My "plastic body" GS2 has been dropped several times. Once from height with the screen impacting the corner of a metal file cabinet. Damage: a little scuff on the corner, and a dint to the film that was over the screen.
I'm actually very surprised at how well the phone has survived various brushes with destruction. The worst was being dropped partway into a bowl of chili... which took about a week to recover from (with cleaning).
Did you liked TA, you might like Supreme Commander (Supcomm,and Forged Alliance, not Supreme Commander 2). You might also find the Planetary Annihilation kickstarter of interest.
Except IIRC you *can* unlock your phone, it's just that nobody can legally provide the service/tools to do so (so you can't, unless somebody else is breaking the law).
So on your part there's not really much you can do unless you're willing to risk penalty for unlocking somebody else's device.
No so convenient when said feelers - which also serve as genitalia in the tentacle-monster species - are also ones only defense against heroes with sharp/pointy weapons.
Rushed-out, overpromised and underdelivered software is prevalent across all the industry, not just in gaming. The always-on DRM thing may be more prevalent on games, but various ugly DRM schemes are also used in some commercial software. Hasps/dongles which were not future-OS compatible come to mind.
I'm fairly sure that cheap "romance" novels aren't marketed at men... but the covers on those are fairly oversexualized as well. As for the big bulky superheroes... my wife was pretty happy with the scene where "Thor" went shirtless, so I'd say that's not "just for men" either.
Netflix is a subscription model, not a purchase model. It's also a fairly legitimate one, unlike games or OS's (or even some movie purchases) where you're paying a substantial fee for something that masquerades as a purchase yet distributers try to treat as a lease/rental.
Under $10 a month. Unlimited ability to watch from the catalog (subject to your internet connection limits). It's an on-demand rental service. It never pretends to be anything else.
If people want to buy a movie, they can still buy it. You might as well complain that the video rental store isn't letting you keep your rentals (yes, it is possible to copy them, but it's also against your contract with the store).
That one seems a little dodgy at the moment. Yeah, good idea and nice shots, but there's only one identified "developer" and even he isn't being very forthcoming about his experience/history. Could just be he's a kickstarter newbie, but if that's the case what's the chance of him (and/or "the team) getting a functional game out in a reasonable timeline?
... or one can't see the line, which is pretty damn common around here in wet/dirty/winter road conditions, especially since the city gets pretty lazy about repainting the damn things.
Further to that, if the sensor trips when you're 1" over the line, is it detecting your tires, bumper, what?
Regardless, traffic laws are supposed to be about safety, not a source of revenue. That 1" over the line isn't meant to pump out $100k worth of tickets. When things are that sensitive, you end up with *more* accidents as people freak out about crossing the line and drive stupidly as a result.
Really? Having been member of a Union, Shop Steward of a Union, and part of the Union committee... no I wouldn't know anything at all about it would I. Unions are a beaurocracy these days. They also seem to get hung up for long periods of time defending bad employees. Unfortunately this takes away from the time that they have to deal with the issues affecting *good* employees.
Well, it sounds like they weren't. Certainly as a company Yahoo is doing well, but overall it sounds like people weren't available when they needed to be, which - at least IMHO - is part of the job.
The problem is that sometimes it's hard to track this down to a particular person. I've worked in places where we were "mobile." Most employees were good about it, but there was one guy "slept in" consistently, and otherwise was doing non-work stuff a good deal of time. Some work still got done, so there was visibility, but a lot of the rest ended up on the shoulders of his more diligent co-workers.
I don't think his client-sites realized how much of a problem he was, so there weren't a lot of complaints/reports back to management. Work *eventually* did get done there.
When stuff started to fall apart, then the blame started. This particular individual immediately started blaming issues on "other people changing stuff at his sites in a non-standard way." It took a *LONG* time to deal with him. In fact, as it's union, his termination was being fought against years hence (and I left there many years ago, it may still be ongoing).
You don't have to be completely absent for productivity to suffer, but quite often those that are good at shirking work are also good are deflecting blame and taking others' credit, etc. In a situation where employees aren't present, this can be even more of an issue. The work might get done, but it's unevenly spread out and not done efficiently.
The N. American servers were filling up almost immediately after being brought online
The issues with always-on DRM have been known for awhile. However, if so many people bought the game for launch, then I doubt EA's going to be getting the message that it's bad for sales...
