Agree completely, this is a no-brainer. The trade value for most of the Android phones people are eager to trade in will most likely be older and not worth much at all. So give them a few dollars and sell them an expensive iPhone 6. There may be some sticker shock though if the people attempting to trade in their phones are not familiar with the cost of iPhones. Don't worry though, they can hang out at the Genius Bar while they get over the shock.
I've experienced this before where the round-trip flight was a fraction of the one-way, and I only needed a one-way trip. I did make the mistake of telling the ticketing agent at the airport that I didn't plan on using the return trip ticket and got the third-degree. So I learned my lesson to never mentioned it again. Of course now most everything is done online. Strange though they have such absurd pricing, especially if you're purchasing with little time in advance.
Not only market saturation but nothing new in 2014 that peaked interest. I have an original iPad and iPad Air. That was a clear upgrade. The iPad Air 2 is so similar to the iPad Air, what's the justification for the cost to "upgrade"?
Not to mention, these higher-end hotels also usually charge for parking, breakfast, and have a horrible selection of TV channels yet tons of pay-per-view options. Having stayed in many Marriott hotels around the U.S., I can vouch they usually charge these extra fees in their higher-end hotels. Usually downtown or near an airport.
Touch LCD display would be awesome. You could play online MMO style. A war strategy game like Road to Moscow online would be really cool. Tons of other games as well, but similar theme. It would be a real-time war (terrain and armies) command center. Were that the case, I's shell out $8,500 form one.
Life was a carnival! We entertained ourselves! We didn't need moooovin' pitchurrrres. In my day, there was only one show in town -- it was called "Stare at the sun!"... That's right! You'd sit in the middle of an open field and stare up at the sun till your eyeballs burst into flames! And you thought, "Oh, no! Maybe I shouldn't've stared directly into the burning sun with my eyes wide open." But it was too late! Your head was on fire and people were roastin' chickens over it.... And that's the way it was and we liked it!
Really depends on the type of contract work they are doing. Working for a company like CSC who manages contract and pays employee benefits, a W-2 contractor that works for what is basically a head-hunting company that provide no benefits or a 1099 contractor (essentially self-employed.) Having done all three I can say a skilled IT worker (W2 or 1099) in NYC should be getting no less than $60/hr. I realize the market has slowed down considerably since the heydays of the late 90's, but rates have rebounded the last few years. We had something similar happen at T Rowe Price where all the contractors were let go to save money. Most were charging over $100/hr.
The only thing is when they are not raiding or questing they seen to like to chat a lot in pst. Also, a lot more verbal on vent than most males. I think it has more of a social aspect to female players. For the most part, they are good players so meh..
I'm thinking back to 1993-1994 when SGI had killer workstations that had some nifty innovative features with the best GUI for Unix workstations. Hell, the best GUI for all workstations at the time. We used to manage a few hundred of them along with Suns and Alphas. It's funny looking back that Sun survived and SGI and Alpha didn't. Alpha and SGI were like the BMWs and Mercedes of the workstations and servers, where Sun was like a used Ford. But SGI went to their WNT strategy and took a nosedive. Hard to compete with 2k workstations (at the time) with ones that cost over 10k.
That's the main issue I have with this as well. Who determines which browsers will be included? I'm sure someone will feel left out.
To download other browsers you'll need a browser to begin with so the "no browser" option is out.
Not a Microsoft fan here but think this is way over the top.
Agree. It will take a while for dish/cable/consoles/etc. to offer 1080p on-demand to a vast majority of consumers. Saying Blu-Ray may have won the battle but overall lost the war is incorrect. HDTVs are selling at an exponentially higher rate during the last 12 months and will continue to do so. This bodes well for Blu-Ray. I'm guessing Blu-Ray will be around for the next 5 years or more. To quote Bill Gates (one of the few quotes I'd ever use of his) "We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten." Blu-Ray is here for the foreseeable future.
The US case against Microsoft was based largely on their 'bullying' of the PC sellers not to include the Netscape browser as part of their OS image. I don't that being the case this time. And 30% is significant since it shows consumers not only have a choice, they are exercising that choice. I can't see this case getting far unless Opera finds some anti-Microsoft Judges along the way.
I'm not so concerned about that, because I enjoy getting new lewts. My issue with the level cap being raised is that, as a relative latecomer to the game, I'll probably never get to see any of the level 60 raid content. I look at WoW as an interactive work of art. I don't understand how a company can put so much time and money into developing something, and then make changes that basically render all their previous work obsolete.
The level 60 raid content you missed out on was what many of us spent many months going through, like Naxx. So many nights raiding and when Outland came along that gear was basically worthless in just a few levels. The same will be true for raiders now when the next expansion comes out. I do agree that the old 60 raids are lost on newer players. When bored sometimes our guild will send a handful for 70 to clear the 60 raid instances for fun, but it's not the same. I imagine three 80s will be able to solo kara.
If you do spend a lot of time raiding now for T5/6 sets before the next expansion, you'll know what I mean when the are suddenly worthless with level 73 greens.
