Re: Engineered out of trash.
Posted on 2012-09-08, 06:09
or unless there's enough torque on the large mounting plate to pull out those screws (I have no idea how solid the back of the unit where they screw into is)
Re: Where does this all end?
Posted on 2012-09-08, 05:10
Two words: Massive Parallelism At least on the processing/hardware side of things. Especially on the enterprise hardware side of things. The desktop/interactive side will probably require a software mini-revolution to really scale to this sort of thing. Parallelism in enterprise number crunching or …
Re: Is the old stuff still worth learning?
Posted on 2012-07-20, 04:05
You might run into it occasionally in legacy systems - it'll probably be niche uses though. I think a lot of old Point of Sale terminals run DOS - newer ones, not so much. The software we use to compute meteor trajectories is an old DOS program developed by Czech meteor physicists.
Re: anyone remember tape backup?
Posted on 2012-07-14, 21:57
I still have a SCSI tape drive at work... actual SCSI, with an Ultra-320 PCI adapter in the host, terminators and all that. It's just an AIT 20gb drive... we don't use it for backups anymore, but keep it around so we can read old tapes if we need to.
Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow
Posted on 2012-07-01, 19:58
Apparently, the entire stability of Blip depends upon time not being delayed by a second. XD Blip got back to me and said that the "leap second" we experienced is what caused the hour-long outage. I guess Y2K would've been more threatening if it added a second to our clocks. :P Well, 2K was only …
Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow
Posted on 2012-07-01, 02:26
Ah. My first roguelike was Castle of the Winds Shareware on the first x86 based computer I owned (I'd only had a C=64 up to that point).
Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow
Posted on 2012-06-30, 21:54
...Blip just disappeared from the net 15 minutes ago and still isn't back yet... ...this can't be good. o_O; I wonder if it had anything to do with the massive storm damage along the Eastern US? Anyway, as you say, it's back up now. Also, re: the intro, jupiter has a solid rocky core. Anyway, re: …
Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow
Posted on 2012-06-24, 22:28
I should have been to a support demonstration for the Students in Quebec (the fucking crazy law). (offtopic) Yeah, agreed about the law. Did you, by any chance, get to see Anarchopanda? That guy seems awesome. EDIT: oops, I thought you said you had been there. Lo and behold, I almost forgot to say, …
Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow
Posted on 2012-06-09, 09:14
The Gecko wrote: $5 says it's ponies. 🙇
Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow
Posted on 2012-05-27, 11:08
Gemini000 wrote: ...and just to quell any rumours that start from me saying that: It has nothing even remotely to do with sex... unless you're a pervert and want to rule 34 it or something. The internet is such a wonderful place. >_>; $5 says it's ponies.
Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow
Posted on 2012-05-27, 09:34
But then why use "Kickstarter" specifically? Because that's the name of the crowdfunding service they're using. This is a big part of what concerns me is that within just a few months, "Kickstarter" has become a buzzword of epic proportions and I can't go anywhere online anymore without someone …
Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow
Posted on 2012-05-27, 08:50
Yeah, I know, Kickstarter has its place and that some of these projects may never happen without it, but it really concerns me just how many things are using it to essentially squeeze money out of fans just for a CHANCE to make something. That's really what it comes down to, because if something on …
Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow
Posted on 2012-05-27, 01:48
Worth noting as well, Two Guys from Andromeda are back and trying to make a new Space Adventure (SpaceVenture?) game with Kickstarter funding: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spacevent … rs-of-space-que
Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow
Posted on 2012-04-14, 21:40
Should've gone with baby animals! Now sad skunk is sad. Also: Vagina Crawler 3D Hahahaha... good show!
Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow
Posted on 2012-04-07, 06:29
Speaking of, do you happen to remember the name of the game in the computer lab there that had that sort of space theme going on with space stations and scaffolding and barrels and such? I do not. Do you remember what your objectives were at all? Graphical style? I spent most of my time in the …
Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow
Posted on 2012-04-07, 06:08
Not strictly an old game (since it's a modernised flash adaptation), but you can always try the rather delightfully named "Organ Trail" here. (it has zombies) http://hatsproductions.com/organtrail.html Also, I'm pretty sure the elementary school you're talking about which had the Googol games was …
Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow
Posted on 2012-04-05, 21:29
Ah, Oregon Trail. Never had that at home, but it was on some of the school computers. Many a student died of dysentery! Good stuff, that.
Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow
Posted on 2012-04-05, 05:40
Ugh edutainment games, never really liked that stuff. I think i only remember playing the 3d body adventure Now, now, let's not be hasty. Technically, the Carmen Sandiego games are 'edutainment', and they're collectively a classic! The only real edutainment I recall playing much, aside from Carmen, …
Re: Conspiracy Theories : Anti-Virus Companies Pact With Virus Creators?
Posted on 2012-02-17, 00:34
#1: Both. Some do it for profit, some for political ends (see STUXNET and Iranian nuclear fuel refinement centrifuges: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet), and some for fun. Do not underestimate the creativity of bored hackers*. #2 is a grey area. It's certainly possible to have a machine auto- …
Re: Doom III source code released under the GNU GPL v3
Posted on 2011-11-23, 16:09
I derive a sort of twisted amusement out of the fact that the algorithm is largely known as "Carmack's Reverse", but Carmack himself can't actually publish it because of software patents. And of course, (assuming it was patented in 2004), it'll be 2024 before anyone can start using it, at which …
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