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Brian Cox měl dnes v Praze show/přednášku
(Je to fyzik a profesor, popularizátor vědy. Mluví o vesmíru.)
A bylo to prima. Měl to dobře připravený. Skvělej přednes a nadšení. Žádná tréma. Prezentaci měl propracovanou. Brilantně sladěný posouvání slidů a pouštění animací s tím, co říkal. Někdo mu do toho složil i hudbu. Vstupenku jsem měl rok. Dostal jsem ji jako dárek. A těšil jsem se na to celý rok.
V kongresáku jsem byl poprvé. Je to hodně velký. Velký sál a budova. Křesla jsou ok. Viditelnost taky. Místa na nohy taky ok.
Zvuk bych možná trochu přidal. Překvapilo mě, že nebyly žádné titulky, takže spoustu lidí nemohlo rozumět jeho britské angličtině, což říkal hned týpek za mnou, že mu nic nerozumí, ale je to stejně cool.
Při odchodu jsem si koupil pin badge za 250 na památku.
To je vše. Dobrou
Questions we will never know answers to
I just saw a video of a man jumping from space and falling back to Earth. It's an older video of the highest jump humankind has ever done. The man falls so quickly he spins very fast and loses consciousness.
It made me realize the gravity is so strong we were never meant to leave Earth. Space ships and rockets have to use enormous energy to escape the gravity pull.
Once you get in the space, humans would die from freezing, heat, radiation, suffocating and what not. Then there are the unimaginable distances where it takes 1 million years to get somewhere. The universe is most hostile and dangerous. The Earth's protection measures are keeping us alive. So it's safe to assume that living beings are not meant to be exposed to what's outside.
I don't take for granted that we have managed to get to Space or that we are so advanced and capable of building rockets and suits. Even though that's nowhere near enough.
If Space is so dangerous and kills humans 10 times over once exposed to it, I wonder what the meaning of life was. The Sun will evaporate our oceans in 1 billion years and that's when it ultimately ends, even if we don't erase ourselves with wars, poverty etc. We will have to travel to new star systems. I believe we can do it in the future. I also believe we are lucky to be this far.
So is life just a cycle without any higher meaning? I mean, even if advanced life was meant to populate more planets and systems, all those systems will die too. It's inevitable. That's the end game. The ceiling. So is it a survival race? Even if we achieve to be immortal, stars will die eventually. And planets will burn. Galaxies will clash. The universe will expand so much that everything will freeze. We can go on and on.
I know nobody knows the answer. It's just something I keep wondering about. And had to share my thoughts.
A happy dog, I hope
Spent a nice vacation in Poland. These photos were taken there.
Adventurní sérii Polda zná snad každý, ale co Horké Léto?
Jednička začíná tímto legendárním dabovaným textem:
"Jsem obyčejnej kluk. Kluci mi říkají Rambo a holky kreténe. Jinak jsem Majer. Honza Majer."
První díl vyšel v roce 1998 a stal se nejprodávanější českou hrou téhož roku.
Na databázi her má jednička slušných 74% od 184 hodnotitelů. Dvojka je na tom trochu hůře: 69% od 97 hodnotitelů.
Česká videohra UFO: Aftermath z roku 2003
Byla duchovním nástupcem série X-COM.
Vytvořilo ji české herní studio Altar Interactive. Studio zaniklo v roce 2005.
Hlavním designérem byl Martin Klíma, kterého znáte jako výkonného producenta KCD a KCD II. Na fotce je jeho podpis.
K hernímu časopisu Score vyšlo UFO jako příloha/bonus konkrétně u čísel 190, 265 a 302.
Česká videohra Vietcong
měla původně vzniknout jako Rambo. Vtipné je, že Jarek Kolář, který to měl na starost, Ramba neznal. V rámci příprav si půjčil všechny díly na VHSkách a doplnil si vzdělání. Nakonec se ukázalo, že na Ramba práva nebudou, tak se scénář a koncept poupravil.
Vietcong je za mě jedna z nejlegendárnějších českých videoher.
Kdo tehdy nebloudil po tmě v tunelech, protože nevěděl, že lze vytáhnout baterku, jako by nikdy neochutnal [vložte název své oblíbené pochutiny].
Originální big boxy z fotek jsou z mé vlastní sbírky. Ten základní Vietcong jsem si přes USB DVD mechaniku normálně nainstaloval a bez jediného nastavování spustil na Windowsu 11. Absolutní krása.
Koupil jsem si Pro verzi mobilu se 100x zoomem. O zábavu postaráno.
Schválně jsem nezmínil konkrétní značku a model, aby to nepůsobilo jako reklama.
Indiebox - physical release of Torchlight II is not DRM free
The point of these physical releases was to have DMR free games. That's why Indiebox made these boxes.
This release of T2 is not DRM free. I just tried it. The files contain the Steam installer and it requires the internet connection and Steam. I also have their release of Hollow Knight and that's completely DRM free (installable from the disk).
