Back in my day, they really DID put vanilla desktop chips into laptops! A friend of mine had a 200mhz laptop that heated up so much that it melted the keys on the keyboard above the heat exhaust (which went right out of the PCMCIA slots, good thing he wasn't a serious card user...)
A trained chicken could participate in a plurality vote (obviously, even the sub-chicken constituency gives it their best try) while you'd need to think about what you wrote down before you went to the polling place if we had anything even slightly more sophisticated.
The user did absolutely everything right. She paid her bills on time, called when there was a problem. The ISP did absolutely everything wrong. Due to an error on their part, they cut her off, and it did not specify in their agreement what their policy is on non-payment.
Surely, you can write down your policies when you run an ISP? And when a new situation arises, or someone points out the deficiency, you can give the person the benefit of the doubt, can't you? Is it that hard?
Just like wordprocessors never defeated the ballpoint pen. You certainly can't write FUCK THA POLEECE on the side of a bathroom stall with Word 2000.
Perhaps they're referring to a focus on marketing this idea to people that may not know that one can do this sort of thing? I don't know, it's really a fluff piece anyway.
It was a matter of unique geographical location that saved the US and let it keep its toys to make bigger toys. No bullies grew up in our backyard. That is the real secret of American dominance. Perhaps people forget it because they are determined to stick with one idea, rather than be equally proud of the truth. There's nothing shameful about being in place and taking advantage of chance. To pretend that a "can-do" spirit was responsible for everything America has now is a rather biased and reckless opinion of history. You'll find inspirational spirit and exceptional people in every culture on earth- America was just in the right place at the right time.
The effects of duplication bugs were far smaller than simple design imbalances- monsters yielding thousands of gold were trivial to destroy once you got a tamer up to high enough of a level, or a bard. And don't even get me started on the effects of sunken treasure or So one could rack up lots of gold completely within the confines of the game.
I'd blame the designers' lack of understanding with regards to gold faucets and sinks for UO's situation. Only recently have they started to get a handle on it, and it's far too late.
Pretty's gotta go all the way down to the bottom, below "usable", "fast," and "capable". All of the most serious interface sins I have seen have all been committed in the holy name of prettiness.
I say this as a graphic designer- my job is to *make* the pretty. I don't feel an overriding urge to put the pretty on the desktop- and if I do want it, I don't want it built in. I want to stick my own prettiness on top of everything if I want it, and I want it to be consistent- and dismissible if it gets to be too much.
I am a major fiend for theming and customization, but *I* want to be the one doing it, and I don't want different applications having their own ridiculous ideas of how to "improve" the base appearance of the system.
Isn't there a tyrant in every OSS project? I mean, Linus is the king of Linux, he just happens to listen to the parliament a good deal. Someone has to initiate a project, and you're free to fork if you don't like it.
Feels like another misconception to file next to "Open Source doesn't make money!"
It's been read and re-read and loaned out (often to people going to other countries) that it's in sad, sad shape. Now, see, I need to get that in palm doc format.
You can play Everquest, Ultima Online (3D client,) America's Army, Warcraft 3, all Sims versions, and every half-life mod known to man with a GeForce2 MX and an Athlon 1 ghz quite nicely. It may not be as pretty as your more powerful cards, but your gaming experience with older gear is still quite good. You're not really missing out on the most popular gaming venues with an old system.
Also, it's often not a matter of not being able to afford the card, but a matter of interest. If the low-end integrated video can play the more popular titles, it's possible that the player might develop an interest in gaming that he didn't have when he bought the machine (reason no. 1 to ALWAYS make sure you have proper expansion slots!)
You know and I know that all Lik Sang did was change the name of the company. I'm sure there will be another company very soon selling "OpenX86BoxBios" which is exactly the same thing.
Ha ha, Microsoft. Even the horse you rode in on is smarter.
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Special reference to: "Groups that do not exist".
Back in my day, they really DID put vanilla desktop chips into laptops! A friend of mine had a 200mhz laptop that heated up so much that it melted the keys on the keyboard above the heat exhaust (which went right out of the PCMCIA slots, good thing he wasn't a serious card user...)
Connectix' Virtual PC will run all those little, random windows applications very nicely.
Just about the only thing you can't do on Virtual PC is play very heavy games- but you're doing that on your Mac natively, right?
A trained chicken could participate in a plurality vote (obviously, even the sub-chicken constituency gives it their best try) while you'd need to think about what you wrote down before you went to the polling place if we had anything even slightly more sophisticated.
Can you remedy that?
Nine out of ten bathroom musings are written in pen (the other 1 is evenly split between Sharpie markers and car keys.)
