Brute Force! Raaarrrgghhh!

2003-06-15 Thread Angel Stewart
G! BOOM! FIRE FIRE! EXPLOSIONS! YEAH! :) Playing Brute Force game for the Xbox. Supposed to be an Action heavy 'squad based' FPS. You have a squad of 4 team members, each witht heir own unique skills and you go on missions nad destroy everything you see. The graphics are good...not Unreal

Microsoft ActionPack Subscription (with coupon....)

2003-06-15 Thread Critz
oi CF-Community,!! I've not checked the coupon, but I do have a subscription to the Action Pack.. and it's a great deal MS Action Pack on sale for $99 http://members.microsoft.com/partner/salesmarketing/partnermarket/actionpack/actionpackus.aspx Use the code MHQ062 to get a $200

Re: Microsoft ActionPack Subscription (with coupon....)

2003-06-15 Thread Howie Hamlin
damn, just finished paying 299 for this :-( - Original Message - From: Critz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Community [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 10:00 AM Subject: Microsoft ActionPack Subscription (with coupon) oi CF-Community,!! I've not checked the coupon,

Old Magazine Text

2003-06-15 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
I have a collection of old (as far back as 1938 to the mid 70's) Amateur Radio magazines. On occasion I'll pick one out of the pile and read through it to take a glimpse at the past... not just of Radio but of attitudes and electronics. I was reading in the May 1957 CQ Radio Amateur's Journal

Re: Microsoft ActionPack Subscription (with coupon....)

2003-06-15 Thread Critz
oi Howie!! yeah.. same here... Sunday, June 15, 2003, 11:23:10 AM, you wrote: HH damn, just finished paying 299 for this :-( HH - Original Message - HH From: Critz [EMAIL PROTECTED] HH To: CF-Community [EMAIL PROTECTED] HH Sent: Sunday, June 15,

Re: Microsoft ActionPack Subscription (with coupon....)

2003-06-15 Thread Howie Hamlin
I wonder if the coupon is retroactive? g - Original Message - From: Critz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Community [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 12:00 PM Subject: Re: Microsoft ActionPack Subscription (with coupon) oi Howie!! yeah.. same here...

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Re: Microsoft ActionPack Subscription (with coupon....)

2003-06-15 Thread Nick McClure
This is great, I was about to renew my existing subscription but I think I will do this instead! Thanks At 10:00 AM 6/15/2003 -0400, you wrote: oi CF-Community,!! I've not checked the coupon, but I do have a subscription to the Action Pack.. and it's a great deal MS Action Pack

Re: Microsoft ActionPack Subscription (with coupon....)

2003-06-15 Thread Larry C. Lyons
IF I already were not a subscriber as well, I'd go for it too. I've been very surprised that MS would offer such a great deal. larry oi CF-Community,!! I've not checked the coupon, but I do have a subscription to the Action Pack.. and it's a great deal MS Action Pack on sale for

Re: Microsoft ActionPack Subscription (with coupon....)

2003-06-15 Thread Doug White
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RE: Microsoft ActionPack Subscription (with coupon....)

2003-06-15 Thread Jim Davis
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2003-06-15 Thread Howie Hamlin
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RE: tribes question - annihilation server configuration

2003-06-15 Thread Ben Doom
: ingloriously why not let him do so? If he is doing ballistics in : his games : he will see the point of calculus soon enough. Alternatively I may just Actually -- that may be the right track. Point out that you've got to have a good grasp of Newtonian physics to do accurate game physics

RE: tribes question - annihilation server configuration

2003-06-15 Thread Ben Doom
Math is only cool if one of two things is true: 1) you're a freak like me and just think that math is damn spiffy 2) someone shows you how to use it to your advantage You'd be surprised how many would-be carpenters suddenly take an interest in trig when you start using roofs as examples. :-)

RE: Someone kill me now..

2003-06-15 Thread Ben Doom
Sounds like they need a responsible, fair hand to smack the s#!t out of those nasty agendas. :-) -- Ben Doom Programmer General Lackey Moonbow Software, Inc : -Original Message- : From: BethF [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 4:13 PM : To: CF-Community :

RE: Speaking of Dogs...

