Ok, they're 5.5 and 3.5. Both boys. They currently play Starwars battlefront II, and starwars lego's on the PS2. The younger one has a harder time, so he's not as interested, but he loves to visit noggin, Sesame street, starfall, Nick, which all are educational. The older one LOVES to play transformers on the PC, and used to love need for speed underground, but when he got old enough where I thought he'd notice the questionable language and skin colored graphics, that game suddenly dissapeared. They have a number of other educational games on the PC. I made the mistake of getting the PS2 this christmas before learning there are nearly 0 educational games for it.
After the magic of copy/paste and wikipedia via google, I have learned that it's an overpaid and/or overeducated wine waiter. Reading the term in context would not have helped too terribly much as I would have never drawn the connection between CELL phones and wine CELLars.
I got you both beat by ID, although I have no witty comment to go with it. And I don't have any idea WTF a sommiliaerreerr is, and no article to provide conextual clues.
Wow, +4 funny. It looks like most moderators got it, while most of the people commenting below didn't. Interesting. Actually, a +4 Sarcastic would have been a more specific goal.
I research things that will make my company perform better, or I educate myself so I can perform better for the company myself. Have fun working on that website while you're out of work;)
The point was, the website was down. Doing a website that can handle a high load is NOT available to people without a lot of cash, in general. Yes, there are a few exceptions, but for the most part throwing up a single server on a single T1 is not going to withstand/.
Yeah, it was a joke... Because the site was down. While a simple program may be all you need to edit like a pro, to do a high load website, you need more than a P3 server and a cable modem. That's what the end of the comment was about.
Apparently my comment was well taken, but not as a joke, hence the +4 Insightfull. I was going for +4 funny.
I think a fence is unrealistic. I think the way to do it is stiff sanctions on companies hiring illegals. And check, check often and check more often. If illegals are found, fine the company and arrest the illegals. Send them packing. When the companies are no longer offering them jobs, then they'll stop coming.
And to further that, I'd nix this universal healthcare crap. Do they realize that it is going to compound the immigration problem immensely! Sounds good to be nice to everyone, but it's about as practical as that damn fence. Not to mention, I'm not working my ass off so someone who doesn't work can go to the emergency room to get a painkiller every time they have a hangnail.
Then I'd get rid of the thing that says if you have a baby here, you get to stay.
Once we stop the flow, then we work on sending back that ones that aren't here legally. THEN if we still have a problem, I'd think about a fence. Internationally I'd be pushing to get out of Iraq soon, but that means, 'get 'er done' as soon as possible, not 'Get out at all costs'
I know this isn't going to make me popular around here, but it's my honest answer to the question.
I'm here, my ID is pretty low. Since I got it, I got married, changed jobs twice, had two kids and opps, voted for Bush twice. This time I'm voting for Thompson, if he makes it that far.
will be the earliest application. Remember when this was like e1394, or if you're sony i.Link. Those names never got any momentum, and they didn't push it. Heck, sony isn't too good at pushing standards anyway. Beta? Mini Disk? Memory Stick? Blueray has a chance.
Anyway, when apple calls it firewire2, then it'll get adopted.
I'm the single sysadmin with a company that has 3x as many computers as people. I'm the only one that can fix MOST of our problems. On call is just part of life. The way I deal with it is with redundancy... I make everything as redundant as I possibly can. For a single low use website, that must be up all the time, I have 2 physical machines, each running a VMware guest as the web server. Each one is load balanced/failover with vrrp/pen. Each of those is plugged into a separate switch. Each switch into a firewall. The firewalls use vrrp, and will hot failover. Going further out, there's two ISP's, and I'm using dnsmadeeasy.com to load balance/failover between those. Now, when a machine, guest, firewall, switch, UPS, A/C or ISP goes down... I get a page, and I fix it the next day. It has greatly decreased the time I come in, while increasing uptime. We're on building generator, so we have redundant power. The only thing that I worry about at this point is fire.
