If the computer ever falls into enemy hands, just wipe out the virtual computer and you're good to go.
Good idea. After they take it, you can just phone them up and ask nicely if they'll format your virtual partition. Or maybe the invisible pink unicorn can sneak in and do it for you.
It's the purification process that makes it preferable, not the source of the water. I would drink the tap water in most of the places I've lived (excluding my current locale, where boiling creates a white film on the surface), but that doesn't mean I want to carry around (and wash out) a dedicated bottle every day just in case I get thirsty when I can just grab one for a dollar.
Soda is made from local tap water as well, but nobody comments on that, because obviously they add 99 cents worth of sugar and carbon dioxide to a 20oz. that's not present in a 2 liter, right? Whether you're buying 20oz of soda or 20oz of water, you're paying for the same thing -- convenience.
Gold plating is used because it's non-corrosive, not because it's a better conductor. Silver and copper are both more electrically conductive, but have a propensity to tarnish proportional to their purity. Most connectors are made with anti-corrosive alloys anyway, so it's pretty much a moot point.
You can usually find gold-plated cables for the same price as their tinned counterparts, if you care, and if you look around a bit.
Anyway, a multivitamin supplement can replace those if you really need to. Most people don't eat enough vegetables anyway -- rich or poor -- so it's more of an argument about eating habits than affordability.
I've lived on minimum wage (no foodstamps). With roommates and budgeting it's not impossible. Not fun, but doable. My job was also at a restaurant, as are many min-wage jobs, which has the added bonus of providing 1-2 meals per day, official policy or not.
Now all we need is somebody with a Zune...
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If Zune DRM strips for free, imagine what it would do for a dollar.
Security. Our policy isn't that bad really.. internet radio would be more of a grey area where I work (which isn't worth pursuing IMHO) -- if you could do it without any third party software or plugins (basically if you can do it with WMP) on port 80, then it's possibly okay. Anything else is off limits.
My girlfriend works at a bank, and their policy is (understandably) even more restrictive, with a whitelist for web sites. Also no cameras or portable media devices are allowed.. which is sort of overkill since employees can take work home, but whatever -- it's not my job, and it's reassuring that they take security seriously, even if I don't personally bank there.
I'd issue a statement saying, "We did a thorough background check and determined that the applicants were all upstanding agents of the GAO, fully cleared to handle hazardous material. Since they were apparently working on an undercover operation, we didn't want to risk exposing them by sounding any alarms."
I did the same thing back when I was in the military and our OIC would try to test us with an altered ID while we were standing watch. If he chewed me out for clearing him with a bogus ID, I'd say, "If you're not really my OIC, then I'm not really supposed to be standing here."
The responsibility always lies with the parties that were knowingly involved. If Sony had no knowledge, then the responsibility lies with their contractor. If the contractor told them exactly what they were doing, then Sony cannot claim damages. Likewise, if Ford knew of Firestone's problem, then they are also culpable. If not, then they're in the clear. Common sense.
Where I come from, guilt trips are so plentiful that we hurl them at each other in sport. Needless to say, when I visited the Land of Make Believe, where guilt trips are virtually nonexistent, I quickly grew to appreciate what I had so long taken for granted. Nowadays, I save my guilt trips for people who really need them -- myself sometimes, but I try to send them to the Land of Make Believe whenever possible. Please consider doing the same.
If a car cost $0.10 to manufacture, then yes, I would say it would be reasonable to expect a replacement. The physical media is a negligible cost of producing a game.
Look, he's got some "things to say," and "ideas to present." The conglomeration of mashup grok blogging with its synergistic properties and game-changing accessibility helps monetize what would otherwise be wasted assets, thereby sustaining emerging markets in third world outsourcing portals of consumer confidence indices!!!
But if you had a blog, you'd know all of that already.
Also, I forgot to mention that, given the sensitivity (or lack thereof) of the WiiMote, the games seem to be a large measure of chance too -- equal parts skill/chance at best. This is particularly true of Wii Sports Baseball, where it's impossible to spot the difference between a fastball and a curveball until it's too late, and the outfield is completely automated.
I haven't played WarioWare, so I declined to comment on it.
