Not really. I don't encourage people to use XP, just like I don't encourage people to use OSX or Linux. I encourage them to use whatever works best for their needs. For my needs, XP works fantastic. If I had a single computer in the house that wasn't used for gaming, I would likely use Linux simply because of it's configurability. But with as many PC's as I have in my house, I want something that requires the least amount of configuration and has simple maintenance.
Sorry if so many people don't know how to secure or maintain XP without much trouble, but I have no problem doing it.
I use windows because for my purposes it works...Three of them are hooked up to various TV's around the house to act as streaming boxes, one of them is a gaming machine, one of them is a file server for the house, and the last is the aformentioned linux firewall.
I will use an analogy that I frequently use for my car. I drive an 04 rsx type-s with the ASPEC factory package. The total cost was about 32,000 dollars, taxes and all. For what I get in the package, it is overpriced; I am aware of that. However, because of how I purchased it, I have a full warrenty on all the extra parts that it came with (rims, suspension, body kit, etc.) For the same 32k, I could have bought a 350Z. It has more luxorious, is MUCH faster, and is more popular. However, the RSX is what I WANTED. I didn't care if there was better out there, this was what I wanted. So, I bought it and I love it every day that I drive it.
Same thing goes with XP. I know OSX/Linux/etc. are more secure, cheaper, more reliable, easier to use, whatever other argument you want to throw out there. I understand and accept that. But they are not what I WANT. I don't want to use linux. I don't want to use OSX. I don't care if they are better.
Again, read my response to one of you...I own 6 computers that are in my house, and only one of them has Linux which is my firewall. The rest are retail bought copies of XP.
Is it somehow beyond the scope of your ability to understand that someone can support a company and still not like something they did?
That's funny, I own 6 computers in my house, and the only one that has Linux installed is my firewall...the rest are retail-bought copies of windows XP.
That's funny, most of the people that I have talked to and have read (i.e. from slashdot and various other forums) show an overwhelming majority of people that are NOT happy with the merger...
You are somewhat wrong. Most of the time you see a drug commercial not say what it does, that is because it has not yet been approved or has it's approval pending by the FDA. They are not legally allowed to tell you what it does in a commercial unless it has been fully tested and approved by the FDA.
Now, a pharmaceutical company can choose to not tell you what it does, although that is rare (there are some out there that do it on a regular basis though...never quite understood that)
I meant as a whole it wasn't mind blowing. There were, however, some extremely memorable scenes in that game...looking down when on top of the temple and seeing the titan walking the desert...watching the city burn as the end boss was going apeshit...hell, even the sea-serpent first boss.
Never said it wasn't memorable or amazing. Just wasn't mind-blowing
While I am waiting for this with great anticipation (the first one was fantastic...not mind blowing, but fantastic) I think it will signal the beginning of the end for the PS2...
Unless I have been out of the loop on some amazing other games...
...if I forget any. Note that I am only going to stick to the big-named systems:
(Nearly) every flightstick ever made NES Zapper N64 Dreamcast Xbox Xbox 360 Wii
Any particular reason why the Wii is the only one getting a suit against it? Oh, because they filed a patent in 2005...maybe Nintendo should file a COUNTER-suit against THEM!!!/sarcasm
cube form (or something similar thereof) would almost be a requirement...if we still haven't learned that optical discs are too easily damaged in the 25+ years they have been around...
"Here is how it works. I will walk around with large empty binders for a couple weeks. At the end of the couple of weeks, I will call your buisness a failure and give you the bill."
I can think of at least 5 bands that I know that were local within three hours of me, but got a record deal (one of them semi-substantial) and have gotten subsequently better deals thereafter...and they were discovered on that website.
to buy a DVD, or a specific speaker system that I do my own research on...on the off chance I buy something that is NOT media at a Best Buy, I do all of my research prior to going to the store.
