The stupid part is, whenever I do searches between amounts, I generally only want items up to at the very worst 80% of the amount. So in your example I would be looking from 100,000 to 200,000 (200,000 to 250,000 would be at the bottom and wouldn't even be looked at). Therefor I would never care or consider the 249,999 house. Whereas if I was searching for 250,000 to 500,000. That 249,999 would be first on my list, and more likely I would jump at the chance of buying it.
On the note related to the people buying cars, that just amazes me. Unless I was lied to by the salesman, and/or he mumbled the remaining 950, I cannot see that working. I just wish I saw more companies that deal with *.00 (raise it a penny, I don't care) that way I could tell they aren't trying to outsmart people, but there's few out there.
It's best seeing things priced at like $999.99, as if anyone is stupid enough to think $900. Ask any person on the street how much it is, and they will all equate it to $1000 even. This marketing scheme may have been clever 30+ years ago, but now it's just tradition and actually makes me think they're (the advertisers) are stupid for thinking they can trick me, thus LESS likely to buy it (especially anything marked with 5 9s).
Not to mention seeing 5 digits vs 4 digits makes me think it costs more than just $1000 so I'm more likely to avoid it as well. Guess that's what I like about most games' economy (I'm talking in game, not real world), they mark EVEN prices, none of this translate in your head stuff.
Agreed, hell most games I'm likely to wait a year or two before even bothering to buy. What do I miss out on? Bugs, patches, crashes, glitches, and if it's multiplayer:hacks (although that can be arguable depending on success of game)
HOSTS file a nice blacklist of all ads/virus sites. Doesn't have to be just Windows either. I find it gets rid of about 99% of ads. I install it on any/every PC I touch if I'm browsing the web. Simple and easy
There's advice and then there's lectures. It sounded like that was more lecture than advice from her (because I too have that problem with my mom). It gets more annoying when its a repeated lecture, but I myself also seem to give advice all the time (and still lecture a little).
I've said it before and I'll say it again, being a pessimist isn't a bad thing.
When you expect the worse, you can enjoy the good. Having a birthday? Expect crappy gifts? Well, when you get something good you can be happy, appreciative, thankful, and surprised in life. Still got crappy gifts? So what, you expected it, no surprise, no unhappiness.
Whereas being an optimistic, you're expecting a new car in every box... let me tell know how happy you are when it isn't what you expected. You could try being optimistic about that too, and say at least it wasn't a cobra in the box.
I think most pessimists don't understand the enjoyment of being one, sure you may need to learn to have a care-free attitude, but optimists have one as well. If the glass is half empty, so what? That means you have GOALS in life, and you are more likely to be productive and achieve those goals. If it's half full? You are happy with life and couldn't care if you had more.
When you take your car in to be fixed, you don't make sure the mechanic has certification/credentials/diplomas to work on your car, you simply trust the "site" that the mechanic they gave you is sufficient enough.
Like a previous poster mentioned, its all snake oil.
Actually he probably noticed the fair amount of gaming videos posted on youtube, and how game companies send takedown notices because its "their content" (and actually win) if you play a game and record the game you were playing. He figures he could spin something and be able to sue any gamer who posts a video of their gaming experience.
If you can't have enough faith in humanity to throw a lan party because you fear for all the items that could be stolen, accidents that could happen, insurances, law suits... Your attitude to life sucks.
I guess its pre-emptive pessimism (new word?), because your attitude in life doesn't currently suck, if somebody steal a $2000 system your attitude WILL suck.
But I personally find that outlook on life better: Go to a party expecting it to suck, when you are surprised and happy with the entertainment. You got more than you expected and a nice surprise. Expect a present to have coal in it, now you can be appreciative and happy when its a new video card for your PC. Didn't get what you want? So what, you knew it was gonna suck right, you can't be unhappy.
Same thing was said about last week only having "a whole 2 rants". So far we are at 5, perhaps just give it some time? In 52 weeks we could be at a whole 104 rants.
The way I interpreted this was that say you have a 800x600 screen with 4 gpus. It would render 4 200x150 screens, 1 in each gpu and piece them together. So in theory in wouldn't matter about how each card renders it necessarily (DX9vsDX10) just that it does its portion of the screen. Sure artifacts will exist I'm sure, but so be it for the speed boost and this new technology?
V: VoilÃ! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin van-guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition.
[carves V into poster on wall] V: The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous.