The user did absolutely everything right. She paid her bills on time, called when there was a problem. The ISP did absolutely everything wrong. Due to an error on their part, they cut her off, and it did not specify in their agreement what their policy is on non-payment.
Surely, you can write down your policies when you run an ISP? And when a new situation arises, or someone points out the deficiency, you can give the person the benefit of the doubt, can't you? Is it that hard?
Just like wordprocessors never defeated the ballpoint pen. You certainly can't write FUCK THA POLEECE on the side of a bathroom stall with Word 2000.
Perhaps they're referring to a focus on marketing this idea to people that may not know that one can do this sort of thing? I don't know, it's really a fluff piece anyway.
Ballpoint pens proclaimed "the wave of the future".
Perhaps, when confronted with carrying a snake across the river on our backs, we are properly wary?
It was a matter of unique geographical location that saved the US and let it keep its toys to make bigger toys. No bullies grew up in our backyard. That is the real secret of American dominance. Perhaps people forget it because they are determined to stick with one idea, rather than be equally proud of the truth. There's nothing shameful about being in place and taking advantage of chance. To pretend that a "can-do" spirit was responsible for everything America has now is a rather biased and reckless opinion of history. You'll find inspirational spirit and exceptional people in every culture on earth- America was just in the right place at the right time.
The effects of duplication bugs were far smaller than simple design imbalances- monsters yielding thousands of gold were trivial to destroy once you got a tamer up to high enough of a level, or a bard. And don't even get me started on the effects of sunken treasure or So one could rack up lots of gold completely within the confines of the game.
I'd blame the designers' lack of understanding with regards to gold faucets and sinks for UO's situation. Only recently have they started to get a handle on it, and it's far too late.
It's just change propagation that's a bitch.
RantRadio does this- and in fact it's managed to get licenses to play its music from the labels representing artists it plays.
And they are always looking for new things.
I mean, hey, if Episode III fails, they can always blame piracy!
Pretty's gotta go all the way down to the bottom, below "usable", "fast," and "capable". All of the most serious interface sins I have seen have all been committed in the holy name of prettiness.
I say this as a graphic designer- my job is to *make* the pretty. I don't feel an overriding urge to put the pretty on the desktop- and if I do want it, I don't want it built in. I want to stick my own prettiness on top of everything if I want it, and I want it to be consistent- and dismissible if it gets to be too much.
I am a major fiend for theming and customization, but *I* want to be the one doing it, and I don't want different applications having their own ridiculous ideas of how to "improve" the base appearance of the system.
If he makes some kind of claim that it has relevance to DRM... well, then, he's set.
I advise that he not only patent it, but work on an implementation for securing some sort of digital media with it, whether it actually works or not.
Even if it's pure garbage, it won't be the first time, and he'll still have his advance money.
Of course, Japanese people with that name are just as SOL.
These guys are like aliens- just remember that.
If their advertising dollars are worth more than the money in their bank.... well then, they're in the wrong business!
Isn't there a tyrant in every OSS project? I mean, Linus is the king of Linux, he just happens to listen to the parliament a good deal. Someone has to initiate a project, and you're free to fork if you don't like it.
Feels like another misconception to file next to "Open Source doesn't make money!"
If the data is fake I can just vulcan neck pinch the mofo and throw him in a dumpster.
Although, would you mind so much getting body contact from a lovely female spam-vixen?
It's been read and re-read and loaned out (often to people going to other countries) that it's in sad, sad shape. Now, see, I need to get that in palm doc format.
Dark club, a whisper in your ear.
"I know what you like".
A fleeting touch verifies it- she sure does.
So, she settles down next to you, and rests her hand on your leg. It can't be the data-transmission that's making you shiver, you've done this before.
A few breathless minutes later, she smiles, and kisses you lightly on the forehead.
"Keep the faith."
You know you will. After all, a quick glance at your PDA shows that you've benefitted twice tonight.
You can play Everquest, Ultima Online (3D client,) America's Army, Warcraft 3, all Sims versions, and every half-life mod known to man with a GeForce2 MX and an Athlon 1 ghz quite nicely. It may not be as pretty as your more powerful cards, but your gaming experience with older gear is still quite good. You're not really missing out on the most popular gaming venues with an old system.
Also, it's often not a matter of not being able to afford the card, but a matter of interest. If the low-end integrated video can play the more popular titles, it's possible that the player might develop an interest in gaming that he didn't have when he bought the machine (reason no. 1 to ALWAYS make sure you have proper expansion slots!)
Hopefully you'll present this list at your parole hearing. No doubt you'll look a lot better than most that show up there.
You know and I know that all Lik Sang did was change the name of the company. I'm sure there will be another company very soon selling "OpenX86BoxBios" which is exactly the same thing.
Ha ha, Microsoft. Even the horse you rode in on is smarter.