All the more reason why they are getting stolen: More and more people are feeling the 'Gas-pump sting' with their fancy cars, and are settling with more fuel-efficient cars.
They are stealing high MPG cars with more and more frequency. Sure, they aren't 'pretty' but they are being stolen.
And another reason your argument is stupid: Just because I have money to buy nice things, dosen't mean I should have them stolen. Nor should I expect it.
You own a house. Lots of people don't own a house. You should be robbed/broken into just because you have a house?
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A couple years back, during the 4th or 5th time they have repaved/dug up Lee Rd. near my house someone nicked a water-main with the shorewall (the metal things they stick in holes so they don't cave-in on workers) and caused a little bitty leak.
Turns out there was an 100+ year old pipe under the watermain that nobody had been using or known about. The little water leak washed out the soil under the pipe, and while they were trying to figure out what it was the pipe cracked and someone screamed "GAAAAS!". Not 15 seconds after that, the entire Lee Rd. was lit up with 15' tall flames that I could feel well over 500' away on the corner of my street. Houses and the local video store were completely melted on the sides as well as the walgreens and 7-11.
So yea. This stuff happens. All the more reason why we should have open and accessible standards and records.
Wrong on the first point, and yes that is a hoot to see in the term.
I get worse performance in WoW, and a lot of other people do as well. The forums are clogged with the posts of people who can't even play because of a driver/shader change that nVidia implemented in the new 100.xx version of drivers.
For the record, I have a 8800GTX and a 64-bit CPU. Not the highest-end equipment, but it's up there and I only get about 45FPS in Linux under Cedega. I get well over 100FPs in Windows. So, your argument of 'faster' is not exactly the truth, at least not in FPS in WoW.
From what I understand, the lack of Ogg support on many players stems less from commercial or legal concerns (patent issues vis a vis Fraunhofer notwithstanding) than from technical issues. Ogg needs more juice to decode, which means needing stronger processors, better means of heat dissipation, and a necessary hit on battery performance. Not that it can't be done, but it requires more expensive components and shorter battery lives.
I contest that it takes more juice to run Ogg than an MP3. This here, VS1000 from VSLI is a single chip, capable of decoding all Ogg files, and from the specs it appears to take only 33ma of power when decoding a file.
Granted, this chip was just released a short time ago... But at least now there's no reason not to make a Ogg player.
See... I thought it was from that Red Dwarf episode, where Kryten put all the CPU time through one processor--exponentionally increasing it's computing power, but shortening it's overall lifespan.
Holly only had 3min before she would be gone forever... And that bloody toaster had to ask if she wanted toast.
Lets hope that Intel has solved this issue with their new CPU's.
I for one which welcome, in soviet russia we compute you, and PROFIT!
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Lies. It asks you ever time you apply updates if you want to reboot. And if you decline, it pops back up every 10-15m or so.
Wait a sec. I thought by purchasing the subscription, that eliminated the commercials. Why would I buy a special receiver and surrender yet another monthly subscription fee, just to listen to compressed audio that sounds worse than the mp3s I rip off my own cds? No. The radio you bought allows you to decrypt the digital data that are being broadcast all over the country. You are paying for the right to be able to decrypt those signals.
The FM radio in your car can be built by anybody--the technology is essentially 'open source' in this sense. Therefore, the only income those stations have is from donations (yea, right) and by advertisers.
Just as cable has commercials (longer, more annoying) Sat radio has them too. There are many, many stations that are commercial free--but not all of them.
You are paying for a SERVICE--unfiltered, unFCC'd, unaltered content. That is the service they provide to you. You are not paying the broadcasting bills, that comes from the same source that it always has: Adverts.
Even FM sounds better when the signal strength is good. Now HDFM is coming out in between the standard stations. And it's still free. All you need is a new receiver. Yea, which costs damn near 200 bucks, unless you buy a mickey-mouse external adapter that basically feeds the signal in through a special port... and then the radio can cost you 100 bucks, and the 'tuner' another 99.95.
Your logic defies your own self. A one-time-cost is still a cost. You are paying for it either way, it just depends on how long you keep the radio. If my radio breaks, i can buy another one for $30 and they will transfer my subscription for free. If my HD radio breaks, it's another $99 bucks.
Replace 'steal' for another angle. They don't want Sat radios, as they don't work for much longer than they can steal them. HD radios they can re-sell almost as fast as they can steal them.
But above all that, the REAL reason HD radio is a crock--It's still governed by the FCC, which means that you are no longer able to listen to the whole song/radio/talk because it isin't up to you. It's up to a suit who dosen't want to be annoyed by all the stay-at-home moms of the world who have nothing better to do than bitch about how a boob was shown on TV for nary a second, yet will defend the right to brestfeed in public.
And that my good sir, is the reason I WILLINGLY PAY for my Sat radio. I want all the music, and none of the bleeps.
It's like eating a McDonalds hamburger that's been sitting under the heatlamps too long: It just dosen't taste like anything even remotely close to food anymore.
I just got back from a trip to Ohio and there would have been fucking in the streets for 68 degrees! Liar. It's been on average like 50+ up here since November. We had one snow, and that was it.
