That would depend on if it's based on the original Sims or Sims 2. Because Sims 2 has weekends, though strangely you never get stuck working overtime...
And there are a lot of other reasons web servers (or any kind of server) shouldn't rely on Microsoft's baroque, unpredictable, bit-tweaking approach to software.
Can you imagine what the process of starting up a console game would be like if you had to update discs like you suggest? Even if it was only once a year. And I'm going to assume you didn't mean for PC or a console with HDD.
2004) Load UnoriginalSportsGame2005
2005) Load UnoriginalSportsGame2005, wait for prompt, insert UnoriginalSportsGame2006-Upgrade
2006) Load UnoriginalSportsGame2005, wait for prompt, insert UnoriginalSportsGame2006-Upgrade, wait for prompt, insert UnoriginalSportsGame2007-Upgrade
And so on, or maybe you'd have to start with the upgrade disc first. But given that people will pay 50$ to just buy the game over again, what's really the point? Also, there's no profit in it for them to update the rosters since people will continue to buy their games even if the roster is outdated and then still buy the new version (with rosters that are probably already outdated by opening day) the next year.
Though I totally agree, don't buy EA games. Not even because of the monopolistic practices or poor treatment of their employees, but just because their games aren't that good. Though that is an obvious symptom of both of those things.
It doesn't matter if they leave. Most of the work can be done for pennies on the dollar (if that) in Korea or India. It's not like people buy games because they are actually good or something. Though occasionally they make a mistake and something actually worthwhile sells well.
Their duty should be to the long-term good of the company and to the employees that give their company value beyond its physical assets, not the short-sighted greed of their shareholders. Selling out to EA will be good for neither.
Does that work on any abacus? Because I saw this Giraffe abacus at Toys R Us and was going to buy it, but needed to check that it could run Linux first.
I don't see a problem with that. If 90% of the people I know are idiots, then I have no problem telling them so. Though most of the people I know who run windows are well aware that it is the idiot's choice in OS, but they happen to play games and not do much else on their computers so they don't care.
But saying that I should be pro-m$ because 90%+ of people use it is like saying I should be pro-christian because the majority of people in america are. And that's not only ridiculous but extremely dangerous.
"There are some new modern-day sort of communists who want to get rid of the incentive for musicians and moviemakers and software makers under various guises."
Or they could just run OpenOffice. And sure LaTeX would get the job done, but at what cost? I know it scared the shit out of me when I tried to learn it. Just as well say emacs will get that job done, and even with all its bloat it still doesn't require Shader 2.0 support (yet?).
The Mac has plenty of decent software, especially software that the elderly would be using (online banking, email, web browsing, watching movies).
All but one of those is a function of a webbrowser. And none of them are tasks that are not accomplished equally well on any platform (except windows since you WILL get owned). Try again.
Maybe it doesn't have a terrific array of games and specialty softare, but somehow I don't expect Granddad to be hosing down aliens with a flamethrower in Halo2.
I would certainly hope he wouldn't be playing Halo 2 since it sucks. But it's nice to see that you put your toy mac in the same category as the kiddie console xbox, since that is the only place you can play Halo 2.
You mac lunatics always go "that lame thing does exactly what we condescend old people to want/need/be-capable-of-using so they shouldn't get it they should pay more to get a mac with its crappy interface and awesome selection of software if it starts with a lower-case 'i' or is a game written 5 years ago!"
Thanks for playing, but do try again. Now on with the hit parade of trolling flamebait from your AC mac brethren!
And at least with Windows Starter Edition you get a video showing you how to use the mouse. I don't see how they expect grandma to use this thing without that!
If you're going to waste their money on a mac mini, why not just go for the el cheapo special from dell or someone and then install Linux on it? That'd cost them 400$ too (cheaper than lamer mini mac) and the monitor (and usually printer) come with it.
Did ANYONE ever care about that stupid thing? It's like the lamest features of a handheld gaming device combined with the world's worst cell phone design. Why did it even get on the list in the first place?
That's a great idea. Would anyone be interested in starting a fund to get the Coors Light girls to do a "how-to" video on using the mouse to be made available for inclusion in Linux distros?
It's really too bad I don't have mod points, since you certainly deserve the +flamebait/troll. But how is it a discussion about anything except that guy who wrote the article and microsoft being morons? Unless the "how to use a mouse" video plays automatically when the computer starts up there really is no point in it, since you would have to use the mouse to view it (even if it were a popup window like you get the first time starting xp).
So in this case a book is definitely a better solution since even a moron knows how to use a book, though they might need pictures to understand it, it just wouldn't be a video. Which was sort of implied that everyone understands that a book and a video are not the same thing in the original post.
