RE: Geometry Question

2002-12-31 Thread Candace Cottrell
I am very afraid of math. I was originally going to be an anesthesiologist, but didnt want to take the math courses. So I became a history major and now a webmaster... tee hee Actually, I was ok with the name, sense of humor, and pic. It was the Chewbacca that made me choke onmy bagel.

RE: Geometry Question

2002-12-31 Thread Candace Cottrell
I guess I can't forget what I never took. I only went to Algebra 2 and then I was on to better things, like an extra PE period and photojournalism. Oh yeah, and I ended up being a sophomore in college my senior year in high school because I took college courses at the local magnet center. Math

RE: VBSCript question

2002-12-31 Thread Robert Everland
Well I have working code, I was just wondering if there is some sory of pattern to it, so I know what the heck I am actually coding, instead of guessing as to what it is. Robert Everland III Web Developer Extraordinaire Dixon Ticonderoga Company http://www.dixonusa.com -Original

RE: Geometry Question

2002-12-31 Thread Ben Doom
: I am very afraid of math. I was originally going to be an : anesthesiologist, but didnt want to take the math courses. I like math. Math is fun for me. I know, I'm a freak. But it did get me a 5 on my AP Calc test and college credit. Better than that, I got a 4 on the AP Physics test

Xbox or Gamecube

2002-12-31 Thread Marlon Moyer
With all the talk about consoles lately, I want to get one. I'm figuring that no matter which one I get, I'll probably have a good time, but are there any glaring deficiences that I should lookout for? I am leaning towards an Xbox at this moment, but I've flip flopped about 20 times in the

RE: Xbox or Gamecube

2002-12-31 Thread Haggerty, Mike
Go for a PS2. The majority of Gamecube games are made for a younger audience, and XBOX charges a tax for multiplayer games. M -Original Message- From: Marlon Moyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 10:54 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Xbox or Gamecube With all

RE: CF-Community: Digest every 8 hours

2002-12-31 Thread Harkins,Patrick
Thanks very much Erika (and Jusith too), and I owe you an apology! Here there is a thread with my name on it and I am away and don't respond to it! Doh! How rude of me I forgot to say I was getting a few days off for the holidaysI only receive this list at work. Thanks again... I am very

Wales

2002-12-31 Thread Erika L. Walker-Arnold
Why do people from the UK (mainly English people) think that Wales is not a place to go on vacation? We just got back from an anniversary trip there (yups! One Year!!!) ... And it was gorgeous!!! Even in the rain! What a beautiful countryside .. And coastline! Even Woody (the dog) had a fantastic

RE: Wish Me Luck - Update

2002-12-31 Thread Erika L. Walker-Arnold
Yeah, but see, without the bride and groom, there's be no party. They have to pay for it (unless they are lucky and have family that will), they have to organize it, they have to stress about EVERYTHING to make sure it comes off without a hitch ... Therefore, it's their day. They are SHARING the

RE: Xbox or Gamecube

2002-12-31 Thread Erika L. Walker-Arnold
What do you mean they charge a tax for multiplayer games? The price of the games is no different??? -- currently have many multiplayer games for the x-box in the house. The X-Box games are coming fast and furious and with the ability to go online ... Maybe there's more oprions there ...

Re: Wales

2002-12-31 Thread Jerry Johnson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/31/02 11:08AM No we did no see any sheep-shagging. ;) Of course not. Didn't you say it was raining? Have you ever smelled sheep in the rain. Whoa!! You need to try a nice summer night, with a bright moon shining down and the smell of love in the air... Umm. Never

RE: Xbox or Gamecube

2002-12-31 Thread Smith, Matthew P -CONT(DYN)
From a purely horsepower standpoint, I pretty sure that the Xbox has the best specs of the three(p2s,xbox,gc). I think the gamecube is the least powerful. Xbox has a hardrive. Many games are planned to have additional levels, mods, player models, etc available over the Xbox live service. I

RE: Xbox or Gamecube

2002-12-31 Thread Simon Horwith
I've been more impressed by the graphics and performance of the gamecube. For the first year or so there (unfortunatelly) weren't many games targetting older gamers. They're now aggressively releasing big kid games, though. ~Simon Simon Horwith Macromedia Certified Instructor Certified

