Now, if only we could force the current generation to play this for a few hours before complaining that I need to buy a PS3 because their xbox 360 isn't good enough...
Considering I have never paid a late fee or interest on a credit card since college, please tell me how they do that. I always pay it off every two weeks and spend the rewards when I get X amount. How are they making money?
My real interest is because if this does make them money I will probably stop doing it. My biggest reason besides the rewards for doing this is to hurt these banks.
You mean, the fact that there is a hidden cost of using a credit card built into your daily life doesn't bother you? Of course, you don't see the price increase, the merchants build it in. Generally speaking, you can get a cash discounted price at a mom and pop store for simply paying debit or cash - because then they don't pay the CC company and the related merchant fees.
So, yeah, I guess just so long as you don't actually *see* the increased cost, it won't bother you. And for big-box stores, those prices are part-and-parcel of their merch, so abstaining from using a CC may not help you there... but if you're okay promoting the practice, then keep on plastic-ing.
You mean, the hackintosh netbook I threw together for $600, that does the exact same thing? or the 2 year old core2duo dell... oh no, apple *finally* got an i5 in their 13 inch. Right.
Where did you get your pricing? You can get a similarly specced g73 JH for less than $1200 at, well, anywhere except whereever you got your price. After tax.
Nice try though. And you didn't include the 1 year accidental warranty, and the 2 year complete coverage warranty. That adds another $200 to your mac price, but is included in the asus.
Next time, apples to apples comparison would be nice.
No one is arguing that apple is better or worse than alienware. They're both overpriced, and you get frills for your money. Look at asus or MSI for a realistic comparison of hardware. My g73 that is a year old cost less than an equivalent MBP today.
My thin point is the word 'engineer' is losing it's meaning, much to the heartbreak of civil, mechanical, industrial, electrical and computer engineers.
And it's about time. Very few other professions have titles attached to them so rigorously as the engineering profession. Even as a teacher (arguably more important than any other profession - education being the root of most things...), belonging to a teaching union, with a strict set of entrance guidelines and educational requirements, I don't get a fancy-dansy title or ring - I barely get paid $3/day to babysit.
I think the reason the title "engineer" is no longer relevant, is because it is only engineers who believe it *is* relevant. An indication of the types of personalities that profession attracts, perhaps?
From his mugshot, he looks like a sad character. I kinda feel bad for what he's about to go through on his little vacation to the justice system. There are certainly worse things a person could do.
For Slashdot points, I will now note that what this guy planted was a logic bomb, not a virus.
I will mention that logic bomb is stated in the summary. In the article too, but also in the summary. In order to be commenting here, unless you wildly click on random stories and type random things... you'd have to have read logic bomb.
For slashdot points, I will tell people to RTF... summary... before commenting.
He's going to have to tell all the other inmates he's in for murder because he'll surely get his ass kicked for telling them he rigged Whack-A-Mole.
There are a lot of preposterous ways of winding up in the clink, and this is in the top 100.
Can you imagine, that in some states, he'll be sitting next to a guy in prison, who was busted for smoking marijuana.
Marvin: So, what are you in for?
Prisoner B: Smoking a joint while trying to relax at the carnival. You?
Marvin: Rigging whack-a-mole so it'll fail. on purpose.
And suddenly prisoner B is in jail for manslaughter.
> "If they hadn't of discovered that they had the virus installed
> in the equipment, they wouldn't have known why their
> machines were failing," said Cpt. Steve Aldrich, Holly Hill
> Police Department.
Holly Hill's finest at work. You heard it here folks, if they hadn't of figured it out, they wouldn't have known!
... Actually, the article states that if he hadn't mentioned it, they wouldn't have been looking at a software "feature" at all.
Mostly because any good software engineer could put a hard-to-find bug in the code. Thank goodness it takes a good social engineer to make money off it - and the two skills don't often overlap in real life (as much as software engineers seem to think they do).
The other reason programmers will never rule the world - eventually the whack-a-person machines will require Marvin to come fix them.
Well yeah, I know what this means. But when I see it in type, it seems to say "I Anal". Which doesn't offend my sensibilities, but does beg the question: What sort of exhibitionist are YOU?
Yup. Since we'll be unable to use our computers...
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If only there were some way to determine if it were true without using a single anecdotal example to show that one can fit the words "correlation" and "causation" into a single sentence. You know, some kind of scientific discipline involving physiology and anatomy, where they could indeed show that exercise helps reduce overall stress levels. Alas, there is of course no such field of study of which we are aware.
Cortisol levels and Industrial Organization Psychology. Been there, studied that.
You forgot to add how the footage accompanying the anchors' stories are many times not actual footage of the event, but rather footage showing elements that are similar to those in the story.
And you sir, forgot to mention that this is generally true only for fox "news"...
The wheel was patented a few years ago. I think it's safe enough to say it would never survive even a cursory review of prior art.
