The problem in both cases is the average. Using the chips example, if they advertise 18oz, they are required to at least average a good % of that. probably like 95%. On the other hand, scratch to wins with everyone being a winner, you can expect 99% "free small drink with purchase of your next full meal" the average "prize" won't exceed a % of the profit for the minimum purchase required to get one of the scratch and wins.
The difference between the two however is the fact that one is the actual product you are buying (like whatever your ISP offers. cable or DSL) and the other is a "bonus" like those speed boost things. You are really comparing apples and oranges. Getting 22mpg hwy from what they claim 25mpg is roughly 10%+ difference. on the other hand, averaging 50% on a 6.7mbs connection is a huge difference?
Oh.
I accept the fact that they cant control the speed to the server you are attempting to reach due to limitations out of their control. But when they have full control and people are CAPPED at a less than 50% fraction of what is advertised. Thats just false advertising. The biggest problem is the fact they charge an arm and a leg to "come diagnose the problem" I've been suffering from intermittent connection issues at home and I haven't changed any router settings in months etc. The chances are theres a problem with their hardware (either their modem or switch box) when the modem has to reconnect to the ISP 30+ times a day on average. I'd switch except there aren't any other real choices.
Do you listen to the radio? like... recently? Last time I tried it was the same "top 40s" over and over again. Id be surprised if their playlist had over 100 songs.
The worst part isn't the fact they have multi million ____'s. The worst part is most of the mainstream music SUCKS. I can't believe people would pay to listen to that stuff and thats whats on the radio... and they want to put radio into my phone again?
The RIAA knows it's dying but its attempts to stay alive are just hilarious now.
Nope. F2P also appeals to the people who prefer PAY2WIN.
I used to play a Korean developed F2P strategic MMO called Atlantical Online. Catch is every month they rotate through and push out a new set of clothes/mount/decorations. Each mount/decoration with like maybe 10 stats more than the last. The biggest catch? you dont BUY the item.. you GAMBLE for it... You buy "boxes" which you then open for a CHANCE to win one of these items. Some players spend $400+USD EVERY month when the new items came out to get them. Of course, then after a while they put in equipment you HAD to trade those mounts/decorations for. So now not only are they a slight stat boost for the rich, they are practically required to play the game at high level due to the amount of equipment slots the new items offer. Even worse, to repair those new items you had to buy "atlas ore" to repair it. Atlas also allowed you to upgrade your items just as a kicker. So the difference between a +10 set of top level eq and a +2 set is about 8*20% difference in performance. and 2^8 in cost. After I hit the top level I gave up trying to play as everything in that game was base on a timemoney trade. Then there are licenses they sold for a "reasonable" fee. Which basically turned the game into a p2p. Afterall are you going to walk around without health check(yeah. you cant see enemy health unless you have the license), autobattle (cause they nerf the drop rates to hell then make you farm. of course you need autobattle. to top it off the AI sucked so you needed at least 2-3 levels of eq higher than if you played manually and still then you might die with autobattle.), TELEPORT (or you could walk through maps that take 5-10 minutes to navigate each, filled with aggros you dont care to fight every time to complete a quest at the end of which you walk through the same areas backwards to get back to where you started to hand in only for the guy to send you to the next level down below where you were) Licences cost more than the typical p2p monthly subscription. So if you were buying new stuff every month (30 boxes doesnt guarantee you getting something. but typically 1/25 is a pretty "average" number for the boxes) thats 300 bucks. + full set of licenses for another 45 a month. = 345 a month = wayyyyy more than anyone pays for WoW.
Not entirely true. the IP cost for most heroes is pretty high. If you want a hero to play permanently and main on, you need to buy it. If its twitch or some other 6300 IP char, most people just buy it. I hit level 23 two days ago. Ive bought a hero for 450IP, another for 1350. The rest I've spent on runes (I dont even have a whole set of 30 tier3 runes much less sets of runes so that I can play different chars with different bonuses) and I have a grand total of 1100 IP left. Sure you could spend your IP on chars, but without runes you are at a disadvantage (slight as it may be).
