Quickie games definitely have a place. Before I got my cable modem, a quick game of freecell or bejeweled killed time while waiting to dial up. On my Palm, the only shareware game I thought worth buying was bejeweled, for those moments in the doctor's office or waiting for a meeting or for damn Beltway traffic to move. Definitely good some of the time, but cranking up UT or Sims is fun too.
Oh and this cable doesn't copy programs over, just data files.
Of course it doesn't copy over programs. There are different versions for PC and Mac. I wish that weren't the case, otherwise I would have switched to a Mac a while back. I don't relish the thought of buying the Adobe graphics suite all over again for Mac.
"Funniest part: Boeing's X-32 entry, with its enormous pelican-like jet intake, had some questioning whether the plane's bizarre appearance didn't hurt its chances more than its performance."
To go along with this whole possibility of the military going for a more aesthically pleasing design, you should look no further than the V-22 Osprey. They test them at the Navy base I work at, and they are so of the most ungodly designed mechanical objects I've ever seen. But, it's useful. So, it seems to me based on past precedent, they go for function over form.
But they won't be for her. Pot smokers are notoriously lazy. And they are always wanting cigars so they can make blunts. My RA was a major stoner. He'd light up at least 3 or 4 times a day. But he never wanted to go to CVS to get Phillies. So, I became an entrepaneur.
I went and bought a whole box of Phillies, which cost me about $10 for 50 cigars. Then I sold them for a $1 a piece (you can get them for $.25 at the store). So I'd make $40 profit about every 2 weeks selling to all the potheads on my half of the building, so I could get my drug of choice: beer.
I bought an Apollo for some of my light work, like printing receipts for online purchases, jokes I've been sent, or stuff like that. It cost me $30 at Target. It included an 'economy' cartridge, the printer, and a 6' USB cable. On it's own, the cable would have cost me $10. So basically, I got a printer for $20. The HP cartridges it uses costs me double that.
They don't recruit directly into Special Forces. You have to prove yourself first. Demonstrate certain levels of physical fitness (above and beyond those required of the standard soldier). Then you must apply for Rangers, SeALs, whatever. You can't just go enlist, and say "I wanna be a Navy SeAL!" Doesn't work that day. It'd be like going to a company, and saying "I wanna be a vice president".
Movies are getting more and more expensive (2 people = $8 tickets x 2, popcorn = $4, 2 drinks = $7, candy = $4 = 16 + 4 + 7 + 4 = $31 just for the movie experience).
Yes, I'll agree going to the movies is getting more expensive. But it pales miserably in comparison to attending pro sports events. According to this article on Motley Fool, it costs about $150 for a family of four to attend a baseball game (and baseball is the cheapest of the four major sports to attend). If I wanted to take my dad and 2 brothers to a Redskins game (admittly the priciest of all NFL teams), it would cost me $442.54. For my money, I'd get four average tickets, 4 small drinks, 2 small beers, 4 hotdogs, 2 programs, parking, and 2 hats. Compared to the price of a sports event, watching a flick is a bargin. No weather to worry about, you don't have to go to a major city to see one, and you can pick anytime you want to go pretty much. And, if you want to save a couple bucks, there are always the matinees. Is going to the movies getting more expensive? Definitely. But for 3 hours of entertainment, much easier on my wallet than to catch a game.
The correct quote is "You mess with one of us, you mess with all of us", which Sam Raimi put in after September 11th, as a tribute to how New Yorkers, Washingtonians, and Americans in general came together after the attacks.
Sega's basketball kill EA's basketball games, but EA's cornered the market with Madden and it's NHL (insert year here) series. Better gameplay, more indepth, and just plainly superior. I have quite a few friends who bought PS2's just to play those 2 games.
The PlayStation 2 consoles had already received price cuts in Japan (a coupla-three months ago I think). It was only a matter of time before they cut them in the US. With the big gaming convention next week, this seems like a logical time for them to announce it.
What about the traditional ad-skipping methods? The bathroom break. Letting the dog out break. Getting a snack brea. Grabbing a quickie with the Mrs. All the stuff before the PVR.
I'm not trying to troll or anything. But what has this guy done for technology? I mean honestly, he was an actor. If you want to salute him, do it as a World War II vet who fought on D-Day. As I'm sure most of you know, he never did the beaming up on Star Trek. It was a hand-double moving the lever, because he lost part of a finger during the D-Day invasion. As for technology, I can't really say he did much.
I wonder if they ever stop to think of some of the benefits of viewers using PVRs. The main example I can think of is how my TiVo records things I might like. When it comes up with something worthwhile, I watch it. Maybe this will introduce me to a new channel, which could lead to me viewing more shows, which would drive up the ratings. The ratings for are what drives up advertising costs. They aren't looking at this from the proper perspective.
