I see what you mean; I just think it's my different style of game play. As I mentioned in my original post I generally just play to 80 and start over again with a new class. The quests are the same of course, but I try to mix things up a bit by doing different zones, and I also enjoy learning the new play style of the new class.
i must say though, one more time through Dragonblight and Zul'Drak and i might have to scream. With four 80s and a 75 so I've run Northrend way too many times in the past six months.:)
I would love to try some of the endgame stuff again but it really is hard finding a good casual guild, and I don't want to join a hardcore guild that forces me to raid....once that happens it goes from being a game to being an unpaid job.
Spending money on hobbies is fine, I'm just saying I don't get why someone would want to play an achievment based game and then buy their achievements. It seems to me like buying trophies for your wall. Sure, it makes you look cool, but there's no real sense of accomplishment to go along with it, for me at least.
You're right about the flying mounts; it was silly of them to make what is essentially the next upgrade after the fast epic mount be SLOWER than the thing it's replacing. Fortunately the standard flying mount is getting more than 2x faster in the next major patch, and also somewhat cheaper. Ground mounts are getting a LOT cheaper.
Mounts aside, in over four years of playing WoW I've never felt the absolute MUST HAVE desire for anything in-game. Sure, I've wanted some things (dungeon armor sets, for example) but never to the point of paying for gold to get them. To me paying for gold so I can buy some really nice item is basically just turning that item into nothing more than a reflection of the size of my real-world disposable income. I would rather there be some sense of accomplishment attached to it,even if it's just a lot of farming or holding out for six months until my regular game play has built up enough gold for it.
Then again, I'm what you might call a "hard-core casual" player. I play quite a bit, but I just play to have fun and I'm not overly concerned with comparing myself to everyone else in the game. Usually after I hit 80 I just start levelling another alt of a class I haven't tried before. I don't even bother with guilds because the casual guilds are almost useless and the alternative are the hardcore guilds that kicks you out because you decided to take a couple weeks off from the game.
California is seriously considering shutting down the vast majority of its state parks to reconcile its budget surplus.
I think you mean budget deficit But if they're having trouble dealing with a surplus then I'd be happy to do my part and take some of that extra cash off their hands.:)
I guess it depends on how quirky they are. I'm a bit quirky, but I am (at least according to my last review) very productive, helpful and pleasant to be around. My biggest quirk is that to get anything serious done I need long stretches of uninterrupted time, because interruptions completely derail me mentally. My bosses are understanding and they try to make sure they don't stuff me into too many meetings, or at least they try to concentrate them into one or two days a week to minimize my need to stop & start working.
I have other quirks too, though over the past 15+ years in the job force I've learned to hide and/or work around those on my own.
And by the way what kind of a geek would insult female coworkers? Sheesh, those are the ones I go out of my way to help! Maybe it's just because all my female coworkers are grad students...:)
As has been mentioned earlier, Comcast VOIP is out-of-band. It's not that they're giving it priority; it's that it's not even part of the equation. It's just like how their current TV service is handled; your Internet being pegged doesn't stop your TV channels from working either.
Now, if Comcast does start offering regular over-the-Internet video streaming, then yes I would agree it should be treated the same as anyone else's service.
This is standards operating procedure for Viacom. They've had these spats with DISH Network too...at least twice I can remember in the past few years. Every time I hear about one of these disputes, it's always Viacom on one side of it. What does that that tell you about them?
I wonder how many people realize just what kinds of nasty chemicals are sitting at oil refineries? An explosion or accident at a refinery near a civilized area could easily be on par with a nuclear accident.
Do you really think that *our* government, which has shown such massive ineptitude in the past 8 years, could not only plan such a conspiracy but keep it secret? I don't think so.
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What I noticed in my experiences with code written by outsourced coders was that while it worked, it just wasn't that good. They knew the LANGUAGE, but they didn't know how to PROGRAM. Not very well, anyway.
While working with the outsourced coders for a client of a managed hosting company I was sent a 250-line SQL query (for MySQL, no less) and asked why the query was running so slow. It was a mess. The guy obviously didn't understand SQL or database design and was using brute force to get the data.
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I see what you mean; I just think it's my different style of game play. As I mentioned in my original post I generally just play to 80 and start over again with a new class. The quests are the same of course, but I try to mix things up a bit by doing different zones, and I also enjoy learning the new play style of the new class. i must say though, one more time through Dragonblight and Zul'Drak and i might have to scream. With four 80s and a 75 so I've run Northrend way too many times in the past six months. :)
I would love to try some of the endgame stuff again but it really is hard finding a good casual guild, and I don't want to join a hardcore guild that forces me to raid....once that happens it goes from being a game to being an unpaid job.
