As far as Win7 64, it's pretty solid. I ran both, albeit on different machines, but I noticed no real difference in *stability*. Here are the caveats: not 101% of software is going to run out of the box with a few things maybe not running at all (I've not seen this yet though, but I install little and use it a lot for the same tasks). And some programs are going to be installed in a different directory than the rest of your programs because Windows doesn't like your executables to be in the same directory "tree" as the old nasty 32-bit ones. Oh, and I sometimes get random bluescreens, which is new to *my* Windows experience. The issue seems to be with allocating IRQ's for devices, which makes my eyes sad (what year is this?). I don't know if this is a 64-bit issue or not.
Basically my desktop got Win7 pushed on it when I screwed up my XP partition after it started acting up. When that machine died of hardware failure I built another that topped the 4gig limit. After I built this one I had no choice but to dive into 64-bit Windows - but it's not bad. I guess there are driver issues for older hardware, but some of that could be fixed by the vendors I believe. It's just a matter of hoping they will keep your old hardware current when everyone is pushing, maybe, 8 GB of memory. My point, is that I don't see any difference I guess between the two. I have a friend who can't use his Wi-Fi USB dongle, which he could with 32-bit, so meh.
I'd prefer a proper progression system for 5-mans but if Blizzard is unable to grasp the concept of "raids and small group content should be parallel, not sequential, progression paths", at least let us buy high end gear with large amounts of tokens dropped off heroic dungeon bosses. I liked the fact that, even though I can't raid and can only run a heroic or two a night after the missus was finally asleep, I could still work on my gear and progress my character.
Progress this character for what exactly? If you don't have the time to get past the heroic dungeons you are practically at the end of the game. All you can do at this point is collect and the gear dropped and that can be purchased with emblems or gold is enough for you. Why would you need tier 8 items to continue to run heroics? The heroic gear is the entry into raids (that raid gear into higher level raids, etc).
This really isn't anything new to this or similar games. You go on to say that you've won and it's game over - but you don't even have the time to look at the true end-game content so why continue to play? Suspend your account until there is another expansion (or be more social and non-linear and get your rewards that way). You could also just play PVP content. The fact that arenas are going in seasonal rotations with new and better gear showing up each time you could theoretically never 'end'.
But, oh yeah, they are doing what you've suggested. They are going to start giving out emblems that let you get the gear the dedicated players are wearing right now. And you've never had to bare the expense (in game) or the time (both in and out) that they have, so please don't whine. This change is going to punish us who have just a bit more time than you and have felt like we have accomplished something. Now you can walk into our group and fool us by having equivalent pieces. And help the group fail, and then you go to bed.
I'm just saying, it's not for you. You want there to be an expansion every time you've reached the level cap because you can't dedicate the time it takes after you've hit it to continue on. Well, that costs real money, and would be impossible to balance considering someone hit the level cap 48 hours after the last expansion.
Bullshit considering their website always matched the price *except* when the store was cheaper. ANd it had to be considering they did online-in-store-pickup that took stock from that store (and was always the same price). Total lie.
I think you worked at Wal-Mart who uses JIT stocking and pricing on-the-fly (where CC does not).
Funny, I've received items from TigerDirect several times with two day shipping to trip over the item on my porch the next day. And a lot of people I know of, both online and in person, have experienced the same service. Never heard of a two year waiting period. Especially since there was no freaking way that PC was still available two years later... So I somewhat call bullshit on your story there. But of course things like this happen *sometimes*.
And I guess the same can be said about my account, but; "anecdotes does not data make"
Yet another website that I won't change my buying habits for. Newegg FTW!
Wow, retailer fanboyism...
I have a buddy like this, his favorite is xoxide. If it isn't on there it's crap. You can link him the same case, fan, etc. at another site and he says, literally, it's junk.
Newegg is great, don't get me wrong - but the point of shopping online, I thought, was not to develop these 'habits' of only buying from the one retailer over and over but to shop around to the millions that are out there and get the best deal (and sure, service, shipping speed factors into that - but as an occasional TD and NE buyer I've never seen much of a difference).
My entire computer died, the power supply, the motherboard and the CPU - and I needed a replacement right away. Not only was I grateful that I had a Mircocenter store close by, but while checking prices against Newegg, et. al., on my iPhone I found they were the cheapest for the CPU and Mobo combo I wanted. So online isn't always the cheapest. And no one was going to ship the product in a few hours.
A few weeks later I saw a video card on Microcenter that I thought had hit a price point I was willing to deal with, but instead stopped at Best Buy on the way. Low and behold they had a better card for a cheaper price. To this day I can't find this model cheaper online (except on eBay... good luck with that) and their website still says that it's $30 more than I picked it up for. It was just an unadvertised clearance.