[giggles] V: Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V.
I'm too stupid to understand what you said, your young teenage mind is obviously too intellectual for mine. Maybe if I stopped eating all these exquisite vegetables and exercising, and actually started eating twinkies and chatting it up here with you more I might be as smart as you... Oh sorry, I gotta go meet my girlfriend now...
If you've been reading slashdot about the developers talking to pirates, you will know that you can just tell them you won't take the DRM (and not buy it) and just download the free cracked version which was much easier to install.
It's all a clever gimmick where they give them increasingly difficult problems, and then for the final puzzle, give them an hour to solve Mercury Rising.
Good luck finding out what type of person I really am. Bi-polar, multiple personality, having conversations with oneself, I'm a different person every day!
You mean you never get those "Jesus" letters delivered to your door? I get a church letter about once a month. They don't even know my religion (how could they?). Other than that, I don't have people trying to convert me, just littered with spam mail really.
Needless to say, pushing a religion is as bad as pushing any other agenda and I'm more likely to avoid it.
Agreed, the only games I have ever bought were ones where I played the demo/trial first.
Because once I pirate just to see if I like it (bad mentality I know, but this is how it goes), why pay for something I already have?
The ONLY other reason why I would buy something is if the DRM scheme is where I can't play multiplayer unless I have bought a copy (ie: Blizzards battlenet servers). Sure I played Diablo 2 in single player (pirated), but I bought it afterwards when I wanted to play co-op and with friends online.
If hes looking for advice:
Multiplayer - offer a free single player game, or free version with limited amount of multiplayer features (ie: no extra maps/areas, cut the allowed items to less than half)
Singleplayer - free limited amount of items/features
Do you have a job that you landed because of your unpaid open-source programming?
No, but technically I did do lots of personal projects that I wasn't paid for, and just never released it. Which most definitely helped land me my first job.
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Apparently its approx $500 a gallon for the Fluorinert solution.
Once again, an article that sparks my interest, then someone comes along and destroys it with reality...
The stupid part is, whenever I do searches between amounts, I generally only want items up to at the very worst 80% of the amount. So in your example I would be looking from 100,000 to 200,000 (200,000 to 250,000 would be at the bottom and wouldn't even be looked at). Therefor I would never care or consider the 249,999 house. Whereas if I was searching for 250,000 to 500,000. That 249,999 would be first on my list, and more likely I would jump at the chance of buying it.
On the note related to the people buying cars, that just amazes me. Unless I was lied to by the salesman, and/or he mumbled the remaining 950, I cannot see that working. I just wish I saw more companies that deal with *.00 (raise it a penny, I don't care) that way I could tell they aren't trying to outsmart people, but there's few out there.
Or perhaps if you were found with less than 5 wristbands, your performance review/raise was horrible, and chances of getting canned were more likely?
It's best seeing things priced at like $999.99, as if anyone is stupid enough to think $900. Ask any person on the street how much it is, and they will all equate it to $1000 even. This marketing scheme may have been clever 30+ years ago, but now it's just tradition and actually makes me think they're (the advertisers) are stupid for thinking they can trick me, thus LESS likely to buy it (especially anything marked with 5 9s).
Not to mention seeing 5 digits vs 4 digits makes me think it costs more than just $1000 so I'm more likely to avoid it as well. Guess that's what I like about most games' economy (I'm talking in game, not real world), they mark EVEN prices, none of this translate in your head stuff.
Agreed, hell most games I'm likely to wait a year or two before even bothering to buy. What do I miss out on? Bugs, patches, crashes, glitches, and if it's multiplayer:hacks (although that can be arguable depending on success of game)
HOSTS file a nice blacklist of all ads/virus sites. Doesn't have to be just Windows either. I find it gets rid of about 99% of ads. I install it on any/every PC I touch if I'm browsing the web. Simple and easy
I'm not looking for advice
There's advice and then there's lectures. It sounded like that was more lecture than advice from her (because I too have that problem with my mom). It gets more annoying when its a repeated lecture, but I myself also seem to give advice all the time (and still lecture a little).
Best of luck,
I've said it before and I'll say it again, being a pessimist isn't a bad thing.
When you expect the worse, you can enjoy the good. Having a birthday? Expect crappy gifts? Well, when you get something good you can be happy, appreciative, thankful, and surprised in life. Still got crappy gifts? So what, you expected it, no surprise, no unhappiness.
