Yeah, those nvidia 84/8600M cards in macbooks were clearly superior to the exact same card in another notebook. Same with those intel processors, and the LCD screens, and the multitouch touchpads. That are in.. lots... and lots... of non-apple hardware.
Seriously, just admit that people *do* pay $500 for software from apple. We're all okay with that.
lol yes, because apple patches come only once every three months, and they're usually HUGE. At least MS issues patches when they fix it, rather than waiting so apple fan boys don't lose faith in their precious os.
Then apple calls it a 'feature update', adds another.1 to the product and everyone thinks they got a free OS upgrade, not a 'patch'.
hmm, yeah, except with a mac, you're forced to have a certain hw config. At least I can customize a dell both during the order process and after it arrives. I can even get an aftermarket battery for new dells. Not so much for new macs.
I understand you're taking precautions to avoid having rabid mac fanboys attack you (by posting AC), but seriously... most mac users are limited to iLife and iTunes - I wouldn't worry about angry reprisals.
Seriously, can't we feed starving children with these obselete hard drives? Or cure cancer, or aids by grinding them up and snorting the powdered hard-drive? We could donate them all to nigera to kickstart their fledgling tech-as-infrastructure construction economy! Or reverse the polarity of the magnetic field of the sun by launching the magnets into the sun Or use them as anger management therapy for behaviour therapy kids....
Get a fujitsu lifebook. Apparently, there are free upgrades for life, and it will be small enough that (s)he can type on it with his/her pudgy fingers.
Alternately, I have an eee/1000ha, and it is fairly sturdy, but it wouldn't hold up to a little kid sitting on it. Maybe an older toughbook? Or even just something that is older than your kid...
Well, I havn't read the article, but just hit prt-scr! Although, some computers require you too hit function+prt scr. Of course, linux and OSX have better screen shot tools built in. Linux also has GIMP, which does shots! Yup, clearly the answer is 'switch to linux'!
Seriously, do we even need an article on this?
... I wonder how important the article is after all, but I'm too lazy to read it... *sigh*
much like the real world, it won't get you very far.
Part of the allure of MMORPGs is the accumulation of wealth and the feeling of dominance and superiority. Most of the older gamers that feel the need to create a sense of community, or contribute to a common goal are usually doing so within a guild/group, and competing with other groups. This appeals to another part of the human psyche, the need to establish an out-group, and to be better than the opposition!
There are games for younger children which don't incorporate violence, and encourage good skills - but they're marketed to parents, not to children, and usually aren't that much fun.
So, whether or not there is a market for such games, I don't know. But I do get the sense that the target audience doesn't have the buying power, and the people who would purchase these games are already purchasing other educational and boring games.
So, if you're not a child, why would you want to immerse yourself in a world where you help people? If you are that sort of person, you probably realize that your time would be better spent actually helping people in real life. And if helping is really that important to you... well, you're probably not playing videogames in your spare time, anyways.
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The health care company isn't american and understands that being OPEN isn't a bad thing. Americans have a problem with that concept.
Well, if you didn't live in the US of A, you wouldn't have to worry about being sued for a victimless crime.
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hahah, yeah right. You know canada is big too. As in, It takes me 45 minutes driving to get to school. And that is in the SAME CITY.
Good luck on a bike.
Yeah, osx is so much more secure than the alternatives.
Yeah, osx is so much more secure than the alternatives.
Yeah, those nvidia 84/8600M cards in macbooks were clearly superior to the exact same card in another notebook. Same with those intel processors, and the LCD screens, and the multitouch touchpads. That are in .. lots ... and lots ... of non-apple hardware.
Seriously, just admit that people *do* pay $500 for software from apple. We're all okay with that.
lol yes, because apple patches come only once every three months, and they're usually HUGE. At least MS issues patches when they fix it, rather than waiting so apple fan boys don't lose faith in their precious os.
.1 to the product and everyone thinks they got a free OS upgrade, not a 'patch'.
Then apple calls it a 'feature update', adds another
lol okay, so mac is better because it *doesn't* run games. How's that reality distortion field working for you? Linux also doesn't run windows games.
oh wait, use wine and it does.
Thus, linux == apple.
oh, but linux is free.
hmm, yeah, except with a mac, you're forced to have a certain hw config. At least I can customize a dell both during the order process and after it arrives. I can even get an aftermarket battery for new dells. Not so much for new macs.
And this is why terminator will succeed... geeks with no life are *home* on friday night!
Of course, most self-respecting geeks have a DVR and eztv...
Sure, suddenly russia is announcing that the doors are closing, and you'd better pay up NOW 'cuz there won't be any space flight later.
... but RUSSIA would NEVER do that. Nope.
Of course, later, they will suddenly find 'space' for the civilian spacemen.
I believe it is called 'manufactured scarcity'
I understand you're taking precautions to avoid having rabid mac fanboys attack you (by posting AC), but seriously ... most mac users are limited to iLife and iTunes - I wouldn't worry about angry reprisals.
Yup, just decompress it, and stick it on a memory stick. Or hard drive. And run setup. It'll work!
apple style? No. sony style, originally!
Yes! Make it a laptop with NO screen!
I happen to love the trackpad.
... and trackballs are even more fun to play with...
I usually hate them, but I love the super sensitivity! It makes it such a pleasure to use. Just a quick touch, and such a big response.
Although, historically, I prefer the IBM/lenovo touch point / mouse stick
Seriously, can't we feed starving children with these obselete hard drives? ....
Or cure cancer, or aids by grinding them up and snorting the powdered hard-drive?
We could donate them all to nigera to kickstart their fledgling tech-as-infrastructure construction economy!
Or reverse the polarity of the magnetic field of the sun by launching the magnets into the sun
Or use them as anger management therapy for behaviour therapy kids
It almost sounds like UAC or that permissions window in OSX ... Isn't it great to see linux innovating, again?
Get a fujitsu lifebook. Apparently, there are free upgrades for life, and it will be small enough that (s)he can type on it with his/her pudgy fingers.
Alternately, I have an eee/1000ha, and it is fairly sturdy, but it wouldn't hold up to a little kid sitting on it. Maybe an older toughbook? Or even just something that is older than your kid...
Well, I havn't read the article, but just hit prt-scr! Although, some computers require you too hit function+prt scr. Of course, linux and OSX have better screen shot tools built in. Linux also has GIMP, which does shots! Yup, clearly the answer is 'switch to linux'!
... *sigh*
Seriously, do we even need an article on this?
... I wonder how important the article is after all, but I'm too lazy to read it
much like the real world, it won't get you very far.
Part of the allure of MMORPGs is the accumulation of wealth and the feeling of dominance and superiority. Most of the older gamers that feel the need to create a sense of community, or contribute to a common goal are usually doing so within a guild/group, and competing with other groups. This appeals to another part of the human psyche, the need to establish an out-group, and to be better than the opposition!
There are games for younger children which don't incorporate violence, and encourage good skills - but they're marketed to parents, not to children, and usually aren't that much fun.
So, whether or not there is a market for such games, I don't know. But I do get the sense that the target audience doesn't have the buying power, and the people who would purchase these games are already purchasing other educational and boring games.
So, if you're not a child, why would you want to immerse yourself in a world where you help people? If you are that sort of person, you probably realize that your time would be better spent actually helping people in real life. And if helping is really that important to you... well, you're probably not playing videogames in your spare time, anyways.