I'm a recovering former CC employee. I worked there for about 6 months. In that time I went from trainee, to top seller on the floor, to PC tech, to lead at the tech bench. That should actually sum up their biggest problem...turnover. I saw 3 salespeople, 2 techs, and 1 manager, all quality people, leave in the time I was there. I considered these people to be quality for 3 reasons: They had a good understanding of the product, they took the time to understand the customers needs, and they cared more about getting the customer the products they *needed* than the products being pushed in the latest circular. Those people left for the same reasons I did. The position was always really nothing more than a placeholder while getting the job they really wanted. And they got tired of the pressure from above to offer useless "protection plans" and other BS pseudo-warranties. Oh yeah...and the employee discount sucked on anything that wasn't already rediculously overpriced. Everytime I saw someone buy a $20 network cable I died a little inside.
I know its a bit off topic, and probably fairly incendiary as well, but I need to get this off my chest. As a 3D CAD designer (log cabins/homes), I am a little frustrated at everyone thinking it is okay for my system to be slow. I have as much right to not expect a command to take 20-30 minutes to execute as the next user. CAD users are people too! Proper memory allocation by the OS is very important. Unfortunately my problems are compunded by Autodesk's horrible memory leaks, but that is a seperate rant.
And on the off chance anyone cares, my system is running XP Pro on Xeon 5130 2.0GHz, 4GB RAM (3.25 usable as our infrastructure can not currently handle 64bit...sigh), and an nVidia Quadro FX 3500. The processor rarely ever breaks a sweat...but it has more memory problems than a sleep deprived Ronald Reagan (post-alzheimers, pre-death).
Fine...I'll go. But I'm taking my soapbox with me!
Yes. It runs Crysis. Please stop asking. You have mistaken a short lived snide remark as an actual joke. It is not funny.
Now if anyone with an actual understanding of the architectures present here which would like to describe the actual improvement created, go ahead. But if you want to play the Crysis card, please crawl in a drainage pipe and die.
It was stated that the kettle was inside the ship, no mention was made for any protective measures for the poor, torn, RAF Captain astronaut against a vacuum environment. Therefore, it would be assumed by all right thinking individuals that the ship were to support life, and would therefore be pressurized to at or around one atmosphere of pressure.
I think the problem is not just a question of content, but also one of time. Most of the requests I've seen from people looking for serious and deep gameplay are also coming from people who simply do not have the same amount of time to invest into video games. Deep content almost always requires deep immersion. Its the difference between reading your favorite novel in 15 minute snippets or 3-4 hour chunks. Because many of the people who would enjoy this type of game are unwilling or unable to invest that amount of time into playing it, it becomes a niche market. And a rather small one at that. As long as the market is seen as that small, the major publishers will not focus their attention on it.
The main idea for the space elevator is to use magnetic levitation for propulsion, throwing another magnetic field into the mix may not be the best solution.
Ah, but would such a tea stirring device add further energy calculations necessary to the question of putting on the kettle or preventing an agonizing death due to ionizing radiation. . . Also if it were attached to the ship the rotational force from such a device would eventually set about making the whole craft spin, or require more energy to counteract the spin. And thats not even beginning to touch the issue of crumbless biscuits! My fellows! We have much sciencing to do!
According to TFA this thing uses about as much energy as an electric kettle, Does this mean British astronauts will need to choose between the two? I can see it now, a mustachio'd astronaut (in my mind I imagine him an old RAF captain) hovering over the button and staring at the kettle. Agonizing over the decision before muttering 'To the Queen' and putting the kettle on.
This brings up a larger issue to me...how well does tea steep in zero G, And would there be a difference between an Earl Grey blend or a black tea blend?
Frankly, I'm glad there is no smell-o-scope or smell-o-vision. There is a reason its called a corpse flower. It smells like rotting meat, or if you're lucky, cookies.
Saw an article over at Physorg about the latest new coating which allows near perfect absorbtion at all angles. Note: this is absorbtion and not efficiency, but even at the same levels of efficiency, more absorbtion means more power.
I hear there's a sale on over at the Punctuation Hut. May want to pick yourself up a few periods, or at least some commas. Honestly, your post is the equivalent of bungee jumping. I think I have your meaning and then the next sentence comes barrelling in and yanks it away from me.
Thank you for specifying why soaking your hamster or shooting your sister were considered wrong. Due to the amount of time I've spent playing Fable 2 and Fallout 3 this week, I can't tell right from wrong unless I see a glowing icon or a message telling me I've lost karma. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go force my dog to kill a homeless man so I may feast on his flesh and gain his power. Ta ta!
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I'm a recovering former CC employee. I worked there for about 6 months. In that time I went from trainee, to top seller on the floor, to PC tech, to lead at the tech bench. That should actually sum up their biggest problem...turnover. I saw 3 salespeople, 2 techs, and 1 manager, all quality people, leave in the time I was there. I considered these people to be quality for 3 reasons: They had a good understanding of the product, they took the time to understand the customers needs, and they cared more about getting the customer the products they *needed* than the products being pushed in the latest circular. Those people left for the same reasons I did. The position was always really nothing more than a placeholder while getting the job they really wanted. And they got tired of the pressure from above to offer useless "protection plans" and other BS pseudo-warranties. Oh yeah...and the employee discount sucked on anything that wasn't already rediculously overpriced. Everytime I saw someone buy a $20 network cable I died a little inside.