Re: Wales

2002-12-31 Thread SMR
too much info - Original Message - From: Jerry Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Community [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 11:08 AM Subject: Re: Wales [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/31/02 11:08AM No we did no see any sheep-shagging. ;) Of course not. Didn't you say it

RE: Xbox or Gamecube

2002-12-31 Thread Dan Phillips
PS2 does have more games as it has been on the market longer and can still play all the old PS1 games. XBox is still the baby and requires different programming so some game development companies are still green when it comes to creating games. Some games are exclusive to certian systems as

RE: Wish Me Luck - Update

2002-12-31 Thread Harkins,Patrick
I couldn't agree with you more! cheers back, :) Patrick -Original Message- From: Erika L. Walker-Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Subject: RE: Wish Me Luck - Update Overall, my point was that the soon to be married couple should never let the bottom line out of their site

Re: Wales

2002-12-31 Thread SMR
welcome back - Original Message - From: Erika L. Walker-Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Community [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 11:08 AM Subject: Wales Why do people from the UK (mainly English people) think that Wales is not a place to go on vacation? We just

RE: Xbox or Gamecube

2002-12-31 Thread Dan Phillips
They do? I have had Xbox Live since it came out and I've had no charges. In the U.S., the way it works is you pay $50 for the kit and it's good for one year. After the year, you will start paying the subscription rate which they have not announced yet. They do have an option where you can download

RE: Xbox or Gamecube

2002-12-31 Thread Dan Phillips
Stay away from MechAssult. It's the only online game I have played so far that bored me to death. -Original Message- From: Erika L. Walker-Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 11:11 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Xbox or Gamecube What do you mean they

RE: Xbox or Gamecube

2002-12-31 Thread Haggerty, Mike
Microsoft charges a subscription fee for online gaming. Right now it runs about the price of a game. There is no similar charge for using the PS2 console you paid for to go online to enjoy the games you paid for. The word 'tax' is used here, mostly because it is a charge for a service for which

RE: Xbox or Gamecube

2002-12-31 Thread Nick McClure
I don't hate mechassault, but it seems that that is the only game where you can find a reasonable number of people playing. Ghost Recon is too laggy, and when you can find a good game there are only like 4 people in it. Not much fun. I have some friends that swear by both of the those games, but

RE: Xbox or Gamecube

2002-12-31 Thread Dan Phillips
Have you tried Unreal Championship yet? Tons of people online playing that one. -Original Message- From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 11:30 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Xbox or Gamecube I don't hate mechassault, but it seems that that is

RE: Xbox or Gamecube

2002-12-31 Thread Nick McClure
From what I understand, MS is using the subscription fee to setup game servers. Right now, the server is just some player's xBox. Because of this the games are relatively small, I have only been able to play with at most 8 people and not have lag problems. It would be nice if there were

Re: Xbox or Gamecube

2002-12-31 Thread Jeff Garza
WooHoo! Gotta love America's Army. I'm all too addicted to that game. Jeff - Original Message - From: Nick McClure [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Community [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 9:30 AM Subject: RE: Xbox or Gamecube I don't hate mechassault, but it seems that

RE: Xbox or Gamecube

2002-12-31 Thread Chris Alvarado
Actually what you get for the fee is content updates. New Levels to download and in the future plans for new gear etc in games. I would also imagine that at some point that will want to update drivers or there will be software / OS updates for the console and those will be delivered over the

RE: Xbox or Gamecube

2002-12-31 Thread Mike Chambers
you have to buy the adaptor kit and harddrive to play online with ps2 (which i believe costs significantly more than a one year xbox subscription). also on ps2, each game publisher has the option to charge on a per game basis. I believe that EASports is going to start doing this soon. with xbox

RE: Xbox or Gamecube

2002-12-31 Thread Timothy Heald
Yeah, AA ownz. I play some Ghost Recon, and still play some of the older R6 games. You try Raven Shield demo yet? Seems really jerky/laggy to me, and this is on a really good adsl connection with a 2.4 gig proc and an M3 video card. Tried the new delta force demo and I really

