This change is actually saving me money. I just received my email from Netflix. I currently pay $41.99 a month for unlimited streaming plus 6 discs out. The plan split is (for me) $7.99 for streaming, $32.99 for 6 discs out, which comes to $40.98 a month.
I've no complaints. Email says the changes will go into effect on or after Sept 1st.
It would be damn-near impossible to earn 250 million ISK durig the trial period, even if you were mining 23/7. It takes time to make that kind of ISK. Even with planetary interaction, you need the ISK to purchase colonies to create P4 items. 3.7 milion for the command center, and roughly 1.5-2 million for the colony. then it takes time to produce the items.
I run three accounts and use PLEX to pay for two of them, so I'm actually only paying for one account with RL money. It's handy, but it took time to get to that point.... owning a decent corp, having the right skills to stay alive and keep producing....
With 3 accounts, I have 9 characters who process materials from planetary colonies. I can make roughly 20 million a day just by letting the colonies run, freeing up my characters to do something that's actually fun like PVP. Plus, by owning a corporation, I get to tax everyone in my corp, and make ISK off of their missions.
So it IS possible to never spend a dime playing EVE, but it takes time, skills, and patience.
What I've always found amusing is the language that is substituted to allow swearing on television.
Take "frak" for instance. It obviously means "fuck". When a character on BSG says "those motherfrakkers", he/she is obviously saying "motherfuckers". When Mal or Jayne say "gorram', they are obviously saying "goddamn". Everyone knows what they are really saying, and it's allowed. The FCC has no problem with people on television swearing, as long as the swear word is spelled and pronounced differently. Spike can say "sodding", and "bugger", and here in America we know he's saying "fucking", or "fuck it in the ass" (i think). But since it is British slang....it's allowed.
And where did "heck" and "gosh" come from? My children say them all the time, in public, and never get in trouble. I know that "what the heck?" is the same as saying "what the hell?", "oh my gosh" is "oh my god", "oh poop" is "oh shit". They mean the same thing, don't they? but if my 7-year-old daughter suddenly said "Oh my god! What the hell is going on?", people would freak! "What the Heck" and "Oh my Gosh" obviously stem from someone still wanting to be able to convey "what the hell" and "oh my god", but have it be acceptable in society. It's all the same thing.
Fornicate means Fuck, why not just say fuck? Who does it hurt?
EVE Online constantly releases new patches, game mechanics, graphics updates, content....and it's always free. You pay your 14.95 a month, and they keep working their asses off to get you better stuff.
Actually, I thought the score was "Titanic: remixed". There were a few scenes where the the first few notes of "My Heart Will Go On" started playing, and then diverged into something else. Horner didn't bring a lot of originality to this one
I kept expecting to see a naked Rose running through the forest of Pandora, with Jack running after her with a pencil and sketchpad in his arms....
I agree. As much as we all complain that L. Ron Hubbard was a certifiable whacko with delusions of godhood, he did write some great, solid scifi. A good example of scifi not translating well to the big screen was Battlefield Earth.
Great book, shitty movie.
You just can't fit 1100 pages of hard-core scifi into a two hour movie.
While I enjoyed Avatar, I'd love to see a lengthier "Director's Cut" with more info on the planet and it's science.
What surprised me was the Best Newcomer award went to the Palm Pre. If ever there was a doomed to fail product.....
With all the Android buzz, iPhone still ruling the smart phone universe and the Blackberry line still the corporate hero, I don't see where the Pre will fit.
But then I suppose getting a pink slip is one sure way of never being stressed out by the boss ever again...
I think that if I received a pink slip from my boss (both of us being men), I'd be fairly disturbed, compounding my normal level of job-related stress.
Also, I would probably have a good case for a sexual harassment charge.
I work for one of the top 5 insurance companies in the U.S. and SQL Server utilized as the back end for at least 50% of the apps currently running. The rest use DB2 Mainframe as the back end, and many of those are being re-written using both J2EE and.NET with SQL Server as the back-end.
SQL Server is used in many of the shops I've worked for, and as more companies do the J2EE vs.NET juggle, SQL Server is fairly common.
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This change is actually saving me money. I just received my email from Netflix. I currently pay $41.99 a month for unlimited streaming plus 6 discs out. The plan split is (for me) $7.99 for streaming, $32.99 for 6 discs out, which comes to $40.98 a month.
I've no complaints. Email says the changes will go into effect on or after Sept 1st.
id has come out with the Tech 5 engine. See the game Rage for details
For Pop-Culture's sake, I think this would be more appropriate....
WOPR, Landru and SkyNet walk into bar.........
Jane is on Chuck.
Mal is Castle.
River is on The Cape
Kaylee was/is on SGA
Inara is on V
It's good to see you two getting along. This bickering has been going on for too long.
It would be damn-near impossible to earn 250 million ISK durig the trial period, even if you were mining 23/7. It takes time to make that kind of ISK. Even with planetary interaction, you need the ISK to purchase colonies to create P4 items. 3.7 milion for the command center, and roughly 1.5-2 million for the colony. then it takes time to produce the items.