It would (unfortunately) still have to go to court eventually, but that doesn't make it valid, it just makes the american legal system insane.
Sorry to pull you back into sanity.
Fixed it for you! We have (for the moment...) sane laws up north. You may call us your hat, but we canadians refer to you as our balls (or ass, depending on how magnanimous we're feeling...)
Did asus ever fess up to the nvidia 86xx mobile card underfill problem? Don't get me wrong, I *love* asus, but I don't think they ever issued a recall, just extended a few warranties and replaced bad units with good ones when they failed. I may be wrong, but I think I'm right:P
Anyways, Asian business practices are different as well - and AsusTek isn't pegatron... which was previously the manufacturing arm of Asus... which is now separate from AsusTek, iirc. Makes me wonder if the OP is right about demanding royalties and wrong about the target. I mean, both pegatron and asustek are Asus. At least, as far as the end-customer is concerned.
"Another reason is that no one has yet proved that better spaces mean better education. No matter how enthusiastically Cheryl Hines touts the test scores after her upcoming NBC show, School Pride, made over a Compton, Calif., elementary school, no solid research proves that student achievement is affected by physical surroundings. Many of our nation’s top-performing schools are getting the job done in rectangles filled with desks."
Idiot. Sure, better spaces havn't been proven to improve learning... conclusively. Then again, neither have bad spaces proven to be detrimental... conclusively.
But put a smart child into a room with 14 screaming, poop-throwing monkeys (or poorly socialized kids - same difference) and tell me that isn't hurting the learning process. You may have come from a rich, right-wing family that sent you to private school... but many of us had to suffer with the special needs kids now working at mcdonalds. At least your special needs friends ended up running banks (although look how well that turned out).
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I have never gotten a cash discount at any store that I know of. Heck, if they offered it I would go for it.
I am fine with increased costs I cannot change, no point in worrying about that.
I am okay, accepting the things I cannot change.
...
But I am not accepting the things I don't think I can change, because I never bothered to asked, because I wasn't informed enough to do so.
I guess the problem is "how to know that you don't know"
Because, well, that's the real question. Can we do away with PCs and windows? ...
... *sigh* I mean no ... *double sigh*
I think the answer is obvious. YES. It's the year of the linux desktop.
Now, if only we could force the current generation to play this for a few hours before complaining that I need to buy a PS3 because their xbox 360 isn't good enough...
Considering I have never paid a late fee or interest on a credit card since college, please tell me how they do that. I always pay it off every two weeks and spend the rewards when I get X amount. How are they making money?
My real interest is because if this does make them money I will probably stop doing it. My biggest reason besides the rewards for doing this is to hurt these banks.
You mean, the fact that there is a hidden cost of using a credit card built into your daily life doesn't bother you? Of course, you don't see the price increase, the merchants build it in. Generally speaking, you can get a cash discounted price at a mom and pop store for simply paying debit or cash - because then they don't pay the CC company and the related merchant fees.
... but if you're okay promoting the practice, then keep on plastic-ing.
So, yeah, I guess just so long as you don't actually *see* the increased cost, it won't bother you. And for big-box stores, those prices are part-and-parcel of their merch, so abstaining from using a CC may not help you there
You mean, the hackintosh netbook I threw together for $600, that does the exact same thing? or the 2 year old core2duo dell... oh no, apple *finally* got an i5 in their 13 inch. Right.
Where did you get your pricing? You can get a similarly specced g73 JH for less than $1200 at, well, anywhere except whereever you got your price. After tax.
Nice try though. And you didn't include the 1 year accidental warranty, and the 2 year complete coverage warranty. That adds another $200 to your mac price, but is included in the asus.
Next time, apples to apples comparison would be nice.
No one is arguing that apple is better or worse than alienware. They're both overpriced, and you get frills for your money. Look at asus or MSI for a realistic comparison of hardware. My g73 that is a year old cost less than an equivalent MBP today.
And it's still faster.
My thin point is the word 'engineer' is losing it's meaning, much to the heartbreak of civil, mechanical, industrial, electrical and computer engineers.
And it's about time. Very few other professions have titles attached to them so rigorously as the engineering profession. Even as a teacher (arguably more important than any other profession - education being the root of most things...), belonging to a teaching union, with a strict set of entrance guidelines and educational requirements, I don't get a fancy-dansy title or ring - I barely get paid $3/day to babysit.
I think the reason the title "engineer" is no longer relevant, is because it is only engineers who believe it *is* relevant. An indication of the types of personalities that profession attracts, perhaps?
Geek jokes are awesome
... as it turns out, that's not a revelation >_
Mostly because any good software engineer could put a hard-to-find bug in the code.
Yeah, I do it all the time without even concentrating. I'm that good.
lmao ....
both good software engineers and good social engineers are a rare bread anyway
However judging by 419 scams, making money is probably just about finding a senior citizen ;)
fixed it for you?
