Just a handful? Check again pal. Every week or so, I get six more invites to hand out and do so diligently. I've done this many many times. I know dozens of other people who do the same. Initially, a handful of people got accounts 0- probably several thousand... then they invites six buddies (or five buddies and made a spam account for themselves). Those five or six buddies invited five or six of their own... etc. etc. etc. I don't know hard figures, but there are very likely tens if not hundreds of thousands of GMail users, possibly more.
Did I read you right that you believe obesity is worse than being uneducated? I for one, would rather have a population of overweight intellectuals contributing to soceity than a population of average built idiots. BTW, Did you even read the article or were you too busy trying to get a first post?
This would be more useful for swimmers. Either people doings laps or even better, synchronized swimmers. Now they can hear the music they're flailing around to.
I live in chicago and I despise me Cingular service. When I'm driving home at 6:30pm on Lake Shore Drive and calling someone (don't lecture me about driving while talking, traffic was crawling), and I havea FULL signal bar, I still drop calls. When I called support they said this:
"Well sir, the network is increidbly busy so you're gong to lose calls like that. Try you call later."
My signal fades from full to nothing at different parts of my apartment. I'm on the 18th (top) floor of an apartment complet just north of down town and I still have to walk around in my place hoping to find a decent signal.
-They're usually fuzzy
-Sometimes cute
-Almost always picky
-Smell horrible sometimes
-Think they own the place
-Good ones can be very expensive
-Cheap ones are almost always nasty
-Can cause "purr" if you pet it right
When I was back in school living in the dorms, we weren't allowed to play HALO via the LAN during certain times of the day (office hours mainly) because it did in fact impact the network performance. Granted, our network was nothing spectacular (10/100 switched throughout), but I saw usage charts and even did some data gathering of my own and I saw the hit our network took when more than 2-4 systems were playing via the LAN. Their reasoning doesn't suprise me at all. I think it's perfectly valid. Maybe they do have an "Add-on" in the works, but unless they invent a new ground-breaking X-box communications protocol (XBIP?), I think it'll see the same problems as the original HALO when it comes to network performance.
Oh please... You don't think sex is used to advertise for products aimed at adults? When is the last time yous aw an ad for beer (or any other alcohol), deoderant, cologne, or cars? Sex in advertising works. Period. Age-group be damned.
...a mission consisting of 10.000 3-metre mirror telescopes.
This is an upgrade to previous versions of the plan that called for 8.735 3-metre mirror telescopes. Adding that 1.265 mirrors really helps I'm sure.
Re:The whole one-button mouse thing has to go...
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When purchasing a mac (at least from the online store) you have the option of buying a mulitple-button mouse. I have no idea, but I'd be surprised if it weren't the same way at one of their retail stores.
I'm waiting for the day when things like this actually draw more attention that the real events would... It's going to happen eventually. Ok, maybe not. But this certainly has a niche audience that will insist on this to happen every season regardless of whether the real players want to play or not. It could also be an interesting test of the AI, stats, engine, and a whole host of other game components. You know you've made a great game when you simulate the season and it closely matches the real players.
So basically, the knife was already there, and Google tied a big red and yellow ribbon around the handle. Now all the kids are saying "Ooh, Pretty!" and accidentally slitting their wrists...
Slashdot Mirror
Regardless, I'll be busy vomiting from my over-exposure to advertising in general.
I'm sorry, I didn't realize I was having that effect on you and advertising in general.
Slashdot has turned into the want ads?
Just a handful? Check again pal. Every week or so, I get six more invites to hand out and do so diligently. I've done this many many times. I know dozens of other people who do the same. Initially, a handful of people got accounts 0- probably several thousand... then they invites six buddies (or five buddies and made a spam account for themselves). Those five or six buddies invited five or six of their own... etc. etc. etc. I don't know hard figures, but there are very likely tens if not hundreds of thousands of GMail users, possibly more.
