If you don't do the same as someone else, or better, then that someone will judge you as broken and an idiot. This is the lesson they are trying to teach.
"Number of murders witnessed by children on television by the age 18: 16,000"
What the hell channel are children watching these days? I've only seen a couple of real life deaths on video and stuff in my entire life, and they could only barely be considered murder (that recent video where the US military guns down people walking around a truck).
I think that may be a problem when 90% of the Gamecube games require GBAs. I've only heard of a small handful, though, that even take advantage of a GBA.
They could dedicate something like 10% of the revenues from the a la carte to new channels. If the new channels aren't "self-sufficient" after 6 months or so, they have to renegotiate, and may potentially have to shut down.
You could just play other games. There's no *requirement* that you go out and buy the "latest/greatest" games that require lots of money to get involved with.
You may as well complain that some games require a PS2 to play, and that's unfair because you don't have a PS2.
It's not unlike multiplayer PC games. Everyone has to have their own PC in those, too. Plus a switch. Plus an Internet connection if they're playing online.
Anyways, I haven't yet heard of one of these games not working if you didn't have a GBA. Single player mode can be played alone. Multiplayer mode requires people to have their own hardware.
I for one am glad they're doing this sort of thing, instead of just throwing away ideas because they might require some investment.
I'll buy GBA and PS2 games used, but I won't buy PC games used typically. I would not want to buy one with a CD key that is locked out from online play/updates.
So the solution, in my eyes, would be for the publishers to incorporate keys into their console software. They'd have a real uphill battle doing that though (for everything but the Xbox and very few PS2 games, its not as though entering your CD key is going to get you anything)
I have the Sonata as well. I recently put the Zalman GPU heatpipe in the case, replacing the then noisiest component with silence.
After that, the most noise was coming from the case fan. What I did with that was rewire a power plug to provide 7V (swap the fan's ground and +5V). It's much quieter now.
At this point, the noisiest thing, as far as I can tell, is the northbridge fan. Unfortunately there isn't room for Zalman's NB heatsink there because of the CPU heatsink (all copper, huge). I'm tempted to try out one of those peltier(sp) coolers for it - they sell 'em at Fry's, for 486's and the like, which is just about the right size.
Don't get me wrong, the gameplay was fun, and I would have enjoyed it if it weren't for the movie they were playing inbetween scenes. Maybe they couldn't code up enough gameplay scenarios (because it's hard) so they just threw in movies ('cause it's easy).
I'm with you. I was tired of searching around for files, with every site sending me through a dozen hoops. Fileplanet offered a low price ($7 or something per month) for full access to all of their files.
On the technical side, the site works fine in Mozilla (except their search pages, they are a little funky. They work, just ugly.). They have some sort of IE ActiveX download control but I've never used it. Their cookies last a decent amount of time, so I only ever have to re-log in every month or so, and I just let Mozilla do that for me. I'm basically 3 or 4 clicks away from any file they host.
People also ask me to grab files for them off of fileplanet, but I don't mind. It's usually at network parties where we'd all benefit anyways.
Ultimately, I believe that paying for what I use is not a bad thing. Paying to have great access to what I use is even better. I've never had a slow download from Fileplanet for my subscription. I get the patches faster, and I get back to playing the game faster.
My question is.. has the standard of living, for those working for American companies, increased at all? Or are the jobs just barely paying the bills like any other job might?
I've been thinking about this, and knowing how much power my computer uses (~200W), I figure it is more fuel-efficient and certainly cost-efficient to leave it on overnight than to have to buy replacement components slightly (or worse) more often.
(When I say fuel efficient, I am referring to the fuel required to a) drive to the store to get the part, b) manufacture the component, c) ship the component to the store probably from overseas with those boats, etc. The "hidden" costs)
No, it isn't rocket science. If you get all tax from crime, and there aren't enough criminals to generate the tax you want, you make more criminals by creating new laws.
I'm certain there will be amnesty for any driver who does stop, yep.;)
More likely, it'll let the cop put away the speed gun and get ready to pull the guy over - now at a much lower speed (since he'd just be starting off from the intersection).
This is one of the problems with a society that derives a significant portion of its revenue from crime (through fines). Anything they can do to tack on more charges just lines their budget.
And here I thought I was the only one who's noticed that pattern. Whenever possible, I avoid doing business with any company or person from Florida, unless its a very reputable name.
Yes, won't it be great when we're at the point that you can only place phone calls when you're a) out in the wilderness or b) at home. That is true progress!
It can come in handy when you're trying to track down a problem with a piece of closed-source software, and the developers are no help. Or a piece of open-source software that is bugging out with certain input from certain IPs.
Sometimes it's not practical to hack sniffing in to the application, when you can just do 'tcpdump -Xns 16384' any time.
tcpdump works just fine under Windows, with the right pcap driver. My vote goes for tcpdump. The syntax is clear and easy to use, and the output is non-GUI.
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If you don't do the same as someone else, or better, then that someone will judge you as broken and an idiot. This is the lesson they are trying to teach.
"Number of murders witnessed by children on television by the age 18: 16,000"
What the hell channel are children watching these days? I've only seen a couple of real life deaths on video and stuff in my entire life, and they could only barely be considered murder (that recent video where the US military guns down people walking around a truck).
