No, the point is that only the combination of the first and last names violates rule five. Clint Evans would've been fine. Joe Eastwood would've been fine. Only the combination of first and last names "Clint Eastwood" violates rule 11 by reference back to rule 5. Admittedly, they fuzz this point somewhat by citing "Bill Clinton" and "Austin Powers" in rule 5.
> Based on this series, its appearent that noone has actually succeeded in the console game > market, just some people have failed less.
You think so? I noticed a distinct lack of one major console maker in this series, except for cameo appearances as the guys who ate the idiots' lunch. Hint: Their initials are S O N Y.
And I guess McBride thinks "waking the sleeping giant" is a good idea, since he was willing to brag to Reuters about it. His command of history ranks up there with his command of law.
"...And that is called paying the Dane-geld And the people who ask it explain That you've only to pay them the Dane-geld And then you'll be rid of the Dane!"
Which is why she's so cheap, of course. Massive operating costs make her a tough sell; there's probably nobody out there who will regard her as being worth the price it will take to run her. She's being sold for her scrap value, sad to say. Whoever buys her will undoubtedly break her up and sell the pieces.
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> There are only a few places left (e.g. the standard > file dialog) where you still have to use backslashes.
Yep, you almost never have to backslashes anymore, except when a user has to specify a pathname!
You *do* realize that at-home voting compromises the secret ballot, right? It becomes possible for someone trying to force or bribe the voter to vote a certain way to demand proof that he voted the desired way, something not possible with voting at a properly supervised voting station. A five-year-old child *cannot* fully understand a voting system, because a five-year-old child cannot grasp all the security issues involved. A five-year-old child should fully understand how to *use* the voting system, but that's not the same thing.
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Viacom believes they can halt the decay by reversing the polarity of the positron flow.
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> How can you form an opinion of a game thats not finished ?
Because by the time beta ends, it's supposed to *be* finished.
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No, the point is that only the combination of the first and last names violates rule five. Clint Evans would've been fine. Joe Eastwood would've been fine. Only the combination of first and last names "Clint Eastwood" violates rule 11 by reference back to rule 5. Admittedly, they fuzz this point somewhat by citing "Bill Clinton" and "Austin Powers" in rule 5.
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> Some anime companies seem to make it a point to make their dvd's region free.
I hate to be the one to break this to you, but that's because those anime companies are pirates.
There are exceptions, but generally, being region-free is a fairly good indication that an anime DVD is not legitimate.
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> Based on this series, its appearent that noone has actually succeeded in the console game
> market, just some people have failed less.
You think so? I noticed a distinct lack of one major console maker in this series, except for cameo appearances as the guys who ate the idiots' lunch. Hint: Their initials are S O N Y.
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And I guess McBride thinks "waking the sleeping giant" is a good idea, since he was willing to brag to Reuters about it. His command of history ranks up there with his command of law.
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And if you'll look up Kipling's poem, you'll see that's how it ends.
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"...And that is called paying the Dane-geld
And the people who ask it explain
That you've only to pay them the Dane-geld
And then you'll be rid of the Dane!"
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Which is why she's so cheap, of course. Massive operating costs make her a tough sell; there's probably nobody out there who will regard her as being worth the price it will take to run her. She's being sold for her scrap value, sad to say. Whoever buys her will undoubtedly break her up and sell the pieces.
Chris Mattern
> There are only a few places left (e.g. the standard
> file dialog) where you still have to use backslashes.
Yep, you almost never have to backslashes anymore, except when a user has to specify a pathname!
Chris Mattern
Actually, the first PlayStation is usually called a PS1 or PSOne. PSX describes the *game format*, because it plays on a PS1 or a PS2, hence, PSX.
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...to fight giant ducks again?
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You *do* realize that at-home voting compromises the secret ballot, right? It becomes possible for someone trying to force or bribe the voter to vote a certain way to demand proof that he voted the desired way, something not possible with voting at a properly supervised voting station. A five-year-old child *cannot* fully understand a voting system, because a five-year-old child cannot grasp all the security issues involved. A five-year-old child should fully understand how to *use* the voting system, but that's not the same thing.
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Here.
Until I see some evidence that somebody has actually *seen* or *touched* this wonder console that does everything, it's pretty much my take, too.
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Or .hack. Well, that's actually a MMORPG in a single-player RPG. But it's close.
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> I think that they may be referring to "unwanted" faxes and lettermail from constituants.
Um, "constituants"? This is the *House of Lords*. They don't *have* constituants, they aren't elected.
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Reading the article he linked to, it was in *2001*, not 1991, which makes a lot more sense.
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I still have my Game Gear. It's *six* AAs.
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That's not Longhorn, that's Foghorn!
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idiot lame filter idiot lame filter
"What're you building there?"
"It's an ark."
"Uh-huh. You mind gettin' it outta my driveway? I gotta get to work here!"
Chris Mattern
Can one classify the "War of the Worlds" broadcast as a hoax? Welles did not in fact mean to fool anybody; it was supposed to be just a radio play.
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Feldergarb!
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foiling the stupid idiotic lameness filter
> # There were two 5.25" floppies (360k?)
360K? We flippin' *wished*. The floppies were 64K.
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> GM could have done this years ago if they wanted to.
But, oddly enough, they didn't want to go bankrupt selling cars on which they would lose tens of thousands of dollars for each one. Go figure.
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