Er, those drives are not apple exclusive. Apple doesn't make them. Want some? Go place an order for a couple million and you'll have no problem getting it filled.
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ZOMG!!! It's from MS so say something against it and watch the mod points roll in!!!! Even if it's total bullshit!!! Even if it disses things that this does better than the comparable Apple product!!! But don't diss the Apple product or you'll be modded into oblivion ZOMG!!!!
Sorry, but someone has to say this, what a pile of fucking crap. There is absolutely NOTHING mentioned that isn't the same or WORSE with the iPod, and yet that is gold plated and shit-stain-proof isn't it?
'sloppy you'll-take-what-we-give you attitude?'
WTF? People read that and take you seriously?
But if you post it about apple it's PRAISE of course!
Rational? Around here? When discussing anything MS or Apple related? Not bloody fucking likely. But my favorite part of course is the gamers like you that just live to rack up those predictable +5 posts based on piling on the bullshit.
*Note that I have not once stated one way or the other about whether the Zune is a good product, or god forbid, compared it in any way to an iPod, other than to point out the complete and utter bullshit presented by the parent poster. But I'm sure to get modded as if I'm a MS zealot and Apple hater. Have fun with that! ZOMG!!!
I know the history very well thank you, and that is a very creative and pessimistic take on a number of all but unrelated issues..Net was indeed created partly to compete with Java, and that it does.
IE had nothing to do with.NET. MS dropped the ball after getting complacent with their browser market share dominance with IE6. They thought it'd be 'the' browser for a good long time. Turns out they were wrong and had to scramble to stay in the game, which they did. Do you really think MS was naive enough to think they could replace what most people see as the internet (a browser) with a framework? IE was still to be the delivery mechanism regardless, so your argument there doesn't hold water.
Mono! A disease! Haha! So funny I forgot to laugh.
MS is way more open than they ever were in the past. Sure they do what they can to retain developers and extend their userbase...but it's a corporation. Shall we shit on Ford because they'd like to see everyone driving one of their cars?
Never said everyone should move to.NET. Never said it was the best or anything like that. Merely stated that it's a very good tool for the job of doing windows development, and it has some added benefits that code you write CAN be run elsewhere thanks to projects like Mono. So thanks for shitting on all of that for no good reason:)
But C# and.NET are very viable for windows development. If that's what you're developing, it's the right tool for the job and WAY better than what was there before..NET is much less of a lock in than VB was. C#/VB.Net is way easier than MFC or coding to the windows api via c/c++. And Mono actually works very well to get you out of the MS lock-in.
Right tool for the job, and there are a LOT of windows dev jobs. Remember: It's a job, not a moral crusade. (If it is in fact a moral crusade for you or others...I'd suggest diverting your efforts towards something that actually matters;)
I know you say you don't care about losing or winning, but this only happens AT THE END OF THE GAME. That would be to say: WHEN THE GAME IS OVER. In other words: WHEN NOTHING MATTERS AT ALL.
It IS a victory lap you fucking moron. NOTHING that happens in that 15 seconds matters to THAT GAME, or THE NEXT GAME, except for morons like you jumping up and down screaming about something that doesn't matter one whit.
No, people that are complete fucking idiots who don't 'get' things even after being bashed about the head with a clue stick repeatedly and insist on continuing to whine about it are whiny bitches, like you for example.
Now, I've gone back and noticed that you HAVEN'T EVEN PLAYED, and thus have NEVER EVEN EXPERIENCED this feature to which you are so vehemently opposed.
Maybe you should stop for a second and think about why that is and why it's resulted in such a reaction to your pathetic ranting against nothing.
Either way, please oh please, just stay away from TF2. Don't worry, it's FULL of 'unnecessary' and 'irritating' features like that, you'll absolutely HATE the game, so don't bother mmkay?
Insightful for stating that gaming on Windows is a kludge and that there have been no PC's for gaming since the Amiga?
Really? On/.?
