The size decrease is shameful. There is very little 'mini' about it. I'm a strong fan of Apple's products, and I'm more than willing to pay extra for the better quality, but the form factor on this thing is terrible. The colors are awful. I wouldn't have such a problem with them if they offered 'Plain' - like the original iPods, or if they looked even remotely like they were rumored to. I know, I got taken by it, but I'm very disappointed. Maybe my disposition will improve once I get to see one, up close and personal, but I doubt it. Not for that price.
I rather enjoyed random conversation, or a bursted comment during intercourse. It allowed for a laugh from her, enough to distract, and was a good lead into something pleasant and unexpected.;)
Your second line is rather mean. I'm sorry you have to feel that way.
There is only one way to bend a two-dimensional plane into a shape without holes -- the sphere -- there is likewise only one way to bend three-dimensional space into a shape that has no holes. Though abstract, the conjecture has powerful practical implications: Solve it and you may be able to describe the shape of the universe.
How do you know that the shape of the universe does not include holes?
You guys just wait. You rag on DNF for five years straight, while 3D Realms is probably kicking asses left and right in the dev for it. They'll bust out in 2008 with a game that brings the house down, and all of you will be just blown away.
Of course, then we have to live through the...fallout... of 'After vaporware, Duke Nukems you!'
"The Columbia Accident Investigation Board at NASA agrees, noting that the slides produced by engineers to report on the wing damage were so confusing that 'a senior manager might read this PowerPoint slide and not realize that it addresses a life-threatening situation.'
How is it that hard? Did they leave out the life-threatening parts, because PowerPoint couldn't do some whizzbang animation to make it look flashy enough?
### Slide One ###
- This is a life-threatening situation.
- We need to inspect panels J-6822 through K-9147.
### Slide Two ###
- Photography of the launch reveals a strike from an object.
- Later images during the mission show a black object floating away from the spacecraft in the vicinity of the initial strike.
### Slide Three ###
- Break out the three-billion dollar Polaroid.
- Use it.
### Slide Four ###
- Engineer2Administrator interface fails (err: unknown)
- We lost the shuttle
-...?
- BLAME MICROSOFT!
The information could have been there, one way or another. PowerPoint is not so crippled that you can not just make a text box and typety type some crap into it, and boom, informative slide.
Frankly, I'm ready to write to them, and say thank you for making such a great game. It's rare you see a title where everyone has an equal opportunity to get shot in the face.
He had colon cancer. A rather massive, record-setting tumor (for our state) had lodged itself in his intestines. He took the pill, wore the belt, etc. It worked great, and the images from the camera weren't of espicially great quality, but they got the job done.
The downside to this was that the cancer was at the very end of his intestinal tract, and it took the physicians so long to go through all of the images, before they got to the ones they needed and determined that he needed immediate, emergency surgery. This was three weeks after he passed the camera.
Thankfully, they got to it in time, but still, just in time. It saved his life, in the end, I think, but it came a little too close for my (and his, I'm sure) comfort.
By the way, he's doing fine, now. Healthier than I've ever seen him before.
Dude... most of college is grubbing off of your parents. Yeah, it sucks ass, so either have them order it from Amazon and shipped to your mailbox, or have they buy it at EB or BestBuy and UPSed or FedEXed up to you.
The other parts of college involve piracy. You know what to do. *nudge*
There are quite a few updated NGC games that I surely love. Pikmin for example. That game is freaking weird. I love it. Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader, and Rogue Squadron III. Love II, can't wait to see III. Metroid Primus - yeah, redo of an older franchise, but still a great game. I'm sure there are others that I just can't think of right now that are absolutely great, atleast in my book.
For a while there was talk of a Zelda GameCube bundle, with all of the Zelda games, plus the new-er iteration. Really looking forward to it - first reason to actually buy a GameCube. Perhaps this is the first step in seeing that roll out? Probably a Christmas hold off.
The Oracle: [The Keymaker is] being held prisoner by a very dangerous program, one of the oldest of us. He is called the Merovingian, and he will not let him go willingly. Neo: What does he want? The Oracle: What do all men with power want? More power.
