... the Guild of Calamitous Intent was formed. When part of Col. Lloyd Venture's league decided THEY knew better what was best for the world and should profit from the power of the ancient orb themselves.
"I'm sorry boss, how was I supposed to know you'd sent me the big file by email to work on during lunch? The coffee shop didn't have WIFI so I couldn't connect and see my email!"
How do they know 90% of their players are pirates? Two possibilities:
1) They planted SOME sort of "phoning home" utility in the game which snitches on the gamers behind their backs
or
2) They're basing their guesstimate on how many people they HOPE will play when in fact the game is just not that popular.(RIAA/MPAA methodology anyone?)
Incidentally it's popular to think that the Vietnam protestors were against war, felt sorry for the poor Vietnamese, and generally had noble intentions, but actually I think a lot of them wouldn't have cared at all if there hadn't been a forced draft.
The Stop-Loss policy isn't that much better than a draft...
Another big issue with computer classes is the woefully outdated equipments used. Back when I was in college, my computer class had us print Lotus spreadsheets (yeah, I'm a dinosaur) using dot matrix printers that were already relics back in those days. I remember that I printed my own spreadsheet 16 times to get it to come out right, and each of those 16 attempts came out differently. I was not a happy camper, as you can imagine, and anyone who was not already a computer enthusiast going into the class would not be turned into one as a result of it.
"Hello, Vonage? AT&T here, our customers aren't burning through their bandwidth caps and we're losing money, would you min dmaking an app encouraging them to incur bandwidth overuse charges? Thanks much, we'll make it up to you."
The reply letter basically boils down (in internet forum speak) to this:
"Please interpret the rules as they are written, don't just copy-paste the parts you like. Corrected those for you."
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Lots of it.
If Schoolhouse Rock had been written and produced today, no doubt that popular song would have been VERY different from the one we know today.
... the Guild of Calamitous Intent was formed. When part of Col. Lloyd Venture's league decided THEY knew better what was best for the world and should profit from the power of the ancient orb themselves.
I'll pay back Jabba with THIS shipment, I swear!!!
These guys better watch out for software pirates!!!
Your method, while functional, shows a decided lack of hitting the cube with a hammer. Where's the fun in that?
Moves 1 through 19: repeatedly hit cube with hammer
Move 20: reassemble the smashed bits into a solved cube.
Warning: Your cube may or may not remain functional through use of this solution.
"I'm sorry boss, how was I supposed to know you'd sent me the big file by email to work on during lunch? The coffee shop didn't have WIFI so I couldn't connect and see my email!"
How do they know 90% of their players are pirates? Two possibilities:
1) They planted SOME sort of "phoning home" utility in the game which snitches on the gamers behind their backs
or
2) They're basing their guesstimate on how many people they HOPE will play when in fact the game is just not that popular.(RIAA/MPAA methodology anyone?)
Incidentally it's popular to think that the Vietnam protestors were against war, felt sorry for the poor Vietnamese, and generally had noble intentions, but actually I think a lot of them wouldn't have cared at all if there hadn't been a forced draft.
The Stop-Loss policy isn't that much better than a draft...
I turn up my nose on it!!!
Didn't we hear this before during the Vietnam war? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagon_Papers
... is rolled over in laughter.
Another big issue with computer classes is the woefully outdated equipments used. Back when I was in college, my computer class had us print Lotus spreadsheets (yeah, I'm a dinosaur) using dot matrix printers that were already relics back in those days. I remember that I printed my own spreadsheet 16 times to get it to come out right, and each of those 16 attempts came out differently. I was not a happy camper, as you can imagine, and anyone who was not already a computer enthusiast going into the class would not be turned into one as a result of it.
Except my mom is more open and understanding about the porn.
A conversation I had with a friend yesterday explain it all succintly:
"Google finally pulled the plug on the Google Wave project."
"What's Google Wave?"
"Precisely."
And games, too. The Wilhelm scream is used in the original Starcraft as one of the Wraith units sounds.
... before "pay us to have your premium content accessible faster" changes to "pay us or we block you outright from our customers"
So does that mean that if we manage to record the words of Christ from a 2000 year old clay pot, the RIAA will come after us?
"Hello, Vonage? AT&T here, our customers aren't burning through their bandwidth caps and we're losing money, would you min dmaking an app encouraging them to incur bandwidth overuse charges? Thanks much, we'll make it up to you."
.. to sleep through your dog eating part of your body?!?
... FOR REAL!
Forklift driving can be an exciting bloodsport: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkMDGC2d5mg
Those old play-by-mail strategy games simulated that space communication latency pretty well, if you ask me!
The reply letter basically boils down (in internet forum speak) to this: "Please interpret the rules as they are written, don't just copy-paste the parts you like. Corrected those for you."