Strangely, though. X-Men, was not an origin story of the X-Men. It gave an origin of Rogue and an origin of Wolverine as "kinda mysterious", but the rest of the X-Men were an established team, with an established villain.
I'm mostly opposed to a new Spider-man not because I don't want to see the origin again, but because J. K. Simmons did such an awesome J Jonah Jameson and I want to see more of him. Kirsten Dunst is nice to look at too.
Yes, the origin of Superman is very important to the character and the movie. Superman Returns didn't need to cover it, though, because EVERYONE KNOWS IT.
The picture IS better, but the problem is that pictures on DVD are already really good. I'd bet a lot of people can't immediately see the difference, especially if they don't have a side-by-side comparison to look at. As for the features? Does anyone really watch those anyway? I bought several of the multi-disc box sets of different movies I've liked, but I realize that most of them I only watch the movie itself. The special features stay in the box (Though I love the commentary on my Futurama discs, those I listen to all the time).
I have a Blu-ray player (since we needed to replace our DVD player and it wasn't much more to upgrade to Blu-Ray), so I'll buy Blu-Ray discs if it's not much more, but my Net-Flix queue is still DVD only. One advantage that DVDs still have is that our laptops (and now our minivan) still don't have blu-ray players, so if we want to travel and watch movies, we need the DVD.
I can't unlisten to music. But I can sell my cds. Just like I can sell books I've read, DVDs I've watched, and yes games I've played.
The media has the game on it. With the media comes the right to play the game. When I sell a chair, I can't sit on it any more. When I sell a game, I can't play it any more. Yes, I still have the memories of the fun I had playing the game, but I still have the memories of the enjoyment I had sitting on that chair.
If someone REALLY wanted to buy the cake after I ate it, the bakery doesn't have any standing to tell me I can't do so (The government probably would, for health reasons..).
No. The store sold me the game, on the disc. Once I'm finished playing the game, I can do whatever the hell I want with the game and the disc. If I want to give it to someone else, I don't have to ask anyone's permission. Sony or EA can't stop me from reselling the game. That's US law. I'm allowed to sell my stuff when I don't want it any more.
And do you know what most gamers do with the money they get from selling their used games? They buy MORE games. So the money in the used game markets isn't even all "lost" to the game developers. It allows the guys who need all the newest games as soon as they come out to buy more games.
You've got limited resources, you want those resources to go toward a worthwhile project. You don't want to waste money saving a species you have no chance of saving.
Just like you don't waste time saving the person who's already dead when you have living people you can save around.
Netflix/dvds/blurays I can do with my bluray player by the TV. Sure, technically, I can browse the web, probably do email, etc, with a gaming console, but the control scheme just gets more and more painful as you get away from games. Yes, it's my opinion that it's a better gaming experience. But that's the point. I think it's a better experience, so I pay more.
Google and Netflix pay for their use of bandwidth. They pay THEIR ISP. I pay MY ISP to access google and netflix. The ISPs just have this weird idea that they should be able to charge twice for that data transfer.
Who says it's not worth it? If people are paying $60 for a game, then it's worth $60 to those people. You can say it's never worth $60, but I hope that means you never pay $60.
The best price to have depends a lot on the product. I'm sure Nintendo has studied the demand curves and is confident their current prices are close to the optimal.
But in the single line you keep moving more, everytime someone finishes at ANY cashier, you move forward. It's not an ILLUSION of motion, it's real motion. You also KNOW you're not stuck in the slow line. With multiple lines, you keep seeing the other lines move while you don't. That's an illusion of you not making progress, that's bad.
The only problem I have with self checkout is coupons. You scan the coupon, and then you're supposed to deposit them in a slot. I guess this slot is supposed to detect that you've put in a coupon, but it never works. It just sits there still telling me to put in the coupon until an employee comes over and clears it. Luckily I don't use many coupons.
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It's not necessarily a misspelling. Loose can be a verb. If they don't sue, they set the trademark loose.
I've watched enough American Idol to know that they almost never vote off the annoying ones until the end.
In ALL CAPS. Because lawyers know you're even less likely to read it that way.
So will they be up and running by June 18th so we can sign up?
And will this be one of those "Free for one year, and then we'll start charging you $20 a month unless you remember to cancel", type things?
Oh, and I suppose pitch-o-mat 5000 was just a modified howitzer.
The people who thought this up should be fired in my opinion.
Do they get one of the capes?
