That's the nice thing about blogs. You can leave the house and still update your blog. You can update your blog from a mobile phone, a PDA, a networked cafe, a public library, just about anywhere you can think of. You can upload text, speech, images from a digital camera or camera-phone, or even multimedia/video if you have a web host. You can instantly update, correct mistakes, and receive feedback. Blogs are very cool, and can do a lot more than they're given credit for.
The main problem facing blogs is (a) credibility and (b) finding a good blog (or more to the point, blogging community) in a sea of bloggers.
Blogs won't just bring about social change, but they'll also reflect and reinforce societies. They will enable people to find others with common interests that they otherwise would not think are widely shared.
Synopsis: Seminal RPG company publishes sloppy book, hypercritical fan nit picks every last error and opportunity for improvement in the book in a review that's probably better informed than the source material, rather than seeing it for the obvious piece of crap that it is and walking away immediately without a second thought, like any sane person would do.
If that's not D&D in a nutshell, I don't know what is. And that's why I love this game.
I think you're on to something here... if they could only find a way to combine the hydrogen with other common elements, say carbon and maybe the odd oxygen. This should (in theory anyway) create long chains of atoms which would be rich in hydrogen. This sort of molecule should be very well suited for transport through our existing oil pipelines. Once the chained hydro-carbon molecules come out the other end of the pipeline, you just strip off the oxygen and carbon again, and you have your hydrogen, all ready for use as fuel.
My point was, if it's $100, minimum order 100,000, then obviously $100 is not going to be the retail price of this machine. Once it goes through distribution and goes to retail outlets, it'll probably double in price.
I also just see a box on their website's illustrations. I don't think $100 includes the cost of the monitor or the keyboard/mouse. So by the time you're done buying those "optional" items and can actually USE the computer, you're looking at maybe $400. Which is the cost of a low end Dell shitbox, which almost certainly has better specs. So I don't see that we've actually gained anything.
Easy, they are overclocking their systems, and then counting the man-hours according to their CPU multiplier. The rest of the time, they are goofing off playing Quake 3 Arena for "inspiration" and "research". That's how they work high hours and yet the products still reach the shelves late.
I've always assumed that AIM conversations were subject to some kind of monitoring, if just the most cursory scanning for certain keywords. Why else would all traffic need to go through AOL-controlled servers?
That's what I thought too, unless of course Alienware is putting up money for this business to put their name in the spotlight.
If they want to make their money off of day-to-day walk-in customers and club memberships, they won't last more than a year.
Then it hit me... if they're smart, and can attract gaming events that can get media interest and corporate sponsorships a la the NFL Superbowl, then I think they've got a decent shot at profitability. But only if they can make TV coverage of these events interesting enough to appeal to non-gamers, or at the very least a niche cable channel audience.
You know, if they just called it "richnography" or "wealthnography" instead of "pornography" the Republicans would probably call off the war on it tomorrow.
TiVo is essentially capturing a TV signal, filtering out the original advertising, and replacing it with their own. If this isn't IP theft, I don't know what is. The TV networks and their advertisers should sue, and if they do, they should win.
No one can fact-check everything. Even authorities can be wrong. Common consensus is all there ever is. You can have common consensus among the unwashed masses, and it's worth what it's worth, and you can have common consensus among a intellectually incestual self-appointed group of experts, and that's worth what that's worth. There's controversy in physics for fuck's sake. You think anyone even knows what a fact is?
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Not if those 10% can mutate and rebound.
That's the nice thing about blogs. You can leave the house and still update your blog. You can update your blog from a mobile phone, a PDA, a networked cafe, a public library, just about anywhere you can think of. You can upload text, speech, images from a digital camera or camera-phone, or even multimedia/video if you have a web host. You can instantly update, correct mistakes, and receive feedback. Blogs are very cool, and can do a lot more than they're given credit for.
The main problem facing blogs is (a) credibility and (b) finding a good blog (or more to the point, blogging community) in a sea of bloggers.
Blogs won't just bring about social change, but they'll also reflect and reinforce societies. They will enable people to find others with common interests that they otherwise would not think are widely shared.
