So will there ever be private servers? Maybe they could sell the rights to the game to another company that would keep it going. I was never really planning on playing this game but it is a bit disheartening to hear about how it'll be discontinued for all the people who are playing it.
Yes, but what if they paid 10-100 times more and ended up having to pay for 10-100 times more valid bounties due to the increased popularity? It wouldn't look good for them if they had to back down on paying what they promised due to more volume than they intended.
Not to mention this would create incentive for employees to try intentionally leaving bugs in the code and telling friends how to fix them, trying to wring bounty money from their employer.
I actually do the exact same thing. My home mouse is too contoured to use left-handed, and my work mouse is only slightly-contoured (I still hit the forward/back buttons on accident from time to time).
I have noticed that I'm slightly naturally ambidextrous, however, and that the only reason I'm uncoordinated with one hand in any given task is through lack of practice. I don't know if everybody can change hands with only a week or so of use (how long it took me to get used to using my mouse left-handed) but I do know most people don't want to spend the time and effort to change themselves to conform to a product.
Are they intentionally copying famous comic books where the first letter of the first and last names have to be the same? (You know, like Peter Parker, Bruce Banner and all that?)
Yeah, like Klark Kent, Bruce Bwayne, Hal Hjordan, Barry Ballen, and Oliver O'Queen.
the online survey collected the opinions of 2100 adults, with "slight weights" added to region, party, age, race, gender and education "to more accurately reflect the population."
Does anybody else not like how this sounds? They just admitted to purposefully changing the results to more adequately suit how they think they should have turned out. Granted, it may be less sinister than I just made it sound, but then again it may not be. I'd feel much better knowing what the raw data they collected was, and THEN seeing what the data was once it was altered to fit what they expect it should be based on whatever it is they base that on.
I've always used Foxit and it gives me a very clear option to not install anything extra. If I ended up with a toolbar or anything else unwanted from it it would be my own damn fault.
Really, if someone's making a stink over it just restrict the database to an intranet, or have it be in a secured internet site. I'm assuming that's their big huff over this. "Oh no someone can see the bottoms of our shoes! CALL THE LAWYERS!"
I just changed my mind about letting my friend borrow that $80 from me a few years ago that he already paid back. I'll be contacting the police shortly about this theft and subsequent donation.
You don't get to just change your mind once the action in question has been completed. Then all you can do is chalk it up as a mistake. I wouldn't let someone borrow my car for the day only to call the police an hour later and report it stolen because I decided I wanted to go buy some cheese doodles at the grocery store and needed my car for it.
Wow, I'm glad I found out about this place. This reminded me that Nintendo was completely useless in repairing my DS (one shoulder button wasn't working, sent it in, got it back and the broken shoulder button somehow switched sides). I just hope they have a how-to for keeping dust from getting under the screen - my house is FAR too dusty...
...install a different theme on each of the virtual desktops? Say, have the Ubuntu theme on one, this on another, and a Mac OSX theme on a third? I realize this will make it quite processor-intensive to switch between virtual desktops, but can it be done?
See, this is what I like - someone who has experience with the item in question and decided to share their relevant personal experiences with it.
Personally I'm an elitist douchebag and I won't buy Apple products (I'm not gonna BS, I know what I am) but the prospect of that form factor intrigues me far too much to deny it. If I could get over myself just a little bit more I'd buy an iPad but for now I'm going to wait and see how Asus's EP121 pad turns out (not enjoying the price on that, though).
I've used an iPad once. Unfortunately it was outdoors and I was trying to watch a YouTube video - it ended up being hard to see between the glare and fingerprints, of course. I'm sure if I was indoors (like I normally am all day) it would've been much better but it seemed quite nice overall. Definitely a treat for the eyes which I think has a big pull with the average consumer. I know I wouldn't have a problem with Flash missing, and I'm sure the vast majority of users will get over it quickly IF they are disappointed by it.
Assuming I do get the EP121 I'm sure I won't use my netbook, and possibly even ditch my old tablet laptop considering it'll be more powerful than either of them. If I didn't have such old or low-powered laptops/netbooks/whatever-you-want-to-call-them I wouldn't want to stop using them just because I got a new one. How one person considers something "obsolete" in the face of something newer just depends on their perception of its functionality and their concept of its worth. Whether they continue to use the old and new or just one of the two is their choice.
It would be easy enough to implement an alphanumeric password on a keyboard that's always a different shape / place on the screen. Or just instruct users to wipe their hand across the screen a few times on public touchscreens - maybe include a small microfiber cloth attached to the kiosk / ATM / whatever so clean it with.
