It changed when places like Starbucks began offering wi-fi and tech hipsters began hanging out and chattering each other while writing freelance articles about oversize glasses and the joys of Pabst Blue Ribbon.
I can find a stove for $100 pretty much any day of the week, and often can get them for free.
By going to yard sales and flea markets you can amass a complete kitchen for $100.
Depends on where you live, I think.
I live in a small somewhat-depressed blue-collar midwest town in the 10000-15000 population range.
Garage sales, seem to have dried up. Used to be able to find all sorts of things at them, books, music, games, appliances... but now...it's like people aren't replacing their stuff so they're not getting rid of old unwanted stuff. Some of the nicer subdisions in this town once had "garage sale days" where the entire subdivision would schedule their garage sales on the same weekend. You could get nice stuff at those, nice but older stereo systems, geektoys of the upper middle class (stuff like old D&D books/old computers) That's gone now. Even they are keeping their stuff.
There is a local store that sells gently used appliances and furniture but their appliance prices are high, much higher than I expected.
The local community-action agency also has a store that sells stuff, the prices there are also higher than I expected for appliances. It is also 36 miles away near their main office. And you need to arrange your own transport/hookup of the stuff.
Sure you can still get plates/glasses and stuff at resale shops (the local one usually has that available) or Goodwill (though it's 36 miles away) round here glasses seem to be easier to get than plates.
Now a decade ago...things were more like you describe.
As a side note - AT&T also requires a data plan for their pay as you go smartphone customers, even if the customer doesn't use data.
Actually, they don't. I have a Go Phone AT&T Fusion without a data plan. But there's a little secret to doing that.....you can only do that if you activate the sim/phone online, NOT if you do it directly on the phone. You'll be restricted to wi-fi for data though. Only Feature phones get pay as you go data.
Doesn't matter if it's capped. in fact it SHOULD be capped for realism purposes. You don't see real world soldiers doing maneuvers out of Quake or Tribes do you? No, they move deliberately because they're carrying a fuckton of stuff and wearing bulky uniforms/protective armor/helmets
That said, Sony has no problem with a developer throwing in alternate control schemes using keyboards and mice...it's a dev choice.
Why would that matter, nobody outside of Slashdot gave a shit....if they did we'd have seen a LOT more people on the YDL forum. Most of the people whining abou tthe removal of OtherOS probably NEVER actually ran Linux on a PS3, (or had a Linux kit for the PS2 for that matter)
And yes, I had that PS2 Linux kid AND I ran YDL on my PS3.
No one gives a crap....gamers want to play games only Slashdot nerds have that kind of fetish for customization.
AND run current PC games.
No, it doesn't. Check the list of Linux compatible games on Steam, it's very short. Sure if you want to play Team Fortress and a few indie stuff then you're in luck, but if you want to play native Linux versions of stuff like WoW or STO, or Skyrim, or XCOM, then you're screwed.
Oh? How big is your hard drive? BD-ROM's can hold 50GB, and even if they aren't full you aren't going to want to download and install too many of those suckers on your hard drive. You could also forget about having a large game library. In fact, if your ISP has a low bandwidth cap you simply wouldn't be able to download them. That's not to say that digital distribution doesn't have a place for "little games"
Never underestimate the bandwidth of a truck full of CD's/DVD's/BD-ROM's
This is quite possibly the dumbest argument against Steam I've ever heard.
Referring to the part I bolded, what would be a suitable alternative then?
PS3's and 360's work more like multi-user 'nix systems. There's a master account (root) and sub accounts. If I buy a game on my PS3, then all users can play it, and they have their own saves and trophies. MMO accounts work on an account level. If I"m lifetime in FreeRealms, anybody else play Freerealms on the machine would have their own account and purchases tied to it.
