This is such a non issue. 10 minutes of in game observation of a character actively playing probably gives you nearly all this information anyway. I mean when the mage I'm dueling pulls out a Water Elemental and silences me with a Counterspell, it's not going to be too difficult to figure out his build.
*XP is released, Dell sells a billion computers* Customers: Why the hell won't your computer allow me to edit my pictures, and why do I have a virus? Tech Support: Well you need to install this third party software and... Customers: AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's too hard!!!!!!!!!!!! Do it for me!!!!!!!!!!! System Builders: OK, it's all installed. Customers: Why the hell is my computer so slow? Tech Support: Well you said that you wanted us to install this software for you and... Customers: AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Make my computer faster!!!!!!!!!!! System Builders: OK, it's a bare build again. *Vista is released* Customers: Why the hell won't your computer allow me to edit my pictures and why do I have a virus?
If it's really going to be exclusive with Cingular, you're right, you probably can't even buy it without a contract. Which is too bad, I'm sure more than a few users who don't like Cingular will take a pass on it solely for this reason. I wonder what Cingular brought to the party to get this kind of a sweet deal?
Also, Apple should do themselves a favor and drop the "iPod" portion from this and go after the business market.
We get jack shit. This year they didn't even let us out our customary 2 hours early the last day; guess they figured with Christmas on a Monday it wasn't necessary.
Also, is it just me or does a contract consultant have no right to bitch about not getting any kind of Christmas bonus? My god for what they're probably charging that company, they should be sending the CEO a ham.
The level of myopia that some people can present is just staggering. You take a guy who does for you what for years everyone in Hollywood thought was impossible: Make a LOTR movie that is not only successful, but well received by the fans. And those two statements are of course generous; LOTR literally made everyone involved hundreds of millions of dollars, and is now considered one of the greatest achievements in film history. Not only that, the man has given you a cash cow that is already being milked for millions more, and will be continue to be milked for years to come. And you're taking him to task because of accounting issues?
What kind of accounting sin could they have possibly committed that would cause you to not want this man to give you The Hobbit? I get this probably cost someone a lot of money, but come on, unless it was a straight $50 million embezzlement, let the man work.
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Also something like this is probably only going to be used for people with very severe cases. I've got diabetes but I can easily keep my blood sugar in the 90-120 range by just watching what I eat and taking something called Amaryl.
And BTW, the study could EASILY be backwards. Maybe autistic children make parents move to towns with cable. It's just as likely, from the given facts.
Yes you made your point, many media reports on studies (and yes perhaps even some researchers themselves) make the mistake of assuming correlation = causation. But let's not be silly here. Is it really so hard to believe that exposing young children to ever increasing amounts of bright, colorful, fast moving images on television might result in higher rates of autism? Yes, again, I know, it's just a correlation now, there is no direct evidence to suggest this, but something like this does deserve further study.
How is this news? Apple just released a 3 yeard old technology with a cute name and useless features! I mean come on, I'm shocked that the President hasn't addressed the nation yet!
When you buy a PS3, someone from Sony will come and kill your puppy or kitty. If you do not have a puppy or kitty, one will be assigned to you, and then it will be killed.
If Dvorak was smart, he'd get a patent for that word quickly, then sell the rights to Steve Jobs for use in his next MacWorld keynote. You know, the one where Apple is going to announce they are purchasing the country of China, and setting up a new Mac store on Europa?
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This is such a non issue. 10 minutes of in game observation of a character actively playing probably gives you nearly all this information anyway. I mean when the mage I'm dueling pulls out a Water Elemental and silences me with a Counterspell, it's not going to be too difficult to figure out his build.
Yes because Blizzard has never had a history of delaying their games past announced release dates before.
It must suck to be a computer manufacturer.
*XP is released, Dell sells a billion computers*
Customers: Why the hell won't your computer allow me to edit my pictures, and why do I have a virus?
Tech Support: Well you need to install this third party software and...
Customers: AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's too hard!!!!!!!!!!!! Do it for me!!!!!!!!!!!
System Builders: OK, it's all installed.