World of Goo also has a $20 price tag. How many of those pirateers would have bought it instead if it were only $10?
I bought World of Goo twice - first when 2DBoy had a "Name Your Own Price" sale, and second when it was on the Humble Indie Bundle, when it was again a sale where you paid whatever you thought it was worth. I paid less than $10 each time for it, and so did the vast majority of people who bought it, but so many people bought copies during those sales that they made plenty of money off of it.
I haven't played it since I bought it, and had previously pirated it long ago though I only played as far as the demo would have taken me anyway. When I saw that they didn't care about the price for the sale and had no DRM I knew I had to support them, and the same was true with the games of the Humble Indie Bundle, especially since some of the proceeds of that went to charity.
Have you tried eeebuntu on your 701? It's what I've been using on my 701 for the longest and I'm looking for a comparison of the two before installing 9.04.
This looks like something I'd really like to get. I may actually replace my Eee PC with something like this if the price point remains the same as projected.
The magnetic option seems neat. Slap it onto an appropriate surface and throw on a video. Now I need to install a metal plate onto my wall just above my desktop monitor...
Well I didn't have that patience. Miss one turn, 30 minutes later you die taking the exact turns they told you to because you were slightly off track from that one you missed. I couldn't play it for 2-3 weeks, I couldn't play it for 2-3 days. I commend you on your godlike patience, sir. I'm just glad I got that game for free.
Sewer Shark was NOT fun. I remember playing that game for so long, getting everything perfect, until I took ONE wrong turn and exploded on a wall because of it. Then I was treated to a full motion video (it was Sega CD after all...) of some guy telling me I'm a loser and a screw-up, then it's game over. No save game, no continue password, NOTHING.
But those games were all MEANT to be funny. Take a look at some of the games in the game gallery. How many times do you see Strong Bad? The games are fun because they were meant to be that way.
Bad games are generally no fun at all because they're too hard to play, or the game mechanics are just plain broken. Just because something has no instructions doesn't mean it's a bad game.
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So will there ever be private servers? Maybe they could sell the rights to the game to another company that would keep it going. I was never really planning on playing this game but it is a bit disheartening to hear about how it'll be discontinued for all the people who are playing it.
Yes, but what if they paid 10-100 times more and ended up having to pay for 10-100 times more valid bounties due to the increased popularity? It wouldn't look good for them if they had to back down on paying what they promised due to more volume than they intended.
Not to mention this would create incentive for employees to try intentionally leaving bugs in the code and telling friends how to fix them, trying to wring bounty money from their employer.
I actually do the exact same thing. My home mouse is too contoured to use left-handed, and my work mouse is only slightly-contoured (I still hit the forward/back buttons on accident from time to time).
I have noticed that I'm slightly naturally ambidextrous, however, and that the only reason I'm uncoordinated with one hand in any given task is through lack of practice. I don't know if everybody can change hands with only a week or so of use (how long it took me to get used to using my mouse left-handed) but I do know most people don't want to spend the time and effort to change themselves to conform to a product.
Are they intentionally copying famous comic books where the first letter of the first and last names have to be the same? (You know, like Peter Parker, Bruce Banner and all that?)
Yeah, like Klark Kent, Bruce Bwayne, Hal Hjordan, Barry Ballen, and Oliver O'Queen.
the online survey collected the opinions of 2100 adults, with "slight weights" added to region, party, age, race, gender and education "to more accurately reflect the population."
http://www.zogby.com/Soundbites/ReadClips.cfm?ID=19402
Does anybody else not like how this sounds? They just admitted to purposefully changing the results to more adequately suit how they think they should have turned out. Granted, it may be less sinister than I just made it sound, but then again it may not be. I'd feel much better knowing what the raw data they collected was, and THEN seeing what the data was once it was altered to fit what they expect it should be based on whatever it is they base that on.
Not quite "insists" - more like "asks politely"
I've always used Foxit and it gives me a very clear option to not install anything extra. If I ended up with a toolbar or anything else unwanted from it it would be my own damn fault.
How long will it be before anybody develops artificial skin that matches anybody's skin color other than slightly tanned white males?
Really, if someone's making a stink over it just restrict the database to an intranet, or have it be in a secured internet site. I'm assuming that's their big huff over this. "Oh no someone can see the bottoms of our shoes! CALL THE LAWYERS!"
...will anybody at any game store take me seriously?
I just changed my mind about letting my friend borrow that $80 from me a few years ago that he already paid back. I'll be contacting the police shortly about this theft and subsequent donation.