As I read it, 1) is more like converting the whole internet minus the unsavory bits into premium services.
"So, for example, broadband providers could offer a special gaming channel, or a more secure banking service, or a home health monitoring capability – so long as such offerings are separate and apart from the public Internet." Would look more like. "Premium" gaming, email, video, blogs, news, shopping. They will throw premium in front of everything and define it separately from the "internet". Thats what they mean by "Second, these services must be “distinguishable in purpose and scope” from Internet access, so that they cannot over time supplant the best effort Internet." Basically they are saying, lets put everything behind a paywall.
Meh. I'm a pretty regular player. I've only ever bought ONE character (and I dont play it more than 20% of my games) IMO their profits come in through the batches of skins they constantly push out, the "sales" and bundles. And since this week, rune pages. I havent found the need to actually pay for heroes so I can afford my runes. And what you say is incorrect. Runes can ONLY be purchased with ingame points (other than two which come in an expensive bundle)
According to people on the forums, Icefrog worked on HoN as well so there will be little impact on LoL in terms of competition. If you wanna check yourself, its in the announcements section of the forums.
might be easier to chain one to yourself... so you dont need to have one at every desk etc. like wear it around your neck, or have one of those keychain connected ones that hooks to your pants or something like that
Maybe. I'm definitely a night owl. Right now I'm up around 7am for my 8-5 job. I do manage to get up and in on time but I'm tired somewhere around the 3-4pm mark, when I get back, I pick up my second wind at 8pm or so and I'm wide awake again. Weekends I still tend to sleep at 2 or 3am till 11am and I have much more energy and stay awake much longer without difficulty. During the work week I sleep at 12-1 for roughly 6 hours and a bit of sleep (I take a looonnng time to fall asleep) and then wake up automatically before any of my 3 alarms go off at 6ish. So in reality I'm getting under 6 hours a day at best. So basically 12-1 till 7 = 5-6 hours of sleep - tired by 4 at the latest so that gives me 9 hours. Sleep at 2-3 till 11 = 9-10 hours of sleep then I'm good till the 5am of the day after or about oh 42 hours. Usually I try to make sure I don't sleep at 5 cause that totally messes up my sleep schedule. I've tried to sleep more say sleeping at 10-11pm but it never ever works as I'm fully awake at that point. Even if I do manage, I'm up after 5-6 hours which puts me at 3-5am
So two coincidences. Thats a great result set. Now go look at the studies where twins grow up together in the same situations and turn out nothing alike.
Its right there in the summary. "Ribbe thinks he can modify the enzyme so it could produce gasoline"
THINKS? *reads article*. "The new enzyme can only make two and three carbon chains" Wait.. how many carbon chains do we need? *googles* oh. http://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-efficiency/alternative-fuels/question1051.htm "The chains from C7H16 through C11H24 are blended together and used for gasoline"
7-11. So basically... they are nowhere close. Tell me when they are dealing with efficiency issues of generating the gasoline or developing a system in which to recycle it. This is non-news. If they were talking about refining the tech they have to produce propane (which is what they accomplished) it would still be on the "oh another alternative energy idea that will probably still fall flat on it's face due to cost, efficiency etc"
see thats the thing... the dogs still bark at me when i come home from work 4 days outta 5. they tend to recognize my voice and when they see me they stop. not to mention.. ive actually woken em up before, they bark, see its me, then go back to bed. plus these dogs are always hungry. they crowd round every time i open the fridge. no way would they pass at a chance for a snack;)
I work in software, so do alot of my friends, a few of em also exclusively do bug finding. Guess how often one of them tells their employer they dont want their salary?
Pretty sure 10-15% is often when it comes to a job.
I agree entirely. I've not heard anything about this survey. I bet its one of those facebook apps that has like 50 people using it. Or one of those make your own surveys.