I have no problem with the store. Just with the employees. Now, I'm not expecting someone who can program in Assembly to sell my step father his laptop. I would, however, like the guy to know the difference between a DVD burner and a Dual-Layer DVD burner, or to be able to tell me the THD (Total Harmonic Distortion) rating on an amp... In fact, that very subject is what causes me to now do all my research prior to going there.
I had once asked an employee what the THD on a receiver was, and he answered "uh, 15"...now, even if he meant to say 15%, that receiver would be unusable. If he meant.15, I wouldn't have believed him considering it was a 600 dollar receiver. If he truly meant 15...he quite obviously has no idea what a THD rating is. The way I see it is if the spec is on a box, you should be able to explain what it is if you work there. I don't think that is asking too much.
noted, but something that raised the red flag for me:
If it is truly as powerful as they say (for gaming purposes, of course) they wouldn't need to talk it up. They would simply say "hey, you will see...what you will experience will be beyond what I could convey to you here today"
I THINK nintendo did something along those lines, if I remember correctly...and now they have the little console that could going
While I have never worked for best buy personally, I know a few people that have...from what I understand, they pay decently (compared to other similar stores, that is)
...that little issue when I go in there with my step-dad to get him a laptop and I know more than the guy selling it to us.
1. They need to ensure more than one register is open when there are 20 people on line.
2. They need to ensure that the people they hire for the different departments actually know something about what they are selling. Not what they memorized from the training. Actual KNOWLEDGE.
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Not really. I don't encourage people to use XP, just like I don't encourage people to use OSX or Linux. I encourage them to use whatever works best for their needs. For my needs, XP works fantastic. If I had a single computer in the house that wasn't used for gaming, I would likely use Linux simply because of it's configurability. But with as many PC's as I have in my house, I want something that requires the least amount of configuration and has simple maintenance.
Sorry if so many people don't know how to secure or maintain XP without much trouble, but I have no problem doing it.
I use windows because for my purposes it works...Three of them are hooked up to various TV's around the house to act as streaming boxes, one of them is a gaming machine, one of them is a file server for the house, and the last is the aformentioned linux firewall.
I will use an analogy that I frequently use for my car. I drive an 04 rsx type-s with the ASPEC factory package. The total cost was about 32,000 dollars, taxes and all. For what I get in the package, it is overpriced; I am aware of that. However, because of how I purchased it, I have a full warrenty on all the extra parts that it came with (rims, suspension, body kit, etc.) For the same 32k, I could have bought a 350Z. It has more luxorious, is MUCH faster, and is more popular. However, the RSX is what I WANTED. I didn't care if there was better out there, this was what I wanted. So, I bought it and I love it every day that I drive it.
Same thing goes with XP. I know OSX/Linux/etc. are more secure, cheaper, more reliable, easier to use, whatever other argument you want to throw out there. I understand and accept that. But they are not what I WANT. I don't want to use linux. I don't want to use OSX. I don't care if they are better.
I want and like to use XP.
Again, read my response to one of you...I own 6 computers that are in my house, and only one of them has Linux which is my firewall. The rest are retail bought copies of XP.
Is it somehow beyond the scope of your ability to understand that someone can support a company and still not like something they did?
That's funny, I own 6 computers in my house, and the only one that has Linux installed is my firewall...the rest are retail-bought copies of windows XP.
That's funny, most of the people that I have talked to and have read (i.e. from slashdot and various other forums) show an overwhelming majority of people that are NOT happy with the merger...
You are somewhat wrong. Most of the time you see a drug commercial not say what it does, that is because it has not yet been approved or has it's approval pending by the FDA. They are not legally allowed to tell you what it does in a commercial unless it has been fully tested and approved by the FDA.
Now, a pharmaceutical company can choose to not tell you what it does, although that is rare (there are some out there that do it on a regular basis though...never quite understood that)
I meant as a whole it wasn't mind blowing. There were, however, some extremely memorable scenes in that game...looking down when on top of the temple and seeing the titan walking the desert...watching the city burn as the end boss was going apeshit...hell, even the sea-serpent first boss.