Is that all? Amazon testing the waters of software patents, then? I'm confused as to... the validity and scope of such a patent. When it comes down to it... does it matter? Does it hold any legal weight? How much? Why doesn't prior art come into affect? If there are two retailers, A and B, which basically mirror the same service, but B decides to patent the system by which it provides said service, what liabilities is A held to? Do they have to discontinue? Do they qualify for prior art?
Say Bezos were granted this patent (probable) - what scope would it have? Would other online user-to-user portals and retailers be forced to shut down? eBay, Half.com (part of eBay), as examples. What exactly would patenting this particular 'idea' do?
You do have a point, but a large number of implementations are changing to a carbon-heat system. Paper is laced with heat-activated carbon, so there is no real 'ink' involved. The paper is slightly more expensive than the other stuff, but it's a whole lot easier in the long run. It's easy to tell - I accidentally dryed my pants with a whole load of reciepts from Wals*Mart and Bennigians. Came out cool.
Anywho, yes, while you are correct, Dot-Matrix IS on the way out.
Unless you plan on showcasing your collection(s), consider adopting a closet in your room with the most media already in it to suit this task. My bedroom closet, aside from storing my hanging shirts, also has racks upon racks upon racks of CDs and DVDs. It works for me. All of those stacks of manuals and [plug type='shameless'] O'Reilly books also reside there.
The storage units themselves weren't a kit. Nothing beats a table saw, a good mouse sander, and a trip to Home Depot. Or Lowes. Or something. Just some lumber. Only took a weekend to get it all together, and it was one of the best weekends I ever spent in my room.
What's the feasability for taking one and putting it on top of the other? It wouldn't be that hard; either use shelving, or mount an LCD panel to the top of that hulky CRT. It'll fit.
Plus, I'm almost 100% sure that Windows will allow you to position the extra desktop space above your existing monitor. All it is is a matter of click-n-drag on the new monitor in the 'settings' tab of the Display Preferences, if memory serves me.
On an off-topic note, has anyone had an instance where, from two year-and-a-half-old 1024MB RAM strips, one and one half just up and die? My machine only reads 512 now.
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The size decrease is shameful. There is very little 'mini' about it. I'm a strong fan of Apple's products, and I'm more than willing to pay extra for the better quality, but the form factor on this thing is terrible. The colors are awful. I wouldn't have such a problem with them if they offered 'Plain' - like the original iPods, or if they looked even remotely like they were rumored to. I know, I got taken by it, but I'm very disappointed. Maybe my disposition will improve once I get to see one, up close and personal, but I doubt it. Not for that price.
That's not entirely true.
;)
I rather enjoyed random conversation, or a bursted comment during intercourse. It allowed for a laugh from her, enough to distract, and was a good lead into something pleasant and unexpected.
Your second line is rather mean. I'm sorry you have to feel that way.
x, 1/x ?
CRAP! I live in Rochester! >_<
Not trying to be rude, but, what about them, exactly?
How do you know that the shape of the universe does not include holes?
Holy crap!
Go valmont! Good post.
[topic] Err. Yeah. Go iPods, too? Yeah, that'll do.
Someting along the lines of 'Endentured Servant'?
You guys just wait. You rag on DNF for five years straight, while 3D Realms is probably kicking asses left and right in the dev for it. They'll bust out in 2008 with a game that brings the house down, and all of you will be just blown away.
...fallout... of 'After vaporware, Duke Nukems you!'
Of course, then we have to live through the
How is it that hard? Did they leave out the life-threatening parts, because PowerPoint couldn't do some whizzbang animation to make it look flashy enough?
### Slide One ###
- This is a life-threatening situation.
- We need to inspect panels J-6822 through K-9147.
### Slide Two ###
- Photography of the launch reveals a strike from an object.
- Later images during the mission show a black object floating away from the spacecraft in the vicinity of the initial strike.
### Slide Three ###
- Break out the three-billion dollar Polaroid.
- Use it.
### Slide Four ###
- Engineer2Administrator interface fails (err: unknown)
- We lost the shuttle
-
- BLAME MICROSOFT!
The information could have been there, one way or another. PowerPoint is not so crippled that you can not just make a text box and typety type some crap into it, and boom, informative slide.
...if any. If none, I apologize.
