Neither would I; just as Sony purposely left out an Ethernet controller and a hard-drive on the PS2 but left an expansion slot for both. That may have been a good idea for a hard drive (because, face it, how many games actually utilize this) but it wasn't for the ethernet (once again, depending on whose perspective you're looking from).
That's pretty assholish of those guys. I would definately be on the phone screaming at them after a comment like that. I've always hated the media because they do exactly that, attempt to twist something into a question that'll make you sound like an idiot or asshole yourself.
These type of people definately need to be fired; but the problem is, these are the people that are paid by the government or lobbyists themselves. They're just sitting there waiting for that juicy question that's handed down from TPTB themselves. Assholes. The whole lot of them.
Damm, where have I been? I thought we've already reached 500GB already. My bad. This is very interesting though; soon we'll be in the multiple terabytes of data on operating systems (in normal consumer use). Will operating systems be able to handle this? More specifically, will Windows hit the dirt or not work properly? I hope I'm not getting a whiff of the old Windows 98 problem with too much System ram.
Hitatchi (spelling?) though? Aren't they on the "no-no" list for hard-drives as of late? Sorry, I don't keep up with the times, I'm not a big movie buff so I don't need *that* much space;).
I thought we'd already heard how the PSP is poorly made, ha sno battery life and we shouldn't touch it incase it falls apart/gets scratched.
And the Nintendo DS interferes with Television signals; what's your point? Every system has problems when it's first launched. Yes, you are right though, the major problem happens to be the battery life of the system.
The damn thing is rechargeable, extra batteries are more than affordable, and I don't plan on playing this thing for more than an hour at a time (if that at all). Sure it may not be a viable platform of entertainment for you, but hell, everyone has different needs.
For me, it all comes down to what the games bring. At first I didn't like the DS at all; after watching people play it, playing some games myself, I'm reconsidering buying one. Sure there aren't *that* many games that I want to play, but I'm sure some will come out. I feel the same way about the PSP right now; but not having played one myself I'm reserving my choice until I get that chance.
Being a monopoly means you have control over a market and the user has no choice.
No. A monopoly has more to do with competition than the choice of users. In your logic, how is Microsoft a monopoly if the users have the choice of Linux, BSD, or Solaris? It's when a company uses their market share to an advantage to put out/down the competition (what Microsoft has/is clearing doing). Apple is doing the same thing with not licensing/supporting other players and services.
They're there. They're definately *NOT* cheaper. They're definately *NOT* flexible. The point is; if I go buy music off iTMS and I wish to put it on another player I cannot do so without running through hoops an ladders. I paid for this music; I shouldn't have to burn it to a CD and then ripping it to MP3 format just to get it on the player of my choice.
They should be keeping a record of what songs you buy; allowing you to download them whenever, wherever, you are at. This is a flaw in their business model (well, I suppose depending on who you are looking from).
Is it right for me to lose $100s worth of music in a computer crash? They have the means of knowing what I purchased (hell, legally, aren't that supposed to know what I SHOULD have and what I SHOULDN'T?). I should be able to download any song or album bought from iTMS whenever I need to.
What a fucking hypocrite. His first point "Learn how to write before you graduate" is totally fucking blown away by his run on sentences. Jesus christ, I thought that I wrote bad. Looking at this guy I can clearly see that I don't need all those writing classes I planned on taking.
The rest of his points seem to be on the "obvious" side; who the hell is this guy? Maybe I'm not up on all the writings and books but I've never heard of this guy at all. He obviously needs to go back to college for writing if he has anything to do with publications. I was disgusted after the first two "paragraphs", if that's what you can call them.
Not sure why you would need these kids to be connected to the School's network anyway. All you need to do is have a simple DSL or Cable connection to the outside for authentication, file patches, and email. You do not need to be connected to the school network for that. We turned out fine with no network connection at all.