Simpsons has had it's share of adult moments in the last few seasons. I'll give two examples.
The Comic Book Guy is eating those yellow marshmellow chicks, and he goes "...98,99, 100. Ohhhh. If only real chicks went down this easy."
More recently, when they spoofed Homer's Odyssey, when the Trojan's receive the wooden horse, Flanders says "From now on, whenever people think of wood, they'll think of Trojans!"
Now, I watch the Simpsons religously. By far my favorite show. And I don't remember the writers using this more adult, sexual humor in early seasons. Plus, earlier episodes were more centered on the children. Now that the focus has shifted to Homer, more and more things for adults. Children won't get half the jokes anymore.
The best comparison I have seen so far for The Rock's acting is to Ah-nold in "Conan the Barbarian", made by a Washington Post review. Both are/were athletes, trying to break away from areas they are primarily known for (bodybuilding for Arnold, wrestling for the Rock). For his first shot at 'real' acting, I think Rock did a decent job. He's not going for an Academy Award. He just wants to entertain. And he did a fairly decent job of it.
A friend of mine in high school was forced to go to an all girls school, Mary Baldwin in Virginia, by her dad. He didn't realize that the Virginia Military Instituted was 5 miles away.
A company called Qarbon makes a product called Viewlet Builder. Basically, using tools similar to Flash, it produces a Java applet to demonstrate something, generally a software application or something like that. You can get it for free with the only caveat being it will have a banner ad for their company at the top. It's relatively easy to pick up, provides nice VCR/CD Player-like controls, and there is no need for a plug-in on the user side.
I viewed the trailer, and it appears that they have totally twisted the novel around. Instead of middle-Easter terrorists, they are dealing with Russian terrorists. One of the main points in the novel's plot was the fanaticism of the Arab terrorists. Not to mention Ben Affleck is way to young to play Jack Ryan. Harrison Ford was too old. They should have tried for Alec Baldwin again.
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Quickie games definitely have a place. Before I got my cable modem, a quick game of freecell or bejeweled killed time while waiting to dial up. On my Palm, the only shareware game I thought worth buying was bejeweled, for those moments in the doctor's office or waiting for a meeting or for damn Beltway traffic to move. Definitely good some of the time, but cranking up UT or Sims is fun too.
Oh and this cable doesn't copy programs over, just data files.
Of course it doesn't copy over programs. There are different versions for PC and Mac. I wish that weren't the case, otherwise I would have switched to a Mac a while back. I don't relish the thought of buying the Adobe graphics suite all over again for Mac.
Speaking of going straight to hell....
Why didn't Superman save JFK Jr.?
Because he's in a damn wheelchair.
"Funniest part: Boeing's X-32 entry, with its enormous pelican-like jet intake, had some questioning whether the plane's bizarre appearance didn't hurt its chances more than its performance."
To go along with this whole possibility of the military going for a more aesthically pleasing design, you should look no further than the V-22 Osprey. They test them at the Navy base I work at, and they are so of the most ungodly designed mechanical objects I've ever seen. But, it's useful. So, it seems to me based on past precedent, they go for function over form.
"I'd just love to see Miss Piggy move to her fighting posture, Yoda draw his lightsaber,..."
Right after this, immediately cut to Yoda eating a ham sandwhich or pork chops or a BLT. Don't show the fight, just the after effects.
To address the touching italians quote, Tony Soprano has an interesting take. When asked if he had ever had a prostate exam he said "Are you kidding? I don't let anyone wag their finger in my FACE."
But they won't be for her. Pot smokers are notoriously lazy. And they are always wanting cigars so they can make blunts. My RA was a major stoner. He'd light up at least 3 or 4 times a day. But he never wanted to go to CVS to get Phillies. So, I became an entrepaneur.
I went and bought a whole box of Phillies, which cost me about $10 for 50 cigars. Then I sold them for a $1 a piece (you can get them for $.25 at the store). So I'd make $40 profit about every 2 weeks selling to all the potheads on my half of the building, so I could get my drug of choice: beer.
I bought an Apollo for some of my light work, like printing receipts for online purchases, jokes I've been sent, or stuff like that. It cost me $30 at Target. It included an 'economy' cartridge, the printer, and a 6' USB cable. On it's own, the cable would have cost me $10. So basically, I got a printer for $20. The HP cartridges it uses costs me double that.
Oh, and no starting over.
You can if you are Hindu.
They don't recruit directly into Special Forces. You have to prove yourself first. Demonstrate certain levels of physical fitness (above and beyond those required of the standard soldier). Then you must apply for Rangers, SeALs, whatever. You can't just go enlist, and say "I wanna be a Navy SeAL!" Doesn't work that day. It'd be like going to a company, and saying "I wanna be a vice president".
