Email scam isn't the only way it's being done in that area.
Phone scammers use the system intended for the hearing impaired to add a layer between them and the credit card scams they attempt, to the point where if you sell something to someone using the internet relay, you are a complete fool. A huge percentage of the calls on this system are scammers now, and the companies that provide the service don't wish to fight it, since they are paid by volume of calls!
This is news for nerds. The film has a great deal of popularity in geek culture, and if you are really unfamiliar with this, you might want to get out more. If you *are* familiar with this, as I suspect you are, then this should be modded properly as Troll....
You miserable vomitous mass.
How do WE fight big budget gaming?
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Huge budget hollywood style productions seem to be taking over the gaming industry. Is there anything other then 'voting with our wallet' that we (the consumers) can do to fight this trend?
WotC has been cracking down on leak material over the last few years. The only reliable rumor mill I know of is at www.mtgsalvation.com, which has a few tasty tidbits, and will likely have a full spoiler up before the pre-release events, as usual.
The natural state for IP is public. Corporations have abused the corrupt system to make IP rights last multiple lifetimes, so forgive me if I fail to lose sleep over copyright infringement.
If you push this software on your customers, then shame on you. Not counting Windows and spyware itself, I've charged my customers more money dealing with installation/uninstallation issues arising from NIS then any other piece of software ever.
Considering the stories I've heard from other Geek Squad folks, you should know better.
The best description of Halo2 I've heard is that it's a pretty good single player game of Halo, and it comes with a version of Quake online. Sadly, Halo online would have been better than Quake.
The changes made to the Rocket Launcher, and the complete dominance of the energy sword makes online play much less enjoyable then multiplayer in Halo1, despite being on Xbox live.
Additionally, the legendary skill setting becomes pointlessly frustrating once you reach the section where the enemy has beam rifle sniping weapons.
I'd love to see the comparison between this advancement, and the changes made in computer interface design.
It seems to me that we had rapid advancement in the earlier years until the Microsoft monoculture struck. From that point it seems we only have small incremental changes, or steps backward in many ways.
You are not helping the community by increasing the challenge level... you are a prick.
You gain sick enjoyment instigating the pain and suffering of others, and people like you should justly get a permanent ban from the game for behavior like that.
Getting mugged isn't fun, or a challenge, and mugging someone and stealing their time and money while they are trying to enjoy themselves in a virtual world is just as wrong as mugging someone in real life.
I didn't follow Fable during production, so I don't have any real problems with features that are missing
*Try to get your combat multiplier even HIGHER!*
from the game, but it is extremely clear that the game was released unfinished. While enjoyable, it suffers from a number of
*Try to get your combat multiplier even HIGHER!*
annoyances, to the point where the two missions you want more than anything in the game are to beat the crap out of the guy holding the camera, and kill
*Try to get your combat multiplier even HIGHER!*
the guy that made the controls 'default', but not customizable.
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Maybe it should be called a Wizard instead?
-Z
The folks at Penny Arcade have gone and donated the $10,000 that Jack promised, and they donated it in his name.
http://www.penny-arcade.com/
Now *that* is class.
-Z
Email scam isn't the only way it's being done in that area.
Phone scammers use the system intended for the hearing impaired to add a layer between them and the credit card scams they attempt, to the point where if you sell something to someone using the internet relay, you are a complete fool. A huge percentage of the calls on this system are scammers now, and the companies that provide the service don't wish to fight it, since they are paid by volume of calls!
-Z
Where are my mod points when I need them?
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This is news for nerds. The film has a great deal of popularity in geek culture, and if you are really unfamiliar with this, you might want to get out more. If you *are* familiar with this, as I suspect you are, then this should be modded properly as Troll.
You miserable vomitous mass.
Huge budget hollywood style productions seem to be taking over the gaming industry. Is there anything other then 'voting with our wallet' that we (the consumers) can do to fight this trend?
Thanks for your time,
-Z
It's okay, the odds of healthy mice surviving in Newark are pretty low to begin with.
I use the Cybertool from Victorinox, and rarely reach for another tool.
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http://www.swissarmy.com/MultiTools/Product.htm?c
I like the smaller one (model 29) because it lives in my pocket all the time.
Additionally, how do you have a growing repair shop with the price of modern computers?