Except the scam businesses. Spammers and the rest. Jeb needs to keep those close.
I think that may be a problem when 90% of the Gamecube games require GBAs. I've only heard of a small handful, though, that even take advantage of a GBA.
They could dedicate something like 10% of the revenues from the a la carte to new channels. If the new channels aren't "self-sufficient" after 6 months or so, they have to renegotiate, and may potentially have to shut down.
You could just play other games. There's no *requirement* that you go out and buy the "latest/greatest" games that require lots of money to get involved with.
You may as well complain that some games require a PS2 to play, and that's unfair because you don't have a PS2.
It's not unlike multiplayer PC games. Everyone has to have their own PC in those, too. Plus a switch. Plus an Internet connection if they're playing online.
Anyways, I haven't yet heard of one of these games not working if you didn't have a GBA. Single player mode can be played alone. Multiplayer mode requires people to have their own hardware.
I for one am glad they're doing this sort of thing, instead of just throwing away ideas because they might require some investment.
Man is dead, and surprisingly enough it wasn't due to actions of the US, but a citizen of their gentle neighbor to the north.
I'll buy GBA and PS2 games used, but I won't buy PC games used typically. I would not want to buy one with a CD key that is locked out from online play/updates.
So the solution, in my eyes, would be for the publishers to incorporate keys into their console software. They'd have a real uphill battle doing that though (for everything but the Xbox and very few PS2 games, its not as though entering your CD key is going to get you anything)
I have the Sonata as well. I recently put the Zalman GPU heatpipe in the case, replacing the then noisiest component with silence.
After that, the most noise was coming from the case fan. What I did with that was rewire a power plug to provide 7V (swap the fan's ground and +5V). It's much quieter now.
At this point, the noisiest thing, as far as I can tell, is the northbridge fan. Unfortunately there isn't room for Zalman's NB heatsink there because of the CPU heatsink (all copper, huge). I'm tempted to try out one of those peltier(sp) coolers for it - they sell 'em at Fry's, for 486's and the like, which is just about the right size.
Don't get me wrong, the gameplay was fun, and I would have enjoyed it if it weren't for the movie they were playing inbetween scenes. Maybe they couldn't code up enough gameplay scenarios (because it's hard) so they just threw in movies ('cause it's easy).
I do think that is rather disconcerting. Rather than fix the problem, the solution was to "upgrade" or "install other software".
Sorta like how Windows users are "trained" to handle their problems - either live with them or buy more software.
I'm with you. I was tired of searching around for files, with every site sending me through a dozen hoops. Fileplanet offered a low price ($7 or something per month) for full access to all of their files.
On the technical side, the site works fine in Mozilla (except their search pages, they are a little funky. They work, just ugly.). They have some sort of IE ActiveX download control but I've never used it. Their cookies last a decent amount of time, so I only ever have to re-log in every month or so, and I just let Mozilla do that for me. I'm basically 3 or 4 clicks away from any file they host.
People also ask me to grab files for them off of fileplanet, but I don't mind. It's usually at network parties where we'd all benefit anyways.
Ultimately, I believe that paying for what I use is not a bad thing. Paying to have great access to what I use is even better. I've never had a slow download from Fileplanet for my subscription. I get the patches faster, and I get back to playing the game faster.
They'd make $wholesalecost more than what they were making before you bought 'em.
Crap. I meant the standard of living for those living in India working for American companies.
(but who cares)
.. has the standard of living, for those working for American companies, increased at all? Or are the jobs just barely paying the bills like any other job might?
My question is
I've been thinking about this, and knowing how much power my computer uses (~200W), I figure it is more fuel-efficient and certainly cost-efficient to leave it on overnight than to have to buy replacement components slightly (or worse) more often.
(When I say fuel efficient, I am referring to the fuel required to a) drive to the store to get the part, b) manufacture the component, c) ship the component to the store probably from overseas with those boats, etc. The "hidden" costs)
No, it isn't rocket science. If you get all tax from crime, and there aren't enough criminals to generate the tax you want, you make more criminals by creating new laws.
I'm certain there will be amnesty for any driver who does stop, yep. ;)
More likely, it'll let the cop put away the speed gun and get ready to pull the guy over - now at a much lower speed (since he'd just be starting off from the intersection).
The cities don't even pay for the auto-ticketing lights. Companies like Hughes install them in exchange for 50% of the ticket revenues.
;)
Just in case you didn't have enough reasons to distrust the government.
This is one of the problems with a society that derives a significant portion of its revenue from crime (through fines). Anything they can do to tack on more charges just lines their budget.
And here I thought I was the only one who's noticed that pattern. Whenever possible, I avoid doing business with any company or person from Florida, unless its a very reputable name.
Yes, won't it be great when we're at the point that you can only place phone calls when you're a) out in the wilderness or b) at home. That is true progress!
It can come in handy when you're trying to track down a problem with a piece of closed-source software, and the developers are no help. Or a piece of open-source software that is bugging out with certain input from certain IPs.
Sometimes it's not practical to hack sniffing in to the application, when you can just do 'tcpdump -Xns 16384' any time.
tcpdump works just fine under Windows, with the right pcap driver. My vote goes for tcpdump. The syntax is clear and easy to use, and the output is non-GUI.