I know this may be hard to swallow, but everyone who points out the blaring shortcomings of something is not a troll. Just because it's unpopular to say anything negative about the Holy Wii doesn't make such a statement a troll.
I said that Wii Sports has the entertainment value of Rock Paper Scissors, and I stand by that -- they're both short games which are fun to play a few times, but end quickly, and most people lose interest equally quickly.
I really cannot stress that enough. Toxicity is not a black or white, true or false; it is a scale. Furthermore, "toxic" is not mutually exclusive to "beneficial". Water is highly beneficial, though it can be toxic in quantity, or with additives (think salt water for a common example).
Personally, I smoked for 10 years, until it was becoming clear that the adverse effects on my lungs would make it foolish to continue. I don't have any lung disease, although I would never recommend anyone try (or continue) smoking for any reason. I recognize that people are free to make that decision for themselves, and that no amount of outside influence is likely to change their decision once it has been made. That aside, I quit nicotine completely for about 6 months. During those 6 months, I experienced significant weight gain, increased lethargy, and decreased mental acuity. Rather than start smoking again, I decided to try nicotine replacement products. Since I started taking them, I've found I become alert and fully awake more quickly in the morning, I eat less, and it has a beneficial effect during stressful situations. My personal favorite is the 2mg nicotine lozenge. I probably consume ~10-15/day, and unless I find research which shows that nicotine is specifically carcinogenic and/or that it has cumulative deleterious effects on the body, I have no plans to stop any time soon.
I would never suggest that anyone start taking nicotine (or any other drug) if they are perfectly functional without it, (recreational purposes aside) but I can say that it has had positive effects for me. I view it much like a cup of coffee or a Red Bull -- it's stimulating and allows me to be more alert and productive.
I'd be interested to know what games the Wii has that you really like to play. Most people would agree that the Wii has 2 good exclusives: Paper Mario and Zelda. Maybe RE4, but that's only exclusive if you count the controls; the content is exactly the same. In any case, the latter two are painful to play on an HDTV (or even an SDTV if you've played any 360 or PS3 titles). If a game is multiplatform, like Marvel Ultimate Alliance, there's no question that I'm going to avoid the Wii version. Wii Sports has all the entertainment value of Rock Paper Scissors. The Wii only has two games rated 9+. Compare that to the 360 with 6 games making the 9.0 cut (only 3 exclusive, though none available on the Wii), and the entire rest of the page consisting of 8.0+ titles. While that's proportional to the consoles' respective times on market (~2 9.0+ titles per 6 months time on market per console), it makes sense to consider both the present and future value of a system. If I get 3x as many (mutually) exclusive quality games on Console A today, and have no reason not to expect at least an equal quantity of exclusive titles in the future, AND have other value-added features, such as networked play, a large library of downloadable titles (both old and new), HD resolution (which is "future proofing," even if you don't have an HDTV today), and HD-DVD add-on (although the utility of that is debatable at best, especially if you don't own an HDTV, since better and cheaper stand-alone players will probably exist in the very near future), then it would make sense to choose it over Console B with fewer quality titles available today, an equal number of future titles, and fewer/inferior value added features.
The Wii is clearly the right choice for budget-limited and/or extremely casual gamers (as even semi-casual gamers can find plenty to like about the 360), and those who are turned off by the slightly more complex interface of the 360. If one enjoys either single-player or networked gaming in the least, then the 360 is the way to go. Personally, I would perfer the PS3, but I cannot justify its purchase to myself or anyone else, given its anemic selection of titles. Believe me, I would love to recommend anything other than Microsoft (and I personally avoided the original X-Box completely, and avoided the 360 until just recently), but they clearly have the most to offer this time around.
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If the computer ever falls into enemy hands, just wipe out the virtual computer and you're good to go.
Good idea. After they take it, you can just phone them up and ask nicely if they'll format your virtual partition. Or maybe the invisible pink unicorn can sneak in and do it for you.
It's the purification process that makes it preferable, not the source of the water. I would drink the tap water in most of the places I've lived (excluding my current locale, where boiling creates a white film on the surface), but that doesn't mean I want to carry around (and wash out) a dedicated bottle every day just in case I get thirsty when I can just grab one for a dollar.