In other news 100% of computer users surveyed (me) think eweek took something from sophos' a badly designed survey to into showing sensationalist news which wasn't even A main point of the report. Reading the pdf in the article, there are references in alot of the statements, but absolutely no link to the "survey" (page5). All this "should your government be allowed to use malware" stuff is in two pages. It seems more that the article is exaggerating the views of one Graham Cluley
Dogs require more maintenance. Feeding, exercise, cleanup... And a dog has nearly if not more false positives as a security system. I live with two and one still constantly barks at neighbors, ME, and practically any other sounds. On the other hand, being a night person I tend to slip into the kitchen for a snack or a drink and I can do it easy enough to avoid waking the dogs. I love my dogs, but security systems they are not.
I say the best way is to make thieves avoid your house. Make it look like theres nothing of value inside. Thieves only try to steal things when they expect to find something of value. A security system implies valuables. A single apartment in a complex that has security when none of the others around it sticks out like a sore thumb if a thief is scouting for a mark
Have you ever been to Japan? Know what percentage of the population drives? How about the percentage thats out on the public transportation system?
The main difference is in travel time and method of travel. They needed phones that texted well. Why? Cause when you are stuck on the bus or subway with hundreds of people near you, chances are talking is going to be fairly hard with all the ambient noise. Same reason for having TV tuners in phones. Americans drive everywhere. In Japan most people have their hands free while travelling. Also because of population density, living spaces are much smaller which means appliances are also smaller. No huge plasma TVs for the general population so why bother buying a TV for every room in the house when you can just have one and watch it on your phone? Have you ever been to Japan? You would understand why certain features are important on their phones but much less useful to the general American
I'm sorry. if standard 500 mA charge is 8 nearly hours and 1000mA is suppoed to be twice as fast, shouldn't it charge in under 4 hours and not 5? Thats not quite even a third faster and the faster charge speed also kills your battery life in the long run.
I'd wait 8.
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The problem in both cases is the average. Using the chips example, if they advertise 18oz, they are required to at least average a good % of that. probably like 95%. On the other hand, scratch to wins with everyone being a winner, you can expect 99% "free small drink with purchase of your next full meal" the average "prize" won't exceed a % of the profit for the minimum purchase required to get one of the scratch and wins.
The difference between the two however is the fact that one is the actual product you are buying (like whatever your ISP offers. cable or DSL) and the other is a "bonus" like those speed boost things. You are really comparing apples and oranges. Getting 22mpg hwy from what they claim 25mpg is roughly 10%+ difference. on the other hand, averaging 50% on a 6.7mbs connection is a huge difference?
Oh.
I accept the fact that they cant control the speed to the server you are attempting to reach due to limitations out of their control. But when they have full control and people are CAPPED at a less than 50% fraction of what is advertised. Thats just false advertising. The biggest problem is the fact they charge an arm and a leg to "come diagnose the problem" I've been suffering from intermittent connection issues at home and I haven't changed any router settings in months etc. The chances are theres a problem with their hardware (either their modem or switch box) when the modem has to reconnect to the ISP 30+ times a day on average. I'd switch except there aren't any other real choices.
Do you listen to the radio? like... recently? Last time I tried it was the same "top 40s" over and over again. Id be surprised if their playlist had over 100 songs.
put it in the bottom left corner and tell people they are holding it wrong if they touch it?
The worst part isn't the fact they have multi million ____'s. The worst part is most of the mainstream music SUCKS. I can't believe people would pay to listen to that stuff and thats whats on the radio... and they want to put radio into my phone again?
The RIAA knows it's dying but its attempts to stay alive are just hilarious now.
