Go ahead and order 10 identical desktops from Dell. You'll get 10 boxes that look identical on the outside, but you'll be pleasantly surprised to find they've got 10 different motherboards and ram configurations in them. This is AWESOME for imaging disks! fuck dell.
Buy Optiplexes and not Dimensions.
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Order from MacMall or someone then. You'll get a free Printer, Wacom Tablet, RAM upgrade, and carrying case.
The Acer doesn't have an iSight camera, light up keyboard, or optical audio in/out
Except that, at one time, Apple was THE option in US education. However, DOS/Windows became the staple of business, largely riding on the back of the "nobody ever got fired for going with IBM" mentality.
DOS had all the business programs. Apple started with stuff like VisiCalc but never got much further than that. DOS had 1-2-3, Wordstar, dBase, Paradox, Wordperfect, etc. So they became king of the business world. And people bought home computers so they could work on stuff from work, at home.
Apple machines were great for schools. Not for learning about computers, but for LEARNING. In the 80's schools were full of Apple computers, Number Munchers, LOGO, Turtle Graphics, Carmen Sandiego, Oregon Trail, Print Shop, typing games... It was about learning. Nobody was forcing computers down kids throats. Nobody decided on using PowerPoint for stupid things and grading kids on it.
Macintosh took quite a foothold in the college scene as well.
Quake 4 is on XBox and isn't getting much press outside of PC-centric sources. I doubt UT will have the success as a console as it did on PC. Which is a shame really.
Oh, that argument makes as much sense as my uncle the Ford mechanic saying he's never came across a V12 engine, just because he's never touched a Ferarri.
Now, when ever I go out and buy a drive, I'm leaning towards Maxtor simply because I have a lot of them and one hasn't failed me with crucial data on it. I'm a lot better prepared to deal with that now as I'm older and wiser so maybe I won't ever feel that level of pain again.
The last Dell PowerEdge server I bought had a Maxtor 160GB SATA drive. It puked 3 months after we took delivery. Worst part was it died a slow death, it took about 2 weeks where it wrote corrupt data to the drive until we figured out what was going wrong.
Don't forget that the GCN discs hold less than an XBox or PS2 DVD. Also, the data starts on the INSIDE so a 500MB game is going to be in the same part (the very inside of the disc)
Also, game developers aren't stupid enough to put related data at opposite ends of the disc
We set up a squid cache on an old workstation. We were pulling about 10GB/month with our 2mbs cable modem. Not a huge amount, but after installing the cache, and running our 75 users through it, we took it down to 3GB a month. Just part of being good Net citizens.
The problem with this was that customers were tying up customer service reps hemming and hawing about what channels they wanted to have. It ended up costing too much to do, so they stopped.
Why couldn't they just allow you to pick it from the set-top box?
These are the same people who spend $200.00 a month on their cell phone bill. What do they talk about? Nothing. Have you seen a girl between the ages of 12 and 25 on a cell phone? Talking about NOTHING!?
Microsoft has manufactured 700,000 copies of Perfect Dark Zero for the U.S. market, with a target hardware tie-ratio of 1:1. Veevaert said that figure was based on the early launch period of the hardware, and that a further run is expected in the days ahead.
Well, at least they're not making more copies of PD:Z than they are systems. Hello, E.T.
Notice how the antedeluvian PS2 hardware can still keep up with modern boxes - that's the payoff of Sony's approach. Conversely, the payoff of MS' approach is more solid launch titles and Live.
This is a myth/illusion. Many publishers don't take advantage of the GC/Xbox.
Want to see how much more power the XBox has? Compare the XBox GTA games to the same games on PS2 and get back to me.
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I see this in lots of games these days.
It's a very neat effect. But I find it distracting, and my eyes are constantly trying to focus, and I end up getting a headache after a while.
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Never came out, but I was looking forward to it
There used to be some mIRC command where you would
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The Michigan Lottery has a Pac-Man instant ticket, along with the regular cash prizes you can win 1 of 30 PacMan arcade games.
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http://www.michigan.gov/lottery/0,1607,7-110-821-
They should be able to calculate the exact spot on earth and the exact time it's going to hit. They're NASA for Christs sake
Go ahead and order 10 identical desktops from Dell. You'll get 10 boxes that look identical on the outside, but you'll be pleasantly surprised to find they've got 10 different motherboards and ram configurations in them. This is AWESOME for imaging disks! fuck dell.