Soda is made from local tap water as well, but nobody comments on that, because obviously they add 99 cents worth of sugar and carbon dioxide to a 20oz. that's not present in a 2 liter, right? Whether you're buying 20oz of soda or 20oz of water, you're paying for the same thing -- convenience.
Gold plating is used because it's non-corrosive, not because it's a better conductor. Silver and copper are both more electrically conductive, but have a propensity to tarnish proportional to their purity. Most connectors are made with anti-corrosive alloys anyway, so it's pretty much a moot point.
You can usually find gold-plated cables for the same price as their tinned counterparts, if you care, and if you look around a bit.
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Canned spinach - $.50
Canned tomatoes - $.50
Canned green beans - $.50
I could go on and on.
Anyway, a multivitamin supplement can replace those if you really need to. Most people don't eat enough vegetables anyway -- rich or poor -- so it's more of an argument about eating habits than affordability.
I've lived on minimum wage (no foodstamps). With roommates and budgeting it's not impossible. Not fun, but doable. My job was also at a restaurant, as are many min-wage jobs, which has the added bonus of providing 1-2 meals per day, official policy or not.
If Zune DRM strips for free, imagine what it would do for a dollar.
Zune, zune, zune!
Security. Our policy isn't that bad really.. internet radio would be more of a grey area where I work (which isn't worth pursuing IMHO) -- if you could do it without any third party software or plugins (basically if you can do it with WMP) on port 80, then it's possibly okay. Anything else is off limits.
My girlfriend works at a bank, and their policy is (understandably) even more restrictive, with a whitelist for web sites. Also no cameras or portable media devices are allowed.. which is sort of overkill since employees can take work home, but whatever -- it's not my job, and it's reassuring that they take security seriously, even if I don't personally bank there.
Isn't that what we used back when it took longer to download an MP3 than to play it?
But seriously, the only place I'd consider using internet radio is also the only place it's not allowed: At work.
I'd issue a statement saying, "We did a thorough background check and determined that the applicants were all upstanding agents of the GAO, fully cleared to handle hazardous material. Since they were apparently working on an undercover operation, we didn't want to risk exposing them by sounding any alarms."
I did the same thing back when I was in the military and our OIC would try to test us with an altered ID while we were standing watch. If he chewed me out for clearing him with a bogus ID, I'd say, "If you're not really my OIC, then I'm not really supposed to be standing here."
The responsibility always lies with the parties that were knowingly involved. If Sony had no knowledge, then the responsibility lies with their contractor. If the contractor told them exactly what they were doing, then Sony cannot claim damages. Likewise, if Ford knew of Firestone's problem, then they are also culpable. If not, then they're in the clear. Common sense.
Me too, although it's $50 here. They don't even offer metered usage.
I'd wager heavily that the meat will be seriously tainted by freezer burn.
Where I come from, guilt trips are so plentiful that we hurl them at each other in sport. Needless to say, when I visited the Land of Make Believe, where guilt trips are virtually nonexistent, I quickly grew to appreciate what I had so long taken for granted. Nowadays, I save my guilt trips for people who really need them -- myself sometimes, but I try to send them to the Land of Make Believe whenever possible. Please consider doing the same.
If a car cost $0.10 to manufacture, then yes, I would say it would be reasonable to expect a replacement. The physical media is a negligible cost of producing a game.
Oh look, a "recently launched" blog
Look, he's got some "things to say," and "ideas to present." The conglomeration of mashup grok blogging with its synergistic properties and game-changing accessibility helps monetize what would otherwise be wasted assets, thereby sustaining emerging markets in third world outsourcing portals of consumer confidence indices!!!
But if you had a blog, you'd know all of that already.
If I've got desk space for a mousepad, I want to use that for my display.
So do you mount your display horizontally on your desktop, or do you place your mousepad directly behind your keyboard?
We at slashdot are scientists, specialists and kernel hackers. Your FUD will be found out.
You must be talking about a different Slashdot.
Google agrees to bend spacetime. Film at 11.
It only looks like a fire drill. They're actually leaping over each other in a zig-zag pattern in an attempt to reach the other end of the boat.
