Hideous compared to Half Life 2 ramped up to 1280x1024 with 4xAA, sure. But not like a 1988-1996 jump. Bear in mind Quake 1 was pretty much full 3D, so it sits on the same platform with modern games bar the physics and lighting.
If you run Unreal Tournament 2004 in 320x200 mode (I know I've done it with one of those new UT games) it doesn't look much/any better than Quake which used that res by default.
No, I was thinking how totally amazing that would be, but alas;-) Quake 3 style fast paced levels with Source graphics and physics would kick UT2004's ass (and before anyone mentions Quake 4.. I hate the Doom 3 engine, Source is way better). Of course, can't really expect an iD/Valve collaboration any time.. ever.
The thing with Quake is that there are no other games from 1996 which even compare to today's games. Quake (deathmatch) can still just about hold its own even against today's titles like UT2004. The graphics are scrappy but all the elements are there, and Quake 1 is still as fun as hell.
Yeah, I bought a 16" Sharp a couple of years ago (which I still use) and it has been perfect. Course, it was about $900, but it was cheapest I could afford back then which did 1280x1024. (WTF would ever buy a screen that only did 1024!?)
I'm in the UK, so the commercials aren't quite so bad. Sky News is basically the UK Fox News without the bias. So not many commercials, and just 24/7 news.
That said, I'm sick of it this week, they don't even seem to be covering the new years' celebrations around the world, instead giving us the same tsunami footage over and over and over and over..
If you want to call overseas from the UK, it's cheap and easy, no cards or memberships needed. Just dial 0870 7946078 (weekdays) or 0844 5706078 (weekends) and once it answers, dial the full international number of where you're calling. The above numbers cost the same as a national call. I've been using this for a year or so now and it works great. (The company providing this is called DialSmart, if you want to google for them)
I watch as much TV, if not more, than ever before. However, due to wi-fi and having a tiny notebook, I can now sit and work/write/do research with the TV in the background, which means my TV watching is semi-productive. I tend to leave the TV on Sky News or something.
Having the Internet to hand makes TV more fun, as you can look up movie trivia on IMDB, or get indepth information on things you've just heard in a documentary. I find it hard watching TV on its own now without playing on the Internet at the same time. TV is a great background activity, though not a good foreground one, IMHO.
Let's do the math. I'm not going to double check the figures, but I believe you refer 5 people, and once they all sign up, you get a free iPod. Rinse and repeat.
Okay, so one person hooks up five people, they all sign up (making the company $50 * 6 = $300) and a $249 iPod is sent out to the first guy. Profit so far is $51.
Each of those five hooks up five people for a total of 25 new people, so 25 * 50 = 1250. Five iPods = 1245, not much profit this time.. so this shows that at $50 there's no real profit for the company at each generation, until...
At this point you've exhausted everyone on the Internet, as you can't sign up more than once. So where's the money?
As in ANY pyramid scheme, the money is in the last generation of the scheme! Free iPods will reach a point where they have several million on their books, and those several million can't find anyone to sign up! So.. several million * 50 = $A LOT OF PROFIT. And those guys won't get an iPod. Cha-ching.
No harm maybe, but there's still a cost. The work would only be 'free' if the basic living costs were covered somehow (but no more). As it is, you'd be spending $X per month on keeping yourself alive, money that would be better spent on other investments (unless, of course, the 'free' software turns into a real cash cow).
If you look vaguely like you belong there, nobody's going to raise a stink.
Well, yeah.. this is the most basic part of Sneaking Around 101:-) Really, this works in almost every 'sneak in' situation, particularly in big companies or institutions.
A few other people have pointed out how $300k for one of these apartments is pretty cheap. Okay, sure, but it is Brazil after all. However, of more interest to me is that each apartment takes up one floor, and there are only eleven floors. So.. the market value of the building is $3.3 million, meaning it must have cost less than that to build! That's what I can't get my head around.. Brazil or not, an 11 storey building for $3m!??
Actually, he used the term correctly. An argument which "assume[s] the truth of an argument or proposition to be proved, without arguing it" will "beg a/the question".
It was stated that someone is going to court for wardriving, which is tacitly stating that wardriving is an offense. However, this is not necessarily so, so it begs the question as to whether wardriving is actually an offense.
The poster himself may have responded to you admitting a misuse, but I don't think he misused the term at all.
Hmm, but with the iTunes Music Store you don't have to type anything in each time, except your password. It remembers your CC number and bills you at the end of each day where you bought tracks.
..as the insane line outside the new Apple Store in London when it opened a couple of weeks ago. People were out there in sub freezing temperatures, some for over 24 hours. I thought they were nuts, the lot of em, especially considering there was no new product on sale.
