I don't see the point in having to pay for the privilege to waste my time.
I pay the $15 a month. I'm no longer a starving student, but $15 is less than what I used to pay for beer and a pizza on any given evening. This covers my gaming for an entire month. It would be nice if the initial cost of the software was free, but it's ~$40 and they include the first month. If the alternative is a contract (think cell phones), I far prefer this model. That aside, $15 is nothing when most players break it down into their hourly gaming rate and the software price is neglible, at best, over the span of a year or more. If I buy a couple DVDs a month and watch them once or twice, I'm nowhere near that return.
As for it being a waste of your time, it's only a waste if you're not enjoying it. If you're not enjoying something, but you still participate, well... hey, that's on you.
it can haul more people My parents' minivan sat 7 people. My SUV seats 7 people.
has more cargo room I have not noticed this to be true. As far as weight, though, there is no comparison between the suspension of a minivan and an SUV.
on average gets about 50% better fuel economy Simply not true. A quick check of the Edmunds website will show that most minivans are on par with the SUVs. If anything, any disparity is a function of engine size, not vehicle type, and there are usually more engines choices available with an SUV.
I wish Ford hadn't changed the Windstar I'll go one step further and wish they hadn't abandoned the Aerostar. Do you know how difficult it is to find a stick-shift in a minivan?
Personally I'm working on my algorithm for recognising pages selling stuff and only returning them WHEN I'M LOOKING TO BUY STUFF. It would do more for Google than this algorithm and personally I could do with a few million.
This is exactly where the big chains make their money. The overpriced accessories, not the big-ticket items with slim margins. Online retailers have the luxury of putting slim margins on everything.
I was looking to buy a 20' component cable at Best Buy. The closest I could come was a 16' for just under $100. I borrowed a crimper, used a bunch of RG6 coax I already had, and bought the 6 connectors at $3 a piece. The result? An incredible picture through a 25' homemade cable that cost me under $20.
I don't see this being a popular option in the home market. Business market, possibly.
My first thought was "Maybe for the home, but not my business." There's no way in hell I'm composing a proposal for a competitive contract on an open-source, web-based tool.
Maybe, when they release their version of Quicken, I can throw my finances up there, too.
"The contract was running out and it's apparent they were not going to get a renewal. I loved working on the project and the people were great, but, at the end of the day, I have a family and a mortgage."
My last one, which was absolutely true:
"I love the project. The group was fantastic. The commute was an hour and a half, each way, in horrendous traffic. You're, on the other hand, are a mile and a half from my front door."
In my experience, though, you don't really need an excuse. Most contractors love to steal employees from competitors and they usually have empty positions. It's sad to say, but some will take anyone with a pulse, since an empty position means lost revenue (the government doesn't pay the same amount for the same work with half the people).
You like to be in charge of collecting and purifying your own drinking water?
Well, city-slicker, some of us with wells already do that sort of thing.:)
Of course, that doesn't mean that I didn't have to pay plenty of associated fees to the county to obtain approval for the location of my well, the inspection of the equipment, and the subsequent water test (which is laughable, considering they don't offer any alternatives if it doesn't pass).
What has happened is certain legislators have realized that broadband has become a necessary and basic right.
Having just experienced a month-long outage as we moved, I can understand how convenient broadband has become and how much I take it for granted. However, calling it necessary or "a basic right" is exaggerating quite a bit. Keep in mind that broadband is only a necessity if you consider a computer a necessity and are willing to subsidize that expense for every citizen.
I would rank phone service as far more important and closer to a necessity than broadband. The government provides 911 service, but the actual phone is your responsibility to obtain and further communication, even limited to local service, still requires a monthly fee.
This is win-win
Take the competition out of the industry, make it a government-managed project, and then charge the taxpayers for it? I currently pay about $40 for broadband. Having worked for several government contractors, I guarantee that I won't win with your alternative.
The easiest solution to get someone with your views is to run for office.
Oh, wait, I meant the most effective solution. The easiest solution, of course, is to sit on your ass, whine about your lack of options, and blame it on some grand conspiracy to keep you down.
Sometimes, the token gets stuck in the cable, between two rooms. If you blow into the little hole in the wall jack, it should knock it loose. You just have to make sure to get the cable back on before it falls out.
I think you just touched on the reason why this can be a positive step forward. To this point, a professor could not expect that every student had immediate access to a computer (ever been in a lab during finals week?). With this requirement, every professor can now tailor their lesson plans and lectures to take advantage of the laptops, without penalizing the students who may not have had them before.
"Early HDTV adopters screwed by adopting early HD-DVD players"
My TV has a component input (though, I suppose I could buy the DVI upgrade board) and I'm not going to make the same mistake I made with my early Sony DVD player. Back then, it was not uncommon for the players to reject burned audio and video discs. Now, not listing every conceivable format on the box is the norm.
