Last night I installed Ubuntu on my other machine via Wubi so I could test and package CGL on *nix. Today has been nothing but trouble.
Actually that isn’t true. It started out well - CGL runs beautifully on linux, no tweaks required. Huzzah! Making an executable, however, is an entirely different story. Let’s all be [...]
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Are you kidding me?
July 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments
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Rant of a SWG Dev
June 16th, 2008 · No Comments
For those of you who didn’t play SWG like I did you’ll need a bunch of background on the game, the CU, the NGE, and other ways sony thoroughly shat on the player base. The wikipedia article is fairly informative.
The SWG saga ASTOUNDS me. I have literally never seen or even imagined a more [...]
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Age of Beta
May 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
Well, we got Age of Conan installed on my roomates computer after clearing a bunch of things off his drives to make room for the 30 GB required space. After playing it a bit, I really like the idea of the combat system, even though it pretty much sucks at level 10. Hopefully it picks [...]
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Rant: data, datum, and frustration
May 4th, 2008 · No Comments
Ok, I’m tired of the data/datum bullshit. Just LOOK at this definition from dictionary.com:
da·ta Audio Help /ˈdeɪtə, ˈdætə, ˈdɑtə/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[dey-tuh, dat-uh, dah-tuh] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. a pl. of datum.
2. (used with a plural verb) individual facts, statistics, or items of information: These data [...]
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Student being put to death for advocating female rights
February 4th, 2008 · No Comments
Article: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/02/afghan-student.html
This student downloaded and distributed an article criticizing the oppression of women by Islamic fundamentalists. Apparently someone complained and he was convicted of blasphemy without a trial and is sentenced to be executed.
Now, I’m not going to discuss the sides about getting involved with other countries’ governments (although isn’t that what the UN is [...]
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