This is the third Sims Online article I've seen posted to the front-page in recent memory (and I can't remember that for back, trust me, puff puff). Is this really "Stuff that matters" so much as to warrant this much advertising? Most of the posts are people saying the beta sucks, or they won't play it, etc... Why so much free advertising for them, then?
you might not be able to burn through it, but you could sure make a bunch of people who haven't hacked their X-boxes calling up MS complaining about how they can't use the X-box-live features, and demanding to know why
In other words, university is a cult that depends on young, naive, ill-informed sheep beating down the doors?
Depends. If the monkeys signing up are doing so so that they can jerk-off for four years and then have a degree and expect to just get handed a good job, yes.
But if you're going there because you want to learn something, no. But in that case the lack of job opportunities shouldn't bother them in the least.
I graduated last year. The thing is, when I started my degree only 1 out of every 12 person who applied would be accepted. You had to *WORK*, you had to *COMPETE*, and the degree meant something.
The year after I graduated/left they increased their size eight times. So now in four/five years there's going to be EIGHT TIMES as many students looking for jobs.
I suspect my local Uni isn't the only in the entire world. People still think that the Tech industry is booming so they go for a degree. IT'S NOT.
It's getting to be a broken record of recent graduates asking "Waitaminute, where's my job?"
My best friend from Uni graduated fairly high, was one of the best low-level people I've ever met. After 8 months of trying to find a job he finally decided to join the army. BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING OUT THERE.
The tech industry is no longer calmoring to hand you a fat paycheque - get out now if you still can.
He's right. It's like asking Colenol Sanders "Which do you think is healthier, chicken or beef?". Whether it's conscious or unconscious, the answer is going to be Chicken.
If your company writes the engines, you want the industry trend to move towards buying your engines.
Ok, Firstly I think you meant to say "Bill and Ted", but anyways...
"Scenario 2: Bob and Ted have found the venture capital. They're currently in the process of spending it in order to develop the product that their business will sell. Since the product isn't ready yet, they obviously can't sell it. Is the business generating revenue? No. Is it fair to call it a money pit? Not if the product can be finished with the money they've got and will sell well."
Sorry, but I disagree here. Your first point, alright. But this to me is the very definition of money-pit - Throwing tons of money at an idea that "will" pay off in the future. By your own scenario, the definition of money-pit can only be applied retroactively. If you throw a ton of money at something for two years, it's in limbo - if it comes up bad then it must have been a money-pit.
I'd say that a business is a money-pit untill it starts generating revenue. At that point it loses its pit status, but untill it demonstrates that you're better of investing your money than burning it...
... I suddenly have a strange compulsion to rent a Tom Hanks movie...
Why is it so important that the true fans keep searching for that one series that gets someone who doesn't particularly care for anime into anime?
Why is it a good thing?
(As an aside - I spent my four years at university as the non-anime fan friend of all the Anime geeks. For some inexplicable reason they seemed to dedicate their lives to getting me into it.... Every time I'd politely watch, say it was pretty good, but that I still wasn't a "fan".)
If a person or a group of people aren't fans, why keep trying to expose them to it untill they are? It's not like people are completely unaware that it exists. Maybe one day I, and everyone else in the world like me, will get an inkling to go down the video store and pick up whatever series. But untill then, why is it important that it stays available on the Cartoon Network so that I can happen past it?
Does it effect the hardcore? No, they've probably got the DVDs, videos, or DiVX copies.
Does it effect the casual fan? No, if you're a casual fan and they stop showing them then it just fades away in your memory. If you really miss it, buy the DVDs or whatever, otherwise just forget it.
The only people I can see this really effecting is the average non-fan whom the anime geeks of the world wish would get wise to anime. The only "frustrating" thing is that anime is no longer as extensively offered to those who don't care for it enough to seek it out.... Why should that be frustrating?
Just because you LOVE anime, and think anyone with any sense whatsoever SHOULD LOVE anime doesn't mean it's Cartoon Network's duty to expose it to them, and frankly a large segment of western culture will never get into anime, and would much rather watch the Oblongs, Futurama, Undergrads, or whatever. All I'm saying is - Let them.
I still recall one comment posted a while ago along the lines of "If Chess is the thinking man's Checkers, surely Go is the thinking man's Chess.". ???. Ok, dude.
Folks, they're two different animals. The fact that Go contains a massively larger tree and is harder for a computer to play is mostly irrelevant in terms of human players. Both are (for the foreseeable future) too large to even consider calculating. Both trees would contain more nodes than the number of particles in the entire universe.
