You can sort your mail. They're called labels, and they are functionally the exact same thing as folders. The only difference is the added benefit that an item can have multiple labels at once.
And every single one of those bugs is well documented and the fixes are widely available. Yes, it is annoying that IE 5 and 5.5 implement the box model completely wrong, among other things. Those of us who have to code web pages for a living learned those workarounds years ago. Check your favorite search engine and you won't have to "hard code" anything anymore. Hard code?
the post mentions a CCG arcade game. I remember hearing about an arcade game in Japan where you actually bought booster packs from a vending machine and then used those cards in the arcade game, swiping them to use them or something. Does anyone have any info or links to this?
I'll take your plug one step further and mention that there's a version of StepMania that'll run on a modded xbox. I have it and aside from some problems displaying avi's in the background, it runs perfectly. And you can make your own tracks! Check it out...
Is not that the hybrids are getting(significantly) less than advertised mileage. The real story is the blog linked to in the article, Hybrid Buzz. That blog, and ones like it, has the potential to undue millions of dollars worth of advertising. Pretty amazing considering that according to this prick, blogs are worthless.
Shut up! Don't you know Bloggers are the new AOL users? How can we complain about them ruining our beautiful perfect web if you go posting easy solutions like that?
Mod parent down. There was no requirement to enter a credit card number to redeem free songs. You did have to create an account, but that consisted of picking a user name and password and giving up your already spammed to death email.
Mod the parent down. There is no insight contained within the post. He/she is completely incorrect about needing to enter a credit card number to redeem a song. When you open up iTunes Music Store, all you have to do is click on the pepsi logo in the center right on the window. It clearly says Redeem Song.
For those who know where to look, you can find a fair amount of copywrited text content online. The thing is, what the hell do you do with it? You really don't want to read an entire novel sitting at your desk. And printing them out? Easier to just buy the book.
Until now. Assuming this device can display content unencumbered by DRM, its only a matter of time until these files become more prevalent.
I'm not sure what it all means, though. The publishing industry has been vigilant about making sure digital copies of their media stay out of the hands of pirates, and probably think they've been very successful. But the real reason text content hasn't been traded much on P2P networks is because of the lack of an acceptable playback device.
but not one that I respect. All the posts I've read imply that there is strategy and skill in playing your typical MMO, but they're actually talking about min/maxing. Min/maxing is the 'strategy' of gaining optimal value for your experience, knowing which skills to buy, what weapons to have, etc. The skill is knowing how the game functions and building the best possible character to match. The related skill is knowing how to 'game' the system. Figuring out how the AI works, managing the health and stats of your party, etc.
There's a final skill to these guys that ties the other two together: Deluding yourself into thinking that anything else is going on.
Perhaps the first person who figures out what it takes to kill the uber-monster and coordinates the players to do it is applying skill, but the ones who go with him? They might as well be AI party members.
I want those MMORPG's to be more than they are, I really do. I'm an old school pen and paper player, and the idea of having those amazing worlds displayed on my screen in full 3d wonder makes my heart leap with joy. But the gameplay is everything I disliked about pen and paper honed to a razor sharp edge. Everyone is a munchkin, the game IS about the leveling, and everyone talks in a modern game specific slang (uber, agro, mog), occasionally peppered with the odd "hail".
With Planetside, I feel like something new has been added to the table. The twitch component makes me feel like I'm doing something to earn my experience, regardless of the fact that the game itself is relatively shallow at this point.
Here's hoping the next batch will take the best of both worlds and make something truly extraordinary.
I disagree. Both stories were about the future, despite Pattern Recognition being set in the present. While it had it's faults (uneven pacing being my biggest criticism) Pattern Reconition to me was William Gibson shedding his writing of all the trappings that had become the 'cyberpunk" genre. Neural interfaces, cybernetic implants, magical nanotechnology, all of it has become a sort of replacement for writing about the future. Instead "cyberpunk" authors have taken to writing about neet technology.
makes no mention of the ipod lookalike (NHD-150D). Perhaps they can get away with copying the ipod interface in Korea because of differing IP laws?
The english site link: http://nextway.co.kr/english/
A lot of statements will be made to the effect of: why should I spend $250 for a 4gb player when I can get the 15gb version for $300?
Answer: They are not different versions of the same product!!! They occupy two seperate categories:
the pack of cards sized hold my entire music collection hard disk based mp3 jukebox
the stick of gum, listen to while I'm working out, hold the stuff I'm actually listening to right now walkman replacement
This new player is obviously of the later type, and it should be viewed and evaluated as such. I've been shopping around for a small mp3 player to use while exercising, and this fits the bill perfectly!
at the Game Developers Conference in San Jose last year. A groupd of guys threw an Indie Game Jam and most of the games were of this type. Interesting stuff.
Terrorism. How do you stop an oppressive regime bent on destroying your rights? When they have an infinite amount of power and you have none? When even your right to vote is being dissolved, not that it made any difference what you voted in the first place...
Corporate executives are a cowardly lot, so I'd wager that a bullet in the head of a chosen few (the head of product development at Diebold Voting Systems for example) might make them think twice about their next amoral profit above all costs decision.
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You can sort your mail. They're called labels, and they are functionally the exact same thing as folders. The only difference is the added benefit that an item can have multiple labels at once.
to post the predictable Mary Kate and Ashley Olson joke... ...
damn, can't think of anything.
