There really is very little difference between Americans and Canadians, besides cultural and political systems. None of that plays into how you sound over the phone...
What aboot.... uhm, wait... what aboot... Oh, I thought I had something to say here. Can't think of it now. Nevermind.
I've heard that we no longer have to murder babies to harvest the stem cells...
Oh, please! Nobdy murders babies to harvest stem cells. Harvesting stem cells is an added bonus to murdering babies! It's like, hey, I got that baby murdered (awesome!) and then I get free stem cells to boot (woo-woo!) It's win-win!
I liked RoboRally. I mean, it's all about algorithms, really -- writing an algorithm for your robot's actions. You lay out the action cards, and then you execute them.
The problem I had was that one of the players I would play with was really bad at the game. He'd put down cards moving him the wrong way. The thing is, he'd read his cards wrong again when he was executing them and you'd always have to correct him, "oh no, look -- you actually just drove your robot into that pit." (I guess you'd say he was cheating out of stupidity.) On the one hand, you'd feel bad pointing out to him how he messed up *again*, but on the other hand, if you let him get away with it, he'd probably win since he ends up moving his robot where he wants to.
Compaq previously offered (briefly, I believe) custom-built computers. I bought one from them back in 1999 or so. Two weeks in the shop, two visits from techies, and way too many hours on the phone with customer service later, it went right back to Compaq. You'd think they'd actually, oh, I dunno... test to see if any of the components they put in a custom-built machine were functioning before they sent the unit out the door.
I'm no great fan of Wal-Mart, but I wouldn't be too quick to judge them based on the limited data in this survey.
I wouldn't be quick to disregard the survey, either. My informal observation is that all games commonly sold at a set price point ($50 for most new games) can be had at Wal-Mart for basically $50, but they shave off enough that, technically, Wal-Mart is the cheapest store in town.
However, what Wal-Mart has much less of, is substantial price cuts on any video games. You can sometimes find games marked at $10 or $20 off at Best Buy, or even Target, but I haven't had similar luck finding such deals at Wal-Mart. Instead they sell all games at the "going price" minus a little pocket change so they can say their the cheapest.
It's the bigger price breaks elsewhere that has a better chance of opening my wallet.
I recently got an Xbox (evil empire, blah blah) so now I have all three gaming consoles. Let me tell you something, the Xbox's hard drive makes things simpler. Once you get a decent number of games on a console, you'll find yourself swapping around memory cards trying to figure out where your info is for the game you want to play. (Nevermind the extra expense. The occasional game will even require you to basically use an entire memory card just for it.) With the Xbox's hard drive, that all just goes away. Put in the game, and it remembers where you were in the game. You don't even have to think about it.
My brother went to the GDC and he said Sony brought Hung out (with much fanfare) to demonstrate the dancing game Groove that works with the Eyetoy (the PS2 add-on camera.)
Once FF XI is released here for the PS2 it's one that is playable by both PS2 and PC games. Currently it's only available for the PC since Sony is delaying the PS2 hard drive launch (required by FF XI) for some reason. The hard drive's been out in Japan for at least a year now, so I'm not sure what the issues are.
Final Fantasy XI comes with the hard drive. That's why it costs a hundred bucks. And, last time I was at Target, they had the game in stock (on sale for about $85.)
I'm a casual gamer. One thing I like about console games is that its unambiguous what games you can play on your system. In terms of how well the game runs, everyone's starting on the same page on consoles.
I could tell you, for example, that the framerate for multiplayer Neverwinter Nights on the PC is horrible. But, really, that's just because I have an old system without enough pixel-crunching capabilities.
If someone tells me that they played Crimson Skies on Xbox and it played like a dream, I know I can pick up the title and expect the same performance on my Xbox.
If I walked into a Best Buy, I couldn't tell you which new PC games my PC could handle well without reading the fine print on the box (and even then I won't know if my PC can run the game to its fullest.) But I can walk over to the console games and know that, if it's a game for the PS2, I can run it as intended on my PS2 at home.
If you've watched or read any stories about unemployment over, oh, I don't know, the last year or so, you've probably heard it said that the unemployment rate is artificially low because of people who stop looking for work and because of underemployment (e.g., folks with degrees getting laid off from tech companies and taking jobs flipping burgers.)
I could post you the number of real jobs lost over the last few years (hint: ends in "millions") but I'm sure you can go google it yourself.
So, what you're telling me is that Bush is stupid as an orc*, a troll who's pro-business, and cares only about his reelection prospects... What else is new?
He's also as far-sighted as a kobold in the noonday sun.
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There really is very little difference between Americans and Canadians, besides cultural and political systems. None of that plays into how you sound over the phone...
What aboot.... uhm, wait... what aboot... Oh, I thought I had something to say here. Can't think of it now. Nevermind.
I've heard that we no longer have to murder babies to harvest the stem cells...
Oh, please! Nobdy murders babies to harvest stem cells. Harvesting stem cells is an added bonus to murdering babies! It's like, hey, I got that baby murdered (awesome!) and then I get free stem cells to boot (woo-woo!) It's win-win!
XI - that would make it another odd numbered star trek movie. I hold no hope for it....
If the last movie was supposed to be a good one, then I really hold no hope for XI.
Why not, in those cases where a patent is declared invalid, require that the plaintiff cover legal fees of the defendant?
Or have the plaintiff split the defendent's legal fees with the Patent Office.
I liked RoboRally. I mean, it's all about algorithms, really -- writing an algorithm for your robot's actions. You lay out the action cards, and then you execute them.
