Seriously...having a apple cinema display is worth the mula, but $600 for a video card (that you bought two of) is a little much. I think I'll stick with my dual 6600 GTs. They can play practically every game at great frame rates w/ max settings at 1024x768 or 1280x1024. It would be nice to use higher resolutions, but frame rate and image quality matter more.
My older brother teaches a 100 level math class at BYU. This is his first semester teaching, and he's already caught 2 kids cheating. He didn't even need to see them cheating to prove that they did it.
Since the testing center keeps track of how long it took each student to take the test, he likes to laugh (hopefully not in the presence of his students) at how everyone who takes less than 20 minutes is always in the 0-30% range. Well, come finals time he noticed that he had a kid who got 98% (49/50) on the final in sixteen minutes. Amazing!...wait... this student has been failing all semester. I guess they must have really crammed hard right? Nope. Look here, it's the kid's brother's score from the previous night: 1 hour 30 minutes, 49/50. Coincidence? Maybe...oh wait, they missed the exact same problem. Better luck next time cheaters.
Unfortunately my brother went soft on them and just threw the final out for both of them. The dumb kid failed as he should have, but the "smart" kid got an A or an A- (I don't recall). I say fail 'em both. At least the cheating will be on their record, and if caught again, they'll be kicked out.
Guess where that $2 cut might come from. Military? Nope. Government works? Unlikely? Medical care, welfare, or other public benefits? Probably.
Unfortunately, that's usually just fine for people who want a smaller government. When they say "down with big government!" they really mean "down with welfare, education, and gays!"
Living in Utah I've seen some rather blatent examples of this. Recently the state government had about 100 million in budget surplus (all those tax cuts finally paid off?). What did they decide to do with it? Roads. Instead of increasing budgets to the extremely underbudgeted public schools (in elementary we were limited to the amount of posters our class could make each year due to budget constraints, teachers are limited to amount of copies they can make, and the desks they use are older than any teacher who currently teaches. Don't even get me started on the old textbook, class size, teacher salary, or student competency situations) they spent the money on upgrading surface streets. I do have to say though, we've got some pretty fine looking asphalt.
Just off curiosity, do you post as both dada21 and the guy with "Repeal the 17th Ammendment" sig? Seriously, I don't get it.
The 17th amendment puts more power in the hands of the people. Because there are only two per state instead of somewhere between 2 and 50 per state like the house, senators are in the best position to represent states rights (invariably, it's the little guy who needs the most protection). If your senator is not representing state rights, then vote for someone else. If your senator is not representing state rights, and he was appointed by the state, then who could you turn to? By having an appointed official you don't balance anything. The goverment, whether big or small, needs to be all about the people. The state needs to protect the people, the federal needs to protect the people. How do you guarantee protection other than through your votes?
If anything, there needs to be more official positions that are voted for.
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The filibuster is an example of political tactic that has evolved. Just because it was initially meant as a measure to protect state rights, can it not also be a measure to protect individual rights (such as used here)?
The original Dragon Quest/Dragon Warrior game wasn't necessarily dumbed down, it was just more simple. It had a simple story line, a simple interface, and a simple battle system. This wasn't because it was "dumbed down," but rather because it was Enix's first try. Now look at their 2nd and 3rd games and you can see how much they progressed in a rather short period of time. With the advent of Dragon Quest/Warrior IV you have arguably the best console RPG of all time (FF6/3 and FFVII are contendors also). No Ultima game ever got great. They merely built one step forward (and in a couple cases back) each new game.
I do have to agree though; by no means was Enix the first player on the field.
Although not flashy and exciting, everything you see on Pricewatch is an advertisement. To get your company's wares listed on Pricewatch you need to sign up (link found at bottom under the news listings).
This is how Pricewatch differentiates itself from Froogle. Froogle gets its ads from everyone and everywhere, with little or no restrictions on who lists what. Pricewatch has a pretty stringent set of rules:
(from the link)
be at least 1 year in business
accept phone orders
offer phone tech support
have established website with prices posted
accept major credit cards
No Auction firms or related business models such as "pooling". Fixed retail pricing please
No Dealers that charge membership fees please
We've heard about Pricewatch et al trying to stop unscupulous camera dealers, but what has Froogle done? Nothing. That's because it really has no defined way to block out the baddies.
