Forum: Geeks' Lounge 24 Days Ago |
| Replies: 26 Views: 1,993 How little you know of what actually goes into being a moderator here. |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Jul 24th, 2009 |
| Replies: 11 Views: 736 Space Mountain at DisneyLand (128 ft):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Mountain_%28Disneyland%29
By far the most interesting coaster I've been on - completely dark, except for stars all around... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Jul 3rd, 2009 |
| Replies: 19 Views: 1,224 >How come the Java IRC client at daniweb.com/chat is no longer with us?
The Java client was replaced with a Flash equivalent about a year ago. The flash client (along with all the other IRC... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Jun 20th, 2009 |
| Replies: 61 Views: 4,043 Thought some of you might find this interesting (http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp) |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Jun 20th, 2009 |
| Replies: 9 Views: 609 >My main question has to do with the mouse. What language does it use?
You can write a mouse cursor (I assume that's what you mean) in a lot of different languages. |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Jun 8th, 2009 |
| Replies: 61 Views: 4,043 telnet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telnet) |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge May 28th, 2009 |
| Replies: 19 Views: 1,224 >In there, what's so great?
We do have discussions every once in a while, but with only 7-8 people there on average, it becomes kind of difficult to keep a steady conversation flowing. If more... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge May 27th, 2009 |
| Replies: 19 Views: 1,224 Or you can just click on my signature link (http://embed.mibbit.com/?userListWidth=50&server=irc.daniweb.com%3A6667&chatOutputNickWidth=80&channel=%23daniweb), hit the big "Connect" button and you're... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge May 15th, 2009 |
| Replies: 29 Views: 6,941 Approximately 400 GB of music. That's like, I dunno, 30,000 songs? Something like that :p |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge May 8th, 2009 |
| Replies: 33 Views: 2,592 >Dani had to tell me about it before I noticed.
Whatta load of bullshit (http://www.daniweb.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=57019). :P |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge May 7th, 2009 |
| Replies: 33 Views: 2,592 >I won't say who gave me my infraction, but I wear it as a badge of honor.
Really? I thought you pouted and left. :p |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Apr 23rd, 2009 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 557 The only problem with explaining the usage of noparse tags is that it becomes somewhat cumbersome to explain the exact usage of the noparse tags themselves. For example, consider the following:
... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Apr 18th, 2009 |
| Replies: 12 Views: 871 I'm primarily archivist (http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/archivist.htm). I do however enjoy being a jerk (http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/jerk.htm), and a nanny... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Mar 14th, 2009 |
| Replies: 9 Views: 8,357 You're allowed to link to/quote (within reason) other material in your blog. What we don't like is people copying and pasting articles from other sources, although copying and pasting press releases... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Feb 12th, 2008 |
| Replies: 47 Views: 5,775 Not if your name's Michael Scott. :P |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Feb 11th, 2008 |
| Replies: 16 Views: 1,328 I've got everything from calculator manuals and tuxedo buttons to fungal cream and foreign currencies. The only thing I keep clear is a path to my monitor so I can see what's on my screen. |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Feb 8th, 2008 |
| Replies: 26 Views: 2,432 If you had all the money in the world, how would you expect to find a market in which you could buy a house? |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Feb 6th, 2008 |
| Replies: 41 Views: 3,786 User titles are overrated. |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Feb 6th, 2008 |
| Replies: 24 Views: 2,052 I'm shocked that you care enough about this to post a poll about it. Well, actually, not shocked. Just disappointed. |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Feb 4th, 2008 |
| Replies: 47 Views: 5,775 That's one way of interpreting it. Another could be that we were planning on going skiing, and the 14th was available for all of us because we're all losers. I'll leave you to decide which... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Feb 3rd, 2008 |
| Replies: 47 Views: 5,775 I'm probably just going to go skiing with some friends. It's not a big deal for me. |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Jan 31st, 2008 |
| Replies: 9 Views: 1,114 Not quite so fast.
http://www.nytimes.com/idg/IDG_002570DE00740E18002573E1005F6DEF.html?ref=technology |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Jan 29th, 2008 |
| Replies: 33 Views: 2,914 'Better' in what respect? |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Jan 23rd, 2008 |
| Replies: 94 Views: 14,812 Yes, I believe that some flying objects could potentially be unidentified. |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Jan 11th, 2008 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 831 An emulator is a piece of software that gives your computer the capability to behave like another computer system (in this case the NES). Try this site; among other games, it offers a downloadable... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Jan 11th, 2008 |
| Replies: 20 Views: 2,383 "Neo... no one has done anything like this."
"That's why it's going to work."
(The Matrix)
Reminds me of this (http://bash.org/?111338) (a bit off-topic, but what the heck). |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Dec 20th, 2007 |
| Replies: 26 Views: 2,719 I use Mac OS X, Windows XP, and FreeBSD. Occasionally I will use Gentoo, Debian or Slackware. |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Dec 19th, 2007 |
| Replies: 31 Views: 3,210 According to Wikipedia, these are the only operating systems that conform to one of the official Unix specifications (found here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_UNIX_Specification)): AIX, HP/UX,... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Dec 8th, 2007 |
| Replies: 86 Views: 7,694 The Unix-based "viruses" seem to be pretty lame, in my opinion. I have yet to see a real virus exist on Mac OS X, the only thing close to it that I've seen is the LeapA Trojan which works by a user... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Dec 3rd, 2007 |
| Replies: 108 Views: 11,690 Here's what I've been observing.
- Josh is being arrogant as usual (although not necessarily racist), and bringing up a topic which will (hopefully) result in a huge flame war.
- Ravenous Wolf... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Dec 2nd, 2007 |
| Replies: 12 Views: 1,917 >What is the definition of Insanity?
>Answer: Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
Unless I'm badly mistaken, that is a quote from Albert Einstein.
>>Insanity:... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Nov 29th, 2007 |
| Replies: 63 Views: 4,300 In Canada (at least where I live), getting a driving license is brutal. Once you pass your written test, you can drive, provided there's an adult in the front seat. It goes for an entire year (that's... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Nov 24th, 2007 |
| Replies: 11 Views: 1,357 You forgot the ":icon_rolleyes:" . |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Nov 22nd, 2007 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 728 Wow, I hope you aren't retarded enough to believe that the guy actually made that flame with a fart.
Here's one word for you: deodorant. |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Nov 20th, 2007 |
| Replies: 11 Views: 1,557 >That doesn't make any sense. It's just a site about gorilla masks.
The reason the link is not working is because The Dude uses any link spamming opportunity to tack on his crapola anonymizer into... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Nov 19th, 2007 |
| Replies: 8 Views: 946 Quite funny, now that you mention it, most modern browsers don't include an ad blocker utility (Opera being the exception, which I presume you're using). However, that doesn't necessarily mean an... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Nov 11th, 2007 |
| Replies: 38 Views: 4,359 |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Nov 11th, 2007 |
| Replies: 85 Views: 7,374 I looked for the poll option "The Dude", but it wasn't there. |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Nov 5th, 2007 |
| Replies: 40 Views: 4,455 You mean Howard Stringer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Stringer)? Ouch. |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Nov 4th, 2007 |
| Replies: 40 Views: 4,455 This poll is so vague. The term 'Walkman' can refer to radios, tape players, video players, and anything and everything between. The iPod brand isn't quite as diverse, but is equally hard to compare.... |