From his mugshot, he looks like a sad character. I kinda feel bad for what he's about to go through on his little vacation to the justice system. There are certainly worse things a person could do.
For Slashdot points, I will now note that what this guy planted was a logic bomb, not a virus.
I will mention that logic bomb is stated in the summary. In the article too, but also in the summary. In order to be commenting here, unless you wildly click on random stories and type random things ... you'd have to have read logic bomb.
For slashdot points, I will tell people to RTF ... summary ... before commenting.
He's going to have to tell all the other inmates he's in for murder because he'll surely get his ass kicked for telling them he rigged Whack-A-Mole.
There are a lot of preposterous ways of winding up in the clink, and this is in the top 100.
Can you imagine, that in some states, he'll be sitting next to a guy in prison, who was busted for smoking marijuana.
Marvin: So, what are you in for?
Prisoner B: Smoking a joint while trying to relax at the carnival. You?
Marvin: Rigging whack-a-mole so it'll fail. on purpose.
And suddenly prisoner B is in jail for manslaughter.
> "If they hadn't of discovered that they had the virus installed > in the equipment, they wouldn't have known why their > machines were failing," said Cpt. Steve Aldrich, Holly Hill > Police Department.
Holly Hill's finest at work. You heard it here folks, if they hadn't of figured it out, they wouldn't have known!
... Actually, the article states that if he hadn't mentioned it, they wouldn't have been looking at a software "feature" at all.
Mostly because any good software engineer could put a hard-to-find bug in the code. Thank goodness it takes a good social engineer to make money off it - and the two skills don't often overlap in real life (as much as software engineers seem to think they do).
The other reason programmers will never rule the world - eventually the whack-a-person machines will require Marvin to come fix them.
Amazon isn't required to sell ALL books. If they don't want to sell porno, they don't have to. Same goes for any material, really.
Disclaimer: IANAL
Well yeah, I know what this means. But when I see it in type, it seems to say "I Anal". Which doesn't offend my sensibilities, but does beg the question: What sort of exhibitionist are YOU?
Norton 2011.
We can all sleep soundly now.
Yup. Since we'll be unable to use our computers ...
If only there were some way to determine if it were true without using a single anecdotal example to show that one can fit the words "correlation" and "causation" into a single sentence. You know, some kind of scientific discipline involving physiology and anatomy, where they could indeed show that exercise helps reduce overall stress levels. Alas, there is of course no such field of study of which we are aware.
Cortisol levels and Industrial Organization Psychology. Been there, studied that.
Actually, if you have money, donate enough of it to a university and get an honorary doctorate.
You forgot to add how the footage accompanying the anchors' stories are many times not actual footage of the event, but rather footage showing elements that are similar to those in the story.
And you sir, forgot to mention that this is generally true only for fox "news" ...
The wheel was patented a few years ago. I think it's safe enough to say it would never survive even a cursory review of prior art.
It would (unfortunately) still have to go to court eventually, but that doesn't make it valid, it just makes the american legal system insane.
Sorry to pull you back into sanity.
Fixed it for you! We have (for the moment...) sane laws up north. You may call us your hat, but we canadians refer to you as our balls (or ass, depending on how magnanimous we're feeling...)
The whole story is bullshit too, as AsusTek has denied Microsoft asking for royalties.
Did asus ever fess up to the nvidia 86xx mobile card underfill problem? Don't get me wrong, I *love* asus, but I don't think they ever issued a recall, just extended a few warranties and replaced bad units with good ones when they failed. I may be wrong, but I think I'm right :P
Anyways, Asian business practices are different as well - and AsusTek isn't pegatron ... which was previously the manufacturing arm of Asus ... which is now separate from AsusTek, iirc. Makes me wonder if the OP is right about demanding royalties and wrong about the target. I mean, both pegatron and asustek are Asus. At least, as far as the end-customer is concerned.
WoW client works fine under wine (tad better than under Windows imho).
Really? And what is the major improvement/difference, besides running under wine/in linux?
"Another reason is that no one has yet proved that better spaces mean better education. No matter how enthusiastically Cheryl Hines touts the test scores after her upcoming NBC show, School Pride, made over a Compton, Calif., elementary school, no solid research proves that student achievement is affected by physical surroundings. Many of our nation’s top-performing schools are getting the job done in rectangles filled with desks."
Idiot. Sure, better spaces havn't been proven to improve learning... conclusively. Then again, neither have bad spaces proven to be detrimental... conclusively.
... but many of us had to suffer with the special needs kids now working at mcdonalds. At least your special needs friends ended up running banks (although look how well that turned out).
But put a smart child into a room with 14 screaming, poop-throwing monkeys (or poorly socialized kids - same difference) and tell me that isn't hurting the learning process. You may have come from a rich, right-wing family that sent you to private school