And since purchases are tied to accounts, you can redownload them if you upgrade/replace your PS3 hard drive, or get a new PS3, or even a second PS3...you can have up to 5 authorized devices. You can buy a copy of say LBP on one PS3 and download it to a second one too. And for PSone Classics/Mini's and PSP games, that also applies to multiple platforms. Buy Angry Birds or Final Fantasy VII once, have it on your PS3 AND PSP. --
Sucks to be you! Australia should have gone NTSC/ATSC then you'd get lumped with the US like Canada is and get most of the good stuff.
But no, an English speaking PAL country in the middle of a huge ocean with a tiny population no where near the BIG native english speaking PAL market with a rating system that was Insane....well you're going to get ignored and price gouged when it comes to content.
This is the first I have heard of this awesome new box, the Hopper.
rollseyes at Slashdot nerds who don't notice anything outside of nerd culture.
There have been commercials about the damn thing for months now.....and for DirecTV's equivalent "Genie". But you, being a slashdot nerd, will probably claim that you wrote a shell script for your MythTV box that uses ffmpeg or transcode to automatically analyze tv shows and strip commercials out of what little you record, and besides you only watch fansubbed anime in MKV format anway.
I think you're misinterpreting the decision. They can't be "sued" for failing to enforce the order, because under Colorado law enforcement isn't mandatory. Blame Colorado, the rocky mountain states still haven't entirely got over that frontier "laws is bad cos we got guns" mentality they developed in the old days.
But the Vietnamese were never able to "force" the Americans out, the Americans "chose" to leave. Also the VC had "external" support from other superpowers. Not quite the same situation in Afghanistan or what it would be like in America.
Cut off a resistance supporting towns infrastructre, groceries, pharmacies, and these gun-nut "I would be a resister against librul tyrrany" types would be crying for their NFL and Hungry-Man dinners in days.
Sure there's a few mountain-man/suvivalist types out in Idaho or Wyoming (which is why they're there, they really don't like people all that much) that could handle it better, but the vast majority...no.
Yes yes the tired old argument that guns prevent government tyrrany.
As if the government couldn't just napalm a bunch of resistance fighers from the air. Or just cut off medical supplies, or destroy fields. or roll over houses with tanks. Yes, you could pick off a couple now and then, but that would be nothing! You wouldn't even slow them down.
The real protection is the ballet box, not bullets, and has been ever since modern armies came into being. But the fact is people like you don't actually like democracy.
Who is this "everyone" you speak of? As I said, I use Fedora, and I"ve been using pulse since I started using it. Not had much trouble with it, in fact they've fixed stuff that didn't use to work:
1. HDMI Audio, when I first started using it, I had to manually set up which HDMI output for pulse to use (a la 1:3, 1:5, 1:7), now that's fixed, it's automatic now.
2. Switching ouputs on the fly works properly now. For example if I'm running an application, I can switch it from HDMI out to Analog audio on the fly. That didn't use to work properly and you had to restart the application.
To get sound to work right under Centos the first lines of the instructions where how to disable and remove pulseaudio.
WHAT instructions from WHOM? There are some cranks out there who have an unjustified hate for pulseaudio, often because they only tried it when it was new, untested and needed work and have been using alsa for so long they don't understand anything else.
Need I remind you that CentOS is using older packages than Fedora and thusly would not be benefitting from any recent fixes. With pulse I can have multiple applications use sound and route them as I please. And if one must be s stickler for alsa, pulseaudio emulates it/provides a compatibility layer.
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The town I used to live near, back 30 years ago had library hours like that...very annoying.
And here in this town, the local library has reduced hours at least twice. They used to be open on Sunday and till 9 on weekdays!
When has this changed?
It changed when places like Starbucks began offering wi-fi and tech hipsters began hanging out and chattering each other while writing freelance articles about oversize glasses and the joys of Pabst Blue Ribbon.
I can find a stove for $100 pretty much any day of the week, and often can get them for free.
By going to yard sales and flea markets you can amass a complete kitchen for $100.
Depends on where you live, I think.
I live in a small somewhat-depressed blue-collar midwest town in the 10000-15000 population range.