I'm a bit older and a bit wiser. If the early HD-DVD players pull this crap, and I'm certain they will, it just means I wait for the reasonable models to come out.
I suppose they can protect against this problem the same way they protect against similar IT theft here: Fill all the USB ports with hot glue, except one (for the mouse).
Of course, it's a subset of comic books, but why does it have to be called something else? The point is that people aren't comfortable saying, "Yeah, I read comic books. They aren't just for kids."
I play Warcraft. It's not a medieval-themed, social-centric, combat simulator (which would be a subset of video games designed for more mature audiences). It's a [i]video game[/i] and calling it something else gives credence to those who would portray a "typical" one as juvenile.
Next, you'll be referring to your comic books as graphic novels.
Frankly, I see no reason to be embarassed that I play video games. Everyone my age knows what an Atari was (though, I had a kick-ass ColecoVision with the Atari adapter). If they forgot why video games were fun, it's not my problem.
Ma and Pa consumer are out big bucks for a PC which worked good for the first week, okay for the second week, slow for the third week and barely works at all at the end of the first month.
I think you're exaggerating just a tad.
They are less and less enthused with this PC/internet thing which keeps sucking money out of their bank accounts.
Honestly, what color is the sky in your world? Most consumers I know (and I'm not limiting myself to the 18-30 age bracket in a large city) are demanding more access to stores, banks, utility companies, government, etc. through the Internet. Broadband is going places I never would have expected it (and at speeds that still surprise me), because there's a demand. Since the mid-90's, I haven't heard a single person say that the Internet is overated and their computer was a waste of money.
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The one that always has a new set of clubs and loves to talk about how great they are. The one that's late for tee time and spends half the day on the phone, while everyone waits. The one who pretty much sucks, but tells everyone how they should play the ball.
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The hydraulic system is completely contained within the glass elevator, has a limited life, and cannot be replaced. You got screwed.
So, according to the U.S. Attorney General, the first amendment is a great right, but it can't be allowed when it gets in the way of law enforcement.
So, would it be alright for a newspaper to publish an article that lists all the undercover officers involved in narcotics investigations?
I don't see the point in having to pay for the privilege to waste my time.
I pay the $15 a month. I'm no longer a starving student, but $15 is less than what I used to pay for beer and a pizza on any given evening. This covers my gaming for an entire month. It would be nice if the initial cost of the software was free, but it's ~$40 and they include the first month. If the alternative is a contract (think cell phones), I far prefer this model. That aside, $15 is nothing when most players break it down into their hourly gaming rate and the software price is neglible, at best, over the span of a year or more. If I buy a couple DVDs a month and watch them once or twice, I'm nowhere near that return.
As for it being a waste of your time, it's only a waste if you're not enjoying it. If you're not enjoying something, but you still participate, well... hey, that's on you.
1 - Request job at company X
2 - Sue company X
3 - Settle with company X for far more than you ever would have made bagging groceries
Pathetic.
it can haul more people
My parents' minivan sat 7 people.
My SUV seats 7 people.
has more cargo room
I have not noticed this to be true. As far as weight, though, there is no comparison between the suspension of a minivan and an SUV.
on average gets about 50% better fuel economy
Simply not true. A quick check of the Edmunds website will show that most minivans are on par with the SUVs. If anything, any disparity is a function of engine size, not vehicle type, and there are usually more engines choices available with an SUV.
I wish Ford hadn't changed the Windstar
I'll go one step further and wish they hadn't abandoned the Aerostar. Do you know how difficult it is to find a stick-shift in a minivan?
At this point, some of us would be content with breaking even.
Personally I'm working on my algorithm for recognising pages selling stuff and only returning them WHEN I'M LOOKING TO BUY STUFF. It would do more for Google than this algorithm and personally I could do with a few million.
That would be pretty cool.
This is exactly where the big chains make their money. The overpriced accessories, not the big-ticket items with slim margins. Online retailers have the luxury of putting slim margins on everything.
I was looking to buy a 20' component cable at Best Buy. The closest I could come was a 16' for just under $100. I borrowed a crimper, used a bunch of RG6 coax I already had, and bought the 6 connectors at $3 a piece. The result? An incredible picture through a 25' homemade cable that cost me under $20.
just look at the homepage of Slashdot
that's a lot of bad PR for any company in one day
In other news, the local pro-life newsletters had several scathing articles about abortion.
I don't see this being a popular option in the home market. Business market, possibly.
My first thought was "Maybe for the home, but not my business." There's no way in hell I'm composing a proposal for a competitive contract on an open-source, web-based tool.
Maybe, when they release their version of Quicken, I can throw my finances up there, too.
I'm wondering, how much should I jump ship?
