Slightly agree. Although the summary states Jagex lost customers because of that one move. They actually lost many after several moves. Don't get me wrong, they prevented most of the bad things (drop trading, gifting of items, bots, etc.) and are still changing the game to try and fix it, but part of the problem is the game became too kid oriented. Getting muted for a swear word, hell, getting muted because a player mod (yes, one of the people playing the game with you, who doesn't like you for some reason) feels so (this happened to me 3 times, because of my status in the game).
Since the game has been out for over several years, the kids have grown up, games have changed, technology changed (they still use java clients, but have done a damn good job and keeping it near bleeding edge without direct3D/openGL - I believe, along with the ability to download the game on the fly, as you play).
MMOs go through peak phases, the same game gets boring after 3-5 years. Not to mention, you piss off veterans by changing things, you piss off new players by not making it "quick for them to level and catch up". Diablo 2 had an interesting fix for this by having a ladder that they wiped into a non-ladder account every so months to keep it interesting. Although re-lvling a ladder character every few months got pointless and unrewarding.
MMOs would almost need to be re-made from scratch, or to completely change the graphics/interface/gameplay to keep people interested. Cause I can't imagine, like all other games, someone liking to play just Mario for 3 years straight.
Am I the only one who thinks that botox has a 53% chance of making you look less attractive? Of course I'm the kind of guy who thinks make-up makes a girl look worse, as well as most tans, and that natural beauty is the best kind. So hey, maybe I don't fit the stereotype of being attracted to plastic celebrities.
We could always build a fence around the cables that prevent people from getting into the cables. I heard that's been working very well at the south border.
I sure am... technically the creator can now replace everyone's hosts file and create its own DNS that resolve to it's own IPs. Every 1 in 3 sites contains a goatse!
An additional note, if a GE bulb doe go out, you can get a coupon for a full (6-pack) set if only 1 bulb dies. Although I bought 2 sets, 2 of the bulbs were DOA, sent in the mail and they gave me a $20 coupon to buy another set (these things were about ~$13 a pack). I was happy enough with their customer support.
Yes please, and this should hopefully make surfing more secure and anonymous. Let's setup an "encryption always on" internet to help with that, just so we can bring back the reason the internet was made: any information from anywhere. No censorship. If the site cannot be accessed, then try a peer node/proxy node that will help forward this encrypted information...
That's hardly the issue... notice how they say 3-3000 times cheaper. Meaning a $3000 SSD would have to cost $1 for them to consider it... Don't you love pulling numbers of your ass?
One of the interesting aspects of trying to carry training across to a different situation is that you sometimes learn lessons in training that aren't just un-useful, they're actually dangerous in the real situation.
I never understood how this stuff could ever be successful. Find an orphan who never knew their parents, and have them contact their parents (or hell, have an only child contact their "dead brother") Then see what the psychic says, if they succeed 10 out of 10, then it's proof, otherwise they should be locked in a prison for being scam artists...
So... why not just have it check for the RFID when the handle is lifted? If it's near, unlock, if it's not, lock (unless of course someone is in the car, then pan out a scenario if someone pressed the unlock while inside).
Sometimes I just wish I were paid for my obvious ideas....:P
I wonder if there are any jobs in the Netherlands for an english-speaking computer-geek Canuck. They look like the only safe haven from insanity that is infecting this planet.
And if Netherlands gets corrupted, I heard you could go to outer-space, or the high seas where there are no laws. But better keep a few ninjas by to protect you from pirates.
And a little more serious, it seems like countries already enforce some laws on our seas (because they DO fight back against pirates, hard). So maybe space is the last alternative, find a distant planet far far far away.
This is the key question for the entire test: If you answer true, then that means the rest of the test you have lied on. If you answer false, then that means you are saying you never lied when you were young, which is also incorrect.
Personality and psychology tests are just pointless, it will always be a hit and miss. Flipping a coin gives you the same odds.
Will the company be able to just take money off me whenever they want because it's "their game", dispute it been real money..?
That's my biggest concern too... when its a game, they can claim whatever they want and do whatever they want to your account. Where if it were a bank, then it would get the government involved pretty fast (unless they somehow corrupt them as well, which would be an even worse problem anyways).
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I have 4gb of RAM, 1gb which goes to Firefox and stays open. The remaining 2-3gb is for the game, minus the 512mb for video memory, which means I easily have enough memory.
It consumes at most 10% of my cpu, but since I ALWAYS run my games in "highest" priority, the only issue I could have would be disk access issues. (I hear that Vista has issues playing games in highest priority, couple of friends were having issues at least and were forced to keep it to normal). I also run BOINC distributed computing when I game (taking 75% of my idle cpu cycles), and still have a smooth 40+ frames easily. If I don't set highest priority BOINC will cause jitters, but that's assuming I don't adjust the priority.
Now one can argue that disk access is an issue, which very rarely is, because I have partitions set aside for their own purpose (unless I apply a patch that fragments terribly). No issues EVER when I game, regardless of what else is running (did I mention I'm using a single, couple years old, Nvidia 8600 GTS?). Oh hi, I'm a gamer:P
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Except they raised their game back up to $50 after that experiment. If it was so successful, why did they do it?
Slightly agree. Although the summary states Jagex lost customers because of that one move. They actually lost many after several moves. Don't get me wrong, they prevented most of the bad things (drop trading, gifting of items, bots, etc.) and are still changing the game to try and fix it, but part of the problem is the game became too kid oriented. Getting muted for a swear word, hell, getting muted because a player mod (yes, one of the people playing the game with you, who doesn't like you for some reason) feels so (this happened to me 3 times, because of my status in the game).
