Does Go Daddy give you free DNS with your registration? Last time I looked (3 yrs?) I couldn't figure it out from the marketing materials and tech support was no help either.
Me: "My web server is at www.xxx.yyy.zzz, can I enter that into GoDaddy's control panel once I sign up so my site works?" GoDaddy: "Chewbacca!" Me: "That doesn't make sense."
Currently I use Gandi.net ($15/yr) because of 1) inertia, they USED to be a great deal and 2) they host DNS too for no extra fee, and I can even edit the raw DNS data.
However, I would drop them in a hot capitalist second for a cheaper option. Their site is also a mess, and they are overseas which will make tech support a pain if I ever need it.
Yes, I know about Granite Canyon for free DNS, but their site is a pain in the ass, and I am lazy--I want it these services to be under one login with a pretty GUI.
(Side rant: My pet peeve are friends & family who know I have a web server, so they go register a domain name at some PAIN IN THE ASS but CHEAP registrar and then expect me to get it all working for them.)
I love pinball. The funny thing is that until a couple of years ago, I never played it. Well, I played it when I was a little kid. But now I am 33 and I am way into it.
Pretty much every time I see a place that might have pinball, I stop and take a look. I have never seen one set to $1/play. Factory settings these days are $0.50/play, and there are often deals like 3 plays for $1 or 5 plays for $2. Of course you can price it however you want, but I've never seen $1/play.
That aside -- yes, they are all frickin' broken. As another poster correctly pointed out, they require some maintenance, and the operators, spoiled by no-maintenance video games, don't take the time to do it. Lazy, stupid, inbred operators helped kill this fine industry! Finding a game that works well enough to really enjoy is rare.
So what do I do? I buy my own games.:) It's a greay hobby that I have really enjoyed for the last couple of years.
- Playing is fun, and well suits my short attention span. I can't stand a Final Fantasy RPG, but a game of pinball--that suits me fine. - Keeping the machines running and looking good is fun in its own right, like tinkering with a classic car. - They are a neat piece of American history (FINE, they were invented in France, but the modern form with flippers is an American innovation.) - When you get tired of a game, it's usually easy to flip it to another collector and make your money back. I currently have about $7500 worth of games, and if I wanted I could recover all that cost in a month.
A pinball is kinetic art with lots of blinkenlights. There are simulators, sure, but the only way to really experience pinball is to play a real game. Emulated pac-man, on the other hand, is still pac-man.
Pinball as an industry is nigh dead and I don't expect it to return. But it makes a great hobby anyway.
All you video-game snobs... try to find a good, working pinball game and play it. I think you will be surprised at how much fun it really is if you give it a chance. Plus, it's more retro-cool than any old Nintendo!
Oh, for the curious: you can get a failry modern game for around $1200 if you get lucky, but the A-list games are usually $2k and up, with some stable around $3500, and a couple of super-popular games at $5-6k. I'm talking used Bally/Williams classics here.
A new-in-box Stern game can be had from a distrubutor for about $3700 if you look around. Lot of people pan Stern, and it is true they have many duds, but they have a couple of really solid recent games like Simpsons and Lord of the Rings. Stern's current best stand up quite well to the best of the classics, IMHO.
Shipping is about $250 for any kind of pinball, so the best way to buy is from a private collector (no tax) within driving distance (no shipping and you can fully evaluate before you buy).
Anyone who buys a $5k Stern from Sharper Image needs to be punched for extreme silliness.
Anyone in Seattle who wants to play my games is welcome to come by.:)
There is some luck in pinball, but skill is the determining factor. There's a reason the same guys keep winning tournaments.
Hey, you could always get a UK pinball machine. They have a player-controlled post between the flippers; without one they are considered a game of chance. Silly Britons!
Current affordable hard drives are, well, pretty farking big already. I care a lot less about capacity now than reliability. I despise hard drives and look forward to the day when they are just a bad memory. (And I haven't even been burned badly, since I back up.)
Give me a guaranteed 5-year lifespan on a drive, then you'll have my patronage... more gigs don't get my attention anymore.
And the TSA isn't the only one with access to your bags, there are a lot of luggage handlers. But hey, why not fabricate an anti-foreigner conspiracy? We're cool with that here.
Oh, btw, never EMAIL a giant company for help.
Your whole story is kind of like admitting you had a "kick me" sign on.
Then our descendants, or their alien conquerors, will know us to be a race of wealthy, sexually potent individuals with easy access to drugs and attractive watches.
D&D, and most other role-playing games are exactly the embodiment of this. They are about teams achieving things...
Man, you must have had a great group with no backstabbing, self-centered halflings... or demented, unhelpful LG human clerics. Burn in hell, Kurt the Kleric, and your virtual clone, Eric the Cleric.
