Not only that, but the "number of the beast" is actually 616. During one of the many translations of that work of fiction, it was assumed by the translating monks to be the equivalent of a typo, so they changed it it 666.
I have some of those old monorail pieces (I had no idea they were valuable - should probably did them out), and I doubt that you could 3D print them at the moment. The key part of the centre rail is that it's toothed, with the train itself being driven by a vertically mounted motor in the centre power unit, engaging the fine-toothed track with a metal cog.
I just don't think that a 3D printer can produce the level of accuracy needed for that sort of track with enough strength to withstand the metal traction cog.
As much as we need competent programmers, DBAs, network administrators, etc., we also need plumbers, carpenters and electricians. Not everyone has the talent or desire for college, and I think we as a society ought to recognize that. Of course, that means less income for colleges and bankers providing student loans, so I'm not surprised that this is being billed as a radical idea.
One of the worst things that happened to the UK back in the day was the stigmatisation of "trades" and the new idea that to be worth anything you had to get a degree. This had a twofold effect - a lack of people who saw a skilled trade job as a viable option, and a devaluation of the degree as everyone scrambled to offer one that would be suitable for all levels of academic achievement.
It's something we're still suffering from, and we need to get away from this idea that everyone can have every opportunity if they want - some people are not cut out for academia, and there is nothing wrong with that, but they might make an extraordinary skilled tradesman. Until we re-level that playing field and take the stigma away from jobs where you get your hands dirty, we'll be stuck with the fallout.
Yes, but it's never really taken off as a substitute for SMS like these apps have. They're structured much more like instant messaging clients rather than email programs, even if the result is ultimately the same, it's all about the interface.
If you're charged for SMS messages rather than having a monthly allotment, services like iOS Messages/WhatsApp/BBM really help since they use your data allowance rather than being specific things the telco can bill you for.
For me, iOS Messages allows me to send text messages, pictures, videos etc to my friends in the USA (I;m in the UK) for free - all it is is data, which I have a ton of (infinite if I'm on wifi), whereas my carrier charges 10-25p for international SMS and picture messages.
RIM's BBM service is like that but previously was exclusively for blackberry devices (as iMessage is for iOS), with WhatsApp being cross platform. Going cross platform with BBM is RIM's attempt to keep blackberry marketshare, since people are really starting to cotton on to these sorts of messaging services as an easy way to avoid massive carrier charges for sending pictures and SMS messages. Their only real downside is that they tended to be OS-specific.
They just need to push Metro to the background like Apple OSX App store is done. If i dont invoke it, i NEVER see Launchpad on OSX. Make metro so i can ignore it on my machine if i so choose.
The problem is that Metro is the new start menu.
It would be like Apple dumping the Dock and saying "Launchpad or GTFO", which they clearly didn't do because they realised people who have been using OS X for years would find that annoying and baffling. (I too, do not use launchpad, but I know some people who love it - see what choice does for you?!)
You can message your friends who have Blackberries.
Just as WhatsApp enabled (free, non-SMS) cross communication between iOS and Android, now RIM has realised that they need to get in on that if they have any hope of keeping their existing users, let alone tempt any new users to BB devices.
I'm sorry. Need a boo hoo rag? That makes as much sense as trying to tell me how much Walmart loses importing it's plastic crap from China. Let's cry for Walmart while we're at it. It's how business works and its not fair, boo,hoo.
I see you're struggling to come up with a coherent argument when you don't have 'amusing' portmanteaus to rely on to get your point across. You haven't refuted the argument at all - I didn't say anything about Walmart's business practice or insinuate at all that it "loses money" importing goods. Where are you getting this from?
I merely stated that you have suggested that profit = (retail price - BOM), which is hilariously naive and inaccurate, topped with an appeal to emotion by using a childish variation of a company name.
2/10. Points for showing up. Room for improvement.
What's your term for Samsung? "Shitsung?" "Samshite"? Enquiring minds want to know!
You also seem to know nothing about how business works if you think profit is the retail price minus the cost of materials. Maybe when you grow up, you'll understand. You have a five digit UID, so you're at least 10 years old, or you're using your parents' account perhaps.
If you are watching it unfold as it goes, your imagination can get involved.
It's like reading a book and speculating about what is going to happen. Sure you can do a little of that in a movie running at 24 fps, but not for long before the next bit of info comes along.