RE: Xbox or Gamecube

2002-12-31 Thread Mike Chambers
have you tried Unreal Championship? I can always find lots of people on that. Ghost Recon is my favorite game but it is buggy and laggy. However, they are releasing a patch for it, which will hopefully clear up some of those issues. also, all of the Sega Sports games are fun to play online (if

RE: Xbox or Gamecube

2002-12-31 Thread Smith, Matthew P -CONT(DYN)
What's an M3 video card? Matrox maybe? Also, re:BF1942... Anyone ever seen this problem: My mouse lags when ever a game runs in Direct3D. Not ping laggy, but it's like my mouse is behind by half a second, like moving through water. Really frustrating. BF1942 does this, and will only run in

Re: Xbox or Gamecube

2002-12-31 Thread Jeff Garza
I'm going to take a look at the splinter cell demo tonight as well, if I can pull my self away from AA for a few minutes... G. I really don't play that many games. I was really heavy into Neverwinter Nights and then got back into AA at the 1.4 version. I can't wait for Radio Tower to come out.

RE: Xbox or Gamecube

2002-12-31 Thread Nick McClure
I don't have Unreal yet, I will probably pick it up this week tho. I like some sports games. These new ones are just so much more complicated than they used to be back when I was first getting into them. IN Techmo Bowl you had 6 plays, and if you gave the ball to Walter Peyton you got a TD every

RE: Xbox or Gamecube

2002-12-31 Thread Nick McClure
I like the new Weapons Cache SE. But I agree, I want the Radio Tower map. That one looks nice. -Original Message- From: Jeff Garza [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 12:00 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Xbox or Gamecube I'm going to take a look at the

RE: Xbox or Gamecube

2002-12-31 Thread Haggerty, Mike
I never said XBOX doesn't have some cool things, but I can't agree with you about PS2 being inferior in terms of hardware or 'power' (whatever that means). You are incorrect about the XBOX being the only console supporting olby digital, the PS2 has all that and more. As far as progressive

RE: Xbox or Gamecube

2002-12-31 Thread Haggerty, Mike
Actually, you have to buy one $40 modem to get online. That's all. As far as game publishers choosing to charge on a per game basis, that is a result of publishers having the option to host games on their own servers as opposed to going through Microsoft's subscription system. I would rather pay

RE: Xbox or Gamecube

2002-12-31 Thread Nick McClure
The new content consists of things like new maps, characters, weapons for different games. Some games will allow you to download new content for use in the game. In the future it may be possible for users to create their own content and publish it for download. Pretty cool stuff, the only problem

RE: Xbox or Gamecube

2002-12-31 Thread Haggerty, Mike
Well, that actually is impressive. Let me know how it works out. M -Original Message- From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 12:34 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Xbox or Gamecube The new content consists of things like new maps, characters,

Re: Manditory Military Service

2002-12-31 Thread Judith Dinowitz
In Israel, all boys of a certain age (17 or 18) have to go to the army, or do some kind of national service. Married men work in the reserves. Many of the religious girls opt for national service (i.e., working in a hospital). There are exemptions for those doing serious Torah study, but there

Flash Player

2002-12-31 Thread Haggerty, Mike
Anyone know where I can download a copy of the latest Flash standalone player? I checked all over their Web site, but I cannot find anything about it on Macromedia.com. M ~| Archives:

RE: Xbox or Gamecube

2002-12-31 Thread Mike Chambers
-Original Message- From: Haggerty, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 12:20 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Xbox or Gamecube Actually, you have to buy one $40 modem to get online. That's all. sorry. i thought some of the games required a HD. I

RE: Xbox or Gamecube

2002-12-31 Thread Chris Alvarado
Yes I HAVE Steel Battalion. Did he beat it on Veteran level? Also, the progressive scan functionality is not just for watching movies, without progressive scan higher resolutions will not work. -chris -Original Message- From: Haggerty, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday,

RE: Flash Player

2002-12-31 Thread Stephenie
Is this not the right one? http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer/ ~~ Stephenie Hamilton Macromedia Certified ColdFusion Professional CFXHosting -Original Message- From: Haggerty, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 12:32 PM To: CF-Community