I highly doubt completely redoing the existing transmission infrastructure with conventional means is possible with the cost of building three nuclear plants, let alone a superconducting one. And I haven't even got to the current limits yet.
Not all at once, but the thing about almost any infrastructure, it gets old, and needs replacement eventually. If in X years from now, the was a room-temperature superconductor that was roughly the cost of the old conductor (and could be used in parallel), then eventually replacement just becomes part of maintenance.
The majority of people who have bought Android tablets did so because they do not like Apple
Maybe the majority of people on slashdot, but I doubt it's even true with that narrow of a field. There are a few factors: a) Price b) Convenience c) Design/interface d) Features
I service PC's on the side, so I have plenty of time to talk to "regular folk" who are not technically inclined. I also have buddies in retail. Apple sold on brand-recognition for awhile, but Samsung and Asus have become more well-known now too.
So why do they buy android tablets? Well, basically the price is good and it does what they want. A lot of people just want something that convenient to travel with and that does email, browses the web, and perhaps plays a few games. In the older crowd, the latter tends not to apply.
These folk used to buy laptops, but when tablets became more common the laptops were overpowered and bulky.
A full-sized iPad was more convenient in that it doesn't take up much room in a suitcase or whatever, but at the price-point it still had competition from netbooks etc. While more convenient to pack, it still wasn't very fun to travel with as it didn't fit nicely into many purses or pockets.
The Asus tablets became fairly popular because they had a detachable keyboard (and a lot of people aren't so fond of touchscreens for email), and were a bit cheaper than the iPad.
Then comes Nexus 7 etc. It fits into a back-pocket on most jeans, or an inner-pocket in a jacket. It slips into a purse easily. It's cheap. It's powerful. It does email, browses the web, video-chat, etc. It'll even do flash but you're hitting a more technical crowd to get that installed
What it lacks: HDMI connection to plug into TV's, and no "airplay." Miracast will likely replace those in the future with whatever the successor is to the Nexus 7 (I believe that it has the GPU to handle it, but not the wifi, so it won't be available on this model).
The average person doesn't really connect the tablet to the TV, so even the above are extras.
The other thing it lacks: A nice way to take/transfer pictures. Other tablets with SD slots would be nice for this, but space is limited. iPad is still a bit bulky for this. Phones aren't bad, but the killer feature would be something to connect the two (wirelessly) to manage photo albums on the camera device from a tablet. It seems that for the moment people are still content to manage pictures on a PC though and do the sync thing.
So what is an Android tablet lacking that a regular person needs? Not a Linux/Android/Apple fanboi, just a person who wants a portable device?
a) Price: Check, they're fairly affordable b) Convenience: 7" is a very convience size for purses and pockets c) Design/interface: One of the best things iDevices did is bring capacitive multitouch to portables. The cheaper Androids often had shitty resistive touch, but that's changed for the most-part. d) Features: (remember, regular joe). Email: check, Internet browsing: check, and - dare I say it - porn: check
Normal people don't love Apple or Android. They might love a particular device. Sometimes they get attached to a brand for awhile, but eventually it comes down to: will this do what I want for the price it's available at.
Customers ask me which is better. It really comes down to what they want to do with it. For many, a Nexus is fine. Some people want to use their apps on the tablet, or have a media device. In that case, the convenience of iTunes and the availability of peripherals goes in the favor of Apple devices.
While people may play music on their phones, tablets are often more video-centric, and Netflix combined with the growing Play video collection is turning into a big competitor. If Google (or Samsung, etc) got their sh** together and made a decent platform for music, Apple would really be in trouble, but while they're improving the experience is still rather inconsistent.
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My "plastic body" GS2 has been dropped several times. Once from height with the screen impacting the corner of a metal file cabinet.
Damage: a little scuff on the corner, and a dint to the film that was over the screen.
I'm actually very surprised at how well the phone has survived various brushes with destruction. The worst was being dropped partway into a bowl of chili... which took about a week to recover from (with cleaning).
it has something to do with nuclear weapons, aliens that look just like humans, Atlantis, and Elvis
How about a few large chests full of money...
It is illegal to sell such a bundle for more than the price of the cable
What law makes this illegal? I ask because I've seen this done before, though in Canada
Do you run a Linux box at all? RS actually works fairly decently under Wine (though you may need to nuke Pulseaudio).
