Kyle Perkins

Hello, I just added frames to my website, and am unsure how to upload the html to my site. When I upload index.html, it doesn't show the other frame. I'm entirely confused...-Kyle

I recently bought a Cruzer Micro 512 MB Memory Drive, made by SanDisk. I believe it's the smallest one on the market. You could describe it as sleek, even sexy . Anyway, it's compatible with USB 2.0 and 1.1, and you can download drivers for machines running Windows 98 (you don't need them if you run anything higher than 98). It's also compatible with Macs and Linux machines. I got it for the great price of $40 at Circuit City.

-Kyle

Yeah, this definitely reminds me of the hyposprays seen on Star Trek...

I think that once this is tested and proven 99.9% safe, it will probably start to catch on pretty quickly.

I prefer the needle more though... Its much more practical in terms of energy conservation!

Actually, needles are pretty wasteful. Every time someone gets an injection of any kind, the metal tip of the needle has to be disposed of. Plus, the syringe can only be used for one type of fluid (and when taking blood, the syringe can only be used once). With this MicroJet, the tip never touches body fluids of any kind (unless used to take blood, I guess). All that has to be replaced is the container that holds the fluid to be injected. The MicroJet would produce much less waste.

-Kyle

I think that is pretty cool. Does it work on other things besides cheese though? Many times have I opened a carton/jug of milk and poured it on my cereal, only to find clumps of cottage cheese glob out of the container. Even better if the smart labels could detect when your chips are stale, though that is much different than mold.-Kyle

Hey, I just saw an article about the Star Trek MMO that Perpetual Entertainment is coming out with. It has a tentative release date of sometime in 2007. See the interview: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

Anyway, I'm a trekkie myself, and think this is just what the Star Trek community needs to put some life back into the ailing series. If done right, this game could do great things for both Star Trek and MMO gaming, period. I've never been much of a fan of MMO's because of the monthly cost, but if this game comes out and is expected to be a good one, I might have to invest in it.

What's your opinion?

-Kyle

I think one of the most addicting games for PC is the original Half-Life. Though the graphics are obviously not as good as Half-Life 2, or even Halo, Half-Life's story kicks some serious tail, and definitely kept you coming back for more. Not only is it a great FPS, but it involves some pretty tricky puzzles and requires some strategy to play, not just shooting. It's no wonder Half-Life won many Game of the Year awards, and was even elected into the top 10 of IGN's top 25 best games of all time article (I forget the exact place it got). Finally, Half-Life has a huge amount of gameplay to work though, so it doesn't take just a weekend to beat. Definitely worth your money, time, and effort to get this game if you don't have it already. Oh, and Homeworld & Homeworld 2 by Sierra are also great games.-Kyle

I've been wondering when alternatives to gasoline are going to come full circle, and not just be certain isolated hybrid cars that only a few people own. In my opinion, we need to seriously start considering fuel cells for cars, and other things. I read an article about a month ago in Popular Science about reusable fuel cells propelling things other than cars, things like laptops and cell phones. They said that since Lithium is the most active metal we know of, Lithium batteries are the most powerful we can produce, and as we know they don't power things very well. A new laptop with widescreen capabilities, a large hard drive, and a sweet video card barely has enough battery power to run a single DVD. In fact, some laptops run out of juice before the movie is finished. This fact alone simply shows that new energy sources are needed, and soon.-Kyle

This might be off topic, but it's sort of related. Has anyone ever heard of Forza Racing that's coming out (or might already be out, I'm not sure). I've heard all this hype about how much better than GT4 it's going to be, and frankly I don't believe it. The Gran Turismo series has always rocked the faces off of any other driving game, and I doubt anything can best it. Of course, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong...-Kyle

I haven't been playing FFX very long, I'm behind the times when it comes to games. And yes, it is definitely one of the most beautiful games I have ever had the pleasure of experiencing. Even the most subtle things, such as grass blowing in the wind as you run along the plains, are incorporated flawlessly. The amazing thing is, FFX doesn't have any of the "out roaming the countryside with random towns popping up here or there" sequences. Even the transitions between areas are fully 3D and rendered beautifully. I can't wait to buy FFX-2, but am going to wait until I beat FFX.-Kyle

I remember watching my cousin play Wolfenstein, when I was about 6 or 7. She was pretty good, if I remember right. The first FPS I every played was Star Wars: Dark Forces (the original one) on a 486. Old graphics, but I loved it. You could look up, down, and you could crouch and jump. Plus, everything was 3D and there were plenty of elevators. It got pretty challenging though. About a year ago, I finally moved up in the world and got Half-Life. I still haven't beaten it, but I don't play it very often. I'm making pretty good progress, and have actually just about finished it. As soon as I beat it, I'm buying Half-Life 2. Also, I currently play the original Doom (and it's subsequent sequels using the same engine), the original Quake, and I play the Quake 3 Arena Demo a lot (since it is about the best the iMacs at my school will run).You gotta love "old school" games...-Kyle

Thank you!Don't be so modest, that was the best explanation I've heard yet. Why, it almost sounds like you're a moderator or something... :DAnyway, my images work now, and I am grateful to you. Also, the links that don't work don't work because I haven't created those sites yet. Only the "Home" and "Forums" links should work. I just used "information_database.html" or something like it as a marker so I wouldn't get confused. Eventually, I'll get those sites made, and those links will work.Once again, thank you, and if I ever need help again I know who to ask! -Kyle

Alright, I've got the site up, but I still can't get the images to work. I've tried editing the code to say the images are at http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/, Ive tried http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/, and I've tried just /public_html/images/imagename.html. None of the above have worked. Any ideas?