Imagine it this way. Take two rich people - one has 400 Billion dollars, and one has 500 billion dollars. Clearly the second one is much richer than the first, but that's in no way a slight to the less wealthy person. Both have more money than they'll ever reasonably be able to spend in a hundred years. It would take extraordinary circumstances for the second persons extra hundred billion to be felt at all.
Right after High School I was SICK of school. All I wanted was to get some blue collar job and live a moderate life. So I bummed around all summer, and most of the fall, untill I got a warehouse job. Within three days I went to the Registrar to sign up for Comp.Sci. And even after that I had another 8 or so months untill school started for me, so I had more reality crammed down my throat. Why is this a good thing? Because REALITY BLOWS.
Of course the negative is I didn't get along with the vast majority of other first-years when I finally went - they had all come straight from university and had no clue what the real world was. They slacked all their classes because they didn't know what was out there for those who didn't PASS. If I hadn't done it, I probably would've slacked and failed too.
So remember, the next time a nuclear scientist asks to borrow your elbow macaroni and glue-on sparkles, he might not be making a birthday card for his mom - he might be ensuring the security of the world!
It's true that Blackjack is the only game you play against the casino where you can gain a positive expectation over time. But keep in mind that Poker is not against the Casino, it's against your fellow players. It's not terribly difficult to become reasonable "good" at poker (at least to the point where you can beat the average Vegas tourist). Plus this has the added advantage that the Casino doesn't care if you win or lose - no matter who wins they still get their rake. Why spend all kinds of time and energy trying to fight a multi-billion dollar industry for their money, when you can just sheer the sheep at the Poker tables?
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This is the third Sims Online article I've seen posted to the front-page in recent memory (and I can't remember that for back, trust me, puff puff). Is this really "Stuff that matters" so much as to warrant this much advertising? Most of the posts are people saying the beta sucks, or they won't play it, etc... Why so much free advertising for them, then?
How'd this get modded up as funny. I couldn't agree with him more!
you might not be able to burn through it, but you could sure make a bunch of people who haven't hacked their X-boxes calling up MS complaining about how they can't use the X-box-live features, and demanding to know why
And this is a good thing why?
In other words, university is a cult that depends on young, naive, ill-informed sheep beating down the doors?
Depends. If the monkeys signing up are doing so so that they can jerk-off for four years and then have a degree and expect to just get handed a good job, yes.
But if you're going there because you want to learn something, no. But in that case the lack of job opportunities shouldn't bother them in the least.
It's only going to get worse, folks.
I graduated last year. The thing is, when I started my degree only 1 out of every 12 person who applied would be accepted. You had to *WORK*, you had to *COMPETE*, and the degree meant something.
The year after I graduated/left they increased their size eight times. So now in four/five years there's going to be EIGHT TIMES as many students looking for jobs.
I suspect my local Uni isn't the only in the entire world. People still think that the Tech industry is booming so they go for a degree. IT'S NOT.
It's getting to be a broken record of recent graduates asking "Waitaminute, where's my job?"
My best friend from Uni graduated fairly high, was one of the best low-level people I've ever met. After 8 months of trying to find a job he finally decided to join the army. BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING OUT THERE.
The tech industry is no longer calmoring to hand you a fat paycheque - get out now if you still can.
This pretty much sums up what's wrong with online play.
Solve it, and yes, you've got a Killer App.
He's right. It's like asking Colenol Sanders "Which do you think is healthier, chicken or beef?". Whether it's conscious or unconscious, the answer is going to be Chicken.
If your company writes the engines, you want the industry trend to move towards buying your engines.
Ok, Firstly I think you meant to say "Bill and Ted", but anyways...
"Scenario 2: Bob and Ted have found the venture capital. They're currently in the process of spending it in order to develop the product that their business will sell. Since the product isn't ready yet, they obviously can't sell it. Is the business generating revenue? No. Is it fair to call it a money pit? Not if the product can be finished with the money they've got and will sell well."
Sorry, but I disagree here. Your first point, alright. But this to me is the very definition of money-pit - Throwing tons of money at an idea that "will" pay off in the future. By your own scenario, the definition of money-pit can only be applied retroactively. If you throw a ton of money at something for two years, it's in limbo - if it comes up bad then it must have been a money-pit.
I'd say that a business is a money-pit untill it starts generating revenue. At that point it loses its pit status, but untill it demonstrates that you're better of investing your money than burning it...
... I suddenly have a strange compulsion to rent a Tom Hanks movie...
"Twenty of the students have created their own start-up firms, and six are already generating revenue."
If six are generating revenue, then fourteen are a money-pit, no?
My only question to you would be, why?
