I agree, some of these complaints are pathetic. No one is getting bait and switched ripped off. Though I wonder if the $699 is unsubsidized then why do customers have to sign a new 2 year agreement? I thought the whole point of contracts was so the carrier could get back the investment of subsidizing your phone. You can get a iPod touch for $399, so I believe $699 for the phone is probably full retail as you say.
Based on that and the lack of MMS and tethering support out of the gate makes me say AT&T is dropping the ball. Apple should get serious about developers being able to have devices for testing without having to have a bunch of unnecessary monthly phone contracts. I would happily pay full retail to get something unlocked so I can pop in a local SIM card when I travel, but again not an option (there are options, but you can only get an iPhone serviced in the country of purchase according to the warranty, I did read it and decided it wasn't worth the money to import an unlocked phone from elsewhere in the EU). My carrier is more than happy to let me call using Skype on their 3G network, but because AT&T in the US says no I'm prevented from functionality that even some of the free with contract phones have here in Sweden.
Exactly, how you deal with leaving employees is less about that employee and more about the ones staying. When I quit my last job I didn't know exactly why they essentially just showed the guy before me to quit the door. So when it came time for me to quit I waited until I was fine if they just showed me the door.
There is tons of stuff from Native Americans around Utah and Colorado. Nine mile canyon in Utah contains petroglyphs from at least a 1000 years ago. Mesa Verde National Park has cliff dwellings that were used in around the 12th and 13th centuries. Those are just two examples that came to mind right away.
Things like this make it more painful that Apple doesn't have a good performing display-less model. I don't need the power of the Mac Pro, but need more than a Mac mini. The iMac is about the right specs except I'd prefer something that had room for a couple of hard disks. Also more importantly I upgrade my machine more often than I want/need to upgrade my display. I could easily envision going that route getting a good display and then using it for 2~3 machines and buying a MacBook for my portable needs.
What I read was that the capabilities of the screen had to be a major purchase point in order to qualify, and most people would have a hard time arguing that. I'm happy enough with my display, but I am pissed that I was lied to about its capabilities.
Exactly, this is the root of the argument that everyone is missing. The internet to me is all about the free exchange of ideas. It seems like that is what is happening now. What if the UN is in control, will Security Council member veto wielding China start flexing its muscle to make sure everyone is PC with them in no voices of dissent?
If Brazil is truly worried about redundancy and fail-safes for their country they can have a plan and backup root servers to handle their own inter-country communication in case of problems outside of their control. The US's plan seems to be to have control of the root servers the internet was built on remain in their control and have them scattered about the country.
The rest of the world connected to our internet, I don't lay claim to their equipment, why should they lay claim to ours? If they want to create competing root servers let them, but they can't get upset when our capitalist society keeps using what we got instead of switching over to them, and if they prove to have a better solution then we will probably start using their stuff.
this isn't about the technologies, we aren't saying people can't create their own root servers and use them, we are saying you can't control our root servers that we have and still are sharing nicely with you.
Here is the thing how are you going to take the web away from us? It seems like it's out there and their is shite you or anyone can do to stop us from using it. Just like we can't stop the rest of the world from creating their own root servers and using those, it's two completely different things.
It appears as though Mario Kart will be the kick-off title for this. It doesn't come out till Nov. 7, that means 3 months before you will even be able to use this. Why spend the 30 seconds explaining something can't use right away, or even all that soon. Instead the teaser works perfectly to get buzz about it out in the public. Potentially tipping the casual gamer deciding between a PSP or a DS to purchase the DS, cause soon they will be able to play Mario Kart wirelessly.
Perfect Dark Zero, done by the kids who originally set the bar for console first person shooters with Goldeneye on the N64. I don't think Halo is that great, but I love playing it with my friends, and it's what all my friends have. I think Perfect Dark Zero is going to be a much better game, plus it'll be the launch title everyone gets and plays.
I picked one up after all. The price was kind of high, but I dig the value pack. I wouldn't want to carry around the PSP without something to protect the screen, and really a 32MB card is perfect for good starter memory card. I haven't decided if I will buy any bigger ones for media. Spider-man 2 was the perfect price, included. I won't be buying any UMD movies, I'll pay $15-25 for the movie on DVD that I can watch with other people on the TV. Maybe if I could get a bundle of the movie on DVD and pay a few bucks more for the UMD perhaps. As it is I am much more likely to lay down money for memory card(s) convert my DVDs for portable viewing (probably only when going on vacation).
