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superboyac -  I had a similar problem with some D-Link hardware.  Which brand are you using?

Some things I learned:  The channel can matter a lot.  There are a bizzilion things using your airwaves and some of them "noise up" Wi-Fi channels.  In the US, most mfgs use channel 6.  Try changing to 11 or something.

Also, most WiFi antennas do NOT create a consistant broadcast sphere.  It ends up looking more like a donut that runs in some relation to the direction of the antenna -- I forget which way.

Check the manufacture site for additional tips.

   I need help.  I just wasted 90 minutes of my life on this.... mouser!  Stop finding games! 

OK, I really knew the answer to this all along, but I wanted to see what everyone else had to say first 

Anyway, the reason for your anger is based in frustration at being able to complete/accomplish something.  Why is that a big deal?  Because most of us derive our sense of worth from being able to "do a good job" and/or "create a good thing." 

The reason most programmers program, especially the OS guys, is for the sense of accomplishment when you get it done and it's good.  When it's not done and not good, you feel the opposite of good. 

Since we all want to feel good, we try to get something done.  When we are frustrated in our attempts, we miss feelling good and get mad at the cause of the thing that is keeping us from feeling good. (follow that?)  The thing is either the Operating system, the language, the environment (computer), the project itself, or sometimes we blame ourselves. 

It's all very simple really.  Don't make me not feel good and I'll be happy

My psych rate is $150/hour w/ 1/2 hour min.  Please send $$   

About 20.  They randomize until the last 2 or 3.  If you get to the sword room, you're very close 

Whew!  Finally 

I can't believe no one mentioned these two from sysinternals.com:

http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/PsKill.html PsKill for command line killing

and for a gui presentation of running processes try:

http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.html Process Explorer.  Can kill a single process or an entire process tree!  Just like killing the family of the rat, not just the rat himself 

Oh please make sure you post if you find one.   

I had to write a fairly complex program as a job interview... I was given two weeks and invented some colorful new curses during that time.        Then I got the job and eventually invented a few more...  maybe that's why I stopped programming...

That's kind of fun.   

Un-freaking real 

It doesn't look like there is enough text in the source to generate the output!

Weird.

I don't remember seeing this mentioned anywhere and I did a search that came up empty....so don't give me greif if you've talked about this 3 billion times


WikiPad is an interesting creature: http://www.jhorman.org/wikidPad/

It's a regular application, not a hosted wiki.  It is missing quite a few features but the concept is really interesting.  Want to add an item to your todo list?  Type todo: get the mail
It immediately shows up in the todo part of the tree (ok, tree based to some degree).  I'm not sure it will solve the world's problems, but it's worth a look just for the change of scenery.  BTW, it can also execute python code inside your note.   Sick

WikidPad is a wiki-like notebook for storing your thoughts, ideas, todo lists, contacts, or anything else you can think of to write down. What makes WikidPad different from other notepad applications is the ease with which you can cross-link your information. Links in a wiki are created by typing in WikiWords. A WikiWord is any mixed case word (also called CamelCase) typed into the editor. TodoList or JohnDoe are example WikiWords. The term wiki means "quick" in Hawaiian, and wikis are all about quickly linking your information together. Wikis are not a new concept, in fact there are many web based wiki servers available.

Real-time wiki WikidPad is not a web server, or application server, or groupware solution. WikidPad is a standalone notepad like application.

IDE for your thoughtsSoftware developers have grown accustomed to certain features from their editing environment that make their jobs easier. Features like auto-completion, outline views, incremental search, easy source code navigation. IDE's that provide these features can greatly increase developer productivity. WikidPad attempts to utilize some of these features to address the problem of personal information management.

Yes it does.  64 bit xeons are plentiful these days.  Using VMware, I can run several 32-bit virtual servers on a dual 64-bit Xeon system and seeing around 5% CPU utilization.

The slow thing currently is the HD access.  PCI-X has increased bus speed, we just need fast hard drives.

You can also use nnCron Lite to schedule commands. I've been running it for a couple of years w/ NO problems.
http://www.nncron.ru/

Until there is sufficient (if not equal) food for all, I consider this planet grossly overpopulated.

There is plenty of food available.  The problem is that the leaders of the starving countries will not distribute it.  The US Govn't has been paying farmers to NOT grow crops for years, because our extreme over production drives the price down too low.

The problem, as always, revoles around the people involved, not the technology or supply.

Is the Earth overpopulated?  Considering the idiots involved, maybe.  If things worked right; no.

by the way,
that little grommit song is in my head now and keeps repeating 

Mouser are you gonna be ok?  Thinking about that too much could kill a person....

Maybe you should think about the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard for while...that would be better. 

That's what I thought, but I wanted to be clear....

OK so we need a strategy session.  Things to consider:

Do we want to make it fair as in rock/paper/scissors - each item has a 1/3 chance to win, 1/3 chance to lose and 1/3 chance to null effect.

Is is turn based or paralell?

Is it a virus type/takeover game or battle-bots type - kill or be killed?

I'm sure there is something I'm missing...

@mouser - you want to create a new battlefield/game or a corewars robot?

Eóin - That was pretty good. 

I actually don't mind the song and seeing the home brew special effects was kind of fun.  Could've been a little shorter... It was certainly better than anything else in this thread 

Thought I'd immortalize #200..   My obsession with round numbered posts must stop 


Oh, and here is the screen shot: 

I have the books, I have the project, I don't have the time... but I need to do something.

I've been trying to start a project for a few months... pretty simple web-based db type application.  I will be creating the first application/database that will be built upon and used for many things in the future.  I will be using Apache, MySQL and Linux.  I own the server.

So what do I want to learn, Ruby or Python?  Here are my basic thoughts... I'm interested in yours as well.

Python good:  Looks neat; I'd use Plone as a CMS to get started.  Lots of development.
Python bad:  Whitespace sensative!  Which freaking version?  I need Zope for Plone, but I can't use the latest because CentOS needs an older Python for yum, etc.  The new version of Python breaks the older stuff.  wtf?  no compatability?

Ruby good:  Looks neat, lots of momentum... rising in the top used languages a lot.  Has Rails framework.
Ruby bad:  OOP to the max.  Uses a lot of characters in language @ =>.  Non-strict rules for formatting method calls (can be puts ("some stuff") or puts "some stuff")

Thoughts anyone?

That was pathetic... in the bad way..... it scares me what some people will do.

This http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yia7CbTn__4, on the other hand, is pure genious. 

2nd best: peanut butter egg.  For some reason they're better than the normal version
#1: skittles - sugar coated sugar w/ artificial flavor; what could be better?   

Sure if you want the excercise

I'm getting to start a switch replacement project, it might come in handy.

superboyac rocks the house.... er.. um at least jazzes it. 

That's a fun little song.  Very catchy, almost familiar, not too imposing.  Good stuff for radio pod casting.

 

Gmail (it's not a bad word!) allows spontanious disposable email.  for example:

webrover+sitename@gmail.com   where +sitename can be ANYTHING you want.  You can even setup filters to route based on the incoming address you created.

So webrover+dc@gmail.com could be routed into my Read First Folder
and webrover+carol@gmail.com could be routed into my SPAM folder. 

(just kidding carol)

OK - the Duke Nukem reference reminded me of another obsession:  Commander Keen.
http://www.commander-keen.com/

As I recall, Apogee/ID software released 3 games at a time.  The also made Duke Nukem.


[edited by mouser to fix url link]