Movies are getting more and more expensive (2 people = $8 tickets x 2, popcorn = $4, 2 drinks = $7, candy = $4 = 16 + 4 + 7 + 4 = $31 just for the movie experience).
Yes, I'll agree going to the movies is getting more expensive. But it pales miserably in comparison to attending pro sports events. According to this article on Motley Fool, it costs about $150 for a family of four to attend a baseball game (and baseball is the cheapest of the four major sports to attend). If I wanted to take my dad and 2 brothers to a Redskins game (admittly the priciest of all NFL teams), it would cost me $442.54. For my money, I'd get four average tickets, 4 small drinks, 2 small beers, 4 hotdogs, 2 programs, parking, and 2 hats. Compared to the price of a sports event, watching a flick is a bargin. No weather to worry about, you don't have to go to a major city to see one, and you can pick anytime you want to go pretty much. And, if you want to save a couple bucks, there are always the matinees. Is going to the movies getting more expensive? Definitely. But for 3 hours of entertainment, much easier on my wallet than to catch a game.
The correct quote is "You mess with one of us, you mess with all of us", which Sam Raimi put in after September 11th, as a tribute to how New Yorkers, Washingtonians, and Americans in general came together after the attacks.
Sega's basketball kill EA's basketball games, but EA's cornered the market with Madden and it's NHL (insert year here) series. Better gameplay, more indepth, and just plainly superior. I have quite a few friends who bought PS2's just to play those 2 games.
The PlayStation 2 consoles had already received price cuts in Japan (a coupla-three months ago I think). It was only a matter of time before they cut them in the US. With the big gaming convention next week, this seems like a logical time for them to announce it.
What about the traditional ad-skipping methods? The bathroom break. Letting the dog out break. Getting a snack brea. Grabbing a quickie with the Mrs. All the stuff before the PVR.
I'm sure there is little doubt that pr0n sites have been using images to sell subscriptions, etc. for a long, long time. There's your prior art.
I'm not trying to troll or anything. But what has this guy done for technology? I mean honestly, he was an actor. If you want to salute him, do it as a World War II vet who fought on D-Day. As I'm sure most of you know, he never did the beaming up on Star Trek. It was a hand-double moving the lever, because he lost part of a finger during the D-Day invasion. As for technology, I can't really say he did much.
I wonder if they ever stop to think of some of the benefits of viewers using PVRs. The main example I can think of is how my TiVo records things I might like. When it comes up with something worthwhile, I watch it. Maybe this will introduce me to a new channel, which could lead to me viewing more shows, which would drive up the ratings. The ratings for are what drives up advertising costs. They aren't looking at this from the proper perspective.
Simpsons has had it's share of adult moments in the last few seasons. I'll give two examples.
The Comic Book Guy is eating those yellow marshmellow chicks, and he goes "...98,99, 100. Ohhhh. If only real chicks went down this easy."
More recently, when they spoofed Homer's Odyssey, when the Trojan's receive the wooden horse, Flanders says "From now on, whenever people think of wood, they'll think of Trojans!"
Now, I watch the Simpsons religously. By far my favorite show. And I don't remember the writers using this more adult, sexual humor in early seasons. Plus, earlier episodes were more centered on the children. Now that the focus has shifted to Homer, more and more things for adults. Children won't get half the jokes anymore.
The best comparison I have seen so far for The Rock's acting is to Ah-nold in "Conan the Barbarian", made by a Washington Post review. Both are/were athletes, trying to break away from areas they are primarily known for (bodybuilding for Arnold, wrestling for the Rock). For his first shot at 'real' acting, I think Rock did a decent job. He's not going for an Academy Award. He just wants to entertain. And he did a fairly decent job of it.
A friend of mine in high school was forced to go to an all girls school, Mary Baldwin in Virginia, by her dad. He didn't realize that the Virginia Military Instituted was 5 miles away.
A company called Qarbon makes a product called Viewlet Builder. Basically, using tools similar to Flash, it produces a Java applet to demonstrate something, generally a software application or something like that. You can get it for free with the only caveat being it will have a banner ad for their company at the top. It's relatively easy to pick up, provides nice VCR/CD Player-like controls, and there is no need for a plug-in on the user side.
I viewed the trailer, and it appears that they have totally twisted the novel around. Instead of middle-Easter terrorists, they are dealing with Russian terrorists. One of the main points in the novel's plot was the fanaticism of the Arab terrorists. Not to mention Ben Affleck is way to young to play Jack Ryan. Harrison Ford was too old. They should have tried for Alec Baldwin again.
Personally, why can't she keep her head on her shoulders, but become a mute? Then you to keep looking at the hot body w/o the annoying bubble-gum pop.