Never said it wasn't memorable or amazing. Just wasn't mind-blowing
I direct you to your nearest arcade (if you can find one that is) and look for any one of hundreds of games....hell, even Gorf had a trigger!
While I am waiting for this with great anticipation (the first one was fantastic...not mind blowing, but fantastic) I think it will signal the beginning of the end for the PS2...
Unless I have been out of the loop on some amazing other games...
...if I forget any. Note that I am only going to stick to the big-named systems:
/sarcasm
(Nearly) every flightstick ever made
NES Zapper
N64
Dreamcast
Xbox
Xbox 360
Wii
Any particular reason why the Wii is the only one getting a suit against it? Oh, because they filed a patent in 2005...maybe Nintendo should file a COUNTER-suit against THEM!!!
That's the obvious step, but the developement is unbelievably slow...not to mention the costs associated with it.
An 8 gig flash drive costs as much as a 400 gig hard drive.
I think SiN is the ONLY, I repeat ONLY franchise whose anime was substantially better than it's video game.
That is, starting from a video game and THEN moving on to anime.
cube form (or something similar thereof) would almost be a requirement...if we still haven't learned that optical discs are too easily damaged in the 25+ years they have been around...
magnetic tape...catridges...optical discs....so many wildly different storage mediums.
When will the next big innovation occur, and what will it be? Even a holographic disc is still a *disc*, no matter how advanced it is.
Money. And, if Lewis Black has taught us anything, it is this:
"People seem to think whoever has the most when they die wins...well, your dead fucknut. So...you didn't win."
you mean like a consultant, dogbert style?
"Here is how it works. I will walk around with large empty binders for a couple weeks. At the end of the couple of weeks, I will call your buisness a failure and give you the bill."
Marketing is like a bar with a four drink minimum, what are you talking about?
I can think of at least 5 bands that I know that were local within three hours of me, but got a record deal (one of them semi-substantial) and have gotten subsequently better deals thereafter...and they were discovered on that website.
to buy a DVD, or a specific speaker system that I do my own research on...on the off chance I buy something that is NOT media at a Best Buy, I do all of my research prior to going to the store.
.15, I wouldn't have believed him considering it was a 600 dollar receiver. If he truly meant 15...he quite obviously has no idea what a THD rating is. The way I see it is if the spec is on a box, you should be able to explain what it is if you work there. I don't think that is asking too much.
I have no problem with the store. Just with the employees. Now, I'm not expecting someone who can program in Assembly to sell my step father his laptop. I would, however, like the guy to know the difference between a DVD burner and a Dual-Layer DVD burner, or to be able to tell me the THD (Total Harmonic Distortion) rating on an amp... In fact, that very subject is what causes me to now do all my research prior to going there.
I had once asked an employee what the THD on a receiver was, and he answered "uh, 15"...now, even if he meant to say 15%, that receiver would be unusable. If he meant
noted, but something that raised the red flag for me:
If it is truly as powerful as they say (for gaming purposes, of course) they wouldn't need to talk it up. They would simply say "hey, you will see...what you will experience will be beyond what I could convey to you here today"
I THINK nintendo did something along those lines, if I remember correctly...and now they have the little console that could going
I am one of those mindless drones in a call center, and I approve of this message.
While I have never worked for best buy personally, I know a few people that have...from what I understand, they pay decently (compared to other similar stores, that is)
...that little issue when I go in there with my step-dad to get him a laptop and I know more than the guy selling it to us.
1. They need to ensure more than one register is open when there are 20 people on line.
2. They need to ensure that the people they hire for the different departments actually know something about what they are selling. Not what they memorized from the training. Actual KNOWLEDGE.
Not to mention the fundamental flaw in what the guy said...he said that it is a nextgen muscle machine...
at this point, wouldn't that make it current gen?
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