After you figure out your kWh usage for your respective devices, this kWh cost calculator is useful for finding out how much it costs to run it during a period of time.
I leave my computer on all the time. I highballed its power usage at 200 watts to factor in the speakers, monitor, and computer itself (the monitor is not on all the time, but the computer is nowhere near 200 watts - so I just did a rough estimate.
You would also want to find out much a kWh costs in your state to plug in the correct values. I set it up for $0.11 a kWh, also a big higher estimate.
My father insisted that my computer was the reason the power bill was over $200 one month. It's nice to be able to tell him that it only costs about $15 a month to use. (:
Except that someone trying to drive a car without having learned it first will very probably lead to an accident which could even lead to several dead people include both him and innocent by standers.
A car with an uneducated driver is a potential very powerful weapon.
A computer used by an uneducated user... well at worst he'll screw his computer.
Solution: put four wheels and an engine on a computer.
Who in their right mind is going to try to pirate Team Fortress 2?
1) People in South America, where bootleg Steam servers/emulators are more common.
2) People who only intend to play it on LAN.
As nice as Steam is at times (I am an Orange Box owner), it is more often than not a pain in the ass than a convenience. I especially love when their authentication servers are down or overloaded and I can not play any of my games - multi- or single-player.
The AI in games are not as free-thinking as you might think.
AIs, for instance, can not figure out how a map works in a first person shooter entirely on their own. Bots in older games (or on maps without waypoints) will often walk into a wall, stop, get their bearings, and then move in another direction. I loved watching Foxbots in TFC just stand around during a CTF map walking in circles around the flag.
In Half Life 2, the enemy AI runs on paths. There are multiple plotted paths, and it follows them and makes some decisions based on its surroundings: how much health do I have? How many of my fellows are alive? etc.
There is yet to be a freeform AI that can completely destroy a player in a computer game like some of the best real people can. Higher difficulty settings in games just handicap the player - it doesn't make the AI smarter (see: less ammo, sustain more damage, enemies sustain less damage, etc.)
The German site also claims to have their version legally bought, which means that they could immediately charge Atari for making unfounded claims against them (based on the laws of coersion/intimidation and also the laws against threatening with legal action).
The catch is, if the street date was broke it was violating an agreement between retailers and Atari. To prove that they bought it would reveal which store they bought it from. Either the store unknowingly sold the copy early (it has happened many times before), or the reviewer cut some sort of deal with them.
But the episodes Hulu does put up are awful nice. The advertisements are not all that intrusive (you can always browse in another tab and watch something else).
I honestly believe that a lot of the companies believe that if they put up entire seasons or entire shows no one would buy the DVDs. I do not think it would hurt to do a test with a popular (but older, somewhat unprofitable in DVD sales) show for a few months and see if DVD sales increase, decrease, or no change.
The only flaw in that plan is that it makes sense and is logical, so of course movie studios will never do it.
How can this be Redundant? It's the first post and it damn well makes some sense. My vision is fine and the red/green color scheme burns my retinas.
But I'm sure some fanboys of this project/Google will mod me down because the project is ignoring little things like aesthetics or making the data viewable to someone without sunglasses.
"Must be returned" when? I think the same argument would apply if they didn't specify a date. If you rented a movie from Blockbuster and they did not specify a date for it to be returned (in their membership agreement, at point of sale, etc.), you could probably keep it forever without any legal recourse on their part.
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The world's gonna end on Diablo III's release date?
Except if it can receive signals from a broadcaster in a Police Car, it can receive signals from a larger broadcaster like a satellite or antenna.
iPhone.
Don't take out my British charm unit! Without that I'm nothing but a boorish American clod.
After you figure out your kWh usage for your respective devices, this kWh cost calculator is useful for finding out how much it costs to run it during a period of time.
I leave my computer on all the time. I highballed its power usage at 200 watts to factor in the speakers, monitor, and computer itself (the monitor is not on all the time, but the computer is nowhere near 200 watts - so I just did a rough estimate.
You would also want to find out much a kWh costs in your state to plug in the correct values. I set it up for $0.11 a kWh, also a big higher estimate.