Agree the amount of time you spend for upgrades is quite a lot, but seems fair. I think Blizz is doing a good job of adding contents with expansions.
My issue with the game is the gear you've worked so hard to attain over the past year is essentially worthless with each expansion. Level 63 greens in Outland comparable to level 60 T3 gear that took so so so much time to get.
But that's my only real problem with the WoW. I play almost everyday and hands down the best PC game I've ever played.
I've noticed this too. Seems lots of players rejoin in the cold months and leave during the Summer. Also, January through March seem to have the most people signing up for our guild runs - whereas the opposite during the Summer.
I still see them sold out at the Best Buy I frequent near work. I'm surprised they've already overtaken XBOX360 in worldwide sales since they never seem to be in stock anywhere. I'm wondering what percentage on sales they are losing every month buy not having enough in on the shelves. With the recent price drop of the 360, the lack of merchandise on the shelves will result in sales loses for sure.
Overall I'm happy for Nintendo. After the N64 and Gamecube, this is great news for them. Good to see them back on track.
Yeah, I agree with most of that. Companies can classify their data anyhow they want, including using "secret," "top secret," etc.. But it's not the same as Government classified data. *Unless* they were authorized to store Government classified data, then this would in-fact be a huge breach of security and unlikely we'll be reading about it on slashdot.
Yea, I hate when I see the Horde depicted as the "Evil" faction in World Of Warcraft. I think someone not knowing the lore of the game looks at the characters on each side and determines the "ugly" ones are evil. Nothing could be further from the truth. I used to play Horde but switched to Alliance about a year ago because many of my real life friends were playing Alliance and on our Server, the Horde had only one guild progressing through endgame.
Neither side is anymore "evil" than the other, but if I'd have to choose one, I'd pick the Alliance as more evil based on lore.
IMHO, console games are you and your friends sitting around the living room with some brewskies playing Mario Kart. PC games are sitting in your home computer room playing World of Warcraft. To me there's a big difference. I like to play both and have for many years now. Finally just got a Wii recently and it's a blast to play with friends. I wouldn't give up either but don't see how they really compete with each other. It really depends what you like to do.
I just got my Wii yesterday (pre-ordered with gamestop) and I too know what you mean about the awkwardness of the new joystick. It was perfect on the free sports games that came with the system. It was very natural feeling - actually awesome feeling in some games like boxing, gold and tennis. However when I started playing Zelda, it felt really strange. I'm thinking in time it'll start to feel more normal. Either that or I'm going to get the adapter to use the old style controller.
All in all, this was a GREAT purchase!!
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Agree completely, this is a no-brainer. The trade value for most of the Android phones people are eager to trade in will most likely be older and not worth much at all. So give them a few dollars and sell them an expensive iPhone 6. There may be some sticker shock though if the people attempting to trade in their phones are not familiar with the cost of iPhones. Don't worry though, they can hang out at the Genius Bar while they get over the shock.
First they tax her tanning booth sessions, now they're taking the Sun away completely.. poor girl.
I've experienced this before where the round-trip flight was a fraction of the one-way, and I only needed a one-way trip. I did make the mistake of telling the ticketing agent at the airport that I didn't plan on using the return trip ticket and got the third-degree. So I learned my lesson to never mentioned it again. Of course now most everything is done online. Strange though they have such absurd pricing, especially if you're purchasing with little time in advance.
Not only market saturation but nothing new in 2014 that peaked interest. I have an original iPad and iPad Air. That was a clear upgrade. The iPad Air 2 is so similar to the iPad Air, what's the justification for the cost to "upgrade"?
Not to mention, these higher-end hotels also usually charge for parking, breakfast, and have a horrible selection of TV channels yet tons of pay-per-view options. Having stayed in many Marriott hotels around the U.S., I can vouch they usually charge these extra fees in their higher-end hotels. Usually downtown or near an airport.
Touch LCD display would be awesome. You could play online MMO style. A war strategy game like Road to Moscow online would be really cool. Tons of other games as well, but similar theme. It would be a real-time war (terrain and armies) command center. Were that the case, I's shell out $8,500 form one.
Life was a carnival! We entertained ourselves! We didn't need moooovin' pitchurrrres. In my day, there was only one show in town -- it was called "Stare at the sun!" ... That's right! You'd sit in the middle of an open field and stare up at the sun till your eyeballs burst into flames! And you thought, "Oh, no! Maybe I shouldn't've stared directly into the burning sun with my eyes wide open." But it was too late! Your head was on fire and people were roastin' chickens over it. ... And that's the way it was and we liked it!
Really depends on the type of contract work they are doing. Working for a company like CSC who manages contract and pays employee benefits, a W-2 contractor that works for what is basically a head-hunting company that provide no benefits or a 1099 contractor (essentially self-employed.) Having done all three I can say a skilled IT worker (W2 or 1099) in NYC should be getting no less than $60/hr. I realize the market has slowed down considerably since the heydays of the late 90's, but rates have rebounded the last few years. We had something similar happen at T Rowe Price where all the contractors were let go to save money. Most were charging over $100/hr.
