My SSN has never changed. I have had the same phone number for several years as do most people I call on a frequent basis, otherwise I look up thier number in the cell phone's directory. My 7 passwords I remember for my company change at different times. The NT/Email main password changes every 60 days. Another password for the Time and Attendance system never seems to expire. Another password for logging into the Support system changes every 90 days. Yet another password expires after 120 days.
So, I cannot just have one password and increment (i.e. Football1, Football2, etc), because then I run into the problem of remembering which iteration is where. X number of failed logins result in the account being shutdown for 2 hours at first, then eventually requires a call to IT Support to unlock your account.
The baby also turns into steel or something equally heavy. No doubt, he has control over his molecular makeup, and he is able to change it at will. I seem to recall a Marvel (villian) that could change his skin density.
You have to consider what the Industry thinks. They want to release quick (read: crap) games. If they gave you playable demos of them, you would not buy the games.
Of course, the flip side to this arguement is that if consumers stop buying crap games, the industry will stop making them.
Now correct me if I'm wrong, but the DC did have a small amount of internal storage.
For example, if you played PSO (phantasy star online) with one copy of the disc, then tried to load your save with another copy, it wouldn't let you. Each copy of the game required that you input the unique code for use. I seem to recall something on the disc about the DC could use only that disc afterwards (not really sure).
Also, the internet capabilities saved your information. It didn't use a VMU.
Though, I believe it was a very small amount of memory.
Honestly, I never understand why people want everything to run an OS. Oh noes, the kernel corrupted on my linux toaster. Now it burns on one side and does nothing on the other.
The only printed guide I ever bought was the one to Final Fantasy Tactics. Sure, I know I could get all the information on-line...but I liked the handy charts that were in the book. The organization and layout of the guide made it much quicker, not to mention easier, for me to look through.
It'd take another game like that, with another guide of that quality, for me to buy one. Otherwise, I'll just stick to gamefaqs.
Oh, and to the comments below about screenshots. I've seen some faq's that link to self-made screenshots. One of the FAQs about WC3: The Frozen Throne, had screenshots listed in it. Also, some people will create maps (i.e. the full game map for metriod fusion).
I also would like to point out, though, that I've seen incorrect information in the free FAQs as well. Some people write them based on other versions(imported) of the game, though.
My usage of Bit Torrent is neither for ISO nor copyrighted material. I use it to download free Fansubs of anime that has not yet been licensed. If some company picks up the anime, it's removed from the site.
Ummm... maybe you aren't familiar with non RAM memories. I'm not sure if these carts use it or not, but they could be using some form of EEPROM. Which is what a memory card uses. It seems to me that a small amount of EEPROM in a gba cart would be inexpensive and last nearly forver (at least as long as the transistors hold out).
But, that's just my electrical engineering knowledge talking. And once again, I've no idea if they do or don't use this system. Obviously the NES did not. These days, I'd say they probably do make use of EEPROM's though.
The beauty of the Xbox Live is this: You pay just one fee for services. If every company is hosting on-line play for thier games, you might have to pay several bills to different people.
It's easier (And quite possibly cheaper in the long run) to simply have a conslidated system or something.
I could just be talking out of my ass though. But, this is/.
I seem to recall that the update for Diablo II team is mostly just one person. I don't remember the article I read it in, but he was in charge of the development and planning and etc.
But all joking aside, the DC rocks. Sega just has really bad luck with gaming systems. The genesis did really well, but the sega CD and 32x bombed. Which was sad, because sega CD had some really solid games.
Back several years ago when I was in Highschool, we used to use hotmail to get around the proxy. Basically, you sent yourself a link to hotmail, and then when you clicked on it, it opened in a new window, but through hotmail.
After about a year, they finally caught on though. This one guy got busted for browsing porn.
Also, I've not used hotmail in a long time, so I've no idea if it still functions like that or not.
Go is such a hard game for the computer to play because it relies on the intuition of the player. Everyone knows that it is incredibly difficult to program a computer to recognize an object. For example, if you see a car, you know it's a car. If a camera hooked up to a computer sees a car, it cannot immediately say, that's a car.
Likewise, that's what make's Go so hard to program. You learn to regonize patterns and familiar happenings. Talk to any really good Go player. They probably win more on subconscious processing than actually thinking about it. I mean, come on, this is one of the two oldest games in the history of man existing in its original form. I can just see a Zen master playing Go and not thinking about it.
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Try Meebo. It lets you do all your IM clients on a single webpage interface. Great if your company blocks them through other methods. www.meebo.com
My SSN has never changed. I have had the same phone number for several years as do most people I call on a frequent basis, otherwise I look up thier number in the cell phone's directory. My 7 passwords I remember for my company change at different times. The NT/Email main password changes every 60 days. Another password for the Time and Attendance system never seems to expire. Another password for logging into the Support system changes every 90 days. Yet another password expires after 120 days.
So, I cannot just have one password and increment (i.e. Football1, Football2, etc), because then I run into the problem of remembering which iteration is where. X number of failed logins result in the account being shutdown for 2 hours at first, then eventually requires a call to IT Support to unlock your account.