My father insisted that my computer was the reason the power bill was over $200 one month. It's nice to be able to tell him that it only costs about $15 a month to use. (:
I'm an alien tripod, you insensitive clod!
"What is 'How to describe Wikipedia in three words', Alex. I'll take 'Ape Tit' for eight thousand."
If jobs were very exciting and fulfilling in and of themselves, we wouldn't need to pay people to do them.
-Skydiving Instructor?
-Porn Star?
-Race Car Driver?
-Astronaut?
-Skydiving Porn Star Astronaut... in a RACE CAR?
Except that someone trying to drive a car without having learned it first will very probably lead to an accident which could even lead to several dead people include both him and innocent by standers.
A car with an uneducated driver is a potential very powerful weapon.
A computer used by an uneducated user... well at worst he'll screw his computer.
Solution: put four wheels and an engine on a computer.
Who in their right mind is going to try to pirate Team Fortress 2?
1) People in South America, where bootleg Steam servers/emulators are more common.
2) People who only intend to play it on LAN.
As nice as Steam is at times (I am an Orange Box owner), it is more often than not a pain in the ass than a convenience. I especially love when their authentication servers are down or overloaded and I can not play any of my games - multi- or single-player.
The AI in games are not as free-thinking as you might think.
AIs, for instance, can not figure out how a map works in a first person shooter entirely on their own. Bots in older games (or on maps without waypoints) will often walk into a wall, stop, get their bearings, and then move in another direction. I loved watching Foxbots in TFC just stand around during a CTF map walking in circles around the flag.
In Half Life 2, the enemy AI runs on paths. There are multiple plotted paths, and it follows them and makes some decisions based on its surroundings: how much health do I have? How many of my fellows are alive? etc.
There is yet to be a freeform AI that can completely destroy a player in a computer game like some of the best real people can. Higher difficulty settings in games just handicap the player - it doesn't make the AI smarter (see: less ammo, sustain more damage, enemies sustain less damage, etc.)
For those who don't get it...
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/4/23/
Earlier this morning
Usually posts that start with these words somehow turn into a story about shitting...
The German site also claims to have their version legally bought, which means that they could immediately charge Atari for making unfounded claims against them (based on the laws of coersion/intimidation and also the laws against threatening with legal action).
The catch is, if the street date was broke it was violating an agreement between retailers and Atari. To prove that they bought it would reveal which store they bought it from. Either the store unknowingly sold the copy early (it has happened many times before), or the reviewer cut some sort of deal with them.
But the episodes Hulu does put up are awful nice. The advertisements are not all that intrusive (you can always browse in another tab and watch something else).
I honestly believe that a lot of the companies believe that if they put up entire seasons or entire shows no one would buy the DVDs. I do not think it would hurt to do a test with a popular (but older, somewhat unprofitable in DVD sales) show for a few months and see if DVD sales increase, decrease, or no change.
The only flaw in that plan is that it makes sense and is logical, so of course movie studios will never do it.
a WWII shooter
You mean a Wolfenstein Clone?
...so we have Caprica, Sagittaron, and Picon. Three down, nine to go!
How can this be Redundant? It's the first post and it damn well makes some sense. My vision is fine and the red/green color scheme burns my retinas.
But I'm sure some fanboys of this project/Google will mod me down because the project is ignoring little things like aesthetics or making the data viewable to someone without sunglasses.
...it's the same HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray / DVD-R vs. DVD+R shit, except now it's cables.
The only people getting screwed is the customers.
Brilliant idea!
"Furthermore, it will be illegal to Lord Byron sucks dick park on the street with your vehicle facing oncoming traffic..."
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of sectors suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
Holy shit, for once the "x person is dead" posts are right.
"Must be returned" when? I think the same argument would apply if they didn't specify a date. If you rented a movie from Blockbuster and they did not specify a date for it to be returned (in their membership agreement, at point of sale, etc.), you could probably keep it forever without any legal recourse on their part.
And how!
And makes use of municipal facilities often, like schools, parks, and community centers.