You forgot the most one-day sales for a game in history. I know everyone abhors press releases, but here's an interesting one from Blizzard about World of Warcraft.
IRVINE, Calif. - December 1, 2004 - Blizzard Entertainment® today confirmed that World of Warcraft® has broken day-one sales records in North America, making it the most successful PC game launch ever. World of Warcraft, the company's subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), sold through to over 240,000 customers at retailers in North America on Tuesday, November 23, selling more in its first 24 hours than any other PC game in history.*
[...]Over the Thanksgiving weekend, players continued to buy World of Warcraft in record numbers, with a total of over 350,000* copies of the game selling through. Blizzard Entertainment and its retail partners expect the remaining supplies of World of Warcraft to sell out soon.[...]
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After using MDs for the past five years or so, I finally decided to purchase a HDD MP3 player a few weeks ago. I was tired of carrying around a half dozen MDs with me, and thought it would be nice to have access to my entire music library when I'm on the go. One thing I really did like about my MD player was its size - since I wear a suit to work every day, it was nice to be able to slip my MD player into my suit pocket - it was thin and small, therefore unnoticable (no bulge, etc)... With unit size/weight in mind, I narrowed my choice of HDD players down to the 4G 20GB iPod, the Sony NW-HD2, and the iAudio M3. I quickly scratched the NW-HD2 off my list due to its lack of MP3 support, followed by the M3, because I didn't want to be tied to a remote - I wanted the OPTION of an LCD remote, but I didn't want to be FORCED to use it - I wanted something with an LCD display on the unit itself. That left the iPod, which I ended up buying about three weeks ago.
The thing I like best about the iPod is the UI - the interface is great. I found it very easy to navigate through my music using the iPod's touch wheel, and it was kind of fun to use! lol... But one thing that really bothered me about the iPod was the lack of bass - so when I saw on head-fi that Sony was due to release the NW-HD3 on December 10th, and that they were FINALLY adding MP3 support, I decided to pick one up. From my past experience with Sony, I figured the HD3 would have much better low-end than the iPod.
Well, today is December 10th, and I just bought the NW-HD3 about eight hours ago. Here are my initial impressions.
packaging
The HD3 came in a very simple package. The front of the box is entirely in English, which was reassuring for me (I had concerns about the unit/software being completely compatible with an English OS, for example, so it was nice to see Sony using English on the box itself).
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Opening it up reveals the unit securely lodged in place, protected by some bubble wrap and underneath that, some foam-paper. The accessories just kind of hang out in the lower section of the box, but they were in fine shape when I took them out. No worries.
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the unit
The unit is rather small - compared to the 4G 20GB, it is noticeably thinner and shorter. It feels very solid, and does not make any noises when you twist it - overall I'd have to say it is a well put together device.
The display is a bit smaller than that of the iPod, it's about as wide as the iPod's is tall - so, it can seem kind of cluttered at times. Also, the backlight isn't as bright as on the iPod, making it a little harder to read. In fact, even with the backlight off, the screen on the HD3 is still much darker than the iPod's. However, the HD3 allows you to reverse the display, which is a cool little feature - if you don't mind the screen being even harder to read with the backlight off, it looks very cool reversed.
interface
As I mentioned earlier, I'm a big fan of the iPod's UI - it was very easy to learn, in fact I never bothered reading any instructions for it, just picke
AFAIK most WWII games do not center on specific named individuals either.
Hitler?
Tojo?
Patton?
Montgomery?
Romel?
Macarthur?
Churchill?
I've seen WW2 games that refer to all of these people.
I think the point he's tring to make is not that game contained them, but in the case of the JFK assassination game, it focuses solely on one person, and one person only.
I do not install WinXP Service Pack 2. Why? It has too many problems with it, it closes few security holes and opens some more. Not only do PCs stop working more often if they have Spyware and SP2 compared to without, even the basica firewall causes problems connecting.
