I used to scoff at Internet addiction until I witnessed it firsthand. My roommate in University was hopelessly addicted to MMORPGS. It got to the point where he was skipping class to play. Shortly after that, he started asking everyone to call him by the name of his Everquest character (I think it was StealthDemon or something rather lame like that). It was *extremely* uncomfortable when he got up in front of the Stats201 class to "announce" his name change. It didn't help that he was wearing a cape and a huge plumed hat at the time, either. Before I moved out, he had actually started keeping a pail under his computer desk to urinate into so he wouldn't have to miss any action. Pretty sad, really.
What about Carly's feelings? A human being has lost their job today - let's not forget that! She must be feeling down and I bet her confidence has taken a real hit!
Well, he's a huge nerd with poor social skills. He has a hard enough time politely saying "no" to telemarketers. As for actual confrontation, forget it. Besides, his huge lice-infested beard makes it difficult for others to hear what he is mumbling.
I actually work for Microsoft (gasp! and I also read Slashdot!). My cube-mate owns an iPod. I remember the week after MSN Music was launched, he took his iPod with him into the cafeteria. He was waiting in line to grab his lunch and noticed that people kept cutting in front of him in line. He couldn't figure out what the heck was going on until he realized the people cutting in front were all from the music division. They had seen the white earphones and were "punishing" him for going with the competitor.
Sometimes people can be very petty here.
I keep a bunch of nerds surrounding my house for security. I feed them doritos and keep them motivated by issuing fake Duke Nukem Forever press releases. When I see them becoming too docile, I toss Windows Magazine at them to get them all riled up.
I was born and raised in Waterloo. Trust me, every last word of that post is true. Well, not counting the stuff about RIM. Although, one time, during Oktoberfest, I saw a really drunk guy waving his Blackberry around. It was definitely celebratory.
Do you have pride in what happens to B.C. softwood lumber?
Absolutely. Every time I get a splinter I always salute and sing B.C.'s anthem - "Dance of the Whale and Bear".
I am from the small city of Waterloo, Canada (population 70000 people) where RIM has its headquarters. Let me tell you that they are incredibly important to this city. It's basically become an institution. The city has paid for the entire parking lot and street where RIM is located to be fitted with heating pipes so that there is never snow on the road. There is a city-wide holiday every October to commemorate the founding of the company. Everyone has the day off and there is a parade that ends in the RIM Performance Theatre where the CEO addresses the crowd, live bands play, and food is dished out. It's almost wacky... RIM employees actually have all their taxi expense paid for by the city. It may seem strange, but the value of RIM for the local economy and pride of Canadian citizens is difficult to overstate.
Morality? Considering that 9 out of every 10 games available right now involves shooting people, I'd say that a game with some cars crashing and some speeding is pretty damn tame. Especially since death is never depicted... cars just magically re-start after a crash.
I didn't think it was possible for a sequel to actually change my enjoyment of the original. But, Lucas has managed to do it. The new movies have worn me down. I now avoid my yearly watching of the original trilogy out of bitterness and resentment.
Advertisers will continue to find new ways to market to the public. These ways will inevitably become more and more invasive. They will rely on the public's apathy and penchant for "free stuff". But if you don't want to watch 10 minutes of commercials before every movie you see or you don't want to have you children's school walls plastered with ads then DO SOMETHING! Speak to the manager of the movie theatre. Call your children's principal. Stop using websites that have blurred the lines between information and advertisements.
Well, I've been watching the spam lately and to my eyes it looks like technology is slowly making spam less profitable. Spam filters are becoming so effective that spammers are being forced to litter their messages with nonsense words and mispellings. These nonsense words and mispellings make the receiver of the spam less likely to purchase anything. And so (hopefully) the cycle will continue.
If the price of the 6800GT part goes much higher than $199 it will cannibalize sales of the vanilla 6800 series. Man, it is such a challenge buying a video card these days. It's really difficult to find the "sweet spot" of price versus performance. For example, I can walk across the street to a retailer who will charge me $450 for a 9800XT at this very moment.
No sir... at least with the first iteration of cards. That is, of course, unless you have a PCI Express port on your motherboard. AGP versions will follow, but I haven't found out how long it will take.
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I used to scoff at Internet addiction until I witnessed it firsthand. My roommate in University was hopelessly addicted to MMORPGS. It got to the point where he was skipping class to play. Shortly after that, he started asking everyone to call him by the name of his Everquest character (I think it was StealthDemon or something rather lame like that). It was *extremely* uncomfortable when he got up in front of the Stats201 class to "announce" his name change. It didn't help that he was wearing a cape and a huge plumed hat at the time, either. Before I moved out, he had actually started keeping a pail under his computer desk to urinate into so he wouldn't have to miss any action. Pretty sad, really.