I run three accounts and use PLEX to pay for two of them, so I'm actually only paying for one account with RL money. It's handy, but it took time to get to that point.... owning a decent corp, having the right skills to stay alive and keep producing....
With 3 accounts, I have 9 characters who process materials from planetary colonies. I can make roughly 20 million a day just by letting the colonies run, freeing up my characters to do something that's actually fun like PVP. Plus, by owning a corporation, I get to tax everyone in my corp, and make ISK off of their missions.
So it IS possible to never spend a dime playing EVE, but it takes time, skills, and patience.
Need a vascectomy? Fly the friendly skies instead! The more miles you log, the fewer kids you'll spawn!
What I've always found amusing is the language that is substituted to allow swearing on television.
Take "frak" for instance. It obviously means "fuck". When a character on BSG says "those motherfrakkers", he/she is obviously saying "motherfuckers". When Mal or Jayne say "gorram', they are obviously saying "goddamn". Everyone knows what they are really saying, and it's allowed. The FCC has no problem with people on television swearing, as long as the swear word is spelled and pronounced differently. Spike can say "sodding", and "bugger", and here in America we know he's saying "fucking", or "fuck it in the ass" (i think). But since it is British slang....it's allowed.
And where did "heck" and "gosh" come from? My children say them all the time, in public, and never get in trouble. I know that "what the heck?" is the same as saying "what the hell?", "oh my gosh" is "oh my god", "oh poop" is "oh shit". They mean the same thing, don't they? but if my 7-year-old daughter suddenly said "Oh my god! What the hell is going on?", people would freak! "What the Heck" and "Oh my Gosh" obviously stem from someone still wanting to be able to convey "what the hell" and "oh my god", but have it be acceptable in society. It's all the same thing.
Fornicate means Fuck, why not just say fuck? Who does it hurt?
Sticks and Stones, man. Sticks and Stones.
EVE Online constantly releases new patches, game mechanics, graphics updates, content....and it's always free. You pay your 14.95 a month, and they keep working their asses off to get you better stuff.
Photoshop
Acrobat
Illustrator
After Effects
Premiere
Personally, I'd like a movie to have both visual appeal and a great story, but that's me.
How dare you take that inflammatory attitude with him! You and your negative vibes!!
You're lucky I can't mod you right now cuz I'd give you a solid +1 insightful!!
Actually, I thought the score was "Titanic: remixed". There were a few scenes where the the first few notes of "My Heart Will Go On" started playing, and then diverged into something else. Horner didn't bring a lot of originality to this one
I kept expecting to see a naked Rose running through the forest of Pandora, with Jack running after her with a pencil and sketchpad in his arms....
I agree. As much as we all complain that L. Ron Hubbard was a certifiable whacko with delusions of godhood, he did write some great, solid scifi. A good example of scifi not translating well to the big screen was Battlefield Earth.
Great book, shitty movie.
You just can't fit 1100 pages of hard-core scifi into a two hour movie.
While I enjoyed Avatar, I'd love to see a lengthier "Director's Cut" with more info on the planet and it's science.
I took mine home.
How does one get a "Redundant" rating when one is the 4th poster of the topic, and the third poster that didn't just post to be first?
Odd.
http://www.movieguide.org/box-office/6/10075-avatar
There.....fixed your broken link
What surprised me was the Best Newcomer award went to the Palm Pre. If ever there was a doomed to fail product.....
With all the Android buzz, iPhone still ruling the smart phone universe and the Blackberry line still the corporate hero, I don't see where the Pre will fit.
A Sybian Phone?
Ewwww! I'm not putting my ear to that!
Actually, Serenity was one of the NASA-supplied names for the module, not a write-in nerd joke.
Yes - weekly defeats with the Federation in jeopardy....
Was a regular thing during the last few seasons of DS9.
So by saying you didn't want to sound redundant, you informed us that you were going to say the same thing, to keep from being redundant?
But then I suppose getting a pink slip is one sure way of never being stressed out by the boss ever again...
I think that if I received a pink slip from my boss (both of us being men), I'd be fairly disturbed, compounding my normal level of job-related stress.
Also, I would probably have a good case for a sexual harassment charge.
I work for one of the top 5 insurance companies in the U.S. and SQL Server utilized as the back end for at least 50% of the apps currently running. The rest use DB2 Mainframe as the back end, and many of those are being re-written using both J2EE and .NET with SQL Server as the back-end.
SQL Server is used in many of the shops I've worked for, and as more companies do the J2EE vs .NET juggle, SQL Server is fairly common.
ESA's handoff to IDG to do E for All (AKA E4Empty)
...... I expect E for All to be canceled for 2009. E3 wanted E4A to be the b2c face of the ESA, and since it didn't work, and the ESA....
My god, That's the most acronyms I've ever seen in a post!
What the hell does Cat Stevens have to d......oh. TED. Nevermind.