And if they stop making software players, their business may be broken. The only way to win at DRM is not to play.
as yet no winner has been declared
That's only because some newb thinks dupes are evidence of a nonrandom event.
Also, I forgot to mention that, given the sensitivity (or lack thereof) of the WiiMote, the games seem to be a large measure of chance too -- equal parts skill/chance at best. This is particularly true of Wii Sports Baseball, where it's impossible to spot the difference between a fastball and a curveball until it's too late, and the outfield is completely automated.
I haven't played WarioWare, so I declined to comment on it.
I know this may be hard to swallow, but everyone who points out the blaring shortcomings of something is not a troll. Just because it's unpopular to say anything negative about the Holy Wii doesn't make such a statement a troll.
I said that Wii Sports has the entertainment value of Rock Paper Scissors, and I stand by that -- they're both short games which are fun to play a few times, but end quickly, and most people lose interest equally quickly.
Anything is toxic in enough quantity.
I really cannot stress that enough. Toxicity is not a black or white, true or false; it is a scale. Furthermore, "toxic" is not mutually exclusive to "beneficial". Water is highly beneficial, though it can be toxic in quantity, or with additives (think salt water for a common example).
Personally, I smoked for 10 years, until it was becoming clear that the adverse effects on my lungs would make it foolish to continue. I don't have any lung disease, although I would never recommend anyone try (or continue) smoking for any reason. I recognize that people are free to make that decision for themselves, and that no amount of outside influence is likely to change their decision once it has been made. That aside, I quit nicotine completely for about 6 months. During those 6 months, I experienced significant weight gain, increased lethargy, and decreased mental acuity. Rather than start smoking again, I decided to try nicotine replacement products. Since I started taking them, I've found I become alert and fully awake more quickly in the morning, I eat less, and it has a beneficial effect during stressful situations. My personal favorite is the 2mg nicotine lozenge. I probably consume ~10-15/day, and unless I find research which shows that nicotine is specifically carcinogenic and/or that it has cumulative deleterious effects on the body, I have no plans to stop any time soon.
I would never suggest that anyone start taking nicotine (or any other drug) if they are perfectly functional without it, (recreational purposes aside) but I can say that it has had positive effects for me. I view it much like a cup of coffee or a Red Bull -- it's stimulating and allows me to be more alert and productive.
Really?
I'd be interested to know what games the Wii has that you really like to play. Most people would agree that the Wii has 2 good exclusives: Paper Mario and Zelda. Maybe RE4, but that's only exclusive if you count the controls; the content is exactly the same. In any case, the latter two are painful to play on an HDTV (or even an SDTV if you've played any 360 or PS3 titles). If a game is multiplatform, like Marvel Ultimate Alliance, there's no question that I'm going to avoid the Wii version. Wii Sports has all the entertainment value of Rock Paper Scissors. The Wii only has two games rated 9+. Compare that to the 360 with 6 games making the 9.0 cut (only 3 exclusive, though none available on the Wii), and the entire rest of the page consisting of 8.0+ titles. While that's proportional to the consoles' respective times on market (~2 9.0+ titles per 6 months time on market per console), it makes sense to consider both the present and future value of a system. If I get 3x as many (mutually) exclusive quality games on Console A today, and have no reason not to expect at least an equal quantity of exclusive titles in the future, AND have other value-added features, such as networked play, a large library of downloadable titles (both old and new), HD resolution (which is "future proofing," even if you don't have an HDTV today), and HD-DVD add-on (although the utility of that is debatable at best, especially if you don't own an HDTV, since better and cheaper stand-alone players will probably exist in the very near future), then it would make sense to choose it over Console B with fewer quality titles available today, an equal number of future titles, and fewer/inferior value added features.
The Wii is clearly the right choice for budget-limited and/or extremely casual gamers (as even semi-casual gamers can find plenty to like about the 360), and those who are turned off by the slightly more complex interface of the 360. If one enjoys either single-player or networked gaming in the least, then the 360 is the way to go. Personally, I would perfer the PS3, but I cannot justify its purchase to myself or anyone else, given its anemic selection of titles. Believe me, I would love to recommend anything other than Microsoft (and I personally avoided the original X-Box completely, and avoided the 360 until just recently), but they clearly have the most to offer this time around.