Online play means nothing to me or any of my friends. We're all approaching 30 and the last thing we need in a game is a bunch of 12 year old assholes yelling shit in my ear: YOU SHITCOCK FAGGOT! ROFLFHFHFn. Fuck that noise. Fuck online play. I'll stick with Rogue Squadron, Animal Crossing, Pikmin, and Donkey Konga thanks. Just call me Commander Solo
I was thinking the same. This laptop sounds like something I'd pass over if it were in a bin at the Salvation Army. Don't donate your worthless junk instead of throwing it out. I mean personally I'd be pretty insulted if I were Ugandan. All this says to me is that you've got a shit laptop but shit laptops are good enough for Ugandan school children.
Baloney. As long as you know the right keywords, Google does the rest. Or do you query Google thusly: "Dear Google, My name is CaptainCheese and I work in an office. I need to know how to lock down 50 Windows XP boxes so that only one application can run at a time and so that IE is disabled. Thanks." Please. Google for XP and kiosk mode and you're done. Smarten up.
I have news for you: you can have the exact same browsing experience in IE. I haven't seen a popup in 2 years, and haven't seen an ad in 6 months (not even a Google text ad mind you). And yet, I still have graphics turned on. I guess that makes me a some type of computer genius if I can figure it out and you can't huh?
But, as a disclaimer, I still run Firefox quite a bit because it's so blindingly fast. The problem keeping me from switching to Firefox completely is that the Ad Block extension is utter shit. I may not see ads but I do get to see huge blocks of color where the ads used to be. Not to mention that the Google Toolbar provided in Firefox isn't as complete as the IE download.
No one would pick up that case here in Canada either. You say it's a Christian school so I'm assuming it's not a public one. Private organizations can set their own policies regarding hiring and membership. That's why the Boy Scouts don't have to accept homosexual members for example.
Like it wouldn't drive *me* nuts to hold a camcorder while I'm trying to enjoy a movie? Who has time for shit like this? Quite frankly, I don't care if they want to put people in jail for filming movies in theatres so why in Hell would I want to disable a camcorder and pretend to film a movie to help out asshole pirates? You sir, are an asshat.
Being dead serious for a minute, if this guy fails--ie dies--it could very well mark the end of a very short lived experiment in private space exploration. Not because the American spirit will be dampened by it--on the contrary, I can see the Yanks trying harder than ever to make it work. On the other hand, I can already see the handwringers on CNN asking "Why isn't there a law?"
If you read the submitter's story you'll see that he can install Windows without connecting to the 'net. He unplugged his pipe, installed XP, rebooted. Why can't he turn the firewall on NOW before he plugs the box back into the 'net? Goodness.
THE NOKIA QD! I can't believe it! My dreams have been answered! NO MORE taking out the battery to change my games either! Not with this BEAUTY! Now I can make a phone call on my handheld gaming console! WHAT A GREAT IDEA! Where do I sign up for this genius?!?!? FUCK GBA SP, DS and PSP! FUCK THEM up their stupid asses! Nokia QD telephone appliance is the ONLY system for TRUE GAMERS! I just drop kicked my CUBE OUT THE DOOR because I realized how SHIT it was compared to the QD! Once I saw those pictures I was HOOKED! Thanks NOKIA!
I wonder how many are on my Windows machine? Oh wait, none. It's not that hard to keep spyware off your machine. Goodness. I guess the key is "the average user...". Ah well.
Try locking shit up. It works. Combine locking shit up with the aforementioned barcodes and it's foolproof. Instead of putting cameras on doors just put ONE CAMERA on the door that the laptops are locked behind. Goodness.
So where do you draw the line then? I suppose my 200lb desktop is a PDA as well. It's personal, digital, and it assists me in my work. Look, conventionally, a PDA stores contact info and runs a calendar. The grandparent is not using it that way. The hardware is the same perhaps but it's function has changed. He could just as easily be using a tablet PC for example. Would you call that a PDA as well? Technically you could but it wouldn't follow convention.
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I touch type and I can't get near the Esc key without at least shifting my left hand forward so far that my knuckles are touching the number keys. Technically my fingers haven't left the home row but I don't know anyone who would type like that. Then again, I type on a Model M and it's a pretty big keyboard.
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Too bad you can't actually replace Photoshop with Gimp. Gimp is a cute fuck around tool but that's it.
The 9 key is only above the 6 key if you don't know how to type properly. The numeric keypad is for data entry only sir. Thank you.
The bank mails me a statement once a month. It easily tracks my expenses and account balances.