When I decided to buy I was at Circuit City, they would only sell it with Twisted Metal. I just wasn't that interested in it, so I went next door to Target where they had probably two dozen units. I ended up back over at CC since Target had sold all their copies of Lumines though.
and then import the freshly burned CD. If you are that concerned about audio quality then what are you doing shopping at the iTMS? I have done this several times to get rid of the DRM and my ears can't tell a difference. Then those MP3s or whatever can be played on anything.
People can't believe me when I tell them it is that easy to defeat Apple's DRM, but it really is.
'all the stuff people expected from Halo 2 but didn't make the cut.'
Like a real ending?
I'll admit I haven't played through all of the single player and don't know first hand, partly cause I would just rather play online multiplayer. However it seems like everyone agrees the ending is shite and I'm taking their word on it.
Even if they are saving for some sort of content download, what about the half of my friends that payed $50 for the game, who would have X Box live but they can't get broadband where they live?
I would also love to see improved networking code. Maybe I just don't know about the underlying infrastructure to appreciate why I get dropped so much, but I recall having better luck playing Quake 2 on my 33.6 modem then I have had with my cable connection that is more or less fairly solid.
I may be wrong but the DS's backwards compatibility is somewhat hamstrung. I think it only plays Advance games, though I have not actually stuck in a Color or older cart to check for sure. Also you can't link them in anyway, supposedly not even using the wireless in games that support the wireless link for just Advance games. Given that, playing on the back lit instead of front lit screen of the SP is a world of difference, akin to playing on a SP vs a regular advance. In other words a drastic improvement, and given that 99% of my portable game playing is by myself (with Advance games) its ok. It is really sweet to be able to have a couple of friends pull out DSs and in seconds we are playing Metroid multiplayer against each other, all without having to get comfortably close for the link cables.
C'mon, the guy is asking slashdot for parenting advice, how much more geek could you want? Of course he understands the technology, well at least tries to follow it. I think its more he is concerned that maybe this is a thing he should intervene to help build his kids' character.
I had heard that Bungie.net had a way for you to check your stats online. I also had heard about the RSS feed. I thought I would check it out. It worked great at first, but then I started getting other people's games. It happened when I wasn't even home, and there wasn't really a consistent gamer tag where it seemed a wire had been crossed, but I was just getting a bunch of garbage. Anyways after over 200+ games I did not play in I deleted the subscription out of my news reader and relegated it back to "huh, thats nice, but I don't really care."
So you would trade battleground states favoritism for populous areas favoritism. I think just cause that is what you agree with, try and put yourself in the other sides shoes, and look for a win-win solution.
The Colorado River flows from Colorado through Utah, Arizona, Nevada and California. There are about 17 million people in the LA area of California. That is more people than in the other states it flows through, in other words, the one part of California that benefits from the Colorado out number the entire state populations that it flows through to get there. Should these other states bend over backwards for the more populous LA residents?
The fact is that states have rights. It is the United States of America, it may be for the people by the people, but its a collection of states. The last time the federal government and states got into a big bicker about rights we had a war that made Iraq look like a school yard fight.
For instance the LA area which gets water from the Colorado River has a larger population than Nevada, Arizona, Utah and Colorado, combined, which the river passes through to get to LA area. If it were simply a majority vote, I'm sure that those states would become LA's bitch when it comes to the use of the Colorado River.
I love Nintendo, but I would say that at least one of their networked games are half-assed. If you have two Gamecubes networked via crossover cable it takes a good 5 minutes for the Gamecubes to I assume realize there is no DHCP server, to auto-configure, and find the other Gamecube.
Don't get me wrong its a lot of fun, and I am glad they included it. Even if it feels like no time was spent on the multi-cube link except to get it working. I have family and friends that have purchased Gamecubes and network adapters just for Mario Kart.
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I agree, some of these complaints are pathetic. No one is getting bait and switched ripped off. Though I wonder if the $699 is unsubsidized then why do customers have to sign a new 2 year agreement? I thought the whole point of contracts was so the carrier could get back the investment of subsidizing your phone. You can get a iPod touch for $399, so I believe $699 for the phone is probably full retail as you say.
