Because when I read it I thought about all us poor folks spending our time on slashdot. I'd rather be at home, but for work, I guess this will have to be good enough.
so far we can get cheaper alcohol, cigarettes, textbooks, software (although it might not actually be *legal*), prescription drugs, and probably countless other things, just by logging on to an international website.
kinda kills that whole "buy american" slogan, huh?
well, i guess you can still buy american goods, just not from actual americans.
I'm sure it will be available w/ Windows Media Player Ver. 12.0 - available for download in Feb. 2004. Oh, and if you're already using Media Player 8x or higher you'll be prompted to download it.
Remember Tengen? The published, released, and sold games without seals of approval. RBI Baseball was one of their better games, if you were into sports sims, and baseball.
Maniac Mansion was close to not getting the gracious Seal, however, they toned down some of their sophomoric humor in exchange for the proverbial pat on the head. Is this a quality issue? or more of a content issue? is this one of the ways nintendo saved american gaming?
well that's what i was asking, i guess... Isn't there usually some type of incentive, or assistance given to those that are doing the work, i.e. the hardware costs? call me crazy, but i'm not going to 'donate' my time to a company so they can 'sell' a product including my work, and make even more money than they were before. when is the greater good of the community worth promoting corporate greed?
5,000 units vs 540,000 units.
not a fair comparison for a few reasons...
1)Price - not only is the unit itself more expensive, but to get it's full functionality (remember, it is a phone) you have to have add service to a cellular carrier. How many 13 year olds out there have cell phones and/or are going to be able to convince their parents to get them one they can play the latest greatest games on? Few. It's going to take longer for the older, cell toting gamers to catch on. The kids always want it here, now, this weekend, "I've been saving my allowance" whereas the older buyers are wondering if in three months there's going to be a price break.
2)Nintendo had a loyal following already, riding the sucess of Gameboy (and Gamegirl) and Gameboy Color. The Gameboy idea had already struck home, years ago. It was practially a household name before it sold 540,000 units in its first week. Whereas the Ngauge or whatever its called (see, i don't even remember how to spell the thing)is a completely new idea. Care to pull up figures on how well the Original Game Boy sold during it's debut week? Not 540,000 units.
I don't think this is going to replace the Gameboy as favorite handheld ever, but don't write it off just yet.
The Nintendo Seal of Quality wasn't worth the paper it was printed on. It was nothing more than a Nintendo Fee, and promise to promote the game in Nintendo Power. Ever read a Nintendo Power review? Ever hear them trash a game? Were all of the games good? Nope. Nintendo Power was just propaganda. There were plenty of great games that came sans Seals.
But feel free to step up now, i hear SCO is selling Seals of Quality for all the major Linux distros.
Roboteq expects that one of the first enhancements from the user community will be Linux support.
so Roboteq wants linux users to purchase it for $495, and write their own code for it? Sounds awefully cocky to me. "Buy it, write the software for it, pass it on to us, and we'll distribute it to the masses, and cut $100 or more from our expenses per unit. We'll then market it to the Linux masses, and we may or may not pass that price break on to them, as well."
is it wishful thinking to hope that these companies might donate a few of those puppies to a major, or even a few minor sized open source shops and let them write the software for it and get some well earned name recognition?
i have a 60 hour series 2 in my living room. i got the lifetime subscription on that. it is connected to my network via a linksys 802.11b wireless usb adapter. i'm thinking about getting a series 1 to hack, and put in the bedroom. if i buy one off eBay would i have to resubscribe, or the subscriptions transfer?
well, sometimes they are our clients. we contact our clients and offer additional services, as well as others to see if they might like our services better than their current providers... we can't call any of them on their cell phones, regardless whether they've done $300,000.00 with us or $0.00.
they're charging $9.95 for access to the internet. no AOL content, just the access.
or
if you already have broadband, you can add just the content for $14.95.
they charge $23.90 or whatver for both. it would make sense that they would offer full subscribers some sort of discount, more than the $1.10 they're giving them now.
Yes, you're right. I work for a company that contact clients via telphone, and legally we aren't allowed to call a cell phone, pager, or any type of phone that may incurr cost to the customer. It's illegal, and it's been illegal for years.
wow - that sucks. i've enjoyed less than 95, 98, and ME. on par w/ 2000 as far as rate. i've seen more in 2000,but i've been working with it longer. in 2K usually it's a bad driver, malfunctioning hardware (RAID controller, VRM, thanks Dell), or some such nonesense
And that's what cracks me up the most. why do IT staffers feel the need to alienate the guy (or lady) who's signing their paychecks?!? i worked for a guy that was about as tech savvy as my great grandmother, but a hell of a salesman. we had our own little study sessions before the big meetings, and i spent plenty of time formatting his excel spreadsheets, cleaning up his hard drive and installing programs for him. he realized, i'd take care of him, and he'd take care of me ($$$). Too many of us remind me of the obnoxious guy from SNL - "Your company's computer guy!!!" You're paid to keep the machines in check, and support the users, heh, or vice versa. Just let 'em think it's magic, but give them some showmanship!
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Microsoft CEO Bill Gates announces that the much anticipated 2007 Windows Desktop Release, tentativly called "longhorn" will be renamed "linux".
Because when I read it I thought about all us poor folks spending our time on slashdot. I'd rather be at home, but for work, I guess this will have to be good enough.
"For less than the price of a cup of coffee, you too can help a child learn the value of copyright..." when the MPAA turns to the viewers for funding.
First this, then they lose to WVU, almost completely eliminating all chance of winning a National Championship... It's a black day in Blacksburg.
