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a lot of what drives people buying games, especially kids and even older gamers who are somewhere between casual and hardcore, is hearing about "the coolest new game" from their friends (like seeing gta3 on playstation 2, or splinter cell on xbox or pc, or whatever.) after a few cycles of hearing about a cool new game that is on store shelves but not being able to play because it isn't on the service yet, while still getting hit with a monthly fee, would piss me off enough to cancel. it would be like a netflix offering releases that have already been out for 6 months in the video store down the street and offering mostly b movies.
that said, if they could secure classic but oldish titles like half-life/counterstrike, the sims, and simcity, and other games that have mass appeal to casual gamers, it might be ok (but again it might not be worth it to the subscriber to get hit with a monthly fee when they can buy the one or two games they actually pay for $20 each.)
the problem is, i guess i don't see a large enough market segment that would be like SWEET YES I WANT THIS that the service would need to attain critical mass and be profitable.
"hey, my dsl line went down two weeks ago. i opened up seventeen trouble tickets, and they were each mysteriously closed, but here's the number of the most recent --" "would you like a new cell phone?" "no, the ticket number is 131-" "400 anytime minutes! nationwide long distance!" "--055. er, you guys said --" "oh, like call waiting?" "-- that you'd send someone out yest --" "i can add call waiting from here, sir!" "-- erday to -- er, no --" "ok, your line is activated for call waiting!" "um, this is a data line. i have a --" "the surcharge will be added to your monthly bill. and i'll go ahead and close up that trouble ticket for you. Thanks for using Verizon!" *gunshot*
Waddle does not have a red eye. [iluvcollectibles.com] At least not on the TY site and he was discontinued in 98. You must have been paid to make that silly remark, that or very stupid.
Where is my "+1, Huge Nerd" mod option when I need it...:P
otherwise a kickass keyboard, been using it for a while.
The analog vol control especially is excellent and one of the few keyboard gimmicks I've seen in the past few years that I actually find myself using a lot.
/* inspired by chris rock */ void get_home_from_work_talk_to_gf( void ) {
say( "how was your day?" );
while ( 1 )
{
switch ( rand() % 10 )
{
case 0: say( "Get out of here!" ); break;
case 1: say( "Go on." ); break;
case 2: say( "I don't believe it!" ); break;
case 3: say( "You don't say..." ); break;
case 4: say( "Really?" ); break;
default: say( "I told you that bitch crazy!" ); break;
}
} }
ok, this idea is ridiculous to the point of being funny - i guess i don't get it. who determines what a "malicious" process is? so under this scenario i could just terminate random processes on other people's computers?
imagine the repercussions on the battle.net ladders.
"i was totally beating the shit out of this kid and then right at the end my war3 exe terminated out of nowhere" "OMG WHAT A FAG" "no dude it's ok, i terminated his kernel32.dll" "HAHA 0WNED"
yes, after posting i realized this pedantic note. i'm sure you won't be the last to point that out *sigh*.
on the other hand, i beg to differ -- my palm comes up with some crazy ass misinterpretations.. honestly, who remembers to put the little wing after the V?
i guess the point is that the watch tells you while your skin has just begin to sizzle instead of when it's a crispy golden brown, so that it'll beep happily and you'll smack your forehead and be like hey, shit, i seem to have wandered into an area with lethal levels of radiation again, and then walk away.
is a little "nuclear" icon to appear in the upper right hand corner of my vision for all the times i'm wading through bright green stuff, a flame icon for when i'm on fire, an oxygen warning for when i'm drowning, an... wow i'm retarded.
a crowbar and that funky jumpy thing would be pretty awesome though
Of course, better tools/programming languages have increased productivity by nearly an order of magnitude, but even so the sheer number of people/man hours and amount of money put into a given project also has increased by probably around the same amount.
Well, a lot of it has gotten exponentially more complex but has stayed roughly the same price. (so the improvement is more capability for the same price, as opposed to same capability for lower price.) Consider Windows or the average computer game (as examples of significant commercial products) -- the teams and resources needed to create a version of Windows ten years ago are a couple orders of magnitude smaller than they are now, but the price of these products hasn't changed very much even though they're capable of a lot more. (e.g. compare Super Mario 1 to Halo)
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-fren
Linux Developer Gets Laid
a lot of what drives people buying games, especially kids and even older gamers who are somewhere between casual and hardcore, is hearing about "the coolest new game" from their friends (like seeing gta3 on playstation 2, or splinter cell on xbox or pc, or whatever.) after a few cycles of hearing about a cool new game that is on store shelves but not being able to play because it isn't on the service yet, while still getting hit with a monthly fee, would piss me off enough to cancel. it would be like a netflix offering releases that have already been out for 6 months in the video store down the street and offering mostly b movies.
that said, if they could secure classic but oldish titles like half-life/counterstrike, the sims, and simcity, and other games that have mass appeal to casual gamers, it might be ok (but again it might not be worth it to the subscriber to get hit with a monthly fee when they can buy the one or two games they actually pay for $20 each.)
the problem is, i guess i don't see a large enough market segment that would be like SWEET YES I WANT THIS that the service would need to attain critical mass and be profitable.
my 2c
-fren
you won 21k and fucked up the education you probably paid up to 100-150k for :)
:P ah well
sorry bro
-fren
check out Daemon Tools which lets you do precisely that. (iirc) you can mount .bin, .iso, .ccd (clone cd), .nrg (nero), and a bunch of other formats.
hope this helps
-fren
to love verizon.