Based on that and the lack of MMS and tethering support out of the gate makes me say AT&T is dropping the ball. Apple should get serious about developers being able to have devices for testing without having to have a bunch of unnecessary monthly phone contracts. I would happily pay full retail to get something unlocked so I can pop in a local SIM card when I travel, but again not an option (there are options, but you can only get an iPhone serviced in the country of purchase according to the warranty, I did read it and decided it wasn't worth the money to import an unlocked phone from elsewhere in the EU). My carrier is more than happy to let me call using Skype on their 3G network, but because AT&T in the US says no I'm prevented from functionality that even some of the free with contract phones have here in Sweden.
The apocalypse is not upon us. The summary is wrong, for those of you new here. This is Duke Nukem 3D for Xbox Live Arcade and not Duke Nukem Forever.
Exactly, how you deal with leaving employees is less about that employee and more about the ones staying. When I quit my last job I didn't know exactly why they essentially just showed the guy before me to quit the door. So when it came time for me to quit I waited until I was fine if they just showed me the door.
There is tons of stuff from Native Americans around Utah and Colorado. Nine mile canyon in Utah contains petroglyphs from at least a 1000 years ago. Mesa Verde National Park has cliff dwellings that were used in around the 12th and 13th centuries. Those are just two examples that came to mind right away.
Things like this make it more painful that Apple doesn't have a good performing display-less model. I don't need the power of the Mac Pro, but need more than a Mac mini. The iMac is about the right specs except I'd prefer something that had room for a couple of hard disks. Also more importantly I upgrade my machine more often than I want/need to upgrade my display. I could easily envision going that route getting a good display and then using it for 2~3 machines and buying a MacBook for my portable needs.
What I read was that the capabilities of the screen had to be a major purchase point in order to qualify, and most people would have a hard time arguing that. I'm happy enough with my display, but I am pissed that I was lied to about its capabilities.
Everyone knows the world is going to end when the Unix epoch rolls over anyways.
Exactly, this is the root of the argument that everyone is missing. The internet to me is all about the free exchange of ideas. It seems like that is what is happening now. What if the UN is in control, will Security Council member veto wielding China start flexing its muscle to make sure everyone is PC with them in no voices of dissent?
If Brazil is truly worried about redundancy and fail-safes for their country they can have a plan and backup root servers to handle their own inter-country communication in case of problems outside of their control. The US's plan seems to be to have control of the root servers the internet was built on remain in their control and have them scattered about the country.
The rest of the world connected to our internet, I don't lay claim to their equipment, why should they lay claim to ours? If they want to create competing root servers let them, but they can't get upset when our capitalist society keeps using what we got instead of switching over to them, and if they prove to have a better solution then we will probably start using their stuff.
this isn't about the technologies, we aren't saying people can't create their own root servers and use them, we are saying you can't control our root servers that we have and still are sharing nicely with you.
Here is the thing how are you going to take the web away from us? It seems like it's out there and their is shite you or anyone can do to stop us from using it. Just like we can't stop the rest of the world from creating their own root servers and using those, it's two completely different things.
Exactly how does one get to use Nintendo Wi-Fi?
They wait till Fall.
It appears as though Mario Kart will be the kick-off title for this. It doesn't come out till Nov. 7, that means 3 months before you will even be able to use this. Why spend the 30 seconds explaining something can't use right away, or even all that soon. Instead the teaser works perfectly to get buzz about it out in the public. Potentially tipping the casual gamer deciding between a PSP or a DS to purchase the DS, cause soon they will be able to play Mario Kart wirelessly.
You are correct, my friend who much more closely follows Rare and Free Radical pointed this out to me.
Perfect Dark Zero, done by the kids who originally set the bar for console first person shooters with Goldeneye on the N64. I don't think Halo is that great, but I love playing it with my friends, and it's what all my friends have. I think Perfect Dark Zero is going to be a much better game, plus it'll be the launch title everyone gets and plays.
I picked one up after all. The price was kind of high, but I dig the value pack. I wouldn't want to carry around the PSP without something to protect the screen, and really a 32MB card is perfect for good starter memory card. I haven't decided if I will buy any bigger ones for media. Spider-man 2 was the perfect price, included. I won't be buying any UMD movies, I'll pay $15-25 for the movie on DVD that I can watch with other people on the TV. Maybe if I could get a bundle of the movie on DVD and pay a few bucks more for the UMD perhaps. As it is I am much more likely to lay down money for memory card(s) convert my DVDs for portable viewing (probably only when going on vacation).
