I've typically thought of Great Britain as being, relative to the US, very progressive in the spirit of other typical European social democracies. However their government often surprises me with some of the policies put in place, invasions of privacy which in the US citizens would not stand and be up in arms over. The 24/7 camera monitoring on the streets is one thing that comes to mind. And if you listen to Pat Condell on Youtube you'd think the place was almost becoming a police state.
Explain to me why I the consumer should care about or want these new suffixes. What value do they add to my browsing experience? Some folks have suggested it is just a money grab.
It's an ongoing battle in my agency to fend of user's who want admin rights. It's even harder to remove admin rights from user's who already have it. Particularly on laptops. We have instituted various mechanisms for software installs thru a process but these users are still a pain in the ass.
When I'm in regular user mode Windows meets my needs with minimal to no fuss. I'm also a computer nerd, to a lesser degree than most here I suppose, and build my own computers. I really like to tinker and Windows is open enough to fulfill my tinkering desires as well.
I was taking a swipe at the sensationalized excerpt slashdot posted. ("Is it true that 230% efficient LEDs seem to violate first law of thermodynamics?")
Sounds just like a gasoline car -- if you forget to "fuel" up and are stuck on the road you get towed. Although it is different in that the you can't jaunt over to a maybe nearby gas station for just a few gallons in your gas can.
That's called false balance sir. All sides of an argument are not always valid and equal. That's the problem with the media today. Opposing arguments to accepted science the media so very often portray as equal in validity in the name of "balance." Such as this and many other manufactured controversies I can think of.
If Americans would be willing to have no health benefits, vacation leave, work for 10 dollars a day, work 12 hour days, 7 days a week, live in onsite company dormitories away from their family, Outsourcing problem would be completely solved...damn lazy Americans.
DRM in general and this heavy handed DRM approach in particular irritates the heck out of me. However it seems to me the vast majority pc gamers don't change hardware enough, if at all, for this threshold to affect them. My point being it's unlikely it will generate enough ire for them to change the practice. If anything I see DRM on games more than ever.
Although incredibly secretive Blizzard has a track record of incredibly high standards for their game releases. I'm very confident the console version will be excellent and not merely a cobbled together port.
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I've typically thought of Great Britain as being, relative to the US, very progressive in the spirit of other typical European social democracies. However their government often surprises me with some of the policies put in place, invasions of privacy which in the US citizens would not stand and be up in arms over. The 24/7 camera monitoring on the streets is one thing that comes to mind. And if you listen to Pat Condell on Youtube you'd think the place was almost becoming a police state.
That is incredible and great.
For those folks who don't get that your joking. Vaccines do not cause autism. http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4055
Explain to me why I the consumer should care about or want these new suffixes. What value do they add to my browsing experience? Some folks have suggested it is just a money grab.
Tennessee will become very familiar with the theory of evolution when high-tech, and science intensive companies evolve out of locating in Tennessee.
Star Trek TNG had a very poignant episode on same sex clashes with another alien race. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outcast_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)
It's an ongoing battle in my agency to fend of user's who want admin rights. It's even harder to remove admin rights from user's who already have it. Particularly on laptops. We have instituted various mechanisms for software installs thru a process but these users are still a pain in the ass.
When I'm in regular user mode Windows meets my needs with minimal to no fuss. I'm also a computer nerd, to a lesser degree than most here I suppose, and build my own computers. I really like to tinker and Windows is open enough to fulfill my tinkering desires as well.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that I suspect D3 is going to break sales records for any game.
I was hoping to find something else beside slate snarky comments so I appreciate some actual info to clarify what I'm seeing, thanks.
I have about 8 F2P MMO games on my computer now. Instead of having to choose which subscription to pay for now I can play them all!!
This gives new meaning to the phrase -- I sure hope this update doesn't crash my...er...car.
I was taking a swipe at the sensationalized excerpt slashdot posted. ("Is it true that 230% efficient LEDs seem to violate first law of thermodynamics?")
Obviously it can't break a fundamental law of physics. Either the results are incorrect or they haven't accounted for some other mechanism in play.
Promises of quantum computers seem to be suffering from the fusion syndrome. Fusion has been "only 20 years away" for the last 40 years. :P
Sounds just like a gasoline car -- if you forget to "fuel" up and are stuck on the road you get towed. Although it is different in that the you can't jaunt over to a maybe nearby gas station for just a few gallons in your gas can.
That's called false balance sir. All sides of an argument are not always valid and equal. That's the problem with the media today. Opposing arguments to accepted science the media so very often portray as equal in validity in the name of "balance." Such as this and many other manufactured controversies I can think of.
The potential here for increased competition against the telephone and cable companies can only be a good thing.
If Americans would be willing to have no health benefits, vacation leave, work for 10 dollars a day, work 12 hour days, 7 days a week, live in onsite company dormitories away from their family, Outsourcing problem would be completely solved...damn lazy Americans.
Very disappointing. Particularly so considering that the drafters of the constitution placed freedom of the press smack dab in the FIRST amendment.
You can't really predict anything, you can only project with some level, X, of certainty.
Didn't the federation almost go to war with the Carasians over transgenic weapons!!!
That is a pretty awesome name. I'm going to name one of my MMO character's that, seriously.
DRM in general and this heavy handed DRM approach in particular irritates the heck out of me. However it seems to me the vast majority pc gamers don't change hardware enough, if at all, for this threshold to affect them. My point being it's unlikely it will generate enough ire for them to change the practice. If anything I see DRM on games more than ever.
Although incredibly secretive Blizzard has a track record of incredibly high standards for their game releases. I'm very confident the console version will be excellent and not merely a cobbled together port.