How do we know that these people would have better social lives if gaming does not exist?
Also, who is to say that having a social life is any better than gaming? I find "parties" dull, just a bunch of people sitting around, getting drunk, and having lame conversations with shitty music in the background - yay! I'd much rather sit at home and play a good game. Oh no, I'm a gaming addict because I chose gaming over a social situation!
it seems odd that for each point, they suggest different mp3 players
I don't really find that odd. It's more of a "If you want to go jogging with it, don't get an iPod, get one of these instead." - "If you need over 15 hours of battery life, don't get an iPod, get one of these instead."
They're not claiming that any one thing is better than the iPod, just that some are more suitable for certain niches.
Er, considering that you're most likely going to be listening to it through a car stereo or headphones, I don't think there's really a need for monstrous, extremely high-quality files.
Given that Apple has so much of a huge market share in schools, one has to wonder if vouchers good for MS products are a way for MS to start claiming some of that Apple market share as an intended/unintended side effect. One really wonders when you see the quote from their counsel...
Either way, it's a good thing. Any extra computers in schools that need them are better than none at all. Even a few Commodore 64s or TRS-80s would be preferrable to having nothing.
Well, at my college, we could get WinXP or 2k for $5. That would take care of the older-Windows-version using students. As for the alternative OSs? Well, when you switched to Linux, you knew you'd be giving up a lot of Windows-only things, this is one of them. It does suck, but a lot of colleges have things that you pay for even though you use them - never been in the computer lab because you have your own? Maybe, but rest assured you're still paying for those computers.
You're not a geek unless your a fatboy or a slim 90lb waif of a weakling. Take your pick. Since you're not the former, either you're the latter or YOU SIR ARE NO GEEK AT ALL!!!
Actually, I am the former (for now at least). 6'1", 155lbs of feisty geek rage.
Sure, you're paying more for the fries than you get back in coupons, but if you were going to get the fries anyway (or are now eating the fries in place of something else), it all works out well.
McDonalds has been giving away a lot of stuff lately. Right now on fries they're giving out $1 coupons (stackable!) for Best Buy. My love for electronics is going to make me fat.
Remember: The old adage "fight fire with fire" does not apply to non-metaphorical fires.
Actually, they use controlled fires to clear areas that the uncontrolled fires are heading towards, using up all the fuel so the uncontrolled fires have nothing to burn there and can't pass. So it does apply!
Scantron sheets for voting? That's NOT a good idea. I'm currently working for a company that deals with standardized tests, and those things are a PAIN to clean up in the database becaues NOBODY can fill the damn things out correctly. I'd say at least a good 5% of them have messed up bubbles in the user/test-ID field ALONE. The answer fields usually fare much worse.
These aren't just 2nd graders, either. High school tests are usually WORSE in this aspect.
It's because their hate for MS completely biases them - to them, anyone who takes marketshare from Microsoft is a hero. I imagine that there will be lots of people defending Apple here, but could you imagine the reaction here if Microsoft pulled the same stunt?
Sure they may have told you, but the question is whether it's just that they didn't want to bother fixing something that was broken of if they did it intentionally to lock out the competition. One is just lazy, the other is pretty low.
The original Matrix movie, while designed to be the first part in a trilogy, was specifically made so it could be a standalone movie if it needed to. The idea was that if the movie did shittily, they wouldn't feel pressured put out the sequels, and if it did well, they'd release the other two and finish the storyline.
But that's Hollywood for you - you can't just make one great movie and leave it alone. You have to squeeze every dollar out of the franchise while you can!
Yeah, they're really "squeezing every dollar out of the franchise" by making the third movie in a story designed to be a trilogy.
You should rephrase that to "will we ever truly need the address space that something like IPV6 provides?" IPV6 has much more to it than just a huge address size.
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Most headphones are shitty. And if you can afford to buy a pair of REALLY NICE headphones, then buying an iPod won't be a problem.
How do we know that these people would have better social lives if gaming does not exist?
Also, who is to say that having a social life is any better than gaming? I find "parties" dull, just a bunch of people sitting around, getting drunk, and having lame conversations with shitty music in the background - yay! I'd much rather sit at home and play a good game. Oh no, I'm a gaming addict because I chose gaming over a social situation!
it seems odd that for each point, they suggest different mp3 players
I don't really find that odd. It's more of a "If you want to go jogging with it, don't get an iPod, get one of these instead." - "If you need over 15 hours of battery life, don't get an iPod, get one of these instead."