2003-06-15 Thread Ben Doom
I watched that the other week. Damn good movie. :-) -- Ben Doom Programmer General Lackey Moonbow Software, Inc : -Original Message- : From: cantrl. a [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 5:54 PM : To: CF-Community : Subject: Speaking of Dogs... : : : Ya

RE: Microsoft: No new versions of IE for Mac

2003-06-15 Thread Ben Doom
Now if only I could stop supporting it *whimper* -- Ben Doom Programmer General Lackey Moonbow Software, Inc : -Original Message- : From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 7:00 PM : To: CF-Community : Subject: Microsoft: No new versions

RE: Speaking of Dogs...

2003-06-15 Thread Ben Doom
: I still find it hysterical. Two huge dogs, capable of catching him in a : split second, tearing him up to bits, and they just don't want anything : to do with him. Well, occassionally Woody and Snoopy touch noses, but : that's as affectionate as they get. Back when my sister had a hamster, it

RE: Motorola/Nextel Charger

2003-06-15 Thread Ben Doom
If no one else calls it -- dibs! That'll let me have a charger at work and at home, so I can stop killing my battery (or coming in to work) on weekends -- Ben Doom Programmer General Lackey Moonbow Software, Inc : -Original Message- : From: Brian Patrick Ledwith

Re: tribes question - annihilation server configuration

2003-06-15 Thread Dana Tierney
thank you to those who posted in this thread. Where this stands is that both local colleges have said he is too young for admission, even non-degree. The woman at UNM also homeschools, and while sympathetic pointed out that a lot of freshmen bomb out their first semester without being 13 to add

Re: Google

2003-06-15 Thread Dana Tierney
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Re: Microsoft ActionPack Subscription (with coupon....)

2003-06-15 Thread Dana Tierney
wow, now that might make a difference in my decision to pass... Larry C. Lyons writes: IF I already were not a subscriber as well, I'd go for it too. I've been very surprised that MS would offer such a great deal. larry oi CF-Community,!! I've not checked the coupon, but I do

RE: tribes question - annihilation server configuration

2003-06-15 Thread Ben Doom
: Where this stands is that both local colleges have said he is too : young for : admission, even non-degree. The woman at UNM also homeschools, and while : sympathetic pointed out that a lot of freshmen bomb out their first : semester without being 13 to add to their burdens. She suggested that a

Re: tribes question - annihilation server configuration

2003-06-15 Thread Dana Tierney
but at least I know it. :-) Anyhow, at 13 I probably could have taken college-level classes, but would not have been able to interact with people in their late teens, much less know how to deal with them when the looked down on me. Again, I'm not trying to speak for your kid, only about my

RE: Microsoft: No new versions of IE for Mac

2003-06-15 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Tell them that they ought to switch to Safari, eventually it will the best browser out there. Once it gets out of beta that is. larry Now if only I could stop supporting it *whimper* -- Ben Doom Programmer General Lackey Moonbow Software, Inc : -Original Message- :

RE: Microsoft: No new versions of IE for Mac

2003-06-15 Thread Ben Doom
Ooh! Browser holy war! Mozilla is the One! Die, infidel scum! /me runs around, waving bloody mace over his head -- Ben Doom Programmer General Lackey Moonbow Software, Inc : -Original Message- : From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003

RE: tribes question - annihilation server configuration

2003-06-15 Thread Ben Doom
snip content=standardized testing If he's like I was, he'll breeze through the ACT and SAT. The stuff is generally pretty basic. If you've got some basic trig, geometry, and a reasonable grasp of algebra, the math is no problem. I gather from the rest of what you've said, I'd guess his

Re: tribes question - annihilation server configuration

2003-06-15 Thread Dana Tierney
I think he could get an ok SAT score now. However, I have explained to him that he can get scholarships if he gets a high score, and yes, this is motivating him. All the rest of your suggestions are very well taken. I was considering some real investment in the stock market myself (I think

RE: tribes question - annihilation server configuration

2003-06-15 Thread Ben Doom
: All the rest of your suggestions are very well taken. I was considering : some real investment in the stock market myself (I think : Genentech may have : good long-term value) and it might be fun. If you have any more thoughts : let me know. I'm currently still investing in furniture. :-)

Re: tribes question - annihilation server configuration

2003-06-15 Thread Dana Tierney
:) good point, but the awesomeness of the songs is enough to keep me listening. Also, he has improved in this regard. Take a listen to Mississippi from Love and Theft. Dana 3) Bob Dylan /can't/ sing. The man can write an awesome song, no doubt, but it's not until someone rerecords it that I

