Damn it man! Can't you warn us innocent readers before dropping a complete spoiler like that? Now I know how every episode this season is going to end, you insensitive clod!
I haven't played EVE in a while, and I've never played WoW, but doesn't farming have a different effect on the economy in Eve? Rather than inflation, doesn't it make things cheaper? If there is a huge influx of minerals, the price of them goes down and items get cheaper to manufacture. Where as in WoW you get raw gold coming in and devaluing the current gold that people have. Or am I way off here? What is the real problem with farming in Eve?
-matthew
The basic problem is the same, the devaluation of the currency. The farmers in EVE sell the minerals in-game for ISK, the equivalent of WoW gold. Then they sell the ISK for real-world money, thus de-valuing the currency in-game. The deflation of mineral prices (which adversely affects players who have chosen mining as a profession) is a secondary harmful effect of their activities.
And I enjoy a good flamewar or offtopic thread once in a while. All of the web-based forums on the topics I follow in usenet have strict moderators who keep closing off-topic threads, shuffling them around to put them in the right subthread or threatening to ban people for flaming. I wish Moderators would learn more moderation.
You should join some of the OpenBSD mailing lists.
That's it buddy. You're coming downtown with me. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say or post can be used against you in Patent Court.
You have the right to an attorney, unless we decide you are an anti-patent terrorist enemy combatant.
What made you think you could get away with it, huh, punk?
Lithium aluminum hydride has also been suggested for a matrix for cold fusion... So here we are full circle: This article must be about the promise of limitless energy from cold fusion!! (Well, it makes as much sense as the original article)
Yeah, I bought the blue box set, too, at Walden Books. Mine came with a set of the wonderful TSR low-impact dice.
Kids these days...
Dice! You were lucky! I had the set with the little semi-laminated paper chits that we'd cut out, mix up, and pick out of a cup to simulate various die-rolls! Anybody else old enough to remember those?
I've got to side with exposing kids to violence rather than sex; at least until the Islamist militants start exposing *their* kids to sex, not violence.
Yes, because we really should emulate the Islamist militants in every way possible.. That'll show 'em!
Of course, the highlight was a few years ago when I was running linux my older laptop, surfing the net, and doing my grades (through wine no less), and the school's distrtict tech guy asks how I can do this since "novell doesn't support linux." I guess our network admin never heard of, what's that thingy called? oh yeah, TCP/IP.
I guess he's also missed the fact that Novell is now a linux company? Where has this guy been for the past few years?
Novell's entire future strategy is based on linux, and they are one of the biggest (along with IBM) of the high-profile old line IT companies loudly advocating linux for "Enterprise" use.
Xbox Next: Heget (son of Ra. You mean you've never heard of him?)
PS 3: Hercules (son of Zeus... in roman mythology anyway. Has name recognition though)
Revolution: Jesus (completing Soul Calibur 2's tradition of giving the best character to Nintendo. Who wouldn't want to play as Jesus, putting the smackdown on the others left and right?)
Oh, come on.. You know those other guys would absolutely crucify him!
Actually, the whole quote (not the snippet from the press release) makes a bit more sense:
"In summary, the Yankee Group's TCO survey found that Linux does offer compelling cost savings, economies of scale and technical advantages, as many a satisfied user will attest. However, the cost savings and benefits are not automatic; they are not achieved without customer due diligence and they do not necessarily apply in every user scenario. Ultimately, the TCO and ROI of Linux may be less than, comparable to, or more expensive than UNIX or Windows depending on the individual corporate deployment circumstances."
A lot of ATM's have been switched over to windows 2000. US Bankcorp's ATMs are all run win2k now. You'll know this when you too see the BSOD when you want to withdraw some cash for the weekend.
While the ATM's themselves may run Windows (OS/2 has traditionally been the favorite), the previous poster was referring to the systems the ATM's "talk with". Those are a different story.
Although it makes me laugh to imagine an ATM with an old AS/400 chugging away inside (not that it couldn't do the job, but that is what we in the business would call overkill).
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Damn it man! Can't you warn us innocent readers before dropping a complete spoiler like that? Now I know how every episode this season is going to end, you insensitive clod!
Jimmy! You put down Daddy's cell phone this instant! NOW, young man! Don't you EVER touch daddy's cellphone!
I haven't played EVE in a while, and I've never played WoW, but doesn't farming have a different effect on the economy in Eve? Rather than inflation, doesn't it make things cheaper? If there is a huge influx of minerals, the price of them goes down and items get cheaper to manufacture. Where as in WoW you get raw gold coming in and devaluing the current gold that people have. Or am I way off here? What is the real problem with farming in Eve?