I know its a bit off topic, and probably fairly incendiary as well, but I need to get this off my chest. As a 3D CAD designer (log cabins/homes), I am a little frustrated at everyone thinking it is okay for my system to be slow. I have as much right to not expect a command to take 20-30 minutes to execute as the next user. CAD users are people too! Proper memory allocation by the OS is very important. Unfortunately my problems are compunded by Autodesk's horrible memory leaks, but that is a seperate rant.
And on the off chance anyone cares, my system is running XP Pro on Xeon 5130 2.0GHz, 4GB RAM (3.25 usable as our infrastructure can not currently handle 64bit...sigh), and an nVidia Quadro FX 3500. The processor rarely ever breaks a sweat...but it has more memory problems than a sleep deprived Ronald Reagan (post-alzheimers, pre-death).
Fine...I'll go. But I'm taking my soapbox with me!
Yes. It runs Crysis. Please stop asking. You have mistaken a short lived snide remark as an actual joke. It is not funny.
Now if anyone with an actual understanding of the architectures present here which would like to describe the actual improvement created, go ahead. But if you want to play the Crysis card, please crawl in a drainage pipe and die.
Debido a su Mexico! Ahora, dónde dejo mi prostituta?
No worse than the other places she's put that finger.
I was gonna call for a rimshot...but that would just be tasteless
You'll be okay. Turns out cirrhosis is just a build up of diamonds. So now liver transplants can pay for themselves!
It was stated that the kettle was inside the ship, no mention was made for any protective measures for the poor, torn, RAF Captain astronaut against a vacuum environment. Therefore, it would be assumed by all right thinking individuals that the ship were to support life, and would therefore be pressurized to at or around one atmosphere of pressure.
I think the problem is not just a question of content, but also one of time. Most of the requests I've seen from people looking for serious and deep gameplay are also coming from people who simply do not have the same amount of time to invest into video games. Deep content almost always requires deep immersion. Its the difference between reading your favorite novel in 15 minute snippets or 3-4 hour chunks. Because many of the people who would enjoy this type of game are unwilling or unable to invest that amount of time into playing it, it becomes a niche market. And a rather small one at that. As long as the market is seen as that small, the major publishers will not focus their attention on it.
Zero G != Zero Atmospheres
When ever you try to assign gender on anything except the Chromosomes it will fail.
Even then you can't be sure. Example? Bill Kaulitz
I'll be given a genderly ambiguous avatar as my real name also can go either way.
!!!SPOILER!!!
MaxwellEdison is not my real name!
I know! I'll name myself AFGNCAAP!
I hope by hot you mean boiling, otherwise I may have to ask you to step outside, sir.
GENIUS!! Now how would I go about dipping my biscuits. It still seems as if it will get horribly messy...
The main idea for the space elevator is to use magnetic levitation for propulsion, throwing another magnetic field into the mix may not be the best solution.
Ah, but would such a tea stirring device add further energy calculations necessary to the question of putting on the kettle or preventing an agonizing death due to ionizing radiation. . . Also if it were attached to the ship the rotational force from such a device would eventually set about making the whole craft spin, or require more energy to counteract the spin. And thats not even beginning to touch the issue of crumbless biscuits! My fellows! We have much sciencing to do!
So now we will elevate our American kitsch from Billy the singing Fish to Wanda the singing Fishnets.
According to TFA this thing uses about as much energy as an electric kettle, Does this mean British astronauts will need to choose between the two? I can see it now, a mustachio'd astronaut (in my mind I imagine him an old RAF captain) hovering over the button and staring at the kettle. Agonizing over the decision before muttering 'To the Queen' and putting the kettle on.
This brings up a larger issue to me...how well does tea steep in zero G, And would there be a difference between an Earl Grey blend or a black tea blend?
Frankly, I'm glad there is no smell-o-scope or smell-o-vision. There is a reason its called a corpse flower. It smells like rotting meat, or if you're lucky, cookies.
Saw an article over at Physorg about the latest new coating which allows near perfect absorbtion at all angles. Note: this is absorbtion and not efficiency, but even at the same levels of efficiency, more absorbtion means more power.
I hear there's a sale on over at the Punctuation Hut. May want to pick yourself up a few periods, or at least some commas. Honestly, your post is the equivalent of bungee jumping. I think I have your meaning and then the next sentence comes barrelling in and yanks it away from me.
Thank you for specifying why soaking your hamster or shooting your sister were considered wrong. Due to the amount of time I've spent playing Fable 2 and Fallout 3 this week, I can't tell right from wrong unless I see a glowing icon or a message telling me I've lost karma. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go force my dog to kill a homeless man so I may feast on his flesh and gain his power. Ta ta!
What, is there a warm up round before the running of the bulls?
"Hurry hon! We're gonna miss the grazing of the cows!"
We tried to reach the lambs for comment, however they remained silent.
Wait a second...so according to that news report Morris forced everyone to play E.T.? That is insidious!
They feed while their prey is sleeping. If you don't believe me, ask the one waiting on the back of your curtains.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.
And then take this sheet of tracing paper and look at these other works!
DESPAIR!!!