For me the real issue with free to play games is the amount of money they want for the so called "micro-transactions" in game. Micro to me is 10 cents, 50 cents, maybe 1 dollar. Not $500 that MechWarrior is charging!!! (yes that for a super shinny uber mech) even the cost of one of their regular mechs is something like $28 dollars when you convert their in game money "mc" to real USD. They want something like $5 for a color that you would paint your mech with!
Blizzard wants to sell you a special pet $15 or a mount for $25??? WTF. This is AFTER you are already paid for the game $60 and paying for a monthly subscription of $13-15, and they are asking for more??? (keep in mind that when WOW had 10mil + subs and charging avg. of 14$ a month, blizzard was making around $140,000,000 a MONTH!!!! That's... One Hundred and Fourth Million dollars a month. over $1,680,000,000 a year...)
Is it better to get 100 people to buy stuff at 1 cent or 1 person to give you $1 dollar? IMO the 1 cents guys are better because you have 100 people playing your game. and more options to sell more stuff for 1 cent to those 100 players.
Gaming has evolved for me. I am no longer interested in shelling out hundred of dollars for just OK games. I decided to start voting with my wallet. sorry Elder Scrolls, I will play you when you go F2p and if you want any money at all from me, you better make your micro-transactions micro! Too many good games out there now on Steam that are F2P or very low cost. Those are the guys I am going to give my money to.
Can someone explain to me why you would use video cards for this type of processing and not get a better CPU? I have read a few articles on this type of processing, but never an explanation why. Is it better suited for this type of processing? Is it just cheaper then CPU?
I totally agree with your post! My issue with the OP was his comment about "Security isn't about safety". In my opinion that's total rubbish. People set up "security" measures (offensive or defensive as in your case) to provide themselves "safety".
I do disagree with you a little on your 1) point.... Break into my house and then tell me how "poor" my Desert Eagle is as a defense solution.:)
Got my user id issue fixed. Wanted to reply with my "real user id" to pacify your "value your opinions enough to name them" comment. Also, everything I said as AC still stands, and you still don't know what the hell your talking about.
The article you linked was Spanish-speaking vs English, and that IMO is totally different then what we are discussing here. When you call a call center from India, you are going to speaking with someone that also speaks English. Do they sound like the back-woods-hillbilly that works in a Alabama call center? Someone that works in a Boston call center? No.. they are going to have an Indian accent. That does not automatically make them any less intelligent as most like to believe.
Just like when I speak to some hilly-billy-ebonics-back-woods-redneck support center rep in Texas... If i am having a hard time understanding what they are saying, I polity ask them to slow down. I then know I need to slow down when I speaking to them, as I am sure they are having just as hard time understanding me. To my point... If most were to STFU and listen and use some manners... Everything would be ok.
What ticks me off is when I hear some red-neck American IT go on about how he hates talking to them "brown bastards" in India. Its good to learn that the people that work in India call centers just brush us off as a bunch of racist American assholes.:)
I am sure I will get moded down for this, but "whateva"... (yes I am American)
I am so tired of American IT workers bitching about Indian tech support. First off... It seems that most of the time, the American IT guy bitching about the support he is getting actually has no clue WTF he is talking about in the first place. Second... Why don't you shut your American-I-am-always-right mouth for one second and actually LISTEN. If you are too stupid to realize that your speaking with a person whose first language is not English and you need to slow down, then you're probably fall into my first point.
"These" people that you are speaking with are not trained monkeys. I believe in TFA most of the people he spoke with were top of their class or had higher education.
I agree. I can't imagine how the meeting at Toyota went when they came up with this idea...
Boss) We need to come up with an edgy new marketing scheme... Guy 1) Hey, let scare the shit out of some lady. Guy 2) Yeah, Lets make up a fake stalker!!! Guy 1) Sweet... Lets make him a criminal too! Guy 2) Serial Killer? Guy 1) Naw, Just a regular criminal.. Maybe petty theft? Guy 2) From a different country? Guy 1) Oh I like the way you think!!! Boss) This is a GREAT idea, nothing can possibly go wrong! We will have people all over the US wanting to buy our new cars!
Last time I went into a Radio Shack "The Shack" to pick up some barrel connectors, the woman at the counter had no idea what I was talking about. When I spoke with the wandering sales kid, he at least knew were the tiny little bin of electronic components were. When I asked the kid, he made a joke about not knowing anything about electronic, but he could help me buy a cell phone.
That was the last time I will go into a Radio Shack...