You don't get to just change your mind once the action in question has been completed. Then all you can do is chalk it up as a mistake. I wouldn't let someone borrow my car for the day only to call the police an hour later and report it stolen because I decided I wanted to go buy some cheese doodles at the grocery store and needed my car for it.
Wow, I'm glad I found out about this place. This reminded me that Nintendo was completely useless in repairing my DS (one shoulder button wasn't working, sent it in, got it back and the broken shoulder button somehow switched sides). I just hope they have a how-to for keeping dust from getting under the screen - my house is FAR too dusty...
...install a different theme on each of the virtual desktops? Say, have the Ubuntu theme on one, this on another, and a Mac OSX theme on a third? I realize this will make it quite processor-intensive to switch between virtual desktops, but can it be done?
For a second I thought you were going to have him build a Tie Advanced.
What teachers just converse about the answers to their test questions with each other in the break rooms?
See, this is what I like - someone who has experience with the item in question and decided to share their relevant personal experiences with it.
Personally I'm an elitist douchebag and I won't buy Apple products (I'm not gonna BS, I know what I am) but the prospect of that form factor intrigues me far too much to deny it. If I could get over myself just a little bit more I'd buy an iPad but for now I'm going to wait and see how Asus's EP121 pad turns out (not enjoying the price on that, though).
I've used an iPad once. Unfortunately it was outdoors and I was trying to watch a YouTube video - it ended up being hard to see between the glare and fingerprints, of course. I'm sure if I was indoors (like I normally am all day) it would've been much better but it seemed quite nice overall. Definitely a treat for the eyes which I think has a big pull with the average consumer. I know I wouldn't have a problem with Flash missing, and I'm sure the vast majority of users will get over it quickly IF they are disappointed by it. Assuming I do get the EP121 I'm sure I won't use my netbook, and possibly even ditch my old tablet laptop considering it'll be more powerful than either of them. If I didn't have such old or low-powered laptops/netbooks/whatever-you-want-to-call-them I wouldn't want to stop using them just because I got a new one. How one person considers something "obsolete" in the face of something newer just depends on their perception of its functionality and their concept of its worth. Whether they continue to use the old and new or just one of the two is their choice.
It would be easy enough to implement an alphanumeric password on a keyboard that's always a different shape / place on the screen. Or just instruct users to wipe their hand across the screen a few times on public touchscreens - maybe include a small microfiber cloth attached to the kiosk / ATM / whatever so clean it with.
Why haven't I seen a PADD app for iPhone/iPad yet?
World of Goo also has a $20 price tag. How many of those pirateers would have bought it instead if it were only $10?
I bought World of Goo twice - first when 2DBoy had a "Name Your Own Price" sale, and second when it was on the Humble Indie Bundle, when it was again a sale where you paid whatever you thought it was worth. I paid less than $10 each time for it, and so did the vast majority of people who bought it, but so many people bought copies during those sales that they made plenty of money off of it. I haven't played it since I bought it, and had previously pirated it long ago though I only played as far as the demo would have taken me anyway. When I saw that they didn't care about the price for the sale and had no DRM I knew I had to support them, and the same was true with the games of the Humble Indie Bundle, especially since some of the proceeds of that went to charity.
Have you tried eeebuntu on your 701? It's what I've been using on my 701 for the longest and I'm looking for a comparison of the two before installing 9.04.
This looks like something I'd really like to get. I may actually replace my Eee PC with something like this if the price point remains the same as projected. The magnetic option seems neat. Slap it onto an appropriate surface and throw on a video. Now I need to install a metal plate onto my wall just above my desktop monitor...
Well I didn't have that patience. Miss one turn, 30 minutes later you die taking the exact turns they told you to because you were slightly off track from that one you missed. I couldn't play it for 2-3 weeks, I couldn't play it for 2-3 days. I commend you on your godlike patience, sir. I'm just glad I got that game for free.
Sewer Shark was NOT fun. I remember playing that game for so long, getting everything perfect, until I took ONE wrong turn and exploded on a wall because of it. Then I was treated to a full motion video (it was Sega CD after all...) of some guy telling me I'm a loser and a screw-up, then it's game over. No save game, no continue password, NOTHING.
But those games were all MEANT to be funny. Take a look at some of the games in the game gallery. How many times do you see Strong Bad? The games are fun because they were meant to be that way. Bad games are generally no fun at all because they're too hard to play, or the game mechanics are just plain broken. Just because something has no instructions doesn't mean it's a bad game.