Hmm, I guess the 4 or 5 gaming rigs I've had in the past decade didn't really exist then. All of which smoked any console gaming system of the time by far...nevermind. Why am I responding to blatant flamebait anyways...oh yeah, +4 insightful.
Best bet on here when posting information like the above is to also post links to references. Yep, most of us can look it up ourselves, but the vocal minority would rather assume otherwise.
What? Don't be a prick about it, sheesh, obviously there would be no way to please you except to just give it to you for free.
Orange box is a wicked deal if you want more than one piece of what is in the bundle. Just so happens that the less of the bundle parts you already own, the more of a deal it is. Doesn't mean it's not still a deal.
You can buy the pieces by themselves, or buy the bundle if the price of the pieces you want individually is more than orange box. How is that kicking you in the balls?
Fuck I hate whiny pricks like you. Got to crap on everything for no bloody reason.
Hey...actually, wait, I'm going about this all wrong. Yes, you're right! What a kick in the Balls! You should boycott Valve and never buy anything from them again! That'll teach em!
(What're the chances that'll keep us from having to put up with this kind of crap in TF2? Worth a shot anyways;) )
Step 1: Come up with general idea for grand magnum opus. Step 2: Decide it'll be in 7 parts. Step 3: Plan out first 3 parts. Step 4: Write and sell first 3 parts. Step 5: ? Step 6: Profit!
I DO know quite a bit about it. I was a HUGE SK fan thank you very much. It is well know that other than a very loose idea of the 7 books, there was almost no initial planning beyond the first 3 other than an overarching idea.
Reading the entire series, it's all but impossible to miss this. There's the first 3 books...and then there's the other 4 books. They are so incredibly different that they could have been written by completely different authors with completely different visions.
Regardless, it's not exactly a good example of quality 'episodic content' now is it? Most people would agree with that...though very often people become very apologetic when defending something they've spent so much time waiting to come to it's conclusion.
Anyways, you know what my point was, so instead of attacking the example based on your own feelings...both being all but irrelevant to the point at hand...how about addressing the point that was being made?
Why do the bundles frustrate you? You can buy the episodes without the bundle, or get a great deal on the bundled content. I fail to see the problem. $45 for an 8 hr episode, TF, and Portal is a very good deal.
Don't think it has to be that way, but Stephen King is a particularly good example of the wrong way to do it. The Green Mile was definitely a milk job. The other was the gunslinger series. OK, not exactly episodic, but similar...started off ok, but he clearly had NO idea where it was going, just a hook to get through the first few 'episodes' knowing fans would want closure to the story and would basically buy anything. The rest was complete and utter crap.
I haven't read a single thing from SK since he royally pissed me off with destroying that particular series. I know I'm not the only one.
So back on topic: Lesson to be learned here is that your episodes MUST be a part of the whole, and you had better not milk the customer for each one. Keep continuity and flow in to the whole, and offer the pieces at a reasonable price.
All in all, I think Valve has done a fairly good job, my only complaint being like most others...too much time between episodes. But I'm willing to overlook that given the additional content they offer with each as a bundle. (TF, Portal etc)
I think Valve has proven that the formula can work and there is a solid market for it. They just need to refine the process a bit, and DON'T do what SK did...or they will most certainly kill the franchise.
I'll bet you one Lego Millennium Falcon set that you can't prove the existence of any 5000 piece Lego set that has retailed for $50 in the last 20 years. Care to take me up on that?
Nah, didn't think so.
Further, you conveniently gloss over the fact that this is part of the Ultimate Collectors Series. It isn't meant to get into everyones hands. It exists because there is actually a demand for these large scale sets.
Don't want to pay for the giant 5000 one? Then don't. But why bitch about it? There is a smaller set of course...and even a mini set.
Suck it up, don't be so jealous. Sound like a 6 year old you do.
Buy it used, but whatever you do, buy LEGO. I have never come across off-brand 'lego' that wasn't complete crap. Megablocks is the closest, and it's not that much cheaper, and it's garbage. LEGO will last decades.