I remember a few OLD PC games like this when I was younger. Player A would use WASD, player B would use the keypad. I haven't seen anything like that in quite a while. And I never new that HD was 1920*1080... I always figured they refered to it like computer monitors with the width being primary. I thought it was 1080x800 or something. Time for me to move to QXGA. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Vector_Video_Standards2.svg
refuse to buy a system because it is manufactured by a certain company as opposed to choosing the system that has the most games they are interested in (especially important if they are limited to one system), THEN they are fake.>
Actually I play on PC because of the type of games I play much better with a mouse. Precision aiming is dirt simple with a mouse. And selecting a group of 30 zealots on the screen in starcraft would be damn near impossible with anything else. Incidently I tried playing the PC version of Prince of persia. It was rather obvious based on how you controled the character that it was a console port. And Transformers for the PC, which the kids enjoy... As soon as the menu loads it removes the mouse and you do everything with the cursors.
And no, I imagine GuitarHero would suck with a keyboard...
Wife won't touch a computer game. It's the only thing from keeping her from being perfect. Kids are 3 and 5. We actually got a PS2 for christmas for them. Currently sharing the computer at home is turn based. The 5yo plays transformers for a while, then they switch. Part of the goal of the PS2 is so they can play at the same time.
No, friends and I go to one of our offices for said LAN parties. Stay up late, make lots of noise, alcohol, no bothering the kids.
1. I play games that I would consider hard core. Crysis, as opposed to Tetris. 2. I don't play enough to think of myself hardcore. 4 hours as WEEK maybe. A 6 hour LAN party once a month. 3. Being that I don't play that much, I am very discerning about WHAT I play, and HOW I play. Keyboard/mouse are the controllers for me. I want a high resolution. Console graphics at low res have completely caught up, but currently I don't know of any TV or console that'll do 1600x1200. I'll be going to 1920 with my next upgrade. As far as controllers, I don't think I'll ever be able to do a headshot with a joy nub. 4. I also prefer the 'mod-ability' of PC games. I can't tell you how long I played starcraft on user made maps.
I think audio is the only place where console games are on par. And I think that with what I've heard of Xbox Live, Consoles may have the edge in networked games.
*Disclaimer* we just bought my kids a PS2 for Christmas (yeah, not spending THAT much money.) It'll be interesting to see which one they prefer. A lot goes to be said for just dropping in a CD and turning it on.
Sorry, 31, wife, 2 kids, small house... No friends coming over to play video games. When we do it we go to one of our offices, drag some computers into the break room and play for about 6 hours. And we usually play about 6-12 people games. Can't imagine doing a 6 way split screen on ANY TV;)
I am by no means a hardcore gamer, nor did I claim to be. I don't have the time for that. But the article, and I, both refer to hardcore GAMES, as opposed to casual games. You failure to comprehend invalidates your first two paragraphs.
Ok, those numbers are meaningless... Half of the rest of the half between the ages of something or other play more, while some play less, unless they're male between X and Y then they play MAN GAMES!.
Ok, The only thing I fully understand with a brief look is that males my age (31) would rather play a hardcore game. I can agree with that. Currently I'm playing Crysis. I'd say it's pretty hardcore. After this, it'll either be call of duty 4 or Bioshock. No tetris for me! I also don't care for MMOLMOLMP games any longer because I usually only can play for 30 minutes at a time, and I remember spending the first 30 minutes of my Eversmack hours trying to find a group that was worth a damn.
Oh, and if I can't play it with a mouse/keyboard at 1600*1200 then it's not worth playing. Sorry Xboxers and PS3 kiddies. No sitting on the living room floor playing with a controller for me. 8 buttons ain't enough. I need all 104. And I can't STAND trying to sniper with a joy nub! Nothing comes close to a mouse... Oh and I saw that 'aim assist' crap once. Please!
I'll take one for the wife please. Can you make it pink? She really likes pink. And one that doesn't shed, get rid of the shedding gene. And how about one that doesn't need food, doesn't poop, doesn't spray, no claws and not moody. Hmm, I just described a stuffed cat. I'll take a stuffed cat please.
