Should also note that Cartoon Network was ad-free when it launched. I remember watching it when I was younger with zero ads. When the main program was over, they had some sort of filler cartoon to fill the empty time to the next timeslot.
That is not the case. It just grabs the installer packs and installs the software for you. You still have all the individual listing in your programs list.
It has screwed me out of a job I wanted. I was asking $16/hr for a Jr. Sys Admin job. It looked like great experience, came with a company car, and a discount on tires (it was for a tire company). They kept asking me to drop lower, but I held firm at $16 (it was what I was making at the time at a contract gig). They told me the highest they would go is $13/hr. I told them I couldnt accept it, and they apparently got some joker in for $13. I have MCITP in Win7 Desktop and Server 2012R2 (they were going to upgrade to 2012R2 in the next few months), as well as my CCNA.
Oh well, now I'm getting ridiculously overpaid for a gig doing Help Desk I (Even though I'm considered Tier 3 support by the organization that I work for) due to some good negotiations.
So what you're saying is the selling point should have been "We know you think Tom Cruise is crazy... watch him die in hundreds of ways in this great film!" Humm... Maybe I will have to go see it.
Well, to counterpoint your Edge of Tomorrow - Pacific Rim did pretty damn good ($190mil budget, $441 Gross). That was en entirely new IP. Could just be that Edge of Tomorrow sucked... or people (like me) don't care to see Tom Cruise in movies because all I can think of is "That dude is a crazy scientologist".
The damage would still be done as they would have to wait until after the launch of the game to do any optimization for the game. All the benchmarking and testing would already be done and published.
Those who pirate their entertainment tend not to be likely to spend money on the content, to begin with
You know, besides every study into pirate spending shows that they spend MORE than the non-pirating counterpart? On a work PC, so I cant exactly get all the google results for this, but seeing as how you understand basic/. formatting, I can assume you're smart enough to use google.
My dad's old band was contacted by Sony Records back in 1990 or so. Everyone wanted to sign the record deal (pretty good sized advance). My dad saw the contract terms and bailed. They replaced my dad with another guitarist. My dad still has to bust his ass at his current job, but he didn't have to file for bankruptcy like the rest of the band members had to when the albums failed to move as good as everyone hoped.
That's how most electronic music producers do it. There are a few major Labels in the scene (Ultra, MoS, Ajunabeats, etc), but majority of them are either self-published or with a small label (usually being a collection of friends or something). That, and these guys make most of their money doing live gigs since majority of people don't buy their music - it's mostly bought by DJs. Most of the people I know (tons of ravers) listen to most of their music from podcasts (Like Arman Van Burren's ASOT, Monstercat's weekly podcast, etc.), and download those and listen to them.
It's not even the tessilation. Its when AAA games use GameWorks, it screws AMD's performance. They cannot see how the graphics engine is making calls to the APIs. Its also in the listening agreement between the developers and Nvidia that the code used for the engine CANNOT be shared without outside sources. Well, it can be, in some cases, but it specifically excludes AMD from ever seeing what is really going on behind the curtain.
Funny, I've had zero problems with my drivers form AMD cards for the past 5-6 years. Of course, prior to that, it was a nightmare. Also, go look up GameWorks. It actively fucks AMD in that they cant optimize anything that runs GameWorks.
Tesla was a very... interesting man. He had a very hard time socializing, suffered from extreme OCD, and believed that his inventions were for the good of man kind, therefore they should be given to the people. Edison was a business man first and an inventor second.
In California, if you fail (and are Test Only), you get no diagnostic. You have to take it to a shop to have it inspected and fixed. You only get a 30 day registration extension to fix the problem should you fail. On the regular tests (non Test-Only) the shop can tell you what's wrong and how to fix it. Either way, you still only get a 30 day extension to fix the problem.
Or, you know, you know some guy that smogs your car for $300 without you ever having to show up. Just text him the VIN # and you can pick up your papers the next day. When you start doing certain car mods (like my old LS/VTEC Turbo), you kinda have to see the shady guy sometimes. Funny thing is that the emissions for the car were extremely low (passing for my car model). It just failed visual inspection.
Just going to throw this out there - Tesla uses off the shelf 18650 Lithium-Ion NCR batteries. As someone who uses a vape (e-cig), I've see what happens when Tesla switches brands. First the VCT-4/VCT-5 Sony batteries just disappeared off the market, then the MNKY Oranges disappeared, but it appears they switched to some Panasonic ones, and nobody uses those for vapes.
One day when I was still working at a grocery store, I had to call up the help desk. I always hated getting connected to India to get someone that I couldn't understand and always was completely unhelpful. This time I called up, and I got someone with a thick Texan accent. He was actually pretty helpful and got the right ticket in to get our handheld fixed. At the end of the call, I made a comment along the lines of "So when did we get a call center in Texas?" He burst out laughing and said "No, my friend, you called India! I've been working on my American accent!" I was so perplexed. Apparently you get paid more in India depending on how good your American accents are.
What gets me is that at my old job, every system had a self service password reset. Nobody ever used it, and opted to call us instead. Then we proceeded to walk them through the steps of using the self service password reset tools.
As someone who works at Help Desk, the human touch is needed sometimes. Only a human that can force themselves to think illogically and understand some of the calls that I receive asking for help.
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I was always under the impression that the release weekend was like 90%+ royalty to the studios.
Should also note that Cartoon Network was ad-free when it launched. I remember watching it when I was younger with zero ads. When the main program was over, they had some sort of filler cartoon to fill the empty time to the next timeslot.
That is not the case. It just grabs the installer packs and installs the software for you. You still have all the individual listing in your programs list.
