If I have nothing better to do I intently listen and ask very inquisitive questions. I spent a good 15 minutes on the phone with some insurance place once. I then said something to the effect of, "Which insurance company is this again?" to which they replied, "This is." to which I replied, "Oh. I already have insurance through you." Then that was the end of that.
Well holy everything. If that doesn't just make my day! I told it I already owned Half-Life (the original) it asked me for my Half-Life CD Key. I gave it the Half-Life 2 CD-Key from my ATI card it and now I'm downloading *all* of the games that are on the steam system except for Condition Zero. I'm so glad I read this post. Thanks!
I wouldn't call it exactly my internal belief system. I'll pick a random game... lets see... Ninja Gaiden for the XBox.
Now I'll go find the prices. (Maybe I'll prove myself wrong).
Best Buy - $49.99 Walmart - $49.75 Amazon.com (actually from Office Depot) - $46.95 (or $34.98 used).
Hm.. well I guess I'm wrong. The point I was trying to get across however was I wondered if they went by the used prices for the games on Amazon or the new prices for the games on Amazon. I honestly didn't think Amazon was that much cheaper but apparently it's a few dollars cheaper. Guess I might have to start buying from there then.
The article doesn't really mention this but I find it hard to believe that Amazon is that much cheaper (I'd like to see what games they picked). In my experience Amazon and Best Buy are generally the same with Wal-Mart usually being a few cents to a dollar and some change cheaper. Except of course when you look at the used game market at Amazon. Then Amazon is by far cheaper but you typically aren't buying from Amazon.
Not really. Unless your game is less than $25. They have free shipping on all orders over $25. Of course you *could* bump up to super fast speedy next hour shipping but... I don't think the shipping is particularly relevant.
For me however I just use the same password for pretty much everything unless it has money involved behind it... then it's cryptic. Mainly 'cause I'm tired of passwords.
So that means that a plasma TV is going to be 60 ms behind my neighbors old CRT TV? No thanks. I need my reality TV as it comes, not later than my friends...
Back in "the day" there were those programs that you could run that would display ads while you were browsing the web. Basically it was a strip along the bottom of your screen. It checked for mouse/keyboard movement and made sure the the foremost window had the name of "Internet Explorer". Well I never browsed the web for more than 15 minutes or so but I was on IRC for hours on end using mIRC. And mIRC let you change the name that was shown in the title bar. So I changed it to "Internet Explorer" and... voila! I received a check from the company the next month for about $25 or so... but I got bored of looking at ads and never did it after that.
Couldn't you use something like vIRC? I seem to remember that it was an IRC client where you could draw also. I suppose it'd help if you had a graphics tablet or something too... haven't used vIRC in a long time so I don't know what condition it's in.
3. TV out? Suppose I do pick it up and put movies on it so when I'm at a friend's house we can watch something. Can I have a TV-out so we don't have to scrunch around a tiny little screen?
From the article: The Creative player weighs in at 330 grams (11.5 ounces) -- roughly three times as thick as an iPod and roughly twice as long to accommodate its television-quality color screen. It has a USB port and comes with audio and video outputs cable to play media on a television or stereo hi-fi.
"Star Wars" Sound Designer Ben Burtt tracked down the scream recording - which he named "Wilhelm" after a character who let out the same scream in the film "Charge at Feather River."
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I was reading Mental Floss until my local Barnes & Noble stopped carrying it... I might just have to start up a subscription.
I do subsribe to National Geographic but I've found myself not reading it that much but just looking at the pictures.
If I have nothing better to do I intently listen and ask very inquisitive questions. I spent a good 15 minutes on the phone with some insurance place once. I then said something to the effect of, "Which insurance company is this again?" to which they replied, "This is ." to which I replied, "Oh. I already have insurance through you." Then that was the end of that.
... discussing the seamier side of E3's videogame selection...
Wouldn't it be more appropriate to say "seamless"?
Well holy everything. If that doesn't just make my day! I told it I already owned Half-Life (the original) it asked me for my Half-Life CD Key. I gave it the Half-Life 2 CD-Key from my ATI card it and now I'm downloading *all* of the games that are on the steam system except for Condition Zero. I'm so glad I read this post. Thanks!
