I called apple about that. The "updates" I got with those coupons were going from 10.1.4 to 10.1.5. I was "entitled" to get a 10.1.5 CD in the mail if my backup didn't work. BS.
I bought my only mac, an iBook, two months ago. I think I'm friggin' entitled to a discount after giving apple $1600. If I was going from 9 to 10.2 that would be one thing. Instead I'm going from 10.1.4. That's BS.
I'm a "switcher" and this is what I've seen so far: No upgarde price (even MS offers that) and moving from free iDisk to $100/year. I can understand charging something for iDisk, but $100 (not taking into account the $50 upgrade price (which is at least somewhat reasonable))?? Apple went from being "the cool company" to the "how else could we possibly gouge our customers? company"
It was best said on "Jackie Chan Adventures" when Jade got sucked through a time warp. She gets sent back to 1976:
Jade: "Where am I?"
"What is going on?"
"BellBottoms?! That is soooo 90's"
Maybe ealry men/women that could speak were seen as more attractive, thus more reproduction friendly. It depends on what early members of the opposite sex found important when choosing a mate (or mates).
But the original species probably had members that could only produce a hundred offspring, or a thousand. Only the ones that could produce "100 billion" or X number to escape total offspring annihilation, survived.
"Survival of the fittest" is generally accepted in Biology to mean "fittest to reproduce". I may be only able to lift 50 pounds, but if I can produce 10 offspring instead of the muscle guy that can only produce one, I am genetically more fit. People tend to equate that since I can only lift 50 pounds, I'll be killed off sooner, but i is more about one's ability to procreate. Of course this assuming that I make it to the age of sexual maturation. Unlikely if I am a weaking.
Um yeah, but if I were walking around my company and saw a laptop on a desk I would think "Oh, someone sits there". If I saw a dreamcast sitting somewhere I'd be like "WTF is a dreamcast doing here". A DC is waaaaaay more suspicious.
it's like spending an extra $1000 on a PC just to play games and pirate DVDs
Ummmmm... isn't this exactly what drives the sale of upper end PC's? Games and video editing (the former driving sales since forever, the latter more recently)?
Anyway, what you're paying for is the quality and the convenience. One reason I ditched my discman (and to be honest don't own a portable yet) is because I hate lugging around even five CD's with me. This thing holds 100's. On top of that, it doesn't skip and it's easy to navigate. If it had an input port for recording I would have bought one a long time ago (though 400 clams is still pretty steep).
It is completely a stand alone app. It doesn't need the terminal at all. Just click the gnu and emacs opens up. As with all things mac, "it just works".
Is Emacs bloated? Yes. Do I use it for 75% of the things it can do? No. Can I use one text editor on every OS I work on easily and productively? Yes, and that's why I use it when I do.
Though this isn't justifying bloat in any sense, we're in the days where a 60 gig drive is standard on a machine. Isn't a 50 MB functional text editor just as good if not better than a less functional 830K text editor back in the days of 1 gig drives? They take up the same space ratio wise. It's 50 megs. That is nothing compared to most drives today, or even most programs. Geez, Diablo II takes up a gig and a half!
I think the Emacs Gnu is great looking. It fits right in with the rest of the apps in the dock. It's good to see others want this kind of quality in even the little things like icons.
A) I think it's pretty obvious I don't speak french. My fiancee didn't appreciate being called the masculine form (fiance). B) I speak a little German. Not a lot, but enough to probably carry out simple purchasing transactions. C) I really _do_ have to find a job. I still have some bills to pay over here.
Those all being said, I actually look forward to the culture shock. I _know_ it's different, that's one of the reasons I'm so excited about it posssibly happening (plus it will fulfill my "I will leave the country if Bush is elected" prophecy). Everything people have said so far is great advice. Thanks everyone and please keep it coming.
Nobody listen's to Marylin Manson's lyrics. Nor Trent Reznor's either. If they did. There's be nobody at the fuckin' shows
if they listened to their own lyrics they wouldn't have shows.
That being said Morrisy has said if people really identified with his songs, they wouldn't go to his shows because he wants to be alone.
Countering your examples though, why then do I like Japanese string music, or Italian opera? I am neither Japanese or Italian nor do I speak either language.
