No. If you put a company on a fixed payment monthly contact, they'll just keep coming up with increasingly inane 'problems' to report so that they feel they get their money's worth out of you. So the number of hours you have to put in for a company actually increases, as you track down the solution to a problem no one else in the world has.
ps- If he got waxed by Olympic-caliber sprinters with the 'hot' limbs, that doesn't really change anything. It may be that he's not that good, but let him in and surely some runner will say they should be allowed to wear a prosthesis. And another. Chaos. Pure chaos.
You're telling me. I hear that at the end of the Olympic events they don't even give them cake.
Every few months a new story surfaces about how Wikipedia is controlled by a small number of asshats. So why do I never hear about someone forking the project and coming up with a new web encyclopedia?
You might want to look at the declining ratings on mainstream TV news outlets, newspapers, etc. Sure, the baby boomers are still getting their news from those sources, but as they die out the younger generations are turning to other sources for news. Sources that are less incestuously complicit with the growing American despotism.
You gotta love nuclear bombs. It'll vaporise you no matter who you are. An old grandma, a kid playing in her yard, a dad leaving for work, a mom washing the dishes. A student graduating from college. A bird in a tree. A doctor saving a life. All gone in quite literally a flash.
So wait, you're saying that nukes are as bad as the RIAA?
If a game costs $50 why the hell should I have to pay $15 a month to play it?
Your response to in-game ads, paraphrased, was my response to MMORPGs. Give in-game ads two years, and every major game publisher will be cramming them down our throats.
If only we would shoot all public servants in the street, Brazil could be the richest country in the world, but, unfortunately, too many people are greedy, and too many Brazilians allow this situation to continue because they themselves want to get a public job...
Interestingly enough, you've also summed up why we Americans allow our corporate overlords to screw around with impunity. We hope, one day, to be part of the problem.
But I think it would be better to strive to go to work for a better business that treats you better than have the government indiscrimantly burden everyone because of the sins of a few - this will definitely hamper small businesses if it goes through.
Very small businesses don't have IT staff. They have "that guy who does computer stuff" in addition to his regular tasks, who often makes a mess of things. Established small businesses have outside IT companies handle their computers. They either have a contract or pay by the hour anyway. Medium sized businesses will hire one IT guy, view him as a burden to the company, and work him to the bone.
Besides, your "sins of the few" argument is shallow. Those who suck should stop. And it won't be a burden to the rest, because if they're not committing the sin, that means they're already following the procedure the law would implement!
I recently started playing this game again. Now that I'm over level 60, it takes forever to get anywhere. I've started to let my other personal obligations fall aside, just for the thrill of getting to the next level, or completing the next act. I'm starting to think that I've wasted all those months on a stupid game.
Hmm? What do you mean the game plays itself? The bars go across on their own? Nonsense! Then why did I do all that clicking, hmm?.........
Exactly! There's absolutely no reason to attack someone anonymously, and even if there was, the rights of those attacked outweigh the free speech rights of those doing the attacking.
No, if you're reading this, you can try running the Wii update. And cry as the progress bar advances twenty pixels and freezes for an hour. And listen to that damned annoying update beep. They must have a server bank of a dozen 386's on dial-up somewhere in Japan hosting all of this. And the worst part is, there's no cancel button. So if you want to stop the "update" and actually USE your Wii, you have to do what the on screen instructions tell you not to do - turn the power off. Fucking brilliant, Nintendo.
Drexel had a robotics course a few years ago when I was still in college, using a Lego-like system. The focus was on mechanics and locomotion (gear ratios, etc.), AI (how to deal with uncertain input from sensors), and concurrent programming (how to get the sensors and motors to work with each other).
Come in the summer, you can stay at me + my girlfriends place in our guestroom. Hook up to our 10mbit LAN connection (100mbit in November) and just chill. No problem.
What some slashdotters won't do to brag over the fact that they have girlfriends...
GP:(Excuse me if I don't get the exact details right -- I'm not interested in buying music in crippled formats for myself).
P:I hope you at least informed her that she can deauthorize all of the computers it was previously set up on. You can then re-authorize the computers she actually wants to use.
Sounds like GP isn't into iTunes enough to know that himself. And even if he was, it's Apple's obligation to keep its customers happy and informed.
After all, with a console at $150, and games at $20-$30 a pop, it's the no-brainer buying decision.
Or better yet! Why don't they give out the console for free! And pay you to take the games off retailers shelves! [/sarcasm]
I'm looking forward to the launch of the Wii too, but let's not get carried away here. Nintendo has to adjust for inflation eventually, so consoles aren't going to launch under $200 anymore. And you fail to take into consideration the fact that the dollar is weak against the yen.
All this speculation is just setting up Nintendo for a fall. $250 is a reasonable price point. $200 is overly optimistic. $150 is foolish. What's going to happen when Nintendo announces a $250 launch price is that everyone who convinced themselves that it was going to launch for $150 is going to disappoint themselves - even though it will still be $50 - $100 less than the XBox 360!
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Oh man, I'm just waiting for all the penis jokes from that one.
No. If you put a company on a fixed payment monthly contact, they'll just keep coming up with increasingly inane 'problems' to report so that they feel they get their money's worth out of you. So the number of hours you have to put in for a company actually increases, as you track down the solution to a problem no one else in the world has.
And how long was it before Apple deleted sambeckett's post?
ps- If he got waxed by Olympic-caliber sprinters with the 'hot' limbs, that doesn't really change anything. It may be that he's not that good, but let him in and surely some runner will say they should be allowed to wear a prosthesis. And another. Chaos. Pure chaos.
