You bring up some great points, and it is readily apparent that 4E is just a marketing gimmick for WotC to release a new ruleset to license to Computer Game makers, which I'm sure is far more profitable than D&D books.
Its not like they don't make enough money off Magic: The Gathering on its own.
Those who were eligible for the over time pay were awarded settlements from IBM as result of the lawsuit. The lawyers sent out a notice to all the IBM employees who were included in the class, and each person had to opt-in. Payouts were based on IBM band level (job rank), job family, time as a regular employee and some mysterious formula.
I opted in and was paid a nice healthy amount for the overtime I worked, even after I had left IBM for a job with another company.
they'll lose their market share in 2 years, along with Dell !
No, Dell gets it. They realise that people want to install other operating systems on their hardware than just windows, and offer Linux as a preinstall on several servers, and of course the Ubuntu laptops.
I've been a PC gamer for 15 years and regularly updated my system, especially during those college years, when 3D gaming really started to take off.
That said, my last computer upgrade was 3 years ago. I never bought the top of the line equipment, preferring to stay back a couple versions or down a couple chipsets to save money and get bang for my buck. My gaming rig through college was the same computer with updated motherboard, CPU, RAM and/or video card. After college with a steady income, I built whole new computers, but never more than $1000 total price. When I built my system 3 years ago, however, I put down almost $2000 for the highest end components I could get for that budget. I knew that it would be a long time before I upgrade again, due to getting married and having children.
I was pleased with the results (on both counts;)), as I was still able to play Oblivion at reasonable quality/detail levels when it came out. Experience as a system administrator, with scalability and ROI in mind, helped the planning greatly. Now I'm looking at some new income and a new computer upgrade. The planned system will cost less than the previous, but its capability will be greater, and it will still beat the pants off the consoles.
19 pages - more pages to serve adverts. A few paragraphs on each page, and on "print" so you can't just read the whole thing in one page.
Anyone who expects anything else from Tom's Hardware hasn't been around long. That site has been an advertisement haven, which is the primary reason I don't bother with the site.
Of course, with Firefox and adblock, I see minimal or no ads there.
Yes they certainly can, and IBM holds thousands of patents on business methods and processes. In fact, this is one of the ways they achieve the record number of patents filed/awarded every year. I used to work for IBM, and one of the best ways to rise the technical career ladder, rather than the management ladder, is to file and be awarded more patents. IBM has a whole process for how they create patents, reward employees who create patents that earn revenue, and a whole other host of patent-related methods. I'm sure that is all patented as well.
For more on business method patents, see wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_method_patent
"... Google, which as recently announced that it's going to start running image and video ads and plastering ads on its YouTube videos. Once a company starts thinking about its own interests over that of its customers..."
Yeah, except Google's customers are the ADVERTISERS, not the people watching videos on YouTube.
Don't forget that every node in BlueGene/L runs Linux. I don't know how many nodes they're upto, but its several tens or hundreds of thousands of square footage entirely comprised of racked IBM Bladecenters, so IBM themselves covers a substantial number of Linux hosts just in their supercomputers.
I have an LG-LX150. I too didn't want a camera mp3 pda when I had to get a phone for work, so I hunted. And hunted. And I found this one. I do need text messaging (unlimited, for system monitoring alerts), which it handles quite well. The LX150 also has bluetooth, calendar, ringtones, web browsing and some other stuff, but I have that stuff disabled or just ignore it. I went with Sprint, but the phone might be available on other providers.
... that the "hardcore" gamer is only a niche in the overall gaming market. So what does it matter if Nintendo is not focusing their efforts on games for that niche?
Statistically speaking, most people who buy video games, for all platforms, are not what people on/. would consider hardcore. Many hardcore gamers are becoming casual as they grow up, myself included. As someone else pointed out, having kids and a 8-5/9-6 job cuts into the gaming time, and most "hardcore" games are rated M for very good reason. These titles aren't kid friendly, and they're not family friendly. They're typically longer and more in depth, moreso than most people have time for.
