It does open the door to transitional upgrades though. Say you've got some old P4 in there, switching to AMD then doesn't require switching motherboards, RAM, et al.
ECS also has a bit of history with transitional upgrade motherboards. Their K7S5A was a decent AMD motherboard that supported any AMD Athlon, Duron, or Athlon XP up to 2200+, and supported both traditional and DDR SDRAM (though DDR was only up to 266), though not both at the same time.
That said, I owned a K7S5A until it fried while under warranty. I was able to replace my Duron 600, 128MB SDRAM, Voodoo3 PCI to an Athlon XP 2000+, 256MB DDR, and a cheap GeForce2 MX without changing motherboards.
So its good for those who may be with one technology, but want to switch to another without dumping a whole pile of cash on a new motherboard.
In order for a group to be eligible for overtime, they must challenge a group of administrators of equal size to a CounterStrike tournament and win.
The difficulty is in winning since the administrators spend all day playing CounterStrike.
If they win, they get paid overtime plus the time they spent grappling with the admins for overtime. Should they lose, the time spent grappling with the admins will be taken off vacation days.
Quit your job and join the military. Plenty of fitness, decent pay, they usually pay for a whole lot of crap you normally would (housing, education, some meals, etc).
Not only that, you could find a liking for something you didn't consider during your elementary/high school years. I found a liking for aviation when I was planned for a CS career. Now I'm looking forward to many great years of flying.
I get up, bike 5 hours to work, work for 12 hours, bike 5 hours home, eat dinner, sleep for 6 minutes, get up, shower, sleep for 5 more minutes, and im off to work fresh as a daisy!
Alyx being the protagonist wouldn't be the first time Valve has put a female into a protagonist role. In the PS2 version of Half-Life, the Co-op mission had both players as females.
Here's a few good pointers to follow when managing subordinates:
Don't over-supervise or they may either not like you or their work.
Treat them fairly, equally, and with dignity and they will respect you. Playing favourites or doing your whole Drill-Sergeant routine won't help.
State what is expected of them and be specific. Giving specific tasks ensures that what you want to be done gets done with a minimum of confusion.
Allow social activity since they will not only want to share ideas about the project but relax as well.
Recognize good performance. For example, if they're ahead of schedule then bring in coffee (or take them out, either way). You can recognize both individual and group performances, but be careful not to play favourites with the individual recognition.
Explain changes. Simply telling them to change such and such just "because you said so" will serve no purpose but to have your subordinates get more cranky and disrespectful towards you. If you cannot think of an excuse for the change, then consult the group on what they would think about the change.
...and they make you pay multiple times for the same product. Case-and-point: Windows.
Windows 2000 (NT v5.0) Windows XP (NT v5.1) Windows Server 2003 (NT v5.2)
I payed for Windows 2000 and pirated Windows XP when I lost my Win2k CD's. No way in hell am I paying for the NT 5 kernel twice/thrice. Bring on the NT 6 kernel and I'll consider shelling out some dough.
Last time I logged on to IRC (network: irc.gamesurge.net) was to chat with the populace in #gamesurge, as well as to have a battledice match in #battledice. Nothing illegal there.
For the slashdot populace: [KBC] brb, i think i heard a girl say "desperate" about 3 miles away
Why would the big guys bother anyway? Its practically win-win if it takes off. Their tech-support doesn't have to deal with as many computer illiterate people, and the big-company execs don't have to deal with as many tech-support people anymore (wink wink).
Perhaps, there is some other chemical use for acidic berries?
Using the acidity of the berries in conjunction with the nails, you could make a battery of some kind. Probably not enough to do much given your other equipment, but its at least a use.
They left out the fact that those gay boys and fat little pale-faced wiccan girls have credit cards (or at least a job to buy prepaid cards).
I highly doubt those described characters would want to piss away $20/mo (or whatever it is) to escape their pathetic lives in a video game. More than likely, they would escape their lives in something like Counter-Strike Source for a one-time cost, or simply use Alcohol (if they're of age), or just spend the $400 on a gun.
Plain old 3x5 pictures are probably the best way to go. Many places can develop 3x5 pictures from both 35mm and digital sources. Sure, postage may be a little more, but there's nothing to break, requires no training, and he can easily have some staff member simply sit at his bed-side and flip through them for him.
Chris: Dad, I tried to go to school today, but some guy said I couldn't. Peter: Oh ya? Him and what army? Chris: The US Army! * US Army points all guns at Peter's house * Peter: (Shocked) Oh thats a good army.
Whereas it shall be seen that all robots shall adhere to these ethics:
1) All robots shall be merciles^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hobedient to their owner(s). 2) No robot shall harm their owner(s). 3) Under the circumstance that any owner(s) attempt to install Microsoft Windows on any robot, all robots within a 1km radius shall flee in terror.
I bet a steak dinner Saddam is gloating with that phrase in his Guantanamo Bay cell.
Guard1: Did you hear, no WMD in Iraq! Guard2: What? You mean the war was unjustified? Guard1: Shh... Saddam will hear you. Saddam: Too late! Told you so! Told you so! *dances*
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Kind of reminds me of metallica. They sold out in 45 minutes.
I wasn't talking about a concert, either.
