I love how the whole context of the comment has been lost.chain of comments gives the perfect example.
First off, it's cute, using the statistics only for America.
From the article: Entertainment Weekly's Geoff Keighley asks the video game legend if he feels he's losing touch with American gamers because games like Halo often sell more copies.
I thought the change in Malcolm felt natural. I think if you look out to what a few more seasons of Firefly would have brought, Malcolm would have ended up in that state. The story arc is just too short in a movie for that kind of transition to be fully fleshed out.
I'm the kind of person that will do everything listed. However, the last time I installed a distro, I was spending two or three hours a day for a few weeks trying to get everything working the way it should. I certainly believe in the power of Linux. It's a flexible and open platform that will let you solve your problems. After a certain point, I decided I just didn't want waste my time researching every little thing that needed doing.
I agree with you for the most part. However, I wouldn't rule out some level of deception from the manufacturer. When you read a tech review, it is fairly common for overclocking to be a significant part of the review. Certainly, the manufacturers know this. You are correct that there can be no gaurantee of perfermance beyond what is specified, but I can't believe that anyone is blind to the market of overclockers and sales garnered by their recommendations to friends family and businesses.
Actually, the parent comment specified Science Fiction top sellers, not all DVD sales. At the time that I write this, Firefly and Serenity occupy the top two spots on the SciFi top sellers list. And it seems that Firefly has moved to #5 on the overall top sellers list.
It may not be their responsibility. They do, however, have to buy their photo processing equipment from the same people who sell to professionals. They probably had to make some concessions for business reasons. If you scan a photo in a Kodak kiosk, it may not allow you to create a new print. Kodak shouldn't have any liability either. They do it so they don't piss off their professional customers.
I'm not sure about an actual price. According to their spokesperson in the official Microsoft beta newsgroup, there will not be a retail box. As such, it will only be available preinstalled or through an oem reseller. Maybe around $90 to $120? Also, from the same newsgroup, there will not be an upgrade option. I couldn't tell you if it would be worth the money. I gave it try. The lack of 64bit drivers drove me away pretty quickly.
P.S. You could have tried the pre-release for free. When you signed up to dowload, they emailed a regristration key.
When asked why I didn't want to join, I told them the truth. My dad was in the Army. In fact, he was a recruiter. They don't push after that. A lot of recruiters loath their jobs.
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Maybe we should check into India's immigration policies. Let's see how they like it when we all decide to retire in their country and drive up the costs for condos in retirement villages.
I think Cameron's experience as director makes him very valuable to NASA. One of the largest problems that NASA faces is to make their efforts interesting and sexy to a generation of people where space exploration is a de facto part of life. Without popular support, NASA has found itself without the budget to do the things us geeks would like it to do. Cameron has proven with his movies that he knows what appeals to the public.
It has been suggested that Halo's success was because it was, for many, the first time they played a multiplayer shooter. If it had been released on Mac and PC, it would have been just another FPS among many. Would anyone be talking about Halo if it hadn't been first released on the XBox? Microsoft's purchase of Bungie made it a success.
I just couldn't make the transition. When I had to give up broadband last year I went cold turkey. Every time I used a friend's dialup connection I wanted to punch someone in the stomach. So I just stayed away. But now it's back. Somehow the sky seems just a little more blue and the grass a little greener since the cable man stopped by.
Atkins isn't about meat and eggs all day. The market for Atkins related products is booming right now. You can get an assortment of snack food items that mimic traditionally high-carb foods. They are also making low-carb replacemnets for other staples such as pancake mix, hamburger buns, and tortillas. And most importantly, there is low-carb beer.
It wouldn't matter how perfectly they were parented. Kids pull dumb shit all the time, even knowing that it is wrong. They know, if they bothered to think it through, that they would be in a stupendous amount of trouble. Did you ever get in trouble as a kid? Were you surprised when you got caught?
