Totally offtopic, but aren't you the least bit worried of posting on public forums and talking on behalf of apple? I would never answer to a thread concerning a company I work for and use the term "we" or even openly declare that I work for them.
Unless you - are cleared and designated by the PR department to do this - have written permission to do so from your boss - have no boss (in which case nice to meet you Steve)
I sell back my old hardware and get 90% of its current value. So let's say my 9800 Pro that I bought almost a year ago for 300$(new retail box from canadacomputers.com). Right now it's priced 321$, so my computer store will give me back 288.90$ of my upgrade. So I can get an X800 XL for 439-289= 150 bucks (canadian).
This case is a little odd because I couldn't understand why the 9800 pro was so cheap when I bought it, but in most cases I win a lot. This little computer store has saved me a bundle, best deal I have found.
But anyhow, upgrades are not for chumps. Even if I didn't have that deal I can always easily unload my computer at 70-80% of current price because all components are top notch.
P.S: canadacomputers.com is not the store I buy from, but my store uses their price list to set his prices.
Of course, I'm sure a good number of cars stolen in Toronto drive down the 401 and exit the country through the mob-controlled port of montreal. Just take it up with them.
Wait a second, did you just point out that for every defining factor of EQ2 that the OP pointed out SWG is different, and in the next phrase say that SWG was ruined because it just became EQ2? Don't you see a little logic problem there?
You idiot, the first time you "conquered" (france actually just gave us away), your official plan WAS to assimilate the "inferior" french canadians. Didn't work out so well.
Also, the standards of living is just as good as Toronto, I had to go to work out of the Toronto office for a year, I couldn't wait to come back to Montreal. Saving 40% on auto insurance, getting the same salary, paying 670$ for a three bedroom appartment (my bachelor was 700$ in Toronto).
How about we just close down the St-Lawrence for you guys so you can start-up your hudson bay operations again and lock you inside the great lakes?
How about the other Canadian provinces getting a couple of them auto factories that have been making southern Ontario rich since the 1970s, the "canadian" auto pact (if canada stops 100km north of Toronto).
It's absolutely fine for a 'mild core' gamer so long as the gamer isn't fanatically obsessed about getting everything the day it comes out for Windows.
First : no, it's not even close to being fine. And second: there's a huge gap between between being fanatically obsessed and waiting 8 months to get the game.
And for the record, the thread starter's list included a few FPS, but not the best one IMHO : Half-life 2. And the 2nd best one: Call of duty.
Great one man. I'll make sure that from now on when I build system for people to mention that the intel cpus are more expensive and may not be AMD compatible. Excellent.
Parent fails to include release dates of the game. This relevant because I was reading Blue's News and Aspyr announced TODAY that Doom 3 had been released.
It was out on pc when? Last august? Same for the other games, they are older and were released on mac a few months (at the very least) after the pc version. Take a look at the top 10 upcoming games for pc at gamespot , and tell how many of those will be available for macs. 2 out of 10? 3 out of 10? Even 5 out of 10 wouldn't be enough.
Not good enough for even a mild cored gamer. And for the record, I wish 10/10 of these games were playable on linux, so I wouldn't have to send one cent to either MS or apple to play the games I want.
Oh really! How interesting. Allow me to reference a few passage of the Hurt report for our readers' pleasure.
14. Conspicuity of the motorcycle is a critical factor in the multiple vehicle accidents, and accident involvement is significantly reduced by the use of motorcycle headlamps (on in daylight) and the wearing of high visibility yellow, orange or bright red jackets. 18. Conspicuity of the motorcycle is most critical for the frontal surfaces of the motorcycle and rider.
I have a hunching feeling that even though you say you use straight pipes to get noticed, you care too much about looking like Jesse James to wear a high-visibility vest and actually protecting yourself as a rider. Also, your comment about having wind blow by your ears make me think you're one of those yahoos riding without an helmet (keep doing it, i'm fine with darwinism at work).
So in conclusion, you ride a loud bike to look like a badass and try to impress others, not for your safety. That is all.