As far as I recall, it's actually against the agreement you have with VISA to store the CVV number (used on most customer not present transactions now) of a credit card.
This is just an idea, perhaps someone with more knowledge in this area can tell me whether it'd work.
Set the highest priority mail exchanger on a domain to something that doesn't resolve, or something with a firewalled port 25. Then add another mail exchanger (lower priority) to your proper mail exchanger.
As far as I'm aware, more spam systems are designed for speed, not reliability, and many of them seem to do MX lookups and deliver mail directly.. so wouldn't putting a bad exchanger as the highest priority kill a lot of the mail? Maybe not, but just another idea to throw out there.
Here in the UK there seems to be a shift in younger children (not late teens) back to more sporting activities , outdoor games etc and away from the computer/console.
Yeah, and a shift to loitering around menacingly around council estates and throwing verbal abuse at the elderly, right?;-)
Most traditional traffic lights are programmed to remain green for the major thoroughfare at night anyway, unless a vehicle pulls up from one of the side streets.
Are you sure? That's definitely not true in the city of traffic lights, L.A. I get stuck at intersections all the way along Victory or Ventura Blvd in the dead of night. Almost no traditional traffic lights have sensors anyway as far as I can tell.
I don't work with BzzAgents, although I am involved in similar areas to them. It's interesting to think of why we "buzz" (to steal their terminology) certain products and services and not others.
For example, I'll often recommend MySQL, Apple, Linux, Perl, or even companies like EV1Servers with total enthusiasm. It doesn't affect me if someone uses MySQL, an Apple computer, or gets a server with EV1, so why the enthusiasm? Most people don't do the analysis, and I guess I haven't till now either. The answer you get will probably be one of the many answers that apply to the BzzAgents.
In my case, do I recommend all of the above systems/brands/companies because I want to improve the lives/businesses of the people I talk to? Partly, but perhaps it's because I want to be associated as the one who helped them with this improvement. A selfish helpfulness, I guess, where the reward isn't helping people, but being recognized as the one who did the helping.
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Hideous compared to Half Life 2 ramped up to 1280x1024 with 4xAA, sure. But not like a 1988-1996 jump. Bear in mind Quake 1 was pretty much full 3D, so it sits on the same platform with modern games bar the physics and lighting.
If you run Unreal Tournament 2004 in 320x200 mode (I know I've done it with one of those new UT games) it doesn't look much/any better than Quake which used that res by default.
No, I was thinking how totally amazing that would be, but alas ;-) Quake 3 style fast paced levels with Source graphics and physics would kick UT2004's ass (and before anyone mentions Quake 4.. I hate the Doom 3 engine, Source is way better). Of course, can't really expect an iD/Valve collaboration any time.. ever.
The thing with Quake is that there are no other games from 1996 which even compare to today's games. Quake (deathmatch) can still just about hold its own even against today's titles like UT2004. The graphics are scrappy but all the elements are there, and Quake 1 is still as fun as hell.
Yeah, I bought a 16" Sharp a couple of years ago (which I still use) and it has been perfect. Course, it was about $900, but it was cheapest I could afford back then which did 1280x1024. (WTF would ever buy a screen that only did 1024!?)
I'm in the UK, so the commercials aren't quite so bad. Sky News is basically the UK Fox News without the bias. So not many commercials, and just 24/7 news.
That said, I'm sick of it this week, they don't even seem to be covering the new years' celebrations around the world, instead giving us the same tsunami footage over and over and over and over..
If you want to call overseas from the UK, it's cheap and easy, no cards or memberships needed. Just dial 0870 7946078 (weekdays) or 0844 5706078 (weekends) and once it answers, dial the full international number of where you're calling. The above numbers cost the same as a national call. I've been using this for a year or so now and it works great. (The company providing this is called DialSmart, if you want to google for them)
I watch as much TV, if not more, than ever before. However, due to wi-fi and having a tiny notebook, I can now sit and work/write/do research with the TV in the background, which means my TV watching is semi-productive. I tend to leave the TV on Sky News or something.
Having the Internet to hand makes TV more fun, as you can look up movie trivia on IMDB, or get indepth information on things you've just heard in a documentary. I find it hard watching TV on its own now without playing on the Internet at the same time. TV is a great background activity, though not a good foreground one, IMHO.
Let's do the math. I'm not going to double check the figures, but I believe you refer 5 people, and once they all sign up, you get a free iPod. Rinse and repeat.
Okay, so one person hooks up five people, they all sign up (making the company $50 * 6 = $300) and a $249 iPod is sent out to the first guy. Profit so far is $51.