Got a half dozen big rubbermaid boxes full of it, son's just about old enough to start inheriting it. Some is almost 40 years old, some is no more than a few years old. All of it works together perfectly:)
So you're saying that the next time the neighbor lets his dog shit on my lawn and refuses to do anything about it, I should go to congress?
Well, that is what you said.
Should we start going to congress instead of calling the cops or a lawyer when we think existing laws are being broken? Is that really the purpose of congress? Or is it intended for lobbying against existing laws for changes to said laws as well as lobbying for new laws?
Um, sure, if we're talking about lobbying congress about some area of law that a particular individual or group would like to see implemented or changed, you'd have a point.
But lobbying congress because a group believes a particular entity is breaking an existing law?
Do you really not see the difference here? If they're that concerned about something Google is doing, than they should be talking to a lawyer, not congress.
What's the difference between this, and my walking into congress to complain that my neighbor let his dog crap on my lawn again?
It's blatant abuse of the system and should not be accepted or tolerated.
So if they're not a stakeholder, what business do they have to lobby for this with congress?
I'd hope congress would give them a firm 'Mind your own business'...but what are the chances of that?
Really, it's bad enough we have watchdog groups working on behalf of 'think of the children'...but watchdog groups looking out for the corporate greedy? Pathetic.
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Er, those drives are not apple exclusive. Apple doesn't make them. Want some? Go place an order for a couple million and you'll have no problem getting it filled.
ZOMG!!! It's from MS so say something against it and watch the mod points roll in!!!!
Even if it's total bullshit!!!
Even if it disses things that this does better than the comparable Apple product!!!
But don't diss the Apple product or you'll be modded into oblivion ZOMG!!!!
Sorry, but someone has to say this, what a pile of fucking crap.
There is absolutely NOTHING mentioned that isn't the same or WORSE with the iPod, and yet that is gold plated and shit-stain-proof isn't it?
'sloppy you'll-take-what-we-give you attitude?'
WTF? People read that and take you seriously?
But if you post it about apple it's PRAISE of course!
Rational? Around here? When discussing anything MS or Apple related? Not bloody fucking likely.
But my favorite part of course is the gamers like you that just live to rack up those predictable +5 posts based on piling on the bullshit.
*Note that I have not once stated one way or the other about whether the Zune is a good product, or god forbid, compared it in any way to an iPod, other than to point out the complete and utter bullshit presented by the parent poster. But I'm sure to get modded as if I'm a MS zealot and Apple hater. Have fun with that! ZOMG!!!
I know the history very well thank you, and that is a very creative and pessimistic take on a number of all but unrelated issues. .Net was indeed created partly to compete with Java, and that it does.
.NET. MS dropped the ball after getting complacent with their browser market share dominance with IE6. They thought it'd be 'the' browser for a good long time. Turns out they were wrong and had to scramble to stay in the game, which they did. Do you really think MS was naive enough to think they could replace what most people see as the internet (a browser) with a framework? IE was still to be the delivery mechanism regardless, so your argument there doesn't hold water.
.NET. Never said it was the best or anything like that. Merely stated that it's a very good tool for the job of doing windows development, and it has some added benefits that code you write CAN be run elsewhere thanks to projects like Mono. So thanks for shitting on all of that for no good reason :)
IE had nothing to do with
Mono! A disease! Haha! So funny I forgot to laugh.
MS is way more open than they ever were in the past. Sure they do what they can to retain developers and extend their userbase...but it's a corporation. Shall we shit on Ford because they'd like to see everyone driving one of their cars?
Never said everyone should move to
That's great and all, except it's just not true.
;)
You have always been able to write good code or bad code, that hasn't changed. It's just gotten easier to write good code, or bad code
But C# and .NET are very viable for windows development. If that's what you're developing, it's the right tool for the job and WAY better than what was there before. .NET is much less of a lock in than VB was. C#/VB.Net is way easier than MFC or coding to the windows api via c/c++. And Mono actually works very well to get you out of the MS lock-in.
