Don't forget new game coming out known as Pariah. You can make your own maps and upload them to Xbox Live or send them over system link. I can hardly wait to see it in action, they make games I like so I'm definately picking that up.
Not correct. There are many Xbox games with loading that is almost nonexistant. Dead or Alive series has very minimal loading time except at the start of game it caches stuff if you have played a couple other games in between. All systems can do it, it's on the developers to do it. Ninja Gaiden also had minimal loading time(Go Team Ninja!)those are just a couple games off the top of my head, and they are gorgeous and very well done games.
I havent seen much loading lately where it has been borderline unbearable except for Half-Life 2. Was I the only one that could litterally make ramen between load times?
Tax people addicted to cigarettes, then sue the cigarette companies. Get $$ from the people, then get $$ from Philip Morris for helping the addicted people but really don't spend that money on the education you are supposed to spend it on.(Don't have article offhand but read awhile ago all that money the states got from the lawsuit very few spent the money where they were supposed to)
I read somewhere that at the turn of the century people paid something like 5% of taxes and business compromised the rest, and that now it's the opposite.(I could be hugely wrong here, think it was somsone on slashdot that even said that..) Why should that be? Why are corporations getting billions in tax cuts, why are corporations posting record profits, being sued for illegal business practices paying so little taxes? Yah we know why but....
It's not right that my older brother who is self employed and worth a few million pays a lower % in taxes then I do. Odd that he's recently become a diehard republican too. Woo ended with flamebait
Could get into the enviroment and how every little bit helps, with coal power being around and all.
But what about if I'm running one downstairs and upstairs? I currently have 2 xbox media players on both my TV's. So that is $12 per month, or $160 a year saved. That is an extra case of non natty ice beer a month...
Sorry I run Linux. So take that off. I paid under $50 for my DVD-R/RW from a deal a few weeks ago. My one fan and powersupply is just fine on my case which was $20 and imo looks really cool.
I use openoffice so you can take that too. Don't use garageband or acid. Don't create PDF's. No adobe for me. And my brothers accountant does my taxes.;) And I also use free anti-virus, and Spybot.
My current box is really new, cost a TON less then $1000 that is including my LCD, It's quiet enough that I can't hear the fan over my typing. I'm also still running a DVD-R that is almost 3 and a half years old. Oh and I can load up any game I want by using my copy of windows from a box that is now running Linux. I also have a very old 486 that is still up and running to this day.
You like apples, that's well and fine, and it works for you. But I get real sick of people trying to justify that windows boxes will cost so much more. I don't think an apple is worth the money seeing as how I can't even play games I like on it, but that is just for me.
Forgot to mention, since the majority of your PC's out there are running windows or Linux to a lesser extent, that software can be moved around a bit more.
I had a cop pull me over and tell me he didn't need a reason to. Thanks to my cell phone recording I filed a complaint. I learned REAL quick that filing a complaint just gets your harassed 10x more by cops. That whole week I couldn't go home without a cop on my street or getting pulled over.
Ever been pulled over for not signalling while pulling into your driveway at 4am with NO one on road except the bike cop under a tree?
A friend from an AC? And Sony may start using cell cpu's in their new stuff, but doesnt mean they still will in 2 years or that it'll even be as good as they said. Sony is good at really hyping stuff up. Most people that have just read in magazines and what not think that the cell processesor in PS3 will be the most powerful processor on earth, just like people didn't want the PS2 sold to china because it could become a supercomputer....
I'll wait until it's really out.
Funny you mention that, but a smaller school where I used to live just recently well all electronic on their school.(Either elementary or jr high, not sure) No text books, only PC's and software. Saying this is the future.
Learning on the internet can be fun if you are being paid to do it at work.;)
This reminds me of a question on a test awhile back in a history class in college. It was something like what allowed Hitler to start a world war. Was multiple choice with like
Allies willingness to allow Hitler to rebuild Hitlers will to war couple other thigns that never stuck out.
