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Has Anyone Seen Mike Hunt wrote: isn't That may be true in some remote parts of the world. Anyway, I am not the first one to use it here in the Lounge.
^oxforddictionaries
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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megaadam wrote: Anyway, I am not the first one to use it here in the Lounge. Prolly not the last either...
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I still have a PS/2 port and the IDE controller to design. After that, I will have to come up with BIOS functions to access my DIY hardware. Do you think 8MB RAM will be enough for an 8 bit CPU or should I better get 16 MB?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Well speaking from experience writing the low level device drivers is a world of headaches. So best to put that off until you have achieved enough to go 'I do know what I am doing'. 8MB ram should be more than enough, I mean the old 8 bits rarely had anything above 128K...
modified 29-Mar-18 6:26am.
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Hey, at least I'm not bit banging everything like we used to in the old days.
The routines to send or receive bytes over a bit banged 4800 baud serial port were a world of headaches. Waiting for an interrupt, taking a byte from a controller and pushing it into a buffer is endearingly simple compared to that.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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"4800" Youngster, it was "1200" in my day...
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300, but we tuned up our software until we had at least 1200. Disable interrupts and we could get 2400. 4800 could only be reached by clocking the CPU at maximum. If you were really good, you did everything to overclock the CPU (including *gasp* active cooling) and maybe even reached 9600.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Was Doom ever ported to PS2?
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Probably not, but make no mistake: PS2[^] != PS/2[^]
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Do you do any Echo Cancellation too btw.
We are implementing SIP telephony on a PC with speakers and a microphone attached, and everything is singing around like crazy.
I googled a bit, but results are not very promising, I read about a guy who needed a year to implement Echo Cancellation in software ...
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OriginalGriff wrote: Doom
That was such a fun game for me back in the day. Good memories about that one.
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I was somewhat obsessed with it myself ...
I bought a new computer kitted out specifically for playing Doom II: DX/4 100, 32 Meg RAM, solid Graphics card, SoundBlaster, ...
Did you get the "Doom dreams"?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I was terrified the first time I played the game. I didn't get "Doom dreams" but we would dial the volume up on the speakers to get maximum effective crap your pants effects.
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Yeah, I know what you mean. That first "dark area" ...
Even now the sound of an Arch-Vile seeing you raises the hair on the back of my neck. You knew there was trouble when you heard that!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I found your ToDo list:
- Move around on those chairs with wheels.
- Grab the good office supplies.
- Check for beer in fridge.
- Found nothing? Go to the nearest pub!
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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ToDo lint Done Bits:
1. Have motored around the office on a chair
2. Office supplies, already raided (got quite a nice stapler) is locked
3. Beer in the fridge, you are joking, care has to be taken Friday lunch times as we have random breathelizer tests
4. Pub opposite doesn't open 'till midday!
5. Post random s*** on CP
6. Stare a pidgeon feet on the sky light
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Tesco might be open. Just saying.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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I would more supprised if they aren't, just in a village with one shop and a post office.
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Well for me it's the Construction Industry, Once your full time you get a high-vis jacket etc. I have only worn it three times twice on a customer site, once 'cause it was raining and I didn't want to get my usual coat wet. How can I get a job where you get tequila for elevenes...
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Work for a small SW co with a boss trying to be cool.
The champagne was when a few big contracts he'd been chasing for months came in right before Christmas.
Dunno what the Tequila was for, he asked if I wanted a shot at 4:50pm on a Friday. I declined because it conflicted with my 0% alcohol when driving policy; and I never found out if he was celebrating landing something or just splurged on a bottle of Patrón and wanted to share.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Not in the local supermarket. They are all buying stuff as if a famine was eminent. And all I wanted was something to eat as lunch and, if it's not asking too much, something to drink to get through the day.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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I walk past the local council and government offices every day on the dog walk, and the car park is jam-packed... except on a Friday - any Friday - when it's mostly empty by lunchtime.
..and I pay my taxes for this... it's a disgrace, I tell ya.
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A_Griffin wrote: I walk past the local council and government offices every day on the dog walk,
They probably look out the window and say "look at that man being able to walk his dog during the day, it's a disgrace"
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Yeah but I work at weekends and into the evenings - I'll bet my bottom dollar they don't.
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