"We're not the RIAA! We don't want to take advantage of the little people, just the big fish, the ones with the money, yeah, that's the ticket!"
it seems to get deeper every week, i really hope Big Blue crushes the evil bastards.
Time to buy some IBM stock...
so let's see...
so far we can get cheaper alcohol, cigarettes, textbooks, software (although it might not actually be *legal*), prescription drugs, and probably countless other things, just by logging on to an international website.
kinda kills that whole "buy american" slogan, huh?
well, i guess you can still buy american goods, just not from actual americans.
Just when you thought FloridaGate 2000 was out of everyone's mind, we bring you CaliforniaGate 2004: Rise of the Machines
I mean, isn't that why we used to get married and have children?
I'm sure it will be available w/ Windows Media Player Ver. 12.0 - available for download in Feb. 2004. Oh, and if you're already using Media Player 8x or higher you'll be prompted to download it.
yeah, you guys have better phones and service.
Remember Tengen? The published, released, and sold games without seals of approval. RBI Baseball was one of their better games, if you were into sports sims, and baseball.
Maniac Mansion was close to not getting the gracious Seal, however, they toned down some of their sophomoric humor in exchange for the proverbial pat on the head. Is this a quality issue? or more of a content issue? is this one of the ways nintendo saved american gaming?
well that's what i was asking, i guess... Isn't there usually some type of incentive, or assistance given to those that are doing the work, i.e. the hardware costs? call me crazy, but i'm not going to 'donate' my time to a company so they can 'sell' a product including my work, and make even more money than they were before. when is the greater good of the community worth promoting corporate greed?
ok ok ok.
5,000 units vs 540,000 units. not a fair comparison for a few reasons... 1)Price - not only is the unit itself more expensive, but to get it's full functionality (remember, it is a phone) you have to have add service to a cellular carrier. How many 13 year olds out there have cell phones and/or are going to be able to convince their parents to get them one they can play the latest greatest games on? Few. It's going to take longer for the older, cell toting gamers to catch on. The kids always want it here, now, this weekend, "I've been saving my allowance" whereas the older buyers are wondering if in three months there's going to be a price break.
2)Nintendo had a loyal following already, riding the sucess of Gameboy (and Gamegirl) and Gameboy Color. The Gameboy idea had already struck home, years ago. It was practially a household name before it sold 540,000 units in its first week. Whereas the Ngauge or whatever its called (see, i don't even remember how to spell the thing)is a completely new idea. Care to pull up figures on how well the Original Game Boy sold during it's debut week? Not 540,000 units. I don't think this is going to replace the Gameboy as favorite handheld ever, but don't write it off just yet.
The Nintendo Seal of Quality wasn't worth the paper it was printed on. It was nothing more than a Nintendo Fee, and promise to promote the game in Nintendo Power. Ever read a Nintendo Power review? Ever hear them trash a game? Were all of the games good? Nope. Nintendo Power was just propaganda. There were plenty of great games that came sans Seals.
But feel free to step up now, i hear SCO is selling Seals of Quality for all the major Linux distros.
Roboteq expects that one of the first enhancements from the user community will be Linux support.
so Roboteq wants linux users to purchase it for $495, and write their own code for it? Sounds awefully cocky to me. "Buy it, write the software for it, pass it on to us, and we'll distribute it to the masses, and cut $100 or more from our expenses per unit. We'll then market it to the Linux masses, and we may or may not pass that price break on to them, as well."
is it wishful thinking to hope that these companies might donate a few of those puppies to a major, or even a few minor sized open source shops and let them write the software for it and get some well earned name recognition?
hmmmmmm a robot running windows...
why doesn't that sound like such a great idea?
oh yeah! that whole fear of becoming borg!
you call him Longhorn, i'll call him Tex.
i have a 60 hour series 2 in my living room. i got the lifetime subscription on that. it is connected to my network via a linksys 802.11b wireless usb adapter. i'm thinking about getting a series 1 to hack, and put in the bedroom. if i buy one off eBay would i have to resubscribe, or the subscriptions transfer?
well, sometimes they are our clients. we contact our clients and offer additional services, as well as others to see if they might like our services better than their current providers... we can't call any of them on their cell phones, regardless whether they've done $300,000.00 with us or $0.00.
they're charging $9.95 for access to the internet. no AOL content, just the access.
or
if you already have broadband, you can add just the content for $14.95.
they charge $23.90 or whatver for both. it would make sense that they would offer full subscribers some sort of discount, more than the $1.10 they're giving them now.
Yes, you're right. I work for a company that contact clients via telphone, and legally we aren't allowed to call a cell phone, pager, or any type of phone that may incurr cost to the customer. It's illegal, and it's been illegal for years.
wow - that sucks. i've enjoyed less than 95, 98, and ME. on par w/ 2000 as far as rate. i've seen more in 2000,but i've been working with it longer. in 2K usually it's a bad driver, malfunctioning hardware (RAID controller, VRM, thanks Dell), or some such nonesense
i think i'm getting motion sickness just thinking about it.
just as useful as an Aibo, and not half as cute.
And that's what cracks me up the most. why do IT staffers feel the need to alienate the guy (or lady) who's signing their paychecks?!? i worked for a guy that was about as tech savvy as my great grandmother, but a hell of a salesman. we had our own little study sessions before the big meetings, and i spent plenty of time formatting his excel spreadsheets, cleaning up his hard drive and installing programs for him. he realized, i'd take care of him, and he'd take care of me ($$$). Too many of us remind me of the obnoxious guy from SNL - "Your company's computer guy!!!" You're paid to keep the machines in check, and support the users, heh, or vice versa. Just let 'em think it's magic, but give them some showmanship!