The answer was the second one, but I argued for the first. I didn't do so well after that because the teacher did not like that. The reason was in the book we were reading it said Hitlers will to go to war. The teacher would have no ones arguments, it was pretty depressing.
Some of us DO like to learn. What we don't like to do is pay thousands of dollars to be handed a book and told to report on it. It's very sad when I pay $1000 and get absolutely nothing but some college credits, but I can go on wiki and learn more then I did that whole semester. And I do that at work, wait a minute, I might be on to something here...
Last class I took was a "advanced" history class and it was purely for myself. Have a degree and I just wanted to take this. After 2 weeks I rarely stayed more then an hour in the 4 hour class and learned jack. Hell even the 2 book reports I DIDN'T read the books and still passed with a B. And was a B because I skipped some classes. Tell me, how is that education?
I really believe something very drastic needs to be done to our education system, it's just terrible. I remember in HS my history teacher was actually very good, and her biggest beef was the union. She was one of the most senior people, and she hated that pay was based on seniority instead of merit. How can you keep good teachers around when they see worse teachers get more slices of the cake?(Not a knock on unions, just that specific part)
I can't believe none of the networks have done this. With the shows I watch I'd probably pay less a month to watch the few of them then it would to pay for cable and have to Tivo them.
1$ even sounds extremely reasonable for an hour long show, I'd pay $2 for an hour. Hell they could also save some on bandwith by using some type of torrent. I would have no problem sharing some upstream that I'm not using while I buying this.
Too bad they don't read slashdot I guess.
People watch TV still? Just download episodes of what you would want to watch, they are readily available and easy to get.
My $1500 TV is only used to DVD's and Xbox.
Are you talking about Lake Vostok? There are about 70 lakes there but that is the biggest I believe. Wiki is down but google search pops them up quick.
That documentary looks interesting though, I'll have to check it out.
Go upto a coworker or something and ask them about the mars express, now ask them about the landers. While people who read about this stuff certainly the Mars Express is really exciting, but it didn't make the news. Most people wouldn't know what it was, or think that was the name for the landers.
So say we spend all the money and whatnot today to work on getting the air cleaner and devloping better and more resourceful energy technologies. Down the road we find out that global warming is false and was nothing to worry about, do you still think having the cleaner air and better and more efficient energy sources won't be worth it?
We have oil companies and energy companies posting record profits, you don't think there is enough money out there to research these technologies?
I'm of the belief that even if all we do is get cleaner air it would be worth it. Go move near a coal powerplant and tell me how you like it there. Go take a jog or a walk in the middle of LA during rush hour.(Not sure what city is most polluted, I'm from Idaho and now in Austin which isn't even bad) How is that?
It's better to spend the money in the chance that it could be disaster in the future then ignore it and gamble.
Not a scientist and it's midnight and I'm bored at work so hoping I'm relaying my thoughts so they are understandable...
So we need more information before we even decide to clean up. Ever live in a busy city or near a powerplant? Ever moved there from a place like Montana or Idaho and noticed a breathing problem?
Sure there might not be absolute concrete proof, but why wait until it is too late? Even if it isn't going to kill everyone on earth, cleaner air does have health qualities.
I for one would rather have the economic downturn sooner so that children and their children continue to breath air, but that is just me.
Most people seem to not care and rather let them deal with it.
For some people $99 is still quite a bit, and might be hard to justify. I wish more companies do what Alias does with Maya. If it's for personal use it's free, but has a watermark. I would have never paid for the program, but them doing that let me legally try it out and play around with it. I doubt it affects the company $$$$ wise either way, but it goes a lot for good will, and might be better in the long run. People who don't pirate might try it out and end up in the business later.
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Don't forget new game coming out known as Pariah. You can make your own maps and upload them to Xbox Live or send them over system link. I can hardly wait to see it in action, they make games I like so I'm definately picking that up.
