If they would just develop the games for US release first, then they could have the Japanese be the expanded version the first time, and I'd get the games first... Sounds like a win, win situation.
Flip side of the coin...
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Ageism in IT?
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How many young managers are out there? Is it possible general views like htis exist because only a limited subset of the population (older men) is in the position to display them? Would a company with all young managers have different views?
I've only been working as a programmer for 1 year, since I graduated college, and every month or so, I find that when I look back at old code, I'm amazed at how much I've learned since then, and how much better at programming I am now. For awhile I thought my productivity was decreasing, until I realised I'm just doing more with less work, as I get better.
Right now, I'd say it would almost always be better to have experienced programmers, on the condition that they are not ste in their ways, and are open to learning. But you'll never get experienced programmers without giving new blood hte chance to learn. Perhaps the only real solution is, like alot of other things in life, a balance between the two...
Microsoft bashing aside for the moment, since Windows XP has built in support for.zip files, does this even matter? Your average windows user doesn't use encryption, and those in the know, use better formats of security.
I'll always have fond memories of Saturday morning cartoons, right up until SOul Train came on, telling me it was time to go play video games.
Course, these days, I don't think I'veseen a Saturday morning in a few years, unles you count the time between Friday at midnight and when I crawl into bed.
Re:What I've been looking for?
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TiVo Basic
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Get a ReplayTv
, connect it to your home network, and then load up DVArchive.
There, even stream the video files from the computer to the ReplayTV in real time.
Since these types of motherboards are aimed at people rolling their own servers, as opposed to buying a prebuilt one.
How many people actually build a server from the ground up, and why, other than price, is it advantageous to do so, instead of buying a complete box? Price shaving shouldn't be a huge concern for a server, since so many other factors figure in more.
Alas, you can't game on it, you'll never drive a game at 3840x2400, and the fonts can be a little hard to read if you sit too far back, but on the bright side, you can display 2 full pages side by side and still have everything readable.
For those who don't know
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Pyromaniac Cosplay
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Cosplay (cohs'puhleh) noun. the Japanese word for masquerading, generally done at anime and gaming events (including the unique Comic Market events in Japan)
If I pay an internet access tax like I do the 911 tax, does that mean that I will no longer have to pay for internet to some ISP, instead I will just get it?
Do you get free phone service for paying the 911 tax? You pay a local phone company for your phone service and you pay a tax to support 911. Now, you'll pay an ISP for your internet, and pay the government a tax... for no extra service.
Actually, its a 4GB file limitation on Windows. And my guess would be its the same as the 4GB limitation to RAM in a PC, thats all you can address with 32 bits of address space.
its just as bad as the old ones where you knew you needed to do a specific thing, such as move right, but had to keep banging on the joystick to the right in the hopes of doing it in the.5 second window the game was actually looking for input...
First, my watch, then my cell phone, then, when all else fails, there's always that little clock in the bottom right corner, opposite of the start button. (Yes, Windows. I am a gamer.)
Lighted fans, windows letting massive RF out to disrupt ham radio/give cancer/whatever, cold cathode lights, are there any case mods that actually have any functional use, or do those just not make it as stories because of lack of coolness factor?
Does going digital add any advantage to this kind of application?
Just going digital, probably not. However, I can run to the local cell phone store and buy a phone with BT. Anyone know where I can buy a cell phone with a "simple RF" interface, that is standard enough to either build or buy a headset for it?
I already have. There will be a per child charge, for using my patented material to create a derivative work. Charge will be based on whether or not you'd like to buy the rights to said derivative work outright (allowing your children to have charge free children), or simply borrow it for the single copy (they will have to pay for the patented material received from you passed down to their derivative work, although at a lesser rate).
As a former student, I can say that USC has had SMB filesharing disabled for a few years now. They started my Senior year, 2001, or at least, that's the first time I noticed it.
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If they charged $10 a month, they would have to end printing real cards. If they charged less than retain, they would completely destroy the value of the printed cards, which they need to preserve to keep the store owners happy.
Second of all, if you don't want to have magic continually changing, play a format that doesn't continually change. I don't bargain like a madman, and I cetainly don't spend $300-$600 a year on it either. But I do play alot, both online and offline. And I do attend sactioned tournaments. And I have a blast with it.
You complain about the "upgrade treadmill", but most players I know think its the best thing to happen to it. Magic, like all games similar to it, gets stale. There are only so many cards, and with enough players, the most powerful decks come out after so much time. Then, there is no inventiveness left (exceptions always happen, but its pretty rare), and no suprises. You play one of the 2 or 3 decks that have been discovered to be the most popular, or you can't play. Then, along comes a new set, new rules, new cards, and a time of discovery. That is when Magic is the most fun. When a little intelligence and a willingness to try something new will carry you alot farther than a fat wallet, and time to read the net.
Are Magic cards overpriced? Thats arguable. As long as I, and many others are willing to pay it, they can continue to charge what they do. Its only overpriced when it doesn't sell because its too expensive. Just because you choose to not pay what they want does not make something's price structure "flawed".
You don't play very competetively do you? Go play a few draft and sealed tournaments, where you only have a limited card selection to work from, and spend the exact same amount as everyone else in the tournament, and realise just how wrong you are.
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If they would just develop the games for US release first, then they could have the Japanese be the expanded version the first time, and I'd get the games first... Sounds like a win, win situation.
How many young managers are out there? Is it possible general views like htis exist because only a limited subset of the population (older men) is in the position to display them? Would a company with all young managers have different views?