Yup, I understand what you're saying. My point still being... As long as they can point a finger at a person (executives or peons) when the shit hits the fan, and your companies name is in the paper, and the lawsuits soon follow, the SA can say... "Hey, SA did everything we could. It's not our fault Mr Executive wrote down the password. He knows better then that."
It's all smoke and mirrors. It all boils down to whose ass is going to be on the line when shit hits the fan. It's hard to fire a policy.
The Security Analyst can care less if you can remember your passwords or not. The real issue is whose fault it's going to be when the system does get compromised. I can tell you right now, it's not going to be the SA. Its all you, the end user! You can fight the good fight for admins and end users, but in the end, SA can care less if you have you password on a sticky note on your monitor. They have covered their ass, and when all your business gets owned. They are going to point their finger right at you. They will keep their job... You wont.
"My password is a. a like apple" http://www.thewebsiteisdown.com/
"Pixel-lensing, or gravitational microlensing was developed to look for MAssive Compact Halo Objects MACHOs in the galactic halo of the Milky Way. Because light rays are bent when they pass close to a massive object, the gravity of a nearby star focuses the light from a distant star towards Earth. This method is sensitive to finding planets in our own galaxy, ranging is sizes from Jupiter-like planets to Earth-sized ones."
Killing yourself is chicken shit. Your dead, and you have only hurt the ones that care for you.
From your comment, it seems that you are someone that has never been a victim of someone close to you committing suicide.
I am, and I can tell you that suicide is the most selfish act that a person can commit. The pain that it causes for years to come to your loved ones it not only selfish but preventable. I can understand that if you are mentally handicapped, but you can't go a day without seeing some kind of depression commercials, add, billboard offering to get you help. From my experience, family and friends can tell when you are upset and offer to help as well.
Suicide is the easy way out, and I have 0 respect for anyone that has committed suicide.
I would have agreed with p until I worked in a high end audio store (not BestBuy). Once I listened to music though a high end audio system, there was no tuning back. I am still shocked to this day that a vinyl record could sound that good. It really has nothing to do with being "Mr. Super Ears", it has to do more with not knowing that there is something out there that is much better.
Sure, you could prefer to eat steaks from Sizzler, but one you have kobe beef, there is no turning back.
I am\was in the same boat as you. Besides gaining weight, I also thought that I could go to sleep at night with no problems. Sure, I would "go to bed" but after I laid in bed for 45 minutes I would finally go to sleep. That is if I did not have any types of anxiety issues. I thought this was normal behavior because I have been drinking Pepsi like water for my whole adult life.
Now that I have quit all caffeine, I am astonished at the difference! First off, going to sleep takes all of about 10 minutes. Secondly, no more anxiety attacks! Words really can't describe the difference. It is wonderful to go to bed and actually fall asleep.
I am amazed how many people say "Oh, I can drink 13 cans of soda a day and go to sleep with no issues". I have friends and family that were prescribed medication to sleep. One of them was actually taking the sleeping pills with Pepsi! I tell them about my changes and they blow me off like I am crazy!
I was able to convince one of my friends that I really was not crazy and this would would help. I let her know that she could drink all the caffeine she wanted up till 12:00pm, but after 12.. that was it. It sucks for a few weeks, but after that she was just like me.. WOW I can not believe the difference. Sleeping like a baby now!
Bottom line.. If you are like my other asshat friends and think you can drink soda and go to sleep with no issues... You have no clue what you are talking about!
New Jersey... Have you ever received customer support from a person in New Jersey or any urban area in the US? Last time I called Sprint, the CS rep Ebonics-talk was so heavy I would have preferred to speak with someone from India.
I know if fun to pick on the CS reps from India, but most of the time it's the person in calling that does not take a second to stop and listen. Yes, they are in India. Yes, they speak 10 different languages. Yes, they are hard to understand. Yes, you are going to have to slow down, take a deep breath, speak clearly, and listen carefully. It will really help you out on the long run.
Oh any pray to god you don't get that ghetto chick I spoke with at Sprint! If you do tell her I said "WHaatttzzz up home girl! Howz it hanin yo fo show"
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I thought I read here on /. that M$ would not make any version of directx after d11?
For me the real issue with free to play games is the amount of money they want for the so called "micro-transactions" in game. Micro to me is 10 cents, 50 cents, maybe 1 dollar. Not $500 that MechWarrior is charging!!! (yes that for a super shinny uber mech) even the cost of one of their regular mechs is something like $28 dollars when you convert their in game money "mc" to real USD. They want something like $5 for a color that you would paint your mech with!