No. I count one game and two fairly expensive expansion packs
And this is different from Brood Wars?
For multiplayer it might be mostly an expansion pack, but the single-player campaigns were significant.
Did you liked TA, you might like Supreme Commander (Supcomm,and Forged Alliance, not Supreme Commander 2).
You might also find the Planetary Annihilation kickstarter of interest.
In the above video, they likely used lube.
The taxpayers often get a much more raw experience, and it's less voluntary...
Except IIRC you *can* unlock your phone, it's just that nobody can legally provide the service/tools to do so (so you can't, unless somebody else is breaking the law).
So on your part there's not really much you can do unless you're willing to risk penalty for unlocking somebody else's device.
No so convenient when said feelers - which also serve as genitalia in the tentacle-monster species - are also ones only defense against heroes with sharp/pointy weapons.
*ouch*
How about software users (end-users?) in general.
It's not like just games have these issues.
Rushed-out, overpromised and underdelivered software is prevalent across all the industry, not just in gaming. The always-on DRM thing may be more prevalent on games, but various ugly DRM schemes are also used in some commercial software. Hasps/dongles which were not future-OS compatible come to mind.
I'm fairly sure that cheap "romance" novels aren't marketed at men... but the covers on those are fairly oversexualized as well.
As for the big bulky superheroes... my wife was pretty happy with the scene where "Thor" went shirtless, so I'd say that's not "just for men" either.
Netflix is a subscription model, not a purchase model. It's also a fairly legitimate one, unlike games or OS's (or even some movie purchases) where you're paying a substantial fee for something that masquerades as a purchase yet distributers try to treat as a lease/rental.
Under $10 a month. Unlimited ability to watch from the catalog (subject to your internet connection limits). It's an on-demand rental service. It never pretends to be anything else.
If people want to buy a movie, they can still buy it. You might as well complain that the video rental store isn't letting you keep your rentals (yes, it is possible to copy them, but it's also against your contract with the store).
That one seems a little dodgy at the moment. Yeah, good idea and nice shots, but there's only one identified "developer" and even he isn't being very forthcoming about his experience/history.
Could just be he's a kickstarter newbie, but if that's the case what's the chance of him (and/or "the team) getting a functional game out in a reasonable timeline?
... or one can't see the line, which is pretty damn common around here in wet/dirty/winter road conditions, especially since the city gets pretty lazy about repainting the damn things.
Further to that, if the sensor trips when you're 1" over the line, is it detecting your tires, bumper, what?
Regardless, traffic laws are supposed to be about safety, not a source of revenue. That 1" over the line isn't meant to pump out $100k worth of tickets. When things are that sensitive, you end up with *more* accidents as people freak out about crossing the line and drive stupidly as a result.
Really?
Having been member of a Union, Shop Steward of a Union, and part of the Union committee... no I wouldn't know anything at all about it would I.
Unions are a beaurocracy these days.
They also seem to get hung up for long periods of time defending bad employees. Unfortunately this takes away from the time that they have to deal with the issues affecting *good* employees.
Well, it sounds like they weren't. Certainly as a company Yahoo is doing well, but overall it sounds like people weren't available when they needed to be, which - at least IMHO - is part of the job.
The problem is that sometimes it's hard to track this down to a particular person. I've worked in places where we were "mobile." Most employees were good about it, but there was one guy "slept in" consistently, and otherwise was doing non-work stuff a good deal of time. Some work still got done, so there was visibility, but a lot of the rest ended up on the shoulders of his more diligent co-workers.
I don't think his client-sites realized how much of a problem he was, so there weren't a lot of complaints/reports back to management. Work *eventually* did get done there.
When stuff started to fall apart, then the blame started. This particular individual immediately started blaming issues on "other people changing stuff at his sites in a non-standard way." It took a *LONG* time to deal with him. In fact, as it's union, his termination was being fought against years hence (and I left there many years ago, it may still be ongoing).
You don't have to be completely absent for productivity to suffer, but quite often those that are good at shirking work are also good are deflecting blame and taking others' credit, etc. In a situation where employees aren't present, this can be even more of an issue. The work might get done, but it's unevenly spread out and not done efficiently.
I don't know that this is a case of "purposely short-changed" so much as "were cheap and didn't supply enough resources"
If you look at many EA releases, that's about par for the course. Also last-minute patches, or post-launch patching for major issues, etc.
