How true! I played this game for hours, dreamed about it, spent way too much time on it when it came out. About two months ago a friend of mine got addicted to it, and when I went to Target to get him a copy they still had a shelf devoted to it (with Diablo I and II as well). We've played nearly every night since... and the game is still as great as ever.
Settlers lists for $38, and it's hard to find much of a discount off that price.
Heh. I was in a store in the mall that doesn't normally sell boardgames, and I saw a brand new still-in-the-shrinkwrap box of Settlers... for only $10. I stared at it in shock for a minute - it was the only copy there, just lying in the middle of the other merchandise.
I picked it up, took it to the register, and asked in disbelief if this was the correct price and if it was a new game. The apathetic cashier was all, "Yeah," and I'm all, "Um, ok, this is all I need today, thanks." They had NO idea what they had on their hands. I got home and opened it, half expecting the box to be empty save for a note that said "Haha!" but nope - brand new Settlers (which isn't so new any more).
And that's how I got the basic game for half the price I paid for the expansion set.:D
Myspace doesn't have anything like an automatic checker for email and new blogs, unlike gmail and Yahoo mail. No one has to refresh their email accounts repeatedly to check for new messages - they have a little blue envelope telling them when to go open their gmail account.
So, in part from people checking for new messages, Myspace gets to claim that they get more traffic than any other site in the U.S. What's probably more important to them is that they also get hits for ads that people wouldn't see if they didn't have the compulsion to check every five minutes.
Narrator: NOW it was serious. A double-dog-dare. What else was there but a "triple dare ya"? And then, the coup de grace of all dares, the sinister triple-dog-dare.
Schwartz: I TRIPLE-dog-dare ya!
Narrator: Schwartz created a slight breach of etiquette by skipping the triple dare and going right for the throat!
"If you were a REAL pirate, you wouldn't fear a caaaarse because you were born 'first.' You would instead fear a caaaarse becase you were born faaaarst!"
It all started with Tetris, the gateway game... that led to Final Fantasy, but it just wasn't enough. Before I knew it, I was playing Halo every night. Then I took up kickboxing (hitting those pads - what a rush!), and most recently I have had to overcome an addiction to Tylenol.
This is just a quick response to this statement in your post: "Especially Mormons traits since they don't appear have the geographic and ethnic diversity of Catholics..."
Perhaps in the U.S. it doesn't look like the LDS religion is particularly diverse (especially if you're living in Utah as I am right now), but looking at the numbers gives a slightly different perspective.
From the church's website:
Membership data December 31, 2004: Worldwide: 12,275,822 U.S. (approximate): 5,599,177 Non-U.S. (approximate): 6,676,645
And the "Top Ten Languages Spoken by Church Members" (estimates only, based on year-end 2003 data):
English - 5,828,000 Spanish (mostly Mexico, Central and South America) - 3,681,000 Portuguese (mostly Brazil) - 907,000 Tagalog (Philippines) - 165,000 Cebuano (Philippines) - 126,000 Japanese - 117,000 Ilokano (Philippines) - 109,000 Samoan - 102,000 Tongan - 76,000 Korean - 75,000
Righto. I'm going to get some food now.:)
Stats from http://lds.org/newsroom/page/0,15606,4042-1---13-1 68,00.html http://lds.org/newsroom/page/0,15606,4034-1---10-1 68,00.html
I'm always glad to see fellow members on slashdot.:) Last semester, my sister lived pretty close to you (University Villa). I've been in Springville for a year and a half now, and I love it down here. The singles ward is a little bit older than the BYU wards, which is nice. Definitely agree with what you said - while Utah is far from perfect, it is a refreshing change having friends who believe the same things I do.
Anyway, just wanted to say "hi" and I'm glad to see you guys speaking out.
My company had several machines hit by the virus, but for some reason mine seemed to be the only one that had the copy/paste problems. (I have a Windows 2000 pc.) Other problems that cropped up at the same time included not being able to print, not being able to open MS Excel, not being able to right-click/ open new window in Explorer... oh, Norton Anti-Virus wasn't able to update, and MS Windows Update wouldn't work.
I think that was it. After getting the patch, deleting the registry entry, deleting msbatch.exe, and rebooting a couple of times everything started working again.