Frankly, I'm ready to write to them, and say thank you for making such a great game. It's rare you see a title where everyone has an equal opportunity to get shot in the face.
My Grandfather had this done.
He had colon cancer. A rather massive, record-setting tumor (for our state) had lodged itself in his intestines. He took the pill, wore the belt, etc. It worked great, and the images from the camera weren't of espicially great quality, but they got the job done.
The downside to this was that the cancer was at the very end of his intestinal tract, and it took the physicians so long to go through all of the images, before they got to the ones they needed and determined that he needed immediate, emergency surgery. This was three weeks after he passed the camera.
Thankfully, they got to it in time, but still, just in time. It saved his life, in the end, I think, but it came a little too close for my (and his, I'm sure) comfort.
By the way, he's doing fine, now. Healthier than I've ever seen him before.
Dude... most of college is grubbing off of your parents. Yeah, it sucks ass, so either have them order it from Amazon and shipped to your mailbox, or have they buy it at EB or BestBuy and UPSed or FedEXed up to you.
The other parts of college involve piracy. You know what to do. *nudge*
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There are quite a few updated NGC games that I surely love. Pikmin for example. That game is freaking weird. I love it. Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader, and Rogue Squadron III. Love II, can't wait to see III. Metroid Primus - yeah, redo of an older franchise, but still a great game. I'm sure there are others that I just can't think of right now that are absolutely great, atleast in my book.
For a while there was talk of a Zelda GameCube bundle, with all of the Zelda games, plus the new-er iteration. Really looking forward to it - first reason to actually buy a GameCube. Perhaps this is the first step in seeing that roll out? Probably a Christmas hold off.
The Oracle: [The Keymaker is] being held prisoner by a very dangerous program, one of the oldest of us. He is called the Merovingian, and he will not let him go willingly.
Neo: What does he want?
The Oracle: What do all men with power want? More power.
Look at the monkey! Look at the pretty monkey!
[Juror's head explodes...]
Is that all? Amazon testing the waters of software patents, then? I'm confused as to... the validity and scope of such a patent. When it comes down to it... does it matter? Does it hold any legal weight? How much? Why doesn't prior art come into affect? If there are two retailers, A and B, which basically mirror the same service, but B decides to patent the system by which it provides said service, what liabilities is A held to? Do they have to discontinue? Do they qualify for prior art?
...by this particular 'patent'.
Say Bezos were granted this patent (probable) - what scope would it have? Would other online user-to-user portals and retailers be forced to shut down? eBay, Half.com (part of eBay), as examples. What exactly would patenting this particular 'idea' do?
You do have a point, but a large number of implementations are changing to a carbon-heat system. Paper is laced with heat-activated carbon, so there is no real 'ink' involved. The paper is slightly more expensive than the other stuff, but it's a whole lot easier in the long run. It's easy to tell - I accidentally dryed my pants with a whole load of reciepts from Wals*Mart and Bennigians. Came out cool.
Anywho, yes, while you are correct, Dot-Matrix IS on the way out.
Unless you plan on showcasing your collection(s), consider adopting a closet in your room with the most media already in it to suit this task. My bedroom closet, aside from storing my hanging shirts, also has racks upon racks upon racks of CDs and DVDs. It works for me. All of those stacks of manuals and [plug type='shameless'] O'Reilly books also reside there.
The storage units themselves weren't a kit. Nothing beats a table saw, a good mouse sander, and a trip to Home Depot. Or Lowes. Or something. Just some lumber. Only took a weekend to get it all together, and it was one of the best weekends I ever spent in my room.
A proper BOFH would tell you that it stands for Pig Headed Boss.
What's the feasability for taking one and putting it on top of the other? It wouldn't be that hard; either use shelving, or mount an LCD panel to the top of that hulky CRT. It'll fit.
Plus, I'm almost 100% sure that Windows will allow you to position the extra desktop space above your existing monitor. All it is is a matter of click-n-drag on the new monitor in the 'settings' tab of the Display Preferences, if memory serves me.
On an off-topic note, has anyone had an instance where, from two year-and-a-half-old 1024MB RAM strips, one and one half just up and die? My machine only reads 512 now.
I'm in with that. Been saying it for years now.
:D
Out of curiosity, do you need a programmer for your new civilization?