It's one thing to let your five year old be responsible for feeding the goldfish. If he scews up the fish dies. It is another thing entirely to expect him to always be responsible with access to a gun. If he screws that up then a person might die.
I quit smoking, so can anybody. From a pack a day to zero. No big deal, you just stay away for smokes.
Easier said than done. I work at a grocery store. They sell cigarettes. Even if they quit selling cigarettes, there are at least a couple of people working at any given time that will seek me out for a smoke break even knowing that I am trying to quit. Apparently, they think it is in their best interest if I, their manager, am not acting like a complete ass without even realizing it. I guess I'm too distracted by sensations of my lungs melting. Yes, anyone can quit smoking. However, I consider it a huge ass deal.
These recruiters aren't paid hourly though. When my dad was recruiting for the army he would leave at 7am and get home at 10pm. He would put in "half-days" on weekends. Yeah, it sucked for him, but it didn't cost the government one extra penny.
You've got quite a few things backwards. It's actually the software companies which are accusing honest people of illegality (pirating software) and are stating loud and clear that they don't trust *me* as in individual enough to take my word that I don't pirate software (which I don't), but prefer instead to attempt to control my personal computing environment so they won't have to take my word for anything. I think this stinks--and I also think that in short order the DMCA will be repealed--the abuse of it already by private corporations is staggering. I'm for a *balance* between corporate rights and the state--I don't want to see the rights of individuals trampled by the rights of corporations.
If the companies pushing DRM had an opportunity to get to know you and every other end-user as individuals, I'm sure they wouldn't feel a need to impose on your computing experience. The fact is that most businesses aren't in a position to find out if you, as an individual, are trustworthy. Unfortunately, in this world, there is a significant minority of people who can't be trusted. Do you get offended every time you enter a bank and see security guards? see cameras every twenty feet at the department store? Even libraries, who have no profit driven incentive, want you to walk through sensors.
That being said, DRM in its final state is probably going to suck balls.
Yeah, they could port a best selling type of game. However, being a best seller means the market has already been saturated to some amount. Yes, there are the linux faithful who will buy it even if they own a copy for Microsoft Windows, but there are those who, already owning a copy, won't dish out additional cash. By porting a good game (let's assume it is) that never really took off, they may have a potentially larger market.
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First off, it's cute, using the statistics only for America.
From the article: Entertainment Weekly's Geoff Keighley asks the video game legend if he feels he's losing touch with American gamers because games like Halo often sell more copies.
Emphasis added.
I thought the change in Malcolm felt natural. I think if you look out to what a few more seasons of Firefly would have brought, Malcolm would have ended up in that state. The story arc is just too short in a movie for that kind of transition to be fully fleshed out.
On a related note, the grande mocha has the same amount of coffee as a venti mocha. When you buy a venti you are paying for extra milk and chocolate.
There have been studies that resulted in death for other mammals. Rats last about four weeks. Dogs last a couple of months.
I'm the kind of person that will do everything listed. However, the last time I installed a distro, I was spending two or three hours a day for a few weeks trying to get everything working the way it should. I certainly believe in the power of Linux. It's a flexible and open platform that will let you solve your problems. After a certain point, I decided I just didn't want waste my time researching every little thing that needed doing.
I agree with you for the most part. However, I wouldn't rule out some level of deception from the manufacturer. When you read a tech review, it is fairly common for overclocking to be a significant part of the review. Certainly, the manufacturers know this. You are correct that there can be no gaurantee of perfermance beyond what is specified, but I can't believe that anyone is blind to the market of overclockers and sales garnered by their recommendations to friends family and businesses.
The 360 was released November 22. Today is January 19. That's a couple of months short of four.
Actually, the parent comment specified Science Fiction top sellers, not all DVD sales. At the time that I write this, Firefly and Serenity occupy the top two spots on the SciFi top sellers list. And it seems that Firefly has moved to #5 on the overall top sellers list.
You're looking at this all wrong. A roll back just adds replayability.
