Heh, or just keep a spare Mac around incase the RIAA comes a'knocking. I knew that big closet could come in handy for something other than my lack of clothes and old computer parts.
Heh this is starting to sound like the kind of hype video games get.
Kind of like, "New Microsoft game coming out soon!" but a lot more exciting. I can see it now. Entire sites dedicated to worm reviews, previews, demo downloads. Mmmm.
Has anyone started a betting pool for when this thing will be out? I bet it'll come out before Half-life 2. Don't know if it'll sell as many copies though.;) Hehehe.
Hmm, if this software is used to mark your essays, couldn't you reverse engineer it to create an anti-thesis that would write the perfect essay each time?
I think subscription and micropayments all come down to the convenience of making the payment.
The main reason for me not purchasing everything online is the hassle of entering a credit card, paying the taxes and the shipping, etc.
Services like PayPal are the first step to making this a lot easier. I wonder how it would be if there was some sort of Internet currency that was completely partial to physical money. Perhaps some could be bought as credits or something. Then you have a deposit of online money that you can freely waste without it having any further effect on your real-life budget.
Don't know, just an idea... Of course, there would be all sorts of fun discounts for buying internet services with internet money, etc.
Well the way I see it, if someone wants to pay $100 for my 50,000 credits, I will not stop them.
You know what they say, time is money. In a sense, I'm selling my time. The time I wasted on getting those credits. The time that the buyer wont have to waste.
Surely, time isn't a tangible object. It's a service. I'm selling a service. In fact, most of the economic industry is selling services, not tangible products.
Yes, the collector's edition is about $130 CDN, but the regular one is just over $50. (Which is what I bought.) It includes a relatively-thick manual, a little booklet, three-cd case (with cds, of course) and a couple of advertisements to Earthlink and such.
I'm happy with it. Plus it has that new-game smell which puts me beyond the joy of extacy.
I think someone has already achieved this. In fact, it shows that those who have this switch turned on, they tend to succeed better in life for some reason.
I was going to name a bunch of government officials and major company CEOs that are stupid but I'll just leave it to your imagination.
2. CD-Key: You will have to purchase a copy of the game to get a valid Neverwinter Nights CD-Key. Of course, with this purchase you also get a lovely Neverwinter Nights mapkin, a spiral-bound game manual, and three plastic-coated aluminum-reinforced W1nd0z3 brand coasters.
So what? Microsoft renamed Windows 2000 to XP and released it as a separate product:D
- shazow
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There is a time and a place for everything. With Occam's Razor, most lies would be accepted as truth, merely because they are easier to believe.
Not all things are what they seem. The one thing more important than what you think is how you think. Perception is everything.
Is it really that easy to believe that there is some sort of omnipotent and omniscient being that refuses to show Himself? Is it really that easy to believe that we're alone in the universe? Or even that the government isn't lying to us?
Just because it's the shortest path, doesn't mean it's the best one.
If there is nothing secret, unusual or panicking to hide, then why hide it in the first place? If they hadn't classified it, there wouldn't be a need to declassify. And now that they 'declassified' and there isn't an apparent reason for them to have classified it in the first place, doesn't it show that either the government is incredibly stupid or lying to us right now?
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Heh, or just keep a spare Mac around incase the RIAA comes a'knocking. I knew that big closet could come in handy for something other than my lack of clothes and old computer parts.
- shazow
Sounds like this contest is one of the evil schemes of that big headed mouse to achieve immortality and take over the world!! Mwhahaha!
*Chorus* The pinky, the pinky and the brain brain brain brain brain brain brain brain brain.... *Chorus*
- shazow
"...Scientists predict the sun will rise tomorrow."
I live on Antartica, you insensitive clod!
- shazow
Heh this is starting to sound like the kind of hype video games get.
;) Hehehe.
Kind of like, "New Microsoft game coming out soon!" but a lot more exciting. I can see it now. Entire sites dedicated to worm reviews, previews, demo downloads. Mmmm.
