I still watch X-Play (formerly known as Extended Play); they've been tarting up Morgan Webb something fierce, but her and Adam Sessler still seem to be their sassy, sarcastic selves, and then reviews generally tend to jive with how I feel about the games.
Just waiting for them to replace Adam with some "cute" but clueless chick, then I'll cancel the channel.
Isn't that what they teach you in MBA school? Grab your bonuses at any cost, then run to the next company before the consequences of your actions are felt?
Seriously. If you've got any use at all for a good laptop, the iBook is a great choice... I haven't actually used my XP desktop in a couple of weeks because I've been too busy to play games on it.
iCal is significantly better than Sunbird, even on slower hardware (1GHz iBook G4 vs. 2.53GHz and 2.8GHz Pentium IV desktops). Even just fixing Sunbird so it doesn't re-load remote calendars every time you start it would be a good step in the right direction.
I bought the low-end iBook as a replacement for an old Dell Inspiron 7000 (and so I could cover Mac OS X for a book). I've also used various ThinkPads, an old Toshiba, and a fairly new Toshiba Satellite Pro, so I like to think I've got a fairly broad experience with x86 laptops. We've got piles of Acer and other laptops here at the office, including those surf-board sized widescreen beasts.
The iBook is absolutely the best of the bunch. The design and attention to detail on this thing are just amazing compared to the x86 laptops, and OS X is actually really nice to use once you get over the fact that it's not XP. The last Mac I used had OS 7.6.1 on it, and it's really nice to have a real OS coming out of Apple these days.
It's cheap, small, light, and gets over four hours on a full battery. The 1GHz G4 in my system performs very well, even at horrible CPU-crushing tasks like video encoding.
Very pleased with my purchase, although they did start bundling the AirPort Express card about three months after I ordered my system. D'oh!
Sorry, 1 and 2 are facts, 3 is a collection of your opinions, which you're certainly entitled to.
Everyone's opinions are different, and should never be presented as facts. I'm a hard-core PC gamer, and entirely uninterested in Half-Life 2 (tried the demo, uninstalled the demo), but I love Katamari Damacy.
Yup, the WaveBird's battery life is excellent. I've had mine for over a year and I think I've only changed the batteries once.
I also picked up a MadCatz wireless PS2 controller, which is also awesome, although I haven't had it long enough to comment on battery life. It's seen a lot of use though, so I'm thinking it's probably pretty close to the WaveBird's.
Having wireless controllers is absolutely awesome in a house filled with cats, a four year old, and a clumsy dad (that's me). No wires where people walk is a very good thing.
I dunno... it looked very interesting a few years ago (I seem to remember looking at the first preview of Dark Corners of the Earth back when I still used BeOS), but games that take "forever" to develop usually don't turn out that great.
Still, I've got my fingers crossed for this one, it's hard to find scary games.
I thought all companies hired "the best" while paying them as little as possible. Isn't it HR's job to keep "the best" at the company while keeping salaries as low as possible?
They had a reason. The suits need to keep short-term profits up so they can get massive bonuses before moving on to do the same thing at the next company.
I suspect planning for long-term results isn't part of MBA school, or whatever crazy "take the money and run!" programs VPs graduate from.
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Mmm... delicious Satan.
Uh, I mean, Cheetos. Yeah, that's it... Cheetos...
I still watch X-Play (formerly known as Extended Play); they've been tarting up Morgan Webb something fierce, but her and Adam Sessler still seem to be their sassy, sarcastic selves, and then reviews generally tend to jive with how I feel about the games.
Just waiting for them to replace Adam with some "cute" but clueless chick, then I'll cancel the channel.
Isn't that what they teach you in MBA school? Grab your bonuses at any cost, then run to the next company before the consequences of your actions are felt?
Or am I just being cynical again?
Also the lack of 40+ minutes of ads every hour.