Hell, I don't have time to even play Zelda Twilight Princess on my Wii, and I *LOVE* that game.
By your logic, everyone who makes money from selling their things at garage/yard sales, craigs lists and local auctions would have to report that money as income.
The government doesn't tax the sale of used items. Theoretically most if not all virtual items are used, since someone had to get those items first, and it wasn't from paying a retailer some amount of money to get them.
Unfortunately, our Congress is full of people like the "internet is a series of tubes" guy, so this might fly.
I use Passreminder . It has a "memory stick" version and is java based and works on both Windows and Linux off my FAT based usb flash drive.
Stupid html formatting not default.
I use <a href="http://eyecanseeyou.free.fr/passreminder_pa<nobr>s<wbr></wbr></nobr> sword_manager/index.php?title=PassReminder_Main_P<nobr>a<wbr></wbr></nobr> ge">Passreminder </a>. It has a "memory stick" version and is java based and works on both Windows and Linux off my FAT based usb flash drive.
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I was doing openssh(+sftp) with chroot on Solaris 2.6 several years ago. Does this have some Ubuntu GUI to make it easy or something?
This is a fantastic book on the subject, and required reading for anyone working in IT. Or with IT. It covers a lot of issues faced on daily basis.
IT Ethics Handbook by Stephen Northcutt
I was able to compile the code on a CentOS 5.1 system and the exploit worked.
You bring up some great points, and it is readily apparent that 4E is just a marketing gimmick for WotC to release a new ruleset to license to Computer Game makers, which I'm sure is far more profitable than D&D books.
Its not like they don't make enough money off Magic: The Gathering on its own.
Those who were eligible for the over time pay were awarded settlements from IBM as result of the lawsuit. The lawyers sent out a notice to all the IBM employees who were included in the class, and each person had to opt-in. Payouts were based on IBM band level (job rank), job family, time as a regular employee and some mysterious formula.
I opted in and was paid a nice healthy amount for the overtime I worked, even after I had left IBM for a job with another company.
No, Dell gets it. They realise that people want to install other operating systems on their hardware than just windows, and offer Linux as a preinstall on several servers, and of course the Ubuntu laptops.
As an IT Manager... One day, some place I work, I want to set up a DMZ for laptops.
I'm confused. Can you not make that decision as an IT manager? Or are you just an IT peon supervisor in a gigantic company?
If you have any authority at all, make that a project, or put together a project plan to pass up your chain.
Of course, that might take some effort.
We didn't have fancy toys for Christmas. We had sticks and rocks, and we were happier for it!
:-\
Uh, I guess because the sticks and rocks didn't contain dangerous chemicals?
To quote Dave Ramsey (http://www.daveramsey.com/) - a nationally syndicated radio show host and best selling author in the area of personal finance.
"The lotto is a tax on the poor and a tax on people who can't do math."
Mod parent +1 insightful!
;)), as I was still able to play Oblivion at reasonable quality/detail levels when it came out. Experience as a system administrator, with scalability and ROI in mind, helped the planning greatly. Now I'm looking at some new income and a new computer upgrade. The planned system will cost less than the previous, but its capability will be greater, and it will still beat the pants off the consoles.
I've been a PC gamer for 15 years and regularly updated my system, especially during those college years, when 3D gaming really started to take off.
That said, my last computer upgrade was 3 years ago. I never bought the top of the line equipment, preferring to stay back a couple versions or down a couple chipsets to save money and get bang for my buck. My gaming rig through college was the same computer with updated motherboard, CPU, RAM and/or video card. After college with a steady income, I built whole new computers, but never more than $1000 total price. When I built my system 3 years ago, however, I put down almost $2000 for the highest end components I could get for that budget. I knew that it would be a long time before I upgrade again, due to getting married and having children.
I was pleased with the results (on both counts
Oh, and I have a Nintendo Wii. Its fun.