The finer points of ninja looting.
The only thing is when they are not raiding or questing they seen to like to chat a lot in pst. Also, a lot more verbal on vent than most males. I think it has more of a social aspect to female players. For the most part, they are good players so meh..
I'm thinking back to 1993-1994 when SGI had killer workstations that had some nifty innovative features with the best GUI for Unix workstations. Hell, the best GUI for all workstations at the time. We used to manage a few hundred of them along with Suns and Alphas. It's funny looking back that Sun survived and SGI and Alpha didn't. Alpha and SGI were like the BMWs and Mercedes of the workstations and servers, where Sun was like a used Ford. But SGI went to their WNT strategy and took a nosedive. Hard to compete with 2k workstations (at the time) with ones that cost over 10k.
That's the main issue I have with this as well. Who determines which browsers will be included? I'm sure someone will feel left out. To download other browsers you'll need a browser to begin with so the "no browser" option is out. Not a Microsoft fan here but think this is way over the top.
Agree. It will take a while for dish/cable/consoles/etc. to offer 1080p on-demand to a vast majority of consumers. Saying Blu-Ray may have won the battle but overall lost the war is incorrect. HDTVs are selling at an exponentially higher rate during the last 12 months and will continue to do so. This bodes well for Blu-Ray. I'm guessing Blu-Ray will be around for the next 5 years or more. To quote Bill Gates (one of the few quotes I'd ever use of his) "We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten." Blu-Ray is here for the foreseeable future.
The US case against Microsoft was based largely on their 'bullying' of the PC sellers not to include the Netscape browser as part of their OS image. I don't that being the case this time. And 30% is significant since it shows consumers not only have a choice, they are exercising that choice. I can't see this case getting far unless Opera finds some anti-Microsoft Judges along the way.
The level 60 raid content you missed out on was what many of us spent many months going through, like Naxx. So many nights raiding and when Outland came along that gear was basically worthless in just a few levels. The same will be true for raiders now when the next expansion comes out. I do agree that the old 60 raids are lost on newer players. When bored sometimes our guild will send a handful for 70 to clear the 60 raid instances for fun, but it's not the same. I imagine three 80s will be able to solo kara.
If you do spend a lot of time raiding now for T5/6 sets before the next expansion, you'll know what I mean when the are suddenly worthless with level 73 greens.
Agree the amount of time you spend for upgrades is quite a lot, but seems fair. I think Blizz is doing a good job of adding contents with expansions. My issue with the game is the gear you've worked so hard to attain over the past year is essentially worthless with each expansion. Level 63 greens in Outland comparable to level 60 T3 gear that took so so so much time to get. But that's my only real problem with the WoW. I play almost everyday and hands down the best PC game I've ever played.
I've noticed this too. Seems lots of players rejoin in the cold months and leave during the Summer. Also, January through March seem to have the most people signing up for our guild runs - whereas the opposite during the Summer.
I should be getting fatter twice as fast.
The Sword of a Thousand Truths must look pretty sweet on that box!
I still see them sold out at the Best Buy I frequent near work. I'm surprised they've already overtaken XBOX360 in worldwide sales since they never seem to be in stock anywhere. I'm wondering what percentage on sales they are losing every month buy not having enough in on the shelves. With the recent price drop of the 360, the lack of merchandise on the shelves will result in sales loses for sure. Overall I'm happy for Nintendo. After the N64 and Gamecube, this is great news for them. Good to see them back on track.
Yeah, I agree with most of that. Companies can classify their data anyhow they want, including using "secret," "top secret," etc.. But it's not the same as Government classified data. *Unless* they were authorized to store Government classified data, then this would in-fact be a huge breach of security and unlikely we'll be reading about it on slashdot.
I bought a Wii and absolutely love it. It's a really dive to play. Play Wii sports with friends - that's a blast.
Yea, I hate when I see the Horde depicted as the "Evil" faction in World Of Warcraft. I think someone not knowing the lore of the game looks at the characters on each side and determines the "ugly" ones are evil. Nothing could be further from the truth. I used to play Horde but switched to Alliance about a year ago because many of my real life friends were playing Alliance and on our Server, the Horde had only one guild progressing through endgame. Neither side is anymore "evil" than the other, but if I'd have to choose one, I'd pick the Alliance as more evil based on lore.
IMHO, console games are you and your friends sitting around the living room with some brewskies playing Mario Kart. PC games are sitting in your home computer room playing World of Warcraft. To me there's a big difference. I like to play both and have for many years now. Finally just got a Wii recently and it's a blast to play with friends. I wouldn't give up either but don't see how they really compete with each other. It really depends what you like to do.
I just got my Wii yesterday (pre-ordered with gamestop) and I too know what you mean about the awkwardness of the new joystick. It was perfect on the free sports games that came with the system. It was very natural feeling - actually awesome feeling in some games like boxing, gold and tennis. However when I started playing Zelda, it felt really strange. I'm thinking in time it'll start to feel more normal. Either that or I'm going to get the adapter to use the old style controller. All in all, this was a GREAT purchase!!