People want iPads, not tablets. People don't even know what "tablets" are. Apple have defined a new market, most people buying iPads aren't really sure why they want them yet. It will be impossible for the competition to win over mindshare until they have something *better* than the iPad has. Price will not convince many because as said, people don't want tablets, they want iPads.
This will probably change. But it will take a few years yet IMO. Think about how long it took for people to know why they wanted a PC. This is different (people understand why they want a computer nowadays), but it will still take time.
However I realised a long time ago that imperial units are better for people. Not better for science, obviously. Not better for engineering, of course. But better for people.
5 foot is a much more human number than 1.5 meters.
The difference between 15 and 20 celsius is the difference between a cold and a warm day. The temperature varies 15 degrees here in England through out the year. 15 units is not enough to convey meaning! Fahrenheit, as totally weird a scale it is, has a greater meaningful range when it applies to knowing if you should go to the beach or not.
500 grams of mince? 500 units for cooking?! Give me cups and pounds anyday.
A foot is a good unit of measurement. I can pigeon step to measure things.
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The name of something can make or break it. So it's not entirely true that the domain is irrelevant nowadays. It's less important than it used to be, for sure. But you can't just dismiss it.
Frankly I find the business of buying up real estate because you know it will become valuable an activity for scum too.
It is the kind of business that losers do. People who are unable to contribute to the world in any significant way so instead the do something really very easy, and feel smug about it.
Also analogies are evil, yours does not mirror the act in question precisely. Buying up domains that (relatively poor) people starting businesses want is not equivalent to buying some real estate that a multinational corporation like mcdonalds wants.
Everything is personal, only people without morals pretend business isn't personal. You have to divorce your feelings from business somewhat to succeed, sure. But if you completely become apersonal about it then you are a tosser.
While your here why not give me a thousand dollars for my "protection scheme" I promise you will be immune from any such occurrence as this in the future. 100% guarantee. Apply today!
In case I didn't make myself clear, I think you're a twat.
Quite. Scrobbling is an open protocol. There are so many ways to submit scrobbles. There is no way at Last.fm's end to differentiate between a legitimate scrobble and an illegitimate one.
I agree there were too many shocks. I wonder if they decided to do that because they could take advantage of the true darkness that Doom3 engine allowed?
However, some were good. My favourite shock scare was when I approached some stairs, I could only see the stairs because of some glare off them from another light source. Suddenly a light under the stairs turned on and through the gaps in the stairs I could see the silhouette of an imp staring back at me, maybe half a meter from my face. And of course the music went "BLAAAH!".
Scared the crap out of me, and I thought it was a clever scare.
However I would also hate the game if it was just shock-scares. That's lame. I hate horror films that focus on that. So I have to say IMO, there was a lot more to be scared of.
After a few levels the game got very eerie. Distance whimpering just on the edge of hearing. Strange noises, things moving on the edge of your view. The gradually deteriorating sanity in the audio logs you were finding and listening to.
The level in hell was incredible, as you followed the terrifying ordeal of one of the scientists that was abandoned there as he was hunted and toyed with by the demons.
When you finally reached Delta labs, that level was seriously unnerving.
I wonder if people who call it just "shocks" played the whole thing at all. And if they did, maybe I'm just weird in that I found so much more scary than just the shocks.
Id actually developed an awesome survival horror game that those of us who enjoy such games loved. But everyone else in the world expected a shotgun gorefest and thus described it as boring, or whatever.
And the expectations were thus because they called it Doom.
I'm not sure why they did that. Possibly because Carmack is not a marketing guy. Possibly because Doom 3 was inevitably going to sell buckets whatever the content.
Saying they have dropped out is nonsense, you've just attached yourself to the 13 year old fanboi meme. Doom 3 was actually a very well executed game with good level design and well written game progression. It just wasn't what people expected.
However having said that, I'm not sure I care anymore either. FPS games bore me nowadays, and Id seemingly can only make those.
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People want iPads, not tablets. People don't even know what "tablets" are. Apple have defined a new market, most people buying iPads aren't really sure why they want them yet. It will be impossible for the competition to win over mindshare until they have something *better* than the iPad has. Price will not convince many because as said, people don't want tablets, they want iPads.
This will probably change. But it will take a few years yet IMO. Think about how long it took for people to know why they wanted a PC. This is different (people understand why they want a computer nowadays), but it will still take time.
I'm a Brit so metric is our thing.
However I realised a long time ago that imperial units are better for people. Not better for science, obviously. Not better for engineering, of course. But better for people.
5 foot is a much more human number than 1.5 meters.
The difference between 15 and 20 celsius is the difference between a cold and a warm day. The temperature varies 15 degrees here in England through out the year. 15 units is not enough to convey meaning! Fahrenheit, as totally weird a scale it is, has a greater meaningful range when it applies to knowing if you should go to the beach or not.