19 pages - more pages to serve adverts. A few paragraphs on each page, and on "print" so you can't just read the whole thing in one page.
Anyone who expects anything else from Tom's Hardware hasn't been around long. That site has been an advertisement haven, which is the primary reason I don't bother with the site.
Of course, with Firefox and adblock, I see minimal or no ads there.
He forgot to mention he's in Soviet Russia...
If I could mod to Score:6, I would.
Our president is fighting the war on terror. Bin Laden is WINNING the war on terror.
I love being treated like a criminal/terrorist, under the government's constant scrutiny, in my own "free" country.
While BioWare makes some truly excellent games (KOTOR, Baldur's Gate), they have a terrible time fixing longstanding bugs in others (NWN, NWN2).
Of course, I don't care for EA much either, so I'll find someone else's games to buy. At least until EA swallows those companies up as well.
Yes they certainly can, and IBM holds thousands of patents on business methods and processes. In fact, this is one of the ways they achieve the record number of patents filed/awarded every year. I used to work for IBM, and one of the best ways to rise the technical career ladder, rather than the management ladder, is to file and be awarded more patents. IBM has a whole process for how they create patents, reward employees who create patents that earn revenue, and a whole other host of patent-related methods. I'm sure that is all patented as well.
For more on business method patents, see wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_method_patent
"... Google, which as recently announced that it's going to start running image and video ads and plastering ads on its YouTube videos. Once a company starts thinking about its own interests over that of its customers ..."
Yeah, except Google's customers are the ADVERTISERS, not the people watching videos on YouTube.
"I can't wait to sit through a dozen commercials while I try to waste some free time."
What, you mean, like watching cable TV?
I don't know why MTV is bothering. Second Life brought "reality" to video games...
Don't forget that every node in BlueGene/L runs Linux. I don't know how many nodes they're upto, but its several tens or hundreds of thousands of square footage entirely comprised of racked IBM Bladecenters, so IBM themselves covers a substantial number of Linux hosts just in their supercomputers.
I have an LG-LX150. I too didn't want a camera mp3 pda when I had to get a phone for work, so I hunted. And hunted. And I found this one. I do need text messaging (unlimited, for system monitoring alerts), which it handles quite well. The LX150 also has bluetooth, calendar, ringtones, web browsing and some other stuff, but I have that stuff disabled or just ignore it. I went with Sprint, but the phone might be available on other providers.
... that the "hardcore" gamer is only a niche in the overall gaming market. So what does it matter if Nintendo is not focusing their efforts on games for that niche?
/. would consider hardcore. Many hardcore gamers are becoming casual as they grow up, myself included. As someone else pointed out, having kids and a 8-5/9-6 job cuts into the gaming time, and most "hardcore" games are rated M for very good reason. These titles aren't kid friendly, and they're not family friendly. They're typically longer and more in depth, moreso than most people have time for.
Statistically speaking, most people who buy video games, for all platforms, are not what people on
Hell, I don't have time to even play Zelda Twilight Princess on my Wii, and I *LOVE* that game.
By your logic, everyone who makes money from selling their things at garage/yard sales, craigs lists and local auctions would have to report that money as income.
The government doesn't tax the sale of used items. Theoretically most if not all virtual items are used, since someone had to get those items first, and it wasn't from paying a retailer some amount of money to get them.
Unfortunately, our Congress is full of people like the "internet is a series of tubes" guy, so this might fly.
Here you go, plenty of fuel about how much Notes sucks. http://lotusnotessucks.4t.com/
I use Passreminder . It has a "memory stick" version and is java based and works on both Windows and Linux off my FAT based usb flash drive. Stupid html formatting not default.
I use <a href="http://eyecanseeyou.free.fr/passreminder_pa<nobr>s<wbr></wbr></nobr> sword_manager/index.php?title=PassReminder_Main_P<nobr>a<wbr></wbr></nobr> ge">Passreminder </a>. It has a "memory stick" version and is java based and works on both Windows and Linux off my FAT based usb flash drive.