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Yes, all is well in Linux land...... Learning more every day. If only I didn't have a job interrupting me..... :) |
| SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1999 |
| Windows 98 SE Hits Final (12:32 PM EST) |
| From
BETANEWS.COM:
Microsoft let its testers know that Release Candidate 3 (build 2222) was posted late last night. MS told its testers that they believe this is the final build for the SE update which includes a few minor bug fixes and a seemingly mysterious jump in build numbers (from 2185 to 2222). Look for the $20 upgrade to be available from Microsoft in the very near future. |
| LINUX ENHANCED (5:10 AM EST) | ||
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| Q3A FOR LINUX | ||
sCary a little while back posted
this article about Linux and Quake, specifically Q3A and it's shipping
a Linux version. This article explains a little bit about how Linux rules
for Quaking. Another reason to convert ye sinners...... Read the the article
HERE.
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| NORM QUOTE |
| "What's doing, Norm?"
"Well, science is seeking a cure for thirst. I happen to be the guinea pig." |
| #62 LINUX + Q3A LINUX = ABSOLUTE ENLIGHTENMENT |
| Q3A will be shipping a Linux version. I'm there..... |
| RINE'S LINK OF THE DAY |
| The FBIhas a website, know thy enemy. |
| FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1999 |
| LINUX ENHANCED (6:10 AM EST) | ||
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| NORM QUOTE |
| "Can I draw you a beer, Norm?"
"No, I know what they look like. Just pour me one." |
| #61 PEOPLE ARE SCUM |
| Think about it. Name one person who isn't... besides Kate Moss... |
| RINE'S LINK OF THE DAY |
| For you shell enhancers out there, especially Litestep peoples, another good site to scope out is TIN TOYS the got lots of information and 'toys' to enhance your shell. A wraning though. If you become a shell enhancing addict, eventually you will have no choice but to look at Linux and drool. :) |
| THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1999 |
| DAWN OF DARKNESS (1:35 PM EST) |
| A killer looking commercial TC for Quake II called Dawn Of Darkness will be releasing a demo tomorrow. To get details, go to http://www.dawnofdarkness.com/ |
| SPEAK UP |
| I've started a Colorado thread on the DINGLEBOARD I would like to hear what others think about this tradigy/idiocy. So go write something ;) |
| COLORADO SHOOTINGS (5:35 AM EST) |
| At the risk of seeming like a bastard,
here's some thoughts on this situation. Highschool can be hell, it seems
like you'll never escape the stress of all the clicks, the gossip, etc.
Highschool kids hold on so tightly to their clicks, not willing to consider
other clicks as 'cool', or even being human. In my jr. high/highschool
my group of skateboarders, punkers, hippies and the like were often ridiculed
by the jocks, rednecks, homies, and pretty much everyone else. They called
us 'dweebs'. At least once a week I was threatened, got into a scuffle
or some other shit all based on my not conforming to the 'normal' bit of
playing sports, wearing expensive clothes and listening to top 40 bullshit.
And what was the justification of the gang of four or five jocks who beat
my cousin into a concussion? For being a dweeb. He was just riding a skateboard,
that's it. And for what? Not being in the right click. And when you're
in highschool, in your teenage years, it seems like your life couldn't
possibly get worse, you have no concept of what life can lie beyond the
highschool walls. And if you were to graduate and move on to your twenties
you'd find that the stresses of your highschool life were nothing, something
you can look back on and laugh about. But these two kids didn't believe
the stresses, clicks, and lives led in highschool would ever change. They
thought life was never going to get better, they'd always be tormented
by blacks, jocks and anybody else stronger than them. And apparantly their
parents didn't explain well enough to them that their lives would change
so much once they graduated, they'd have new stresses, new interests, new
lives. So they got the guns, they built the pipebombs, and made the plans
to get even with these tormentors. On one hand I understand the anger and
rage felt by these kids, they had no clue what lay beyond their highschool
lives, so they lived as if those lives were the only ones they'd ever know.
So they decided those lives weren't woth living, and if you're gonna kill
yourself why not take some of those bastards with you too?
You can't specifically blame any source, unless you want to say society itself. The parents didn't quite explain life to them, the kids at school couldn't just let them be themselves without tormenting them. Average American kids kids get so wrapped up in their labels, their designer clothes, their music, their hobbies, and this fuels each ones little flame. Kids don't have mature enough minds to realize that when the kid says "I don't want to fight," that that means 'please leave me alone, I just want to mind my own business.' Kids see it as 'tough shit, I'm gonna beat you up anyways.' One thing for certain, if the blame be pointed it's in one of two directions, the environment immediatly surrounding those kids (their town, school, families), or the whole damn world. You can't say 'he watched Natural Born Killers and played DOOM a bunch, so the companies that made these things are to blame.' If they are to blame, then so is the whole world for making violence seem amusing, sex for seeming dirty, foul language seeming appropriate. Otherwise, the blame falls at home, on the kids for being so stupid to think their lives were defined in the first 1/4 of it, the clicks for making them feel unwelcome, the schools for allowing kids to treat each other like shit, the list goes on... Get a grip people. Everybody has their own trip, so let them be. If the whole world thought the same things were 'cool' then this place would be boring as hell. Diversity is the spice of life, it's how we define ourselves. So quit beating other kids (people) up for thinking differently, looking differently, talking differently or whatever else. Enjoy your lives, they're much longer than 18 years. |
| WINBLOWS 98 SE |
| Looks like Winblows 98 SE has hit final beta testing, and if no showstopper bugs show up, will ship in May. The complete package will run $89, and the upgrade to 'fix' and upgrade current Win98 will be availible to order online from Micro$haft for around $20. Damn if uncle Bill don't want more money from the people he already ass-raped on their Win98 purchase. May he rot in a Turkish prison for eternity. |
| CTF- AHH MEMORIES |
| Back when Q2 first came out I became a CTF junky fast (note, I was a Q1 CTF junky). Since playing RA2 I've only found interest in Weapons Factory, but mainly RA2, till now.... I played CTF with my Voodoo^3 using cl_lights 1 and gl_dynamic 1, OMG it's purty. Seeing the flags glowing and bases glowing brings a tear to my eye... ;) |
| LINUX |
| Any Linux Gurus reading this? If so, any advice, help, or whatever you can offer a Linux newbie would be appreciated. ;) |
| NORM QUOTE |
| "What would you say to a beer, Normie?"