The Ranger: "Kurt! Help, I need healing. I'm freaking dying over here!" Kurt the Kleric: "You aren't hurt that bad."
or...
DM: "Your ally lays still, bleeding out into the dirt." The Party: "Kurt, heal him! There is still time to save him." Kurt the Kleric: "No, I want his armor."
Star Trek, and other Sci-Fi shows have influenced me since I was a small kid, with images of Captain Kirk and the Gorn duking it out. My Pop and I would watch, and have discussions of the future all throughout my childhood, adolescense, and (whatever excuse for) adulthood.
The Gorn episode just got my dad and I to beat the crap out of each other in the back yard. It did teach me how to make gunpowder, but the downside is I miss my dad.
This is bad. If they can apply decency to media I pay to have piped into my house, they'll shoot at DVD and CD content.
I think we can all agree that a simple media purchase waiting period and transfer of title paper trail will make it easy to continue to enjoy content rated PG-13 and below in a safe and reasonable manner.
Last time I returned an item to Best Buy I had an amazing experience. I walked to the return counter with my item and receipt, and stood there for 15 minutes while the returns clerk made phone calls attempting to verify that I had not JUST STOLEN the merchandise. Wow, that was annoying.
I like cars, but seeing the concept cars at an auto show is just annoying and frustrating. Same with new tech. Tell me when I can BUY it. I don't care what is going to hit 5 years from now. Most of this stuff vanishes into the vapor anyway.
Then after being over-stressed, over-worked, and suriving 4 and a half years of this, I get really sick and end up being fired and replaced with someone willing to work for half of my salary.
It sucks when you realize you are worth half what you thought you were!
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Does Go Daddy give you free DNS with your registration? Last time I looked (3 yrs?) I couldn't figure it out from the marketing materials and tech support was no help either.
Me: "My web server is at www.xxx.yyy.zzz, can I enter that into GoDaddy's control panel once I sign up so my site works?"
GoDaddy: "Chewbacca!"
Me: "That doesn't make sense."
Currently I use Gandi.net ($15/yr) because of 1) inertia, they USED to be a great deal and 2) they host DNS too for no extra fee, and I can even edit the raw DNS data.
However, I would drop them in a hot capitalist second for a cheaper option. Their site is also a mess, and they are overseas which will make tech support a pain if I ever need it.
Yes, I know about Granite Canyon for free DNS, but their site is a pain in the ass, and I am lazy--I want it these services to be under one login with a pretty GUI.
(Side rant: My pet peeve are friends & family who know I have a web server, so they go register a domain name at some PAIN IN THE ASS but CHEAP registrar and then expect me to get it all working for them.)
I love pinball. The funny thing is that until a couple of years ago, I never played it. Well, I played it when I was a little kid. But now I am 33 and I am way into it.
:) It's a greay hobby that I have really enjoyed for the last couple of years.
:)
Pretty much every time I see a place that might have pinball, I stop and take a look. I have never seen one set to $1/play. Factory settings these days are $0.50/play, and there are often deals like 3 plays for $1 or 5 plays for $2. Of course you can price it however you want, but I've never seen $1/play.
That aside -- yes, they are all frickin' broken. As another poster correctly pointed out, they require some maintenance, and the operators, spoiled by no-maintenance video games, don't take the time to do it. Lazy, stupid, inbred operators helped kill this fine industry! Finding a game that works well enough to really enjoy is rare.
So what do I do? I buy my own games.
- Playing is fun, and well suits my short attention span. I can't stand a Final Fantasy RPG, but a game of pinball--that suits me fine.
- Keeping the machines running and looking good is fun in its own right, like tinkering with a classic car.
- They are a neat piece of American history (FINE, they were invented in France, but the modern form with flippers is an American innovation.)
- When you get tired of a game, it's usually easy to flip it to another collector and make your money back. I currently have about $7500 worth of games, and if I wanted I could recover all that cost in a month.
A pinball is kinetic art with lots of blinkenlights. There are simulators, sure, but the only way to really experience pinball is to play a real game. Emulated pac-man, on the other hand, is still pac-man.
Pinball as an industry is nigh dead and I don't expect it to return. But it makes a great hobby anyway.
All you video-game snobs... try to find a good, working pinball game and play it. I think you will be surprised at how much fun it really is if you give it a chance. Plus, it's more retro-cool than any old Nintendo!
Oh, for the curious: you can get a failry modern game for around $1200 if you get lucky, but the A-list games are usually $2k and up, with some stable around $3500, and a couple of super-popular games at $5-6k. I'm talking used Bally/Williams classics here.
A new-in-box Stern game can be had from a distrubutor for about $3700 if you look around. Lot of people pan Stern, and it is true they have many duds, but they have a couple of really solid recent games like Simpsons and Lord of the Rings. Stern's current best stand up quite well to the best of the classics, IMHO.