Did I read you right that you believe obesity is worse than being uneducated? I for one, would rather have a population of overweight intellectuals contributing to soceity than a population of average built idiots. BTW, Did you even read the article or were you too busy trying to get a first post?
"Twenty percent of all searching was sex-related back in 1997; now it's about 5 percent"
:-)
You're right - it's all been bookmarked
This would be more useful for swimmers. Either people doings laps or even better, synchronized swimmers. Now they can hear the music they're flailing around to.
I live in chicago and I despise me Cingular service. When I'm driving home at 6:30pm on Lake Shore Drive and calling someone (don't lecture me about driving while talking, traffic was crawling), and I havea FULL signal bar, I still drop calls. When I called support they said this:
"Well sir, the network is increidbly busy so you're gong to lose calls like that. Try you call later."
My signal fades from full to nothing at different parts of my apartment. I'm on the 18th (top) floor of an apartment complet just north of down town and I still have to walk around in my place hoping to find a decent signal.
I'd be concerned if the jury pool was filled with AOL users too... the ruling would probably be something along the lines of:
Judge: Has the jury reached a verdict?
Spokesperson: We have.
Judge: How do you find?
Spokesperson: LOL! gUiLtY like totally! ROFL! wanna cyber?
You forgot: "Yeah, but does it run Linux?"
Been watching the games? It's gonna be Boston...
So does this mean that renters won't charge a $400 non-refundable "pet" fee because your cat won't possibly kill the next owner with it's dander?
-They're usually fuzzy
-Sometimes cute
-Almost always picky
-Smell horrible sometimes
-Think they own the place
-Good ones can be very expensive
-Cheap ones are almost always nasty
-Can cause "purr" if you pet it right
Make sense now?
"Still, it seems that the current required to get this effect is quite noticeable"
2 1/1000 of an amp... That's 0.002 amps.
When I was back in school living in the dorms, we weren't allowed to play HALO via the LAN during certain times of the day (office hours mainly) because it did in fact impact the network performance. Granted, our network was nothing spectacular (10/100 switched throughout), but I saw usage charts and even did some data gathering of my own and I saw the hit our network took when more than 2-4 systems were playing via the LAN. Their reasoning doesn't suprise me at all. I think it's perfectly valid. Maybe they do have an "Add-on" in the works, but unless they invent a new ground-breaking X-box communications protocol (XBIP?), I think it'll see the same problems as the original HALO when it comes to network performance.
I think they're doing just fine in that department... their stock went up almost 15 points today...
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=goog
I think what you meant to say was: "All good things come to an end."
The 1 GB limitation....
Oh please... You don't think sex is used to advertise for products aimed at adults? When is the last time yous aw an ad for beer (or any other alcohol), deoderant, cologne, or cars? Sex in advertising works. Period. Age-group be damned.
...a mission consisting of 10.000 3-metre mirror telescopes.
This is an upgrade to previous versions of the plan that called for 8.735 3-metre mirror telescopes. Adding that 1.265 mirrors really helps I'm sure.
When purchasing a mac (at least from the online store) you have the option of buying a mulitple-button mouse. I have no idea, but I'd be surprised if it weren't the same way at one of their retail stores.
Ticket Master
I'm waiting for the day when things like this actually draw more attention that the real events would... It's going to happen eventually. Ok, maybe not. But this certainly has a niche audience that will insist on this to happen every season regardless of whether the real players want to play or not. It could also be an interesting test of the AI, stats, engine, and a whole host of other game components. You know you've made a great game when you simulate the season and it closely matches the real players.
...at which time it's use becomes the sole responsibility of the administrator - not Google.
So basically, the knife was already there, and Google tied a big red and yellow ribbon around the handle. Now all the kids are saying "Ooh, Pretty!" and accidentally slitting their wrists...
Is that about right?
(no new windows, no downloads of software, no access to drive)
So how would one download the Googlebar?