-matthew
The basic problem is the same, the devaluation of the currency. The farmers in EVE sell the minerals in-game for ISK, the equivalent of WoW gold. Then they sell the ISK for real-world money, thus de-valuing the currency in-game. The deflation of mineral prices (which adversely affects players who have chosen mining as a profession) is a secondary harmful effect of their activities.
And I enjoy a good flamewar or offtopic thread once in a while. All of the web-based forums on the topics I follow in usenet have strict moderators who keep closing off-topic threads, shuffling them around to put them in the right subthread or threatening to ban people for flaming. I wish Moderators would learn more moderation.
You should join some of the OpenBSD mailing lists.
I'm just afraid it's going to fail the non-obviousness test.
Don't worry. They don't check for that any more.
That's it buddy. You're coming downtown with me. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say or post can be used against you in Patent Court.
You have the right to an attorney, unless we decide you are an anti-patent terrorist enemy combatant.
What made you think you could get away with it, huh, punk?
Lithium aluminum hydride has also been suggested for a matrix for cold fusion... So here we are full circle: This article must be about the promise of limitless energy from cold fusion!! (Well, it makes as much sense as the original article)
Yeah, I bought the blue box set, too, at Walden Books. Mine came with a set of the wonderful TSR low-impact dice.
Kids these days...
Dice! You were lucky! I had the set with the little semi-laminated paper chits that we'd cut out, mix up, and pick out of a cup to simulate various die-rolls! Anybody else old enough to remember those?
Wow! I hadn't heard they were coming out with Shakespeare: The Video Game. Bet that sells like hotcakes.
Maybe it's all in the marketing.. Hmm..
Macbeth: San Angus
Richard III or "honey, I killed he kids"
The possibilities are endless!
I've got to side with exposing kids to violence rather than sex; at least until the Islamist militants start exposing *their* kids to sex, not violence.
Yes, because we really should emulate the Islamist militants in every way possible.. That'll show 'em!
Brink of ultimate geekhood? Crap! Missed it by *that much*...
Oh, nevermind, you wouldn't understand. Whippersnapper.
Kids these days... Can't understand a word they're sayin'!
Hmphh.
Of course, the highlight was a few years ago when I was running linux my older laptop, surfing the net, and doing my grades (through wine no less), and the school's distrtict tech guy asks how I can do this since "novell doesn't support linux." I guess our network admin never heard of, what's that thingy called? oh yeah, TCP/IP.
I guess he's also missed the fact that Novell is now a linux company? Where has this guy been for the past few years?
Novell's entire future strategy is based on linux, and they are one of the biggest (along with IBM) of the high-profile old line IT companies loudly advocating linux for "Enterprise" use.
Here's a link to an article about it.0 01857104_lovemath13m.html
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2
Interesting stuff.
Xbox Next: Heget (son of Ra. You mean you've never heard of him?)
... in roman mythology anyway. Has name recognition though)
PS 3: Hercules (son of Zeus
Revolution: Jesus (completing Soul Calibur 2's tradition of giving the best character to Nintendo. Who wouldn't want to play as Jesus, putting the smackdown on the others left and right?)
Oh, come on.. You know those other guys would absolutely crucify him!
Sorry, had to be done..
Actually, the whole quote (not the snippet from the press release) makes a bit more sense:
"In summary, the Yankee Group's TCO survey found that Linux does offer compelling cost savings, economies of scale and technical advantages, as many a satisfied user will attest. However, the cost savings and benefits are not automatic; they are not achieved without customer due diligence and they do not necessarily apply in every user scenario. Ultimately, the TCO and ROI of Linux may be less than, comparable to, or more expensive than UNIX or Windows depending on the individual corporate deployment circumstances."
Just doing my part to fulfill your prediction..
I think you're thinking of Blackjack, where counting cards makes a bigger difference.
Or it's those North Korean Cyber-Stormtroopers here to infiltrate the decadent Western computer networks!
A lot of ATM's have been switched over to windows 2000. US Bankcorp's ATMs are all run win2k now. You'll know this when you too see the BSOD when you want to withdraw some cash for the weekend.
While the ATM's themselves may run Windows (OS/2 has traditionally been the favorite), the previous poster was referring to the systems the ATM's "talk with". Those are a different story.
Although it makes me laugh to imagine an ATM with an old AS/400 chugging away inside (not that it couldn't do the job, but that is what we in the business would call overkill).