I don't know that's a good thing. I love watching a bunch of ACs fighting while pretending its one man with multiple personalities.
I got stuck doing 2 years of shitty contracts (PC refreshing), and I couldnt really say no to anything that came my way because... bills.
It has screwed me out of a job I wanted. I was asking $16/hr for a Jr. Sys Admin job. It looked like great experience, came with a company car, and a discount on tires (it was for a tire company). They kept asking me to drop lower, but I held firm at $16 (it was what I was making at the time at a contract gig). They told me the highest they would go is $13/hr. I told them I couldnt accept it, and they apparently got some joker in for $13. I have MCITP in Win7 Desktop and Server 2012R2 (they were going to upgrade to 2012R2 in the next few months), as well as my CCNA.
Oh well, now I'm getting ridiculously overpaid for a gig doing Help Desk I (Even though I'm considered Tier 3 support by the organization that I work for) due to some good negotiations.
The fact that you called them out on their group think made them angry.
So what you're saying is the selling point should have been "We know you think Tom Cruise is crazy... watch him die in hundreds of ways in this great film!" Humm... Maybe I will have to go see it.
I actually cant remember the password to my old account due to the fact that I stopped reading for a bit. I was pretty active like 2004-ish.
Another SWAB post? In under a day? Maybe its time to stop reading /.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars series was amazing as well. Probably wont be seeing any more of those now...
Well, to counterpoint your Edge of Tomorrow - Pacific Rim did pretty damn good ($190mil budget, $441 Gross). That was en entirely new IP. Could just be that Edge of Tomorrow sucked... or people (like me) don't care to see Tom Cruise in movies because all I can think of is "That dude is a crazy scientologist".
The damage would still be done as they would have to wait until after the launch of the game to do any optimization for the game. All the benchmarking and testing would already be done and published.
Those who pirate their entertainment tend not to be likely to spend money on the content, to begin with
You know, besides every study into pirate spending shows that they spend MORE than the non-pirating counterpart? On a work PC, so I cant exactly get all the google results for this, but seeing as how you understand basic /. formatting, I can assume you're smart enough to use google.
My dad's old band was contacted by Sony Records back in 1990 or so. Everyone wanted to sign the record deal (pretty good sized advance). My dad saw the contract terms and bailed. They replaced my dad with another guitarist. My dad still has to bust his ass at his current job, but he didn't have to file for bankruptcy like the rest of the band members had to when the albums failed to move as good as everyone hoped.
That's how most electronic music producers do it. There are a few major Labels in the scene (Ultra, MoS, Ajunabeats, etc), but majority of them are either self-published or with a small label (usually being a collection of friends or something). That, and these guys make most of their money doing live gigs since majority of people don't buy their music - it's mostly bought by DJs. Most of the people I know (tons of ravers) listen to most of their music from podcasts (Like Arman Van Burren's ASOT, Monstercat's weekly podcast, etc.), and download those and listen to them.
It's not even the tessilation. Its when AAA games use GameWorks, it screws AMD's performance. They cannot see how the graphics engine is making calls to the APIs. Its also in the listening agreement between the developers and Nvidia that the code used for the engine CANNOT be shared without outside sources. Well, it can be, in some cases, but it specifically excludes AMD from ever seeing what is really going on behind the curtain.
Funny, I've had zero problems with my drivers form AMD cards for the past 5-6 years. Of course, prior to that, it was a nightmare. Also, go look up GameWorks. It actively fucks AMD in that they cant optimize anything that runs GameWorks.
Yeah, if only it worked that way. We still had the same people calling us every 45-60 days to get stuff changed.
Tesla was a very... interesting man. He had a very hard time socializing, suffered from extreme OCD, and believed that his inventions were for the good of man kind, therefore they should be given to the people. Edison was a business man first and an inventor second.
In California, if you fail (and are Test Only), you get no diagnostic. You have to take it to a shop to have it inspected and fixed. You only get a 30 day registration extension to fix the problem should you fail. On the regular tests (non Test-Only) the shop can tell you what's wrong and how to fix it. Either way, you still only get a 30 day extension to fix the problem.
Or, you know, you know some guy that smogs your car for $300 without you ever having to show up. Just text him the VIN # and you can pick up your papers the next day. When you start doing certain car mods (like my old LS/VTEC Turbo), you kinda have to see the shady guy sometimes. Funny thing is that the emissions for the car were extremely low (passing for my car model). It just failed visual inspection.
Just going to throw this out there - Tesla uses off the shelf 18650 Lithium-Ion NCR batteries. As someone who uses a vape (e-cig), I've see what happens when Tesla switches brands. First the VCT-4/VCT-5 Sony batteries just disappeared off the market, then the MNKY Oranges disappeared, but it appears they switched to some Panasonic ones, and nobody uses those for vapes.
One day when I was still working at a grocery store, I had to call up the help desk. I always hated getting connected to India to get someone that I couldn't understand and always was completely unhelpful. This time I called up, and I got someone with a thick Texan accent. He was actually pretty helpful and got the right ticket in to get our handheld fixed. At the end of the call, I made a comment along the lines of "So when did we get a call center in Texas?" He burst out laughing and said "No, my friend, you called India! I've been working on my American accent!" I was so perplexed. Apparently you get paid more in India depending on how good your American accents are.
What gets me is that at my old job, every system had a self service password reset. Nobody ever used it, and opted to call us instead. Then we proceeded to walk them through the steps of using the self service password reset tools.
As someone who works at Help Desk, the human touch is needed sometimes. Only a human that can force themselves to think illogically and understand some of the calls that I receive asking for help.