I bought a PDA specifically for use as an MP3 player (ok, and handheld gaming device). Yes, it's more money than an iPod - especially if I want a 1GB or 2GB memory card. But for that price I get a much more sophisticated music player, can play games, and organize stuff. I've really come to like listening to music while playing Bejewelled on my ride home from work - so much that I no longer even desire a dedicated mp3 player.
And the fact that so many people have iPod's now make me sick. Every time a middle aged man pulls out his iPod and white earphones with a cocky attitude ("hey look at me, I own an iPod, yes I'm cool") I get a little closer to vomiting.
Nah, I would much prefer a realistic video game with no "steroids-off" feature. I also would like a game mode that allows you to play as a spectator who goes around robbing souvenir booths, and then streaks across the field with a baseball bat. That would give it a nice GTA feel to it.
That's why you have a backup phone - a cell phone. Get a pay as you go plan (T-mobile isn't bad), and you have a phone that'll work during a power outage and emergencies when you're away from home.
Indiana Jones and the Search for the Fountain of Youth Seriously Dude, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, For Real This Time Indiana Jones and the Geriatric Years Indiana Jones VII, the search for Indian Jones IV, V and VI
Once I got MythTV into regular use I found I very rarely used up all 120GB that I had reserved for it. Generally I'd hover at about 50% storage capacity. So I swapped the drive out and have been doing just fine with only 60GB. There really isn't enough on TV to fill up hundreds and hundreds of gigs of space. A tivo with 300GB capacity is only for real couch potatoes.
It sounds an awful lot like the commercials in Starship Troopers. After every commercial they'd have that tagline. Should we expect the bugs to attack soon?
What they should do is bring back the Blacktron Lego series. They were my favorite of all types of lego pieces as a kid. With several of those sets you had a lot of pieces from which to make just about any kind of vehicle you wanted. Everything from galaxy class starships, low-altitude flyers, moon-rovers, battle tanks - I came up with tons of my own designs. I made fun of the kids who only played with "castle lego", that crap was for babies.
What's special about the copies on eBay is that they are (gasp!) illegal. Which makes them rare and desirable to brain-dead eBay-ers. It doesn't matter that they won't even be recieved until after Halo 2 ships anyway. At least they'll have a copy that was illegally released.
I can't even recognize my own signiture on visa/atm machines in stores. The digital touchscreens just don't have the texture, resolution, and responsiveness needed to properly write on them. Are the screens like this phone much better?
iRiver lithium batteries cannot be replaced by the user. They have an expected life of 3 years, after which you'd have to send the unit back for "repair" outside of warranty.
Thanks manufacturers, but try again. I won't buy ANYTHING which has a non-replacable life-limiting power system.
You can calm down. They're studying cheap ways to extract oil from the tar sands reserves in Alberta. It's going to happen. And there's more salvagable oil there than there is in all liquid oil in the entire planet. So it isn't going to be a problem for a long time, definitely not in the next decade.
I seriously doubt that Lucas took original archival material which would provide for a better source in the event of additional changes and thrown it in a fire or something.
I think you're giving him more credit than he deserves.
If they can "extract" the cold from the water, why can't they extract the cold from all the snow they get during the winter and release it during the summer?
Had to laugh about the "C is for Cookie" song. It sure would make holding a bit more fun. Why not get one of those classic Seasame Street music albu... err CD's with the rest of the characters and cycle through them.
I got the same voice mail on Vonage. But as mentioned this is not considered spam, and personally don't mind as long it's a once in a blue moon thing and only from them. If all of a sudden Vonage allowed other telemarketers to leave such voicemail's I'd drop them in a second since there's plenty of other VOIP competition now (Lingo). So far I haven't recieved any real TM calls yet but it hasn't been very long. The first thing I did when I signed up was put my number on the DNC list.
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Ok, now how do we apply this knowledge to do the same to Microsoft/Paris Hilton/Terrel Owens/Celine Dion.... ?
I bought a PDA specifically for use as an MP3 player (ok, and handheld gaming device). Yes, it's more money than an iPod - especially if I want a 1GB or 2GB memory card. But for that price I get a much more sophisticated music player, can play games, and organize stuff. I've really come to like listening to music while playing Bejewelled on my ride home from work - so much that I no longer even desire a dedicated mp3 player.
