PoE and Torchlight 2 are what Diablo 3 should have been. I happen to like PoE better than TL2 because PoE has more depth. I did spend $10 to get more stash space, but the other eye candy I don't care too much for. Its effectively an awesome game for $10!
I'm 2 years in this Help Desk job and the amount learned is quite invaluable to me. 2 reasons : there were other tasks involved like light server administration tasks, and secondly, I was proactive about learning new things.
You know one of those rail systems with a radius of like a few miles that can accelerate an object fast enough to escape the earth's gravity? I wonder if the energy to propel nuclear waste into the sun is lower than the energy netted from byproducing that nuclear waste.
Is it 16.91% taking in the consideration that a significant % of vista users switched back to XP?
People say that this is expected when MS comes out with a new OS. But I don't know, seems alot worse this time around.
I don't know about that. The G5's we have seem to produce insane amounts of heat. One day the air conditioning went out, and the room with the G5s got real hot.
That was funnest 3 hours I've ever had.
IMO, you guys are revealing too much info for those who didn't play it yet.
My advice - stop reading slashdot and play it NOW:)
"much more likely to be bullies and have other socially undesirable traits"
This shouldn't really be a surprise to anyone. In the daycare business, the ratio of children to caretakers are high. They can only do so much. Personal attention and nurturing is secondary. Making sure the children don't choke on a toy is primary.
In the big companies, the cost of rehiring are much higher than smaller companies'. This is why Google, MS, etc has salaries that are considerably higher than the average.
The labor market isn't perfect, but its there. The good workers will land the jobs at the bigger companies and will thus get paid more.
The big companies who don't hire good workers (due to some stupid HR person calling the shots) will lose the good workers to their competition, and hopefully go under or go thru a management restructuring.
The good workers who don't land those jobs needs to work on marketing their skills AND ride out the bumpy road and idiots who don't know how to hire.
I dunno, the CCNA wasn't easy, and cisco doesn't really recycle thier questions like microsoft does. A CCNA will at least know a thing or 2, while there's no telling what an MSCE knows.
At the very least, entry certs is a measure of how serious someone is about getting the job, simply because they go thru the cost and trouble of getting them, rather than a measure of actual knowlegde/skill. Similar to the SATs to get into college.
The idea of penalizing people who don't take care of thier bodies is a good one, but its not really possible given the difficulty and hereditary implications (as many people pointed out). Though I do agree things like smoking can definately be penalized. Better yet, screen for all illegal drugs too.
People are inherently lazy. Obesity has reached epidemic proportions.
Maybe we can have the health system institute health care cost reductions for people passing standardized health classes and/or workout classes every year. Encourage people to be educated about good health living by reducing their health care costs. This will justify the discount at the same time because it will improve the average health of people.
So, the cops can have access to the fact that my car was at Taco Bell at in Encino, CA at 12:45pm, and that my car was seen going north on the 101 in Hollywood at 5:12pm. Oh Noes!
Eve and DOAC are good departures from the MMO standard. Still are I think. Whats also great about those 2 games is you don't have to spend 8 hours a day on them to do well.
In game ads are as effective as billboard ads that you drive by on the streets.... which is not very on the surface. But anyone in marketing knows that product/brand recognition makes a difference. How often do you consider looking at/buying a product you've never heard of? Not as much as a product/brand you remember seeing before.
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PoE and Torchlight 2 are what Diablo 3 should have been. I happen to like PoE better than TL2 because PoE has more depth. I did spend $10 to get more stash space, but the other eye candy I don't care too much for. Its effectively an awesome game for $10!
I'm 2 years in this Help Desk job and the amount learned is quite invaluable to me. 2 reasons : there were other tasks involved like light server administration tasks, and secondly, I was proactive about learning new things.
And thats a 1986 astrovan too! You can do it too. Just make sure you start at the top of a big hill.
IT people tend to be jerks. Why? Because they can.
Honestly, I'd be very happy if they remade Deus Ex 1 with the graphics, gameplay, and physics of Halflife 2.
You know one of those rail systems with a radius of like a few miles that can accelerate an object fast enough to escape the earth's gravity? I wonder if the energy to propel nuclear waste into the sun is lower than the energy netted from byproducing that nuclear waste.
Don't replace things to save energy. Just make energy conscience choices when the time comes to replace things.
Is it 16.91% taking in the consideration that a significant % of vista users switched back to XP? People say that this is expected when MS comes out with a new OS. But I don't know, seems alot worse this time around.
They did not expect that many people to play online, hence the server problems, which will probably be up and running fine soon.
I don't know about that. The G5's we have seem to produce insane amounts of heat. One day the air conditioning went out, and the room with the G5s got real hot.
This survey was conducted online. That means the average surveyee is an internet user to some extent.
There aren't the TV shows you're looking for.
That was funnest 3 hours I've ever had. IMO, you guys are revealing too much info for those who didn't play it yet. My advice - stop reading slashdot and play it NOW :)
"much more likely to be bullies and have other socially undesirable traits"
This shouldn't really be a surprise to anyone. In the daycare business, the ratio of children to caretakers are high. They can only do so much. Personal attention and nurturing is secondary. Making sure the children don't choke on a toy is primary.
In the big companies, the cost of rehiring are much higher than smaller companies'. This is why Google, MS, etc has salaries that are considerably higher than the average. The labor market isn't perfect, but its there. The good workers will land the jobs at the bigger companies and will thus get paid more.
The big companies who don't hire good workers (due to some stupid HR person calling the shots) will lose the good workers to their competition, and hopefully go under or go thru a management restructuring.
The good workers who don't land those jobs needs to work on marketing their skills AND ride out the bumpy road and idiots who don't know how to hire.
Wouldn't making the keys bigger solve that problem?
I dunno, the CCNA wasn't easy, and cisco doesn't really recycle thier questions like microsoft does. A CCNA will at least know a thing or 2, while there's no telling what an MSCE knows. At the very least, entry certs is a measure of how serious someone is about getting the job, simply because they go thru the cost and trouble of getting them, rather than a measure of actual knowlegde/skill. Similar to the SATs to get into college.
As (and if) this device becomes more widespread, the price will drop substantially. Or at least it should.
The idea of penalizing people who don't take care of thier bodies is a good one, but its not really possible given the difficulty and hereditary implications (as many people pointed out). Though I do agree things like smoking can definately be penalized. Better yet, screen for all illegal drugs too.
People are inherently lazy. Obesity has reached epidemic proportions.
Maybe we can have the health system institute health care cost reductions for people passing standardized health classes and/or workout classes every year. Encourage people to be educated about good health living by reducing their health care costs. This will justify the discount at the same time because it will improve the average health of people.
So, the cops can have access to the fact that my car was at Taco Bell at in Encino, CA at 12:45pm, and that my car was seen going north on the 101 in Hollywood at 5:12pm. Oh Noes!
Eve and DOAC are good departures from the MMO standard. Still are I think. Whats also great about those 2 games is you don't have to spend 8 hours a day on them to do well.
What ever happened to the huge orbiting magnifying glass to beam energy to an energy facility on earth idea?
In game ads are as effective as billboard ads that you drive by on the streets.... which is not very on the surface. But anyone in marketing knows that product/brand recognition makes a difference. How often do you consider looking at/buying a product you've never heard of? Not as much as a product/brand you remember seeing before.
Too grown up to play Nintendo? Thats not really true. But I think there's still a social stigma in saying "I'm 35 and I love my nintendo".
99% of the time, people are stupid because they are lazy.
I think the idea of instant gratification has become pervasive in american culture.