Whereas being an optimistic, you're expecting a new car in every box... let me tell know how happy you are when it isn't what you expected. You could try being optimistic about that too, and say at least it wasn't a cobra in the box.
I think most pessimists don't understand the enjoyment of being one, sure you may need to learn to have a care-free attitude, but optimists have one as well. If the glass is half empty, so what? That means you have GOALS in life, and you are more likely to be productive and achieve those goals. If it's half full? You are happy with life and couldn't care if you had more.
I believe the "crackpot" theories stated something like: 5. Collect from insurance companies.
Assuming I've been vaguely following along correctly...
Time to make a car analogy to end this debate:
When you take your car in to be fixed, you don't make sure the mechanic has certification/credentials/diplomas to work on your car, you simply trust the "site" that the mechanic they gave you is sufficient enough.
Like a previous poster mentioned, its all snake oil.
Actually he probably noticed the fair amount of gaming videos posted on youtube, and how game companies send takedown notices because its "their content" (and actually win) if you play a game and record the game you were playing. He figures he could spin something and be able to sue any gamer who posts a video of their gaming experience.
If you can't have enough faith in humanity to throw a lan party because you fear for all the items that could be stolen, accidents that could happen, insurances, law suits... Your attitude to life sucks.
I guess its pre-emptive pessimism (new word?), because your attitude in life doesn't currently suck, if somebody steal a $2000 system your attitude WILL suck.
But I personally find that outlook on life better: Go to a party expecting it to suck, when you are surprised and happy with the entertainment. You got more than you expected and a nice surprise. Expect a present to have coal in it, now you can be appreciative and happy when its a new video card for your PC. Didn't get what you want? So what, you knew it was gonna suck right, you can't be unhappy.
Same thing was said about last week only having "a whole 2 rants". So far we are at 5, perhaps just give it some time? In 52 weeks we could be at a whole 104 rants.
The way I interpreted this was that say you have a 800x600 screen with 4 gpus. It would render 4 200x150 screens, 1 in each gpu and piece them together. So in theory in wouldn't matter about how each card renders it necessarily (DX9vsDX10) just that it does its portion of the screen. Sure artifacts will exist I'm sure, but so be it for the speed boost and this new technology?
V: VoilÃ! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin van-guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition.
[carves V into poster on wall]
V: The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous.
[giggles]
V: Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V.
Wow, those screen caps are gorgeous
Yea.. thats all photoshopped all the reflections are all wrong...definitely photoshopped...
I'm too stupid to understand what you said, your young teenage mind is obviously too intellectual for mine. Maybe if I stopped eating all these exquisite vegetables and exercising, and actually started eating twinkies and chatting it up here with you more I might be as smart as you... Oh sorry, I gotta go meet my girlfriend now...
So... what is your proposal then? A health and hunger bar?
If you've been reading slashdot about the developers talking to pirates, you will know that you can just tell them you won't take the DRM (and not buy it) and just download the free cracked version which was much easier to install.
It's all a clever gimmick where they give them increasingly difficult problems, and then for the final puzzle, give them an hour to solve Mercury Rising.
Oh yes, I took it there
Good luck finding out what type of person I really am. Bi-polar, multiple personality, having conversations with oneself, I'm a different person every day!
I guess you would then equate VeNoM > crazy?
Citations please?
You mean you never get those "Jesus" letters delivered to your door? I get a church letter about once a month. They don't even know my religion (how could they?). Other than that, I don't have people trying to convert me, just littered with spam mail really.
Needless to say, pushing a religion is as bad as pushing any other agenda and I'm more likely to avoid it.
Agreed, the only games I have ever bought were ones where I played the demo/trial first.
Because once I pirate just to see if I like it (bad mentality I know, but this is how it goes), why pay for something I already have?
The ONLY other reason why I would buy something is if the DRM scheme is where I can't play multiplayer unless I have bought a copy (ie: Blizzards battlenet servers). Sure I played Diablo 2 in single player (pirated), but I bought it afterwards when I wanted to play co-op and with friends online.
If hes looking for advice:
Multiplayer - offer a free single player game, or free version with limited amount of multiplayer features (ie: no extra maps/areas, cut the allowed items to less than half)
Singleplayer - free limited amount of items/features
Do you have a job that you landed because of your unpaid open-source programming?
No, but technically I did do lots of personal projects that I wasn't paid for, and just never released it. Which most definitely helped land me my first job.