;)
Right tool for the job, and there are a LOT of windows dev jobs. Remember: It's a job, not a moral crusade. (If it is in fact a moral crusade for you or others...I'd suggest diverting your efforts towards something that actually matters
What are you, a fucking brick?
I know you say you don't care about losing or winning, but this only happens AT THE END OF THE GAME. That would be to say: WHEN THE GAME IS OVER. In other words: WHEN NOTHING MATTERS AT ALL.
It IS a victory lap you fucking moron. NOTHING that happens in that 15 seconds matters to THAT GAME, or THE NEXT GAME, except for morons like you jumping up and down screaming about something that doesn't matter one whit.
No, people that are complete fucking idiots who don't 'get' things even after being bashed about the head with a clue stick repeatedly and insist on continuing to whine about it are whiny bitches, like you for example.
Now, I've gone back and noticed that you HAVEN'T EVEN PLAYED, and thus have NEVER EVEN EXPERIENCED this feature to which you are so vehemently opposed.
Maybe you should stop for a second and think about why that is and why it's resulted in such a reaction to your pathetic ranting against nothing.
Either way, please oh please, just stay away from TF2. Don't worry, it's FULL of 'unnecessary' and 'irritating' features like that, you'll absolutely HATE the game, so don't bother mmkay?
And yet it has everything with whether you win or lose...as when that happens...the game is...wait for it...OVER.
;)
And if you're the one getting pegged at that point and getting pissed about it, you'd be on the losing team.
It's the same as the winner of a race taking a victory lap. Are they chicken shit racers for taking that victory lap?
No. They aren't. But you are indeed a whiny bitch.
But please, if it pisses you off that much, then by all means don't play. That way I won't have to miss you when you're gone
Insightful for stating that gaming on Windows is a kludge and that there have been no PC's for gaming since the Amiga?
/.?
Really? On
Hmm, I guess the 4 or 5 gaming rigs I've had in the past decade didn't really exist then. All of which smoked any console gaming system of the time by far...nevermind. Why am I responding to blatant flamebait anyways...oh yeah, +4 insightful.
Sheesh, someone fix that please!
Dude, you're being an idiot.
Don't like being shot for 15 seconds when your team loses? Then don't lose. It's really that simple.
You're coming across as a whiny sore loser and nothing more.
Best bet on here when posting information like the above is to also post links to references. Yep, most of us can look it up ourselves, but the vocal minority would rather assume otherwise.
Here's another freebie for you:
Everyone is a potential customer.
You were being a prick, you got called on it, suck it up and deal.
Exactly, which is why they are NOT safe for digital media. These safes get plenty hot enough to damage most forms of digital media.
Here's a bit of business advice: Don't be a dick. Potential customers don't like it.
You can be right, and you can be so right you're wrong.
Are dell's made in the US?
(I highly suspect not, but I really don't know)
What? Don't be a prick about it, sheesh, obviously there would be no way to please you except to just give it to you for free.
;) )
Orange box is a wicked deal if you want more than one piece of what is in the bundle. Just so happens that the less of the bundle parts you already own, the more of a deal it is. Doesn't mean it's not still a deal.
You can buy the pieces by themselves, or buy the bundle if the price of the pieces you want individually is more than orange box. How is that kicking you in the balls?
Fuck I hate whiny pricks like you. Got to crap on everything for no bloody reason.
Hey...actually, wait, I'm going about this all wrong. Yes, you're right! What a kick in the Balls! You should boycott Valve and never buy anything from them again! That'll teach em!
(What're the chances that'll keep us from having to put up with this kind of crap in TF2? Worth a shot anyways
Sorry, you're right:
Step 1: Come up with general idea for grand magnum opus.
Step 2: Decide it'll be in 7 parts.
Step 3: Plan out first 3 parts.
Step 4: Write and sell first 3 parts.
Step 5: ?
Step 6: Profit!