Blizzard wants to sell you a special pet $15 or a mount for $25??? WTF. This is AFTER you are already paid for the game $60 and paying for a monthly subscription of $13-15, and they are asking for more??? (keep in mind that when WOW had 10mil + subs and charging avg. of 14$ a month, blizzard was making around $140,000,000 a MONTH!!!! That's... One Hundred and Fourth Million dollars a month. over $1,680,000,000 a year...)
Is it better to get 100 people to buy stuff at 1 cent or 1 person to give you $1 dollar? IMO the 1 cents guys are better because you have 100 people playing your game. and more options to sell more stuff for 1 cent to those 100 players.
Gaming has evolved for me. I am no longer interested in shelling out hundred of dollars for just OK games. I decided to start voting with my wallet. sorry Elder Scrolls, I will play you when you go F2p and if you want any money at all from me, you better make your micro-transactions micro! Too many good games out there now on Steam that are F2P or very low cost. Those are the guys I am going to give my money to.
Wow thanks! I am going to have to do some research into this!
Can someone explain to me why you would use video cards for this type of processing and not get a better CPU? I have read a few articles on this type of processing, but never an explanation why. Is it better suited for this type of processing? Is it just cheaper then CPU?
Must... go.... get... more... christmas.... lights... NOW!!! :)
I totally agree with your post! My issue with the OP was his comment about "Security isn't about safety". In my opinion that's total rubbish. People set up "security" measures (offensive or defensive as in your case) to provide themselves "safety".
:)
I do disagree with you a little on your 1) point.... Break into my house and then tell me how "poor" my Desert Eagle is as a defense solution.
Got my user id issue fixed. Wanted to reply with my "real user id" to pacify your "value your opinions enough to name them" comment. Also, everything I said as AC still stands, and you still don't know what the hell your talking about.
Cheers
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Thanks for the link!
:)
The article you linked was Spanish-speaking vs English, and that IMO is totally different then what we are discussing here. When you call a call center from India, you are going to speaking with someone that also speaks English. Do they sound like the back-woods-hillbilly that works in a Alabama call center? Someone that works in a Boston call center? No.. they are going to have an Indian accent. That does not automatically make them any less intelligent as most like to believe.
Just like when I speak to some hilly-billy-ebonics-back-woods-redneck support center rep in Texas... If i am having a hard time understanding what they are saying, I polity ask them to slow down. I then know I need to slow down when I speaking to them, as I am sure they are having just as hard time understanding me. To my point... If most were to STFU and listen and use some manners... Everything would be ok.
What ticks me off is when I hear some red-neck American IT go on about how he hates talking to them "brown bastards" in India. Its good to learn that the people that work in India call centers just brush us off as a bunch of racist American assholes.
I am sure I will get moded down for this, but "whateva"... (yes I am American)
I am so tired of American IT workers bitching about Indian tech support. First off... It seems that most of the time, the American IT guy bitching about the support he is getting actually has no clue WTF he is talking about in the first place. Second... Why don't you shut your American-I-am-always-right mouth for one second and actually LISTEN. If you are too stupid to realize that your speaking with a person whose first language is not English and you need to slow down, then you're probably fall into my first point.
"These" people that you are speaking with are not trained monkeys. I believe in TFA most of the people he spoke with were top of their class or had higher education.
Wooosh!
"Pretend"??? Are you sure that glass is not a liquid?
http://www.phys.ncku.edu.tw/mirrors/physicsfaq/General/Glass/glass.html
1-800-GOOG-411 its free and grandma can thing she is talking to a real person!
That's how much HP my dumb ass neighbour thinks his Honda Civic has now that he has that dumb ass loud muffler on it!
I agree. I can't imagine how the meeting at Toyota went when they came up with this idea...
Boss) We need to come up with an edgy new marketing scheme...
Guy 1) Hey, let scare the shit out of some lady.
Guy 2) Yeah, Lets make up a fake stalker!!!
Guy 1) Sweet... Lets make him a criminal too!
Guy 2) Serial Killer?
Guy 1) Naw, Just a regular criminal.. Maybe petty theft?
Guy 2) From a different country?
Guy 1) Oh I like the way you think!!!
Boss) This is a GREAT idea, nothing can possibly go wrong! We will have people all over the US wanting to buy our new cars!
Guy 1 and Guy 2) HIGH FIVE!!! **slap**
I suggest Goatse!
Last time I went into a Radio Shack "The Shack" to pick up some barrel connectors, the woman at the counter had no idea what I was talking about. When I spoke with the wandering sales kid, he at least knew were the tiny little bin of electronic components were. When I asked the kid, he made a joke about not knowing anything about electronic, but he could help me buy a cell phone.