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Ok, they're 5.5 and 3.5. Both boys. They currently play Starwars battlefront II, and starwars lego's on the PS2. The younger one has a harder time, so he's not as interested, but he loves to visit noggin, Sesame street, starfall, Nick, which all are educational. The older one LOVES to play transformers on the PC, and used to love need for speed underground, but when he got old enough where I thought he'd notice the questionable language and skin colored graphics, that game suddenly dissapeared. They have a number of other educational games on the PC. I made the mistake of getting the PS2 this christmas before learning there are nearly 0 educational games for it.
After the magic of copy/paste and wikipedia via google, I have learned that it's an overpaid and/or overeducated wine waiter. Reading the term in context would not have helped too terribly much as I would have never drawn the connection between CELL phones and wine CELLars.
I got you both beat by ID, although I have no witty comment to go with it. And I don't have any idea WTF a sommiliaerreerr is, and no article to provide conextual clues.
Wow, +4 funny. It looks like most moderators got it, while most of the people commenting below didn't. Interesting. Actually, a +4 Sarcastic would have been a more specific goal.
I research things that will make my company perform better, or I educate myself so I can perform better for the company myself. Have fun working on that website while you're out of work ;)
Looking at the comment count on this story, even a slashdot story about him isn't even getting viewers!
The point was, the website was down. Doing a website that can handle a high load is NOT available to people without a lot of cash, in general. Yes, there are a few exceptions, but for the most part throwing up a single server on a single T1 is not going to withstand /.
Yeah, it was a joke... Because the site was down. While a simple program may be all you need to edit like a pro, to do a high load website, you need more than a P3 server and a cable modem. That's what the end of the comment was about.
Apparently my comment was well taken, but not as a joke, hence the +4 Insightfull. I was going for +4 funny.
To bad we can' quote
'The same gear needed to make a good website is today generally available to amateurs -- which was not so even a decade ago'
And for the sake of argument, lets define the website as the code, the database, the webserver and the network hooking it all up.
I think a fence is unrealistic. I think the way to do it is stiff sanctions on companies hiring illegals. And check, check often and check more often. If illegals are found, fine the company and arrest the illegals. Send them packing. When the companies are no longer offering them jobs, then they'll stop coming.
And to further that, I'd nix this universal healthcare crap. Do they realize that it is going to compound the immigration problem immensely! Sounds good to be nice to everyone, but it's about as practical as that damn fence. Not to mention, I'm not working my ass off so someone who doesn't work can go to the emergency room to get a painkiller every time they have a hangnail.
Then I'd get rid of the thing that says if you have a baby here, you get to stay.
Once we stop the flow, then we work on sending back that ones that aren't here legally. THEN if we still have a problem, I'd think about a fence.
Internationally I'd be pushing to get out of Iraq soon, but that means, 'get 'er done' as soon as possible, not 'Get out at all costs'
I know this isn't going to make me popular around here, but it's my honest answer to the question.
They obviously can't find a good sysadmin that can project future load on their servers and scale accordingly ;)
Or maybe they can, and the sysadmin can just blame the evil bean counters.
I'm here, my ID is pretty low. Since I got it, I got married, changed jobs twice, had two kids and opps, voted for Bush twice. This time I'm voting for Thompson, if he makes it that far.
To me it means multiple of everything to reduce single point of failure... What does it mean to you?
will be the earliest application. Remember when this was like e1394, or if you're sony i.Link. Those names never got any momentum, and they didn't push it. Heck, sony isn't too good at pushing standards anyway. Beta? Mini Disk? Memory Stick? Blueray has a chance.
Anyway, when apple calls it firewire2, then it'll get adopted.
I'm the single sysadmin with a company that has 3x as many computers as people. I'm the only one that can fix MOST of our problems. On call is just part of life. The way I deal with it is with redundancy... I make everything as redundant as I possibly can. For a single low use website, that must be up all the time, I have 2 physical machines, each running a VMware guest as the web server. Each one is load balanced/failover with vrrp/pen. Each of those is plugged into a separate switch. Each switch into a firewall. The firewalls use vrrp, and will hot failover. Going further out, there's two ISP's, and I'm using dnsmadeeasy.com to load balance/failover between those. Now, when a machine, guest, firewall, switch, UPS, A/C or ISP goes down... I get a page, and I fix it the next day. It has greatly decreased the time I come in, while increasing uptime. We're on building generator, so we have redundant power. The only thing that I worry about at this point is fire.
