Ringworld is, to me, more 'about' the nature of luck than the actual adventure the characters have. I know lots of people who have read it and liked it, but the ones that consider it Great are usually talking more about the concept of Teela Brown than the ringworld itself.
(And it's worth noting that I didn't really like the sequels much.)
So here's my question: since the black boxes nearly always survive plane crashes, why don't they just build the whole plane out of that same material?
The Straight Dope was asked this at one point. I quote from the response they got:
'They must get this question all the time at the National Transportation Safety Board. The guy I talked to didn't miss a beat with the answer: because the interstates aren't wide enough.'
Uh, the previous generation of consoles does not 'become a doorstopper' when the new one comes along.
Not only did buying a PS3 not make my PS2 stop working, my Playstation 1 still plays all the games I have for it!
And despite the Jaguar existing, my Atari 2600 still plays all those old carts.
Backwards compatibility in consoles isn't really needed. (Having it and then DROPPING it, like Sony did with PS2 games on the PS3, is stupid. But if they'd never had it in the first place, it wouldn't have been that big a deal.)
It does help make up for a crappy lineup of launch titles, though!
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Windows NT/Alpha could run Windows NT/Intel programs via Digital's CPU Transcription software.
It worked two ways: When you first ran a program it just ran in a Pentium emulator. Then, later on in the background, the transcription engine would disassemble the Intel code and reassemble it as Alpha code. It still wasn't as fast as actual Alpha code, but it was a lot faster than the plain emulator.
At the time, the fastest Alpha was enough faster than the fastest Intel that some Windows/Intel programs ran faster on the Alpha than on a Pentium.
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Game releases are often on Tuesday, but it's not like it's some sort of law. Games do come out on other days of the week.
Hell, Nintendo releases games on Sundays.
Ringworld is, to me, more 'about' the nature of luck than the actual adventure the characters have. I know lots of people who have read it and liked it, but the ones that consider it Great are usually talking more about the concept of Teela Brown than the ringworld itself.
(And it's worth noting that I didn't really like the sequels much.)
... You're right, I can't think of another way to learn that a Meat Circus is a right royal PAIN. ;)
Classic mode in Snow Leopard won't run anything from OS 9 and earlier; it's OS X PPC programs only.
And 10.7 Lion is removing that too, ending PowerPC compatibility altogether.
Because landline phones can't get text messages, and even if you somehow did text my phone, it's at my house, not at the gas station.
Tuesday.
In fact, looking at this week's release list and reviews, it looks like three fun games came out for the DS this Tuesday.
YOU may not like them, but given the popularity of the franchises lots of other people must think they're fun.
So here's my question: since the black boxes nearly always survive plane crashes, why don't they just build the whole plane out of that same material?
The Straight Dope was asked this at one point. I quote from the response they got:
'They must get this question all the time at the National Transportation Safety Board. The guy I talked to didn't miss a beat with the answer: because the interstates aren't wide enough.'
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/909/if-aircraft-black-boxes-are-indestructible-why-cant-the-whole-plane-be-made-from-the-same-material
If you can't handle Ubuntu then there's no hope for you...
And that exact attitude is what's doing the most harm to Linux on the desktop.
To do that you'd first have to hit a button to release the mouse from mouselook so you had a pointer with which to click on things.
I'm pretty sure Oblivion will let you remap 'Use Object' to a mouse button if you really want.
And if the base game won't, I'm positive there's a mod that will.
Uh, the previous generation of consoles does not 'become a doorstopper' when the new one comes along.
Not only did buying a PS3 not make my PS2 stop working, my Playstation 1 still plays all the games I have for it!
And despite the Jaguar existing, my Atari 2600 still plays all those old carts.
Backwards compatibility in consoles isn't really needed. (Having it and then DROPPING it, like Sony did with PS2 games on the PS3, is stupid. But if they'd never had it in the first place, it wouldn't have been that big a deal.)
It does help make up for a crappy lineup of launch titles, though!
There are vast numbers of crappy DS games, it's true.
However, there are also lots and lots of non-crappy DS games.
Remember Sturgeon's Law: Ninety percent of everything is crap.
Because 16:9 screens cost less to make and people think '1080p TRUE HD' is better.
Did you look at the link I posted?
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.. isn't that supposed to be 'Would you like some cheese with your whine', not the other way around?
Sometimes you don't have a lot of choice.
Crappy service is better than NO service, and sometimes there isn't a non-crappy alternative.
There are lots of people who use mobile broadband for their primary internet connection:
Those of us who can't get anything else.
I live just outside a good-sized city. I'm not in the middle of nowhere.
I can't get cable. I can't get DSL. I can't get FIOS. I can't get UVerse. I can't get WiMax.
My choices are 3G or satellite, and satellite is even more limited and slower than 3G. And costs more. And is less reliable.
If you don't already have the $40 'Unlimited' level on automatic update/renewal, you won't be able to buy it in the future.
They're not going to offer it at all. Just the lower level, much more limited data (and those ARE a hard limit.)
http://www.virginmobileusa.com/legal/terms-of-service-virgin-mobile#bb2g_plans_expiring
And they may cancel it completely in the future.
Windows 7 won't do an upgrade on an XP system, period. You have to do a clean install.
If you really, really want to upgrade from XP to 7 you need to upgrade from XP to Vista, then Vista to 7.
Mopeds and motorized cycles require a license, in many states.
And you can't drive them on interstates, which often severely restricts getting out of your neighborhood.
Not only could be done, it has been done.
Windows NT/Alpha could run Windows NT/Intel programs via Digital's CPU Transcription software.
It worked two ways: When you first ran a program it just ran in a Pentium emulator. Then, later on in the background, the transcription engine would disassemble the Intel code and reassemble it as Alpha code. It still wasn't as fast as actual Alpha code, but it was a lot faster than the plain emulator.
At the time, the fastest Alpha was enough faster than the fastest Intel that some Windows/Intel programs ran faster on the Alpha than on a Pentium.
No no no. It's always 'Batman... if he has time to prepare.'
Sprint used to, then they amended their Unlimited plan to Unlimited* with an asterisk and a 5 gig cap.
Virgin Mobile Prepaid, however, is $40/month for unlimited 3G internet.. and uses Sprint's network. It's actually Sprint's prepaid brand.
I've pulled down 20 gigs and up per month (downloaded all my Steam games!) without issues.
However, this VM Unlimited plan is pretty new.
All games on Steam have Steam DRM. It's the way the platform works; as far as I know you can't have a Steam game that doesn't require Steam.
I think what's meant is that gog.com has the exclusive on a no-DRM version.
Then redownload it from the site you bought it from.
After all, you never know if a torrent might be full of viruses, right?
And since the game's being sold without DRM, you can back it up however you like.
Extra hard drive. DVDs. Cloud storage. Floppy disks, if you're a masochist.
If you're torrenting a game that's sold as a download without DRM, I'm pretty sure you're not a customer.
Just sayin'.