That was the last time I will go into a Radio Shack...
Someone should let them in on a little secret. Called VMware!!!
Yup, I understand what you're saying. My point still being... As long as they can point a finger at a person (executives or peons) when the shit hits the fan, and your companies name is in the paper, and the lawsuits soon follow, the SA can say... "Hey, SA did everything we could. It's not our fault Mr Executive wrote down the password. He knows better then that."
It's all smoke and mirrors. It all boils down to whose ass is going to be on the line when shit hits the fan. It's hard to fire a policy.
The Security Analyst can care less if you can remember your passwords or not. The real issue is whose fault it's going to be when the system does get compromised. I can tell you right now, it's not going to be the SA. Its all you, the end user! You can fight the good fight for admins and end users, but in the end, SA can care less if you have you password on a sticky note on your monitor. They have covered their ass, and when all your business gets owned. They are going to point their finger right at you. They will keep their job... You wont.
"My password is a. a like apple" http://www.thewebsiteisdown.com/
RTFM?
"Pixel-lensing, or gravitational microlensing was developed to look for MAssive Compact Halo Objects MACHOs in the galactic halo of the Milky Way. Because light rays are bent when they pass close to a massive object, the gravity of a nearby star focuses the light from a distant star towards Earth. This method is sensitive to finding planets in our own galaxy, ranging is sizes from Jupiter-like planets to Earth-sized ones."
So yes...
Killing yourself is chicken shit. Your dead, and you have only hurt the ones that care for you.
From your comment, it seems that you are someone that has never been a victim of someone close to you committing suicide.
I am, and I can tell you that suicide is the most selfish act that a person can commit. The pain that it causes for years to come to your loved ones it not only selfish but preventable. I can understand that if you are mentally handicapped, but you can't go a day without seeing some kind of depression commercials, add, billboard offering to get you help. From my experience, family and friends can tell when you are upset and offer to help as well.
Suicide is the easy way out, and I have 0 respect for anyone that has committed suicide.
Command Line Interface Terrorism = CLIT?
I KNEW I looking in the wrong place!!!
McIntosh are not just PC's...
I would have agreed with p until I worked in a high end audio store (not BestBuy). Once I listened to music though a high end audio system, there was no tuning back. I am still shocked to this day that a vinyl record could sound that good. It really has nothing to do with being "Mr. Super Ears", it has to do more with not knowing that there is something out there that is much better.
Sure, you could prefer to eat steaks from Sizzler, but one you have kobe beef, there is no turning back.
http://www.mcintoshlabs.com/products/default.asp
Not to mention you will sleep a lot better!!!
I am\was in the same boat as you. Besides gaining weight, I also thought that I could go to sleep at night with no problems. Sure, I would "go to bed" but after I laid in bed for 45 minutes I would finally go to sleep. That is if I did not have any types of anxiety issues. I thought this was normal behavior because I have been drinking Pepsi like water for my whole adult life.
Now that I have quit all caffeine, I am astonished at the difference! First off, going to sleep takes all of about 10 minutes. Secondly, no more anxiety attacks! Words really can't describe the difference. It is wonderful to go to bed and actually fall asleep.
I am amazed how many people say "Oh, I can drink 13 cans of soda a day and go to sleep with no issues". I have friends and family that were prescribed medication to sleep. One of them was actually taking the sleeping pills with Pepsi! I tell them about my changes and they blow me off like I am crazy!
I was able to convince one of my friends that I really was not crazy and this would would help. I let her know that she could drink all the caffeine she wanted up till 12:00pm, but after 12.. that was it. It sucks for a few weeks, but after that she was just like me.. WOW I can not believe the difference. Sleeping like a baby now!
Bottom line.. If you are like my other asshat friends and think you can drink soda and go to sleep with no issues... You have no clue what you are talking about!
New Jersey... Have you ever received customer support from a person in New Jersey or any urban area in the US? Last time I called Sprint, the CS rep Ebonics-talk was so heavy I would have preferred to speak with someone from India.
I know if fun to pick on the CS reps from India, but most of the time it's the person in calling that does not take a second to stop and listen. Yes, they are in India. Yes, they speak 10 different languages. Yes, they are hard to understand. Yes, you are going to have to slow down, take a deep breath, speak clearly, and listen carefully. It will really help you out on the long run.
Oh any pray to god you don't get that ghetto chick I spoke with at Sprint! If you do tell her I said "WHaatttzzz up home girl! Howz it hanin yo fo show"