Just a heads-up to those who are considering buying The Orange Box cheaply from an overseas retailer: don't. Valve has been banning CD keys for games bought from Zest (a Thai online store) and possibly other retailers. Apparently there was some kind of agreement between Valve and Zest not to sell to customers outside of Thailand, and Zest broke that agreement, resulting in keys being banned. This has pissed off a lot of gamers who have been playing Orange Box and suddenly found their games no longer worked.
I think this could've been handled a lot more diplomatically by Valve without antagonising their customers. Nobody got a hint of a warning before their games were disabled.
It's called the art of caricature. Some people have features which are easily caricatured, others have very plain looking faces. Regardless, a good artist will be able to bring out a person's features and convert them into a cartoon figure. People are doing some really amazing Miis even now, and we can expect this to mature in the years to come.
One of Arafat's commanders used a similar strategy (marrying off the terrorists) to shut down the Black September organisation after they had served their purpose: http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200112/hoffman
Forums can be worse than reviews -- it's mob mentality at its worst. I agree with people who say there are people astroturfing or otherwise people from competing companies acting as agent provocateurs on forums and blogs. It's blatantly obvious, but an extremely effective tactic. Witness the recent hysteria and class action lawsuit concerning Apple's 6-bit notebook screens. 6-bit screens are an industry standard on laptops, and on desktops the majority of LCDs are 6-bit. Some manufacturers like Samsung even label 6-bit screens like the 226BW as being capable of "16.7 million colors".
The amount of BS, FUD and insanity on forums with people ranting against Apple is ridiculous. These are the same people who bash Cinema Displays because they cost more than a Samsung 226BW, and they want to sue Apple because of this. Give me a balanced review anyday, by people who actually know what 6-bit and 8-bit are, and who understand that S-IPS is superior to TN film. The trick is to ignore reviews from lame websites run by 14 year olds out of their garage and concentrate on the professional reviews -- it's usually pretty obvious which is which.
Bravo, good on you for doing the right thing! I'm curious, do you carry a firearm? I wouldn't be gutsy enough to make my presence known without carrying a gun (whether concealed or in open view). I just keep imagining a scene where I step outside and meet a hail of bullets.
The companies (well, Heinz, in this case) aren't complaining. You didn't read the blurb or TFA, but that's OK. It's the advertising agencies who aren't involved who are complaining that the quality is crap. Pot, meet fucking kettle.
Gee, an ad agency thinks that user generated content which is competing with them (indirectly, or directly) is shit. Big fucking surprise.
Heinz already states that soliciting user generated content and then sorting it all out isn't cheap, and is at least as expensive as hiring a marketing/ad agency. No wonder the ad agencies are scared -- that's money that they lost out on.
It's a completely stupid and blindingly obvious news story, filled with loaded statements.
I agree. The scheme makes no sense at all. It's just one more hoop for law enforcement to jump through. Maybe the scammer felt that was enough to make them not bother hunting him down.
An assassin would probably use a pistol. A submachinegun is usually too bulky to conceal and would be spotted by Secret Service agents as the assailant closes in.
Or he would use a sniper rifle. But most likely scenario is a pistol at close range somehow. And it would be a suicidal type mission -- either the assassin would be killed by return fire, or he would be immediately apprehended.
Expecting Parallels to run smoothly with just 512MB of RAM is absurd in the first place. Even 1GB doesn't really cut it. If you're going to run VMs properly, you need 2GB of RAM or more.
Mac OS X won't run smoothly unless you have at least 1GB of RAM.
For me, smaller and lighter = better. I'm glad things are tending this way. I'm sick of heavy, bulky gear weighing down my pants pockets. And I don't want to have to carry a shoulder bag or backpack wherever I go.
I'm really looking forward to the Samsung U100, an ultra slim phone which is also really light weight. I've been waiting for something like this for years.
I had the darnest time with this word when I was learning English as a primary school kid. My teacher used to give me stamps which said "Terrific!" on them, but when I looked it up in the dictionary the definitions there really confused me -- no mention was made of "terrific" in a positive context.
Nowadays soldiers don't just shoot at paper targets. They also shoot at human silhouettes, or at real human actors on a large projected screen. This alone doesn't necessarily desensitise you, but it's all part of a larger package. Most human beings (especially conscripts) are loath to fire a weapon, so you have to desensitise them to it.
Desensitisation can be done in a variety of ways, including: hazing and other brutal initiations, propaganda classes that degrade your enemy, brutal boot camp training (as seen in Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket"), repeated simulation shooting involving projected human actors and so on. Most people (fortunately) don't have the killer instinct, so you need to bring it out somehow.
The thing is, how can we tell whether he's been picked on? Are you going to ask those who picked on him whether they did so?
I think it's pretty obvious that he's been picked on. But how does that change anything? Everybody just says he's a psychopath and a sociopath, and dismisses it at that, and we wait for the next massacre to happen. Rinse, repeat.
They do? Do you have any citations for that? Not being antagonistic here, just curious as to how they could pull something like this off since it would be pretty blatantly unethical.
Wow. Someone doesn't share your love of Vista, and you compare them to a terrorist and a murderer. Why don't you just pull out the Godwin card and get it over with?
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I'd pay to see an exhibition match of Neoprofin vs. The Bus Uncle!
Just a heads-up to those who are considering buying The Orange Box cheaply from an overseas retailer: don't. Valve has been banning CD keys for games bought from Zest (a Thai online store) and possibly other retailers. Apparently there was some kind of agreement between Valve and Zest not to sell to customers outside of Thailand, and Zest broke that agreement, resulting in keys being banned. This has pissed off a lot of gamers who have been playing Orange Box and suddenly found their games no longer worked.
