Bummer. Maybe I should apply to Duke next year.
On second thought I'll just keep going to this community college and transfer to a state college and buy an alienware laptop, desktop, and four more ipods to balance out next year's tuition.
All this iPod news is getting me depressed. First I got shafted by buying a 3rd generation one only weeks before the 4th generation is released, for cheaper and better.
Then I find out that all the Duke freshmen are getting free ones.
"If terrorists figure out the pattern of outages, they could attack during a peak collapsing the cell networks, and that would be bad, IMHO. Chaos would ensue. For once, I don't believe it, I'm in agreement with Homeland Security."
There are a lot of things that could happen. But I personally don't feel this justifies making everything a big secret. National (or Homeland) Security is important, but it shouldn't just be a magic make-anything-you-damn-well-please-a-secret card.
Are you afraid to leave the house during a storm because you might get struck by lightning?
I agree that you can find reliable products and support from a local store. But I'd like to say, you can also find a reliable online company as well. Its all about making sure they are actually reliable first. Although, it is more of a hassle if you have to return parts or anything.
That said, I ordered most of my parts from online vendors (namely, Newegg, who I've never had any problems with.) And I also bought my case from a local CompUSA. I'm not a big fan of CompUSA. I usually only go up there when its something small that any generic brand will do. But this case was basically a Lian-Li replica, but fifty dollars less. Worth the purchase.
And yes, ASUS is definitely a great company. I've never had a problem with any of their products. Right now I'm running an ASUS P4P800 Deluxe mobo and an ASUS Radeon 9600XT.
My father is an insurance agent for a major insurance company. That's been their business model for the last few years, and you're right, so far, his commission has remained roughly the same, despite the fact his business growth has declined considerably (in actuality, in serious decline.) However, the last year or so, the company is finally losing profits. Its all about the customer base in the long run.
How dare they pay Best Buy money in order to obtain products they seek to purchase.
In all seriousness, comments like these tell me I should be taking my business elsewhere. Not that I didn't already know ths, but it just reaffirms it. "Firing Customers" is quite possibly the dumbest thing I've heard today. And that's saying something. It goes against the whole idea behind a business; that is, to get customers and meet their needs while making a tidy profit. (Perhaps they believe their profit isn't quite tidy enough with people who use rebates and buy sale items.)
I'm not really a code guru, just some scripts, and the few programming courses I took in college. But I think this falls under the same category as the various anti-copy technologies. Where there's a (malicious) will, there's a way. I mean, certainly, the tighter and more secure your code is, the harder it will be to find a way to exploit it, but really, those wishing to do bad things always find a way.
(Note: I'm against anti-copy technology, just using it as an example.)
Imagine playing as Alexander the Great, Julius Cesar, Attilla the Hun, or any other historical figure trying to build an empire. That could be interesting.
This isn't exactly an original idea, but I thought I'd share it anyways.
A local arcade has Para Para Dancing (you use your arms, for those who are unfamilar,) and DDR 4th Mix. My friend and I always thought the ultimate work out game would be some mystical combination of the two. Made, that would get dead tiring (not to mention confusing as hell.)
I'm for a challenge like that though. Hard core gamer for life.
I hate spyware, pop-up ads and telemarketing with equal vigor. And I go out of my way to eliminate them as best I can. (Including google's toolbar, and death threats over the phone.)
And I know a lot of people just like me. My question is, why do these things still exist? Clearly, there must be some level of success amongst these companies, or else they wouldn't exist.
I don't remember any exact figures, but I've heard of research that showed more than 100,000 pop up ads are necessary to make one sale of an item. (This figure is arbitrary, I can't remember anything exactly, but it was high.) Similarly, this is the kind of results that telemarketers receive.
But they are successful (at least to a degree.) The question really lies on the means of their success.
Seems like a pretty classical case here. While I think a journey to the moon, even if not original, can still be a great opportunity for scientific research, I'd have to say this is probably a smart move by the Chinese government. A lot of information that could be obtained by such a mission would probably already be known from the American moon landings. And its not worth spending the ungodly amounts of money necessary to rediscover the moon rock.