Online play means nothing to me or any of my friends. We're all approaching 30 and the last thing we need in a game is a bunch of 12 year old assholes yelling shit in my ear: YOU SHITCOCK FAGGOT! ROFLFHFHFn. Fuck that noise. Fuck online play. I'll stick with Rogue Squadron, Animal Crossing, Pikmin, and Donkey Konga thanks. Just call me Commander Solo
I was thinking the same. This laptop sounds like something I'd pass over if it were in a bin at the Salvation Army. Don't donate your worthless junk instead of throwing it out. I mean personally I'd be pretty insulted if I were Ugandan. All this says to me is that you've got a shit laptop but shit laptops are good enough for Ugandan school children.
"I plan to load up an older version of Windows OR something free,
You read it
I plan to load up an older version of Windows or SOMETHING free
That's how I read it and it sounds like he's implying that older versions of Windows are free.
Please explain.
Baloney. As long as you know the right keywords, Google does the rest. Or do you query Google thusly: "Dear Google, My name is CaptainCheese and I work in an office. I need to know how to lock down 50 Windows XP boxes so that only one application can run at a time and so that IE is disabled. Thanks." Please. Google for XP and kiosk mode and you're done. Smarten up.
But, as a disclaimer, I still run Firefox quite a bit because it's so blindingly fast. The problem keeping me from switching to Firefox completely is that the Ad Block extension is utter shit. I may not see ads but I do get to see huge blocks of color where the ads used to be. Not to mention that the Google Toolbar provided in Firefox isn't as complete as the IE download.
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You know what's really retarded? Your post.
No one would pick up that case here in Canada either. You say it's a Christian school so I'm assuming it's not a public one. Private organizations can set their own policies regarding hiring and membership. That's why the Boy Scouts don't have to accept homosexual members for example.
Like it wouldn't drive *me* nuts to hold a camcorder while I'm trying to enjoy a movie? Who has time for shit like this? Quite frankly, I don't care if they want to put people in jail for filming movies in theatres so why in Hell would I want to disable a camcorder and pretend to film a movie to help out asshole pirates? You sir, are an asshat.
Being dead serious for a minute, if this guy fails--ie dies--it could very well mark the end of a very short lived experiment in private space exploration. Not because the American spirit will be dampened by it--on the contrary, I can see the Yanks trying harder than ever to make it work. On the other hand, I can already see the handwringers on CNN asking "Why isn't there a law?"
If you read the submitter's story you'll see that he can install Windows without connecting to the 'net. He unplugged his pipe, installed XP, rebooted. Why can't he turn the firewall on NOW before he plugs the box back into the 'net? Goodness.
THE NOKIA QD ! I can't believe it! My dreams have been answered! NO MORE taking out the battery to change my games either! Not with this BEAUTY! Now I can make a phone call on my handheld gaming console! WHAT A GREAT IDEA! Where do I sign up for this genius?!?!? FUCK GBA SP, DS and PSP! FUCK THEM up their stupid asses! Nokia QD telephone appliance is the ONLY system for TRUE GAMERS! I just drop kicked my CUBE OUT THE DOOR because I realized how SHIT it was compared to the QD! Once I saw those pictures I was HOOKED! Thanks NOKIA!
You have laundry machines in Norway? Fuck, for that matter you have the Internet in Norway? Who knew?
...this is a game for little kids so who gives a shit?
Why? This isn't Star Trek. The Prime Directive is fiction only. The most there'd be is maybe some bacteria and who really cares about that?
What about a time machine? Or a man with four asses? I'm pretty sure they've never existed.
Why? Yahoo! is still the world's number one web portal. Google's not going to start offering Fantasy Hockey as well are they?
I wonder how many are on my Windows machine? Oh wait, none. It's not that hard to keep spyware off your machine. Goodness. I guess the key is "the average user...". Ah well.
Try locking shit up. It works. Combine locking shit up with the aforementioned barcodes and it's foolproof. Instead of putting cameras on doors just put ONE CAMERA on the door that the laptops are locked behind. Goodness.
So where do you draw the line then? I suppose my 200lb desktop is a PDA as well. It's personal, digital, and it assists me in my work. Look, conventionally, a PDA stores contact info and runs a calendar. The grandparent is not using it that way. The hardware is the same perhaps but it's function has changed. He could just as easily be using a tablet PC for example. Would you call that a PDA as well? Technically you could but it wouldn't follow convention.
I touch type and I can't get near the Esc key without at least shifting my left hand forward so far that my knuckles are touching the number keys. Technically my fingers haven't left the home row but I don't know anyone who would type like that. Then again, I type on a Model M and it's a pretty big keyboard.