I wouldn't call it exactly my internal belief system. I'll pick a random game... lets see... Ninja Gaiden for the XBox.
Now I'll go find the prices. (Maybe I'll prove myself wrong).
Best Buy - $49.99
Walmart - $49.75
Amazon.com (actually from Office Depot) - $46.95 (or $34.98 used).
Hm.. well I guess I'm wrong. The point I was trying to get across however was I wondered if they went by the used prices for the games on Amazon or the new prices for the games on Amazon. I honestly didn't think Amazon was that much cheaper but apparently it's a few dollars cheaper. Guess I might have to start buying from there then.
My mistake.
The article doesn't really mention this but I find it hard to believe that Amazon is that much cheaper (I'd like to see what games they picked). In my experience Amazon and Best Buy are generally the same with Wal-Mart usually being a few cents to a dollar and some change cheaper. Except of course when you look at the used game market at Amazon. Then Amazon is by far cheaper but you typically aren't buying from Amazon.
I'm not buying this article...
Not really. Unless your game is less than $25. They have free shipping on all orders over $25. Of course you *could* bump up to super fast speedy next hour shipping but... I don't think the shipping is particularly relevant.
That I would agree with then...
For me however I just use the same password for pretty much everything unless it has money involved behind it... then it's cryptic. Mainly 'cause I'm tired of passwords.
But the article specifically states:
The card requires users to give a spoken password that it authenticates using a built-in voice-recognition chip.
Didn't "we" just say that "we" were already tired of the passwords we do have? Now we're getting more?
So that means that a plasma TV is going to be 60 ms behind my neighbors old CRT TV? No thanks. I need my reality TV as it comes, not later than my friends...
MY EYES!
(scratching out my pupils)
At least label the Tron costume NSF... Humans or something.
Hello, my name is Doctor Sbaitso
I am here to help you
Say whatever is on your mind freely
Our conversation will be kept in strict confidence
(of course this *was* in all caps but the lameness filter kicked in)
Sorta kinda off topic but....
Back in "the day" there were those programs that you could run that would display ads while you were browsing the web. Basically it was a strip along the bottom of your screen. It checked for mouse/keyboard movement and made sure the the foremost window had the name of "Internet Explorer". Well I never browsed the web for more than 15 minutes or so but I was on IRC for hours on end using mIRC. And mIRC let you change the name that was shown in the title bar. So I changed it to "Internet Explorer" and... voila! I received a check from the company the next month for about $25 or so... but I got bored of looking at ads and never did it after that.
Paige Davis needs to host the new case mod show called...
"Trading Cases".
Couldn't you use something like vIRC? I seem to remember that it was an IRC client where you could draw also. I suppose it'd help if you had a graphics tablet or something too... haven't used vIRC in a long time so I don't know what condition it's in.
Until you have William Hung as an exclusive artist you might as well hold off on opening the music store. He's the only money maker out there.
What Tivo do you have? Mine will only record one show at a time and costs $12.95 a month for the service. Just curious.
3. TV out? Suppose I do pick it up and put movies on it so when I'm at a friend's house we can watch something. Can I have a TV-out so we don't have to scrunch around a tiny little screen?
From the article:
The Creative player weighs in at 330 grams (11.5 ounces) -- roughly three times as thick as an iPod and roughly twice as long to accommodate its television-quality color screen. It has a USB port and comes with audio and video outputs cable to play media on a television or stereo hi-fi.
You kids and your "rap".
Where did the haiku's go to?
Oh the good old days.
"It's, like, several voices screaming out in terror... and then suddenly silenced." :)
If you've never played the first one and never will... why not read the game read the game?
Spielberg, you too. I didn't buy none of your walkie talkie E.T. shit. Good thing I still have the real deals on VHS. But still, DVD would be nice.
Doesn't the version on DVD (2-Disc's) have both versions?
Wouldn't that be that she's handing them out like Windows patches?
ba dum dum
Just to clarify for the unknowing... this is a problem with the iBook G3 and not the iBook G4.