In both of these situations I got instant gratification and saved a few bucks. On top of that the Microcenter folks were *super* nice. Sure, they were happy that I was making a purchase, but the man who checked me out at the register was one of the nicer people I've met all year. I would never rely on a salesperson' expertise, but it always nice to have someone to ask questions to. Maybe if you are a total douchebag you don't appreciate quality customer service, but I find that talking to members of the human race can be A-OK sometimes. And at Microcenter I actually met someone who worked there that plays WoW on my very server and we've run a few raids together since... small world. And talking to fellow customers can be fun too.
I'm sad my local Circuit City is gone (which was one stop light away). I always went there before Best Buy (who does suck as a retailer - Google it). But I do also pick up things from TigerDirect and Newegg. They both exist for a reason, because there are consumers of both and mixed camps - those who will never buy online, online only and normal people like me who make the decision based on need and price combined.
Grand Juries are only involved in certain cases and jurisdictions.
O Rly?
Fifth Amendment - Rights of Persons
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
But in this case this order stems from a lawsuit from Craigslist and not a criminal charge brought forth from the AG.
And it should be added; half of this (and other amendments) have been destroyed by the US Supreme Court.
The Virtual Console games, while many are quite fun, are over-priced ($5 for an NES game?),
Yeah, try paying $50 for that same game, we all did once... And what makes $5 for Tetris or SMB3 overpriced? Because they have 10 times the substance of Wii Sports or the others people are going to mention here.
But you seem to hate all consoles by reading the rest of your post.
Really? Because I've been single for months and months (after being not-single in years) and I have gone so far as to *look* at their local erotic services ads. Guess what, no hookers in my area. I guess we are the last bastion of hope here.
It's not a free speech issue, but it's about how much they should be penalized for their users actions. If I sell a faulty PC as working they aren't liable, are they?
Of course I went there after having no help with their personals, of the sexual nature, but it was just to take a gander at what was out there. But I have to add, personal ads had things listed like; "420 friendly", "Disease Free, Drugs OKAY BY ME!" and so forth... so how are they stopping the drugs for sale ads?
Oh, users are reporting them. Maybe my local church should get on there and do God's work.
Your comment and this story reminds me of the movie Soul Man. Camara could have avoided this by using polish and having James Earl Jones as his professor.
Try saying them out loud, and I hope you are at work. There is a major difference when they are pronounced, and as someone who used the former* the latter makes my blood curl.
* As a (former!) member of a street gang we referred to other members as 'that nigga' and so forth. It was the connotation used to indicate someone was in the gang. The mafia, I found out later, does the same thing but I don't know what their 'code' is - someone here might be able to back this up. And, no I'm not black and most of the gang was not either - it was 1994 so it was being tossed around a lot and it got worked into the meme.
I heard a comedian once say; 'we don't care what you call us, we just like watching your face as you come up with the term to use - we like seeing the pause and fear in your face' (D.L. maybe?)
And besides, blacks are niggardly with their allocation of terms to use to refer to them.
I think this is very 'on topic' since we are discussing the lawyer... and the response is fucking hilarious the way I read it in my head.
But couldn't the shorthand version have been "AA" or something else? And the quoted portion doesn't make sense (to me): "no nig covenant" ? WTF does that mean? Negotiable?
I work at a newspaper and I frequently read the comments to stories... because they are sickening but fun to read.
I'm having issues though with some of the comments I read. We regularly have people posting things like "lynch him" or my latest favorite "the Day of the Rope can't come soon enough!" - always people advocating violence (against a racial group). Should these people be protected behind their screen names? When people are calling for violence should the police be allowed to look into it?
I'm sure if I posted something about doing something to a certain head of state I would be exposed by/. in a heartbeat...
And on your sig: can you suggest proof that the 'Savior of the World' has come? Unless you really don't care about humanity you shouldn't be spreading rumors...
Not even that I'm a fan, but it does get old. If BillG cured cancer tomorrow they'd say he started it.
But really, competition is what this is all about - and Windows 7 is looking pretty decent. Linux needs to compete with that next, why not start getting ahead of it before release time comes around?
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It's voting, the less tech the better. I don't need to alt-tab into a solitaire game, just vote.
I can see the moon from my front porch. I can't see Paris. So, which is closer?
I totally read that as Linux "bosses".