When I decided to buy I was at Circuit City, they would only sell it with Twisted Metal. I just wasn't that interested in it, so I went next door to Target where they had probably two dozen units. I ended up back over at CC since Target had sold all their copies of Lumines though.
I would imagine so, but can't say for sure.
and then import the freshly burned CD. If you are that concerned about audio quality then what are you doing shopping at the iTMS? I have done this several times to get rid of the DRM and my ears can't tell a difference. Then those MP3s or whatever can be played on anything.
People can't believe me when I tell them it is that easy to defeat Apple's DRM, but it really is.
'all the stuff people expected from Halo 2 but didn't make the cut.'
Like a real ending?
I'll admit I haven't played through all of the single player and don't know first hand, partly cause I would just rather play online multiplayer. However it seems like everyone agrees the ending is shite and I'm taking their word on it.
Even if they are saving for some sort of content download, what about the half of my friends that payed $50 for the game, who would have X Box live but they can't get broadband where they live?
I would also love to see improved networking code. Maybe I just don't know about the underlying infrastructure to appreciate why I get dropped so much, but I recall having better luck playing Quake 2 on my 33.6 modem then I have had with my cable connection that is more or less fairly solid.
I may be wrong but the DS's backwards compatibility is somewhat hamstrung. I think it only plays Advance games, though I have not actually stuck in a Color or older cart to check for sure. Also you can't link them in anyway, supposedly not even using the wireless in games that support the wireless link for just Advance games. Given that, playing on the back lit instead of front lit screen of the SP is a world of difference, akin to playing on a SP vs a regular advance. In other words a drastic improvement, and given that 99% of my portable game playing is by myself (with Advance games) its ok. It is really sweet to be able to have a couple of friends pull out DSs and in seconds we are playing Metroid multiplayer against each other, all without having to get comfortably close for the link cables.
C'mon, the guy is asking slashdot for parenting advice, how much more geek could you want? Of course he understands the technology, well at least tries to follow it. I think its more he is concerned that maybe this is a thing he should intervene to help build his kids' character.
I had heard that Bungie.net had a way for you to check your stats online. I also had heard about the RSS feed. I thought I would check it out. It worked great at first, but then I started getting other people's games. It happened when I wasn't even home, and there wasn't really a consistent gamer tag where it seemed a wire had been crossed, but I was just getting a bunch of garbage. Anyways after over 200+ games I did not play in I deleted the subscription out of my news reader and relegated it back to "huh, thats nice, but I don't really care."
You are correct, states have powers, thank you for pointing out how my word choice could be more correct and right.
So you would trade battleground states favoritism for populous areas favoritism. I think just cause that is what you agree with, try and put yourself in the other sides shoes, and look for a win-win solution.
The Colorado River flows from Colorado through Utah, Arizona, Nevada and California. There are about 17 million people in the LA area of California. That is more people than in the other states it flows through, in other words, the one part of California that benefits from the Colorado out number the entire state populations that it flows through to get there. Should these other states bend over backwards for the more populous LA residents?
The fact is that states have rights. It is the United States of America, it may be for the people by the people, but its a collection of states. The last time the federal government and states got into a big bicker about rights we had a war that made Iraq look like a school yard fight.
For instance the LA area which gets water from the Colorado River has a larger population than Nevada, Arizona, Utah and Colorado, combined, which the river passes through to get to LA area. If it were simply a majority vote, I'm sure that those states would become LA's bitch when it comes to the use of the Colorado River.
I love Nintendo, but I would say that at least one of their networked games are half-assed. If you have two Gamecubes networked via crossover cable it takes a good 5 minutes for the Gamecubes to I assume realize there is no DHCP server, to auto-configure, and find the other Gamecube.
Don't get me wrong its a lot of fun, and I am glad they included it. Even if it feels like no time was spent on the multi-cube link except to get it working. I have family and friends that have purchased Gamecubes and network adapters just for Mario Kart.
Its sort of like Apple. Mac OS X is developed so they can sell hardware.