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(...) snip (...) I have a C64 emulator on my laptop right now! Maybe the Matrix is just 'Impossible Mission' on steroids? Dave K (21 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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(...) **snip** (...) Very nice! My problem with the whole Matrix thang isn't Keanu (though he's awful in absolutely everything he does), and I don't even really mind that the writers cobbled their little is-it-real pastiche out of a hundred other (...) (21 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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Gee, where have I heard all of this before...? A well-known philosopher once gave a public lecture on The Matrix. He described how The Matrix had existed many times before, how Zion was inextricably linked to the goals of the creators of The Matrix, (...) (21 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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Taken from another NG I read-- ((URL) a long read, but if you liked the Matrix series--is a good one) Warning--may contain spoilers and plot elements that may ruin the series (though I didn't think so) The Matrix Reloaded Explained This may seem (...) (21 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I just found this and I thought it was pretty cool. The vehicles being used here are on the scale of things like older SUVs, not LEGO bots... but it's still cool. LA to Vegas over rough terrain, autonomously... winner (of 100ish teams entered) gets (...) (21 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.robotics)
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I just found this and I think it's pretty cool. (URL) then I knew someone who was a savant at playing back to Bacon so... besides I'm a sucker for totally frivolous uses of technology. It leads to some other neat places too, like determining what (...) (21 years ago, 26-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Since we've finally announced, I thought I'd let y'all know what I've been working on for the past year and a half: (URL) lugnet.off-topic.geek Frank (21 years ago, 17-Oct-03, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Courtesy of www.topfive.com October 14, 2003 The Top 9 Geek Proverbs (Part II) 9. if ( ! succeed() ) try { again() }; 8. Early to keyboard, early to mouse, makes a man divorced (and his wife keeps the house). 7. MasterCard is the root of e-commerce. (...) (21 years ago, 15-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: The Brick Testament: More Laws than You Can Shake a Stick At
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(...) Thanks for the suggestion, but unfortunately it isn't that simple in this case. My new image host, pbase.com, assigns names to each image that are unique 8-digit numbers. To direct link to an image, I have to use this sort of URL: (URL) old (...) (21 years ago, 15-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: The Brick Testament: More Laws than You Can Shake a Stick At
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(...) (21 years ago, 15-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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XFUT: O-T:Geek (...) If you arrange the folders in the same manner on the new host it should be a rather easy task of "search and replace" all of the HTML-files at once. Dreamweaver, for example, has a function like that. I.e.; Search: (URL) with: (...) (21 years ago, 15-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Win 98 virtual memory
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(...) *cough* (21 years ago, 8-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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"Mike Petrucelli" <lordi@erols.com> wrote in message news:HMEr5r.1yw@lugnet.com... (...) default (...) number (...) Thanks Mike. The problem is, that's what I do. Then after I reboot it's back to 'Let windows manage virtual memory'.... spooky eh? (...) (21 years ago, 8-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Right click on the 'My Computer' icon. Click 'Properties'. Click the 'Performance' tab. Click 'Virtual Memory'. Click the circle point 'Let me specify my own virtual memory settings' For optimum performace you want to make the minimum and (...) (21 years ago, 7-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Every time I set virtual memory to be managed by me and use a particular partition, the next time windows boots it goes straight back to the default setting where windows tries to use my pretty full c-drive. Anyone an idea how to convince Windows 98 (...) (21 years ago, 7-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Once again, a relativley major bug...
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(...) Snip (...) I think a more accurate translation would be "zealously guards" which is similar to the other, but not quite. --Electro-- aka David M. (21 years ago, 6-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Web controlled robot back up and ready!
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Larry Pieniazek wrote: <snip> (...) My basic premise was that it's cheaper for me to visit Tobbe than to visit ROSCO. Iirc, Austrailia is the most expensive vacation spot, for airfare that is. But your idea's better. (...) (21 years ago, 30-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Have you actually calculated what the point on the earth's surface that is the farthest away from you is (ignoring issues like imperfect rotundity of the planet, elevation above sea level and etc)? Presumably you can get it by just inverting (...) (21 years ago, 30-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Amazon Referrer?
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(...) Thanks for the information, and for the insults as well. -Tim (21 years ago, 30-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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Tim: I ask stupid questions all the time, but this one was almost too easy to answer -- and I don't even care except that I thought it might prove challenging since you couldn't find it! ::sigh:: Join Associates (URL) Why Join? Link Up With the (...) (21 years ago, 30-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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