You know what, I was gonna say 1985, but I thought that would make me out to be a perv. However, based on my calculations, that makes those girls 20 this year (was a tough one). I'm 25 so according to the accepted formula 25/2+7=19, I'm good for those 1985 babes.
When someone tells you that you have a problem because you played a game (MMORPG or not) between 6:00PM and 10:00PM the night before. And what did these people do during the same timeframe last night? They watched TV.
Gone on the road for two weeks, working 14 days straight for a total of 145 hours. Come back and play with friends on an afternoon, what's the verdict: I play too much videogames.
It really is mainly about some people's perception of valid use of your free time. My rule of thumb is not to tell any woman born before 1980 that I even know what a computer is.
He could also go with an escort service instead. The costs are higher but the success rate is more pronounced, especially for someone that needs a big tv to see a naked women.
My beef is that since it's the same resolution, you could probably go with a 40-60" one, sit a few feet closer to the tv, and buy yourself a small car with the money you save.
Sure, there were microcomputers before Apple. But Apple was the first to put together a product that had such consumer-friendly features such as a keyboard and custom molded plastic casing.
That phrase sums up my problem with Apple evangelists. Everything before doesn't matter up to the point that Apple does it, and everyone after is imitating Apple, and not the same source that Apple imitated.
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Totally offtopic, but aren't you the least bit worried of posting on public forums and talking on behalf of apple? I would never answer to a thread concerning a company I work for and use the term "we" or even openly declare that I work for them.
Unless you
- are cleared and designated by the PR department to do this
- have written permission to do so from your boss
- have no boss (in which case nice to meet you Steve)
I sell back my old hardware and get 90% of its current value. So let's say my 9800 Pro that I bought almost a year ago for 300$(new retail box from canadacomputers.com). Right now it's priced 321$, so my computer store will give me back 288.90$ of my upgrade. So I can get an X800 XL for 439-289= 150 bucks (canadian).
This case is a little odd because I couldn't understand why the 9800 pro was so cheap when I bought it, but in most cases I win a lot. This little computer store has saved me a bundle, best deal I have found.
But anyhow, upgrades are not for chumps. Even if I didn't have that deal I can always easily unload my computer at 70-80% of current price because all components are top notch.
P.S: canadacomputers.com is not the store I buy from, but my store uses their price list to set his prices.
How about we just run some Doom 3 benchmarks against an AMD box built with the same budget?
Actually you'd be surprised to know that the car theft capitals are Vancouver, Winnipeg and regina. Altough it is true that Quebec is ahead of Ontario for car thefts per 100,000 pop. However the rate is declining in Quebec while increasing in Ontario.
Of course, I'm sure a good number of cars stolen in Toronto drive down the 401 and exit the country through the mob-controlled port of montreal. Just take it up with them.
Wait a second, did you just point out that for every defining factor of EQ2 that the OP pointed out SWG is different, and in the next phrase say that SWG was ruined because it just became EQ2? Don't you see a little logic problem there?
As a player of EQ2 since beta (and still enjoying myself), can you elaborate on the "Nasty" mechanics that EQ2 supposedly possesses?
You idiot, the first time you "conquered" (france actually just gave us away), your official plan WAS to assimilate the "inferior" french canadians. Didn't work out so well.
Also, the standards of living is just as good as Toronto, I had to go to work out of the Toronto office for a year, I couldn't wait to come back to Montreal. Saving 40% on auto insurance, getting the same salary, paying 670$ for a three bedroom appartment (my bachelor was 700$ in Toronto).
How about we just close down the St-Lawrence for you guys so you can start-up your hudson bay operations again and lock you inside the great lakes?
How about the other Canadian provinces getting a couple of them auto factories that have been making southern Ontario rich since the 1970s, the "canadian" auto pact (if canada stops 100km north of Toronto).
Is that according to a friend of mine, it's just the best browser to use for porn surfing.
*cough*
Thanks for the info.
I'm not a big wallstreet kinda guy, so go easy on me. I have a question:
Couldn't they have only bought 51% of the voting shares, and then drop the lawsuit?