Oh wait, I actually don't care.
Woo hoo!!! Ding Dong! The witch is dead!
Well, he's a huge nerd with poor social skills. He has a hard enough time politely saying "no" to telemarketers. As for actual confrontation, forget it. Besides, his huge lice-infested beard makes it difficult for others to hear what he is mumbling.
I actually work for Microsoft (gasp! and I also read Slashdot!). My cube-mate owns an iPod. I remember the week after MSN Music was launched, he took his iPod with him into the cafeteria. He was waiting in line to grab his lunch and noticed that people kept cutting in front of him in line. He couldn't figure out what the heck was going on until he realized the people cutting in front were all from the music division. They had seen the white earphones and were "punishing" him for going with the competitor.
Sometimes people can be very petty here.
I keep a bunch of nerds surrounding my house for security. I feed them doritos and keep them motivated by issuing fake Duke Nukem Forever press releases. When I see them becoming too docile, I toss Windows Magazine at them to get them all riled up.
Thanks for feeding me.
And I am going to assume that you like John Cleese and have a cheesecake allergy.
Interesting enough, it is both the former and latter .
I was born and raised in Waterloo. Trust me, every last word of that post is true. Well, not counting the stuff about RIM. Although, one time, during Oktoberfest, I saw a really drunk guy waving his Blackberry around. It was definitely celebratory.
Interesting. I guess you live in the east end. I would say "you should get out more", but I don't want to be rude!
Do you have pride in what happens to B.C. softwood lumber?
Absolutely. Every time I get a splinter I always salute and sing B.C.'s anthem - "Dance of the Whale and Bear".
Trust me, things have really changed since you left.
I am from the small city of Waterloo, Canada (population 70000 people) where RIM has its headquarters. Let me tell you that they are incredibly important to this city. It's basically become an institution. The city has paid for the entire parking lot and street where RIM is located to be fitted with heating pipes so that there is never snow on the road. There is a city-wide holiday every October to commemorate the founding of the company. Everyone has the day off and there is a parade that ends in the RIM Performance Theatre where the CEO addresses the crowd, live bands play, and food is dished out. It's almost wacky... RIM employees actually have all their taxi expense paid for by the city. It may seem strange, but the value of RIM for the local economy and pride of Canadian citizens is difficult to overstate.
Morality? Considering that 9 out of every 10 games available right now involves shooting people, I'd say that a game with some cars crashing and some speeding is pretty damn tame. Especially since death is never depicted... cars just magically re-start after a crash.
Now if only GMail would add a calendar and notepad functionality, I would dump Yahoo Mail in a heartbeat.
Gas stations? Walking down the sidewalk? Huh?
Whew... thank God. My penis was getting so long I was starting to trip over it.
I didn't think it was possible for a sequel to actually change my enjoyment of the original. But, Lucas has managed to do it. The new movies have worn me down. I now avoid my yearly watching of the original trilogy out of bitterness and resentment.
Advertisers will continue to find new ways to market to the public. These ways will inevitably become more and more invasive. They will rely on the public's apathy and penchant for "free stuff". But if you don't want to watch 10 minutes of commercials before every movie you see or you don't want to have you children's school walls plastered with ads then DO SOMETHING! Speak to the manager of the movie theatre. Call your children's principal. Stop using websites that have blurred the lines between information and advertisements.
The cat's ass?
Well, I've been watching the spam lately and to my eyes it looks like technology is slowly making spam less profitable. Spam filters are becoming so effective that spammers are being forced to litter their messages with nonsense words and mispellings. These nonsense words and mispellings make the receiver of the spam less likely to purchase anything. And so (hopefully) the cycle will continue.
Whoops... okay, I see it now. I was whipped into a such a frenzy by NVidia that I was reading postings too quickly.
If the price of the 6800GT part goes much higher than $199 it will cannibalize sales of the vanilla 6800 series. Man, it is such a challenge buying a video card these days. It's really difficult to find the "sweet spot" of price versus performance. For example, I can walk across the street to a retailer who will charge me $450 for a 9800XT at this very moment.
I'm confused. When you say you "have PCI Express" do you mean your current motherboard supports it? If so, why do you need an another one?
No sir... at least with the first iteration of cards. That is, of course, unless you have a PCI Express port on your motherboard. AGP versions will follow, but I haven't found out how long it will take.