You're telling me. I hear that at the end of the Olympic events they don't even give them cake.
Every few months a new story surfaces about how Wikipedia is controlled by a small number of asshats. So why do I never hear about someone forking the project and coming up with a new web encyclopedia?
You might want to look at the declining ratings on mainstream TV news outlets, newspapers, etc. Sure, the baby boomers are still getting their news from those sources, but as they die out the younger generations are turning to other sources for news. Sources that are less incestuously complicit with the growing American despotism.
You gotta love nuclear bombs. It'll vaporise you no matter who you are. An old grandma, a kid playing in her yard, a dad leaving for work, a mom washing the dishes. A student graduating from college. A bird in a tree. A doctor saving a life. All gone in quite literally a flash.
So wait, you're saying that nukes are as bad as the RIAA?
If a game costs $50 why the hell should I have to pay $15 a month to play it?
Your response to in-game ads, paraphrased, was my response to MMORPGs. Give in-game ads two years, and every major game publisher will be cramming them down our throats.
If only we would shoot all public servants in the street, Brazil could be the richest country in the world, but, unfortunately, too many people are greedy, and too many Brazilians allow this situation to continue because they themselves want to get a public job...
Interestingly enough, you've also summed up why we Americans allow our corporate overlords to screw around with impunity. We hope, one day, to be part of the problem.
No, you don't understand. It's a new Wii controller snap-on that makes use of the output of the Texas department of justice.
And no, you don't want to know what the other parts are used for.
But I think it would be better to strive to go to work for a better business that treats you better than have the government indiscrimantly burden everyone because of the sins of a few - this will definitely hamper small businesses if it goes through.
Very small businesses don't have IT staff. They have "that guy who does computer stuff" in addition to his regular tasks, who often makes a mess of things. Established small businesses have outside IT companies handle their computers. They either have a contract or pay by the hour anyway. Medium sized businesses will hire one IT guy, view him as a burden to the company, and work him to the bone.
Besides, your "sins of the few" argument is shallow. Those who suck should stop. And it won't be a burden to the rest, because if they're not committing the sin, that means they're already following the procedure the law would implement!
I recently started playing this game again. Now that I'm over level 60, it takes forever to get anywhere. I've started to let my other personal obligations fall aside, just for the thrill of getting to the next level, or completing the next act. I'm starting to think that I've wasted all those months on a stupid game.
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Hmm? What do you mean the game plays itself? The bars go across on their own? Nonsense! Then why did I do all that clicking, hmm?
SON OF A BITCH!!
Oh, now this is inexcusable! Look at all the toll roads they have you taking!
Exactly! There's absolutely no reason to attack someone anonymously, and even if there was, the rights of those attacked outweigh the free speech rights of those doing the attacking.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Sense_(pamphl
Britain's former ambassador to Iran, Sir Richard Dalton, told the BBC that, if confirmed, such a move could destabilise the Middle East.
Aw, shit. And the region was so calm and quiet before. Damn you Iran!
You mean the wave after the current wave of DRM we haven't detected yet?
No, if you're reading this, you can try running the Wii update. And cry as the progress bar advances twenty pixels and freezes for an hour. And listen to that damned annoying update beep. They must have a server bank of a dozen 386's on dial-up somewhere in Japan hosting all of this. And the worst part is, there's no cancel button. So if you want to stop the "update" and actually USE your Wii, you have to do what the on screen instructions tell you not to do - turn the power off. Fucking brilliant, Nintendo.
Damn judges! Legislating from the bench! Won't anyone think of the children! Oh, wait...
Your post makes your quote all the more disturbing.
"...the aim of candidates and their operatives is not so much to win an argument as to brand opponents as fundamentally unfit."
Congratulations! You're all winners!
Drexel had a robotics course a few years ago when I was still in college, using a Lego-like system. The focus was on mechanics and locomotion (gear ratios, etc.), AI (how to deal with uncertain input from sensors), and concurrent programming (how to get the sensors and motors to work with each other).
Come in the summer, you can stay at me + my girlfriends place in our guestroom. Hook up to our 10mbit LAN connection (100mbit in November) and just chill. No problem.
What some slashdotters won't do to brag over the fact that they have girlfriends...
I don't know about you, but I'd love to play Grand Theft Auto: Mushroom Kingdom
GP:(Excuse me if I don't get the exact details right -- I'm not interested in buying music in crippled formats for myself).
P:I hope you at least informed her that she can deauthorize all of the computers it was previously set up on. You can then re-authorize the computers she actually wants to use.
Sounds like GP isn't into iTunes enough to know that himself. And even if he was, it's Apple's obligation to keep its customers happy and informed.
After all, with a console at $150, and games at $20-$30 a pop, it's the no-brainer buying decision.
Or better yet! Why don't they give out the console for free! And pay you to take the games off retailers shelves!
[/sarcasm]
I'm looking forward to the launch of the Wii too, but let's not get carried away here. Nintendo has to adjust for inflation eventually, so consoles aren't going to launch under $200 anymore. And you fail to take into consideration the fact that the dollar is weak against the yen.
All this speculation is just setting up Nintendo for a fall. $250 is a reasonable price point. $200 is overly optimistic. $150 is foolish. What's going to happen when Nintendo announces a $250 launch price is that everyone who convinced themselves that it was going to launch for $150 is going to disappoint themselves - even though it will still be $50 - $100 less than the XBox 360!
Let's try to keep grounded in reality here.