It may not be their responsibility. They do, however, have to buy their photo processing equipment from the same people who sell to professionals. They probably had to make some concessions for business reasons. If you scan a photo in a Kodak kiosk, it may not allow you to create a new print. Kodak shouldn't have any liability either. They do it so they don't piss off their professional customers.
I couldn't tell you if it would be worth the money.
I gave it try. The lack of 64bit drivers drove me away pretty quickly.
P.S. You could have tried the pre-release for free. When you signed up to dowload, they emailed a regristration key.
When asked why I didn't want to join, I told them the truth. My dad was in the Army. In fact, he was a recruiter. They don't push after that. A lot of recruiters loath their jobs.
Maybe we should check into India's immigration policies. Let's see how they like it when we all decide to retire in their country and drive up the costs for condos in retirement villages.
I think Cameron's experience as director makes him very valuable to NASA. One of the largest problems that NASA faces is to make their efforts interesting and sexy to a generation of people where space exploration is a de facto part of life. Without popular support, NASA has found itself without the budget to do the things us geeks would like it to do. Cameron has proven with his movies that he knows what appeals to the public.
It has been suggested that Halo's success was because it was, for many, the first time they played a multiplayer shooter. If it had been released on Mac and PC, it would have been just another FPS among many. Would anyone be talking about Halo if it hadn't been first released on the XBox? Microsoft's purchase of Bungie made it a success.
I just couldn't make the transition. When I had to give up broadband last year I went cold turkey. Every time I used a friend's dialup connection I wanted to punch someone in the stomach. So I just stayed away. But now it's back. Somehow the sky seems just a little more blue and the grass a little greener since the cable man stopped by.
Atkins isn't about meat and eggs all day. The market for Atkins related products is booming right now. You can get an assortment of snack food items that mimic traditionally high-carb foods. They are also making low-carb replacemnets for other staples such as pancake mix, hamburger buns, and tortillas. And most importantly, there is low-carb beer.
speed limits?
It wouldn't matter how perfectly they were parented. Kids pull dumb shit all the time, even knowing that it is wrong. They know, if they bothered to think it through, that they would be in a stupendous amount of trouble. Did you ever get in trouble as a kid? Were you surprised when you got caught?
It's one thing to let your five year old be responsible for feeding the goldfish. If he scews up the fish dies. It is another thing entirely to expect him to always be responsible with access to a gun. If he screws that up then a person might die.
Easier said than done. I work at a grocery store. They sell cigarettes. Even if they quit selling cigarettes, there are at least a couple of people working at any given time that will seek me out for a smoke break even knowing that I am trying to quit. Apparently, they think it is in their best interest if I, their manager, am not acting like a complete ass without even realizing it. I guess I'm too distracted by sensations of my lungs melting. Yes, anyone can quit smoking. However, I consider it a huge ass deal.
These recruiters aren't paid hourly though. When my dad was recruiting for the army he would leave at 7am and get home at 10pm. He would put in "half-days" on weekends. Yeah, it sucked for him, but it didn't cost the government one extra penny.
Except play video right out of the box. That's something to which a good number of people will attatch monetary value.
If the companies pushing DRM had an opportunity to get to know you and every other end-user as individuals, I'm sure they wouldn't feel a need to impose on your computing experience. The fact is that most businesses aren't in a position to find out if you, as an individual, are trustworthy. Unfortunately, in this world, there is a significant minority of people who can't be trusted. Do you get offended every time you enter a bank and see security guards? see cameras every twenty feet at the department store? Even libraries, who have no profit driven incentive, want you to walk through sensors.
That being said, DRM in its final state is probably going to suck balls.
Yeah, they could port a best selling type of game. However, being a best seller means the market has already been saturated to some amount. Yes, there are the linux faithful who will buy it even if they own a copy for Microsoft Windows, but there are those who, already owning a copy, won't dish out additional cash. By porting a good game (let's assume it is) that never really took off, they may have a potentially larger market.