Garage sales, seem to have dried up. Used to be able to find all sorts of things at them, books, music, games, appliances... but now...it's like people aren't replacing their stuff so they're not getting rid of old unwanted stuff. Some of the nicer subdisions in this town once had "garage sale days" where the entire subdivision would schedule their garage sales on the same weekend. You could get nice stuff at those, nice but older stereo systems, geektoys of the upper middle class (stuff like old D&D books/old computers) That's gone now. Even they are keeping their stuff.
There is a local store that sells gently used appliances and furniture but their appliance prices are high, much higher than I expected.
The local community-action agency also has a store that sells stuff, the prices there are also higher than I expected for appliances. It is also 36 miles away near their main office. And you need to arrange your own transport/hookup of the stuff.
Sure you can still get plates/glasses and stuff at resale shops (the local one usually has that available) or Goodwill (though it's 36 miles away) round here glasses seem to be easier to get than plates.
Now a decade ago...things were more like you describe.
As a side note - AT&T also requires a data plan for their pay as you go smartphone customers, even if the customer doesn't use data.
Actually, they don't. I have a Go Phone AT&T Fusion without a data plan. But there's a little secret to doing that.....you can only do that if you activate the sim/phone online, NOT if you do it directly on the phone. You'll be restricted to wi-fi for data though. Only Feature phones get pay as you go data.
Doesn't matter if it's capped. in fact it SHOULD be capped for realism purposes. You don't see real world soldiers doing maneuvers out of Quake or Tribes do you? No, they move deliberately because they're carrying a fuckton of stuff and wearing bulky uniforms/protective armor/helmets
That said, Sony has no problem with a developer throwing in alternate control schemes using keyboards and mice...it's a dev choice.
a feature that was advertised on their own packaging,
The packaging doesn't mention OtherOS at all. I still have my PS3 box...I looked.
Why would that matter, nobody outside of Slashdot gave a shit....if they did we'd have seen a LOT more people on the YDL forum. Most of the people whining abou tthe removal of OtherOS probably NEVER actually ran Linux on a PS3, (or had a Linux kit for the PS2 for that matter)
And yes, I had that PS2 Linux kid AND I ran YDL on my PS3.
Why? because it will be much more customizable,
No one gives a crap....gamers want to play games only Slashdot nerds have that kind of fetish for customization.
AND run current PC games.
No, it doesn't. Check the list of Linux compatible games on Steam, it's very short. Sure if you want to play Team Fortress and a few indie stuff then you're in luck, but if you want to play native Linux versions of stuff like WoW or STO, or Skyrim, or XCOM, then you're screwed.
Oh? How big is your hard drive? BD-ROM's can hold 50GB, and even if they aren't full you aren't going to want to download and install too many of those suckers on your hard drive. You could also forget about having a large game library. In fact, if your ISP has a low bandwidth cap you simply wouldn't be able to download them. That's not to say that digital distribution doesn't have a place for "little games"
Never underestimate the bandwidth of a truck full of CD's/DVD's/BD-ROM's
Well considering both the PS2 was/is and PS3 was/is (depending on which firmware it has) quite capable of running Linux, I would say yes.
This is quite possibly the dumbest argument against Steam I've ever heard.
Referring to the part I bolded, what would be a suitable alternative then?
PS3's and 360's work more like multi-user 'nix systems. There's a master account (root) and sub accounts. If I buy a game on my PS3, then all users can play it, and they have their own saves and trophies. MMO accounts work on an account level. If I"m lifetime in FreeRealms, anybody else play Freerealms on the machine would have their own account and purchases tied to it.
And since purchases are tied to accounts, you can redownload them if you upgrade/replace your PS3 hard drive, or get a new PS3, or even a second PS3...you can have up to 5 authorized devices. You can buy a copy of say LBP on one PS3 and download it to a second one too. And for PSone Classics/Mini's and PSP games, that also applies to multiple platforms. Buy Angry Birds or Final Fantasy VII once, have it on your PS3 AND PSP.
