And you've played all these games for a reasonable amount of time so that you can suggest them all? And why would I need more than one football or hockey game? I think one of each would suffice.
Rather than just grabbing a list of games out there from some website why not take a little time and just point out your favorite games - the ones you own and enjoy playing often.
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Wouldn't the cost of the machine upkeep be included in the fee for actually having the EKG performed?
I believe what the parent was saying was that he was charged for having the concept of an EKG explained to him. Are you going to defend that? (Perhaps that's not what he was actually charged for and the doctor was charging him for her reading of the EKG but he appears to present it as her telling him what an EKG is as he puts his coat and hat on before leaving.)
Because people are dumb they just paid the erroneous fee? People who are dumb use words like "payed" or "cuz." People who are busy and may not have time to take notice of fees that shouldn't be on their bill may just pay them.
I don't think you should be calling people who have neither the time nor inclination to look over their bill closely, "dumb."
ebgames has the annoying habit of putting up signs with prices for hardware less than what you expect and, when the sign draws you over to the store, you see that there is a bunch of smaller print detailing how you have to trade in a bunch of old games and give the manager a hug.
i'll let go of some games but these hugs don't come that cheap
Why did we have to go to the moon the first time? It certainly had less to do with a love of science than political issues. It's a little sad that since you dislike the President, you are unable to fairly evaluate any action he takes. Everything has a hidden motive to you.
This is perplexing. When Clinton was the President, I disagreed with some of his policies but attempted to at least evalute them in a fair manner.
You say that the President is trying to pull the wool over our eyes all the time and that is why you don't think we should go to the moon? Is that it? You mention the possibility of terrorists in space. I don't see what you're getting at. Let's suppose that Bush is trying to use a moon mission to divert attention away from the war in Iraq, or whatever other liberal theory you can come up with. Why are you so angry about this? Using smoke and mirrors is a long known political trick that's been used by many more people than Bush. Remember those missile strikes Clinton launched when Monicagate was breaking open? Pulling the wool over anyone's eyes?
At least with a moon mission, Bush is pushing for something that will yield useful science. And you'll be a vigilent liberal and keep an eye on him and make sure the mainstream press doesn't forget what is going on in Iraq with letters to the editor and phone calls, right? I'm just amazed that people are as irrational as you. Sure, you don't agree with what's going on - deal with it but learn to deal with it in a manner that still affords you the ability to debate someone on the topic without foaming at the mouth. You're hurting your cause.
Of course, you don't have to listen to me - I'm just a 'dumb ol' Conservative', what would I know? (Please take note of my sig.)
They aren't going to charge individuals, tough guy. They're going to charge companies licensing fees to use the technology in their devices. And I am sure in that licensing agreement, MS will state that they are in no way responsible for dealing with problems in implementation of their file system. So you're still going to have to go to the drive manufacturer for tech support.
You mention great games for the GBA. I bought a GBA and immediatly got Metroid Fusion and Zelda but have run into a lack of games which I find interesting. What do you suggest?
Advances Wars and the Mario Bros. remakes don't interest me.
I heard Harvest Moon was good. Any other suggestions?
You think a library has a lot of problems cataloguing books for sale? Chief, the library already has all their books cataloged. It would be quite a bit less work for a library to offer their books for sale online than the private individual - who, oftentimes, has no maintained a complete database of records concerning the books. As for the damage done to the books - library book sales are often done in a manner such that you get a bag of books for a small price. There's quite a bit more profit if you can sell them individually to people who actually want them and not people just trying to fill a bag. This isn't just useful for the case of first editions.
Boy, it's always good news when you hear about a company pushing a product out the door in order to hit a sales date. Screw the long term effects of disappointing the consumer! We need sales now!
This is bad practice. The PSX always seemed like this poorly thought of device that was just going to test the waters for the PS3 (and gauge what people wanted from their PS3 - video game device or all-in-one media powerhouse) anyway. The poor selection of a name coupled with this news about the downgrade really makes me wonder who's in charge at Sony and whether they are thinking long term at all.
How is that in other news? It's fun to mock 17 year old kids who are raising money for charity and all BUT wouldn't your little jab be in related news?
What type of time do you have to help this child in the learning process? You note that a WYSIWYG editor may be a bit too complicated for the child but I think that if you have some time to spend, the child would easily adapt to using that. It would also challenge the child more than simply saying, "Oh, here's a free blogging site. Type into the box and hit 'Submit'."
It's good for kids to be allowed to explore and learn on their own but I think giving them a step up (into using a simple editor) and then allowing the child to explore on his or her own, has added benefits of requiring a bit more thought.