Spending money on hobbies is fine, I'm just saying I don't get why someone would want to play an achievment based game and then buy their achievements. It seems to me like buying trophies for your wall. Sure, it makes you look cool, but there's no real sense of accomplishment to go along with it, for me at least.
You're right about the flying mounts; it was silly of them to make what is essentially the next upgrade after the fast epic mount be SLOWER than the thing it's replacing. Fortunately the standard flying mount is getting more than 2x faster in the next major patch, and also somewhat cheaper. Ground mounts are getting a LOT cheaper.
Mounts aside, in over four years of playing WoW I've never felt the absolute MUST HAVE desire for anything in-game. Sure, I've wanted some things (dungeon armor sets, for example) but never to the point of paying for gold to get them. To me paying for gold so I can buy some really nice item is basically just turning that item into nothing more than a reflection of the size of my real-world disposable income. I would rather there be some sense of accomplishment attached to it,even if it's just a lot of farming or holding out for six months until my regular game play has built up enough gold for it.
Then again, I'm what you might call a "hard-core casual" player. I play quite a bit, but I just play to have fun and I'm not overly concerned with comparing myself to everyone else in the game. Usually after I hit 80 I just start levelling another alt of a class I haven't tried before. I don't even bother with guilds because the casual guilds are almost useless and the alternative are the hardcore guilds that kicks you out because you decided to take a couple weeks off from the game.
California is seriously considering shutting down the vast majority of its state parks to reconcile its budget surplus.
I think you mean budget deficit But if they're having trouble dealing with a surplus then I'd be happy to do my part and take some of that extra cash off their hands. :)
They orbit at a speed that matches how fast the earth is spinning, so from the ground they appear to hang at the same spot in the sky.
And also more dots!
Obviously you never worked at Big Net. :)
I guess it depends on how quirky they are. I'm a bit quirky, but I am (at least according to my last review) very productive, helpful and pleasant to be around. My biggest quirk is that to get anything serious done I need long stretches of uninterrupted time, because interruptions completely derail me mentally. My bosses are understanding and they try to make sure they don't stuff me into too many meetings, or at least they try to concentrate them into one or two days a week to minimize my need to stop & start working.
I have other quirks too, though over the past 15+ years in the job force I've learned to hide and/or work around those on my own.
And by the way what kind of a geek would insult female coworkers? Sheesh, those are the ones I go out of my way to help! Maybe it's just because all my female coworkers are grad students... :)
Keep in mind that a large portion of taste is actually smell. Food would never taste interesting again if you lost your sense of smell.
As has been mentioned earlier, Comcast VOIP is out-of-band. It's not that they're giving it priority; it's that it's not even part of the equation. It's just like how their current TV service is handled; your Internet being pegged doesn't stop your TV channels from working either.
Now, if Comcast does start offering regular over-the-Internet video streaming, then yes I would agree it should be treated the same as anyone else's service.
This is standards operating procedure for Viacom. They've had these spats with DISH Network too...at least twice I can remember in the past few years. Every time I hear about one of these disputes, it's always Viacom on one side of it. What does that that tell you about them?
We should use some of those nucular materials. They're much more powerful I hear. :)
Good thing you're anonymous. If I had a 'nanotube' I sure wouldn't want to admit it on slashdot. :)
I wonder how many people realize just what kinds of nasty chemicals are sitting at oil refineries? An explosion or accident at a refinery near a civilized area could easily be on par with a nuclear accident.
Oh that's a good one; I'm going to save that one :)
Oh man, that is so hilarious. I love this part especially:
I cannot find any information in my MCSE bootcamp journal on how to handle this
Just more proof that MCSE certification is completely useless other than for getting a job. :)
Do you really think that *our* government, which has shown such massive ineptitude in the past 8 years, could not only plan such a conspiracy but keep it secret? I don't think so.
Throw in some bikini-clad babes and you've got a supercomputer cluster that makes its own porn!
I've seen them at a few drive-throughs, most notably at Tim Horton's, though I've never seen anyone actually USE one.
...In fact, If slashdot had been around when the silicone transistor was invented...
Ah yes, the silicone transistor, the technology behind the entire Internet porn industry. :)
Not to mention Family Guy fan sites. :)
Welcome to Slashdot, Ellen. ;-)
Argh, you beat me to it. :)
What I noticed in my experiences with code written by outsourced coders was that while it worked, it just wasn't that good. They knew the LANGUAGE, but they didn't know how to PROGRAM. Not very well, anyway.
While working with the outsourced coders for a client of a managed hosting company I was sent a 250-line SQL query (for MySQL, no less) and asked why the query was running so slow. It was a mess. The guy obviously didn't understand SQL or database design and was using brute force to get the data.
Honestly, although it's disturbing no matter how you look at it, I think I'm MORE disturbed by "3-way" and "McCain" in the same sentence.
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