ipod touch: screen is still "retina" resolution, but it's not the same quality. The camera is not as good as the iphone 4's. There are probably other subtle differences... the iphone 4 is top of the line, the ipod touch has various parts swapped out so that it can be cheaper.
Seriously misleading. Next headline: "Toyota Prius prone to nuclear explosion".... if you remove the engine, put your homebrew uranium fuel rods in it, and forget to read the owner's manual about needing proper coolant.
My personal theory is that Apple is hiding a big iphone feature. They announced it in January because they had to for FCC filings, they showed us a bunch of the features to get people excited, but there's going to be something more that justifies the price and their entry into the market.
I think that attorneys for the government should be able to demand to see source code for all the machines already deployed. If source cannot be produced (or it does not compile to the same machine code present on the voting machines) then those responsible should be rounded up
and tried for treason. Seriously: at no point should *anything* related to how these machines tally votes have been regarded as a secret: that's simply not how voting works in the US.
I believe that California shouldn't have to demand transparency, I think that we citizens have implicitly expected transparency all along.
Donate to the Open Voting Consortium, they've been working with Debra Bowen and many others to fix the system.
The game is free to download, but we had a publisher and put out a box version with some extra goodies. The game was sent off to be rated and they came back with an "E" rating, to which we replied "Really? Even though there's a drinking game in there?" It's not a central part of Puzzle Pirates, but is easily found and playable at any Inn: pass out and miss a turn.
They hadn't even noticed, but after our helpful idiocy they bumped us to "T".
Puzzle Pirates http://www.puzzlepirates.com/ now allows free play forever on their 'doubloon oceans', and the cool thing is that there is an in-game exchange for players to trade doubloons (the currency you buy with real cash) and pieces of eight (the standard in-game currency). High end items and privileges like being an officer in your crew require doubloons to purchase, but it's better than a recurring subscription.
The really cool thing is that Puzzle Pirates has brought the market for sellers and buyers into the game, and cut ebay and other secondary markets out of the loop.
At first it might seem crooked that someone can roll in and buy US$20 worth of doubloons and then trade some of that for pieces of eight and be "rich" in the game, but it actually all works out. There are people who just want to have fun, maybe can't play very often, and make enough money that $20 is no big deal. Then there are hordes of 13 year olds that have tons of time but no money. The genius of the system is that both sides win: the 13 year olds get to trade their time spent playing (earning pieces of eight) into doubloons and get access to higher-end features, and the older casual players can turn their doubloons into pieces of eight and get the items they want without playing more than they want to.
The doubloon exchange is like a stock market. The offers to buy and sell are displayed and the price is not fixed by Puzzle Pirates, it's all up to the players. It totally works and just goes to show that embracing the market can be a good thing, rather than trying to stop players from doing what they want to do.
Of course, another reason this works is that you don't "level up" in puzzle pirates, so there's no reason to sell a character.
I stopped watching all trek shows back a few weeks after Deep Space Nine started. I enjoyed my TNG and was thrilled when DSN started, but after a few weeks I realized that it was more of a chore to watch 2 whole hours of space story a week.
Not every fan is a fanatic, not every trekker can recite facts about dilithium crystals- some of us just want to watch a good tv show.
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ipod touch: screen is still "retina" resolution, but it's not the same quality. The camera is not as good as the iphone 4's. There are probably other subtle differences... the iphone 4 is top of the line, the ipod touch has various parts swapped out so that it can be cheaper.
Maybe there's an app for finding nearby pay phones... And anyway, it's not a phone. It's a great pocket computer with a built-in phone app.
Seriously misleading. Next headline: "Toyota Prius prone to nuclear explosion". ... if you remove the engine, put your homebrew uranium fuel rods in it, and forget to read the owner's manual about needing proper coolant.
So basically, they're using a giant Brita filter. (Brita filters are made from coconut shells) http://www.brita.net/uk/glossary_aquazine2.html?&no_cache=1&L=1&range=&lex=Activated+carbon
Once again, the sidekick is ignored. Why? Because the ads feature Paris Hilton? The sidekick kicks ass- the web browser is great, IM, email...
My personal theory is that Apple is hiding a big iphone feature. They announced it in January because they had to for FCC filings, they showed us a bunch of the features to get people excited, but there's going to be something more that justifies the price and their entry into the market.
I think that attorneys for the government should be able to demand to see source code for all the machines already deployed. If source cannot be produced (or it does not compile to the same machine code present on the voting machines) then those responsible should be rounded up and tried for treason. Seriously: at no point should *anything* related to how these machines tally votes have been regarded as a secret: that's simply not how voting works in the US.
I believe that California shouldn't have to demand transparency, I think that we citizens have implicitly expected transparency all along.
Donate to the Open Voting Consortium, they've been working with Debra Bowen and many others to fix the system.
I work at Three Rings Design, makers of Puzzle Pirates.
The game is free to download, but we had a publisher and put out a box version with some extra goodies. The game was sent off to be rated and they came back with an "E" rating, to which we replied "Really? Even though there's a drinking game in there?" It's not a central part of Puzzle Pirates, but is easily found and playable at any Inn: pass out and miss a turn.
They hadn't even noticed, but after our helpful idiocy they bumped us to "T".
Puzzle Pirates http://www.puzzlepirates.com/ now allows free play forever on their 'doubloon oceans', and the cool thing is that there is an in-game exchange for players to trade doubloons (the currency you buy with real cash) and pieces of eight (the standard in-game currency). High end items and privileges like being an officer in your crew require doubloons to purchase, but it's better than a recurring subscription.
The really cool thing is that Puzzle Pirates has brought the market for sellers and buyers into the game, and cut ebay and other secondary markets out of the loop.
At first it might seem crooked that someone can roll in and buy US$20 worth of doubloons and then trade some of that for pieces of eight and be "rich" in the game, but it actually all works out. There are people who just want to have fun, maybe can't play very often, and make enough money that $20 is no big deal. Then there are hordes of 13 year olds that have tons of time but no money. The genius of the system is that both sides win: the 13 year olds get to trade their time spent playing (earning pieces of eight) into doubloons and get access to higher-end features, and the older casual players can turn their doubloons into pieces of eight and get the items they want without playing more than they want to.
The doubloon exchange is like a stock market. The offers to buy and sell are displayed and the price is not fixed by Puzzle Pirates, it's all up to the players. It totally works and just goes to show that embracing the market can be a good thing, rather than trying to stop players from doing what they want to do.
Of course, another reason this works is that you don't "level up" in puzzle pirates, so there's no reason to sell a character.
I stopped watching all trek shows back a few weeks after Deep Space Nine started. I enjoyed my TNG and was thrilled when DSN started, but after a few weeks I realized that it was more of a chore to watch 2 whole hours of space story a week.
Not every fan is a fanatic, not every trekker can recite facts about dilithium crystals- some of us just want to watch a good tv show.