"They are paying people for it too! Send this email message to 10 people and receive a check for $50.00 from Microsoft. My friend Tom did it and it really works!"
I didn't find this funny. I have a family member that falls for this every fucking time.
..the days of really simple game concepts. I miss the game 'Haunting' for the Sega Genesis. There were people in your house, you were poltergeists, and you were constantly setting little traps to spook them. Imagine playing the Sims where you can make the oven try to bite the occupants.
Wanna know what bugs me? This article suggested that everything be a '3d remake'. I must say, no, 3D does not make everything better. I just can't see Xenophobe being better for it. Part of the appeal of that game was the goofy artwork, and in 3D it's hard to make it stand out as a caricature.
I agree with their choices, but I don't necessarily agree with how they should be reborn. Personally, I wish they'd try to stay as faithfula as possible to the original in a lot of their choices.
I did not contradict myself, you sought to find that in order to keep this dumb argument going. Either that, or you are just extremely literal. I don't have the energy to try to figure that out diplomatically.
"When I use word "buy" I mean it that it costs something and you get to pay for it and so it is not free."
Too bad I said "doesn't cost a dime."
"I believe that is what the original poster meant."
Nope. If he meant that, he would have used the term 'ad-supported'.
"You use it to exclusively..."
It really is hard to determine that I use the term 'buy' exclusively when I have not even used it here.
"You kept insisting later on that my stance on watching ads being a form payment is "extremist"..."
I never really clarified what was extremist about what you said. What made me say that was how you treat advertising in any form as an evil force that must be eliminated.
Blah blah blah. I think what you're really mad about is that my rebuttal to yours was modded as 'insightful', I don't think this has anything to do with confusion that common sense would have saved you from.
"It does not cost a dime" implies free from any form of payment"
The post that I was replying to said that you have to 'buy' the browser, as if you have to whip out the ol credit card just to download it. Pardon me for not making my post context safe.
"I am truly amazed at your thinking. You post a statement that can only be interpreted..."
You're right. After you asked me about it, I replied and explained my view, yet you replied to that as if you never bothered reading that post. You can imagine my being a little frurstrated by that, right?
"Realizing the futility of it then you proceed to ad hominem attacks and since that does not work either you are taking your ball and going home. "
Blah blah.
" Marvellous! You are willing to discuss things as long as everyone agrees with you!"
More blah blah. Anything to avoid having an actual discussion, so long as you look like you're winning.
"I must be having some difficulty with English language here..."
No, you're having difficulty accepting that you went off on me without understanding what I said originally, so you're trying to cover it up by putting words in my mouth.
I didn't even bother reading past that. I'm happy to have a discussion about this, but not an argument. Do a little growing up, and then we'll have a friendly chat.
Um, no. You are twisting the point of my original post. I didn't say it was free, I said you don't have to pay a dime. You do not have to pay a dime to use Opera. You do not have to pay money at all. I never said that you don't pay at all. Seeing as how I'm pbviously an Opera user, it is ignorant of you to assume that I'm unaware of the existence of the ads.
"My view is only "extremist" in society which completely surrendered to the corporate marketing agendas and now sheepishly accepts ever increasing constant stream of flashy and noisy "buy this now!" demands made doubly apalling since they now invariably arrive at the receipients (however small per unit) expense."
Your views are exaggerated to an unrealistic extreme.
I would understand your view if we were talking about banner ads in web pages. We're not. We're talking about unused real-estate on a very well polished app.
I never used the word free when talking about Opera. The only thing I've actually inferred here is that it's more than reasonable.
I, for one, am not terribly interested in sticking to overly extreme views.
"On the plus side, it'll be the first time a Mac ever saw GTA!"
Flamebait? *sigh* I really wish light-hearted Mac humor wouldn't be taken so seriously. At least you guys don't get never-ending rehashes of BSOD jokes.
Could the rebooting be caused by solar activity or radiation or something along those lines?
Just wondering if something unexpected in the environment could be the cause. The thought of sending people to Mars is a little scary if random bits get flipped.
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"Any bets that this'll be worse than the others?"
Too easy. How about whether or not it'll be worse than Revolutions?
"...don't they kinda wished that they ran linux on it? ;-)"
and if it where buggy, they'd at least have a patch within a couple of hours
They better hurry before Redhat pulls the plug on the version they're using!
(Boy I hope the mods are in good humor today.)
"It's like as soon as GWB came into office, the folks at NASA have really come into their own as space farers."
I was thinking virtually the same thing. Only, I had correlated it with the filming of The Simple Life.
That doesn't negate my point.
"They are paying people for it too! Send this email message to 10 people and receive a check for $50.00 from Microsoft. My friend Tom did it and it really works!"
I didn't find this funny. I have a family member that falls for this every fucking time.
Yeah, I think my point was proven. (Although I'd take that comment back if the guy who started the name calling was modded down as well.)
Man, where do these dumbfuck zealots come from? "Don't attack my Linux or I'll prove how happy I am with it by banging my fist on the desk!!!!"