Besides which, I think this whole thing was just a space program pissing contest in the first place. (Not that the US moon landings weren't.)
I am not condoning it. I think its a rather large jump, even if he WAS looking at it.
Secondly, I'm just hypothesing, no where did I say that he was, for fact looking at porn. I am just pointing out that it seems fairly likely that he was.
He was probably looking at porn in the first place. Not that I think that condones him being a register sex offender. But that was probably what started his sexual onslaught. (A lot of the porn sites love browser tricks, just one more reason for the avid geek to use Mozilla.)
Actually, at current prices, Xbox is selling at a loss to Microsoft. They are hoping this will encourage sales for the system, and that they'll make it up on the sale of games.
And you're right, no point in supporting one company over another for "evil corp" reasons. Frankly, the way I see it, each company has its own domain. Up until recently I would say PS2 was the best system; but I think Xbox has taken over, with an excellent selection of games. Not to say that PS2 or Gamecube aren't good. Crystal Chronicles alone makes that system amazing.
You have an excellent point. I know quite a few people who whole-heartedly support linux, but then fail to use it for gaming when they can. I admit, even I am guilty. I run WinXP so I can play games, and I don't own any that work for linux.
And that's just the trick, it isn't going to become an option unless they see a significant reason to bother. After all, if they put the money and work into developing it for linux, and the market share is too small, they won't bother in the future.
So, support Doom3 for Linux if you want to see more games for your beloved OSS.
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Bummer. Maybe I should apply to Duke next year. On second thought I'll just keep going to this community college and transfer to a state college and buy an alienware laptop, desktop, and four more ipods to balance out next year's tuition.
Sort of.
All this iPod news is getting me depressed. First I got shafted by buying a 3rd generation one only weeks before the 4th generation is released, for cheaper and better.
Then I find out that all the Duke freshmen are getting free ones.
Bummer. Maybe I should apply to Duke next year.
"If terrorists figure out the pattern of outages, they could attack during a peak collapsing the cell networks, and that would be bad, IMHO. Chaos would ensue. For once, I don't believe it, I'm in agreement with Homeland Security."
There are a lot of things that could happen. But I personally don't feel this justifies making everything a big secret. National (or Homeland) Security is important, but it shouldn't just be a magic make-anything-you-damn-well-please-a-secret card.
Are you afraid to leave the house during a storm because you might get struck by lightning?
I would gladly trade my girlfriend for a Gmail account.
Perhaps you should re-evaluate your priorities.
That is, if I had one.
See above.
bah, why must Valve name their engine after what every geek loves?
They name their engine pr0n?
I agree that you can find reliable products and support from a local store. But I'd like to say, you can also find a reliable online company as well. Its all about making sure they are actually reliable first. Although, it is more of a hassle if you have to return parts or anything.
That said, I ordered most of my parts from online vendors (namely, Newegg, who I've never had any problems with.) And I also bought my case from a local CompUSA. I'm not a big fan of CompUSA. I usually only go up there when its something small that any generic brand will do. But this case was basically a Lian-Li replica, but fifty dollars less. Worth the purchase.
And yes, ASUS is definitely a great company. I've never had a problem with any of their products. Right now I'm running an ASUS P4P800 Deluxe mobo and an ASUS Radeon 9600XT.
My father is an insurance agent for a major insurance company. That's been their business model for the last few years, and you're right, so far, his commission has remained roughly the same, despite the fact his business growth has declined considerably (in actuality, in serious decline.) However, the last year or so, the company is finally losing profits. Its all about the customer base in the long run.
They buy items, file for rebates, and then return the item.
I'm not the first to say it in this discussion thus far, but its still right: then they should do away with their rebates.
How dare they pay Best Buy money in order to obtain products they seek to purchase.
In all seriousness, comments like these tell me I should be taking my business elsewhere. Not that I didn't already know ths, but it just reaffirms it. "Firing Customers" is quite possibly the dumbest thing I've heard today. And that's saying something. It goes against the whole idea behind a business; that is, to get customers and meet their needs while making a tidy profit. (Perhaps they believe their profit isn't quite tidy enough with people who use rebates and buy sale items.)