Not correct. There are many Xbox games with loading that is almost nonexistant. Dead or Alive series has very minimal loading time except at the start of game it caches stuff if you have played a couple other games in between. All systems can do it, it's on the developers to do it. Ninja Gaiden also had minimal loading time(Go Team Ninja!)those are just a couple games off the top of my head, and they are gorgeous and very well done games. I havent seen much loading lately where it has been borderline unbearable except for Half-Life 2. Was I the only one that could litterally make ramen between load times?
You could then turn around and sue the people who manufacture and then you get even more $$$!
Is it near the water?
And their H2's which turn out to be quite cheap. Oh man how I wish I were only paying 17% to taxes...
Tax people addicted to cigarettes, then sue the cigarette companies. Get $$ from the people, then get $$ from Philip Morris for helping the addicted people but really don't spend that money on the education you are supposed to spend it on.(Don't have article offhand but read awhile ago all that money the states got from the lawsuit very few spent the money where they were supposed to) I read somewhere that at the turn of the century people paid something like 5% of taxes and business compromised the rest, and that now it's the opposite.(I could be hugely wrong here, think it was somsone on slashdot that even said that..) Why should that be? Why are corporations getting billions in tax cuts, why are corporations posting record profits, being sued for illegal business practices paying so little taxes? Yah we know why but.... It's not right that my older brother who is self employed and worth a few million pays a lower % in taxes then I do. Odd that he's recently become a diehard republican too. Woo ended with flamebait
Could get into the enviroment and how every little bit helps, with coal power being around and all.
But what about if I'm running one downstairs and upstairs? I currently have 2 xbox media players on both my TV's. So that is $12 per month, or $160 a year saved. That is an extra case of non natty ice beer a month...
Sorry I run Linux. So take that off. I paid under $50 for my DVD-R/RW from a deal a few weeks ago. My one fan and powersupply is just fine on my case which was $20 and imo looks really cool. I use openoffice so you can take that too. Don't use garageband or acid. Don't create PDF's. No adobe for me. And my brothers accountant does my taxes.;) And I also use free anti-virus, and Spybot. My current box is really new, cost a TON less then $1000 that is including my LCD, It's quiet enough that I can't hear the fan over my typing. I'm also still running a DVD-R that is almost 3 and a half years old. Oh and I can load up any game I want by using my copy of windows from a box that is now running Linux. I also have a very old 486 that is still up and running to this day. You like apples, that's well and fine, and it works for you. But I get real sick of people trying to justify that windows boxes will cost so much more. I don't think an apple is worth the money seeing as how I can't even play games I like on it, but that is just for me. Forgot to mention, since the majority of your PC's out there are running windows or Linux to a lesser extent, that software can be moved around a bit more.
I had a cop pull me over and tell me he didn't need a reason to. Thanks to my cell phone recording I filed a complaint. I learned REAL quick that filing a complaint just gets your harassed 10x more by cops. That whole week I couldn't go home without a cop on my street or getting pulled over. Ever been pulled over for not signalling while pulling into your driveway at 4am with NO one on road except the bike cop under a tree?
A friend from an AC? And Sony may start using cell cpu's in their new stuff, but doesnt mean they still will in 2 years or that it'll even be as good as they said. Sony is good at really hyping stuff up. Most people that have just read in magazines and what not think that the cell processesor in PS3 will be the most powerful processor on earth, just like people didn't want the PS2 sold to china because it could become a supercomputer.... I'll wait until it's really out.
Funny you mention that, but a smaller school where I used to live just recently well all electronic on their school.(Either elementary or jr high, not sure) No text books, only PC's and software. Saying this is the future.
Learning on the internet can be fun if you are being paid to do it at work.;)
This reminds me of a question on a test awhile back in a history class in college. It was something like what allowed Hitler to start a world war. Was multiple choice with like
Allies willingness to allow Hitler to rebuild
Hitlers will to war
couple other thigns that never stuck out.