Has anyone started a betting pool for when this thing will be out? I bet it'll come out before Half-life 2. Don't know if it'll sell as many copies though.
- shazow
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I wonder if they get some sort of discount with that too.
- shazow
I wonder how many of those are courtesy of Slashdot.
- shazow
Hmm, if this software is used to mark your essays, couldn't you reverse engineer it to create an anti-thesis that would write the perfect essay each time?
- shazow
"Let there be li---*BBZZZZzttt*"
- shazow
Indeed, imagine what kind of advancements Einstein could have made if he had an extra 200 years to his life.
- shazow
I think subscription and micropayments all come down to the convenience of making the payment.
The main reason for me not purchasing everything online is the hassle of entering a credit card, paying the taxes and the shipping, etc.
Services like PayPal are the first step to making this a lot easier. I wonder how it would be if there was some sort of Internet currency that was completely partial to physical money. Perhaps some could be bought as credits or something. Then you have a deposit of online money that you can freely waste without it having any further effect on your real-life budget.
Don't know, just an idea... Of course, there would be all sorts of fun discounts for buying internet services with internet money, etc.
Weeeeeeeee.....
- shazow
Actually, this is how I feel about Half-life 2. I have absolutely no intention of buying Doom 3 no matter how it plays. :D
- shazow
Well the way I see it, if someone wants to pay $100 for my 50,000 credits, I will not stop them.
You know what they say, time is money. In a sense, I'm selling my time. The time I wasted on getting those credits. The time that the buyer wont have to waste.
Surely, time isn't a tangible object. It's a service. I'm selling a service. In fact, most of the economic industry is selling services, not tangible products.
- shazow
The game is a fine piece of shit. I like it. I'm glad I paid for it. I will continue to pay for it until school starts and I run out of time to waste.
- shazow
Yes, the collector's edition is about $130 CDN, but the regular one is just over $50. (Which is what I bought.) It includes a relatively-thick manual, a little booklet, three-cd case (with cds, of course) and a couple of advertisements to Earthlink and such.
I'm happy with it. Plus it has that new-game smell which puts me beyond the joy of extacy.
- shazow
Uhm, I think that's because no one has played it yet. (Other than the developers, of course.)
It's nowhere near beta time.
- shazow
google is a search engine?
Erm.
- shazow
I think someone has already achieved this.
In fact, it shows that those who have this switch turned on, they tend to succeed better in life for some reason.
I was going to name a bunch of government officials and major company CEOs that are stupid but I'll just leave it to your imagination.
- shazow
- shazow
So what? Microsoft renamed Windows 2000 to XP and released it as a separate product :D
- shazow
There is a time and a place for everything. With Occam's Razor, most lies would be accepted as truth, merely because they are easier to believe.
Not all things are what they seem. The one thing more important than what you think is how you think. Perception is everything.
Is it really that easy to believe that there is some sort of omnipotent and omniscient being that refuses to show Himself? Is it really that easy to believe that we're alone in the universe? Or even that the government isn't lying to us?
Just because it's the shortest path, doesn't mean it's the best one.
- shazow
If there is nothing secret, unusual or panicking to hide, then why hide it in the first place? If they hadn't classified it, there wouldn't be a need to declassify. And now that they 'declassified' and there isn't an apparent reason for them to have classified it in the first place, doesn't it show that either the government is incredibly stupid or lying to us right now?
Or of course, perhaps they're both.
- shazow
So, he built a regular computer into a 17" CRT monitor. Now, let's build a 17" CRT monitor into a regular computer!
Or better yet, let's build the computer into my scanner. Or my speakers! Ooo oo my printer!!
Erm, I go get some sleep.
- shazow
Speaking of chickens, someone pulled a prank at my school today. They unleashed four chickens in the cafeteria. That and some insects, too.
What's with all the chicken mania today?
Chickens overrunning schools AND a chicken catcher on the same day... coincidence? I think not.
- shazow
2006? Maybe they're using the chinese calendar or something.
- shazow