Remember when we used to hate all the damn previews? Now we look forward to them, thankful the commercials are over!
I'd pay extra for reserved seating in a theatre with class and no commercials and previews.
-Z
Nope.
WotC has been cracking down on leak material over the last few years. The only reliable rumor mill I know of is at www.mtgsalvation.com, which has a few tasty tidbits, and will likely have a full spoiler up before the pre-release events, as usual.
-Z
In the constellation of Cygnus
There lurks a mysterious, invisible force
The Black Hole
Of Cygnus X-1
Six Stars of the Northern Cross
In mourning for their sister's loss
In a final flash of glory
Nevermore to grace the night...
Step 0: Define species.
Seriously, people can't even agree on what the word means, so this becomes an insurmountable task.
If so, then the government should probably be a bit sharper about actually getting tax revenue from them eh?
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/4526.html
The natural state for IP is public. Corporations have abused the corrupt system to make IP rights last multiple lifetimes, so forgive me if I fail to lose sleep over copyright infringement.
Norton Internet Security is the devil!
If you push this software on your customers, then shame on you. Not counting Windows and spyware itself, I've charged my customers more money dealing with installation/uninstallation issues arising from NIS then any other piece of software ever.
Considering the stories I've heard from other Geek Squad folks, you should know better.
"'survival of the fittest' is not a moral philisophy in any sense of the word."
This is simply not true. Survival of the fittest is strongly linked to morals in two ways.
First, moral behavior is simply applying the survival behavior to all of society.
Second, societies develop morals which make society stronger, or fail to develop morals and then fail to thrive.
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If you think Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul was the lesser of the two complete Dirk Gently novels, you7 missed the best parts.
-Z
I refuse to change my clocks, and stay on daylight savings time all year round. Let everyone else be wrong!
On the shortest day of the year it gets dark at 4:30pm here, and this just isn't right. Therefore it must be 5:30pm
For those that worry about sending kids to school in the dark etc.. just send THEM in an hour later! Why make everyone else suffer?
"If he can't prove with equations that Black Holes don't exist, then his theory is flawed."
NO!
Physical observation that supports his theory and not the current black hole model would supercede mathematical proofs.
Math is not observation!
The best description of Halo2 I've heard is that it's a pretty good single player game of Halo, and it comes with a version of Quake online. Sadly, Halo online would have been better than Quake.
The changes made to the Rocket Launcher, and the complete dominance of the energy sword makes online play much less enjoyable then multiplayer in Halo1, despite being on Xbox live.
Additionally, the legendary skill setting becomes pointlessly frustrating once you reach the section where the enemy has beam rifle sniping weapons.
-Z
Please help me understand Microsoft's commitment to creating the features that their customer base needs...
Why does Windows still not come with a built in spell-checker?
-Z
Because if you are a chef, you bemoan the fact that the world spends so much money at McDonalds eating junk food.
-Z
I'd love to see the comparison between this advancement, and the changes made in computer interface design.
It seems to me that we had rapid advancement in the earlier years until the Microsoft monoculture struck. From that point it seems we only have small incremental changes, or steps backward in many ways.
Anyone seen a good timeline for UI design?
-Z
You are not helping the community by increasing the challenge level... you are a prick.
You gain sick enjoyment instigating the pain and suffering of others, and people like you should justly get a permanent ban from the game for behavior like that.
Getting mugged isn't fun, or a challenge, and mugging someone and stealing their time and money while they are trying to enjoy themselves in a virtual world is just as wrong as mugging someone in real life.
Got mine at 2am after a fine burger at the local diner.
4:30 am hit, and sleep was needed. Now the only rough part is fighting it out with my housemate vs. GTA. Thank Bungie for co-op mode.
-Z
Sure, because what about American society represses authors, artists, and musicans?
Think.
-Z
I didn't follow Fable during production, so I don't have any real problems with features that are missing
*Try to get your combat multiplier even HIGHER!*
from the game, but it is extremely clear that the game was released unfinished. While enjoyable, it suffers from a number of
*Try to get your combat multiplier even HIGHER!*
annoyances, to the point where the two missions you want more than anything in the game are to beat the crap out of the guy holding the camera, and kill
*Try to get your combat multiplier even HIGHER!*
the guy that made the controls 'default', but not customizable.
-Z