There is merit for those watching it in real time.
They file the lawsuits in a neighbouring county so that the students are ineligible for legal aid support from the university and thus can't afford to defend themselves - the "fines" are cheaper than the cost of defending yourself.
That an intellectual forum of internet posters could degrade to ad hominem attacks instead of reasoned debate.... Is this the/. farm system where we draft our new players from?
I know the post is facitious, but the summary was poor. It wasn't reddit posters that resorted to ad homs, it was the owner of the bus company who made several troll accounts (including ones trying to impersonate his "foes") and posted various hilarious troll attempts.
Essentially the owner of the bus company has a very short fuse, a persecution complex, and no self control. So while he was filing lawsuits he was also trolling the lawsuit targets with troll reddit accounts.
It's Ocean Strategery [sic] and Penny Arcade all over again.
And here I was looking forward to a genuine attempt at explaining why it is better to reward your children for their lack of respect of other people's belongings. Why, when I broke my father's electric drill, he should have rewarded me by buying me one of my very own, instead of teaching me a valuable life lesson by making me pay for the damage.
But then as I said in my last post, obvious troll is obvious.
I'll debate you, but you need to log in. AC posts are less than worthless.
I got Saints Row 3 in a Humble Bundle deal along with a bunch of other games for about $15 (I can't remember exactly what I spent, by SR3 was the bonus game at the time that you got if you paid more than the average donation which is usually about $10).
You want to know why some developers treat the PC as an afterthought? Cheap-ass guys li9ke you who basically let the console gamers subsidize game development. Maybe if you didn't spend so much on your "gaming rig", you'd have money to, you know, actually buy games.
You are not stuck with a system where the games cost you $60.
Neither are console gamers there ARE inexpensive games on PSN and the other two console download services.
I paid $5 for Fallout: New Vegas,
I got Saints Row 3 in a Humble Bundle deal along with a bunch of other games for about $15 (I can't remember exactly what I spent, by SR3 was the bonus game at the time that you got if you paid more than the average donation which is usually about $10).
You want to know why some developers treat the PC as an afterthought? Cheap-ass guys li9ke you who basically let the console gamers subsidize game development. Maybe if you didn't spend so much on your "gaming rig", you'd have money to, you know, actually buy games.
You are not stuck with a system where the games cost you $60.
Neither are console gamers there ARE inexpensive games on PSN and the other two console download services.
Adorable.
I'm a cheap ass for buying something offered in a sale by those same developers.
That you think $60 for a game is the "real" price is also amusing. If the indie market has taught us anything it's that you don't need the crippling anchor of a AAA publisher dragging you down into a position where you have to release and sell a mediocre game that has somehow "failed" because it "only" sold 5 million copies.
If a developer doesn't want us to "subsidise" the console gamers, then they have no obligation to do so - there are games on steam that don't go on sale, or only get modest discounts. The low price fire sales are the equivalent of the used games market on the consoles.
Do you call your buddies who buy used games "cheap asses" who you are "subsidising" too? I assume you're not so hypocritical to have never bought a used game in your life, right? Right?
And I see by your condescending attitude that you've missed the point entirely.
If I'd broken one of my father's possessions, he wouldn't have gone out and bought me one of my own. He would have made me work off the cost of a new one for himself. It's called taking some responsibility for your actions. Something we are in sore need of in this country.
Maybe when you're old enough, you'll understand.
Yep, I still see you have zero understanding of children.
It's ok, you don't have to try and save face - you bravely decided to not log in, so you're totally fine.
I'm aware that the Xbox 360 controller works with a PC running Windows or Linux through a dongle that connects to the USB port, but that doesn't help if almost nobody thinks to buy the dongle or to buy a wired controller.
Xbox 360 controllers work flawlessly on a pc.
As I said, that doesn't help if almost nobody thinks to buy the dongle or to buy a wired controller. It's not whether they work as much as how many people are willing to buy a $40 controller to play a $5 game.
You can install more than one game on a PC.
The gamepad also keeps working if you use it with more than one game.
It's a little strange that you think the cost of a gamepad in relation to the games is something I PC gamer would think twice about. This is a market where a mid range GPU can cost more than an entire console, and gamers don't think twice about dropping that sort of money on hardware to play games that cost them peanuts to buy in Steam sales.