While I know this is done by map companies, can you prove it is done in Trivial Pursuit? I would really like to see a written statement of the question and the incorrect and correct answers. Not disagreeing with you, I'd just like to see it. There have been a few times when I swore I was right but the card said different
Let me preface this by saying I set up Evolution under SuSE 7.3 at home a couple weeks ago for general mail and calendaring and it is fantastic! Truly an enterprise level application. Until reading the blurb, I didn't think Evolution had been ported to OS X though. That being said, assuming that it hasn't, what then _is_ a good exchange client for OS X? I want something that can download my mail and especially my calendar. If it has been ported, great, my question is answered. Otherwise, I'd love to hear what people use.
The only console to ever sell at $600 was the Neo Geo and that was because they literally put an arcade board into the console. Games were $200 each and the console sold abysmally. PS2 and XBox were both $299, Gamecube was $199. Those have been the most expensive to date.
As for hardware devaluation, look at a PC. The computer I bought 3 years ago for $3500 is literally worth about $500, and that's including the $250 speakers and all the RAM and HD space I added in afterwards. Consoles are generally a good value and don't depreciate at such a rate unless they're made by Sega. DC anyone?:-(. Over the course of a consoles life (4 - 5 years), you can expect the price to drop to approximately half of the original price. The only real exception is the gameboy. Every 3 years, they release a new version at approximately $80-$90, with the old versions selling for approximately $50. Not quite a 1/2 discount, but no one buys them once the new system is out anyway. There's no reason to since the new version plays all the old games, something that only the PS2 currently does
After ATOC, they no longer have Jango Fett to clone, they started making clones of one of the clones. And you know how if you make a copy of a copy, it's not as sharp as the original....
Actually I think somewhere between the end of AOTC and ANH, the stormtroopers stop being clones and in fact are just regular joes in armor. If I remember the Lucas-blessed "Shadows of the Empire" novel correctly, the Han Solo guy for SOTE's brother became a stormtrooper and that's why pseudo-Solo hated the Empire.
I'm gonna try to look into the credit consolodation that people are referring to - I assumed those were scams - but as long as they are legit (beyond that I pay more over time - but as long as I can get a rate lower than my cards now)....
I thought the same thing, i.e. that consolidation was the way to go. For once my procrastination paid off: I too live in Boston (rent is atrocious) and have a large amount of debt. I need a way not just to manage it, but to get rid of it. American Express has Financial Advisors come in to work every now and then and give a spiel, pretty much fishing for new clients. Well one of them this past time is married to one of my co-workers and the couple times I've met him, he seemed pretty mature and smart, so I went for the free consultation. I told him about my debt issues and that I had considered going the way of Ameridebt (and others). He said that though consolidating is not the same as bankruptcy, it _does_ put a mark on your credit for 7 years, much like bankruptcy. We're working on a way now to pay off my debt _and_ save some money without damaging my credit.
The General Cinema is not the Premium Cinema. The PC is an add-on to the GC building. Though no doubt they will be showing it in the Premium, it's not the same and may not be the digital projection. On top of that, when I last went to the Premium Cinema, it wasn't reserved seating, it was just limited i.e. there are 100 seats instead of 300 (and yes, the seats are all leather).
I see what you mean. It's pretty hard to find on the official site (I get most of my info from IGN), but if you click on the "tour" button (warning, it opens a new window with flash), click on "Overview" -> "Nomad Jukebox3" -> "Record Audio", you'll get shown a picture of the Line-in port. Hope this helps.
SB also has one advantage that, to me at least, is a decision maker: The Jukebox3 has input ports. I want to take this to my practice space and record three hours of my band playing. I can't do this with an iPod (but Steve Jobs, if iPod2 has a line-in/mic, I'm sold).
disclaimer: this only applies to Halflife because that's all I've tooled with
First, download the full sdk. Next, get a C++ compiler. Last I knew they promised compatability only with MS Visual C++. Next learn C++.:-) Lastly, go into the code, probably the weapon code first and change a value. Like change the damage values or the spreads. Recompile, play the game. Repeat but change a different value. Once you're comfortable mucking with that stuff, try mucking with the models. There are a couple good sites out there, here's one to start with
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I'm a "switcher" and this is what I've seen so far: No upgarde price (even MS offers that) and moving from free iDisk to $100/year. I can understand charging something for iDisk, but $100 (not taking into account the $50 upgrade price (which is at least somewhat reasonable))?? Apple went from being "the cool company" to the "how else could we possibly gouge our customers? company"
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It was best said on "Jackie Chan Adventures" when Jade got sucked through a time warp. She gets sent back to 1976: Jade: "Where am I?" "What is going on?" "BellBottoms?! That is soooo 90's"
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Ummmmm... isn't this exactly what drives the sale of upper end PC's? Games and video editing (the former driving sales since forever, the latter more recently)?