"Daddy wuvs you." |
| #60 IF VIDEO GAMES MADE ME INSANE, I'D ALREADY BE LOCKED UP |
| Can you say 'idiotic lawsuit against id software and others cause we didn't raise our kids right?' |
| RINE'S LINK OF THE DAY |
| If you've never been to Lag City, then now's the time. This is the main page to learn about LAG, the evil demon that can make or break your online gaming experience. This page can help to enlighten you as to what lag is, where it comes from, and how to avoid it. This page is sacred. |
| WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1999 |
| BEATING BLUE ;) (1:05 PM EST) |
| Rine and I noticed that ol Blue posted a Link Of The Day a couple days ago that I posted a couple weeks ago about Teletubbies, and today he is talking about some site called Old Man Murray's. (Look ^ UP), been talking about it for a week. ;) |
| MP3'S MADE SMALLER? (1:00 PM EST) |
| This is an interesting idea.....
FROM BETANEWS.COM: Windows Media Technologies 4.0 Beta Tuesday, Apr. 20 - 05:18 PM EDT
Microsoft has recently announced a beta release of Windows Media 4.0.
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| LINUX RETURNS (2:00 AM EST) |
| Whew, after a flurry of CD backing up my harddrives were relieved of a couple Gigabytes of files, and with that spare room, I reinstalled Linux :) Got it running in a couple hours with sound, access to all my DOS harddrives, and my net connection. Having troubles with the video though since my moniter and video card (V^3) are newer than any drivers in the Free86, but oh well.... Uncle Bill is getting a kick-in-the-nuts-o-gram. |
| Q2DM3 FOR QUAKE |
| Steve Thoms's .plan file has been updated.
Level Construction Nihilistic Software Can't wait for Quake3? Tired of midair
railing 5 of your friends
Ok, it's not exactly brand new, but it's
new to Quake. My second
Get it here: ftp.cdrom.com/pub/idgames2/levels/deathmatch/p-r/q1_q2dm3.zip
And, in case you haven't seen it, my first
conversion to Quake,
ftp.cdrom.com/pub/idgames2/levels/deathmatch/p-r/q1_q2dm1.zip
Enjoy. |
| MANDRAKE LINUX |
| I'm currently using Mandrake Linux, which rocks and makes installation as easy as can be for Linux. It's Redhat Linux 5.2 with the K Desktop Environment, LICQ, X11AMP and other toys all in one package. Installing it is so cool since it installs all the goodies for you, so you can be up and running in a couple hours instead of days. Best of all, the newest version of Mandrake Linux (5.3) can be orderd for $1.89. Yes, and entire Operating System for $1.89. You can get it HERE. |
| 3DREALMS ON THE MOVE (4:30 AM EST) |
| Joe Siegler's
.plan file has been updated.
(3D Realms / Apogee) Work Stuff (wow, a real .plan update!) :) Around the end of this month, the 3D Realms web sites will be moving to new servers. We hope to make the move without any interruption of service, but just in case there is an unforseen problem, I wanted to alert our fans ahead of time in case something does happen, and there's a disruption. We will be updating you with news announcements here, as well as in our .plan files, so make sure to keep it here for the latest. The sites that are affected by this move are: http://www.3drealms.com
(This site)
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| NORM QUOTE |
| Norm: Afternoon, everybody.
All: Norm! Cliff: Afternoon, everybody. All: [silence] |
| BOBBY DUNCANSON HUMOR |
| Bobby Duncanson's
.plan file has been updated.
Artist, Soldier of Fortune Raven Software Old Man Joke
The man answered,
"Just a few, maybe four, but cut each one into four
The pharmacist said, "That won't do you any good." The elderly gentleman
said, "That's alright. I don't need them for sex
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| #59 IF YOU EAT COOKIES EVERYDAY, YOU'LL LEARN TO DISLIKE COOKIES. |
| Now apply that to sex. |
| RINE'S LINK OF THE DAY |
| You can never know too much about sex
can you? Well, the WSR
Dictionary of Unusual Sexual Terms enligtened me to things I've
never heard of. A couple examples:
NYCTOPHILIA: Love of night TAPHEPHILIA: Arousal from being buried alive |
