Different markets. Lots of gamers are hot-rodders who like to mod their machine. However, some people prefer them already made. And the fact that a Posrche 911 is mass produced doesn't make it a bad car. We like to brag about how we built our computers, some people like to brag about how much they spent in theirs. Different markets. (Not that I think Compaq can make anything that even resembles a Porsche's quality, of course).
In fact, most gamers I know (myself included) would sound more like: "Yeah, I have an Athlon XP 2200+ OCed to 2036 GHz, with a Gig of DDR2 Crucial RAM and a 10,000 rpm 120 GB Seagate".
OK. We'll get rid of Bush for you presently. I hope you don't mind the cluster bomb on your house, or the two dead "civilian casualties" that used to be your children. Or the fact that we'll stay around until we want to, and place our puppet government which will give away your natural resources to us. Oh, and don't forget we'll rebuild everything we destroyed, inflate the prices and then bill you. You don't have any money? No problem, you'll owe us. A modest 2 percent interest, and you'll owe us forever and ever. Just let me gather some troops and we'll be on our way.
Dude, the right thing is to ignore coward trolls. Do what you gotta do, you know better than anyone what that is. Tell your wife the Slashdot collective wishes her the best. And you, well, get well soon too:)
Not only has he invalidated his car's warranty (for unauthorized modifications), and he's gonna get sued by Apple for unauthorized use of their logo, but now he's getting slashdotted.
Yo do know, of course, that subliminal advertising doesn't work. What makes you think subliminal CDs will? Really, if you want to learn something, read. If you want to change a habit, grow a character. Remember, TANSTAAFL.
You're being awfully naive. So, let's say I write a quote for the CEO of my company and take it to him. He says it's OK to run it. For all practical purposes, he has said it. Or would it quench your ethical qualms if he actually read it out loud? What's the real difference?
And on general principle, the doubters usually turn out to be wrong. We made it to the moon, we have a computer in every house, etc.
And by the year 2000, we all commuted in flying cars, and spent holidays on the moon station. Really, this part of your argument was just lame (which bugs me, because the rest is solid and well expressed). Now, go ahead, mod me -1,Troll...;)
Wow. i just had a vision of hundreds of inhabited planets, with intellinget beings hoping there's extraterrestrial life. And all of them are listening.
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These are for "gamers", not "modders". For gamers, the point is more "I can play the latest and greatest games at a sustained 80 FPS".
Different markets.
Lots of gamers are hot-rodders who like to mod their machine. However, some people prefer them already made. And the fact that a Posrche 911 is mass produced doesn't make it a bad car.
We like to brag about how we built our computers, some people like to brag about how much they spent in theirs. Different markets.
(Not that I think Compaq can make anything that even resembles a Porsche's quality, of course).
In fact, most gamers I know (myself included) would sound more like:
"Yeah, I have an Athlon XP 2200+ OCed to 2036 GHz, with a Gig of DDR2 Crucial RAM and a 10,000 rpm 120 GB Seagate".
At 19, I was managing over $15 million dollars of assets.
Wow. So, you cleaned the Pentagon's toilets?
Perhaps they understand that, in a violent, racist, zealous, genocide-prone world, lethal violence is sometimes necessary.
...don't go tarring the entire military with the same brush... that's how racists and fanatical islamists think.
Sure. "We had to kill them to save them". Right on.
Wow.... just wow. You should win a Nobel Prize for unintended irony, or something.
if it wasn't for those troops (and thousands of others like them) protecting your rights, you wouldn't be writing such trollish rants in this forum.
Yeah. Because Saddam was about to use his WMD on an unsuspecting America. Thank God he was stopped in time.
Wow. Mr. Gatling and Mr. Winchester are in for a surprise too. Not to mention Mr. Oppenheimer and Mr. Einstein.
I don't think he was talking about morality.
I think he was talking about prior art.
incest dogpile [...] maybe John Ashcroft will decide he has to do something about it
Do something like that? Join in?
You do know he's from Missouri, don't you?
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I've made at least 20 backups of my music collection
:)
Wow... I bet "anal" doesn't even begin to describe you... unless your music collection fits in one CD
Wow... Beavis would have a field day with your post... "sink all of one's balls... huhuhuhuh".
Wow... you used to play D&D, or AD&D first edition, right? :)
OK. We'll get rid of Bush for you presently.
I hope you don't mind the cluster bomb on your house, or the two dead "civilian casualties" that used to be your children. Or the fact that we'll stay around until we want to, and place our puppet government which will give away your natural resources to us.
Oh, and don't forget we'll rebuild everything we destroyed, inflate the prices and then bill you. You don't have any money? No problem, you'll owe us. A modest 2 percent interest, and you'll owe us forever and ever.
Just let me gather some troops and we'll be on our way.
Dude, :)
the right thing is to ignore coward trolls.
Do what you gotta do, you know better than anyone what that is.
Tell your wife the Slashdot collective wishes her the best. And you, well, get well soon too
This isn't elementary school...
You're new here, right?
(there, now gimme my free karma).
Not only has he invalidated his car's warranty (for unauthorized modifications), and he's gonna get sued by Apple for unauthorized use of their logo, but now he's getting slashdotted.
Wrong. That would be Falken/joshua. "Pencil" was the high school password.
And I'm a major dork.
Yo do know, of course, that subliminal advertising doesn't work. What makes you think subliminal CDs will?
Really, if you want to learn something, read. If you want to change a habit, grow a character. Remember, TANSTAAFL.
I'LL BE HERE ALL WEEK!
No, you won't.
Love,
Larry.
You're being awfully naive.
So, let's say I write a quote for the CEO of my company and take it to him. He says it's OK to run it. For all practical purposes, he has said it. Or would it quench your ethical qualms if he actually read it out loud? What's the real difference?
And on general principle, the doubters usually turn out to be wrong. We made it to the moon, we have a computer in every house, etc.
And by the year 2000, we all commuted in flying cars, and spent holidays on the moon station.
Really, this part of your argument was just lame (which bugs me, because the rest is solid and well expressed).
Now, go ahead, mod me -1,Troll...
So, they used to be french fighters?
Your sig does seem disturbingly on topic, what with retinal scans and all...
Wow. i just had a vision of hundreds of inhabited planets, with intellinget beings hoping there's extraterrestrial life. And all of them are listening.
It's "chupacabra". That's Spanish for "goat-sucker", which in Spanish doesn't sound half as kinky as it does in English...
Heh. At least nobody has blamed Microsoft for the poor quality of TV programming.
Yet.