They're not claiming that any one thing is better than the iPod, just that some are more suitable for certain niches.
Er, considering that you're most likely going to be listening to it through a car stereo or headphones, I don't think there's really a need for monstrous, extremely high-quality files.
Given that Apple has so much of a huge market share in schools, one has to wonder if vouchers good for MS products are a way for MS to start claiming some of that Apple market share as an intended/unintended side effect. One really wonders when you see the quote from their counsel...
Either way, it's a good thing. Any extra computers in schools that need them are better than none at all. Even a few Commodore 64s or TRS-80s would be preferrable to having nothing.
It's worse for you, so going by the law of "Everything that tastes good is horrible for me", it must be better tasting!
if your focus group is slashdot you're in serious trouble, my lad.
Unless you're selling Linux boxes with Natalie Portman decals on the side.
Well, at my college, we could get WinXP or 2k for $5. That would take care of the older-Windows-version using students. As for the alternative OSs? Well, when you switched to Linux, you knew you'd be giving up a lot of Windows-only things, this is one of them. It does suck, but a lot of colleges have things that you pay for even though you use them - never been in the computer lab because you have your own? Maybe, but rest assured you're still paying for those computers.
I don't see them releasing a standalone IE for ... os/x
uhh...
Gah. Oops. I can't read.
You're not a geek unless your a fatboy or a slim 90lb waif of a weakling. Take your pick. Since you're not the former, either you're the latter or YOU SIR ARE NO GEEK AT ALL!!!
Actually, I am the former (for now at least). 6'1", 155lbs of feisty geek rage.
Large and Super Size.
Sure, you're paying more for the fries than you get back in coupons, but if you were going to get the fries anyway (or are now eating the fries in place of something else), it all works out well.
You wouldn't RATHER have Yanni than Britney? YLATA is actually a pretty good album! Great background music.
McDonalds has been giving away a lot of stuff lately. Right now on fries they're giving out $1 coupons (stackable!) for Best Buy. My love for electronics is going to make me fat.
Remember: The old adage "fight fire with fire" does not apply to non-metaphorical fires.
Actually, they use controlled fires to clear areas that the uncontrolled fires are heading towards, using up all the fuel so the uncontrolled fires have nothing to burn there and can't pass. So it does apply!
That makes far too much sense. They'd never implement that here.
Scantron sheets for voting? That's NOT a good idea. I'm currently working for a company that deals with standardized tests, and those things are a PAIN to clean up in the database becaues NOBODY can fill the damn things out correctly. I'd say at least a good 5% of them have messed up bubbles in the user/test-ID field ALONE. The answer fields usually fare much worse.
These aren't just 2nd graders, either. High school tests are usually WORSE in this aspect.
It's because their hate for MS completely biases them - to them, anyone who takes marketshare from Microsoft is a hero. I imagine that there will be lots of people defending Apple here, but could you imagine the reaction here if Microsoft pulled the same stunt?
Sure they may have told you, but the question is whether it's just that they didn't want to bother fixing something that was broken of if they did it intentionally to lock out the competition. One is just lazy, the other is pretty low.
The original Matrix movie, while designed to be the first part in a trilogy, was specifically made so it could be a standalone movie if it needed to. The idea was that if the movie did shittily, they wouldn't feel pressured put out the sequels, and if it did well, they'd release the other two and finish the storyline.
But that's Hollywood for you - you can't just make one great movie and leave it alone. You have to squeeze every dollar out of the franchise while you can!
Yeah, they're really "squeezing every dollar out of the franchise" by making the third movie in a story designed to be a trilogy.
They would have all that stuff if the car manufacturers let them put it in. :/
Besides, who only spends a grand on a gaming machine?
You could EASILY get a damn good gaming machine for $1000. Much less if you already have a monitor/keyboard/mouse/case.
Blazing-fast video card - $250
Processor/Mobo combo - $250
Hard Drive - $100
CD Drive - $10
Mouse/Keyboard - $50
Case/PS - $75
17" CRT - $100
Speakers/Sub - $75
Misc: $50
Less than $1000, and I'm overestimating on some of those things (you can get cheaper cases, cheaper speakers, cheaper hard drive, etc)
You should rephrase that to "will we ever truly need the address space that something like IPV6 provides?" IPV6 has much more to it than just a huge address size.
See also: IPV6.org
There are actually a bunch of sites online that you can watch music videos on - they don't offer downloads usually, but you can watch them.
This site comes up first on a search on Google, and a whole bunch more.