movielink allows you to 'rent' movies for anywhere from.$99 to $5. quality is decent though certainly not DVD. speed is good. selection is sparse. http://www.movielink.com/
you can also get "starz on demand" through realplayer for approx $13 a month. you're limited to the current line up of STARZ movies--and they often suck. but it's better than paying $70 for premium cable. quality is ok, but still not DVD. http://starz.real.com/
but i dont know if those are the kind of things the poster wants. his question was amorphous at best.
well, a paperless school--all 'coolness' factors aside--is even stupider than charging these kids with felonies.
i mean, what are they doing in math? are they showing all the steps by submitting an excel formula? or MSword math?
i dont know if the district really is paperless, but if it is i'd start checking the town water supply for lead and mercury. because they're pretty fucking stupid.
they could have taken the laptops away. simple. no need to make them felons.
the irony is a few of them will probably make some cash selling their stories as "3733t h4x0rz" as a movie of the week. buy only because charges were pressed. revoking the laptops would probably have proved a much more effective, meaningful and cheaper solution for the school district.
why not just take their laptops away? they were school issued. yes, they misused them. but confiscating the school-owned laptops (and if the students/family paid some money for it, refund them the money) would solve this problem without having to prosecute the students. and it would a) cost the school less and b) probably be a bigger punishment for the kids as some of them will probably sell their story as a movie of the week.
the slashdot crowd tends to flame a little too much, agreed. but some nasty posts on a website isn't as much as felony charges when there is a much simpler and clearer solution.
with the exception of the stupid position of the black and white buttons the original behemoth xbox controller is pretty damn good in my opinion. i really dont like the micro-sized sony controllers.
i will admit, however, that my aversion to the sony dual shock could be that i HATE the original PS contoller. that could be one of the worst controllers ever made, imho. it's interesting that it was omitted from the list. i mean they cover nearly everthing but that (with the exceptions of jaguar and 3d-0).
also, the N64 controlle aint bad at all. granted all i ever played was smash brothers, goldeneye, mario kart, and rogue squadron. but for those four games you couldnt ask for anything more.
i think this guy is just some over-caffeinated sony-fan-boy.
why are things like battle.net and steam so popular? is it to foster teamwork and good spirits? no it's to go in and hand some fool their ass. it is better when there is legitimate competition. but online play is, primarily, popular because it allos you to play AGAINST people not with them.
now, mmo's tend to be more touchy-feely circle jerks. but if you dont want to get owned by some 'griefer' don't play a PvP game and/or get a clue.
i have to admit though, i remember being duped in some silly D2 scams. remember that one where they made you fill your inventory with potions so when you went for your corpse all your loot would land on the ground?
or now in cs:source the f10 deal? yeah i fell for that the first time.
hazing aint going away. but it is always good charma to every once-in-a-while tell some guy named 'Player' how to change his name.
Slashdot Mirror
im pretty sure that in your TOS there's a clause that protects them from just that. or at least a "we can change these rules whenever we want" clause.
no, she took your balls.
shocking!
will they raise the money by suing slashdot?
there's always team fortress 2.
or the phantom.
and if you dig really back in the hayday of voodooextreme there's the bitboys.
not that DNF is going ot ever actually come out.
which means you're still driving prices up by at least 25%. fuckwad.
and the remainder classify as cruel and usual.
movielink allows you to 'rent' movies for anywhere from .$99 to $5. quality is decent though certainly not DVD. speed is good. selection is sparse.
http://www.movielink.com/
you can also get "starz on demand" through realplayer for approx $13 a month. you're limited to the current line up of STARZ movies--and they often suck. but it's better than paying $70 for premium cable. quality is ok, but still not DVD.
http://starz.real.com/
but i dont know if those are the kind of things the poster wants. his question was amorphous at best.
no, bush threw away the medal but kept the ribbons.
well, a paperless school--all 'coolness' factors aside--is even stupider than charging these kids with felonies.
i mean, what are they doing in math? are they showing all the steps by submitting an excel formula? or MSword math?
i dont know if the district really is paperless, but if it is i'd start checking the town water supply for lead and mercury. because they're pretty fucking stupid.
they could have taken the laptops away. simple. no need to make them felons.
the irony is a few of them will probably make some cash selling their stories as "3733t h4x0rz" as a movie of the week. buy only because charges were pressed. revoking the laptops would probably have proved a much more effective, meaningful and cheaper solution for the school district.
why not just take their laptops away? they were school issued. yes, they misused them. but confiscating the school-owned laptops (and if the students/family paid some money for it, refund them the money) would solve this problem without having to prosecute the students. and it would a) cost the school less and b) probably be a bigger punishment for the kids as some of them will probably sell their story as a movie of the week.
the slashdot crowd tends to flame a little too much, agreed. but some nasty posts on a website isn't as much as felony charges when there is a much simpler and clearer solution.
last resort? how about take their laptops away. voila, no more problem.
i mean, im sure it has it's own malicious intent, but according to the SARC page, it's deleting malware like gator, 180solutions, viewmgr, etc.
i can't believe it hasnt been mentioned, or have they all been modded troll already?
with the exception of the stupid position of the black and white buttons the original behemoth xbox controller is pretty damn good in my opinion. i really dont like the micro-sized sony controllers.
i will admit, however, that my aversion to the sony dual shock could be that i HATE the original PS contoller. that could be one of the worst controllers ever made, imho. it's interesting that it was omitted from the list. i mean they cover nearly everthing but that (with the exceptions of jaguar and 3d-0).
also, the N64 controlle aint bad at all. granted all i ever played was smash brothers, goldeneye, mario kart, and rogue squadron. but for those four games you couldnt ask for anything more.
i think this guy is just some over-caffeinated sony-fan-boy.
it proves that you and the moderators can't spot a simpson's reference if your life depended on it.
he can't tell you who you voted for. but now he can order that $5,000 Alienware system he's always wanted with your credit card.
there needs to be a +1 irony modifier
or when the atari 2600 cops come knocking on your door just tell them that they burned up.
i cant fault them. whenever i'm that high i ALWAYS get the munchies too.
why are things like battle.net and steam so popular? is it to foster teamwork and good spirits? no it's to go in and hand some fool their ass. it is better when there is legitimate competition. but online play is, primarily, popular because it allos you to play AGAINST people not with them.
now, mmo's tend to be more touchy-feely circle jerks. but if you dont want to get owned by some 'griefer' don't play a PvP game and/or get a clue.
i have to admit though, i remember being duped in some silly D2 scams. remember that one where they made you fill your inventory with potions so when you went for your corpse all your loot would land on the ground?
or now in cs:source the f10 deal? yeah i fell for that the first time.
hazing aint going away. but it is always good charma to every once-in-a-while tell some guy named 'Player' how to change his name.
until suprnova went down.
or arcade games?
you must be confused. TNN became spikeTV.