CyberHippie

Looks like you'd need some serious hardware to run that fucker!

If you have any interest in turn based strategy games, definitley check out Wesnoth. It's the best thing I've played in years and you can't beat free!

http://www.wesnoth.org/

I haven't gotten too deep into other games yet. But I can't stop playing the Battle for Wesnoth. (turn based strategy). It's the best game ever! You can play it on windows as well though.

It's the feel good OS of the year. hehe

I think the thing is that it's free... You don't have to worry about cracks, codes, validation etc... It's great for running a lot of open source apps that aren't available for windows yet. It's excellent on older machines (I think this will prove to be a major market for linux). It's safer than windows so you have to worry less about security. And because the open source community is always making things better, the OS and apps get feature updates, security patches, and bug fixes on a very regular basis.

If you absolutely need M$ or other proprietary programs then you probably have to stick with windows. But if you curious about trying something new and willing to try free open source software alternatives then linux is a great way to go. It's a do it yourself modular approach to an OS. It makes your computer exactly what you want it to be.

lmfao - clearly MarcO is aware of it in the picture as he is also lhfao...

Son of a bitch, I didn't realize he wasn't around here any more. I think it was my fault, I'm sure I offended him somehow... Fucker...

Alright, I'll give you my lunch money. Now how much are you gonna give me to make your bitty box flush?

I've recently set up a couple of old boxes with linux and a newer box, a 500mhz, 667mhz and a 2.0ghz.

The 500mhz machine has Xubunutu on it, but won't sleep properly. The 667mhz is running really well on Xubuntu. I had installed regular Ubuntu on the 2ghz machine but it was really sloggin because the Gnome desktop needs more than 256mb ram. So I changed the desktop to XFCE which is what Xubuntu uses. Huge performance increase, runs really well and Mame works awesome! Unfortunately It won't sleep either though.

In the end it looks like the old pentium III wins. It is my kitchen newspaper and retro arcade console (mame). It goes to sleep nicely and wakes pretty quickly making it the ideal kitchen terminal. No need to reboot.

What I'm really loving about Linux is the sort of do it yourself modular approach to an OS. It can basically be exactly what you want your computer to be. However the learning curve is quite high when trouble shooting hardware that doesn't work out of the box. Like usb wifi and some other assorted strangeness... All in all though 2 thumbs up!

Starting in the spring there is a disc golf tournament almost every weekend in Southern Ontario. Typical attendance would be 40ish for a small tournament and 90 for a large tournament, the biggest event in the fall has up to 180 particpants. Some of them go for two days. Not sure if that's too small for you or not.

Here's where all the events get posted:

http://www.discgolfontario.com/forum/viewboard.php?BoardID=29

I guess you could say it's a very rustic cottage.

Ha! That looks like the Fat Cats old tour bus. Hopefully your's runs better than there's did!! Oh, and apparently magic crystals are not very effective for fixing engins.

Good to know! Unfortunately I can't get it started right now, there seems to be an electrical ground problem. I wonder if magic crystals would help with that? Fortunately she's parked for the time being. Check out the pimpin' inside!

Esau and Rubberdinghy - Both classics right there!

Holy crap, that's a bus!

Since we are on the topic of buses, here is my bus (which looks like an old jalopy by comparison). For someone who doesn't drive buses, it was quite something to drive!

a sun ra dedication - the myth lives on

05 mustang - nuclear war

"nuclear war, it's a motherfucker don't cha know? If they push that button we're all gonna blow!"

^^ hey you changed it?

Thought this might be fun to see what ya'll come up with.

1 - Go to wikipedia. Hit “randomâ€

or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random

The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2 - Go to "Random Quotations"

or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3

The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.

3 - Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven daysâ€

or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days

Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4 - Use photoshop or similar to put it all together. Upload to www.imageshack.us (or other) and post your album here...

Hmmm, sounds interesting...

That's awesome!! I agree, before I quit sugar I was a huge Kellogs supporter. There is nothing like a big bowl of fruitloops when it's late at night and your feeling loopy! Who's got my heady Krispies!

Good healing vibes coming your way! The cancer doesn't stand a chance...

Holy faq that's insane!!

It's just a torrent away... As if you deleted one of the best office episodes of the series!

Debob - I've got that Jerry & Merle album! Love it!

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I'm spinnnin Paul's Boutique right now. Not my favorite vinyl, but they definitely get bonus points for cool fold out packaging!

I recently picked up The Last Waltz at Paranoia, they have a bunch of them.

Sly and Robbie is definitely a favourite

And I love this Antibalas EP I have:

Block Rockin' Breaks is amazing!

And just for fun, The Last Poets:

That office episode was epic! The opening scene was ridiculous! Definitely one to remember.

You may want to check out Cobian backup. You can get it to synch up your backups, so your backup drive is always up to date with your regular one.

http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm

Just one of the Best Open Source Apps I speak of...

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