The answer was the second one, but I argued for the first. I didn't do so well after that because the teacher did not like that. The reason was in the book we were reading it said Hitlers will to go to war. The teacher would have no ones arguments, it was pretty depressing.
Some of us DO like to learn. What we don't like to do is pay thousands of dollars to be handed a book and told to report on it. It's very sad when I pay $1000 and get absolutely nothing but some college credits, but I can go on wiki and learn more then I did that whole semester. And I do that at work, wait a minute, I might be on to something here... Last class I took was a "advanced" history class and it was purely for myself. Have a degree and I just wanted to take this. After 2 weeks I rarely stayed more then an hour in the 4 hour class and learned jack. Hell even the 2 book reports I DIDN'T read the books and still passed with a B. And was a B because I skipped some classes. Tell me, how is that education? I really believe something very drastic needs to be done to our education system, it's just terrible. I remember in HS my history teacher was actually very good, and her biggest beef was the union. She was one of the most senior people, and she hated that pay was based on seniority instead of merit. How can you keep good teachers around when they see worse teachers get more slices of the cake?(Not a knock on unions, just that specific part)
I can't believe none of the networks have done this. With the shows I watch I'd probably pay less a month to watch the few of them then it would to pay for cable and have to Tivo them. 1$ even sounds extremely reasonable for an hour long show, I'd pay $2 for an hour. Hell they could also save some on bandwith by using some type of torrent. I would have no problem sharing some upstream that I'm not using while I buying this. Too bad they don't read slashdot I guess.
Don't forget Poland. Oh wait...
People watch TV still? Just download episodes of what you would want to watch, they are readily available and easy to get. My $1500 TV is only used to DVD's and Xbox.
Are you talking about Lake Vostok? There are about 70 lakes there but that is the biggest I believe. Wiki is down but google search pops them up quick.
That documentary looks interesting though, I'll have to check it out.
Go upto a coworker or something and ask them about the mars express, now ask them about the landers. While people who read about this stuff certainly the Mars Express is really exciting, but it didn't make the news. Most people wouldn't know what it was, or think that was the name for the landers.
Oh, here I thought you were talking about ITT Tech. I learned my lesson there.
So say we spend all the money and whatnot today to work on getting the air cleaner and devloping better and more resourceful energy technologies. Down the road we find out that global warming is false and was nothing to worry about, do you still think having the cleaner air and better and more efficient energy sources won't be worth it?
We have oil companies and energy companies posting record profits, you don't think there is enough money out there to research these technologies?
I'm of the belief that even if all we do is get cleaner air it would be worth it. Go move near a coal powerplant and tell me how you like it there. Go take a jog or a walk in the middle of LA during rush hour.(Not sure what city is most polluted, I'm from Idaho and now in Austin which isn't even bad) How is that?
It's better to spend the money in the chance that it could be disaster in the future then ignore it and gamble.
Not a scientist and it's midnight and I'm bored at work so hoping I'm relaying my thoughts so they are understandable...
So we need more information before we even decide to clean up. Ever live in a busy city or near a powerplant? Ever moved there from a place like Montana or Idaho and noticed a breathing problem? Sure there might not be absolute concrete proof, but why wait until it is too late? Even if it isn't going to kill everyone on earth, cleaner air does have health qualities.
I for one would rather have the economic downturn sooner so that children and their children continue to breath air, but that is just me. Most people seem to not care and rather let them deal with it.
More fear effect and pandemonium please:(
Your grandfather is probably better off not getting advice from someone who works at bestbuy.
For some people $99 is still quite a bit, and might be hard to justify. I wish more companies do what Alias does with Maya. If it's for personal use it's free, but has a watermark. I would have never paid for the program, but them doing that let me legally try it out and play around with it. I doubt it affects the company $$$$ wise either way, but it goes a lot for good will, and might be better in the long run. People who don't pirate might try it out and end up in the business later.