Seriously. If you've got any use at all for a good laptop, the iBook is a great choice... I haven't actually used my XP desktop in a couple of weeks because I've been too busy to play games on it.
iCal is significantly better than Sunbird, even on slower hardware (1GHz iBook G4 vs. 2.53GHz and 2.8GHz Pentium IV desktops). Even just fixing Sunbird so it doesn't re-load remote calendars every time you start it would be a good step in the right direction.
Hey, that's nearly a haiku. How about:
Can we trust them now?
Business as usual.
This is Microsoft.
Awesome typo in there (from dictionary.com):
dolor
n.
1. Pain.
2. Sorrow; grief.
Of course not... they don't carry much treasure, and they don't give very many experience points.
Probably due to the fact that you need to be rich to run for office. You don't get rich by being nice and looking out for other people's interests.
Democratic Republic and Constitutional Monarchy don't actually give normal folks any control over government, it's still the rich ruling for the rich.
No, I don't have any other alternatives handy.
I bought the low-end iBook as a replacement for an old Dell Inspiron 7000 (and so I could cover Mac OS X for a book). I've also used various ThinkPads, an old Toshiba, and a fairly new Toshiba Satellite Pro, so I like to think I've got a fairly broad experience with x86 laptops. We've got piles of Acer and other laptops here at the office, including those surf-board sized widescreen beasts.
The iBook is absolutely the best of the bunch. The design and attention to detail on this thing are just amazing compared to the x86 laptops, and OS X is actually really nice to use once you get over the fact that it's not XP. The last Mac I used had OS 7.6.1 on it, and it's really nice to have a real OS coming out of Apple these days.
It's cheap, small, light, and gets over four hours on a full battery. The 1GHz G4 in my system performs very well, even at horrible CPU-crushing tasks like video encoding.
Very pleased with my purchase, although they did start bundling the AirPort Express card about three months after I ordered my system. D'oh!
Maybe it was a new Phantom console prototype.
Sorry, 1 and 2 are facts, 3 is a collection of your opinions, which you're certainly entitled to.
Everyone's opinions are different, and should never be presented as facts. I'm a hard-core PC gamer, and entirely uninterested in Half-Life 2 (tried the demo, uninstalled the demo), but I love Katamari Damacy.
The Simpsons: Road Rage is pretty fun, actually, despite being published by EA.
We need a screen shot, dude.
You've misspelled "Trip Hawkins" in there as "Microsoft"...
If I could mod, you'd get points.
Yup, the WaveBird's battery life is excellent. I've had mine for over a year and I think I've only changed the batteries once.
I also picked up a MadCatz wireless PS2 controller, which is also awesome, although I haven't had it long enough to comment on battery life. It's seen a lot of use though, so I'm thinking it's probably pretty close to the WaveBird's.
Having wireless controllers is absolutely awesome in a house filled with cats, a four year old, and a clumsy dad (that's me). No wires where people walk is a very good thing.
A winner is you!
If I had mod points, you'd get the Funny.
Yeah, that was funny. "Innovating very rapdidly" seems to mean "ignoring IE6 development for quite a few years"...
That unlocks "God mode" where you get 2x your normal gas mileage and can drive at speeds up to 300 Km/h.
I hope they go after that peer bastard who's always resetting my IRC connections.
I dunno... it looked very interesting a few years ago (I seem to remember looking at the first preview of Dark Corners of the Earth back when I still used BeOS), but games that take "forever" to develop usually don't turn out that great.
Still, I've got my fingers crossed for this one, it's hard to find scary games.
I thought all companies hired "the best" while paying them as little as possible. Isn't it HR's job to keep "the best" at the company while keeping salaries as low as possible?
Uh, not that I'm bitter or anything.
Can you download these documents on Kazaa?
They had a reason. The suits need to keep short-term profits up so they can get massive bonuses before moving on to do the same thing at the next company.
I suspect planning for long-term results isn't part of MBA school, or whatever crazy "take the money and run!" programs VPs graduate from.