"hey, my dsl line went down two weeks ago. i opened up seventeen trouble tickets, and they were each mysteriously closed, but here's the number of the most recent --"
"would you like a new cell phone?"
"no, the ticket number is 131-"
"400 anytime minutes! nationwide long distance!"
"--055. er, you guys said --"
"oh, like call waiting?"
"-- that you'd send someone out yest --"
"i can add call waiting from here, sir!"
"-- erday to -- er, no --"
"ok, your line is activated for call waiting!"
"um, this is a data line. i have a --"
"the surcharge will be added to your monthly bill. and i'll go ahead and close up that trouble ticket for you. Thanks for using Verizon!"
*gunshot*
-fren
-fren
-fren
Has all of the above (spinny analog v control, play/stop/prev/next buttons, mute, etc. and some useless buttons -- shopping, favorites, etc.)
Review of Logitech Elite Keyboard (scroll midway-down for a big pic)
otherwise a kickass keyboard, been using it for a while.
The analog vol control especially is excellent and one of the few keyboard gimmicks I've seen in the past few years that I actually find myself using a lot.
-fren
thank god! i always wondered why my friend's DOOM manual was a little sticky.
what if some h9x7r was more l55t than me though? i would get 8wn2d! :P
ok, this idea is ridiculous to the point of being funny - i guess i don't get it. who determines what a "malicious" process is? so under this scenario i could just terminate random processes on other people's computers?
imagine the repercussions on the battle.net ladders.
"i was totally beating the shit out of this kid and then right at the end my war3 exe terminated out of nowhere"
"OMG WHAT A FAG"
"no dude it's ok, i terminated his kernel32.dll"
"HAHA 0WNED"
yes, after posting i realized this pedantic note. i'm sure you won't be the last to point that out *sigh*.
on the other hand, i beg to differ -- my palm comes up with some crazy ass misinterpretations.. honestly, who remembers to put the little wing after the V?
-fren
wr:tng in graff1ti was so guick, 4ccurete and oonveniemt!
:P
whot th3 fsck am i goin;;;;: to do nuw?
every time a story involving Real comes up, i can't help but visualize jesus in the big lebowski:
"laughable, man - haha! i was gonna fuck you in the ass saturday. i fuck you in the ass next wednesday instead. wooo! you got a date wednesday, baby!"
it'll easy for them to enforce their DRM, since they've made a couple million computers their bitches after having installed RealPlayer...
:P
:P
i guess we now know what those 94 "helper" processes that Real products always run on startup were, and what all those hidden registry keys were for
and you figure that they've collected your e-mail address at least 66 times on installation.
i wish they'd at least be honest with me and change their tray icon to a picture of Satan ramming me in the ass.
(AND NO, I DON'T WANT TO AUTOMATICALLY FUCKING CHECK FOR UPDATES! CHRIST!)
-fren
"yeah i was just sleeping in the bathtub, i swear"
r n= pictures/alcohol.2
http://www.collegehumor.com/?image_id=5374&retu
sales of the watch skyrocket among groups of males ages 18-25:
:P
"dude that shit's radioactive, who beefed?"
"yo, my watch says it was chris"
welcome to the future
i guess the point is that the watch tells you while your skin has just begin to sizzle instead of when it's a crispy golden brown, so that it'll beep happily and you'll smack your forehead and be like hey, shit, i seem to have wandered into an area with lethal levels of radiation again, and then walk away.
right.
is a little "nuclear" icon to appear in the upper right hand corner of my vision for all the times i'm wading through bright green stuff, a flame icon for when i'm on fire, an oxygen warning for when i'm drowning, an ... wow i'm retarded.
a crowbar and that funky jumpy thing would be pretty awesome though
Of course, better tools/programming languages have increased productivity by nearly an order of magnitude, but even so the sheer number of people/man hours and amount of money put into a given project also has increased by probably around the same amount.
Well, a lot of it has gotten exponentially more complex but has stayed roughly the same price. (so the improvement is more capability for the same price, as opposed to same capability for lower price.) Consider Windows or the average computer game (as examples of significant commercial products) -- the teams and resources needed to create a version of Windows ten years ago are a couple orders of magnitude smaller than they are now, but the price of these products hasn't changed very much even though they're capable of a lot more. (e.g. compare Super Mario 1 to Halo)
hope this helps
-fren
I think that it's pretty funny that the parent got modded "2, Funny" :P
:)
Asshole
in soviet russia... countries play roles in web servers!