I started using Pricewatch several years ago. I enjoyed a short stint with Froogle because of its better search capabilities, but I'm back to be a Pricewatch junkie for life. Long live Pricewatch!
So... I'm not sure how this is a potpourri of gaming goodness, but I like Soul Caliber, so I forgive the submitter.
I think you answerred your own question:
1. A combination of incongruous things: "In the minds of many, the real and imagined causes for Russia's defeats quickly mingled into a potpourri of terrible fears" (W. Bruce Lincoln).
Soul Caliber III, Civilization IV, and The Movies are just about as incongrous as you can get.
I didn't ask for it, that's just what it became. All I know is that I'm the systems admin/IT support staff for medium sized company. At no time do I "engineer" anything other than slashdot posts.
We had a phrase for those who might not exactly meet that "70th percentile" stastic you just made up:
ASVAB Waiver
The ASVAB (Armed Services Vocation Aptitude Battery) is a test (scored on percentiles, 1-99) that every armed services recruit has to take before getting in. For most MOSes (in the Marines anyway) you needed a 40 or higher, some you needed over 80. Overall you needed something like 30 or higher. There were a select group who really, really, really wanted in, but just couldn't hack the test. They were given a waiver. Guess what? Those illiterate (I'm not kidding) boys were usually the ones with GEDs also.
You don't need to pass high school, you don't need to read, you don't need anything other than a head on you shoulders that can be taught to fight.
If you *have* to go into the military, choose the air force or navy.
Alright, maybe I'm confused. What do you mean by "if you have to go into the military?" I can see only two reasons that people go into the military: 1) they want to, in which case they will decide the service right for them, or 2) they are obligated based on family tradition, in which case they'll choose the service that their family went into.
Obviously, in the real world, people are often times pressured into one service or another by a friendly (or in my case, Irish) recruiter. Still, even then, if they feel that they "have to" join the military for whatever reason (country, God, Dad, etc), then they volounteer for whichever service fits them best.
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Just because it's been said a million times before does not make the statement less valid. Nor is a discussion on potential security holes in C++ invalid either.
OK, I read the fine article, and I now have a question...
Obviously not. From TFA's first page:
Unfortunately, our first try matching the Opteron 248 and Opteron 275 failed and the BIOS complained:
***** Warning: non-matching MP Processor *****
We tried exchanging the processors, moving the dual-core Opteron 275 into the first processor socket and the single core Opteron 248 into the second one. And voilá--the system did not refuse to boot any more.
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Seriously...having a apple cinema display is worth the mula, but $600 for a video card (that you bought two of) is a little much. I think I'll stick with my dual 6600 GTs. They can play practically every game at great frame rates w/ max settings at 1024x768 or 1280x1024. It would be nice to use higher resolutions, but frame rate and image quality matter more.
Since the testing center keeps track of how long it took each student to take the test, he likes to laugh (hopefully not in the presence of his students) at how everyone who takes less than 20 minutes is always in the 0-30% range. Well, come finals time he noticed that he had a kid who got 98% (49/50) on the final in sixteen minutes. Amazing! ...wait... this student has been failing all semester. I guess they must have really crammed hard right? Nope. Look here, it's the kid's brother's score from the previous night: 1 hour 30 minutes, 49/50. Coincidence? Maybe...oh wait, they missed the exact same problem. Better luck next time cheaters.
Unfortunately my brother went soft on them and just threw the final out for both of them. The dumb kid failed as he should have, but the "smart" kid got an A or an A- (I don't recall). I say fail 'em both. At least the cheating will be on their record, and if caught again, they'll be kicked out.
Seriously. This thing is cheaper than a toploader, and it plays famicon games. Tell me where and I'll hand over my credit card now.
because you're holding eachother, oh so gently.