From now on I think you should steer quite wide of any discussion involving "technical merits" since you obviously don't understand anything technical or of merit. Thanks for playing though.
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That would depend on if it's based on the original Sims or Sims 2. Because Sims 2 has weekends, though strangely you never get stuck working overtime...
You mean "broke", right?
2004) Load UnoriginalSportsGame2005
2005) Load UnoriginalSportsGame2005, wait for prompt, insert UnoriginalSportsGame2006-Upgrade
2006) Load UnoriginalSportsGame2005, wait for prompt, insert UnoriginalSportsGame2006-Upgrade, wait for prompt, insert UnoriginalSportsGame2007-Upgrade
And so on, or maybe you'd have to start with the upgrade disc first. But given that people will pay 50$ to just buy the game over again, what's really the point? Also, there's no profit in it for them to update the rosters since people will continue to buy their games even if the roster is outdated and then still buy the new version (with rosters that are probably already outdated by opening day) the next year.
Though I totally agree, don't buy EA games. Not even because of the monopolistic practices or poor treatment of their employees, but just because their games aren't that good. Though that is an obvious symptom of both of those things.
How about "In Soviet Korea old over-time works you for our new EA overlords."?
It doesn't matter if they leave. Most of the work can be done for pennies on the dollar (if that) in Korea or India. It's not like people buy games because they are actually good or something. Though occasionally they make a mistake and something actually worthwhile sells well.
Their duty should be to the long-term good of the company and to the employees that give their company value beyond its physical assets, not the short-sighted greed of their shareholders. Selling out to EA will be good for neither.
Is there a recipe for making soylent green out of vegetarians? Because that really should be in my vegetarian cookbook...
Mozilla started as Netscape. But it was always my understanding that Firefox is a ground-up rewrite as a true second generation browser.
Does that work on any abacus? Because I saw this Giraffe abacus at Toys R Us and was going to buy it, but needed to check that it could run Linux first.
I'm wondering why we're even growing bio-engineered plants in the first place. I've seen movies, this kind of thing NEVER ends well.
But saying that I should be pro-m$ because 90%+ of people use it is like saying I should be pro-christian because the majority of people in america are. And that's not only ridiculous but extremely dangerous.
Is there any reason NOT to be anti-microsoft?
Radio DJs?
They sent Prince Harry to Mars? And we can't even get Bill O'Reilly into the sun. So sad how far the US space program has fallen...
Or they could just run OpenOffice. And sure LaTeX would get the job done, but at what cost? I know it scared the shit out of me when I tried to learn it. Just as well say emacs will get that job done, and even with all its bloat it still doesn't require Shader 2.0 support (yet?).
All but one of those is a function of a webbrowser. And none of them are tasks that are not accomplished equally well on any platform (except windows since you WILL get owned). Try again.
Maybe it doesn't have a terrific array of games and specialty softare, but somehow I don't expect Granddad to be hosing down aliens with a flamethrower in Halo2.
I would certainly hope he wouldn't be playing Halo 2 since it sucks. But it's nice to see that you put your toy mac in the same category as the kiddie console xbox, since that is the only place you can play Halo 2.
You mac lunatics always go "that lame thing does exactly what we condescend old people to want/need/be-capable-of-using so they shouldn't get it they should pay more to get a mac with its crappy interface and awesome selection of software if it starts with a lower-case 'i' or is a game written 5 years ago!"
Thanks for playing, but do try again. Now on with the hit parade of trolling flamebait from your AC mac brethren!
And at least with Windows Starter Edition you get a video showing you how to use the mouse. I don't see how they expect grandma to use this thing without that!
Assuming that the software you want is on mac, which is pretty doubtful.
If you're going to waste their money on a mac mini, why not just go for the el cheapo special from dell or someone and then install Linux on it? That'd cost them 400$ too (cheaper than lamer mini mac) and the monitor (and usually printer) come with it.
But I think the real question here is can this thing run Linux?
Also when little Jimmy finds dad's gun in the closet...
Did ANYONE ever care about that stupid thing? It's like the lamest features of a handheld gaming device combined with the world's worst cell phone design. Why did it even get on the list in the first place?
That's a great idea. Would anyone be interested in starting a fund to get the Coors Light girls to do a "how-to" video on using the mouse to be made available for inclusion in Linux distros?
I stand corrected. But I think you're still full of shit on that peopling buying software thing. That's just crazy talk!
So in this case a book is definitely a better solution since even a moron knows how to use a book, though they might need pictures to understand it, it just wouldn't be a video. Which was sort of implied that everyone understands that a book and a video are not the same thing in the original post.
From now on I think you should steer quite wide of any discussion involving "technical merits" since you obviously don't understand anything technical or of merit. Thanks for playing though.