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Quit Yo Jibber Jabber!Crazy Fool! Maaaaan I haven't laughed that hard in ages :lol:
... must be 20 years since the A-team ended.[/QUOTE]
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Vote for the change of TZX formatThere is an ongoing discussion on the proposal of Patrik Rat to change the current TZX format specification to one that is simpler to implement for e…
... Mike and myself are good coders who are capable of implementing ... on exactly which pulses are missed by the current encodings.
are taking the view solely from the preservation side, ... ): We (the preservation team) will NOT use the GDB format in ... -
Aliens versus Predator (the games)We talk about other first person shooters on here, but we rarely mention AvP 1 or 2. I know these games didn't get the recognition that they deserved…
... are several different ones. If I remember rightly, the (by far the ... like it, but the text on the download page calls it ...
Also, did anyone play the Alien TC for Quake? I ... to withdraw the (freeware) mod, after the company who owned the Alien copyright ... -
Vote for the change of TZX formatThere is an ongoing discussion on the proposal of Patrik Rat to change the current TZX format specification to one that is simpler to implement for e…
... could say EXACTLY the same about the way you reword ... more accurate TZXs with the preservation team, and releasing them ... support other people who are interested in verifying the data integrity. I ... that they are 100% correct (level data etc). The checksum ... -
Vote for the change of TZX formatThere is an ongoing discussion on the proposal of Patrik Rat to change the current TZX format specification to one that is simpler to implement for e…
... it interesting that the CAPS/SPS team, who are acknowledged preservation experts, are taking an ... and I are with respect to this issue. Preservation team, any comment ... -
Vote for the change of TZX formatThere is an ongoing discussion on the proposal of Patrik Rat to change the current TZX format specification to one that is simpler to implement for e…
... not all flaws the TZX format has. Anyone who wants to ... the preservation team wants to influence and adopt the PZX format, they are ... important in which of the formats are the files distributed. And I ... don't expect that anyone who has already implemented TZX ... -
The Fool's Workplace SurveyI thought I'd try and find out more about what my fellow WOS'ers are up to during their work hours, so I've compiled a simple survey. Overwrite my an…
... /> Some of them are all right - mostly the ones who will think nothing ... about (they're mainly the ones who are happy just to sit and ... do the same things day in ... my own IT team.
What’s the funniest thing that ... -
Doctor Who FinaleHello, all.. A slightly confused story, but at least it had a bit less of John Simm acting like a total and utter loon.. SPOILER SPOILER …
... . Like the A-team reference, and my personal favourite, the ending when the master ... note, they are going to do a series of the Sarah Jane ... the doctor who was causing most of the problems.
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Job Hunting and slave tradersI went into work on Monday and packed my job in (home before 10.00, not hanging around) so I have been talking to the slave traders this week. Why i…
... Supply companies. These are the people who supply all the on-site support for ... />
The Government, in all its branches (NHS, DHS, MOD, Police, Local ... but of course there are always the the smaller companies who need a certain ... -
What's the best text email you've received lately?This one's a cracker: A little guy is sitting at the bar just staring at his drink for half an hour when this big trouble-making biker s…
... team?
Because everybody who can run, jump & swim are ... already in the ... Who is the most popular guy at the nudist colony?
The guy who ...
She is the one who can eat the last donut!
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Where is DEATH atDid he go on vacation?
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At least the Red Sox are in the World Series (you know ... calls it the "World Series" when there's only one team not ... in America [Toronto Blue Jays] who are in the MLB ... ball "football", and what the rest of the world calls football we ... -
Where will Microsoft go after Vista ?If i were Microsoft, i would develop a media center only OS with no backwards compatability that would be able to be used on a Dual Booted pc running…
... and what's on the network - the person who wrote all this code ... . I bet the Samba team had better documentation of the Windows SMB protocol ... . Companies that do this are the exception, not the norm).
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Mr ModChips gets a kicking[url]http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/10/26/higgs_modding_bristol/[/url] Mr Modchips gets done for supplying errrr Modchips. Could be bad news for…
... , it's the courts who decide these things, and courts are influenced by ... lawyers are paid by the rich, and it's the rich who own the big ... companies, and it's the big companies who want mod ... -
Do you know who Omer Golan is?You will by tomorrow, he's just scored a last minute winner for Isreal against Russia, giving England a lifeline to Euro 2008.
... brains who can make sensible decisions and have got the bollox ... my (yes MY) national team who has the balls to make decisions ... the crap that we're not good enough, we are, but the people who ... make the decisions aren't!< ... -
Next ZX Shed IssueC'mon, ZX Shed is gonna be a Chrimbo special, innit? It's been too long since the last issue. We need a regular Speccy 'zine! Does the esteemed Sh…
... ]Personally I think the "push" model (central team of writer(s ... not come)) works better than the "pull" model (wait for ... Having a central driving force who not just organizes it all ... written by one person - the other 30% are the often hilarious readers. This ... -
Spectrum games good for parties?Has anyone got any suggestions for Spectrum games suitable for playing at parties? They'd have to be: 1) Instantly accessible, so no weird "you get…
... when a number of people are around the Speccy. It's simplistic ... that isn't the point of the game. Where the game is best ... choose teams) and then see who gets the furthest. Used to play ... randomly selects our team and see which team would get the furthest. Great ... -
Have you ever been fired?I have twice :-o Once for decking someone at a Christmas party and once for trying to sell the rights of some software I wrote when technically my …
I was supposed to be the admin in a needle exchange when ... about 20 mins, told the person who ran the place "do you realise ... started saying " *insert company name* are really annoyed about this they ... are good clients of ours and ... -
Get a life[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7322347.stm[/url] This John blokes a bleedin nutter. Theres bands i really like and some other celebs but …
... aircraft across the United States (marginally powered - the engine at ... I did it at the height of the dot-bomb crash so ... their face, yet people who are walking advertising billboards for large ... to follow the England rugby team on tour?