Nope. F2P also appeals to the people who prefer PAY2WIN. I used to play a Korean developed F2P strategic MMO called Atlantical Online. Catch is every month they rotate through and push out a new set of clothes/mount/decorations. Each mount/decoration with like maybe 10 stats more than the last. The biggest catch? you dont BUY the item.. you GAMBLE for it... You buy "boxes" which you then open for a CHANCE to win one of these items. Some players spend $400+USD EVERY month when the new items came out to get them. Of course, then after a while they put in equipment you HAD to trade those mounts/decorations for. So now not only are they a slight stat boost for the rich, they are practically required to play the game at high level due to the amount of equipment slots the new items offer. Even worse, to repair those new items you had to buy "atlas ore" to repair it. Atlas also allowed you to upgrade your items just as a kicker. So the difference between a +10 set of top level eq and a +2 set is about 8*20% difference in performance. and 2^8 in cost. After I hit the top level I gave up trying to play as everything in that game was base on a timemoney trade. Then there are licenses they sold for a "reasonable" fee. Which basically turned the game into a p2p. Afterall are you going to walk around without health check(yeah. you cant see enemy health unless you have the license), autobattle (cause they nerf the drop rates to hell then make you farm. of course you need autobattle. to top it off the AI sucked so you needed at least 2-3 levels of eq higher than if you played manually and still then you might die with autobattle.), TELEPORT (or you could walk through maps that take 5-10 minutes to navigate each, filled with aggros you dont care to fight every time to complete a quest at the end of which you walk through the same areas backwards to get back to where you started to hand in only for the guy to send you to the next level down below where you were) Licences cost more than the typical p2p monthly subscription. So if you were buying new stuff every month (30 boxes doesnt guarantee you getting something. but typically 1/25 is a pretty "average" number for the boxes) thats 300 bucks. + full set of licenses for another 45 a month. = 345 a month = wayyyyy more than anyone pays for WoW.
Not entirely true. the IP cost for most heroes is pretty high. If you want a hero to play permanently and main on, you need to buy it. If its twitch or some other 6300 IP char, most people just buy it. I hit level 23 two days ago. Ive bought a hero for 450IP, another for 1350. The rest I've spent on runes (I dont even have a whole set of 30 tier3 runes much less sets of runes so that I can play different chars with different bonuses) and I have a grand total of 1100 IP left. Sure you could spend your IP on chars, but without runes you are at a disadvantage (slight as it may be).
As I read it, 1) is more like converting the whole internet minus the unsavory bits into premium services. "So, for example, broadband providers could offer a special gaming channel, or a more secure banking service, or a home health monitoring capability – so long as such offerings are separate and apart from the public Internet." Would look more like. "Premium" gaming, email, video, blogs, news, shopping. They will throw premium in front of everything and define it separately from the "internet". Thats what they mean by "Second, these services must be “distinguishable in purpose and scope” from Internet access, so that they cannot over time supplant the best effort Internet." Basically they are saying, lets put everything behind a paywall.
They do work that way! How many Americans are just filled with hot air?
Meh. I'm a pretty regular player. I've only ever bought ONE character (and I dont play it more than 20% of my games) IMO their profits come in through the batches of skins they constantly push out, the "sales" and bundles. And since this week, rune pages. I havent found the need to actually pay for heroes so I can afford my runes. And what you say is incorrect. Runes can ONLY be purchased with ingame points (other than two which come in an expensive bundle) According to people on the forums, Icefrog worked on HoN as well so there will be little impact on LoL in terms of competition. If you wanna check yourself, its in the announcements section of the forums.
+1 funny! I wish I had real mod points left :(
might be easier to chain one to yourself... so you dont need to have one at every desk etc. like wear it around your neck, or have one of those keychain connected ones that hooks to your pants or something like that
Thats really interesting... my shoulders click too as does my wrist and elbow along with my jaw. Definitely something I need to look into.
Maybe. I'm definitely a night owl. Right now I'm up around 7am for my 8-5 job. I do manage to get up and in on time but I'm tired somewhere around the 3-4pm mark, when I get back, I pick up my second wind at 8pm or so and I'm wide awake again. Weekends I still tend to sleep at 2 or 3am till 11am and I have much more energy and stay awake much longer without difficulty. During the work week I sleep at 12-1 for roughly 6 hours and a bit of sleep (I take a looonnng time to fall asleep) and then wake up automatically before any of my 3 alarms go off at 6ish. So in reality I'm getting under 6 hours a day at best. So basically 12-1 till 7 = 5-6 hours of sleep - tired by 4 at the latest so that gives me 9 hours. Sleep at 2-3 till 11 = 9-10 hours of sleep then I'm good till the 5am of the day after or about oh 42 hours. Usually I try to make sure I don't sleep at 5 cause that totally messes up my sleep schedule. I've tried to sleep more say sleeping at 10-11pm but it never ever works as I'm fully awake at that point. Even if I do manage, I'm up after 5-6 hours which puts me at 3-5am
So two coincidences. Thats a great result set. Now go look at the studies where twins grow up together in the same situations and turn out nothing alike.