Each of those five hooks up five people for a total of 25 new people, so 25 * 50 = 1250. Five iPods = 1245, not much profit this time.. so this shows that at $50 there's no real profit for the company at each generation, until...
25 * 5 * 5 * 5 * 5 * 5 * 5 * 5 * 5 * 5 * 5 = 2.5 billion.
At this point you've exhausted everyone on the Internet, as you can't sign up more than once. So where's the money?
As in ANY pyramid scheme, the money is in the last generation of the scheme! Free iPods will reach a point where they have several million on their books, and those several million can't find anyone to sign up! So.. several million * 50 = $A LOT OF PROFIT. And those guys won't get an iPod. Cha-ching.
There have been some public trials of these already. Very good, if you like blue. :-)
And we really care about that, why?
No harm maybe, but there's still a cost. The work would only be 'free' if the basic living costs were covered somehow (but no more). As it is, you'd be spending $X per month on keeping yourself alive, money that would be better spent on other investments (unless, of course, the 'free' software turns into a real cash cow).
If you look vaguely like you belong there, nobody's going to raise a stink.
:-) Really, this works in almost every 'sneak in' situation, particularly in big companies or institutions.
Well, yeah.. this is the most basic part of Sneaking Around 101
Why not get a projector? Then it can be any size you want and it'll be cheaper. The main running cost will be the bulbs.
A few other people have pointed out how $300k for one of these apartments is pretty cheap. Okay, sure, but it is Brazil after all. However, of more interest to me is that each apartment takes up one floor, and there are only eleven floors. So.. the market value of the building is $3.3 million, meaning it must have cost less than that to build! That's what I can't get my head around.. Brazil or not, an 11 storey building for $3m!??
It's just Cartman in that robot. Butters befriends it, takes it to Hollywood, and it comes up with all the latest and greatest movie ideas.
Actually, he used the term correctly. An argument which "assume[s] the truth of an argument or proposition to be proved, without arguing it" will "beg a/the question".
It was stated that someone is going to court for wardriving, which is tacitly stating that wardriving is an offense. However, this is not necessarily so, so it begs the question as to whether wardriving is actually an offense.
The poster himself may have responded to you admitting a misuse, but I don't think he misused the term at all.
Hmm, but with the iTunes Music Store you don't have to type anything in each time, except your password. It remembers your CC number and bills you at the end of each day where you bought tracks.
..as the insane line outside the new Apple Store in London when it opened a couple of weeks ago. People were out there in sub freezing temperatures, some for over 24 hours. I thought they were nuts, the lot of em, especially considering there was no new product on sale.
As far as I recall, it's actually against the agreement you have with VISA to store the CVV number (used on most customer not present transactions now) of a credit card.
This is just an idea, perhaps someone with more knowledge in this area can tell me whether it'd work.
Set the highest priority mail exchanger on a domain to something that doesn't resolve, or something with a firewalled port 25. Then add another mail exchanger (lower priority) to your proper mail exchanger.
As far as I'm aware, more spam systems are designed for speed, not reliability, and many of them seem to do MX lookups and deliver mail directly.. so wouldn't putting a bad exchanger as the highest priority kill a lot of the mail? Maybe not, but just another idea to throw out there.
Eggs, .NET, Apple, whatever.. it's basically ripe to become another in-joke here at Slashdot. In Korea, only old people are considered harmful someday.
Here in the UK there seems to be a shift in younger children (not late teens) back to more sporting activities , outdoor games etc and away from the computer/console.
;-)
Yeah, and a shift to loitering around menacingly around council estates and throwing verbal abuse at the elderly, right?
Most traditional traffic lights are programmed to remain green for the major thoroughfare at night anyway, unless a vehicle pulls up from one of the side streets.
Are you sure? That's definitely not true in the city of traffic lights, L.A. I get stuck at intersections all the way along Victory or Ventura Blvd in the dead of night. Almost no traditional traffic lights have sensors anyway as far as I can tell.
I don't work with BzzAgents, although I am involved in similar areas to them. It's interesting to think of why we "buzz" (to steal their terminology) certain products and services and not others.
For example, I'll often recommend MySQL, Apple, Linux, Perl, or even companies like EV1Servers with total enthusiasm. It doesn't affect me if someone uses MySQL, an Apple computer, or gets a server with EV1, so why the enthusiasm? Most people don't do the analysis, and I guess I haven't till now either. The answer you get will probably be one of the many answers that apply to the BzzAgents.
In my case, do I recommend all of the above systems/brands/companies because I want to improve the lives/businesses of the people I talk to? Partly, but perhaps it's because I want to be associated as the one who helped them with this improvement. A selfish helpfulness, I guess, where the reward isn't helping people, but being recognized as the one who did the helping.