If you're a fan of using a controller, the PC supports it in a wide range of games (especially those that also have console versions - hell, the stock Skyrim UI is identical on the console and the PC version, and the game works just fine with a controller).
You mean the console where you can't buy games, only rent them?
Really? You are saying there are ZERO games that can be bought for the PC? Or are you just being a troll?
He is not being a Troll. There is alot of DRM on PC games. Many things purchased on Steam or Origen can not be resold. I can purchase a PS3 game in a store and sell it the next day at gamestop. I purchase a PC game and there is a code in the box that ties the game to an account. All kinds of wierd DRM has been packaged with PC games. Everything from always online to rootkits.
But on the other side of that coin, that game I bought on Steam cost me anywhere from $5 to $30 depending on how long I'm willing to wait for a Steam sale. I don't feel like I have to recoup my money by reselling my games second hand because they cost me so little in the first place. I paid $5 for Fallout: New Vegas, and I am not feeling the pain about not being able to resell it to someone else.
I also have many games acquired through things like Humble Bundles (no DRM, but with Steam key option if you want it to make updates/downloads/game management easier) and places like GoG. I got Saints Row 3 in a Humble Bundle deal along with a bunch of other games for about $15 (I can't remember exactly what I spent, by SR3 was the bonus game at the time that you got if you paid more than the average donation which is usually about $10).
Sure, if you treat it like a console and buy a preorder (ha, Colonial Marines) for $$$$ or buy on launch day then the fact that you can't resell might bite you in the ass, especially if you don't enjoy the game, but that is one small part of the PC games market. Steam sales and alternate vendors like GoG and indie publishers really give you a ton of options. You are not stuck with a system where the games cost you $60.
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Not only that, but the "number of the beast" is actually 616. During one of the many translations of that work of fiction, it was assumed by the translating monks to be the equivalent of a typo, so they changed it it 666.
I have some of those old monorail pieces (I had no idea they were valuable - should probably did them out), and I doubt that you could 3D print them at the moment. The key part of the centre rail is that it's toothed, with the train itself being driven by a vertically mounted motor in the centre power unit, engaging the fine-toothed track with a metal cog.
I just don't think that a 3D printer can produce the level of accuracy needed for that sort of track with enough strength to withstand the metal traction cog.
As much as we need competent programmers, DBAs, network administrators, etc., we also need plumbers, carpenters and electricians. Not everyone has the talent or desire for college, and I think we as a society ought to recognize that. Of course, that means less income for colleges and bankers providing student loans, so I'm not surprised that this is being billed as a radical idea.
One of the worst things that happened to the UK back in the day was the stigmatisation of "trades" and the new idea that to be worth anything you had to get a degree. This had a twofold effect - a lack of people who saw a skilled trade job as a viable option, and a devaluation of the degree as everyone scrambled to offer one that would be suitable for all levels of academic achievement.
It's something we're still suffering from, and we need to get away from this idea that everyone can have every opportunity if they want - some people are not cut out for academia, and there is nothing wrong with that, but they might make an extraordinary skilled tradesman. Until we re-level that playing field and take the stigma away from jobs where you get your hands dirty, we'll be stuck with the fallout.
Yes, but it's never really taken off as a substitute for SMS like these apps have. They're structured much more like instant messaging clients rather than email programs, even if the result is ultimately the same, it's all about the interface.
If you're charged for SMS messages rather than having a monthly allotment, services like iOS Messages/WhatsApp/BBM really help since they use your data allowance rather than being specific things the telco can bill you for.
For me, iOS Messages allows me to send text messages, pictures, videos etc to my friends in the USA (I;m in the UK) for free - all it is is data, which I have a ton of (infinite if I'm on wifi), whereas my carrier charges 10-25p for international SMS and picture messages.
RIM's BBM service is like that but previously was exclusively for blackberry devices (as iMessage is for iOS), with WhatsApp being cross platform. Going cross platform with BBM is RIM's attempt to keep blackberry marketshare, since people are really starting to cotton on to these sorts of messaging services as an easy way to avoid massive carrier charges for sending pictures and SMS messages. Their only real downside is that they tended to be OS-specific.
They just need to push Metro to the background like Apple OSX App store is done. If i dont invoke it, i NEVER see Launchpad on OSX. Make metro so i can ignore it on my machine if i so choose.
The problem is that Metro is the new start menu.