RE: Xbox or Gamecube

2002-12-31 Thread Jim Davis
With all the talk about consoles lately, I want to get one. I'm figuring that no matter which one I get, I'll probably have a good time, but are there any glaring deficiences that I should lookout for? I am leaning towards an Xbox at this moment, but I've flip flopped about 20

RE: Xbox or Gamecube

2002-12-31 Thread Haggerty, Mike
AFAIK, if verteran is the highest difficulty setting, than yes, he did. And he said he hates the joysticks that come with the game, he can't find a way to store them out of the way without having to clean out a closet. I understand the use of progressive scan functionality and how it relates to

RE: Xbox or Gamecube

2002-12-31 Thread Nick McClure
You know, I don't want that game just because of the huge controller. I have no place to put it, and I wouldn't want to spend $200 on a game I couldn't play online. -Original Message- From: Haggerty, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 1:01 PM To:

Liar Liar

2002-12-31 Thread Nick McClure
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/news/123102_bb1liar.html My question, where was Author Anderson, Enron, WorldCom, Tyco? It seems to me that coming up with a few billion dollars out of thin air is much better than steel wool. ~|

RE: Flash Player

2002-12-31 Thread Mike Chambers
http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/downloads.html mike chambers [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Haggerty, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 12:32 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Flash Player Anyone know where I can download a copy

RE: Geometry Question

2002-12-31 Thread Andre Turrettini
Additionally(take that Ben) if you cant figure out the answer, sometimes, you can prove that there is no answer! -Original Message- From: Candace Cottrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 7:22 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Geometry Question I guess I can't

RE: Xbox or Gamecube

2002-12-31 Thread Paul Ihrig
bf1942 had an update about 4 weeks ago. dl it -Original Message- From: Smith, Matthew P -CONT(DYN) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 11:52 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Xbox or Gamecube What's an M3 video card? Matrox maybe? Also, re:BF1942... Anyone ever

RE: Xbox or Gamecube

2002-12-31 Thread Paul Ihrig
get a video card D00M3 will be out in a few months. will upgrade my entire gaming rig when it is close. it should crush any fps any consol has done. should be the new bench mark for a few years to come. ~| Archives:

RE: Xbox or Gamecube

2002-12-31 Thread Nick McClure
Interesting article on why games work better with high frame rates: http://amo.net/NT/02-21-01FPS.html Very cool stuff. At 07:07 PM 12/31/2002 -0500, you wrote: get a video card D00M3 will be out in a few months. will upgrade my entire gaming rig when it is close. it should crush any fps any

Happy New Year's!!!! 2003!!!!

2002-12-31 Thread Erika L. Walker-Arnold
Cheers, Erika ~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribeforumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by

Just scanning the net

2002-12-31 Thread Michael Dinowitz
While looking around the net I came across a nice little site in CF (judaicaplus.com). It's rare to find a Jewish book store with such quality especially on the net. I was quite happy to see the CFID and CFTOKEN request pop up when I got there (I view all my cookies). OK, the site does have books

RE: Happy New Year's!!!! 2003!!!!

2002-12-31 Thread Sandy Clark
Happy New Years to everyone, May 2003, be a darned site better than 2002 (tho I have to say 2002 was a darned site better than 2001 for me!) Love you all Sandy -Original Message- From: Erika L. Walker-Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 8:13 PM To:

Happy New Year!

2002-12-31 Thread Pablo Varando
«·´`·.(*·.¸(`·.¸ ¸.·´)¸.·*).·´`·» «·´¨*·.¸¸. Happy New Year 2003!!!.¸ ¸·*¨`·» «·´`·.(¸.·´(¸.·* .* *. *·.¸)`·.¸).·´`·» « ' , . ' *' . , ' » ~| Archives:

Re: Happy New Year's!!!! 2003!!!!

2002-12-31 Thread BethF
You too Sandy, Erika and all the rest of my cf-community!!! Sandy, i am willing to bet 2003 is a very happy year for you. - Original Message - From: Sandy Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Community [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 7:26 PM Subject: RE: Happy New