I DO know quite a bit about it. I was a HUGE SK fan thank you very much. It is well know that other than a very loose idea of the 7 books, there was almost no initial planning beyond the first 3 other than an overarching idea.
Reading the entire series, it's all but impossible to miss this. There's the first 3 books...and then there's the other 4 books. They are so incredibly different that they could have been written by completely different authors with completely different visions.
Regardless, it's not exactly a good example of quality 'episodic content' now is it? Most people would agree with that...though very often people become very apologetic when defending something they've spent so much time waiting to come to it's conclusion.
Anyways, you know what my point was, so instead of attacking the example based on your own feelings...both being all but irrelevant to the point at hand...how about addressing the point that was being made?
Why do the bundles frustrate you? You can buy the episodes without the bundle, or get a great deal on the bundled content. I fail to see the problem. $45 for an 8 hr episode, TF, and Portal is a very good deal.
Don't think it has to be that way, but Stephen King is a particularly good example of the wrong way to do it. The Green Mile was definitely a milk job. The other was the gunslinger series. OK, not exactly episodic, but similar...started off ok, but he clearly had NO idea where it was going, just a hook to get through the first few 'episodes' knowing fans would want closure to the story and would basically buy anything. The rest was complete and utter crap.
I haven't read a single thing from SK since he royally pissed me off with destroying that particular series. I know I'm not the only one.
So back on topic: Lesson to be learned here is that your episodes MUST be a part of the whole, and you had better not milk the customer for each one. Keep continuity and flow in to the whole, and offer the pieces at a reasonable price.
All in all, I think Valve has done a fairly good job, my only complaint being like most others...too much time between episodes. But I'm willing to overlook that given the additional content they offer with each as a bundle. (TF, Portal etc)
I think Valve has proven that the formula can work and there is a solid market for it. They just need to refine the process a bit, and DON'T do what SK did...or they will most certainly kill the franchise.
Er, CAD doesn't include tax either, and we're at parity with the US now for all intents and purposes.
I'll bet you one Lego Millennium Falcon set that you can't prove the existence of any 5000 piece Lego set that has retailed for $50 in the last 20 years. Care to take me up on that?
Nah, didn't think so.
Further, you conveniently gloss over the fact that this is part of the Ultimate Collectors Series. It isn't meant to get into everyones hands. It exists because there is actually a demand for these large scale sets.
Don't want to pay for the giant 5000 one? Then don't. But why bitch about it?
There is a smaller set of course...and even a mini set.
Suck it up, don't be so jealous. Sound like a 6 year old you do.
Buy it used, but whatever you do, buy LEGO. I have never come across off-brand 'lego' that wasn't complete crap. Megablocks is the closest, and it's not that much cheaper, and it's garbage. LEGO will last decades.
:)
Got a half dozen big rubbermaid boxes full of it, son's just about old enough to start inheriting it. Some is almost 40 years old, some is no more than a few years old. All of it works together perfectly
So you're saying that the next time the neighbor lets his dog shit on my lawn and refuses to do anything about it, I should go to congress?
Well, that is what you said.
Should we start going to congress instead of calling the cops or a lawyer when we think existing laws are being broken? Is that really the purpose of congress? Or is it intended for lobbying against existing laws for changes to said laws as well as lobbying for new laws?
Is congress now our Nanny?
Um, sure, if we're talking about lobbying congress about some area of law that a particular individual or group would like to see implemented or changed, you'd have a point.
But lobbying congress because a group believes a particular entity is breaking an existing law?
Do you really not see the difference here? If they're that concerned about something Google is doing, than they should be talking to a lawyer, not congress.
What's the difference between this, and my walking into congress to complain that my neighbor let his dog crap on my lawn again?
It's blatant abuse of the system and should not be accepted or tolerated.
So if they're not a stakeholder, what business do they have to lobby for this with congress?
I'd hope congress would give them a firm 'Mind your own business'...but what are the chances of that?
Really, it's bad enough we have watchdog groups working on behalf of 'think of the children'...but watchdog groups looking out for the corporate greedy? Pathetic.