I've only been working as a programmer for 1 year, since I graduated college, and every month or so, I find that when I look back at old code, I'm amazed at how much I've learned since then, and how much better at programming I am now. For awhile I thought my productivity was decreasing, until I realised I'm just doing more with less work, as I get better.
Right now, I'd say it would almost always be better to have experienced programmers, on the condition that they are not ste in their ways, and are open to learning. But you'll never get experienced programmers without giving new blood hte chance to learn. Perhaps the only real solution is, like alot of other things in life, a balance between the two...
Microsoft bashing aside for the moment, since Windows XP has built in support for .zip files, does this even matter? Your average windows user doesn't use encryption, and those in the know, use better formats of security.
I'll always have fond memories of Saturday morning cartoons, right up until SOul Train came on, telling me it was time to go play video games.
Course, these days, I don't think I'veseen a Saturday morning in a few years, unles you count the time between Friday at midnight and when I crawl into bed.
Get a ReplayTv , connect it to your home network, and then load up DVArchive.
There, even stream the video files from the computer to the ReplayTV in real time.
Has the RIAA so ingrained themselves in the collective unconscious that reporters now think them part of the US govt?
In one word... yes.
Ok, who opened the can of interstellar worms?
Since these types of motherboards are aimed at people rolling their own servers, as opposed to buying a prebuilt one.
How many people actually build a server from the ground up, and why, other than price, is it advantageous to do so, instead of buying a complete box? Price shaving shouldn't be a huge concern for a server, since so many other factors figure in more.
Great, now even my computer can cook better than me...
Here, you like IBM LCDs, get one of these
Alas, you can't game on it, you'll never drive a game at 3840x2400, and the fonts can be a little hard to read if you sit too far back, but on the bright side, you can display 2 full pages side by side and still have everything readable.
Cosplay (cohs'puhleh) noun. the Japanese word for masquerading, generally done at anime and gaming events (including the unique Comic Market events in Japan)
If I pay an internet access tax like I do the 911 tax, does that mean that I will no longer have to pay for internet to some ISP, instead I will just get it?
Do you get free phone service for paying the 911 tax? You pay a local phone company for your phone service and you pay a tax to support 911. Now, you'll pay an ISP for your internet, and pay the government a tax... for no extra service.
Actually, its a 4GB file limitation on Windows. And my guess would be its the same as the 4GB limitation to RAM in a PC, thats all you can address with 32 bits of address space.
You forgot to say, "Imagine a beowulf cluster of these...".
Brunching Shuttlecocks
Someone once told me...
A lock is just to keep an honest person honest. A dishonest person will get past it whether or not its locked, nor will they care that they had to.
its just as bad as the old ones where you knew you needed to do a specific thing, such as move right, but had to keep banging on the joystick to the right in the hopes of doing it in the .5 second window the game was actually looking for input...
I always have plenty of available clocks around.
First, my watch, then my cell phone, then, when all else fails, there's always that little clock in the bottom right corner, opposite of the start button. (Yes, Windows. I am a gamer.)
Lighted fans, windows letting massive RF out to disrupt ham radio/give cancer/whatever, cold cathode lights, are there any case mods that actually have any functional use, or do those just not make it as stories because of lack of coolness factor?
Does going digital add any advantage to this kind of application?
Just going digital, probably not. However, I can run to the local cell phone store and buy a phone with BT. Anyone know where I can buy a cell phone with a "simple RF" interface, that is standard enough to either build or buy a headset for it?
Microsoft is evil. Sony is part of the MPAA. And now Nintendo is doing bad things.
I just want to know who I can buy console from and not feel guilty. Where is Atari when you need them?
I already have. There will be a per child charge, for using my patented material to create a derivative work. Charge will be based on whether or not you'd like to buy the rights to said derivative work outright (allowing your children to have charge free children), or simply borrow it for the single copy (they will have to pay for the patented material received from you passed down to their derivative work, although at a lesser rate).
As a former student, I can say that USC has had SMB filesharing disabled for a few years now. They started my Senior year, 2001, or at least, that's the first time I noticed it.
If they charged $10 a month, they would have to end printing real cards. If they charged less than retain, they would completely destroy the value of the printed cards, which they need to preserve to keep the store owners happy.
Second of all, if you don't want to have magic continually changing, play a format that doesn't continually change. I don't bargain like a madman, and I cetainly don't spend $300-$600 a year on it either. But I do play alot, both online and offline. And I do attend sactioned tournaments. And I have a blast with it.
You complain about the "upgrade treadmill", but most players I know think its the best thing to happen to it. Magic, like all games similar to it, gets stale. There are only so many cards, and with enough players, the most powerful decks come out after so much time. Then, there is no inventiveness left (exceptions always happen, but its pretty rare), and no suprises. You play one of the 2 or 3 decks that have been discovered to be the most popular, or you can't play. Then, along comes a new set, new rules, new cards, and a time of discovery. That is when Magic is the most fun. When a little intelligence and a willingness to try something new will carry you alot farther than a fat wallet, and time to read the net.
Are Magic cards overpriced? Thats arguable. As long as I, and many others are willing to pay it, they can continue to charge what they do. Its only overpriced when it doesn't sell because its too expensive. Just because you choose to not pay what they want does not make something's price structure "flawed".
You don't play very competetively do you? Go play a few draft and sealed tournaments, where you only have a limited card selection to work from, and spend the exact same amount as everyone else in the tournament, and realise just how wrong you are.
Ok, I understand that we all all geeks here, but you didn't get it until 17? Dang man, you needed to get out more ah a teenager...