"Jenna, if you ever need a good geek to replace that goob boyfriend -- look me up. :]"
Why? You bettin that all of the three billion males ahead of you are going to suddenly die off?
..the days of really simple game concepts. I miss the game 'Haunting' for the Sega Genesis. There were people in your house, you were poltergeists, and you were constantly setting little traps to spook them. Imagine playing the Sims where you can make the oven try to bite the occupants.
Wanna know what bugs me? This article suggested that everything be a '3d remake'. I must say, no, 3D does not make everything better. I just can't see Xenophobe being better for it. Part of the appeal of that game was the goofy artwork, and in 3D it's hard to make it stand out as a caricature.
I agree with their choices, but I don't necessarily agree with how they should be reborn. Personally, I wish they'd try to stay as faithfula as possible to the original in a lot of their choices.
I did not contradict myself, you sought to find that in order to keep this dumb argument going. Either that, or you are just extremely literal. I don't have the energy to try to figure that out diplomatically.
I'm done for the night. Have a good weekend.
"Nice try what? You are replying to me with statements that contradict each other."
Heh. You claimed to understand, then ya tried to drag me right back into it. Desperate to win some sort of victory, here? Nice try.
"So now you claim Opera is free cash or not? Again?"
Nice try.
"I would also like to point out that your writing seems to be turning into some incomprehensible ramblings which I cannot decipher..."
Sorry. I'll keep the pointing out of your flaws to a minimum.
"When I use word "buy" I mean it that it costs something and you get to pay for it and so it is not free."
Too bad I said "doesn't cost a dime."
"I believe that is what the original poster meant."
Nope. If he meant that, he would have used the term 'ad-supported'.
"You use it to exclusively..."
It really is hard to determine that I use the term 'buy' exclusively when I have not even used it here.
"You kept insisting later on that my stance on watching ads being a form payment is "extremist"..."
I never really clarified what was extremist about what you said. What made me say that was how you treat advertising in any form as an evil force that must be eliminated.
Blah blah blah. I think what you're really mad about is that my rebuttal to yours was modded as 'insightful', I don't think this has anything to do with confusion that common sense would have saved you from.
"It does not cost a dime" implies free from any form of payment"
The post that I was replying to said that you have to 'buy' the browser, as if you have to whip out the ol credit card just to download it. Pardon me for not making my post context safe.
I find all this Mars coverage to be a pleasant distraction from the redundant SCO nonsense. I hope NASA starts testing their warp drive soon.
"I am truly amazed at your thinking. You post a statement that can only be interpreted..."
You're right. After you asked me about it, I replied and explained my view, yet you replied to that as if you never bothered reading that post. You can imagine my being a little frurstrated by that, right?
"Realizing the futility of it then you proceed to ad hominem attacks and since that does not work either you are taking your ball and going home. "
Blah blah.
" Marvellous! You are willing to discuss things as long as everyone agrees with you!"
More blah blah. Anything to avoid having an actual discussion, so long as you look like you're winning.
"I must be having some difficulty with English language here..."
No, you're having difficulty accepting that you went off on me without understanding what I said originally, so you're trying to cover it up by putting words in my mouth.
I didn't even bother reading past that. I'm happy to have a discussion about this, but not an argument. Do a little growing up, and then we'll have a friendly chat.
Um, no. You are twisting the point of my original post. I didn't say it was free, I said you don't have to pay a dime. You do not have to pay a dime to use Opera. You do not have to pay money at all. I never said that you don't pay at all. Seeing as how I'm pbviously an Opera user, it is ignorant of you to assume that I'm unaware of the existence of the ads.
"My view is only "extremist" in society which completely surrendered to the corporate marketing agendas and now sheepishly accepts ever increasing constant stream of flashy and noisy "buy this now!" demands made doubly apalling since they now invariably arrive at the receipients (however small per unit) expense."
Your views are exaggerated to an unrealistic extreme.
I would understand your view if we were talking about banner ads in web pages. We're not. We're talking about unused real-estate on a very well polished app.
I never used the word free when talking about Opera. The only thing I've actually inferred here is that it's more than reasonable.
I, for one, am not terribly interested in sticking to overly extreme views.
You miss the point. These ads are not intrusive. Don't make assumptions about my general views while it's quite obvious I'm being very specific.
"The point of the project was to display the real first modern home PC revived twenty years after it's original conception. That's it. "
I'm sorry, but that's not good enough for our sophisticated tastes. Now pipe down, the next flamebait Microsoft story should be here any minute now.
"On the plus side, it'll be the first time a Mac ever saw GTA!"
Flamebait? *sigh* I really wish light-hearted Mac humor wouldn't be taken so seriously. At least you guys don't get never-ending rehashes of BSOD jokes.
Could the rebooting be caused by solar activity or radiation or something along those lines?
Just wondering if something unexpected in the environment could be the cause. The thought of sending people to Mars is a little scary if random bits get flipped.
"This guy defiled the Mac case with PC components!"
On the plus side, it'll be the first time a Mac ever saw GTA!
" The steel industry is taking a closer look at this new process which could cut steel production costs by upto 50%"
I'm glad somebody finally hit that research button. I can't make any more villagers.