Unfortunately, that's usually just fine for people who want a smaller government. When they say "down with big government!" they really mean "down with welfare, education, and gays!"
Living in Utah I've seen some rather blatent examples of this. Recently the state government had about 100 million in budget surplus (all those tax cuts finally paid off?). What did they decide to do with it? Roads. Instead of increasing budgets to the extremely underbudgeted public schools (in elementary we were limited to the amount of posters our class could make each year due to budget constraints, teachers are limited to amount of copies they can make, and the desks they use are older than any teacher who currently teaches. Don't even get me started on the old textbook, class size, teacher salary, or student competency situations) they spent the money on upgrading surface streets. I do have to say though, we've got some pretty fine looking asphalt.
The 17th amendment puts more power in the hands of the people. Because there are only two per state instead of somewhere between 2 and 50 per state like the house, senators are in the best position to represent states rights (invariably, it's the little guy who needs the most protection). If your senator is not representing state rights, then vote for someone else. If your senator is not representing state rights, and he was appointed by the state, then who could you turn to? By having an appointed official you don't balance anything. The goverment, whether big or small, needs to be all about the people. The state needs to protect the people, the federal needs to protect the people. How do you guarantee protection other than through your votes?
If anything, there needs to be more official positions that are voted for. </offtopic>
The filibuster is an example of political tactic that has evolved. Just because it was initially meant as a measure to protect state rights, can it not also be a measure to protect individual rights (such as used here)?
Headline: New internet search engine startup gives unbiased results, earns billions; movie at 11.
Someone will follow google's path and become "the next big thing" the same way google did. It's an easy formula:
I do have to agree though; by no means was Enix the first player on the field.
He'd obviously have some insight for this.
Not nearly as scary as having advertisements and a governement that track you via your peepers.
It's just that people really want to be like Sting.
This is how Pricewatch differentiates itself from Froogle. Froogle gets its ads from everyone and everywhere, with little or no restrictions on who lists what. Pricewatch has a pretty stringent set of rules:
(from the link)
We've heard about Pricewatch et al trying to stop unscupulous camera dealers, but what has Froogle done? Nothing. That's because it really has no defined way to block out the baddies.
I started using Pricewatch several years ago. I enjoyed a short stint with Froogle because of its better search capabilities, but I'm back to be a Pricewatch junkie for life. Long live Pricewatch!
I think you answerred your own question:
Soul Caliber III, Civilization IV, and The Movies are just about as incongrous as you can get.
I didn't ask for it, that's just what it became. All I know is that I'm the systems admin/IT support staff for medium sized company. At no time do I "engineer" anything other than slashdot posts.
The other 10 percent of the time must be reading slashdot.
This is your brain on neopets: :(
ASVAB Waiver
The ASVAB (Armed Services Vocation Aptitude Battery) is a test (scored on percentiles, 1-99) that every armed services recruit has to take before getting in. For most MOSes (in the Marines anyway) you needed a 40 or higher, some you needed over 80. Overall you needed something like 30 or higher. There were a select group who really, really, really wanted in, but just couldn't hack the test. They were given a waiver. Guess what? Those illiterate (I'm not kidding) boys were usually the ones with GEDs also.
You don't need to pass high school, you don't need to read, you don't need anything other than a head on you shoulders that can be taught to fight.
Alright, maybe I'm confused. What do you mean by "if you have to go into the military?" I can see only two reasons that people go into the military: 1) they want to, in which case they will decide the service right for them, or 2) they are obligated based on family tradition, in which case they'll choose the service that their family went into.
Obviously, in the real world, people are often times pressured into one service or another by a friendly (or in my case, Irish) recruiter. Still, even then, if they feel that they "have to" join the military for whatever reason (country, God, Dad, etc), then they volounteer for whichever service fits them best.
Ooh rah.
And for only 5 easy payments of $29.95!!!
shut your pie hole
Just because it's been said a million times before does not make the statement less valid. Nor is a discussion on potential security holes in C++ invalid either.
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Now play nicely.
Obviously not. From TFA's first page:
It's even more silly when you're mostly killing animals, apparently because they got in your way.