Poor planning on the IT department; they should have been smarter than to allow access to the network. They could setup an alternate means of connecting the switches (seperate switches) or simply kill the link to the main network.
I (along with a few others) founded a LAN organization that operated out of our school for 4 events; and then we took it to a firehouse shortly after we graduated. We started small (25-30 people) and eventually ended up mid-sized (60-65 people). Our school provided us with the means of handling money (a club account; buying purposes) our first LAN was run with mostly Hubs and house switches.
We were later able to buy switches (after the first LAN) that were more than adequate for a mid-range LAN-party. The wiring is a bitch though; you need to have someone that knows how to wire CAT5, because it does take a *long* (see: long) time if you have absolutely no idea. Also, think about investing in a cable tester - it will save a lot of time.
Our school was pretty leanient about it; we had them on weekends for about 10 hours in the Cafe, they didn't care about who was playing what. All they wanted was signed permission forms (even from people over 18 - we were allowed to have older people there) with the obvious things on them.
My suggestions are: start small, borrow a few projectors and run Xbox Halo games as well (this was fun for when people got tired of Counter-Strike/Quake 3) and make sure you have enough *power* (see: power). Power is *the* hardest thing to get right. Make sure you have access to the breaker box as well. Good luck!
Internet connection (broadband connection recommended)
There it is, plain as day. 56K is internet access, yes, then why the fuck are you bitching? You know your internet connection is slow, shut the fuck up, and select not to update your shit. That's why it's there.
You see, that would be too easy, and would give him a reason to not troll every Steam topic that he finds. The program was never enhanced for 56K, never claimed to be, and probably never will be. Get over it. Broadband is getting cheaper and cheaper these days; the only excuse for not having it (or a somewhat faster connection than 56K) is if it's not avaiable in your area.
Why would they intentially do that? The requirements for the system blatently say Windows; they are developing the program (and the game engine) for Windows and DirectX only. Now, even though I don't agree with this, it doesn't give everyone on here the right to jump to that conclusion.
If something doesn't work for Linux then everyone bitches; if someone finds a way for something to work, everything is great. If the author of the program happens to update it because it's vastly wide userbase needs a fix; which happens to break the Linux hack, then they're evil.
The majority of the bonds issued are sold to people, organizations and companies within the US. But yes; you can definately bet on the demise of Social Security, but not for those reasons.
The difference is Sony isn't throwing their money at these games; they aren't first party games. Yes, the focus of Nintendo's games bothers me, I've always been a fan of Nintendo though. My favorite console system probably still is (and will be) the SNES.
I refuse to go anywhere near Blockbuster since they plastered the posters all over the wall. Normally I don't buy console games before I demo them first somewhere.
I used to love Nintendo and their games, but somewhere around the N64 era is where everything started to go down hill for me. That coupled with the fact that they destroyed the original Zelda that was suppose to be for the GC.
Immature tards like me? I'm not going to even go there; it's a waste of my typing time.
No, the explanation is that I'm pissed off that a company that I used to love every game from has decided to take this route for the majority of their games. That and the fact that I was pissed off about the original Zelda game for the Gamecube; that alone would have made me buy the system if they didn't change it.
So now it's an American thing? The fact is; the readers and commenters of this website promotes boycotting products from Microsoft because of Windows. So no, it's not just an American thing. I take offense to that; it's MY thing.
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Neither would I; just as Sony purposely left out an Ethernet controller and a hard-drive on the PS2 but left an expansion slot for both. That may have been a good idea for a hard drive (because, face it, how many games actually utilize this) but it wasn't for the ethernet (once again, depending on whose perspective you're looking from).
That's pretty assholish of those guys. I would definately be on the phone screaming at them after a comment like that. I've always hated the media because they do exactly that, attempt to twist something into a question that'll make you sound like an idiot or asshole yourself.
These type of people definately need to be fired; but the problem is, these are the people that are paid by the government or lobbyists themselves. They're just sitting there waiting for that juicy question that's handed down from TPTB themselves. Assholes. The whole lot of them.
