At the New Years I quit drinking cokes,etc. For breakfast and lunch on weekdays I drink the generic Walmart brand (Equate) meal replacement shake. I can get a weeks worth for what it costs to eat lunch one day.
I have lost about 25lbs or so since New Years.
Only problem I have now is I seem to spend what I would have spent on lunch on booster packs of magic cards. At least I have something to show for my money besides inches on the waist *grin*.
Krull was one of those fond childhood memories. A "great movie" with action and romance. An all time classic for sure. Only problem with this fond recollection is that I was probably about 6 or 7 years old.
I made the horrible mistake of watching it again when I was around 20. The movie really didn't hold up to my memories. It is still an okay movie, more in line with say "Clash of the Titans" than the great epic I remembered.
The movie ending really cried out for a sequel, once Hollywood gets done raping the rest of my childhood memories, ie comics/games, maybe they will crank out the sequel to this one.
The upside to the customer is not so easy to find, unless you consider the possibility that with all this hypothetical easy money flowing in, Microsoft would be able to make a better product.
The problem is always the same. The power users/players devour all the "new content" and the newbies are left with massive grinding to keep up.
I want my word processor to have a good strong story line. And I want my spreadsheet to do more than manage my user/player stats. My DB should have all the equipment stats preloaded, and updated in real time with what all the other player/users have equipped.
If you expect the user/play to pony up each month, we need more and better content! That afterall is what we have come to expect from "productivity" software. Oh, and higher level caps too!
The scene begins shortly after an alien family pulls off the intergalactic freeway into the void.
Alien Children: Dad, are we there yet. Alien Mom: Are you sure this is the best way Alien Dad: Don't get your tentacles in a knot, this is a shortcut. Alien Mom: Shouldn't you have stopped and fueled up the FTL drive before getting off the IGF? Alien Dad: Don't worry, I sure there is a fueling station coming up soon.
I went with my wife to a "Teacher store" to get some things for her classroom. Yes I am married to a teacher. The educational posters clearly showed a tower case with the label - Modem. This explained all the many complaints about broken modems from people using computers with nics and no modem. Somebody has to educate the educators.
Teaching computers in our local school system seems to be a "lab job" that does not fall under general education. There was a program at the local University that said it was looking into helping professionals move into teaching.
I am a System Admin who always wondered if teaching would be enjoyable. I am also married to a teacher, so the sync in schedules would be nice as well. I checked into the program. I am qualified to teach geology/earth science, math, and biology based upon my college credits but there is no classification for teaching computers or technology.
There seems to be an awful large amount of money being spent on computers and technology for it not to be a part of the standard curriculum with a qualified teacher for the subject.
I believe teaching Magic the Gathering in school would be a good way to get at least some more people interested in basic math. The beginners would use simple decks to master basic skills. Advanced students could handle complicated decks such as slivers. This would definately introduce X new ways to tackle math.
Unfortunately, some people would get mad at the teachers for using "fantasy/magic" in class and call them "Diabolic Tutors" or accuse them of spreading "Tendrils of Corruption".
Early adopters are usually the ones who subsidize the latecomers. This is entirely backwards, as the latecomers are subsidizing the early adopters.
Will all the cool kids be saying, "I listened to , back when they were only 5cents a track"? It would be worse than people obsessed with their low Slashdot UID!
A local social network can be interesting. I remember the "good ole days" of checking out who was using the VMS VAX machines on campus and read their plans. The network talk/chat program was very nice. You could have a quick chat with people you might never meet on campus otherwise.
If a school level social network was available, different students could meet and get to know each other in a different context. You are limited to people you could actually meet, not across the country or a continent away.
Bah, I run a real "Pirate OS". I just modded the graphics subsystem to draw an eye patch over at least one object it is programmed to recognize as an "eye". Instant Pirate everywhere!
Though, I did almost have a graphics stall when I accidentally loaded up the goatse picture... that was one hell of an "eye patch" to render there!
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To be more like Bioware, you need to shorten up that comment.
To quote the artice, "without bogging things down in piles of words."
See you got all bogged down, people these days have a shor
I have been on a "diet" lately.
At the New Years I quit drinking cokes,etc. For breakfast and lunch on weekdays I drink the generic Walmart brand (Equate) meal replacement shake. I can get a weeks worth for what it costs to eat lunch one day.
I have lost about 25lbs or so since New Years.
Only problem I have now is I seem to spend what I would have spent on lunch on booster packs of magic cards. At least I have something to show for my money besides inches on the waist *grin*.
Do you have any idea what people pay in a years time just for lunch alone?
This simple math, even I can do it:
aprox 52 weeks in year, assuming each has 5 weekdays (perfect distribution of weeks).
estimate average $6.50 daily meal cost.
yearly_cost = 52*5*6.5
yearly_cost = $1,690.00
Now that is a significant chunk of money I put in my mouth each year!
Everyone knows the best way to store data requires columns labelled with letters, and rows labeled with numbers!
If you turn the box sideways, that is all messed up. Well, I guess if you turn your monitor sideways too it would correct this... I am a genius!