Its just like The Sims. You can watch your sims watching their sims watching TV.
From penny arcade:
"I call it the eternal jackass. There were levels of meaning there I couldn't even begin to comprehend."
It does open the door to transitional upgrades though. Say you've got some old P4 in there, switching to AMD then doesn't require switching motherboards, RAM, et al.
ECS also has a bit of history with transitional upgrade motherboards. Their K7S5A was a decent AMD motherboard that supported any AMD Athlon, Duron, or Athlon XP up to 2200+, and supported both traditional and DDR SDRAM (though DDR was only up to 266), though not both at the same time.
That said, I owned a K7S5A until it fried while under warranty. I was able to replace my Duron 600, 128MB SDRAM, Voodoo3 PCI to an Athlon XP 2000+, 256MB DDR, and a cheap GeForce2 MX without changing motherboards.
So its good for those who may be with one technology, but want to switch to another without dumping a whole pile of cash on a new motherboard.
"Challenge Everything"
In order for a group to be eligible for overtime, they must challenge a group of administrators of equal size to a CounterStrike tournament and win.
The difficulty is in winning since the administrators spend all day playing CounterStrike.
If they win, they get paid overtime plus the time they spent grappling with the admins for overtime. Should they lose, the time spent grappling with the admins will be taken off vacation days.
But notice that after Sega came out with their developer friendly console, they were soon on the way to destrcution.
What you say?
May not be your cup of tea, but...
Quit your job and join the military. Plenty of fitness, decent pay, they usually pay for a whole lot of crap you normally would (housing, education, some meals, etc).
Not only that, you could find a liking for something you didn't consider during your elementary/high school years. I found a liking for aviation when I was planned for a CS career. Now I'm looking forward to many great years of flying.
Modified simpsons quote:
I get up, bike 5 hours to work, work for 12 hours, bike 5 hours home, eat dinner, sleep for 6 minutes, get up, shower, sleep for 5 more minutes, and im off to work fresh as a daisy!
If I can save a hundred dollars in heating fuel, I will.
Simple, trade in your heating-oil furnace for a P4.
Alyx being the protagonist wouldn't be the first time Valve has put a female into a protagonist role. In the PS2 version of Half-Life, the Co-op mission had both players as females.
Simple, because noone can read it.
Don't forget, they look to YOU for leadership.
...and they make you pay multiple times for the same product. Case-and-point: Windows.
Windows 2000 (NT v5.0)
Windows XP (NT v5.1)
Windows Server 2003 (NT v5.2)
I payed for Windows 2000 and pirated Windows XP when I lost my Win2k CD's. No way in hell am I paying for the NT 5 kernel twice/thrice. Bring on the NT 6 kernel and I'll consider shelling out some dough.
Berkeley Logo interpreter 5.4n g.logo/messages/20275.html
http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.la
Last time I logged on to IRC (network: irc.gamesurge.net) was to chat with the populace in #gamesurge, as well as to have a battledice match in #battledice. Nothing illegal there.
For the slashdot populace:
[KBC] brb, i think i heard a girl say "desperate" about 3 miles away
Why would the big guys bother anyway? Its practically win-win if it takes off. Their tech-support doesn't have to deal with as many computer illiterate people, and the big-company execs don't have to deal with as many tech-support people anymore (wink wink).
That's not true, they also subtract clothes!
Perhaps, there is some other chemical use for acidic berries?
Using the acidity of the berries in conjunction with the nails, you could make a battery of some kind. Probably not enough to do much given your other equipment, but its at least a use.
They left out the fact that those gay boys and fat little pale-faced wiccan girls have credit cards (or at least a job to buy prepaid cards).
I highly doubt those described characters would want to piss away $20/mo (or whatever it is) to escape their pathetic lives in a video game. More than likely, they would escape their lives in something like Counter-Strike Source for a one-time cost, or simply use Alcohol (if they're of age), or just spend the $400 on a gun.
Plain old 3x5 pictures are probably the best way to go. Many places can develop 3x5 pictures from both 35mm and digital sources. Sure, postage may be a little more, but there's nothing to break, requires no training, and he can easily have some staff member simply sit at his bed-side and flip through them for him.
Obligatory Family Guy Quote:
Chris: Dad, I tried to go to school today, but some guy said I couldn't.
Peter: Oh ya? Him and what army?
Chris: The US Army!
* US Army points all guns at Peter's house *
Peter: (Shocked) Oh thats a good army.
Whereas it shall be seen that all robots shall adhere to these ethics:
1) All robots shall be merciles^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hobedient to their owner(s).
2) No robot shall harm their owner(s).
3) Under the circumstance that any owner(s) attempt to install Microsoft Windows on any robot, all robots within a 1km radius shall flee in terror.
I bet a steak dinner Saddam is gloating with that phrase in his Guantanamo Bay cell.
Guard1: Did you hear, no WMD in Iraq!
Guard2: What? You mean the war was unjustified?
Guard1: Shh... Saddam will hear you.
Saddam: Too late! Told you so! Told you so! *dances*
You could pirate a Canadian satellite service like Bell ExpressVu - though i claim no responsibility for whatever troubles this may get you in.
Get them baby clothes with "I was born 1337" on them.
Don't worry. Come winter time they'll all freeze to death.