I remember a few OLD PC games like this when I was younger. Player A would use WASD, player B would use the keypad. I haven't seen anything like that in quite a while. And I never new that HD was 1920*1080... I always figured they refered to it like computer monitors with the width being primary. I thought it was 1080x800 or something. Time for me to move to QXGA. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Vector_Video_Standards2.svg
Wife won't touch a computer game. It's the only thing from keeping her from being perfect. Kids are 3 and 5. We actually got a PS2 for christmas for them. Currently sharing the computer at home is turn based. The 5yo plays transformers for a while, then they switch. Part of the goal of the PS2 is so they can play at the same time.
No, friends and I go to one of our offices for said LAN parties. Stay up late, make lots of noise, alcohol, no bothering the kids.
Let me clarify.
1. I play games that I would consider hard core. Crysis, as opposed to Tetris.
2. I don't play enough to think of myself hardcore. 4 hours as WEEK maybe. A 6 hour LAN party once a month.
3. Being that I don't play that much, I am very discerning about WHAT I play, and HOW I play. Keyboard/mouse are the controllers for me. I want a high resolution. Console graphics at low res have completely caught up, but currently I don't know of any TV or console that'll do 1600x1200. I'll be going to 1920 with my next upgrade. As far as controllers, I don't think I'll ever be able to do a headshot with a joy nub.
4. I also prefer the 'mod-ability' of PC games. I can't tell you how long I played starcraft on user made maps.
I think audio is the only place where console games are on par. And I think that with what I've heard of Xbox Live, Consoles may have the edge in networked games.
*Disclaimer* we just bought my kids a PS2 for Christmas (yeah, not spending THAT much money.) It'll be interesting to see which one they prefer. A lot goes to be said for just dropping in a CD and turning it on.
Sorry, 31, wife, 2 kids, small house... No friends coming over to play video games. When we do it we go to one of our offices, drag some computers into the break room and play for about 6 hours. And we usually play about 6-12 people games. Can't imagine doing a 6 way split screen on ANY TV ;)
Oh, and we swapped eversmack/evercrack a lot.
Link back atcha! http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=eversmack
I am by no means a hardcore gamer, nor did I claim to be. I don't have the time for that. But the article, and I, both refer to hardcore GAMES, as opposed to casual games. You failure to comprehend invalidates your first two paragraphs.
I should say meaningless to me... or more, I just don't want to spend the time trying to figure them out.
Ok, those numbers are meaningless... Half of the rest of the half between the ages of something or other play more, while some play less, unless they're male between X and Y then they play MAN GAMES!.
Ok, The only thing I fully understand with a brief look is that males my age (31) would rather play a hardcore game. I can agree with that. Currently I'm playing Crysis. I'd say it's pretty hardcore. After this, it'll either be call of duty 4 or Bioshock. No tetris for me! I also don't care for MMOLMOLMP games any longer because I usually only can play for 30 minutes at a time, and I remember spending the first 30 minutes of my Eversmack hours trying to find a group that was worth a damn.
Oh, and if I can't play it with a mouse/keyboard at 1600*1200 then it's not worth playing. Sorry Xboxers and PS3 kiddies. No sitting on the living room floor playing with a controller for me. 8 buttons ain't enough. I need all 104. And I can't STAND trying to sniper with a joy nub! Nothing comes close to a mouse... Oh and I saw that 'aim assist' crap once. Please!
I'll take one for the wife please. Can you make it pink? She really likes pink. And one that doesn't shed, get rid of the shedding gene. And how about one that doesn't need food, doesn't poop, doesn't spray, no claws and not moody. Hmm, I just described a stuffed cat. I'll take a stuffed cat please.
I think the game RISK is the one they play the most over there.