... Every time I'd politely watch, say it was pretty good, but that I still wasn't a "fan".)
Why is it so important that the true fans keep searching for that one series that gets someone who doesn't particularly care for anime into anime?
Why is it a good thing?
(As an aside - I spent my four years at university as the non-anime fan friend of all the Anime geeks. For some inexplicable reason they seemed to dedicate their lives to getting me into it.
If a person or a group of people aren't fans, why keep trying to expose them to it untill they are? It's not like people are completely unaware that it exists. Maybe one day I, and everyone else in the world like me, will get an inkling to go down the video store and pick up whatever series. But untill then, why is it important that it stays available on the Cartoon Network so that I can happen past it?
Does it effect the hardcore? No, they've probably got the DVDs, videos, or DiVX copies.
... Why should that be frustrating?
Does it effect the casual fan? No, if you're a casual fan and they stop showing them then it just fades away in your memory. If you really miss it, buy the DVDs or whatever, otherwise just forget it.
The only people I can see this really effecting is the average non-fan whom the anime geeks of the world wish would get wise to anime. The only "frustrating" thing is that anime is no longer as extensively offered to those who don't care for it enough to seek it out.
Just because you LOVE anime, and think anyone with any sense whatsoever SHOULD LOVE anime doesn't mean it's Cartoon Network's duty to expose it to them, and frankly a large segment of western culture will never get into anime, and would much rather watch the Oblongs, Futurama, Undergrads, or whatever. All I'm saying is - Let them.
About an hour or so after I can get my hands on enough of the stuff.
"Now you know"
Sure, why not? Just wait 50 or 60 game years. Easy.
So what if the US passes laws and regulations on what spam can be sent? Most of the spam I get doesn't originate from the US anyways.
Even if this weren't a masked attempt at legitimizing "opt-in list" tactics and such, it still wouldn't do any good.
I couldn't agree with you more.
I still recall one comment posted a while ago along the lines of "If Chess is the thinking man's Checkers, surely Go is the thinking man's Chess.". ???. Ok, dude.
Folks, they're two different animals. The fact that Go contains a massively larger tree and is harder for a computer to play is mostly irrelevant in terms of human players. Both are (for the foreseeable future) too large to even consider calculating. Both trees would contain more nodes than the number of particles in the entire universe.
Imagine it this way. Take two rich people - one has 400 Billion dollars, and one has 500 billion dollars. Clearly the second one is much richer than the first, but that's in no way a slight to the less wealthy person. Both have more money than they'll ever reasonably be able to spend in a hundred years. It would take extraordinary circumstances for the second persons extra hundred billion to be felt at all.
... I think I know him!
I'm so ashamed... I understood this reference instantly... Mama - look what they did to your baby boy! (sob)
"Laughter. Laughter is the best medicine. Unless you have diabetes - then Insulin. Insulin is the best medicine."
Right after High School I was SICK of school. All I wanted was to get some blue collar job and live a moderate life. So I bummed around all summer, and most of the fall, untill I got a warehouse job. Within three days I went to the Registrar to sign up for Comp.Sci. And even after that I had another 8 or so months untill school started for me, so I had more reality crammed down my throat. Why is this a good thing? Because REALITY BLOWS.
Of course the negative is I didn't get along with the vast majority of other first-years when I finally went - they had all come straight from university and had no clue what the real world was. They slacked all their classes because they didn't know what was out there for those who didn't PASS. If I hadn't done it, I probably would've slacked and failed too.
YMMV
Please stop spouting blatant misinformation.
PS2s are extremely limited in their ability to play VCDs. You have no chance of playing a general purpose VCD on an off-the-shelf PS2.
You make it sound like you can just drop one in. That is not the case.
So remember, the next time a nuclear scientist asks to borrow your elbow macaroni and glue-on sparkles, he might not be making a birthday card for his mom - he might be ensuring the security of the world!
"(presents exchanged on Christmas, girlfriends on Valentine's Day, etc)."
Girlfriend swapping on Valentine's Day? Wow, Nintendo IS Cool!
"Hey, stop stealing our movie!"
"Are you calling me a thief? F#ck you! Just for that I'm downloading it instead of paying for it."
It's true that Blackjack is the only game you play against the casino where you can gain a positive expectation over time. But keep in mind that Poker is not against the Casino, it's against your fellow players. It's not terribly difficult to become reasonable "good" at poker (at least to the point where you can beat the average Vegas tourist). Plus this has the added advantage that the Casino doesn't care if you win or lose - no matter who wins they still get their rake. Why spend all kinds of time and energy trying to fight a multi-billion dollar industry for their money, when you can just sheer the sheep at the Poker tables?