The cake is a lie!
Who has the say in a single-partner relationship if your spouse is already dead and you have four children?
(above is not mean to support/object to multi-partner relationships, just a question of procedure).
The N. American servers were filling up almost immediately after being brought online
The issues with always-on DRM have been known for awhile. However, if so many people bought the game for launch, then I doubt EA's going to be getting the message that it's bad for sales...
And Mint is for people who want more packages but dislike the direction that Canonical has been taking with Gnome3 etc...
(it also works with the stock Steam installer)
I highly doubt completely redoing the existing transmission infrastructure with conventional means is possible with the cost of building three nuclear plants, let alone a superconducting one. And I haven't even got to the current limits yet.
Not all at once, but the thing about almost any infrastructure, it gets old, and needs replacement eventually.
If in X years from now, the was a room-temperature superconductor that was roughly the cost of the old conductor (and could be used in parallel), then eventually replacement just becomes part of maintenance.
People like you who. Thanks, I learned something new today.
The majority of people who have bought Android tablets did so because they do not like Apple
Maybe the majority of people on slashdot, but I doubt it's even true with that narrow of a field. There are a few factors:
a) Price
b) Convenience
c) Design/interface
d) Features
I service PC's on the side, so I have plenty of time to talk to "regular folk" who are not technically inclined. I also have buddies in retail. Apple sold on brand-recognition for awhile, but Samsung and Asus have become more well-known now too.
So why do they buy android tablets? Well, basically the price is good and it does what they want. A lot of people just want something that convenient to travel with and that does email, browses the web, and perhaps plays a few games. In the older crowd, the latter tends not to apply.
These folk used to buy laptops, but when tablets became more common the laptops were overpowered and bulky.
A full-sized iPad was more convenient in that it doesn't take up much room in a suitcase or whatever, but at the price-point it still had competition from netbooks etc. While more convenient to pack, it still wasn't very fun to travel with as it didn't fit nicely into many purses or pockets.
The Asus tablets became fairly popular because they had a detachable keyboard (and a lot of people aren't so fond of touchscreens for email), and were a bit cheaper than the iPad.
Then comes Nexus 7 etc. It fits into a back-pocket on most jeans, or an inner-pocket in a jacket. It slips into a purse easily. It's cheap. It's powerful. It does email, browses the web, video-chat, etc. It'll even do flash but you're hitting a more technical crowd to get that installed
What it lacks: HDMI connection to plug into TV's, and no "airplay." Miracast will likely replace those in the future with whatever the successor is to the Nexus 7 (I believe that it has the GPU to handle it, but not the wifi, so it won't be available on this model).
The average person doesn't really connect the tablet to the TV, so even the above are extras.
The other thing it lacks: A nice way to take/transfer pictures. Other tablets with SD slots would be nice for this, but space is limited. iPad is still a bit bulky for this. Phones aren't bad, but the killer feature would be something to connect the two (wirelessly) to manage photo albums on the camera device from a tablet. It seems that for the moment people are still content to manage pictures on a PC though and do the sync thing.
So what is an Android tablet lacking that a regular person needs? Not a Linux/Android/Apple fanboi, just a person who wants a portable device?
a) Price: Check, they're fairly affordable
b) Convenience: 7" is a very convience size for purses and pockets
c) Design/interface: One of the best things iDevices did is bring capacitive multitouch to portables. The cheaper Androids often had shitty resistive touch, but that's changed for the most-part.
d) Features: (remember, regular joe). Email: check, Internet browsing: check, and - dare I say it - porn: check
Normal people don't love Apple or Android. They might love a particular device. Sometimes they get attached to a brand for awhile, but eventually it comes down to: will this do what I want for the price it's available at.
Customers ask me which is better. It really comes down to what they want to do with it. For many, a Nexus is fine. Some people want to use their apps on the tablet, or have a media device. In that case, the convenience of iTunes and the availability of peripherals goes in the favor of Apple devices.
While people may play music on their phones, tablets are often more video-centric, and Netflix combined with the growing Play video collection is turning into a big competitor. If Google (or Samsung, etc) got their sh** together and made a decent platform for music, Apple would really be in trouble, but while they're improving the experience is still rather inconsistent.
Doctor: *boom* headshot.
Nurse: Doctor... what did you just do!?
Doctor: Oops!