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How true! I played this game for hours, dreamed about it, spent way too much time on it when it came out. About two months ago a friend of mine got addicted to it, and when I went to Target to get him a copy they still had a shelf devoted to it (with Diablo I and II as well). We've played nearly every night since... and the game is still as great as ever.
Heh. I was in a store in the mall that doesn't normally sell boardgames, and I saw a brand new still-in-the-shrinkwrap box of Settlers... for only $10. I stared at it in shock for a minute - it was the only copy there, just lying in the middle of the other merchandise.
I picked it up, took it to the register, and asked in disbelief if this was the correct price and if it was a new game. The apathetic cashier was all, "Yeah," and I'm all, "Um, ok, this is all I need today, thanks." They had NO idea what they had on their hands. I got home and opened it, half expecting the box to be empty save for a note that said "Haha!" but nope - brand new Settlers (which isn't so new any more).
And that's how I got the basic game for half the price I paid for the expansion set.
Myspace doesn't have anything like an automatic checker for email and new blogs, unlike gmail and Yahoo mail. No one has to refresh their email accounts repeatedly to check for new messages - they have a little blue envelope telling them when to go open their gmail account.
:D
So, in part from people checking for new messages, Myspace gets to claim that they get more traffic than any other site in the U.S. What's probably more important to them is that they also get hits for ads that people wouldn't see if they didn't have the compulsion to check every five minutes.
Not that I'd ever do that...
Narrator: NOW it was serious. A double-dog-dare. What else was there but a "triple dare ya"? And then, the coup de grace of all dares, the sinister triple-dog-dare.
Schwartz: I TRIPLE-dog-dare ya!
Narrator: Schwartz created a slight breach of etiquette by skipping the triple dare and going right for the throat!
"If you were a REAL pirate, you wouldn't fear a caaaarse because you were born 'first.' You would instead fear a caaaarse becase you were born faaaarst!"
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Thanks, Tetris.
Thanks for the laugh - that's one of my favorite quotes from one of the better tv shows ever made. :)
This is just a quick response to this statement in your post: "Especially Mormons traits since they don't appear have the geographic and ethnic diversity of Catholics..."
:)
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Perhaps in the U.S. it doesn't look like the LDS religion is particularly diverse (especially if you're living in Utah as I am right now), but looking at the numbers gives a slightly different perspective.
From the church's website:
Membership data December 31, 2004:
Worldwide: 12,275,822
U.S. (approximate): 5,599,177
Non-U.S. (approximate): 6,676,645
And the "Top Ten Languages Spoken by Church Members" (estimates only, based on year-end 2003 data):
English - 5,828,000
Spanish (mostly Mexico, Central and South America) - 3,681,000
Portuguese (mostly Brazil) - 907,000
Tagalog (Philippines) - 165,000
Cebuano (Philippines) - 126,000
Japanese - 117,000
Ilokano (Philippines) - 109,000
Samoan - 102,000
Tongan - 76,000
Korean - 75,000
Righto. I'm going to get some food now.
Stats from
http://lds.org/newsroom/page/0,15606,4042-1---13-
http://lds.org/newsroom/page/0,15606,4034-1---10-
I'm always glad to see fellow members on slashdot. :) Last semester, my sister lived pretty close to you (University Villa). I've been in Springville for a year and a half now, and I love it down here. The singles ward is a little bit older than the BYU wards, which is nice. Definitely agree with what you said - while Utah is far from perfect, it is a refreshing change having friends who believe the same things I do.
Anyway, just wanted to say "hi" and I'm glad to see you guys speaking out.
Is another book you might be interested in. He discusses the cyclical nature of an alien civilization... great book.
I LOVED that game. I lost way too many hours playing it on our first computer instead of doing homework. Thanks for the memories. :)
My company had several machines hit by the virus, but for some reason mine seemed to be the only one that had the copy/paste problems. (I have a Windows 2000 pc.) Other problems that cropped up at the same time included not being able to print, not being able to open MS Excel, not being able to right-click/ open new window in Explorer... oh, Norton Anti-Virus wasn't able to update, and MS Windows Update wouldn't work.
I think that was it. After getting the patch, deleting the registry entry, deleting msbatch.exe, and rebooting a couple of times everything started working again.