Thanks,
-Kyle

That's a scary thought, that there's amounts of antimatter out there equal to matter. I doubt that an antimatter comet would find it's way in to our own Sol system, odds are that it would find something else to collide into on it's way. But, I guess there is a slim chance it could just miss everything else and impact against us. Even if an antimatter comet hit, say, Pluto, the following blast would be enough to knock a few planets out of orbit, at least.-Kyle

Yeah, I thought I might have to change the code that points to where the image is. But, nothing worked at all. I tried the site, and still shows the page that says "If you are seeing this message then it means that your site is up and your account is functioning properly."Any thoughts?-Kyle

Thanks for the suggestions.I uploaded them all by hand into the Public_HTML folder, putting images in Public_HTML/Images. Is there anything else I have to do? Sorry for all these questions, but I'm coming from free web hosting sites like Freewebs and Angelfire...so I'm a little overwhelmed.-Kyle

Hello, I was wondering if there is a way to simply create a site using pure html code. I use Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, and have a site made already, but I can't figure out how to get the html code onto the web using cpanel. Also, would I have to upload the pictures for the site?-Kyle

That's an interesting idea. What if there are whole dimentions or something made entirely of antimatter? Where they think that what we know of as matter is antimatter, and if our dimentions were to ever meet, everything would vaporize!-Kyle

No problem. I don't think they're claiming that they own the internet, they are just claiming that they gave birth to the idea of computers netoworked, then those networks internetworked. That may be true, but you are correct in that nobody owns the internet, and no one group is responsible for it's creation. Personally, I think the internet is arguably one of the most influential inventions of the 20th century.-Kyle

I found a good resource, especially since it is the website of the group that created antimatter: CERN. CERN stands for Conseil Europeén pour la Récherche Nucleaire (in English, the European Organization for Nuclear Research), and they have the world's largest particle physics laboratory. CERN also claims to have invented the internet, thus joining the ranks of the US Department of Defense, and of course Al Gore. Who really invented the internet? We may never know...but who cares, anyway. Anyway, you wanted a good resource on antimatter, and there it is!

 

-Kyle

Hey, speaking of WYSIWYG, does anyone here use Macromedia Dreamweaver MX to make websites? I recently got it, and like it a lot. It's user friendly, but also allows code geeks like myself to get in there and mess with the code. I haven't used FrontPage, or really anything else to compare Dreamweaver to, but so far I really like the program, andd will probably use it for years to come.Does anybody know if anything out there is better than Dreamweaver?-Kyle

Hey, Dune! I'm only 16, but I play Dune II: The Building of an Empire still. It's pretty difficult, but addictingly fun. Did you know that this 1992 game was recently voted 2nd out of 25 in IGN's top 25 games of all time? X-COM: UFO Defense got 1st place. I've never played it myself. Anybody here played it? Supposedly it combinde Starcraft type action with Sim City type resource control.

 

-Kyle

Hey everyone, I just thought I'd start a discussion on Final Fantasy X, one of the most beautiful in the entire series of FF games. What do you think of it? Do you like the characters? Personally, I find all the characters well rounded and original, and love the game. I haven't beaten it yet (though I'm pretty close) so NO SPOILERS unless you give a warning at the beginning of you post! -Kyle

Oh come on, that's easy! Everyone knows, or at least according to Douglas Adams, that the meaning of life, the universe, and everything is 42! Now, if you can figure out the question, you'd be a genius. But seriously, the meaning of life has puzzled mankind since we were sentient. I believe that when humans make the move into space, we will begin to discover some of these answers. We can view the far reaches of the ever-expanding universe, and catch glimpses of solar systems being born. When (yes, I think in terms of when, not if) we discover other life, we can study it and it's similarities to our own. If the life is similar to our own, perhaps some higher power, whether that be God, the Force, or an advanced alien race. In my opinion, humans need to stop bickering amongst themselves, stop fighting, stop oppressing fellow human beings because of religion, race, or beliefs, and start working together for a common good. The longer we destroy our fellow species, the more our planet wears down, and the more we lead ourselves into extinction.-Kyle

That's a lot of info! I didn't know that the sun is constantly producing antimatter. I also didn't realize that it would take as much energy to produce antimatter as it would produce itself. I guess until technology becomes more advanced, antimatter will just remain something to study. Still, the prospect of antimatter is pretty great: high-yield producer of energy with no radiation or toxic waste seems almost too good to be true!-Kyle

Hello, does anyone here who still plays the original Homeworld know how to set a Support Frigate or Repair Corvette to repair something? It is very difficult to beat missions when the only way to repair something is to 1) dock with the Mothership or 2) wait for it to self repair, which takes a very long time. Thanks for the help.

 

-Kyle