This gets +3 LAWL
As far as Win7 64, it's pretty solid. I ran both, albeit on different machines, but I noticed no real difference in *stability*. Here are the caveats: not 101% of software is going to run out of the box with a few things maybe not running at all (I've not seen this yet though, but I install little and use it a lot for the same tasks). And some programs are going to be installed in a different directory than the rest of your programs because Windows doesn't like your executables to be in the same directory "tree" as the old nasty 32-bit ones. Oh, and I sometimes get random bluescreens, which is new to *my* Windows experience. The issue seems to be with allocating IRQ's for devices, which makes my eyes sad (what year is this?). I don't know if this is a 64-bit issue or not.
Basically my desktop got Win7 pushed on it when I screwed up my XP partition after it started acting up. When that machine died of hardware failure I built another that topped the 4gig limit. After I built this one I had no choice but to dive into 64-bit Windows - but it's not bad. I guess there are driver issues for older hardware, but some of that could be fixed by the vendors I believe. It's just a matter of hoping they will keep your old hardware current when everyone is pushing, maybe, 8 GB of memory. My point, is that I don't see any difference I guess between the two. I have a friend who can't use his Wi-Fi USB dongle, which he could with 32-bit, so meh.
I'd prefer a proper progression system for 5-mans but if Blizzard is unable to grasp the concept of "raids and small group content should be parallel, not sequential, progression paths", at least let us buy high end gear with large amounts of tokens dropped off heroic dungeon bosses. I liked the fact that, even though I can't raid and can only run a heroic or two a night after the missus was finally asleep, I could still work on my gear and progress my character.
Progress this character for what exactly? If you don't have the time to get past the heroic dungeons you are practically at the end of the game. All you can do at this point is collect and the gear dropped and that can be purchased with emblems or gold is enough for you. Why would you need tier 8 items to continue to run heroics? The heroic gear is the entry into raids (that raid gear into higher level raids, etc).
This really isn't anything new to this or similar games. You go on to say that you've won and it's game over - but you don't even have the time to look at the true end-game content so why continue to play? Suspend your account until there is another expansion (or be more social and non-linear and get your rewards that way). You could also just play PVP content. The fact that arenas are going in seasonal rotations with new and better gear showing up each time you could theoretically never 'end'.
But, oh yeah, they are doing what you've suggested. They are going to start giving out emblems that let you get the gear the dedicated players are wearing right now. And you've never had to bare the expense (in game) or the time (both in and out) that they have, so please don't whine. This change is going to punish us who have just a bit more time than you and have felt like we have accomplished something. Now you can walk into our group and fool us by having equivalent pieces. And help the group fail, and then you go to bed.
I'm just saying, it's not for you. You want there to be an expansion every time you've reached the level cap because you can't dedicate the time it takes after you've hit it to continue on. Well, that costs real money, and would be impossible to balance considering someone hit the level cap 48 hours after the last expansion.
Harder than erecti0n?
They don't have agents in Google faking the maps (or launching the spy satellites).
Or do they?
Bullshit considering their website always matched the price *except* when the store was cheaper. ANd it had to be considering they did online-in-store-pickup that took stock from that store (and was always the same price). Total lie.
I think you worked at Wal-Mart who uses JIT stocking and pricing on-the-fly (where CC does not).
God, yet another NewEgg fanboy. Because shopping online shouldn't be about choice - it should be about worship!
Not that I have anything against NE, it's just that this thread is looking to be spammed by their employees.
Funny, I've received items from TigerDirect several times with two day shipping to trip over the item on my porch the next day. And a lot of people I know of, both online and in person, have experienced the same service. Never heard of a two year waiting period. Especially since there was no freaking way that PC was still available two years later... So I somewhat call bullshit on your story there. But of course things like this happen *sometimes*.
And I guess the same can be said about my account, but; "anecdotes does not data make"
Yet another website that I won't change my buying habits for. Newegg FTW!
Wow, retailer fanboyism...
I have a buddy like this, his favorite is xoxide. If it isn't on there it's crap. You can link him the same case, fan, etc. at another site and he says, literally, it's junk.
Newegg is great, don't get me wrong - but the point of shopping online, I thought, was not to develop these 'habits' of only buying from the one retailer over and over but to shop around to the millions that are out there and get the best deal (and sure, service, shipping speed factors into that - but as an occasional TD and NE buyer I've never seen much of a difference).
I do, and here are two reasons why;
My entire computer died, the power supply, the motherboard and the CPU - and I needed a replacement right away. Not only was I grateful that I had a Mircocenter store close by, but while checking prices against Newegg, et. al., on my iPhone I found they were the cheapest for the CPU and Mobo combo I wanted. So online isn't always the cheapest. And no one was going to ship the product in a few hours.