And every single one of those bugs is well documented and the fixes are widely available. Yes, it is annoying that IE 5 and 5.5 implement the box model completely wrong, among other things. Those of us who have to code web pages for a living learned those workarounds years ago. Check your favorite search engine and you won't have to "hard code" anything anymore. Hard code?
3) Charge clients for advertising their product to unfortunate fools who download your application.
Ever had an original thought? You should try it sometime!
Basically a turn based strategy game. You grab resources and build settlements and cities to be the first to get a certain number of points.
the post mentions a CCG arcade game. I remember hearing about an arcade game in Japan where you actually bought booster packs from a vending machine and then used those cards in the arcade game, swiping them to use them or something. Does anyone have any info or links to this?
I'll take your plug one step further and mention that there's a version of StepMania that'll run on a modded xbox. I have it and aside from some problems displaying avi's in the background, it runs perfectly. And you can make your own tracks! Check it out...
Cute girl, in a band. Needed a website for said band. Now, technically I didn't stipulate the sex as payment, but would I have received it otherwise?
Is not that the hybrids are getting(significantly) less than advertised mileage. The real story is the blog linked to in the article, Hybrid Buzz. That blog, and ones like it, has the potential to undue millions of dollars worth of advertising. Pretty amazing considering that according to this prick, blogs are worthless.
This is a story I'm going to follow.
Shut up! Don't you know Bloggers are the new AOL users? How can we complain about them ruining our beautiful perfect web if you go posting easy solutions like that?
So, it's a broken computer?
Like how Microsoft prevented me from doing anything "cool" with my Xbox right? Oh, wait. Email me if you want to talk about this further.
Uhm, Newsflash! If its open, we can put our own apps on it and f**k their jvm or closed source apps.
Mod parent down. There was no requirement to enter a credit card number to redeem free songs. You did have to create an account, but that consisted of picking a user name and password and giving up your already spammed to death email.
Mod the parent down. There is no insight contained within the post. He/she is completely incorrect about needing to enter a credit card number to redeem a song. When you open up iTunes Music Store, all you have to do is click on the pepsi logo in the center right on the window. It clearly says Redeem Song.
"I kill Gandolf"
For those who know where to look, you can find a fair amount of copywrited text content online. The thing is, what the hell do you do with it? You really don't want to read an entire novel sitting at your desk. And printing them out? Easier to just buy the book.
Until now. Assuming this device can display content unencumbered by DRM, its only a matter of time until these files become more prevalent.
I'm not sure what it all means, though. The publishing industry has been vigilant about making sure digital copies of their media stay out of the hands of pirates, and probably think they've been very successful. But the real reason text content hasn't been traded much on P2P networks is because of the lack of an acceptable playback device.
So, now what?
but not one that I respect. All the posts I've read imply that there is strategy and skill in playing your typical MMO, but they're actually talking about min/maxing. Min/maxing is the 'strategy' of gaining optimal value for your experience, knowing which skills to buy, what weapons to have, etc. The skill is knowing how the game functions and building the best possible character to match. The related skill is knowing how to 'game' the system. Figuring out how the AI works, managing the health and stats of your party, etc.
There's a final skill to these guys that ties the other two together: Deluding yourself into thinking that anything else is going on.
Perhaps the first person who figures out what it takes to kill the uber-monster and coordinates the players to do it is applying skill, but the ones who go with him? They might as well be AI party members.
I want those MMORPG's to be more than they are, I really do. I'm an old school pen and paper player, and the idea of having those amazing worlds displayed on my screen in full 3d wonder makes my heart leap with joy. But the gameplay is everything I disliked about pen and paper honed to a razor sharp edge. Everyone is a munchkin, the game IS about the leveling, and everyone talks in a modern game specific slang (uber, agro, mog), occasionally peppered with the odd "hail".
With Planetside, I feel like something new has been added to the table. The twitch component makes me feel like I'm doing something to earn my experience, regardless of the fact that the game itself is relatively shallow at this point.
Here's hoping the next batch will take the best of both worlds and make something truly extraordinary.
We're #1!!! We're #1!!! We're #1!!!
I disagree. Both stories were about the future, despite Pattern Recognition being set in the present. While it had it's faults (uneven pacing being my biggest criticism) Pattern Reconition to me was William Gibson shedding his writing of all the trappings that had become the 'cyberpunk" genre. Neural interfaces, cybernetic implants, magical nanotechnology, all of it has become a sort of replacement for writing about the future. Instead "cyberpunk" authors have taken to writing about neet technology.
makes no mention of the ipod lookalike (NHD-150D). Perhaps they can get away with copying the ipod interface in Korea because of differing IP laws?
The english site link:
http://nextway.co.kr/english/
Magic did release fixed playable out of the box decks. But you're still right about the money drain.
Answer: They are not different versions of the same product!!! They occupy two seperate categories:
This new player is obviously of the later type, and it should be viewed and evaluated as such. I've been shopping around for a small mp3 player to use while exercising, and this fits the bill perfectly!
at the Game Developers Conference in San Jose last year. A groupd of guys threw an Indie Game Jam and most of the games were of this type. Interesting stuff.
Terrorism. How do you stop an oppressive regime bent on destroying your rights? When they have an infinite amount of power and you have none? When even your right to vote is being dissolved, not that it made any difference what you voted in the first place...
Corporate executives are a cowardly lot, so I'd wager that a bullet in the head of a chosen few (the head of product development at Diebold Voting Systems for example) might make them think twice about their next amoral profit above all costs decision.