Actually, when we rejoined the union; one of the terms was that we would never secede again. Doing so would pretty much be a declaration of war. We did, however, reserve the right to break into 7 separate states at any time. But, apparently our "everything is bigger in Texas" slogan is more important to us than 12 extra senators.
Personally, I've skipped out on tickets for a few movies that I found interesting simply because they were rated PG-13 when I felt the story couldn't be faithfully retold without an R rating. This is especially true of many of the graphic novel remakes. Every time a studio decides that they need to cut a few scenes to bring down the rating and make a few extra dollars, they're actually gutting the character development. A couple scenes can make the difference between a truly fantastic story and a mediocre one. Do you really make more money that way? I realize times have changed a bit, but when I was younger I went to see plenty R rated movies. This, of course, was back in the day when families went to the movies TOGETHER rather than seeing it as an opportunity to ditch the kids at one theater while mom and dad catch the latest romcom or drama piece. My parents had no problem taking me to an R rated movie so long as they thought I would enjoy it. I would rather take my children with me to see a rich, well developed, R rated movie than drop them off for some campy fart-joke of a PG-13 one.
It's a lack of keyboard and mouse.
It's less a matter of can't and more a matter of shouldn't. The point is: if you want an MMO on a console, you'll have to write it with the console specs in mind. You're severely limited by amount of memory and more importantly controls. You're not going to port an existing MMO without seriously nerfing it. If you write a MMO with console in mind, it will be behind the curve for the PC market. As far as FPS and RTS on console: are they really better off. Maybe the games reached a wider market, but are the games better for it. I'll play FPS or RTS on a console when I'm at a friend's house or something, but it doesn't compare the playing on PC. Someone may find a way to make MMOs work, but it's not going to work better.
I'm not anti-corporate....I'm anti-lobbyist.
I'm somewhat torn on this. I'd like to see a free market solution where we could actually choose to give our money to the provider that doesn't censor our content, but most areas are pretty well monopolized by one carrier. I kinda liked the idea i saw a long time back about providing a neutral, high speed fiber "last leg" between homes and a sort of broadband central office. Then multiple service providers would have a centralized location to which they can deliver their services. Granted, it would take some spending to get it started; but rarely am I opposed to ideas that promote competition.
agree totally. I barely heard about this movie before it hit the cinema, and It didn't really sound that appealing at the time (at least not enough to see it in theaters). After the Oscar buzz, I gave it more consideration; but by that point the most they were going to get out of me was $1 from Redbox. In the end, I still haven't seen the movie.
If I've ever really wanted to see a movie, I went to the theater or at least rented it. If I really liked it, I bought it. The only movies I really download are ones that I wouldn't care to spend money on otherwise. And on rare occasion, I've DLd a movie and liked it so much that I wound up buying it on DVD (just to show my support).
Long story short: if their motivation for this lawsuit is poor sales domestically, they're suing the wrong people
Issues of net neutrality in either way seem far too slippery of a slope. I like my internet to remain relatively unfettered, so I can completely understand wanting to place limits on ISPs traffic shaping. However, as a libertarian I believe the government should keep it's nose out of everyone's business.
The free market solution would be to encourage more competition between broadband providers. In my area, for example, you're pretty much locked in with either Time Warner or AT&T. If we installed a municipal fiber network between housholds and a central office, broadband providers would have a centralized location to deliver their services to. Then all the different ISPs can battle it out for your dollar based on price and type/quality of service they offer. "Where do we get the money for this fiber infrastructure?" I hear everyone asking. Sounds like the FCC has a bit too much budget on their hands.
I'm the sole IT guy for a small credit union (4 branches across 3 counties in TX). Before I worked here, there was no IT staff; They relied on vendor support and 3rd parties. The most knowledgeable guys were in the accounting department, so that's who wound up doing most of the computery stuff and subsequently hired me. I'm still part of accounting, but I'm kind of a spin-off department. I'm actually quite used to being a department of one; In all my work experience I've always been the lone tech guy.
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Sorry, it was 5 states.
Actually, when we rejoined the union; one of the terms was that we would never secede again. Doing so would pretty much be a declaration of war. We did, however, reserve the right to break into 7 separate states at any time. But, apparently our "everything is bigger in Texas" slogan is more important to us than 12 extra senators.