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Sucks to be you! Australia should have gone NTSC/ATSC then you'd get lumped with the US like Canada is and get most of the good stuff.
But no, an English speaking PAL country in the middle of a huge ocean with a tiny population no where near the BIG native english speaking PAL market with a rating system that was Insane....well you're going to get ignored and price gouged when it comes to content.
actually it's all Netflix and Torrents lately.
So fansubbed Anime in MKV it is then. :-)
You should add a squishy treats reference to your sig.
This is the first I have heard of this awesome new box, the Hopper.
rollseyes at Slashdot nerds who don't notice anything outside of nerd culture.
There have been commercials about the damn thing for months now.....and for DirecTV's equivalent "Genie". But you, being a slashdot nerd, will probably claim that you wrote a shell script for your MythTV box that uses ffmpeg or transcode to automatically analyze tv shows and strip commercials out of what little you record, and besides you only watch fansubbed anime in MKV format anway.
Apple does not try and turn their desktop computers into tablets.
No, that's the Gnome and Unity teams jobs
I think you're misinterpreting the decision. They can't be "sued" for failing to enforce the order, because under Colorado law enforcement isn't mandatory. Blame Colorado, the rocky mountain states still haven't entirely got over that frontier "laws is bad cos we got guns" mentality they developed in the old days.
In other states, things are different.
But the Vietnamese were never able to "force" the Americans out, the Americans "chose" to leave. Also the VC had "external" support from other superpowers. Not quite the same situation in Afghanistan or what it would be like in America.
Cut off a resistance supporting towns infrastructre, groceries, pharmacies, and these gun-nut "I would be a resister against librul tyrrany" types would be crying for their NFL and Hungry-Man dinners in days.
Sure there's a few mountain-man/suvivalist types out in Idaho or Wyoming (which is why they're there, they really don't like people all that much) that could handle it better, but the vast majority...no.
Rifle range?
Upper Midwest?
In a High school?
That was not the norm. You live in some conservative gated community or something?
In America, the Citizens are LITERALLY the State. "We The People" E Pluribus Unum.
Yes yes the tired old argument that guns prevent government tyrrany.
As if the government couldn't just napalm a bunch of resistance fighers from the air. Or just cut off medical supplies, or destroy fields. or roll over houses with tanks. Yes, you could pick off a couple now and then, but that would be nothing! You wouldn't even slow them down.
The real protection is the ballet box, not bullets, and has been ever since modern armies came into being. But the fact is people like you don't actually like democracy.
I can't stand Gnome3 or Unity myself, but they actually "might" be perfectly usable and intuitive desktops environments for some.
Pulseaudio is garbage and everyone knows it.
Who is this "everyone" you speak of? As I said, I use Fedora, and I"ve been using pulse since I started using it. Not had much trouble with it, in fact they've fixed stuff that didn't use to work:
1. HDMI Audio, when I first started using it, I had to manually set up which HDMI output for pulse to use (a la 1:3, 1:5, 1:7), now that's fixed, it's automatic now.
2. Switching ouputs on the fly works properly now. For example if I'm running an application, I can switch it from HDMI out to Analog audio on the fly. That didn't use to work properly and you had to restart the application.
To get sound to work right under Centos the first lines of the instructions where how to disable and remove pulseaudio.
WHAT instructions from WHOM? There are some cranks out there who have an unjustified hate for pulseaudio, often because they only tried it when it was new, untested and needed work and have been using alsa for so long they don't understand anything else.
Need I remind you that CentOS is using older packages than Fedora and thusly would not be benefitting from any recent fixes. With pulse I can have multiple applications use sound and route them as I please. And if one must be s stickler for alsa, pulseaudio emulates it/provides a compatibility layer.
Pulseaudio works fine on Fedora.
What you should have said was the pulse doesn't work on YOUR hardware for YOU.