Strangely, though. X-Men, was not an origin story of the X-Men. It gave an origin of Rogue and an origin of Wolverine as "kinda mysterious", but the rest of the X-Men were an established team, with an established villain.
I'm mostly opposed to a new Spider-man not because I don't want to see the origin again, but because J. K. Simmons did such an awesome J Jonah Jameson and I want to see more of him. Kirsten Dunst is nice to look at too.
Yes, the origin of Superman is very important to the character and the movie. Superman Returns didn't need to cover it, though, because EVERYONE KNOWS IT.
The picture IS better, but the problem is that pictures on DVD are already really good. I'd bet a lot of people can't immediately see the difference, especially if they don't have a side-by-side comparison to look at. As for the features? Does anyone really watch those anyway? I bought several of the multi-disc box sets of different movies I've liked, but I realize that most of them I only watch the movie itself. The special features stay in the box (Though I love the commentary on my Futurama discs, those I listen to all the time).
I have a Blu-ray player (since we needed to replace our DVD player and it wasn't much more to upgrade to Blu-Ray), so I'll buy Blu-Ray discs if it's not much more, but my Net-Flix queue is still DVD only. One advantage that DVDs still have is that our laptops (and now our minivan) still don't have blu-ray players, so if we want to travel and watch movies, we need the DVD.
I can't unlisten to music. But I can sell my cds. Just like I can sell books I've read, DVDs I've watched, and yes games I've played.
The media has the game on it. With the media comes the right to play the game. When I sell a chair, I can't sit on it any more. When I sell a game, I can't play it any more. Yes, I still have the memories of the fun I had playing the game, but I still have the memories of the enjoyment I had sitting on that chair.
If someone REALLY wanted to buy the cake after I ate it, the bakery doesn't have any standing to tell me I can't do so (The government probably would, for health reasons..).
No. The store sold me the game, on the disc. Once I'm finished playing the game, I can do whatever the hell I want with the game and the disc. If I want to give it to someone else, I don't have to ask anyone's permission. Sony or EA can't stop me from reselling the game. That's US law. I'm allowed to sell my stuff when I don't want it any more.
And do you know what most gamers do with the money they get from selling their used games? They buy MORE games. So the money in the used game markets isn't even all "lost" to the game developers. It allows the guys who need all the newest games as soon as they come out to buy more games.
It's called triage.
You've got limited resources, you want those resources to go toward a worthwhile project. You don't want to waste money saving a species you have no chance of saving.
Just like you don't waste time saving the person who's already dead when you have living people you can save around.
So we can admit that both GUIs and CLIs have their uses?
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"Read my lips, no new taxes." Voters should know by now that any promise like this is utter bullshit.
So send 2 SMSs instead of one. Big deal.
So, Eve users buy isk with dollars from botfarms? Just like players of every other MMORPG? Wow, what news.
Netflix/dvds/blurays I can do with my bluray player by the TV. Sure, technically, I can browse the web, probably do email, etc, with a gaming console, but the control scheme just gets more and more painful as you get away from games. Yes, it's my opinion that it's a better gaming experience. But that's the point. I think it's a better experience, so I pay more.
I pay more for a better overall gaming experience, and a machine I can use beyond gaming as well.
Google and Netflix pay for their use of bandwidth. They pay THEIR ISP. I pay MY ISP to access google and netflix. The ISPs just have this weird idea that they should be able to charge twice for that data transfer.
Yes. Yes it is. The usual metaphor is "pipe", but tubes work just as well.
Who says it's not worth it? If people are paying $60 for a game, then it's worth $60 to those people. You can say it's never worth $60, but I hope that means you never pay $60. The best price to have depends a lot on the product. I'm sure Nintendo has studied the demand curves and is confident their current prices are close to the optimal.
You mean BCS (I-A). The FCS (I-AA) does have playoffs (go Delaware!)
But in the single line you keep moving more, everytime someone finishes at ANY cashier, you move forward. It's not an ILLUSION of motion, it's real motion. You also KNOW you're not stuck in the slow line. With multiple lines, you keep seeing the other lines move while you don't. That's an illusion of you not making progress, that's bad.
The only problem I have with self checkout is coupons. You scan the coupon, and then you're supposed to deposit them in a slot. I guess this slot is supposed to detect that you've put in a coupon, but it never works. It just sits there still telling me to put in the coupon until an employee comes over and clears it. Luckily I don't use many coupons.