Where I live, 867 is a common prefix, and one day a DJ called the number and he got a nurse's station in one of the local hospital. Funny thing is, the nurse who answered apparently had never heard of the song before. It would have been more funny if they DJ hadn't tried to explain the whole thing to her, but he just gave up.
All you need to copy this CD is a portable CD Player, some kind of sound recording software, and a $3 cable from Radio Shack. The cable is just a 1/8" jack to a 1/8" jack. Plug one end into the headphone jack on the portable cd player and the other end into your microphone jack. Then press play on the cd player and Record in your software. Wallah! Screw Michael Jackson.
Microsoft has always followed the philosophy of getting their products working JUST ENOUGH to be functional, then release them to the public and put out patches and updates later, to fix the problems they should have fixed before ever releasing the title in the first place.
The thing is, you can't do that with a console system, and nobody wants a console system or games with bugs. Suddenly Microsoft has found themselves in a situation where they have to get things right THE FIRST TIME! I wonder how many poker games Mr. Gates has had to skip while worrying about this one?
Who wants those domains anyway? If people would be creative with their domain name ideas, they can still find stuff out there. I just hope they don't make any more of those James Dean.tv commercials because they are NOT "cool".
I really miss the old command line days, back when the only time you got to use a GUI was in playing a game. Back before every old lady on your street had a $2,000 Dell system with DVD and 12x cd-rw just so she could check email and play bridge online.
A lot of upgrading has to do with security and support. Plus the way Microsoft ditches the previous versions of their software, some users are more or less forced to upgrade. We all know what happens when you try to run a bunch of Win3.1 and DOS applications in Win9x, don't we?
From my experience with trying to make 30 and 40+ year old adults change from one computer program or OS to another, they will always resist and bitch and complain about "how it used to be".
I play chess online a good bit, and Bobby Fischer or not - there are some badass chess players out there. Sometime I can hold my own and other times those guys pull all kinds of weird stuff on me. My mother once found Omar Sharif playing bridge online.
I have several friends who are veterans of the 'big' music industry, and now release their stuff on their own private labels and sell them over the web. They can sell the CD's for less because they cost less when you don't have to pay some old bastard a fat check for him to sit at his desk and sign stuff.
Quake sucks! Unreal Tourn. is where it's at. Besides, I think they kick you out of school now if you admit to playing games about shooting people, although they still make them read Oedipus Rex, a story about a guy who wants to hump his mom.
There is no way something like this can happen without somebody getting some kickbacks somewhere. I would HATE to be the sap working tech support for those laptops, cuz they are gonna take more abuse than my tighty whities 2 hours after eating taco bell.
That's right...charge them like 2 bucks a month, then collect the fee personally and don't tell anyone. You'll be set for life. Oh, and when they call for tech support, be like Compaq and charge them for the call.
Computers were so much cooler back in the days before every jackass on the street had a compaq or an emachine with a bad hard drive and wanted you to come spend 3 hours fixing it in exchange for some cookies and kind words.
I remember back in the early 90's when Sierra was much like a movie studio in that they only released a new game every couple months and made a big deal out of it. It was like a special even when a new King's Quest, Space Quest, Police Quest, Liesure Suit Larry, or one of their new line of games was released.
Somewhere along the way, Sierra got bought out and they started churning out crap. I'm talking about buggy software, stuff that just wasn't fun, etc. They tried to broaden their line of games and ended up spreading themselves too thin.
The only Dynamix games that really come to mind right now are Heart of China and some tank game. They were fun, but nothing really original at the time.
What about those animated banner ads that appear a frame at a time and don't tell you the name until the last frame? I'm on a 56k connection, and if that stuff pops up in a window, I close before it is finished. If it appears at the top of a page, I've usually scrolled down enough to get it off the screen before I see it.
The branding idea is valid, but it's not like you walk into a store and see a website on the shelf. A lot of those ads require you to click them in order to view the site, or you won't remember them.
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Where I live, 867 is a common prefix, and one day a DJ called the number and he got a nurse's station in one of the local hospital. Funny thing is, the nurse who answered apparently had never heard of the song before. It would have been more funny if they DJ hadn't tried to explain the whole thing to her, but he just gave up.
Maybe he can't spell and is looking for a way to wash out his own ass. Some people really have nothing better to do.
I bet it would be nifty for me to put my foot in your ass.