Would it be possible for you to send me pictures of the power supply? I belive it is the same as my Libertto 100CT but I would like to make sure. I would love to turn this into a rinky-dink terminal too, I just need a power supply.
Twice, and you want to remove the media between each pass.
Also, on a lot of systems it is 'shred' and not wipe. I find that 'shred -fvzn 4' does a pretty good job of destroying the data on HD's and floppies--although, 8 passes would be the 'high' security setting on DBAN.
Arnold: What's that? The plan to be the slobbiest entity in the entire universe?
Lister: No. Me 5 year plan. You see, I'm going to do two more trips, and I've been saving up all me pay.
Arnold: Since when?
Lister: Since always. That's why I never buy any soap or deodorant or socks or anything like that, ya know? Anyway, I'm going to by myself a little farm on Fiji, and I'm gonna get a sheep and a cow... And breed horses.
Arnold: With a sheep and a cow?
Lister: No, with horses and horses.
Arnold: On Fiji?
Lister: Yea, the prices there are unbelievable.
Arnold: Yes, that's because they had a volcanic eruption and now most of Fiji is 3 feet below sealevel.
Lister: It's only 3 feet. They can wade. That's why the animals are going to have to be quite tall.
Arnold: Nice plan Lister. Excellent plan. Brilliant plan Lister! What about the sheep? What are you going to do, buy them water wings? Fit them with stilts? Better still, you can crossbreed them with dolphins and have leaping mutton. (Makes sheep sounds, then splash sounds)
Lister: You can get a drainage grant these days.
Arnold: Why bother lister? You can become the first man to produce wet-look knitwear.
Lister: Look. This is why I never, ever said anything to you 'cause I knew you'd say something like this.
Arnold: Lister, you got the brain of a cheese sandwich. Morning Farmer lister, I'm just popping down to the shops in my submarine. Can I buy you anything?
Research 'USBLoader Advance' and 'HDLoader 8B' in your favorite search engine, and you should see some results.
My FFXII load times went from "AARRGGH!" to "Meh" with a simple download. Not to meniton I can have all the games I play on the internal HD--and with 500GB drives being as cheap as they are, I may never need to load another disc into my PS2 ever again... except for when I purchase it. Then it can go back into it's little case and sit upon my shelf.
I don't see why the consoles don't have HD's inside them for loading the game data off of. It makes a lot of sense. Don't store any code or anything important on there (like, decryption routines or anything) but at the same time use it as a way faster cache for texture data and sounds.
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All the more reason why they are getting stolen: More and more people are feeling the 'Gas-pump sting' with their fancy cars, and are settling with more fuel-efficient cars.
They did it with ShadowRun...
They are stealing high MPG cars with more and more frequency. Sure, they aren't 'pretty' but they are being stolen.
And another reason your argument is stupid: Just because I have money to buy nice things, dosen't mean I should have them stolen. Nor should I expect it.
You own a house. Lots of people don't own a house. You should be robbed/broken into just because you have a house?
They also get you a job on Geek Squad.
Being a pervert is optional.
And we all gaze longingly towards the heavens, so that his noodley appendage may touch us all.
And may the blood of the non-believers flow over the land like his thick, meaty sauce.
RAmen!
Bite my shiny, rocket-powered, metal ass!
Ha-hahahaha!
That's a 'fact' not a law. And yes, it is a fact and not a theory. Gravity can be proven easily by anybody with patience.
Bending Spacetime in the Basement
A couple years back, during the 4th or 5th time they have repaved/dug up Lee Rd. near my house someone nicked a water-main with the shorewall (the metal things they stick in holes so they don't cave-in on workers) and caused a little bitty leak.
Turns out there was an 100+ year old pipe under the watermain that nobody had been using or known about. The little water leak washed out the soil under the pipe, and while they were trying to figure out what it was the pipe cracked and someone screamed "GAAAAS!". Not 15 seconds after that, the entire Lee Rd. was lit up with 15' tall flames that I could feel well over 500' away on the corner of my street. Houses and the local video store were completely melted on the sides as well as the walgreens and 7-11.
So yea. This stuff happens. All the more reason why we should have open and accessible standards and records.
Which is why I don't buy Dell. Quality == teh suck
Hey McFly! iPhone dosen't work on the internet! UNLESS YOU GOT POWAH!!!
Wrong on the first point, and yes that is a hoot to see in the term.
I get worse performance in WoW, and a lot of other people do as well. The forums are clogged with the posts of people who can't even play because of a driver/shader change that nVidia implemented in the new 100.xx version of drivers.
For the record, I have a 8800GTX and a 64-bit CPU. Not the highest-end equipment, but it's up there and I only get about 45FPS in Linux under Cedega. I get well over 100FPs in Windows. So, your argument of 'faster' is not exactly the truth, at least not in FPS in WoW.
Both the WiiFree and OpenWii support import games. Both in Wii-mode and the GC-modes.
STFW!
Your comments disturb me.
SECURITY! Bring me the forms that I need to fill out to have her removed from the Central Bureaucracy!