Re: tribes question - annihilation server configuration

2003-06-15 Thread Dana Tierney
on the stock market idea: I think I mentioned losing most of my belongings in a flood last year so I am in furniture acquisition mode also. However, if in fact the stock increases, that would help with money for furniture. It might not of course but that is a risk you take. I do think I looked

RE: tribes question - annihilation server configuration

2003-06-15 Thread Wayne Putterill
Thinking about games, is there anything out there that deals with space travel? I would imagine there is a fair bit of calculus involved in that - although I'm no rocket scientist ;) ~| Archives:

Re: tribes question - annihilation server configuration

2003-06-15 Thread Dana Tierney
I am not aware of one -- most of the games I have played were of the mu** varieties -- but if there isn't maybe there should be Dana Wayne Putterill writes: Thinking about games, is there anything out there that deals with space travel? I would imagine there is a fair bit of calculus

RE: tribes question - annihilation server configuration

2003-06-15 Thread Ben Doom
When I was a kid, I played a game called Space Station (back when games could call themselves such boring names and still get bought). Basically, you design a space station and a team to go on it, pick experiments, etc. Very intellectual, but my other choice was ALF, so guess what I spent my time

Re: tribes question - annihilation server configuration

2003-06-15 Thread Dana Tierney
There is still a significant audience for text-based games, but since a lot of the games already out there are free this is nothing to base a business plan on. Anything geared to kids would have to have graphics I think. Dana Ben Doom writes: When I was a kid, I played a game called Space

RE: tribes question - annihilation server configuration

2003-06-15 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Anyhow, it's unfortunate that most thinking games don't sell unless they're of the Civ formula. I have no problem with Civ, AC, MoO, etc., but would like to see more variety. Maybe we should set up our own games company. Heh -- we could write text-based adventures running off BD on the player's

Re: tribes question - annihilation server configuration

2003-06-15 Thread Dana Tierney
I know of at least one that's going right now. I doubt it makes money hand over fist, but it apparently at least pays its hosting bills. However, there are a lot of free muds and mushes out there. Dana Larry C. Lyons writes: Anyhow, it's unfortunate that most thinking games don't sell unless

RE: A good american

2003-06-15 Thread Erika L Walker-Arnold
| From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 12:06 AM | To: CF-Community | Subject: RE: A good american | | | You're thinking of Hot Cross Buns - invented in the Siege of Vienna | in the 16h Century. cf_disclaimer Big boring post on the history of some

Re: Spurs win 2003 NBA championship

2003-06-15 Thread Doug White
Just in case no one noticed, The SA Spurs just won the 2003 NBA championship game against the New Jersey Knicks in game 6. == Stop spam on your domain, use our gateway! For hosting solutions http://www.clickdoug.com ISP rated:

RE: Motorola/Nextel Charger

2003-06-15 Thread Brian \Patrick\ Ledwith
Ben, send me your address off-list and I'll mail it out tomorrow... ~bgl -- -Original Message- -- From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 1:45 PM -- To: CF-Community -- Subject: RE: Motorola/Nextel Charger -- -- If no one else calls it -- dibs! -- --

Michael is floored at my spam ...

2003-06-15 Thread Judith Dinowitz
I have been using his spam software and I love it -- I can now delete 90% of my spam without having to read it! But Michael says I get spam he's never seen. (I don't know how ...) For example, here's something I got in my mailbox today. Subject: Hillary Clinton Must be Stopped Stop

Re: Michael is floored at my spam ...

2003-06-15 Thread Michael Dinowitz
What can I say. I've got a fantastic rate (over 95%) on the spam that comes my way. Somehow she has spam that just doesn't come to me. Maybe its because I complain about it or that I don't visit the 'sites' she does. Who knows. I'm adding in support to 'report spam' from the scanner directly to my

RE: Spurs win 2003 NBA championship

2003-06-15 Thread Angel Stewart
O_o? New Jersey Knicks?? I haven't been following basketball..but when did THAT happen??? ^_^ -Gel -Original Message- From: Doug White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Just in case no one noticed, The SA Spurs just won the 2003 NBA championship game against the New Jersey Knicks in game 6.

Re: Spurs win 2003 NBA championship

2003-06-15 Thread Doug White
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