It would be like Apple dumping the Dock and saying "Launchpad or GTFO", which they clearly didn't do because they realised people who have been using OS X for years would find that annoying and baffling. (I too, do not use launchpad, but I know some people who love it - see what choice does for you?!)
You can message your friends who have Blackberries.
Just as WhatsApp enabled (free, non-SMS) cross communication between iOS and Android, now RIM has realised that they need to get in on that if they have any hope of keeping their existing users, let alone tempt any new users to BB devices.
I'm sorry. Need a boo hoo rag? That makes as much sense as trying to tell me how much Walmart loses importing it's plastic crap from China. Let's cry for Walmart while we're at it. It's how business works and its not fair, boo,hoo.
I see you're struggling to come up with a coherent argument when you don't have 'amusing' portmanteaus to rely on to get your point across. You haven't refuted the argument at all - I didn't say anything about Walmart's business practice or insinuate at all that it "loses money" importing goods. Where are you getting this from?
I merely stated that you have suggested that profit = (retail price - BOM), which is hilariously naive and inaccurate, topped with an appeal to emotion by using a childish variation of a company name.
2/10. Points for showing up. Room for improvement.
I'd be very interested to have the exact part of the parent comment quoted to demonstrate why it was moderated troll. Anyone?
"crAPLE"?
What are you, ten years old?
What's your term for Samsung? "Shitsung?" "Samshite"? Enquiring minds want to know!
You also seem to know nothing about how business works if you think profit is the retail price minus the cost of materials. Maybe when you grow up, you'll understand. You have a five digit UID, so you're at least 10 years old, or you're using your parents' account perhaps.
If you are watching it unfold as it goes, your imagination can get involved.
It's like reading a book and speculating about what is going to happen. Sure you can do a little of that in a movie running at 24 fps, but not for long before the next bit of info comes along.
There is merit for those watching it in real time.
Maybe read the summary rather than just the headline?
And here we see why slashdot has fallen so far - insightful mods for the parent comment.
*shakes head sadly*
I'm officially confiscating your sig. You don't appreciate it, clearly.
Just a hunch, but I'm probably on the money here; don't ever play Dark Souls. Probably not for you.
Not every adventure holds your hand.
They file the lawsuits in a neighbouring county so that the students are ineligible for legal aid support from the university and thus can't afford to defend themselves - the "fines" are cheaper than the cost of defending yourself.
It seems I can't spell "facetious", I thought I caught that typo. Oh well.
That an intellectual forum of internet posters could degrade to ad hominem attacks instead of reasoned debate.... Is this the /. farm system where we draft our new players from?
I know the post is facitious, but the summary was poor. It wasn't reddit posters that resorted to ad homs, it was the owner of the bus company who made several troll accounts (including ones trying to impersonate his "foes") and posted various hilarious troll attempts.
Essentially the owner of the bus company has a very short fuse, a persecution complex, and no self control. So while he was filing lawsuits he was also trolling the lawsuit targets with troll reddit accounts.
It's Ocean Strategery [sic] and Penny Arcade all over again.
And here I was looking forward to a genuine attempt at explaining why it is better to reward your children for their lack of respect of other people's belongings. Why, when I broke my father's electric drill, he should have rewarded me by buying me one of my very own, instead of teaching me a valuable life lesson by making me pay for the damage.
But then as I said in my last post, obvious troll is obvious.
I'll debate you, but you need to log in. AC posts are less than worthless.
I'm not trying to "save face", I'm trying to express a point. A point that you seem to disagree with, yet refuse to refute.
Obvious troll is obvious.
Ah, so you really do have enough invested in this to check back on replies, but clearly not enough bravery to log in.
I think we've all learned something about how much your opinion is worth.
Why attempt to refute an AC argument? If you want to debate, the "log in" button is right there.
I paid $5 for Fallout: New Vegas,
I got Saints Row 3 in a Humble Bundle deal along with a bunch of other games for about $15 (I can't remember exactly what I spent, by SR3 was the bonus game at the time that you got if you paid more than the average donation which is usually about $10).
You want to know why some developers treat the PC as an afterthought? Cheap-ass guys li9ke you who basically let the console gamers subsidize game development. Maybe if you didn't spend so much on your "gaming rig", you'd have money to, you know, actually buy games.
You are not stuck with a system where the games cost you $60.
Neither are console gamers there ARE inexpensive games on PSN and the other two console download services.