All you need to copy this CD is a portable CD Player, some kind of sound recording software, and a $3 cable from Radio Shack. The cable is just a 1/8" jack to a 1/8" jack.
Plug one end into the headphone jack on the portable cd player and the other end into your microphone jack. Then press play on the cd player and Record in your software.
Wallah! Screw Michael Jackson.
Microsoft has always followed the philosophy of getting their products working JUST ENOUGH to be functional, then release them to the public and put out patches and updates later, to fix the problems they should have fixed before ever releasing the title in the first place.
The thing is, you can't do that with a console system, and nobody wants a console system or games with bugs. Suddenly Microsoft has found themselves in a situation where they have to get things right THE FIRST TIME! I wonder how many poker games Mr. Gates has had to skip while worrying about this one?
Yeah, especially the ones with money. Anybody who'd buy something they saw on tv is dumb, right?
So have you seen the new McDonald's commercials?
Who wants those domains anyway? If people would be creative with their domain name ideas, they can still find stuff out there. I just hope they don't make any more of those James Dean .tv commercials because they are NOT "cool".
You only say that because he uses a lot of big words that you don't understand, jackass.
I really miss the old command line days, back when the only time you got to use a GUI was in playing a game. Back before every old lady on your street had a $2,000 Dell system with DVD and 12x cd-rw just so she could check email and play bridge online.
A lot of upgrading has to do with security and support. Plus the way Microsoft ditches the previous versions of their software, some users are more or less forced to upgrade. We all know what happens when you try to run a bunch of Win3.1 and DOS applications in Win9x, don't we?
From my experience with trying to make 30 and 40+ year old adults change from one computer program or OS to another, they will always resist and bitch and complain about "how it used to be".
Well anyone who has played me would know I am not cheating. I got Chessmaster 8000, too...maybe I should give that a shot. Hmmmm.
Start your own business with all that good money you're making.
I play chess online a good bit, and Bobby Fischer or not - there are some badass chess players out there. Sometime I can hold my own and other times those guys pull all kinds of weird stuff on me. My mother once found Omar Sharif playing bridge online.
I have several friends who are veterans of the 'big' music industry, and now release their stuff on their own private labels and sell them over the web. They can sell the CD's for less because they cost less when you don't have to pay some old bastard a fat check for him to sit at his desk and sign stuff.
Your post reminds me of that scene in Sneakers when she gets the guy to say "passport". Maybe Microsoft should sue that film studio, too.
Quake sucks! Unreal Tourn. is where it's at. Besides, I think they kick you out of school now if you admit to playing games about shooting people, although they still make them read Oedipus Rex, a story about a guy who wants to hump his mom.
There is no way something like this can happen without somebody getting some kickbacks somewhere. I would HATE to be the sap working tech support for those laptops, cuz they are gonna take more abuse than my tighty whities 2 hours after eating taco bell.
Oh great, the Yugo of sattelites. Parts are gonna break off and land on my house, now that I've said something.
Don't you wish people would give you 5 times the amount you asked for when doing projects like this?
That's right...charge them like 2 bucks a month, then collect the fee personally and don't tell anyone. You'll be set for life. Oh, and when they call for tech support, be like Compaq and charge them for the call.
Computers were so much cooler back in the days before every jackass on the street had a compaq or an emachine with a bad hard drive and wanted you to come spend 3 hours fixing it in exchange for some cookies and kind words.
And all of those games you listed are around 10 years old!
I remember back in the early 90's when Sierra was much like a movie studio in that they only released a new game every couple months and made a big deal out of it. It was like a special even when a new King's Quest, Space Quest, Police Quest, Liesure Suit Larry, or one of their new line of games was released.
Somewhere along the way, Sierra got bought out and they started churning out crap. I'm talking about buggy software, stuff that just wasn't fun, etc. They tried to broaden their line of games and ended up spreading themselves too thin.
The only Dynamix games that really come to mind right now are Heart of China and some tank game. They were fun, but nothing really original at the time.
Didn't they learn the first time with DIVX?? Stupid butthole wankers.
What about those animated banner ads that appear a frame at a time and don't tell you the name until the last frame? I'm on a 56k connection, and if that stuff pops up in a window, I close before it is finished. If it appears at the top of a page, I've usually scrolled down enough to get it off the screen before I see it.
The branding idea is valid, but it's not like you walk into a store and see a website on the shelf. A lot of those ads require you to click them in order to view the site, or you won't remember them.