB two words: ice dam 3:34:20 PM MFS flooding my basement :demo: 3:34:26 PM BizB ^ 3:34:51 PM MFS causing me to purchase all new weather stripping 3:35:04 PM BizB deciding which hobby I partake in 3:35:23 PM BizB fetching me a beer from the fridge (if only) 3:35:26 PM MFS robbing me of fuel efficiency 3:35:31 PM hackess Forcing me to wear extra layers 3:35:39 PM BizB givening me shivers 3:35:48 PM MFS making things slippery 3:35:58 PM BizB *golf clap* 3:36:05 PM MFS *snicker* 3:36:20 PM MFS bringing hoar frost? 3:36:40 PM MFS HOARY 3:37:02 PM MFS causing entire species of animals to migrate 3:37:03 PM BizB shown on TVs all across America every evening... for about 7 minutes. 3:37:51 PM MFS Regarded as a sign from the gods by primitives 3:38:47 PM BizB dumping me on my ass about once every 3 years 3:39:01 PM hackess Dreary 3:39:04 PM BizB that one is too true 3:39:18 PM hackess Wet 3:39:27 PM MFS 40F 3:39:40 PM hackess so, refrigerated? 3:39:47 PM MFS sure! 3:40:29 PM BizB gripping my soul with bony fingers of ice and twisting my heart until it lay in a puddle on the ground... beating. beating. 3:40:52 PM BizB </emo> 5:38:22 PM BizB ...capable of making the leaves fall from the trees 5:49:29 PM MFS making my potatoes freeze solid 5:49:54 PM MFS causing me to want hot soup and white russians 5:51:18 PM BizB makes me want to stay in on a Saturday night 83
Entertainment / Re: Earliest Gaming Memory« on: November 10, 2014, 09:38:00 AM »
I also played pong as my first game. It was a great Christmas that year!
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Hardware, Software, and Other Imperialist Crap / Mobile Wallet Wars« on: October 27, 2014, 08:21:45 AM »
Everyone thought the Apple Pay functionality would finally bring the mobile wallet war to a standstill. With a powerhouse like Apple setting the standard, it should be a no brainer for everyone else to follow suit, right?
Wrong. http://www.businessinsider.com/cvs-stores-reportedly-shut-down-apple-pay-support-2014-10 http://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-war-against-apple-pay-the-iphone-payments-system-2014-10 Now, the battle's front lines have shifted from... Credit card companies to carriers carriers to phone manufacturers phone manufacturers to operating systems operating systems to retailers It's time for an open source solution that can't be blocked. 86
New Geeks on the Block / Re: What is this??« on: October 18, 2014, 08:07:09 PM »* BizB signs up for Zorgon's newsletter.
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New Geeks on the Block / Re: What is this??« on: October 17, 2014, 11:27:04 AM »
Was there a forecast for a HURRRRRicane?
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New Geeks on the Block / Re: What is this??« on: October 17, 2014, 10:47:53 AM »
Damn it! I just found this article moments after posting the above.
http://www.fastcoexist.com/3037045/want-to-train-your-brain-to-feel-more-compassion-heres-how Timing IS everything. 90
New Geeks on the Block / Re: What is this??« on: October 17, 2014, 10:45:43 AM »
I'm going to go with "A new person barging into the party and demanding that we all rush out to jump start their car without even telling one joke or showing some nipple."
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Anarchy / Re: Future Seek Links« on: October 15, 2014, 10:20:20 AM »
Today's reading list:
Flies http://www.bbc.com/news/health-29596438 -- The more we know, the better off we'll be. http://www.popsci.com/article/science/how-flies-are-responsible-beers-tasty-fruity-smells -- more fly news Beer http://www.businessinsider.com/scientists-recreate-170-year-old-beer-2014-10? http://www.popsci.com/article/science/how-flies-are-responsible-beers-tasty-fruity-smells -- more fly news (Same as above) http://io9.com/our-planet-just-experienced-the-warmest-six-month-stret-1646120867? -- This space intentionally left blank http://www.wired.com/2014/10/robotic-followers/ -- makes me wonder just how long it will take before we find practical uses for every-day robots https://www.airdog.com/# -- Linked from the above. I want. https://medium.com/annual-meeting-of-the-new-champions-2014/top-10-emerging-technologies-2014-e2f15db3ad2 -- TL;DR (yet) http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap141014.html -- gorgeous http://www.scientificamerican.com/report/cancer-research-advances/ http://www.exponentialorgs.com/ -- may add this to my reading list http://sploid.gizmodo.com/new-gulfstream-jets-flight-decks-look-like-sci-fi-space-1646201208/+megneal? -- how the other half (1%) lives http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/14/us-usa-housing-foreclosures-insight-idUSKCN0I30BU20141014 -- Thinking about walking away from that mortgage? Think again. Smart home http://www.businessinsider.com/jason-johnson-yves-behar-august-founders-2014-10? #1 http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/baig/2014/10/14/august-lock-is-promising-but-not-something-to-latch-onto/17226179/ -- Another August story. http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/14/british-gas-hive-connected-home/ 92
Anarchy / Re: Future Seek Links« on: October 14, 2014, 08:21:44 AM »
The links I clicked on today...