Anyway, what you're paying for is the quality and the convenience. One reason I ditched my discman (and to be honest don't own a portable yet) is because I hate lugging around even five CD's with me. This thing holds 100's. On top of that, it doesn't skip and it's easy to navigate. If it had an input port for recording I would have bought one a long time ago (though 400 clams is still pretty steep).
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Is Emacs bloated? Yes. Do I use it for 75% of the things it can do? No. Can I use one text editor on every OS I work on easily and productively? Yes, and that's why I use it when I do.
Though this isn't justifying bloat in any sense, we're in the days where a 60 gig drive is standard on a machine. Isn't a 50 MB functional text editor just as good if not better than a less functional 830K text editor back in the days of 1 gig drives? They take up the same space ratio wise. It's 50 megs. That is nothing compared to most drives today, or even most programs. Geez, Diablo II takes up a gig and a half!
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B) I speak a little German. Not a lot, but enough to probably carry out simple purchasing transactions.
C) I really _do_ have to find a job. I still have some bills to pay over here.
Those all being said, I actually look forward to the culture shock. I _know_ it's different, that's one of the reasons I'm so excited about it posssibly happening (plus it will fulfill my "I will leave the country if Bush is elected" prophecy). Everything people have said so far is great advice. Thanks everyone and please keep it coming.
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if they listened to their own lyrics they wouldn't have shows.
That being said Morrisy has said if people really identified with his songs, they wouldn't go to his shows because he wants to be alone.
Countering your examples though, why then do I like Japanese string music, or Italian opera? I am neither Japanese or Italian nor do I speak either language.
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So you turned on the "filter Jon Katz stories" too, huh? :-)
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As for hardware devaluation, look at a PC. The computer I bought 3 years ago for $3500 is literally worth about $500, and that's including the $250 speakers and all the RAM and HD space I added in afterwards. Consoles are generally a good value and don't depreciate at such a rate unless they're made by Sega. DC anyone? :-(. Over the course of a consoles life (4 - 5 years), you can expect the price to drop to approximately half of the original price. The only real exception is the gameboy. Every 3 years, they release a new version at approximately $80-$90, with the old versions selling for approximately $50. Not quite a 1/2 discount, but no one buys them once the new system is out anyway. There's no reason to since the new version plays all the old games, something that only the PS2 currently does
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Actually I think somewhere between the end of AOTC and ANH, the stormtroopers stop being clones and in fact are just regular joes in armor. If I remember the Lucas-blessed "Shadows of the Empire" novel correctly, the Han Solo guy for SOTE's brother became a stormtrooper and that's why pseudo-Solo hated the Empire.
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I thought the same thing, i.e. that consolidation was the way to go. For once my procrastination paid off: I too live in Boston (rent is atrocious) and have a large amount of debt. I need a way not just to manage it, but to get rid of it. American Express has Financial Advisors come in to work every now and then and give a spiel, pretty much fishing for new clients. Well one of them this past time is married to one of my co-workers and the couple times I've met him, he seemed pretty mature and smart, so I went for the free consultation. I told him about my debt issues and that I had considered going the way of Ameridebt (and others). He said that though consolidating is not the same as bankruptcy, it _does_ put a mark on your credit for 7 years, much like bankruptcy. We're working on a way now to pay off my debt _and_ save some money without damaging my credit.
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First, download the full sdk. Next, get a C++ compiler. Last I knew they promised compatability only with MS Visual C++. Next learn C++. :-) Lastly, go into the code, probably the weapon code first and change a value. Like change the damage values or the spreads. Recompile, play the game. Repeat but change a different value. Once you're comfortable mucking with that stuff, try mucking with the models. There are a couple good sites out there, here's one to start with
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