And the fact that so many people have iPod's now make me sick. Every time a middle aged man pulls out his iPod and white earphones with a cocky attitude ("hey look at me, I own an iPod, yes I'm cool") I get a little closer to vomiting.
It can also play back shows recorded by MythTV, or if you run Linux on the Xbox you can use it as a true MythTV client.
Nah, I would much prefer a realistic video game with no "steroids-off" feature. I also would like a game mode that allows you to play as a spectator who goes around robbing souvenir booths, and then streaks across the field with a baseball bat. That would give it a nice GTA feel to it.
That's why you have a backup phone - a cell phone. Get a pay as you go plan (T-mobile isn't bad), and you have a phone that'll work during a power outage and emergencies when you're away from home.
"ASIA"
(those who know the episode will get it)
Indiana Jones and the Search for the Fountain of Youth
Seriously Dude, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, For Real This Time
Indiana Jones and the Geriatric Years
Indiana Jones VII, the search for Indian Jones IV, V and VI
Once I got MythTV into regular use I found I very rarely used up all 120GB that I had reserved for it. Generally I'd hover at about 50% storage capacity. So I swapped the drive out and have been doing just fine with only 60GB. There really isn't enough on TV to fill up hundreds and hundreds of gigs of space. A tivo with 300GB capacity is only for real couch potatoes.
A steam emulator was out within 8 hours of the retail release (12am PST yesterday).
It sounds an awful lot like the commercials in Starship Troopers. After every commercial they'd have that tagline. Should we expect the bugs to attack soon?
What they should do is bring back the Blacktron Lego series. They were my favorite of all types of lego pieces as a kid. With several of those sets you had a lot of pieces from which to make just about any kind of vehicle you wanted. Everything from galaxy class starships, low-altitude flyers, moon-rovers, battle tanks - I came up with tons of my own designs. I made fun of the kids who only played with "castle lego", that crap was for babies.
What's special about the copies on eBay is that they are (gasp!) illegal. Which makes them rare and desirable to brain-dead eBay-ers. It doesn't matter that they won't even be recieved until after Halo 2 ships anyway. At least they'll have a copy that was illegally released.
I can't even recognize my own signiture on visa/atm machines in stores. The digital touchscreens just don't have the texture, resolution, and responsiveness needed to properly write on them. Are the screens like this phone much better?
I bet a Gibson could handle it.
iRiver lithium batteries cannot be replaced by the user. They have an expected life of 3 years, after which you'd have to send the unit back for "repair" outside of warranty.
Thanks manufacturers, but try again. I won't buy ANYTHING which has a non-replacable life-limiting power system.
You can calm down. They're studying cheap ways to extract oil from the tar sands reserves in Alberta. It's going to happen. And there's more salvagable oil there than there is in all liquid oil in the entire planet. So it isn't going to be a problem for a long time, definitely not in the next decade.
I seriously doubt that Lucas took original archival material which would provide for a better source in the event of additional changes and thrown it in a fire or something.
I think you're giving him more credit than he deserves.
Does this mean I will be able to buy the whole season of Bikini Destinations in uncompressed HD quality?
If they can "extract" the cold from the water, why can't they extract the cold from all the snow they get during the winter and release it during the summer?
What are popups?
(me love mozilla long time)
Five guys...
Five pentathalon athletes to be precise.
Had to laugh about the "C is for Cookie" song. It sure would make holding a bit more fun. Why not get one of those classic Seasame Street music albu... err CD's with the rest of the characters and cycle through them.
I got the same voice mail on Vonage. But as mentioned this is not considered spam, and personally don't mind as long it's a once in a blue moon thing and only from them. If all of a sudden Vonage allowed other telemarketers to leave such voicemail's I'd drop them in a second since there's plenty of other VOIP competition now (Lingo). So far I haven't recieved any real TM calls yet but it hasn't been very long. The first thing I did when I signed up was put my number on the DNC list.
Actually I think they should just abandon telling us when it *will* be released, but rather when it *was* released.
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Oh we forgot to mention that Doom 3 was available at all retail outlets yesterday. Sorry about that.
What you really meant to say is Star Trek needs more hot borg woman. It saved Voyager, why can't the formula be applied to other ST series?