http://gizmodo.com/samsung-has-made-wi-fi-thats-five-times-faster-due-201-1645593796? -- Apple will claim they invented it first. http://www.technologyreview.com/news/531646/instead-of-google-glass-how-about-a-tiny-telescope/ -- Yea!... no. http://gizmodo.com/remember-how-facebook-is-experimenting-with-friend-to-f-1645607534? -- another one on the pile. http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap141013.html -- disappointing http://www.businessinsider.com/diamond-nanothreads-make-space-elevator-2014-10? -- Actually read about this on Sunday thanks to Mark Bruce, but this is a good write up about it. http://sploid.gizmodo.com/incredible-photo-of-an-f-18-zooming-through-the-golden-1645700221/+ericlimer? -- incredulous, not incredible http://www.forbes.com/sites/avigilon/2014/10/13/the-digital-physical-world-in-2020/ -- Is your business prepared for this? http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/10/12/peter-thiel-on-apple-mbas-and-startup-creation/17059735/ -- This one will take some time to read (haven't done that yet). http://time.com/3502215/this-alzheimers-breakthrough-could-be-a-game-changer/? -- My future is looking like I may remember my past after all. http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/10/welcome-to-prepper-camp/381351/?single_page=true -- I didn't expect this to be about preppers based on the link text. I personally hope I don't survive a catastrophic event like these guys are preparing for. http://www.vox.com/2014/10/13/6957627/dentist-rip-off They're not anti-Semite, they're anti-Dentite! </Seinfeld> http://rw.runnersworld.com/sub-2/ -- I used to be a runner... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141013090227.htm? -- Ummm... already done - mostly (http://www.wolfram.com/) http://sploid.gizmodo.com/badass-airplane-pilot-extinguishes-truck-fire-with-one-1645598971/+jesusdiaz? - he shoots, he scores! 93
Flamer's Corner / Re: Where can I buy a compatible cartridge for Xerox WC 3100.« on: September 30, 2014, 01:34:27 PM »
It was in 2012, but we've forgiven you. Well... some of us have.
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Anarchy / Re: Tastes like purple« on: September 27, 2014, 02:29:22 PM »
People who act childish when they don't get their way.
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Sticky Stuff (no pun intended) / Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread« on: September 25, 2014, 08:33:41 AM »
No weapons.
Remember, a duck's bill is a formidable weapon and the wing span would be like 30 feet. 98
Sticky Stuff (no pun intended) / Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread« on: September 24, 2014, 08:14:19 AM »
Would you rather get in a fight with a horse-sized-duck, or 100 duck-sized-horses?
Explain your answer. 99
Anarchy / Re: Future Seek Links« on: September 24, 2014, 07:48:55 AM »
So, your phone - in your pocket - will be able to identify the gesture you just made to do any number of commands? Cool.
http://www.geek.com/science/new-smartphone-gesture-control-system-uses-wireless-transmissions-instead-of-cameras-1605085/ Do your kids a favour and ask them for lots of details when they tell you stories as a toddler. http://www.businessinsider.com/women-have-better-memories-than-men-2014-9? If your job involves presenting at a client's location, this might be worth keeping in your laptop bag. http://gizmodo.com/microsofts-wireless-display-adapter-makes-your-tv-a-sec-1638179841? The Future Crime Division of your local PD could use your cell phone data to predict crime patterns http://www.khq.com/story/26606919/researchers-believe-future-crimes-can-be-predicted-by-analyzing-mobile-data 100
Hardware, Software, and Other Imperialist Crap / Windows 9 user experience« on: September 16, 2014, 07:38:36 AM »
http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/15/windows-9-features/?ncid=rss_truncated
Summary: Tiles on the start menu, less W8, more W7, and multi-desktop (more W3.1) |