See... I thought it was from that Red Dwarf episode, where Kryten put all the CPU time through one processor--exponentionally increasing it's computing power, but shortening it's overall lifespan.
Holly only had 3min before she would be gone forever... And that bloody toaster had to ask if she wanted toast.
Lets hope that Intel has solved this issue with their new CPU's.
I for one which welcome, in soviet russia we compute you, and PROFIT!
Lies. It asks you ever time you apply updates if you want to reboot. And if you decline, it pops back up every 10-15m or so.
All they wanted was to incite fear and massive panic amongst the people of the USA.
They won.
America the brave. It is to laugh.
With all the calculators?
The FM radio in your car can be built by anybody--the technology is essentially 'open source' in this sense. Therefore, the only income those stations have is from donations (yea, right) and by advertisers.
Just as cable has commercials (longer, more annoying) Sat radio has them too. There are many, many stations that are commercial free--but not all of them.
You are paying for a SERVICE--unfiltered, unFCC'd, unaltered content. That is the service they provide to you. You are not paying the broadcasting bills, that comes from the same source that it always has: Adverts. Even FM sounds better when the signal strength is good. Now HDFM is coming out in between the standard stations. And it's still free. All you need is a new receiver. Yea, which costs damn near 200 bucks, unless you buy a mickey-mouse external adapter that basically feeds the signal in through a special port... and then the radio can cost you 100 bucks, and the 'tuner' another 99.95.
Your logic defies your own self. A one-time-cost is still a cost. You are paying for it either way, it just depends on how long you keep the radio. If my radio breaks, i can buy another one for $30 and they will transfer my subscription for free. If my HD radio breaks, it's another $99 bucks.
Replace 'steal' for another angle. They don't want Sat radios, as they don't work for much longer than they can steal them. HD radios they can re-sell almost as fast as they can steal them.
But above all that, the REAL reason HD radio is a crock--It's still governed by the FCC, which means that you are no longer able to listen to the whole song/radio/talk because it isin't up to you. It's up to a suit who dosen't want to be annoyed by all the stay-at-home moms of the world who have nothing better to do than bitch about how a boob was shown on TV for nary a second, yet will defend the right to brestfeed in public.
And that my good sir, is the reason I WILLINGLY PAY for my Sat radio. I want all the music, and none of the bleeps.
Pot-Noodle is so disgusting...
It's like eating a McDonalds hamburger that's been sitting under the heatlamps too long: It just dosen't taste like anything even remotely close to food anymore.
Would it be possible for you to send me pictures of the power supply? I belive it is the same as my Libertto 100CT but I would like to make sure. I would love to turn this into a rinky-dink terminal too, I just need a power supply.
Twice, and you want to remove the media between each pass.
Also, on a lot of systems it is 'shred' and not wipe. I find that 'shred -fvzn 4' does a pretty good job of destroying the data on HD's and floppies--although, 8 passes would be the 'high' security setting on DBAN.
Arnold: Lister you are a nothing.
Lister: I'm not a nothin', I got me plan.
Arnold: What's that? The plan to be the slobbiest entity in the entire universe?
Lister: No. Me 5 year plan. You see, I'm going to do two more trips, and I've been saving up all me pay.
Arnold: Since when?
Lister: Since always. That's why I never buy any soap or deodorant or socks or anything like that, ya know? Anyway, I'm going to by myself a little farm on Fiji, and I'm gonna get a sheep and a cow... And breed horses.
Arnold: With a sheep and a cow?
Lister: No, with horses and horses.
Arnold: On Fiji?
Lister: Yea, the prices there are unbelievable.
Arnold: Yes, that's because they had a volcanic eruption and now most of Fiji is 3 feet below sealevel.
Lister: It's only 3 feet. They can wade. That's why the animals are going to have to be quite tall.
Arnold: Nice plan Lister. Excellent plan. Brilliant plan Lister! What about the sheep? What are you going to do, buy them water wings? Fit them with stilts? Better still, you can crossbreed them with dolphins and have leaping mutton. (Makes sheep sounds, then splash sounds)
Lister: You can get a drainage grant these days.
Arnold: Why bother lister? You can become the first man to produce wet-look knitwear.
Lister: Look. This is why I never, ever said anything to you 'cause I knew you'd say something like this.
Arnold: Lister, you got the brain of a cheese sandwich. Morning Farmer lister, I'm just popping down to the shops in my submarine. Can I buy you anything?
Actually...
Research 'USBLoader Advance' and 'HDLoader 8B' in your favorite search engine, and you should see some results.
My FFXII load times went from "AARRGGH!" to "Meh" with a simple download. Not to meniton I can have all the games I play on the internal HD--and with 500GB drives being as cheap as they are, I may never need to load another disc into my PS2 ever again... except for when I purchase it. Then it can go back into it's little case and sit upon my shelf.
I don't see why the consoles don't have HD's inside them for loading the game data off of. It makes a lot of sense. Don't store any code or anything important on there (like, decryption routines or anything) but at the same time use it as a way faster cache for texture data and sounds.