I paid $5 for Fallout: New Vegas,
I got Saints Row 3 in a Humble Bundle deal along with a bunch of other games for about $15 (I can't remember exactly what I spent, by SR3 was the bonus game at the time that you got if you paid more than the average donation which is usually about $10).
You want to know why some developers treat the PC as an afterthought? Cheap-ass guys li9ke you who basically let the console gamers subsidize game development. Maybe if you didn't spend so much on your "gaming rig", you'd have money to, you know, actually buy games.
You are not stuck with a system where the games cost you $60.
Neither are console gamers there ARE inexpensive games on PSN and the other two console download services.
Adorable.
I'm a cheap ass for buying something offered in a sale by those same developers.
That you think $60 for a game is the "real" price is also amusing. If the indie market has taught us anything it's that you don't need the crippling anchor of a AAA publisher dragging you down into a position where you have to release and sell a mediocre game that has somehow "failed" because it "only" sold 5 million copies.
If a developer doesn't want us to "subsidise" the console gamers, then they have no obligation to do so - there are games on steam that don't go on sale, or only get modest discounts. The low price fire sales are the equivalent of the used games market on the consoles.
Do you call your buddies who buy used games "cheap asses" who you are "subsidising" too? I assume you're not so hypocritical to have never bought a used game in your life, right? Right?
And I see by your condescending attitude that you've missed the point entirely.
If I'd broken one of my father's possessions, he wouldn't have gone out and bought me one of my own. He would have made me work off the cost of a new one for himself. It's called taking some responsibility for your actions. Something we are in sore need of in this country.
Maybe when you're old enough, you'll understand.
Yep, I still see you have zero understanding of children.
It's ok, you don't have to try and save face - you bravely decided to not log in, so you're totally fine.
I see you have zero experience with children.
When you're old enough you'll understand.
I'm aware that the Xbox 360 controller works with a PC running Windows or Linux through a dongle that connects to the USB port, but that doesn't help if almost nobody thinks to buy the dongle or to buy a wired controller.
Xbox 360 controllers work flawlessly on a pc.
As I said, that doesn't help if almost nobody thinks to buy the dongle or to buy a wired controller. It's not whether they work as much as how many people are willing to buy a $40 controller to play a $5 game.
You can install more than one game on a PC.
The gamepad also keeps working if you use it with more than one game.
It's a little strange that you think the cost of a gamepad in relation to the games is something I PC gamer would think twice about. This is a market where a mid range GPU can cost more than an entire console, and gamers don't think twice about dropping that sort of money on hardware to play games that cost them peanuts to buy in Steam sales.
If you're a fan of using a controller, the PC supports it in a wide range of games (especially those that also have console versions - hell, the stock Skyrim UI is identical on the console and the PC version, and the game works just fine with a controller).
A PC
You mean the console where you can't buy games, only rent them?
Really? You are saying there are ZERO games that can be bought for the PC? Or are you just being a troll?
He is not being a Troll. There is alot of DRM on PC games. Many things purchased on Steam or Origen can not be resold.
I can purchase a PS3 game in a store and sell it the next day at gamestop. I purchase a PC game and there is a code in the box
that ties the game to an account. All kinds of wierd DRM has been packaged with PC games. Everything from always online to rootkits.
But on the other side of that coin, that game I bought on Steam cost me anywhere from $5 to $30 depending on how long I'm willing to wait for a Steam sale. I don't feel like I have to recoup my money by reselling my games second hand because they cost me so little in the first place. I paid $5 for Fallout: New Vegas, and I am not feeling the pain about not being able to resell it to someone else.
I also have many games acquired through things like Humble Bundles (no DRM, but with Steam key option if you want it to make updates/downloads/game management easier) and places like GoG. I got Saints Row 3 in a Humble Bundle deal along with a bunch of other games for about $15 (I can't remember exactly what I spent, by SR3 was the bonus game at the time that you got if you paid more than the average donation which is usually about $10).
Sure, if you treat it like a console and buy a preorder (ha, Colonial Marines) for $$$$ or buy on launch day then the fact that you can't resell might bite you in the ass, especially if you don't enjoy the game, but that is one small part of the PC games market. Steam sales and alternate vendors like GoG and indie publishers really give you a ton of options. You are not stuck with a system where the games cost you $60.
At least I can spell it fuckwad.
No, you can't.