The point ... -
Inlay images in TZX files for WoS/TZX Vault?I've just added support to Fuse for Mac OS X for Apple's Quick Look file thumbnailing and previewing system. This allows the OS to see loading scree…
... copyright issues here, who gave you permission to ... part of the WoS maintenance team. The permission is explicit ... the feeder site maintainers (Steve and Juan) are WoS maintenance and preservation team ... compare date/time when the new files are uploaded.
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What makes this forum so good ?Since joining WOS i have also joined quite a few other forums but i have always used this place rather than any other, every time my pc is switched o…
... /> on another forum i was admin / mod i put a couple of ... round actually altering somebodys posts....... the same person / every post.
mod accounts while i found out who it was ... a decent mod anyway.
on another forum the "owner" ... -
Passports 2Dunno why I am asking it here, but. My passport has 5 months left on it. I wanna go to USA..I'll go on a visa waiver program. Anyhoo, they say you n…
... =beanz;277932]PSJ, give me the nod whenever your ready for ... girls there plus my 2nd team are the Dallas Cowboys.
I ... -seeing for the wife (plus avoiding the crazy ex fiancee who lives there ... -
Passports 2Dunno why I am asking it here, but. My passport has 5 months left on it. I wanna go to USA..I'll go on a visa waiver program. Anyhoo, they say you n…
... girls there plus my 2nd team are the Dallas Cowboys.
I ... -seeing for the wife (plus avoiding the crazy ex fiancee who lives there ... -
Turn based games (on/off line)Can you recommend any turn based games? Human vs human, human vs CPU, online/offline/via email. I tried the online UFO-like game made by the origin…
... can deliberately team up against someone, I suppose, but the match doesn ... the game. When all of the pieces on the board are the same colour, then the ... game is over, and the player who controls the ... -
Peter Moore ( Xbox boss ) says Chris and Tim Stamper are rubbish ( apparantly )[url]http://www.mcvuk.com/news/31795/Peter-Moore-Rare-is-not-applicable-in-todays-market[/url] By that he means they didn't follow the heard and do …
... mascots of the STARS team (from Resident Evil), Lara Croft, the brutal ... by Nintendo of America, who presumably felt that it's ... I somehow think that Microsoft (who alledgedly paid $377 million ... and platform games? Gametypes are the same nowadays as they were ... -
Be honest - Vienna, by Ultravox, is a really awful songActually, Vienna is a great song. But yesterday on BBC3 they had one of those "100 best" or "100 worst" worst programs that today's program schedular…
... nothing about football (who the players are*, football position strategy, the strengths and weaknesses ... the England football team (assuming Rooney is English and plays for the national team ... , I know Beckham does) than the people on ... -
Design Design / Crystal ComputingNice post on [URL="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.sinclair/browse_thread/thread/56e6ebdedc6930ac#"]comp.sys.sinclair[/URL] about [URL="http:…
... to have people from the 80s who made the games we grew up ... towards WOS, occasionally strong words are used here in arguments, but ... 't know if you are interested in the Spectrum and/or Spectrum ... game nowadsays can talk a team the size of an aircraft carrier ... -
Documenting ZX Spectrum SoftwareFirst and foremost a disclaimer... [COLOR="DimGray"][SIZE="2"]I'm a newcomer to ZXSpectrum emulation. Unless you find the need, I'll spare you the d…
... gather these tools are smart enough to ignore ... br /> [QUOTE][*]Is the Preservation Team, the folks I should contact ... concerning current documentation information? That is, who ... does the current documenting job?[/ ... -
Documenting ZX Spectrum SoftwareFirst and foremost a disclaimer... [COLOR="DimGray"][SIZE="2"]I'm a newcomer to ZXSpectrum emulation. Unless you find the need, I'll spare you the d…
... this game distributed? When? By who? What machines did it target ... /> [QUOTE=Fred;318672]Sadly, there are no "powers that be" to ... suggest that is the only way the suggested Documentation team could be organised ... -
Wikipedia censorship[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpions_(band[/url]) Wikipedia has always boasted "Wikipedia is not censored". Sadly, as of Saturday 6th, and d…
... edge' comedy boundaries are tested and sometimes ... who redefined comedy, like Peter Cooke, the Pythons, or the team behind The ... Young Ones?
Ross and brand are ... minor talents at best, who have ... -
Any hackers here?I'm curious - I'm just setting up a new home server and wondering how secure it is. So... if you fancy a challenge, see if you can view and/or creat…
... never kept up with the lingo - I always ... thought crackers hacked the protection off of sofware.[/ ... probably a message for the admin, telling him that his ... 100% legal guy, who doesn't break into ... so in a way, coders are considered hackers).