The problem I had was that one of the players I would play with was really bad at the game. He'd put down cards moving him the wrong way. The thing is, he'd read his cards wrong again when he was executing them and you'd always have to correct him, "oh no, look -- you actually just drove your robot into that pit." (I guess you'd say he was cheating out of stupidity.) On the one hand, you'd feel bad pointing out to him how he messed up *again*, but on the other hand, if you let him get away with it, he'd probably win since he ends up moving his robot where he wants to.
Compaq previously offered (briefly, I believe) custom-built computers. I bought one from them back in 1999 or so. Two weeks in the shop, two visits from techies, and way too many hours on the phone with customer service later, it went right back to Compaq. You'd think they'd actually, oh, I dunno... test to see if any of the components they put in a custom-built machine were functioning before they sent the unit out the door.
I'm no great fan of Wal-Mart, but I wouldn't be too quick to judge them based on the limited data in this survey.
I wouldn't be quick to disregard the survey, either. My informal observation is that all games commonly sold at a set price point ($50 for most new games) can be had at Wal-Mart for basically $50, but they shave off enough that, technically, Wal-Mart is the cheapest store in town.
However, what Wal-Mart has much less of, is substantial price cuts on any video games. You can sometimes find games marked at $10 or $20 off at Best Buy, or even Target, but I haven't had similar luck finding such deals at Wal-Mart. Instead they sell all games at the "going price" minus a little pocket change so they can say their the cheapest.
It's the bigger price breaks elsewhere that has a better chance of opening my wallet.
Never mind you electric car drivers, what about we poor bicyclists and pedestrians who can't hear you coming?
I'd like to suggest...
I'd like to suggest that mothers starting telling their children to look both ways before crossing the street.
I don't care if my neighbors scan my apartment, and find out that I have underwear, and a toaster, and books.
Do you care if potential thieves know how many mundane items you have lying around your house?
We aren't just looking under the hood . . . to use your analogy, we are taking parts one vehicle and force fitting them into another.
However, "force fitting" genetic material is not what this article is about. But, of course, this is Slashdot, so I'm sure you've RTFA...
Meesa gots a baaaaaad feeling about this!
So now if you lose your luggage you can look forward to being held in jail indefinitely as a suspected terrorist. Sweet.
That is such crap. I don't understand how international currency exchange rates work, but I don't say 'must be magic!'
I don't really care how we define the term "magic", but I will point out, the AC said:
Magic is, by definition, what we don't understand.
The AC did NOT say:
What we don't understand is, by definition, magic.
If the difference doesn't jump out at you, compare these:
Trout are, by definition, fish.
Fish are, by definition, trout.
I recently got an Xbox (evil empire, blah blah) so now I have all three gaming consoles. Let me tell you something, the Xbox's hard drive makes things simpler. Once you get a decent number of games on a console, you'll find yourself swapping around memory cards trying to figure out where your info is for the game you want to play. (Nevermind the extra expense. The occasional game will even require you to basically use an entire memory card just for it.) With the Xbox's hard drive, that all just goes away. Put in the game, and it remembers where you were in the game. You don't even have to think about it.
My brother went to the GDC and he said Sony brought Hung out (with much fanfare) to demonstrate the dancing game Groove that works with the Eyetoy (the PS2 add-on camera.)
Either way, isn't it still illegal to carry around a gun? I thought you could have them in your houses, but that was it.. ?
A growing number of states allow you to get a permit to carry a concealed weapon.
Once FF XI is released here for the PS2 it's one that is playable by both PS2 and PC games. Currently it's only available for the PC since Sony is delaying the PS2 hard drive launch (required by FF XI) for some reason. The hard drive's been out in Japan for at least a year now, so I'm not sure what the issues are.
Final Fantasy XI comes with the hard drive. That's why it costs a hundred bucks. And, last time I was at Target, they had the game in stock (on sale for about $85.)
I'm a casual gamer. One thing I like about console games is that its unambiguous what games you can play on your system. In terms of how well the game runs, everyone's starting on the same page on consoles.
I could tell you, for example, that the framerate for multiplayer Neverwinter Nights on the PC is horrible. But, really, that's just because I have an old system without enough pixel-crunching capabilities.
If someone tells me that they played Crimson Skies on Xbox and it played like a dream, I know I can pick up the title and expect the same performance on my Xbox.
If I walked into a Best Buy, I couldn't tell you which new PC games my PC could handle well without reading the fine print on the box (and even then I won't know if my PC can run the game to its fullest.) But I can walk over to the console games and know that, if it's a game for the PS2, I can run it as intended on my PS2 at home.
A 5.6% unemployment rate is NOT shambles.
If you've watched or read any stories about unemployment over, oh, I don't know, the last year or so, you've probably heard it said that the unemployment rate is artificially low because of people who stop looking for work and because of underemployment (e.g., folks with degrees getting laid off from tech companies and taking jobs flipping burgers.)
I could post you the number of real jobs lost over the last few years (hint: ends in "millions") but I'm sure you can go google it yourself.
Damn guy, what kind of jerk players did you have that you need such security just to roll for damage?
You obviously haven't gamed with many people.
If the voter isn't willing to show the exit poller their receipt....
I thought the whole point of voting machine receipts was that they were kept so that the votes could be recounted.
...Redmond has a lot of explaining to do. Especially to the Justice Department...
We're sorry, the Attorney General is having some gall bladder problems right now. Please try again when there's a Democrat in the White House.
Probably because they don't think they have enough money in their bank accounts... Hopefully, they are in a minority...
In my experience, people who think they have too much money in their bank accounts are generally pretty good about remedying the situation.
I thought this kind of behavior was reserved for companies that could afford to lose customers or that had an existing customer base.
They already have 25 million units sold, and they're moving more all the time.
So, what you're telling me is that Bush is stupid as an orc*, a troll who's pro-business, and cares only about his reelection prospects... What else is new?
He's also as far-sighted as a kobold in the noonday sun.