Shipping is about $250 for any kind of pinball, so the best way to buy is from a private collector (no tax) within driving distance (no shipping and you can fully evaluate before you buy).
Anyone who buys a $5k Stern from Sharper Image needs to be punched for extreme silliness.
Anyone in Seattle who wants to play my games is welcome to come by.
I'd rather gamble, at least I have a chance then.
:)
Learn to play better.
There is some luck in pinball, but skill is the determining factor. There's a reason the same guys keep winning tournaments.
Hey, you could always get a UK pinball machine. They have a player-controlled post between the flippers; without one they are considered a game of chance. Silly Britons!
Current affordable hard drives are, well, pretty farking big already. I care a lot less about capacity now than reliability. I despise hard drives and look forward to the day when they are just a bad memory. (And I haven't even been burned badly, since I back up.)
Give me a guaranteed 5-year lifespan on a drive, then you'll have my patronage... more gigs don't get my attention anymore.
Holy fuck, you emailed a big company--numerous times--and they did not implement your feature request?
I gotta go lie down, my head is spinning.
You must be new to air travel.
Don't check anything valuable.
And the TSA isn't the only one with access to your bags, there are a lot of luggage handlers. But hey, why not fabricate an anti-foreigner conspiracy? We're cool with that here.
Oh, btw, never EMAIL a giant company for help.
Your whole story is kind of like admitting you had a "kick me" sign on.
Data never goes away once it's collected.
Tell that to my last Maxtor Diamond Plus 9, dead 2 weeks out of warranty.
Then our descendants, or their alien conquerors, will know us to be a race of wealthy, sexually potent individuals with easy access to drugs and attractive watches.
We rule!
... until you can boot off Google.
I'm not holding my breath.
D&D, and most other role-playing games are exactly the embodiment of this. They are about teams achieving things...
Man, you must have had a great group with no backstabbing, self-centered halflings... or demented, unhelpful LG human clerics. Burn in hell, Kurt the Kleric, and your virtual clone, Eric the Cleric.
The Ranger: "Kurt! Help, I need healing. I'm freaking dying over here!"
Kurt the Kleric: "You aren't hurt that bad."
or...
DM: "Your ally lays still, bleeding out into the dirt."
The Party: "Kurt, heal him! There is still time to save him."
Kurt the Kleric: "No, I want his armor."
Priceless.
But anime sucks now.
Star Trek, and other Sci-Fi shows have influenced me since I was a small kid, with images of Captain Kirk and the Gorn duking it out. My Pop and I would watch, and have discussions of the future all throughout my childhood, adolescense, and (whatever excuse for) adulthood.
The Gorn episode just got my dad and I to beat the crap out of each other in the back yard. It did teach me how to make gunpowder, but the downside is I miss my dad.
This is bad. If they can apply decency to media I pay to have piped into my house, they'll shoot at DVD and CD content.
I think we can all agree that a simple media purchase waiting period and transfer of title paper trail will make it easy to continue to enjoy content rated PG-13 and below in a safe and reasonable manner.
If I had a kid, I'd MAKE him watch The Shield on FX.
Good thing I don't have one, I guess.
Someone else will claim that despite how the numbers may work out, solar power will always be for hippies.
Last time I returned an item to Best Buy I had an amazing experience. I walked to the return counter with my item and receipt, and stood there for 15 minutes while the returns clerk made phone calls attempting to verify that I had not JUST STOLEN the merchandise. Wow, that was annoying.
Down here across the border, I lift a glass of Labatt's to you, good sir.
I like cars, but seeing the concept cars at an auto show is just annoying and frustrating. Same with new tech. Tell me when I can BUY it. I don't care what is going to hit 5 years from now. Most of this stuff vanishes into the vapor anyway.
we're all discussing this on alt.usenet.crying.bye.bye.bye.
All I want is for ctrl-a to select all text in the address field.
DVD's I haven't watched in over 6 months get donated straight to my local public library. Then LOTS of people can watch them for free.
I've donated over 100 movies in the last year. I'll bet the DVD consortium will just love that.
Don't worry, they'll get to you and your strange "library" soon.
They can make the punishment for internet copy infringement as large as they like...
Thanks, we will!
- The Management
Enterprise just is not gritty enough for the time period it is trying to portray.
I agree 100%, but I don't think we'll ever see it. Star Trek is inherently shiny.
They wear ball caps in Enterprise. That's about as gritty as it is ever going to get for Trek, I think.
Then after being over-stressed, over-worked, and suriving 4 and a half years of this, I get really sick and end up being fired and replaced with someone willing to work for half of my salary.
It sucks when you realize you are worth half what you thought you were!
You statement is just dumb and insulting. She is not a moron. She is just not a system admin.
You need to be to use Windows effectively. The fact just isn't well advertised.