Since the game has been out for over several years, the kids have grown up, games have changed, technology changed (they still use java clients, but have done a damn good job and keeping it near bleeding edge without direct3D/openGL - I believe, along with the ability to download the game on the fly, as you play).
MMOs go through peak phases, the same game gets boring after 3-5 years. Not to mention, you piss off veterans by changing things, you piss off new players by not making it "quick for them to level and catch up". Diablo 2 had an interesting fix for this by having a ladder that they wiped into a non-ladder account every so months to keep it interesting. Although re-lvling a ladder character every few months got pointless and unrewarding.
MMOs would almost need to be re-made from scratch, or to completely change the graphics/interface/gameplay to keep people interested. Cause I can't imagine, like all other games, someone liking to play just Mario for 3 years straight.
If they think this is offensive, wait until someone makes a game where you get to eat babies.
It's been done, welcome to baby eating land and enjoy
Am I the only one who thinks that botox has a 53% chance of making you look less attractive? Of course I'm the kind of guy who thinks make-up makes a girl look worse, as well as most tans, and that natural beauty is the best kind. So hey, maybe I don't fit the stereotype of being attracted to plastic celebrities.
We could always build a fence around the cables that prevent people from getting into the cables. I heard that's been working very well at the south border.
I sure am... technically the creator can now replace everyone's hosts file and create its own DNS that resolve to it's own IPs. Every 1 in 3 sites contains a goatse!
An additional note, if a GE bulb doe go out, you can get a coupon for a full (6-pack) set if only 1 bulb dies. Although I bought 2 sets, 2 of the bulbs were DOA, sent in the mail and they gave me a $20 coupon to buy another set (these things were about ~$13 a pack). I was happy enough with their customer support.
Still won't defeat the army of underpaid workers to do it.
Yes please, and this should hopefully make surfing more secure and anonymous. Let's setup an "encryption always on" internet to help with that, just so we can bring back the reason the internet was made: any information from anywhere. No censorship. If the site cannot be accessed, then try a peer node/proxy node that will help forward this encrypted information...
That's hardly the issue... notice how they say 3-3000 times cheaper. Meaning a $3000 SSD would have to cost $1 for them to consider it... Don't you love pulling numbers of your ass?
One of the interesting aspects of trying to carry training across to a different situation is that you sometimes learn lessons in training that aren't just un-useful, they're actually dangerous in the real situation.
Like teabagging the corpse after you kill them?
Damn... beat me to it...
Not the ugly one, that's for sure, otherwise you find yourself handcuffed to a bed with a hangover.
The only thing I have enjoyed are the 3d glasses...
They work EVERYWHERE!
While the reference rendering fails on FF 3.0.7 with just gray background (no boxes).
Yet somehow IE6 gets all the colored boxes in the middle...
Why the hell did they make the REFERENCE rendering a web page instead of an image is just beyond me.
I never understood how this stuff could ever be successful. Find an orphan who never knew their parents, and have them contact their parents (or hell, have an only child contact their "dead brother") Then see what the psychic says, if they succeed 10 out of 10, then it's proof, otherwise they should be locked in a prison for being scam artists...
So... why not just have it check for the RFID when the handle is lifted? If it's near, unlock, if it's not, lock (unless of course someone is in the car, then pan out a scenario if someone pressed the unlock while inside).
Sometimes I just wish I were paid for my obvious ideas....:P
I wonder if there are any jobs in the Netherlands for an english-speaking computer-geek Canuck. They look like the only safe haven from insanity that is infecting this planet.
And if Netherlands gets corrupted, I heard you could go to outer-space, or the high seas where there are no laws. But better keep a few ninjas by to protect you from pirates.
And a little more serious, it seems like countries already enforce some laws on our seas (because they DO fight back against pirates, hard). So maybe space is the last alternative, find a distant planet far far far away.
I do not always tell the truth
This is the key question for the entire test: If you answer true, then that means the rest of the test you have lied on. If you answer false, then that means you are saying you never lied when you were young, which is also incorrect.
Personality and psychology tests are just pointless, it will always be a hit and miss. Flipping a coin gives you the same odds.
Will the company be able to just take money off me whenever they want because it's "their game", dispute it been real money..?
That's my biggest concern too... when its a game, they can claim whatever they want and do whatever they want to your account. Where if it were a bank, then it would get the government involved pretty fast (unless they somehow corrupt them as well, which would be an even worse problem anyways).
Nov 21 2007 - http://lemonparty.org/ Oct 18 2007 - http://2girls1cup.com/
Among tons of "teens" sites...
That's not what he's talking about. I'll give you an example. Look me up on google and tell me what you find. My name is Mike Smith.
Yea.. well look ME up on google, my name is Mike Hunt!
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So can it only repair the bond once, since it splits open?
I have 4gb of RAM, 1gb which goes to Firefox and stays open. The remaining 2-3gb is for the game, minus the 512mb for video memory, which means I easily have enough memory.
:P
It consumes at most 10% of my cpu, but since I ALWAYS run my games in "highest" priority, the only issue I could have would be disk access issues. (I hear that Vista has issues playing games in highest priority, couple of friends were having issues at least and were forced to keep it to normal). I also run BOINC distributed computing when I game (taking 75% of my idle cpu cycles), and still have a smooth 40+ frames easily. If I don't set highest priority BOINC will cause jitters, but that's assuming I don't adjust the priority.
Now one can argue that disk access is an issue, which very rarely is, because I have partitions set aside for their own purpose (unless I apply a patch that fragments terribly). No issues EVER when I game, regardless of what else is running (did I mention I'm using a single, couple years old, Nvidia 8600 GTS?). Oh hi, I'm a gamer