A few weeks later I saw a video card on Microcenter that I thought had hit a price point I was willing to deal with, but instead stopped at Best Buy on the way. Low and behold they had a better card for a cheaper price. To this day I can't find this model cheaper online (except on eBay... good luck with that) and their website still says that it's $30 more than I picked it up for. It was just an unadvertised clearance.
In both of these situations I got instant gratification and saved a few bucks. On top of that the Microcenter folks were *super* nice. Sure, they were happy that I was making a purchase, but the man who checked me out at the register was one of the nicer people I've met all year. I would never rely on a salesperson' expertise, but it always nice to have someone to ask questions to. Maybe if you are a total douchebag you don't appreciate quality customer service, but I find that talking to members of the human race can be A-OK sometimes. And at Microcenter I actually met someone who worked there that plays WoW on my very server and we've run a few raids together since... small world. And talking to fellow customers can be fun too.
I'm sad my local Circuit City is gone (which was one stop light away). I always went there before Best Buy (who does suck as a retailer - Google it). But I do also pick up things from TigerDirect and Newegg. They both exist for a reason, because there are consumers of both and mixed camps - those who will never buy online, online only and normal people like me who make the decision based on need and price combined.
Grand Juries are only involved in certain cases and jurisdictions.
O Rly?
Fifth Amendment - Rights of Persons
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
But in this case this order stems from a lawsuit from Craigslist and not a criminal charge brought forth from the AG.
And it should be added; half of this (and other amendments) have been destroyed by the US Supreme Court.
But it's already been established that calls for violence aren't legal free speech and is not protected. Read up on it.
The Virtual Console games, while many are quite fun, are over-priced ($5 for an NES game?),
Yeah, try paying $50 for that same game, we all did once... And what makes $5 for Tetris or SMB3 overpriced? Because they have 10 times the substance of Wii Sports or the others people are going to mention here.
But you seem to hate all consoles by reading the rest of your post.
Really? Because I've been single for months and months (after being not-single in years) and I have gone so far as to *look* at their local erotic services ads. Guess what, no hookers in my area. I guess we are the last bastion of hope here.
It's not a free speech issue, but it's about how much they should be penalized for their users actions. If I sell a faulty PC as working they aren't liable, are they?
Of course I went there after having no help with their personals, of the sexual nature, but it was just to take a gander at what was out there. But I have to add, personal ads had things listed like; "420 friendly", "Disease Free, Drugs OKAY BY ME!" and so forth... so how are they stopping the drugs for sale ads?
Oh, users are reporting them. Maybe my local church should get on there and do God's work.
Your comment and this story reminds me of the movie Soul Man. Camara could have avoided this by using polish and having James Earl Jones as his professor.
Try saying them out loud, and I hope you are at work. There is a major difference when they are pronounced, and as someone who used the former* the latter makes my blood curl.
* As a (former!) member of a street gang we referred to other members as 'that nigga' and so forth. It was the connotation used to indicate someone was in the gang. The mafia, I found out later, does the same thing but I don't know what their 'code' is - someone here might be able to back this up. And, no I'm not black and most of the gang was not either - it was 1994 so it was being tossed around a lot and it got worked into the meme.
I heard a comedian once say; 'we don't care what you call us, we just like watching your face as you come up with the term to use - we like seeing the pause and fear in your face' (D.L. maybe?)
And besides, blacks are niggardly with their allocation of terms to use to refer to them.
I think this is very 'on topic' since we are discussing the lawyer... and the response is fucking hilarious the way I read it in my head.
But couldn't the shorthand version have been "AA" or something else? And the quoted portion doesn't make sense (to me): "no nig covenant" ? WTF does that mean? Negotiable?
I work at a newspaper and I frequently read the comments to stories... because they are sickening but fun to read.
I'm having issues though with some of the comments I read. We regularly have people posting things like "lynch him" or my latest favorite "the Day of the Rope can't come soon enough!" - always people advocating violence (against a racial group). Should these people be protected behind their screen names? When people are calling for violence should the police be allowed to look into it?
I'm sure if I posted something about doing something to a certain head of state I would be exposed by /. in a heartbeat...
And on your sig: can you suggest proof that the 'Savior of the World' has come? Unless you really don't care about humanity you shouldn't be spreading rumors...
Humanity must be unmounted.
You must be new here... it's been old for years.
Not even that I'm a fan, but it does get old. If BillG cured cancer tomorrow they'd say he started it.
But really, competition is what this is all about - and Windows 7 is looking pretty decent. Linux needs to compete with that next, why not start getting ahead of it before release time comes around?
So is the cost of copyright infringement (of the content variety), but everyone seems to forget that.