For government contracting, it's real easy:
"The contract was running out and it's apparent they were not going to get a renewal. I loved working on the project and the people were great, but, at the end of the day, I have a family and a mortgage."
My last one, which was absolutely true:
"I love the project. The group was fantastic. The commute was an hour and a half, each way, in horrendous traffic. You're, on the other hand, are a mile and a half from my front door."
In my experience, though, you don't really need an excuse. Most contractors love to steal employees from competitors and they usually have empty positions. It's sad to say, but some will take anyone with a pulse, since an empty position means lost revenue (the government doesn't pay the same amount for the same work with half the people).
You like to be in charge of collecting and purifying your own drinking water?
:)
Well, city-slicker, some of us with wells already do that sort of thing.
Of course, that doesn't mean that I didn't have to pay plenty of associated fees to the county to obtain approval for the location of my well, the inspection of the equipment, and the subsequent water test (which is laughable, considering they don't offer any alternatives if it doesn't pass).
What has happened is certain legislators have realized that broadband has become a necessary and basic right.
Having just experienced a month-long outage as we moved, I can understand how convenient broadband has become and how much I take it for granted. However, calling it necessary or "a basic right" is exaggerating quite a bit. Keep in mind that broadband is only a necessity if you consider a computer a necessity and are willing to subsidize that expense for every citizen.
I would rank phone service as far more important and closer to a necessity than broadband. The government provides 911 service, but the actual phone is your responsibility to obtain and further communication, even limited to local service, still requires a monthly fee.
This is win-win
Take the competition out of the industry, make it a government-managed project, and then charge the taxpayers for it? I currently pay about $40 for broadband. Having worked for several government contractors, I guarantee that I won't win with your alternative.
Where are the people who represent MY views?
The easiest solution to get someone with your views is to run for office.
Oh, wait, I meant the most effective solution. The easiest solution, of course, is to sit on your ass, whine about your lack of options, and blame it on some grand conspiracy to keep you down.
Sometimes, the token gets stuck in the cable, between two rooms. If you blow into the little hole in the wall jack, it should knock it loose. You just have to make sure to get the cable back on before it falls out.
Unless the computer is needed in the class...
I think you just touched on the reason why this can be a positive step forward. To this point, a professor could not expect that every student had immediate access to a computer (ever been in a lab during finals week?). With this requirement, every professor can now tailor their lesson plans and lectures to take advantage of the laptops, without penalizing the students who may not have had them before.
call mom at 781-XXX-XXXX
My therapist is buying a boat.
"Early HDTV adopters screwed by adopting early HD-DVD players"
My TV has a component input (though, I suppose I could buy the DVI upgrade board) and I'm not going to make the same mistake I made with my early Sony DVD player. Back then, it was not uncommon for the players to reject burned audio and video discs. Now, not listing every conceivable format on the box is the norm.
I'm a bit older and a bit wiser. If the early HD-DVD players pull this crap, and I'm certain they will, it just means I wait for the reasonable models to come out.
If the concept worked, this show would still be on the air. Quite simply, watching other people play video games sucks.
I suppose they can protect against this problem the same way they protect against similar IT theft here: Fill all the USB ports with hot glue, except one (for the mouse).
Yes, I'm serious.
Please, shoot me.
I've seen far scarier things driving taxis.
Of course, it's a subset of comic books, but why does it have to be called something else? The point is that people aren't comfortable saying, "Yeah, I read comic books. They aren't just for kids."
I play Warcraft. It's not a medieval-themed, social-centric, combat simulator (which would be a subset of video games designed for more mature audiences). It's a [i]video game[/i] and calling it something else gives credence to those who would portray a "typical" one as juvenile.
Next, you'll be referring to your comic books as graphic novels.
Frankly, I see no reason to be embarassed that I play video games. Everyone my age knows what an Atari was (though, I had a kick-ass ColecoVision with the Atari adapter). If they forgot why video games were fun, it's not my problem.
this has got to be a troll, but I'll bite...
Ma and Pa consumer are out big bucks for a PC which worked good for the first week, okay for the second week, slow for the third week and barely works at all at the end of the first month.
I think you're exaggerating just a tad.
They are less and less enthused with this PC/internet thing which keeps sucking money out of their bank accounts.
Honestly, what color is the sky in your world? Most consumers I know (and I'm not limiting myself to the 18-30 age bracket in a large city) are demanding more access to stores, banks, utility companies, government, etc. through the Internet. Broadband is going places I never would have expected it (and at speeds that still surprise me), because there's a demand. Since the mid-90's, I haven't heard a single person say that the Internet is overated and their computer was a waste of money.
The one that always has a new set of clubs and loves to talk about how great they are.
The one that's late for tee time and spends half the day on the phone, while everyone waits.
The one who pretty much sucks, but tells everyone how they should play the ball.
Oh, wait...