The best protection I've found is, as everyone else has said, switching the users to Linux. I think I'm going to bring over a SuSE 9.2 Live cd to my mother-in-law's the next time I see her.
There are only six porpoise species, sometimes called "true porpoises," four of which live in the northern hemisphere. Porpoises are smaller in size than whales and dolphins and have a low dorsal fin (one species has no dorsal fin at all) and, most distinctively, no beak. Most are shy, live close to shore and are less likely to ride alongside the bows of ships than are dolphins.
I beg to differ. If I had a copy of WP I would still use it to this day. I loved the "reveal codes" feature which would allow me to remove the code (similar to editing HTML) for the document to remove an invisible formatting. AFAIK, Word still does not do this. Regardless even if it did, I use OpenOffice now. Booyah!
Firefox is the app that will save the Internet. From blocking popups to auto-install worms/viruses - if IE was left to roam free, unchallenged, the net would become a niche market for the people who could either a-stand it, or b-were savvy enough to get around it. Firefox is about bringing the 'net back to the people.
What you just said makes it sound like IE is the worm.
This is definitely what Mozilla needs to get OEMs to do. Imagine if the link for IE is completely removed from the system (sans the exe of course) and replacing Firefox, and having "web browser" or "Internet browser", or just "Internet" (which is already done on the start menu in WinXP if it is set as the default browser). Get consumers to *believe* that Firefox *is* the Internet. Underhanded? Probably. But consumers like being spoon-fed, at least the ones who purchase Dell computers do.
<?php $ffcheck = strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Firefox/'); if ($ffcheck) { ?> <!-- put what you want to display to Firefox users here --> <?php } else { ?> <!-- put what you want to display to everyone else here --> <?php } ?>
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I think you meant 'portapotty'.
*machine laughter*
Thanks, I'll be here all day.
It's not a dream anymore for some, it's a reality. Just like Matt Mullenweg was recently hired by C|Net because of his work on WordPress.
It's not the magical elf business model, it's the underpants gnomes model!
1) Take down ads
2) ????
3) Profit!
I personally like...
IBAM!
International Business and Apple Machines.
Run it in userland or just not as su.
Buy "Made in Poland" or "Made in Slovakia"
"Soviet Russia made YOU"?
when they have spyware problems. They call their catch-all problem solver: their ISP.
There is only one web browser: that little icon on your desktop marked "Internet".
I do not install WinXP Service Pack 2. Why? It has too many problems with it, it closes few security holes and opens some more. Not only do PCs stop working more often if they have Spyware and SP2 compared to without, even the basica firewall causes problems connecting.
The best protection I've found is, as everyone else has said, switching the users to Linux. I think I'm going to bring over a SuSE 9.2 Live cd to my mother-in-law's the next time I see her.
So if it's Half Life 2, is it Full Life (Half Life * 2 = 1/2 * 2) or Quarter Life (Half Life ^ 2 = 1/2 * 1/2)?
Thanks, I won't be here all day.
or what... I'm not going to bite the flamebait though.
So does that mean that it was a mercy kill-- err, assisted suicide?
I beg to differ. If I had a copy of WP I would still use it to this day. I loved the "reveal codes" feature which would allow me to remove the code (similar to editing HTML) for the document to remove an invisible formatting. AFAIK, Word still does not do this. Regardless even if it did, I use OpenOffice now. Booyah!
It would definitely fit with in the 'amazing' category if DNF was released when Arnold was president, since he isn't a natural-born citizen.
Cliff notes: In everything there is a silver lining.
This is definitely what Mozilla needs to get OEMs to do. Imagine if the link for IE is completely removed from the system (sans the exe of course) and replacing Firefox, and having "web browser" or "Internet browser", or just "Internet" (which is already done on the start menu in WinXP if it is set as the default browser). Get consumers to *believe* that Firefox *is* the Internet. Underhanded? Probably. But consumers like being spoon-fed, at least the ones who purchase Dell computers do.