The Dreamcast servers were seeing fewer players - obviously the case as a dead system was being abandoned by players - and, at some point, if you've only got X players on your servers, even if you're making a profit, the profit may not be great enough to warrant allocating resources to the maintenance when those resources could be applied elsewhere to get a much greater return.
You don't understand how business works, tough guy.
Well, I don't know what the AC was thinking but..perhaps Sega's developers find that developing for the Gamecube has less overhead than developing for the PS2 and so the Sonic Collection was a proof of concept that people wanted classic games. Or maybe Nintendo gave them a break on the licensing to help Gamecube sales.
But the socialists have already perverted the meaning of government and now people expect certain services that they cannot live without. To cut taxes, you're going to have to cut services and people won't allow that.
who said RPG monsters are models of "real monsters"? and what exactly are you defining as a "real monster"? serial killers? they're a little unpredictable and much less frequent than the monsters in RPGs. Some black kid with a gun who wants your wallet? Again, pretty unpredictable and they show up in the bank parking lot with the desire to take your money but their timing is unpredictable. Please expound!
you don't need source code to find holes in software. that's the point of running an open source project - holes are found much more quickly because more eyes are on it. the holes are going to be found eventually, regardless of whether or not you release the source. if you do release the source, the chances are better that someone without malicious intent will bring the holes to your attention.
as attractive as security through obscurity can be (given its ease of implementation), it still does not work - just as it never has.
When the government steps in to make the parents less overworked - you've got socialism. And as we both know, socialism creates a mediocre society. These people are working long, hard hours because that's what the market dictates they have to work. The workers should organize and demand fair pay and make their lives better. I'll accept some government intervention but I would like to see the workers take the first step. Let's not forget the great Red Menace.
As for what the kids, this is from the article "The game has proved so popular that many fans have been playing long into the night. This raised concerns that Thai children were missing out on other important activities like study and sleep." It's not really clear whether there were any studies done to show that kids were getting less sleep and not doing as well in school or if this is brought about by some politician's "feeling" about the whole thing.
Why are those laws difficult to enforce? It seems like if a cop is on patrol and sees a group of kids, he should radio for the paddy wagon. That would get the parents involved in that they'd have to come pick up their kids from the station (or let them loiter in jail - which is better for society since they're in a controlled environment). For parents who don't want to be involved with their kids, making not being involved more hassle than being involved is the only way to produce kids that don't steal cars.
In a perfect world where parents can and do take responsibility for their children, the government wouldn't need to do this. That being said, it's not a perfect world. There are neglectful parents who don't monitor their children and there are overworked parents who can't monitor their children. Some government regulation has long been noted as a good thing for the youth of a country but the line between just right and too much is hard to find.
My concern is that if the parents are not around to keep their kids in bed and not out playing video games, taking the video games away merely causes the kids to look for something else to do - possibly more destructive or dangerous.
What century have you been living in? Corporations have many product lines and many subsidiary companies these days. I can tell people that I think the PS2 is a great product while also laying claim to being one of the foremost experts on why the Walkman sucks. I mean, Quicktime and the iPod aren't exactly the same product, now are they?
That's not the same thing - the theatre provided you with a seat for no charge. They have limited physical resources i.e. seats and you consumed some portion of that without giving any payment. If you download a song off the Internet, the record company still has the same number of compact discs for sale. I'm not saying that downloading copyrighted material is right but your analogy is not the same thing.
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Rather than just grabbing a list of games out there from some website why not take a little time and just point out your favorite games - the ones you own and enjoy playing often.
I believe what the parent was saying was that he was charged for having the concept of an EKG explained to him. Are you going to defend that? (Perhaps that's not what he was actually charged for and the doctor was charging him for her reading of the EKG but he appears to present it as her telling him what an EKG is as he puts his coat and hat on before leaving.)
I don't think you should be calling people who have neither the time nor inclination to look over their bill closely, "dumb."
i'll let go of some games but these hugs don't come that cheap
This is perplexing. When Clinton was the President, I disagreed with some of his policies but attempted to at least evalute them in a fair manner.
You say that the President is trying to pull the wool over our eyes all the time and that is why you don't think we should go to the moon? Is that it? You mention the possibility of terrorists in space. I don't see what you're getting at. Let's suppose that Bush is trying to use a moon mission to divert attention away from the war in Iraq, or whatever other liberal theory you can come up with. Why are you so angry about this? Using smoke and mirrors is a long known political trick that's been used by many more people than Bush. Remember those missile strikes Clinton launched when Monicagate was breaking open? Pulling the wool over anyone's eyes?