Buy Optiplexes and not Dimensions.
Order from MacMall or someone then. You'll get a free Printer, Wacom Tablet, RAM upgrade, and carrying case.
The Acer doesn't have an iSight camera, light up keyboard, or optical audio in/out
It wouldn't be so heartbreaking if Borland wasn't the company that basically brought the IDE to the PC with TurboPascal.
Edit, compile, run, debug, all from one program.
Most of the greatest games ever are series
Megaman, Castlevania, Final Fantasy, Ultima, Mario, PacMan, sequels are nothing new.
Assuming each of the 23,000 CD's were full at 650MB each, that's 14,950,000MB
14.9TB of data
Except that, at one time, Apple was THE option in US education. However, DOS/Windows became the staple of business, largely riding on the back of the "nobody ever got fired for going with IBM" mentality.
DOS had all the business programs. Apple started with stuff like VisiCalc but never got much further than that. DOS had 1-2-3, Wordstar, dBase, Paradox, Wordperfect, etc. So they became king of the business world. And people bought home computers so they could work on stuff from work, at home.
Apple machines were great for schools. Not for learning about computers, but for LEARNING. In the 80's schools were full of Apple computers, Number Munchers, LOGO, Turtle Graphics, Carmen Sandiego, Oregon Trail, Print Shop, typing games... It was about learning. Nobody was forcing computers down kids throats. Nobody decided on using PowerPoint for stupid things and grading kids on it.
Macintosh took quite a foothold in the college scene as well.
This sounds like a good way to create employees who "know just enough to be dangerous"
Jobs came up with the original plan to start Pixar, and the money to do it, but he has basically no creative control there. It's run by other people.
Quake 4 is on XBox and isn't getting much press outside of PC-centric sources. I doubt UT will have the success as a console as it did on PC. Which is a shame really.
Oh, that argument makes as much sense as my uncle the Ford mechanic saying he's never came across a V12 engine, just because he's never touched a Ferarri.
UPS gives you an Eltron 2844 to print their labels on.
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Now, when ever I go out and buy a drive, I'm leaning towards Maxtor simply because I have a lot of them and one hasn't failed me with crucial data on it. I'm a lot better prepared to deal with that now as I'm older and wiser so maybe I won't ever feel that level of pain again.
The last Dell PowerEdge server I bought had a Maxtor 160GB SATA drive. It puked 3 months after we took delivery. Worst part was it died a slow death, it took about 2 weeks where it wrote corrupt data to the drive until we figured out what was going wrong.
Works perfectly on SNES9x. I've been playing it during the holiday break.
Don't forget that the GCN discs hold less than an XBox or PS2 DVD. Also, the data starts on the INSIDE so a 500MB game is going to be in the same part (the very inside of the disc)
Also, game developers aren't stupid enough to put related data at opposite ends of the disc
We set up a squid cache on an old workstation. We were pulling about 10GB/month with our 2mbs cable modem. Not a huge amount, but after installing the cache, and running our 75 users through it, we took it down to 3GB a month. Just part of being good Net citizens.
The problem with this was that customers were tying up customer service reps hemming and hawing about what channels they wanted to have. It ended up costing too much to do, so they stopped.
Why couldn't they just allow you to pick it from the set-top box?
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These are the same people who spend $200.00 a month on their cell phone bill. What do they talk about? Nothing. Have you seen a girl between the ages of 12 and 25 on a cell phone? Talking about NOTHING!?
Microsoft has manufactured 700,000 copies of Perfect Dark Zero for the U.S. market, with a target hardware tie-ratio of 1:1. Veevaert said that figure was based on the early launch period of the hardware, and that a further run is expected in the days ahead.
Well, at least they're not making more copies of PD:Z than they are systems. Hello, E.T.
Notice how the antedeluvian PS2 hardware can still keep up with modern boxes - that's the payoff of Sony's approach. Conversely, the payoff of MS' approach is more solid launch titles and Live.
This is a myth/illusion. Many publishers don't take advantage of the GC/Xbox.
Want to see how much more power the XBox has? Compare the XBox GTA games to the same games on PS2 and get back to me.