Does anyone know or remember the reasons why Torchlight II was not DRM free?
As stated here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IndieBox), Torchlight II was their last release before being shut down. Maybe they were desperate?
This seems to be the only Mass Effect PC game that can be installed and played completely offline
I just installed my ME 2 CE from the original dvd and it works on Windows 11. Also, you don't need any activations or logins.
Dvd cases and boxes of ME 1 and ME 3 have labels that say an internet activation or connection is required. These versions I happen to own don't.
It's weird, but thank the Reapers for it. ME 2 is my favorite installment. Not only do I own the copies and can use them anytime I want, they also work even on modern systems and do not need the internet. That's an absolute win for this moment and time when everyone is talking about Sony. Shame that ME 1 and 3 do need the connection, or so it seems. Perhaps there are editions or releases that don't.
A screen problem with Rage ot Mages 2 (W11 and original CD)
I wanted to install Rage of Mages 2 from my original CD and try it on Windows 11.
The game starts, but graphics are glitched.
Does anyone know this problem and how to fix it? I tried compatibility modes, ddraw.dll, but it didn't help..
Thanks
My PC copy of Lost Via Domus
I always loved Lost. I watched it when it aired. I remember the feeling when I saw the Finale. I was devastated and couldn't do anything the next day.
I re-watched the entire show about 7 times. Alone. With friends. With family.
It will always have a special place in my heart.
It's good to have a video game. It was different for sure, but still ok and interesting.
Anyone played this?
Any GTA like game worth playing before GTA 6?
Can't sleep due to Europe's heat waves.
Thinking about GTA 6.
What's the best GTA clone or alternative?
Ukázka z 1. a 2. československého vydání Hobbita.
První (1979) a druhé (1991) knižní vydání vyšlo s tímto přebalem.
Ilustroval Jiří Šalamoun. Přeložil František Vrba.
Kostrouni - animák z devadesátek
Zná to někdo? V ČR asi moc ne.
Na fotkách je moje originální VHS, kterou jsem si v té době pouštěl. Videokazeta má samozřejmě český dabing.
Na tu dobu to byl boží animák. Bohužel to zrušili a existuje jen jedna řada.
Znělka je super cool i teď.
Prince of Persia 1 copy protection
Installed the first PoP (v1.4) that was on Collector's Edition CD, packed in a big box and released in 1998.
The CD has both games.
The CD contains a scanned manual with different page numbering from the original manual. The manual included with the original version of Prince of Persia 1 is different.
I wanted to try this copy protection, but it screwed me over. It triggers after Level 1 and asks you to find a word in the manual. I guess that part isn't important.
I've looked at both manuals and I can't figure it out. There must be something wrong with this version.
Try it yourself.
Picture #1 - copy protection's question (what's the first letter page 1 line 8 word 6)
Picture #2 - page 1 from the scanned manual intended for the game I am playing
Picture #3 - page 4 from the scanned manual intended for the game I am playing. I thought this may be the actual page 1 because of the added pages in the beginning, but I was wrong. Didn't work.
Picture #4 - the first page of the red manual for the original floppy disk PoP 1 version. Line 8 doesn't even have 6 words.
The correct answer was E and I read it from here https://popuw.com/codes.html. I don't see how that makes sense. Can anyone explain? I've tried to answer this copy protection 5 times and succeeded once, but that must have been pure luck.
Edit 1:
Trying the OG 1.0 version and the wording of questions is word-line-page, but in 1.4 it is page-line-word. And the title "life and death" on page 8 counts as line 1. Very interesting. The question is word 13 line 2 page 8 and I looked it up correctly (indicates).
Edit 2:
Back to 1.4.
It asks page 1 line 2 word 2. Page 1 is a not really a page, so I scroll down to page 4 which is the real page 1 I believe. Line 2 begins with "a foreign war", so I chose potion (F) and it's incorrect. The correct is (W) which is in fact the third word in line. I'm confused. "a" should be considered a word.
Edit 3:
What the frick. This page is so weird. Third line and third word is apparently the word "the".
https://i.imgur.com/qagvfCl.png
Edit 4:
page 5 line 3 word 1 = T
https://imgur.com/kfxkzax
Edit 5:
Absolute nonsense. Page 7 line 3 word 8 with the correct letter being "S". That's nowhere to be found.
https://i.imgur.com/jwIQvVT.png
Edit 6:
page 2 line 3 word 8 with the correct letter being B. Makes no sense.
https://i.imgur.com/MtL3PCy.png
Edit 7:
Tried PoP v1.0 with the OG manual 3x times and the question+answer system works every time.
Conclusion:
The v1.4 manual for PoP 1+2 compilation is a mess. It doesn't answer the anti piracy questions.
Conclusion #2:
I opened the box and found a small sheet of paper attached to the CD that came with the game, and on the back it showed the correct answers.
Takhle vypadal Chuchel, než mu změnili barvu pleti
Digitální stopa se zahladí. Učebnice se přepíšou. Paměť doslouží.
Ale tohle bude důkaz!