I would not use the terms good with Hitachi. Maybe I am biased with EMC products, but they sell more than the next big three SAN vendors combined.
Use VMWare..
Uhh. There was a very fun Bomberman game on the cube.
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The baby also turns into steel or something equally heavy. No doubt, he has control over his molecular makeup, and he is able to change it at will. I seem to recall a Marvel (villian) that could change his skin density.
You have to consider what the Industry thinks. They want to release quick (read: crap) games. If they gave you playable demos of them, you would not buy the games.
Of course, the flip side to this arguement is that if consumers stop buying crap games, the industry will stop making them.
Now correct me if I'm wrong, but the DC did have a small amount of internal storage.
For example, if you played PSO (phantasy star online) with one copy of the disc, then tried to load your save with another copy, it wouldn't let you. Each copy of the game required that you input the unique code for use. I seem to recall something on the disc about the DC could use only that disc afterwards (not really sure).
Also, the internet capabilities saved your information. It didn't use a VMU.
Though, I believe it was a very small amount of memory.
Or, you know, you could play video games on it.
Honestly, I never understand why people want everything to run an OS. Oh noes, the kernel corrupted on my linux toaster. Now it burns on one side and does nothing on the other.
The only printed guide I ever bought was the one to Final Fantasy Tactics. Sure, I know I could get all the information on-line...but I liked the handy charts that were in the book. The organization and layout of the guide made it much quicker, not to mention easier, for me to look through.
It'd take another game like that, with another guide of that quality, for me to buy one. Otherwise, I'll just stick to gamefaqs.
Oh, and to the comments below about screenshots. I've seen some faq's that link to self-made screenshots. One of the FAQs about WC3: The Frozen Throne, had screenshots listed in it. Also, some people will create maps (i.e. the full game map for metriod fusion).
I also would like to point out, though, that I've seen incorrect information in the free FAQs as well. Some people write them based on other versions(imported) of the game, though.
My usage of Bit Torrent is neither for ISO nor copyrighted material. I use it to download free Fansubs of anime that has not yet been licensed. If some company picks up the anime, it's removed from the site.
Ummm... maybe you aren't familiar with non RAM memories. I'm not sure if these carts use it or not, but they could be using some form of EEPROM. Which is what a memory card uses. It seems to me that a small amount of EEPROM in a gba cart would be inexpensive and last nearly forver (at least as long as the transistors hold out).
But, that's just my electrical engineering knowledge talking. And once again, I've no idea if they do or don't use this system. Obviously the NES did not. These days, I'd say they probably do make use of EEPROM's though.
The beauty of the Xbox Live is this: You pay just one fee for services. If every company is hosting on-line play for thier games, you might have to pay several bills to different people.
/.
It's easier (And quite possibly cheaper in the long run) to simply have a conslidated system or something.
I could just be talking out of my ass though. But, this is
I seem to recall that the update for Diablo II team is mostly just one person. I don't remember the article I read it in, but he was in charge of the development and planning and etc.
They should pay me $21.99 a month to play those. But seriously, why not make something worth paying for?
That's true, but Sega had quite a few old-school fans, and they're obviously doing great. I mean look at thier systems...
errr....wait a minute.
But seriously. It doesn't take much for a company to quickly lose it's fanbase.
Wait, was the DC ever alive anyway?
But all joking aside, the DC rocks. Sega just has really bad luck with gaming systems. The genesis did really well, but the sega CD and 32x bombed. Which was sad, because sega CD had some really solid games.
Bah, I'm too tired to rant.
Back several years ago when I was in Highschool, we used to use hotmail to get around the proxy. Basically, you sent yourself a link to hotmail, and then when you clicked on it, it opened in a new window, but through hotmail.
After about a year, they finally caught on though. This one guy got busted for browsing porn.
Also, I've not used hotmail in a long time, so I've no idea if it still functions like that or not.
It's like shooting fish in a barrel full of fish...
People who run linux don't like to pay for software anyway. I'm sure the game would be highly successful, but I doubt it would "sell" many copies.
Go ahead and mod me down. But it's the truth.
Actually, with DSL, you get what you pay for. Cable modems, however, do share throughout the local network.
In the spirit of futurama... I'll go build my own internet with hookers and blackjack. In fact, forget the internet.
Well, maybe you can have curses on buildings and kill people indirectly.
Go is such a hard game for the computer to play because it relies on the intuition of the player. Everyone knows that it is incredibly difficult to program a computer to recognize an object. For example, if you see a car, you know it's a car. If a camera hooked up to a computer sees a car, it cannot immediately say, that's a car. Likewise, that's what make's Go so hard to program. You learn to regonize patterns and familiar happenings. Talk to any really good Go player. They probably win more on subconscious processing than actually thinking about it. I mean, come on, this is one of the two oldest games in the history of man existing in its original form. I can just see a Zen master playing Go and not thinking about it.
They just read the numbers and multiplied them.. 24 X 2 X .... = 421