Personally, I've skipped out on tickets for a few movies that I found interesting simply because they were rated PG-13 when I felt the story couldn't be faithfully retold without an R rating. This is especially true of many of the graphic novel remakes. Every time a studio decides that they need to cut a few scenes to bring down the rating and make a few extra dollars, they're actually gutting the character development. A couple scenes can make the difference between a truly fantastic story and a mediocre one. Do you really make more money that way? I realize times have changed a bit, but when I was younger I went to see plenty R rated movies. This, of course, was back in the day when families went to the movies TOGETHER rather than seeing it as an opportunity to ditch the kids at one theater while mom and dad catch the latest romcom or drama piece. My parents had no problem taking me to an R rated movie so long as they thought I would enjoy it. I would rather take my children with me to see a rich, well developed, R rated movie than drop them off for some campy fart-joke of a PG-13 one.
It's a lack of keyboard and mouse. It's less a matter of can't and more a matter of shouldn't. The point is: if you want an MMO on a console, you'll have to write it with the console specs in mind. You're severely limited by amount of memory and more importantly controls. You're not going to port an existing MMO without seriously nerfing it. If you write a MMO with console in mind, it will be behind the curve for the PC market. As far as FPS and RTS on console: are they really better off. Maybe the games reached a wider market, but are the games better for it. I'll play FPS or RTS on a console when I'm at a friend's house or something, but it doesn't compare the playing on PC. Someone may find a way to make MMOs work, but it's not going to work better.
so you're saying that a smaller government would result in fewer available tax dollars?
I'm not anti-corporate....I'm anti-lobbyist. I'm somewhat torn on this. I'd like to see a free market solution where we could actually choose to give our money to the provider that doesn't censor our content, but most areas are pretty well monopolized by one carrier. I kinda liked the idea i saw a long time back about providing a neutral, high speed fiber "last leg" between homes and a sort of broadband central office. Then multiple service providers would have a centralized location to which they can deliver their services. Granted, it would take some spending to get it started; but rarely am I opposed to ideas that promote competition.
where are my mod points when I need them?
agree totally. I barely heard about this movie before it hit the cinema, and It didn't really sound that appealing at the time (at least not enough to see it in theaters). After the Oscar buzz, I gave it more consideration; but by that point the most they were going to get out of me was $1 from Redbox. In the end, I still haven't seen the movie. If I've ever really wanted to see a movie, I went to the theater or at least rented it. If I really liked it, I bought it. The only movies I really download are ones that I wouldn't care to spend money on otherwise. And on rare occasion, I've DLd a movie and liked it so much that I wound up buying it on DVD (just to show my support). Long story short: if their motivation for this lawsuit is poor sales domestically, they're suing the wrong people
did anyone bother running memtest86?
Issues of net neutrality in either way seem far too slippery of a slope. I like my internet to remain relatively unfettered, so I can completely understand wanting to place limits on ISPs traffic shaping. However, as a libertarian I believe the government should keep it's nose out of everyone's business. The free market solution would be to encourage more competition between broadband providers. In my area, for example, you're pretty much locked in with either Time Warner or AT&T. If we installed a municipal fiber network between housholds and a central office, broadband providers would have a centralized location to deliver their services to. Then all the different ISPs can battle it out for your dollar based on price and type/quality of service they offer. "Where do we get the money for this fiber infrastructure?" I hear everyone asking. Sounds like the FCC has a bit too much budget on their hands.
in fact http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/08/14/1828248/Twitter-Used-To-Control-Botnet-Machines
I thought they had been doing this for a long time now.
where's the option for pre-installed dual-boot?
my college roommate was in 1st cav. He already had deployment orders to Iraq within a month of 9/11.
I'm the sole IT guy for a small credit union (4 branches across 3 counties in TX). Before I worked here, there was no IT staff; They relied on vendor support and 3rd parties. The most knowledgeable guys were in the accounting department, so that's who wound up doing most of the computery stuff and subsequently hired me. I'm still part of accounting, but I'm kind of a spin-off department. I'm actually quite used to being a department of one; In all my work experience I've always been the lone tech guy.
you're saying this isn't a cat toy?
I'm def in favor of Chu Chu Rocket.