500 grams of mince? 500 units for cooking?! Give me cups and pounds anyday.
A foot is a good unit of measurement. I can pigeon step to measure things.
Bought, thanks.
Hah, it's true. I don't get invited to weddings.
The name of something can make or break it. So it's not entirely true that the domain is irrelevant nowadays. It's less important than it used to be, for sure. But you can't just dismiss it.
Buying real estate to sell on is not improving America or any other country in anyway. People should aspire to make a buck and improve the world.
Now I don't look down on people who don't improve the world, but I do look down on people who are preventing other people from improving the world.
Squatting on valuable resources makes the world worse.
Therefore I feel fine about describing such people as scum.
Frankly I find the business of buying up real estate because you know it will become valuable an activity for scum too.
It is the kind of business that losers do. People who are unable to contribute to the world in any significant way so instead the do something really very easy, and feel smug about it.
Also analogies are evil, yours does not mirror the act in question precisely. Buying up domains that (relatively poor) people starting businesses want is not equivalent to buying some real estate that a multinational corporation like mcdonalds wants.
Everything is personal, only people without morals pretend business isn't personal. You have to divorce your feelings from business somewhat to succeed, sure. But if you completely become apersonal about it then you are a tosser.
I would have punched her.
I agree with the anonymous coward above. Your coworker is scum.
God, you're a self important twat.
Congratulations on your knee jerk reaction.
While your here why not give me a thousand dollars for my "protection scheme" I promise you will be immune from any such occurrence as this in the future. 100% guarantee. Apply today!
In case I didn't make myself clear, I think you're a twat.
I work at Last.fm. You're misinformed. But thanks for telling me to fuck myself. I'll keep an eye out for you.
Quite. Scrobbling is an open protocol. There are so many ways to submit scrobbles. There is no way at Last.fm's end to differentiate between a legitimate scrobble and an illegitimate one.
I hope you're not proud of you inane and boring tripe.
Be fair. When C++ was 2 years old, hardly anyone gave a shit about it.
This happens more often than you think. Just browse at -1.
Although I agree with everything you say, I just can't bring myself to publicly mirror the opinions of someone who can't spell ridiculous correctly.
Sorry, from now on I will forbid people from reading texts out loud.
"I played a game for 2 hours and can now spurt crap about it on an online forum"
I agree but there is seemingly no solution.
Target site wants to control the traffic to its copyrighted content.
Slashdot wants to beat other sites to syndicating said content, so it won't hold off because said content will be slashdotted.
Ideas like Diggmirror violate first principle.
I agree there were too many shocks. I wonder if they decided to do that because they could take advantage of the true darkness that Doom3 engine allowed?
However, some were good. My favourite shock scare was when I approached some stairs, I could only see the stairs because of some glare off them from another light source. Suddenly a light under the stairs turned on and through the gaps in the stairs I could see the silhouette of an imp staring back at me, maybe half a meter from my face. And of course the music went "BLAAAH!".
Scared the crap out of me, and I thought it was a clever scare.
However I would also hate the game if it was just shock-scares. That's lame. I hate horror films that focus on that. So I have to say IMO, there was a lot more to be scared of.
After a few levels the game got very eerie. Distance whimpering just on the edge of hearing. Strange noises, things moving on the edge of your view. The gradually deteriorating sanity in the audio logs you were finding and listening to.
The level in hell was incredible, as you followed the terrifying ordeal of one of the scientists that was abandoned there as he was hunted and toyed with by the demons.
When you finally reached Delta labs, that level was seriously unnerving.
I wonder if people who call it just "shocks" played the whole thing at all. And if they did, maybe I'm just weird in that I found so much more scary than just the shocks.
Id actually developed an awesome survival horror game that those of us who enjoy such games loved. But everyone else in the world expected a shotgun gorefest and thus described it as boring, or whatever.
And the expectations were thus because they called it Doom.
I'm not sure why they did that. Possibly because Carmack is not a marketing guy. Possibly because Doom 3 was inevitably going to sell buckets whatever the content.
Saying they have dropped out is nonsense, you've just attached yourself to the 13 year old fanboi meme. Doom 3 was actually a very well executed game with good level design and well written game progression. It just wasn't what people expected.
However having said that, I'm not sure I care anymore either. FPS games bore me nowadays, and Id seemingly can only make those.
lalala I'm offering hints that were first offered 10 years ago.
lalala I have a stereotypical opinion and I'm angry about it.
Anyone who thinks the Office Ribbon isn't changing things for the better loses my opinion of their opinion's worth.
Only apps developed by people who care about the end user become successful. So it doesn't matter.