At least with a moon mission, Bush is pushing for something that will yield useful science. And you'll be a vigilent liberal and keep an eye on him and make sure the mainstream press doesn't forget what is going on in Iraq with letters to the editor and phone calls, right? I'm just amazed that people are as irrational as you. Sure, you don't agree with what's going on - deal with it but learn to deal with it in a manner that still affords you the ability to debate someone on the topic without foaming at the mouth. You're hurting your cause.
Of course, you don't have to listen to me - I'm just a 'dumb ol' Conservative', what would I know? (Please take note of my sig.)
Think, then post.
Advances Wars and the Mario Bros. remakes don't interest me.
I heard Harvest Moon was good. Any other suggestions?
Or...you could just use a mouse and keyboard - readily available for the PS2.
You think a library has a lot of problems cataloguing books for sale? Chief, the library already has all their books cataloged. It would be quite a bit less work for a library to offer their books for sale online than the private individual - who, oftentimes, has no maintained a complete database of records concerning the books. As for the damage done to the books - library book sales are often done in a manner such that you get a bag of books for a small price. There's quite a bit more profit if you can sell them individually to people who actually want them and not people just trying to fill a bag. This isn't just useful for the case of first editions.
This is bad practice. The PSX always seemed like this poorly thought of device that was just going to test the waters for the PS3 (and gauge what people wanted from their PS3 - video game device or all-in-one media powerhouse) anyway. The poor selection of a name coupled with this news about the downgrade really makes me wonder who's in charge at Sony and whether they are thinking long term at all.
This link will get you there without dropping a penny into some Slashbot's piggy bank.
How is that in other news? It's fun to mock 17 year old kids who are raising money for charity and all BUT wouldn't your little jab be in related news?
It's good for kids to be allowed to explore and learn on their own but I think giving them a step up (into using a simple editor) and then allowing the child to explore on his or her own, has added benefits of requiring a bit more thought.
You don't understand how business works, tough guy.
Well, I don't know what the AC was thinking but..perhaps Sega's developers find that developing for the Gamecube has less overhead than developing for the PS2 and so the Sonic Collection was a proof of concept that people wanted classic games. Or maybe Nintendo gave them a break on the licensing to help Gamecube sales.
But the socialists have already perverted the meaning of government and now people expect certain services that they cannot live without. To cut taxes, you're going to have to cut services and people won't allow that.
who said RPG monsters are models of "real monsters"? and what exactly are you defining as a "real monster"? serial killers? they're a little unpredictable and much less frequent than the monsters in RPGs. Some black kid with a gun who wants your wallet? Again, pretty unpredictable and they show up in the bank parking lot with the desire to take your money but their timing is unpredictable. Please expound!
as attractive as security through obscurity can be (given its ease of implementation), it still does not work - just as it never has.
As for what the kids, this is from the article "The game has proved so popular that many fans have been playing long into the night. This raised concerns that Thai children were missing out on other important activities like study and sleep." It's not really clear whether there were any studies done to show that kids were getting less sleep and not doing as well in school or if this is brought about by some politician's "feeling" about the whole thing.
Why are those laws difficult to enforce? It seems like if a cop is on patrol and sees a group of kids, he should radio for the paddy wagon. That would get the parents involved in that they'd have to come pick up their kids from the station (or let them loiter in jail - which is better for society since they're in a controlled environment). For parents who don't want to be involved with their kids, making not being involved more hassle than being involved is the only way to produce kids that don't steal cars.
That still requires involvement from the parents which, as I mentioned, some parents are neglectful and don't take any interest in their child.
Don't be in such a rush to make your thought known to people that you reply to a comment that has nothing to do with what you're saying.
My concern is that if the parents are not around to keep their kids in bed and not out playing video games, taking the video games away merely causes the kids to look for something else to do - possibly more destructive or dangerous.
What century have you been living in? Corporations have many product lines and many subsidiary companies these days. I can tell people that I think the PS2 is a great product while also laying claim to being one of the foremost experts on why the Walkman sucks. I mean, Quicktime and the iPod aren't exactly the same product, now are they?
Amused? No.
Read the damn Bible, you heathen!
That's not the same thing - the theatre provided you with a seat for no charge. They have limited physical resources i.e. seats and you consumed some portion of that without giving any payment. If you download a song off the Internet, the record company still has the same number of compact discs for sale. I'm not saying that downloading copyrighted material is right but your analogy is not the same thing.