I'm not really a code guru, just some scripts, and the few programming courses I took in college. But I think this falls under the same category as the various anti-copy technologies. Where there's a (malicious) will, there's a way. I mean, certainly, the tighter and more secure your code is, the harder it will be to find a way to exploit it, but really, those wishing to do bad things always find a way.
(Note: I'm against anti-copy technology, just using it as an example.)
"... versus the gay robots from Star Wars."
C-3PO: "R2 help me!"
R2: "beep beep beep"
C-3PO: "I hate you, you're so boring!"
No offense to Ion or any other fine producer of games out there, but should these kind of patches really be necessary?
I mean honestly, do they HAVE testing? You'd think something like this would be noticed ahead of release.
All I can think of this Penny-Arcade in reference to Splinter Cell.
Imagine playing as Alexander the Great, Julius Cesar, Attilla the Hun, or any other historical figure trying to build an empire. That could be interesting.
Age of Empires historical campaigns anyone?
This isn't exactly an original idea, but I thought I'd share it anyways.
A local arcade has Para Para Dancing (you use your arms, for those who are unfamilar,) and DDR 4th Mix. My friend and I always thought the ultimate work out game would be some mystical combination of the two. Made, that would get dead tiring (not to mention confusing as hell.)
I'm for a challenge like that though. Hard core gamer for life.
Not necessarily.
I hate spyware, pop-up ads and telemarketing with equal vigor. And I go out of my way to eliminate them as best I can. (Including google's toolbar, and death threats over the phone.)
And I know a lot of people just like me. My question is, why do these things still exist? Clearly, there must be some level of success amongst these companies, or else they wouldn't exist.
I don't remember any exact figures, but I've heard of research that showed more than 100,000 pop up ads are necessary to make one sale of an item. (This figure is arbitrary, I can't remember anything exactly, but it was high.) Similarly, this is the kind of results that telemarketers receive.
But they are successful (at least to a degree.) The question really lies on the means of their success.
Seems like a pretty classical case here. While I think a journey to the moon, even if not original, can still be a great opportunity for scientific research, I'd have to say this is probably a smart move by the Chinese government. A lot of information that could be obtained by such a mission would probably already be known from the American moon landings. And its not worth spending the ungodly amounts of money necessary to rediscover the moon rock.
Besides which, I think this whole thing was just a space program pissing contest in the first place. (Not that the US moon landings weren't.)
I concur, this isn't really "green" in any way compared to regular bicycles.
However, its all relative. This is a better solution than a car, that's for sure.
Ow my jimmies.
I am not condoning it. I think its a rather large jump, even if he WAS looking at it.
Secondly, I'm just hypothesing, no where did I say that he was, for fact looking at porn. I am just pointing out that it seems fairly likely that he was.
A bit sensationalistic don't you think?
Not that I'm the type to not support jumping from some pedophile to 1984 in one paragraph or less.
He was probably looking at porn in the first place. Not that I think that condones him being a register sex offender. But that was probably what started his sexual onslaught. (A lot of the porn sites love browser tricks, just one more reason for the avid geek to use Mozilla.)
Actually, at current prices, Xbox is selling at a loss to Microsoft. They are hoping this will encourage sales for the system, and that they'll make it up on the sale of games.
And you're right, no point in supporting one company over another for "evil corp" reasons. Frankly, the way I see it, each company has its own domain. Up until recently I would say PS2 was the best system; but I think Xbox has taken over, with an excellent selection of games. Not to say that PS2 or Gamecube aren't good. Crystal Chronicles alone makes that system amazing.
You have an excellent point. I know quite a few people who whole-heartedly support linux, but then fail to use it for gaming when they can. I admit, even I am guilty. I run WinXP so I can play games, and I don't own any that work for linux.
And that's just the trick, it isn't going to become an option unless they see a significant reason to bother. After all, if they put the money and work into developing it for linux, and the market share is too small, they won't bother in the future.
So, support Doom3 for Linux if you want to see more games for your beloved OSS.
.. who falsely make google tick?
Bart: "Homey, it isn't nice to maul Ranger Ned.."
Homer: "You want some of this!?"
Bow to the power of Engrish.
Or whatever you call Americanized Japanese.