It's absolutely fine for a 'mild core' gamer so long as the gamer isn't fanatically obsessed about getting everything the day it comes out for Windows.
First : no, it's not even close to being fine. And second: there's a huge gap between between being fanatically obsessed and waiting 8 months to get the game.
And for the record, the thread starter's list included a few FPS, but not the best one IMHO : Half-life 2. And the 2nd best one: Call of duty.
Great one man. I'll make sure that from now on when I build system for people to mention that the intel cpus are more expensive and may not be AMD compatible. Excellent.
Parent fails to include release dates of the game. This relevant because I was reading Blue's News and Aspyr announced TODAY that Doom 3 had been released.
It was out on pc when? Last august? Same for the other games, they are older and were released on mac a few months (at the very least) after the pc version. Take a look at the top 10 upcoming games for pc at gamespot , and tell how many of those will be available for macs. 2 out of 10? 3 out of 10? Even 5 out of 10 wouldn't be enough.
Not good enough for even a mild cored gamer. And for the record, I wish 10/10 of these games were playable on linux, so I wouldn't have to send one cent to either MS or apple to play the games I want.
Oh really! How interesting. Allow me to reference a few passage of the Hurt report for our readers' pleasure.
14. Conspicuity of the motorcycle is a critical factor in the multiple vehicle accidents, and accident involvement is significantly reduced by the use of motorcycle headlamps (on in daylight) and the wearing of high visibility yellow, orange or bright red jackets.
18. Conspicuity of the motorcycle is most critical for the frontal surfaces of the motorcycle and rider.
I have a hunching feeling that even though you say you use straight pipes to get noticed, you care too much about looking like Jesse James to wear a high-visibility vest and actually protecting yourself as a rider. Also, your comment about having wind blow by your ears make me think you're one of those yahoos riding without an helmet (keep doing it, i'm fine with darwinism at work).
So in conclusion, you ride a loud bike to look like a badass and try to impress others, not for your safety. That is all.
Well, Toronto is right next to the border, like Minas Morgul. Baradur would be Ottawa.
Toronto is our version of Minas Morgul. Their motto is "one city to rule them all, from the center of the universe, for the rest of time".
Wait until it hits the road...
You know what, I was gonna say 1985, but I thought that would make me out to be a perv. However, based on my calculations, that makes those girls 20 this year (was a tough one). I'm 25 so according to the accepted formula 25/2+7=19, I'm good for those 1985 babes.
When someone tells you that you have a problem because you played a game (MMORPG or not) between 6:00PM and 10:00PM the night before. And what did these people do during the same timeframe last night? They watched TV.
Gone on the road for two weeks, working 14 days straight for a total of 145 hours. Come back and play with friends on an afternoon, what's the verdict: I play too much videogames.
It really is mainly about some people's perception of valid use of your free time. My rule of thumb is not to tell any woman born before 1980 that I even know what a computer is.
He could also go with an escort service instead. The costs are higher but the success rate is more pronounced, especially for someone that needs a big tv to see a naked women.
Not that I'd know anything about that. I swear.
My beef is that since it's the same resolution, you could probably go with a 40-60" one, sit a few feet closer to the tv, and buy yourself a small car with the money you save.
We'll just release the giant gorillas, they should be able to take care of the Super-lions.
Kinda funny that I finish reading an article on news.com about them exceeding 3 million subscribers, to find out on slashdot that it's dying.
Is it dying faster or slower then Apple and BSD?
Disclaimer: Not a Tivo subscriber. I'd like to, but you can't get some of that in Canada.
You know, I went back to watch the trailer to understand why you say it was a streetwise rapper.
It's a man dressed in a suit. Oh yeah, he's black. That doesn't make him a streetwise rapper.
Must be in the eye of the beholder.
Sure, there were microcomputers before Apple. But Apple was the first to put together a product that had such consumer-friendly features such as a keyboard and custom molded plastic casing.
That phrase sums up my problem with Apple evangelists. Everything before doesn't matter up to the point that Apple does it, and everyone after is imitating Apple, and not the same source that Apple imitated.