Customers: Why the hell is my computer so slow?
Tech Support: Well you said that you wanted us to install this software for you and...
Customers: AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Make my computer faster!!!!!!!!!!!
System Builders: OK, it's a bare build again.
*Vista is released*
Customers: Why the hell won't your computer allow me to edit my pictures and why do I have a virus?
If it's really going to be exclusive with Cingular, you're right, you probably can't even buy it without a contract. Which is too bad, I'm sure more than a few users who don't like Cingular will take a pass on it solely for this reason. I wonder what Cingular brought to the party to get this kind of a sweet deal?
Also, Apple should do themselves a favor and drop the "iPod" portion from this and go after the business market.
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It's a complicated business model, called ConnectedLife.Home, and it's bound to pit the new group against other Best Buy factions like Geek Squad."
Kind of like how the new Ferrari dealership is going to compete against the Toyota dealership across the street.
We get jack shit. This year they didn't even let us out our customary 2 hours early the last day; guess they figured with Christmas on a Monday it wasn't necessary. Also, is it just me or does a contract consultant have no right to bitch about not getting any kind of Christmas bonus? My god for what they're probably charging that company, they should be sending the CEO a ham.
While the project will continue, it appears that Novell is not committed to developing a viable open-source alternative to MS Exchange.
I know it'll never happen, but I've said many times before, the best thing Novell could do for their Linux interests is open source Groupwise.
The level of myopia that some people can present is just staggering. You take a guy who does for you what for years everyone in Hollywood thought was impossible: Make a LOTR movie that is not only successful, but well received by the fans. And those two statements are of course generous; LOTR literally made everyone involved hundreds of millions of dollars, and is now considered one of the greatest achievements in film history. Not only that, the man has given you a cash cow that is already being milked for millions more, and will be continue to be milked for years to come. And you're taking him to task because of accounting issues?
What kind of accounting sin could they have possibly committed that would cause you to not want this man to give you The Hobbit? I get this probably cost someone a lot of money, but come on, unless it was a straight $50 million embezzlement, let the man work.
Clearly, development cycles are somewhat accelerated in the near future. ;)
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Also something like this is probably only going to be used for people with very severe cases. I've got diabetes but I can easily keep my blood sugar in the 90-120 range by just watching what I eat and taking something called Amaryl.
And BTW, the study could EASILY be backwards. Maybe autistic children make parents move to towns with cable. It's just as likely, from the given facts.
Yes you made your point, many media reports on studies (and yes perhaps even some researchers themselves) make the mistake of assuming correlation = causation. But let's not be silly here. Is it really so hard to believe that exposing young children to ever increasing amounts of bright, colorful, fast moving images on television might result in higher rates of autism? Yes, again, I know, it's just a correlation now, there is no direct evidence to suggest this, but something like this does deserve further study.
Now there's a gamer -- standing in line at GameStop from 6:30 to 9 qualifies as "camping out".
In the guys defense, that's probably about how long the battery in his PSP was good for.
I have successfully created room-temperature fusion power by putting my phyladendron on the kitchen window sill.
Now they're going to have to wait 6 whole months and spend 10 whole minutes coming up with another lame-ass random fee to tack onto your bill!
I want an iPhone! Gimme gimme gimme gimme now!!!!!
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How is this news? Apple just released a 3 yeard old technology with a cute name and useless features! I mean come on, I'm shocked that the President hasn't addressed the nation yet!
When you buy a PS3, someone from Sony will come and kill your puppy or kitty. If you do not have a puppy or kitty, one will be assigned to you, and then it will be killed.
Homer: Son, you tried, and you failed. The lesson is: Never Try.
If Dvorak was smart, he'd get a patent for that word quickly, then sell the rights to Steve Jobs for use in his next MacWorld keynote. You know, the one where Apple is going to announce they are purchasing the country of China, and setting up a new Mac store on Europa?
...that malda[at]slashdot.org has been blackholed to /dev/null for years now. Rob is much to busy polishing his monocle to answer email.
Wait a minute, that's not right...
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