Blogs are good.
Synopsis: Seminal RPG company publishes sloppy book, hypercritical fan nit picks every last error and opportunity for improvement in the book in a review that's probably better informed than the source material, rather than seeing it for the obvious piece of crap that it is and walking away immediately without a second thought, like any sane person would do.
If that's not D&D in a nutshell, I don't know what is. And that's why I love this game.
I think you're on to something here... if they could only find a way to combine the hydrogen with other common elements, say carbon and maybe the odd oxygen. This should (in theory anyway) create long chains of atoms which would be rich in hydrogen. This sort of molecule should be very well suited for transport through our existing oil pipelines. Once the chained hydro-carbon molecules come out the other end of the pipeline, you just strip off the oxygen and carbon again, and you have your hydrogen, all ready for use as fuel.
Something tells me that NYT reads /. with a +5 comment threshold, and deprecates "Funny".
I can't wait for these to come out so I can put one in my Indrema... Imagine how many FPS I'll get in Duke Nukem Forever!
My point was, if it's $100, minimum order 100,000, then obviously $100 is not going to be the retail price of this machine. Once it goes through distribution and goes to retail outlets, it'll probably double in price.
I also just see a box on their website's illustrations. I don't think $100 includes the cost of the monitor or the keyboard/mouse. So by the time you're done buying those "optional" items and can actually USE the computer, you're looking at maybe $400. Which is the cost of a low end Dell shitbox, which almost certainly has better specs. So I don't see that we've actually gained anything.
What if you just want ONE?
Easy, they are overclocking their systems, and then counting the man-hours according to their CPU multiplier. The rest of the time, they are goofing off playing Quake 3 Arena for "inspiration" and "research". That's how they work high hours and yet the products still reach the shelves late.
Any other questions?
I've always assumed that AIM conversations were subject to some kind of monitoring, if just the most cursory scanning for certain keywords. Why else would all traffic need to go through AOL-controlled servers?
That's what I thought too, unless of course Alienware is putting up money for this business to put their name in the spotlight.
If they want to make their money off of day-to-day walk-in customers and club memberships, they won't last more than a year.
Then it hit me... if they're smart, and can attract gaming events that can get media interest and corporate sponsorships a la the NFL Superbowl, then I think they've got a decent shot at profitability. But only if they can make TV coverage of these events interesting enough to appeal to non-gamers, or at the very least a niche cable channel audience.
Interesting, have we ever met? Feel free to drop a line.
I'm running NetBSD on my VCR right now, YOU INSENSITIVE CLOD!!!
Disable the alarm system, break in at night
Uh, you do realize that Kinko's is open 24 hrs, right?
1 - The author has no idea what "quid pro quo" means. /nitpick
2 - Pictures in a slashdot story? is this a first? I don't think I've seen this before. Or is this just another ad disguised as a slashdot story?
You know, if they just called it "richnography" or "wealthnography" instead of "pornography" the Republicans would probably call off the war on it tomorrow.
Wait a year, and it'll be cheap. If you can't wait a year, then it's worth it to spend the money now.
Time to get the fuck out of DodgeCalifornia.
You'd think TFSummary would at least cover the basic points of TFA.
How is one causing the other? What's fiber got to do with sinkholes and sewage?
I've heard that TiVo defines "lifetime" as "the lifetime of the TiVo device". If so, it won't be such a waste when you replace your dead TiVo.
TiVo is essentially capturing a TV signal, filtering out the original advertising, and replacing it with their own. If this isn't IP theft, I don't know what is. The TV networks and their advertisers should sue, and if they do, they should win.
Thanks for getting the joke.
No one can fact-check everything. Even authorities can be wrong. Common consensus is all there ever is. You can have common consensus among the unwashed masses, and it's worth what it's worth, and you can have common consensus among a intellectually incestual self-appointed group of experts, and that's worth what that's worth. There's controversy in physics for fuck's sake. You think anyone even knows what a fact is?
What, the DMCA makes pretending illegal, now? Round up the cast of Sesame Street, they're all going to jail!