You might have annoyed advertisers, but that's fine with me, because advertisers used to annoy the shit out of me. Thanks to AdBlock Plus, I no longer have to be annoyed by adverts when I go online.
As a matter of fact, I can. Also, I can set my macbook to emulate a right-click by placing two fingers on the trackpad. It's handy for when I don't want to waste the battery by turning on bluetooth.
Or has Apple decided that Dell and its competitors can keep the midrange desktop market?
For my part, I switched to Apple when I finally decided to get a laptop. I got a first-generation MacBook in 2006 and never looked back. For $1000, it's worth never having to lug around a Wintendo machine.
Really? Most of the people I've worked for expect the project to be done before I've finished reading the requirements -- which were usually scrawled on a paper napkin.
If I have a good idea, I'm not going to tell my employer about it. I'm going to develop it on my own, at home, and patent the sucker myself. Why should I let the company in on it?
I was socially backward before I got into video games. How? I spent all of my free time at the public library, reading everything I could get my hands on.
Demos aren't enough to persuade me to buy a game. After all, a demo might very well be the the best part of the game. I can't trust game reviews, either; if the editorial staff of a given site/magazine hasn't been corrupted, I might not like a well-reviewed game simply because the reviewer's tastes are not my tastes. As far as I'm concerned, the only answer is to rent all games. If I like a game after I'm done renting it, I'll buy a copy the next time I want to play it. Otherwise, I won't buy.
While you could interpret survival horror as being about, as the name implies, surviving scary situations, the genre is supposed to achieve this by making you feel vulnerable and desperate. This was achieved, as stated before, by limiting your supplies so much your were forced to sneak around and avoid enemies, or by making you dread the situation, fearful you could be overwhelmed at any moment.
I had a similar experience playing Fallout 3 at max difficulty. The enemies were much stronger than I was, ammo was limited, and the only way to survive was stealth.
I've seen the trailers, and if Miller does everything right, The Spirit could be an awesome work of film noir. Or it might suck harder than the new Guns 'n Roses album.
Would it be acceptable if I went after the RIAA CEO with a BFG? (Democratic Party Founder Thomas Jefferson says, "...the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants...")
Well, I'd nullify if I was on the jury when you went to trial, but why waste ammo? I've got a tire iron autographed by Tonya Harding I'd be willing to lend you.
Tell them that unless you get lucky and find a job at a company that respects its employees instead of treating them as indentured servants, IT is a thankless job that is best left to suckers in India.
Considering the abuses of power that George W. Bush has committed during his time in office, why should I believe that either Obama or McCain won't abuse the office as Bush got away with doing? Why should I trust either of you?
Which is then, what -- 16% of your income? At that rate you can live quite comfortably on $75K.
Your figure assumes that the guy making $75K a year isn't paying federal/state income tax, or federal payroll taxes. After the government wets its beak, that $75K a year is more like $50K -- if you're lucky.
I now make $180k a year, despite being probably would most people would consider to be a middle of the road developer.
It's all a matter of priorities. You make $180K per year before taxes, and I only make $70K, but I've got a rock-solid marriage and I'm not killing myself with self-inflicted work-related stress.
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You might have annoyed advertisers, but that's fine with me, because advertisers used to annoy the shit out of me. Thanks to AdBlock Plus, I no longer have to be annoyed by adverts when I go online.
As a matter of fact, I can. Also, I can set my macbook to emulate a right-click by placing two fingers on the trackpad. It's handy for when I don't want to waste the battery by turning on bluetooth.
Or has Apple decided that Dell and its competitors can keep the midrange desktop market? For my part, I switched to Apple when I finally decided to get a laptop. I got a first-generation MacBook in 2006 and never looked back. For $1000, it's worth never having to lug around a Wintendo machine.
Isn't that the same guy who thought that UNIX was nothing but snake oil? I guess there weren't any geniuses in DEC's management.
Really? Most of the people I've worked for expect the project to be done before I've finished reading the requirements -- which were usually scrawled on a paper napkin.
I'm a geek, but I'm a greedy geek. Besides, it's expensive to keep my patron demon in hookers and blow.
If I have a good idea, I'm not going to tell my employer about it. I'm going to develop it on my own, at home, and patent the sucker myself. Why should I let the company in on it?
It sounds to me like you'd rather be playing Metal Gear Solid. Then again, you'd probably gripe about the long cutscenes and the bizarre bosses.
I was socially backward before I got into video games. How? I spent all of my free time at the public library, reading everything I could get my hands on.
Demos aren't enough to persuade me to buy a game. After all, a demo might very well be the the best part of the game. I can't trust game reviews, either; if the editorial staff of a given site/magazine hasn't been corrupted, I might not like a well-reviewed game simply because the reviewer's tastes are not my tastes. As far as I'm concerned, the only answer is to rent all games. If I like a game after I'm done renting it, I'll buy a copy the next time I want to play it. Otherwise, I won't buy.
Don't drivers have enough distractions already without getting "targetted adverts" from Lexus?
And hey, my Yog-Sothoth beats your Arioch! ;)
Then I'd better hit the Velvet Room and whip up a better persona.
One of the blurbs on my copy describes OMW as "The Forever War with better sex." That's pretty accurate, but I don't see anything wrong with that.
For the record, I have not read any of Scalzi's material, and I do like most of Heinlein's work.
You admit that you haven't read any of John Scalzi's material, yet you have the temerity to complain about it? Fuck off and die.
While you could interpret survival horror as being about, as the name implies, surviving scary situations, the genre is supposed to achieve this by making you feel vulnerable and desperate. This was achieved, as stated before, by limiting your supplies so much your were forced to sneak around and avoid enemies, or by making you dread the situation, fearful you could be overwhelmed at any moment.
I had a similar experience playing Fallout 3 at max difficulty. The enemies were much stronger than I was, ammo was limited, and the only way to survive was stealth.
I've seen the trailers, and if Miller does everything right, The Spirit could be an awesome work of film noir. Or it might suck harder than the new Guns 'n Roses album.
Why sneak into theaters when you use bittorrent to download a bootleg copy?
>>>Go after the crime not the tool.
Would it be acceptable if I went after the RIAA CEO with a BFG? (Democratic Party Founder Thomas Jefferson says, "...the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants...")
Well, I'd nullify if I was on the jury when you went to trial, but why waste ammo? I've got a tire iron autographed by Tonya Harding I'd be willing to lend you.
Tell them that unless you get lucky and find a job at a company that respects its employees instead of treating them as indentured servants, IT is a thankless job that is best left to suckers in India.
Considering the abuses of power that George W. Bush has committed during his time in office, why should I believe that either Obama or McCain won't abuse the office as Bush got away with doing? Why should I trust either of you?
Which is then, what -- 16% of your income? At that rate you can live quite comfortably on $75K.
Your figure assumes that the guy making $75K a year isn't paying federal/state income tax, or federal payroll taxes. After the government wets its beak, that $75K a year is more like $50K -- if you're lucky.
Well, my dick won't suck itself either, so those micromanaging pusbags better get busy.
I wouldn't live long enough to get emphysema. My wife would kill me.
I now make $180k a year, despite being probably would most people would consider to be a middle of the road developer.
It's all a matter of priorities. You make $180K per year before taxes, and I only make $70K, but I've got a rock-solid marriage and I'm not killing myself with self-inflicted work-related stress.
That would be a wonderful idea if I wanted to get busted for arson and not "sedition".