Go watch mythbusters. There was an episode.
Its right there in the summary. "Ribbe thinks he can modify the enzyme so it could produce gasoline" THINKS? *reads article*. "The new enzyme can only make two and three carbon chains" Wait.. how many carbon chains do we need? *googles* oh. http://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-efficiency/alternative-fuels/question1051.htm "The chains from C7H16 through C11H24 are blended together and used for gasoline" 7-11. So basically ... they are nowhere close. Tell me when they are dealing with efficiency issues of generating the gasoline or developing a system in which to recycle it. This is non-news. If they were talking about refining the tech they have to produce propane (which is what they accomplished) it would still be on the "oh another alternative energy idea that will probably still fall flat on it's face due to cost, efficiency etc"
see thats the thing... the dogs still bark at me when i come home from work 4 days outta 5. they tend to recognize my voice and when they see me they stop. not to mention.. ive actually woken em up before, they bark, see its me, then go back to bed. plus these dogs are always hungry. they crowd round every time i open the fridge. no way would they pass at a chance for a snack ;)
Not quite true. Scientists predict that if Chuck Norris was ever cloned, the universe as a whole would implode from the awesomeness.
Invent a car that teleports instead of drives on the road. Or better yet. just invent the teleporter.
I work in software, so do alot of my friends, a few of em also exclusively do bug finding. Guess how often one of them tells their employer they dont want their salary? Pretty sure 10-15% is often when it comes to a job.
I agree entirely. I've not heard anything about this survey. I bet its one of those facebook apps that has like 50 people using it. Or one of those make your own surveys. In other news 100% of computer users surveyed (me) think eweek took something from sophos' a badly designed survey to into showing sensationalist news which wasn't even A main point of the report. Reading the pdf in the article, there are references in alot of the statements, but absolutely no link to the "survey" (page5). All this "should your government be allowed to use malware" stuff is in two pages. It seems more that the article is exaggerating the views of one Graham Cluley
Dogs require more maintenance. Feeding, exercise, cleanup... And a dog has nearly if not more false positives as a security system. I live with two and one still constantly barks at neighbors, ME, and practically any other sounds. On the other hand, being a night person I tend to slip into the kitchen for a snack or a drink and I can do it easy enough to avoid waking the dogs. I love my dogs, but security systems they are not. I say the best way is to make thieves avoid your house. Make it look like theres nothing of value inside. Thieves only try to steal things when they expect to find something of value. A security system implies valuables. A single apartment in a complex that has security when none of the others around it sticks out like a sore thumb if a thief is scouting for a mark
why not! if you get it fried by some 3rd party charger, it probably voids your warranty and forces you to buy a new one.
Have you ever been to Japan? Know what percentage of the population drives? How about the percentage thats out on the public transportation system? The main difference is in travel time and method of travel. They needed phones that texted well. Why? Cause when you are stuck on the bus or subway with hundreds of people near you, chances are talking is going to be fairly hard with all the ambient noise. Same reason for having TV tuners in phones. Americans drive everywhere. In Japan most people have their hands free while travelling. Also because of population density, living spaces are much smaller which means appliances are also smaller. No huge plasma TVs for the general population so why bother buying a TV for every room in the house when you can just have one and watch it on your phone? Have you ever been to Japan? You would understand why certain features are important on their phones but much less useful to the general American
I'm sorry. if standard 500 mA charge is 8 nearly hours and 1000mA is suppoed to be twice as fast, shouldn't it charge in under 4 hours and not 5? Thats not quite even a third faster and the faster charge speed also kills your battery life in the long run. I'd wait 8.