Krull was one of those fond childhood memories. A "great movie" with action and romance. An all time classic for sure. Only problem with this fond recollection is that I was probably about 6 or 7 years old.
I made the horrible mistake of watching it again when I was around 20. The movie really didn't hold up to my memories. It is still an okay movie, more in line with say "Clash of the Titans" than the great epic I remembered.
The movie ending really cried out for a sequel, once Hollywood gets done raping the rest of my childhood memories, ie comics/games, maybe they will crank out the sequel to this one.
If I ever needed a brain donor, I would want it to be you. I after all prefer my brains relatively new and unused!
If I prove mastery of this Linux distribution, can I get herons branded on my hands and the right to carry around a heron marked DVD?
The upside to the customer is not so easy to find, unless you consider the possibility that with all this hypothetical easy money flowing in, Microsoft would be able to make a better product.
The problem is always the same. The power users/players devour all the "new content" and the newbies are left with massive grinding to keep up.
I want my word processor to have a good strong story line. And I want my spreadsheet to do more than manage my user/player stats. My DB should have all the equipment stats preloaded, and updated in real time with what all the other player/users have equipped.
If you expect the user/play to pony up each month, we need more and better content!
That afterall is what we have come to expect from "productivity" software. Oh, and higher level caps too!
The scene begins shortly after an alien family pulls off the intergalactic freeway into the void.
Alien Children: Dad, are we there yet.
Alien Mom: Are you sure this is the best way
Alien Dad: Don't get your tentacles in a knot, this is a shortcut.
Alien Mom: Shouldn't you have stopped and fueled up the FTL drive before getting off the IGF?
Alien Dad: Don't worry, I sure there is a fueling station coming up soon.
I for one welcome our delcious "kentucky fried penguin" overlords!
I went with my wife to a "Teacher store" to get some things for her classroom. Yes I am married to a teacher.
The educational posters clearly showed a tower case with the label - Modem. This explained all the many complaints about broken modems from people using computers with nics and no modem. Somebody has to educate the educators.
Teaching computers in our local school system seems to be a "lab job" that does not fall under general education. There was a program at the local University that said it was looking into helping professionals move into teaching.
I am a System Admin who always wondered if teaching would be enjoyable. I am also married to a teacher, so the sync in schedules would be nice as well. I checked into the program. I am qualified to teach geology/earth science, math, and biology based upon my college credits but there is no classification for teaching computers or technology.
There seems to be an awful large amount of money being spent on computers and technology for it not to be a part of the standard curriculum with a qualified teacher for the subject.
I believe teaching Magic the Gathering in school would be a good way to get at least some more people interested in basic math. The beginners would use simple decks to master basic skills. Advanced students could handle complicated decks such as slivers. This would definately introduce X new ways to tackle math.
Unfortunately, some people would get mad at the teachers for using "fantasy/magic" in class and call them "Diabolic Tutors" or accuse them of spreading "Tendrils of Corruption".
The updated version will feature a 30+ year old "Paperboy" in a beat up 4 cylinder throwing papers at 2am while cruising down the road at 40mph+...
I play this game everyday. I have to say, while there are moments of interesting problems and solutions to them... most of the time is spent grinding.
... or SCO might find some "new and improved" infringements on the Unix rights they don't own.
SCO: How do we get our hands on the code for Linux?
Lawyer: Pay me $$$ and I will get the courts to order it handed over.
SCO: You are such a bargain!
Think of all the code you have written over the years. Now imagine a "harmless" off by one error, or a mismatch in units between standard and metric.
Now climb up in that chair, and let the robot barber give you a shave and a haircut!
Early adopters are usually the ones who subsidize the latecomers. This is entirely backwards, as the latecomers are subsidizing the early adopters.
Will all the cool kids be saying, "I listened to , back when they were only 5cents a track"? It would be worse than people obsessed with their low Slashdot UID!
A local social network can be interesting. I remember the "good ole days" of checking out who was using the VMS VAX machines on campus and read their plans. The network talk/chat program was very nice. You could have a quick chat with people you might never meet on campus otherwise.
If a school level social network was available, different students could meet and get to know each other in a different context. You are limited to people you could actually meet, not across the country or a continent away.
I want to be the guy who gets to type the ; at the end of all the code lines!
Now that is specialization!
To quote your sig, "Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."
I definately agree. As we all know, the best swords are delivered by Santa Claus!
To exceed the critical mass, it would most definately be necessary to lure females to this site.
And trust me, that is not very likely.
And we have the perfect operative for the job. Someone who can blend in with the terrorist and provide this intel.
The only agent for this job is none other than LEEROY JENKINS!
... or we could have that "duopoly" you talked about with Safari as the other "half" of the pie.
Bah, I run a real "Pirate OS". I just modded the graphics subsystem to draw an eye patch over at least one object it is programmed to recognize as an "eye". Instant Pirate everywhere!
Though, I did almost have a graphics stall when I accidentally loaded up the goatse picture... that was one hell of an "eye patch" to render there!