WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1999
COMPUTER GEEK HUMOR (6:00 AM EST)
Rine sent me this one, if you're a dork (like me) you will find it amusing. Geek Humor
A couple examples I liked:
Windows95 - crash compatible on Windows 3.x 
Windows - The best $89 solitaire game you can buy 
DOS Error #04: Out of disk space. Delete Windows? (Y)es (H)ell yes!
God I'm a dork...
BRITNEY SPEARS GUILTY IN SEX CASE
Charlie Wiederhold (3D Realms / Apogee) had an interesting link in his .plan file:

*Some* people are just sooo ungrateful. ;)

http://members.xoom.com/_XOOM/tnnoaccess/cnn_britney_scandal/index.htm

Wieder rolls...

LINUX POWER
Setting up your own ftp server is as easy as going online in Linux. I went online, gave Jam Master J my IP address,  and he connected to my ftp folder. Sooo simple, by giving him a username and pass he had full access to my computer. He could get data from my CDROM or wherever. By deleting his username/pass he was a normal user, and I made an incoming folder for uploads etc. The power of Linux.
A PLUG
I'm pluggin a site, if you like techno/trance/goa, check out Ubermachine
NORM QUOTE
"How's life in the fast lane, Normie?"
"Beats me, I can't find the on-ramp."
#58 MONEY ISN'T EVERYTHING, BUT IT'S DAMN NICE
Hint, click my banners.. :)
RINE'S LINK OF THE DAY
 The National Game Review (one of Rine's favs) has an amusing article about the upcoming onslaught of Phantom Menace Merchandise

 
TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1999
LINUX IS GOOD (3:50 AM EST)
I've been riding high on the Linux wave here and am sure to be bragging. Check out this amusing screenshot of one of my desktops :)
BOBBY DUNCANSON'S .PLAN
Virgin Wedding Night
***************
A middle-aged man and woman meet, fall in love, and decide to
marry. On their wedding night, they settle into the hotel's
bridal suite and the bride says to her new groom, "Please,
be gentle ... I am still a virgin."

The startled groom says, "But how can that be?  I'm your
fourth husband!"

The bride responds, "Well, you see, it was this way:
My first husband was a psychiatrist and all he ever wanted
to do was talk about it.  My second husband was an astronomer
and all he ever wanted to do was look at it." Catching her
breath, she then added, "And my third husband was a stamp
collector... God, I miss him!"

Thanks Tony!
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A GOOD TREE JOKE!
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Two tall trees, a birch and a beech, are growing in the woods.
A small tree begins to grow between them.
The beech says to the birch: "Is that a son of a beech or a son of a
birch?"
The birch says he cannot tell.
Just then a woodpecker lands in the sapling.
The birch says "Woodpecker, you are a tree expert. Can you tell if that
is a son of a beech or a son of a birch?"
The woodpecker takes a taste of the small tree. He replies:
"It is neither a son of a beech nor a son of a birch. That, my friends,
is the best piece of ash I have ever put my pecker in."
 

KERNEL TUTORIAL
My homegirl Fraggy sent me her homegrown tutorial for installing a new kernel in Linux. So if you're interested in Linux, this might be enlightening and helpful. Take a look here: Kernel Tutorial.
Thanks Fraggy.. :)
COLORADO ARTICLE
Cliff Bleszinski's and Trey Harrison's .plan files both speak highly of this article: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/04/25/1438249

"Excellent article on the recent incident in Colorado." - CB

"Finally, amidst all of the embarassingly bad, incorrect, overdone, and infuriating coverage of the incident in Littleton Colorado, there is one report/essay/story that is absolutely worth reading." - TH

NORM QUOTE
"Hey Norm, how's the world been treating you?"
"Like a baby treats a diaper."
#57 THE BIGGER THE TESTICLES, THE WEAKER THE WILL POWER
They get bigger, you get dumber.
RINE'S LINK OF THE DAY
 CABLE MODEMS CAN GET YOU ARRESTED Got this off Slashdot. This chick actually had legal troubles from owning a cable modem. Serves the LPB right I say... :P
MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1999
Q3A ALTERNATE METHOD (4:16 PM EST)
Here's the other method involving the Mac emulator. *NOTE* This is not the method mentioned on Blue's, this involves using the Mac emulator to 'extract and install files', not to play it. You use the emulator to get the files, then you put them into Winblows and play it there. Involves the IHV.. :) You can read the HOWTO over at Quake'N Down Under  I claim no responsibility for the legality,  if it dosen't work (for you), if it blows up your house, yadda yadda.
As to the first method, Splash sends word that renaming his Voodoogl.dll made it run in a  fashion. Try renaming it 3dfxogl.dll, 3dfxgl.dll, etc... Try variations off the different dll's you have for your 3d games.
Q3A ON WIN32 MACHINES (2:35 PM EST)
I've gotten a mixed bag on this one, a few got it working, a few sort of, and a few not at all. Don't blame me if you can't get it working, I have only partially got it working myself. But some have.. 3DFX cards are apparantly a trouble, and I got one...
Got another URL last night to a long process involving using a Mac emulator to install the test files, then adding them to the WIN32 Q3A folder yadda yadda. The URL is on my Linux partition, and I can't get it from here. I'll post it as soon as I boot into Linux or see the fella that gave me it....
RAR FILES... 
Some of you have no clue what to do with the 'hacked' files. Well in the zips are rar archives, which require a rar utility to open.. which you can get here: wrar206.zip (442 KB)
PLAY Q3A ON WIN32 MACHINES... NOW!!!!! (12:00 AM EST)
You can use the WIN32 server, and some 'hacked' files to play Q3A on any WIN32 machine.... :)
Get these files:
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/idgames/idstuff/quake3/win32/q3test_server_win32_x86.zip
http://www.acm.net/~elite/3dfxop~1.dll
http://www.acm.net/~elite/bdcq3t01.zip
http://www.acm.net/~elite/bdcq3t02.zip
http://www.acm.net/~elite/bdcq3t03.zip
Then find a server here:
http://underworld.idsoftware.com/cgi-win/q3aservers.exe/
Since I'm halfway through the downloads I might not be updating anymore tonight... :) I think you understand why.....

 
SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 1999
MAC Q3A IS OUT!!! (4:00 AM EST)
Actually this in itself means shit to me, however since the Linux version is second in the release order, I'll be seeing my Linux Q3A very soon now :) Here's a pic off the Q3A site of the man I missed so much in Quake II, the Quakeguy. He's looking more badass and buff than ever...
WIGGER RHINO LIVES!!!
Rine has his own site in the works which I mad the Link Of The Day a little while back. His site is called 'Wigger Rhino', and while browsing (he's good at that) he found a picture of a real, living white rhino, this is an actual wigger rhino.
Q3A FOR LINUX 
Once the Q3A comes out for Linux I'll be working away at getting it running in all it's splendor, although till I learn how to compile my kernel and buy more RAM I might be unable to really play online with it. KDE can chomp a bit of resources if the kernel is not configures optimally for your system. :( However, once I get it to work I will be posting a Q3A Linux tutorial to help Linux newbies get their Q3A running. Hopefully this will inspire many more folks to convert to a real OS :)
 
NORM QUOTE
"What's up, Normie?"
"The temperature under my collar, Coach."
#56 BONERS ARE ACTUALLY YOUR BODY SAYING "RUN FOR YOUR LIFE, SHE'S A DANGEROUS ONE.."
Yup, if only I knew what my pecker meant all these years, and here I thought he meant go after her... :/
RINE'S LINK OF THE DAY
 80'S CARTOON THEME SONGS. Nuff said.