having long games that I never finish is pretty nice actually.
most games I buy it, play it for a week, find something else and do that for a week. unless it's something really cool (like NWN, but that's another story, because then there are expansion packs), I don't bother finishing it.
the fun comes when you pick up that game again a few months (sometimes years later) and give it a go again. most of the time, when i pick it up after a while i'm more compelled to finish it.
also, by the time you pick it up again, changes are your hardware will actually be good enough to handle the game;)
judging by the success of the iTunes music store (yes, people will pay for music on the internet), i wonder how long it'll take for someone to hack up a quick and dirty clone using the gecko engine or similar.
question is: will apple sue something that increases their sales?
often times, just scoping out amazon a week before classes begin is a good deal. amazon tends to deliver pretty quickly for me.
my university's bookstore puts little paper labels on the shelves noting the class number, who's teaching it, which book is needed and how much it costs, even before the books are in.
you go to the bookstore, get all the titles/editions/etc and go order on amazon. it seems a little dishounorable at first, but given that the bookstore extorts you on book prices when they know you're already broke from paying tuition, it's not so bad...
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so now there are how many linux distributions that run on the new 64 bit machines out of the box?
Suse, Redhat, others?
and how many other OSs that also run out of the box without you having to use said box as a house after purchasing it?
having long games that I never finish is pretty nice actually.
;)
most games I buy it, play it for a week, find something else and do that for a week. unless it's something really cool (like NWN, but that's another story, because then there are expansion packs), I don't bother finishing it.
the fun comes when you pick up that game again a few months (sometimes years later) and give it a go again. most of the time, when i pick it up after a while i'm more compelled to finish it.
also, by the time you pick it up again, changes are your hardware will actually be good enough to handle the game
judging by the success of the iTunes music store (yes, people will pay for music on the internet), i wonder how long it'll take for someone to hack up a quick and dirty clone using the gecko engine or similar.
question is: will apple sue something that increases their sales?
give it another few years, and we'll see this stuff popping up everywhere. it'll be pretty amazing to see what they'll do with it.
of course, some one will unboutably patent the technique and charge dollars for what should be pennies
often times, just scoping out amazon a week before classes begin is a good deal. amazon tends to deliver pretty quickly for me.
my university's bookstore puts little paper labels on the shelves noting the class number, who's teaching it, which book is needed and how much it costs, even before the books are in.
you go to the bookstore, get all the titles/editions/etc and go order on amazon. it seems a little dishounorable at first, but given that the bookstore extorts you on book prices when they know you're already broke from paying tuition, it's not so bad...
this is kind of like suing property owners for "profiting" by charging rent to people who grow pot in their closets
don't most ISPs make the user sign a release or disclaimer saying the ISP isn't responsible if the user gets himself in trouble for content?
ya... knowing that a server is /.'ed and i can't rtfa always puts a smile on my face...
how about the fact that it weighs half as much?