Details here:
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=843730
I think this could've been handled a lot more diplomatically by Valve without antagonising their customers. Nobody got a hint of a warning before their games were disabled.
Bravo. You said what few dare to say. The world is overrun with indignant cowards nowadays. Fear and FUD are the order of the day.
Are you saying that lighting does not make an area safer for women?
You could at least get your facts right if you're going to troll.
You cowardly fascist fucking arsehole. Words cannot adequately describe what a despicable scumbag you are.
It's called the art of caricature. Some people have features which are easily caricatured, others have very plain looking faces. Regardless, a good artist will be able to bring out a person's features and convert them into a cartoon figure. People are doing some really amazing Miis even now, and we can expect this to mature in the years to come.
One of Arafat's commanders used a similar strategy (marrying off the terrorists) to shut down the Black September organisation after they had served their purpose:
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200112/hoffman
Forums can be worse than reviews -- it's mob mentality at its worst. I agree with people who say there are people astroturfing or otherwise people from competing companies acting as agent provocateurs on forums and blogs. It's blatantly obvious, but an extremely effective tactic. Witness the recent hysteria and class action lawsuit concerning Apple's 6-bit notebook screens. 6-bit screens are an industry standard on laptops, and on desktops the majority of LCDs are 6-bit. Some manufacturers like Samsung even label 6-bit screens like the 226BW as being capable of "16.7 million colors".
The amount of BS, FUD and insanity on forums with people ranting against Apple is ridiculous. These are the same people who bash Cinema Displays because they cost more than a Samsung 226BW, and they want to sue Apple because of this. Give me a balanced review anyday, by people who actually know what 6-bit and 8-bit are, and who understand that S-IPS is superior to TN film. The trick is to ignore reviews from lame websites run by 14 year olds out of their garage and concentrate on the professional reviews -- it's usually pretty obvious which is which.
Bravo, good on you for doing the right thing! I'm curious, do you carry a firearm? I wouldn't be gutsy enough to make my presence known without carrying a gun (whether concealed or in open view). I just keep imagining a scene where I step outside and meet a hail of bullets.
The companies (well, Heinz, in this case) aren't complaining. You didn't read the blurb or TFA, but that's OK. It's the advertising agencies who aren't involved who are complaining that the quality is crap. Pot, meet fucking kettle.
Gee, an ad agency thinks that user generated content which is competing with them (indirectly, or directly) is shit. Big fucking surprise.
Heinz already states that soliciting user generated content and then sorting it all out isn't cheap, and is at least as expensive as hiring a marketing/ad agency. No wonder the ad agencies are scared -- that's money that they lost out on.
It's a completely stupid and blindingly obvious news story, filled with loaded statements.
I agree. The scheme makes no sense at all. It's just one more hoop for law enforcement to jump through. Maybe the scammer felt that was enough to make them not bother hunting him down.
An assassin would probably use a pistol. A submachinegun is usually too bulky to conceal and would be spotted by Secret Service agents as the assailant closes in. Or he would use a sniper rifle. But most likely scenario is a pistol at close range somehow. And it would be a suicidal type mission -- either the assassin would be killed by return fire, or he would be immediately apprehended.
Expecting Parallels to run smoothly with just 512MB of RAM is absurd in the first place. Even 1GB doesn't really cut it. If you're going to run VMs properly, you need 2GB of RAM or more.
Mac OS X won't run smoothly unless you have at least 1GB of RAM.
For me, smaller and lighter = better. I'm glad things are tending this way. I'm sick of heavy, bulky gear weighing down my pants pockets. And I don't want to have to carry a shoulder bag or backpack wherever I go.
I'm really looking forward to the Samsung U100, an ultra slim phone which is also really light weight. I've been waiting for something like this for years.
I had the darnest time with this word when I was learning English as a primary school kid. My teacher used to give me stamps which said "Terrific!" on them, but when I looked it up in the dictionary the definitions there really confused me -- no mention was made of "terrific" in a positive context.
Nowadays soldiers don't just shoot at paper targets. They also shoot at human silhouettes, or at real human actors on a large projected screen. This alone doesn't necessarily desensitise you, but it's all part of a larger package. Most human beings (especially conscripts) are loath to fire a weapon, so you have to desensitise them to it.
Desensitisation can be done in a variety of ways, including: hazing and other brutal initiations, propaganda classes that degrade your enemy, brutal boot camp training (as seen in Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket"), repeated simulation shooting involving projected human actors and so on. Most people (fortunately) don't have the killer instinct, so you need to bring it out somehow.
Your comment started off well and then just went off on a wild ride. I'm not sure I follow what you're trying to say.
Genius. Funniest comment I've read all week!
The thing is, how can we tell whether he's been picked on? Are you going to ask those who picked on him whether they did so?
I think it's pretty obvious that he's been picked on. But how does that change anything? Everybody just says he's a psychopath and a sociopath, and dismisses it at that, and we wait for the next massacre to happen. Rinse, repeat.
They do? Do you have any citations for that? Not being antagonistic here, just curious as to how they could pull something like this off since it would be pretty blatantly unethical.
Wow. Someone doesn't share your love of Vista, and you compare them to a terrorist and a murderer. Why don't you just pull out the Godwin card and get it over with?
Tables are not obsolete. Tables are still used for tabular data, which is what they were originally intended to be used for, and that has not changed.
Tables shouldn't be used for page layout -- that's what CSS is for. It's as simple as that.
Macromedia? The moderators must be high on crack again...
Agreed. His post should've been modded "+5 Funny".