Damm, where have I been? I thought we've already reached 500GB already. My bad. This is very interesting though; soon we'll be in the multiple terabytes of data on operating systems (in normal consumer use). Will operating systems be able to handle this? More specifically, will Windows hit the dirt or not work properly? I hope I'm not getting a whiff of the old Windows 98 problem with too much System ram.
;).
Hitatchi (spelling?) though? Aren't they on the "no-no" list for hard-drives as of late? Sorry, I don't keep up with the times, I'm not a big movie buff so I don't need *that* much space
I thought we'd already heard how the PSP is poorly made, ha sno battery life and we shouldn't touch it incase it falls apart/gets scratched.
And the Nintendo DS interferes with Television signals; what's your point? Every system has problems when it's first launched. Yes, you are right though, the major problem happens to be the battery life of the system.
The damn thing is rechargeable, extra batteries are more than affordable, and I don't plan on playing this thing for more than an hour at a time (if that at all). Sure it may not be a viable platform of entertainment for you, but hell, everyone has different needs.
For me, it all comes down to what the games bring. At first I didn't like the DS at all; after watching people play it, playing some games myself, I'm reconsidering buying one. Sure there aren't *that* many games that I want to play, but I'm sure some will come out. I feel the same way about the PSP right now; but not having played one myself I'm reserving my choice until I get that chance.
Being a monopoly means you have control over a market and the user has no choice.
No. A monopoly has more to do with competition than the choice of users. In your logic, how is Microsoft a monopoly if the users have the choice of Linux, BSD, or Solaris? It's when a company uses their market share to an advantage to put out/down the competition (what Microsoft has/is clearing doing). Apple is doing the same thing with not licensing/supporting other players and services.
They're there. They're definately *NOT* cheaper. They're definately *NOT* flexible. The point is; if I go buy music off iTMS and I wish to put it on another player I cannot do so without running through hoops an ladders. I paid for this music; I shouldn't have to burn it to a CD and then ripping it to MP3 format just to get it on the player of my choice.
That, my friend, is anti-competitive.
They should be keeping a record of what songs you buy; allowing you to download them whenever, wherever, you are at. This is a flaw in their business model (well, I suppose depending on who you are looking from).
Is it right for me to lose $100s worth of music in a computer crash? They have the means of knowing what I purchased (hell, legally, aren't that supposed to know what I SHOULD have and what I SHOULDN'T?). I should be able to download any song or album bought from iTMS whenever I need to.
Minus the fact most games won't work on it of course.
But you need to remember that Apple are the good guys; Microsoft is the devil. That's how Slashdot is run.
What a fucking hypocrite. His first point "Learn how to write before you graduate" is totally fucking blown away by his run on sentences. Jesus christ, I thought that I wrote bad. Looking at this guy I can clearly see that I don't need all those writing classes I planned on taking.
The rest of his points seem to be on the "obvious" side; who the hell is this guy? Maybe I'm not up on all the writings and books but I've never heard of this guy at all. He obviously needs to go back to college for writing if he has anything to do with publications. I was disgusted after the first two "paragraphs", if that's what you can call them.
I have the same machine and Counter-Strike loads in about 5 seconds to the menus with Steam on and 8-10 seconds with Steam off.
Because he went through 70+ shows unbeaten?
Should the internet be shut down because it facilitates piracy?
If it was up to the MPAA and RIAA it would be; and we'd all be using AOL with advertisements for every god damn thing that you could imagine.
Vivendi - Sierra was bought out/shutdown by Vivendi.
Don't say that; Apple is [somewhat] loved here, Microsoft is hated. You need to remember that; we have double standards.
Don't say that; you're likely to get modded down in a fit of rage. I'm with you brother; we can take on the beast together!
Not sure why you would need these kids to be connected to the School's network anyway. All you need to do is have a simple DSL or Cable connection to the outside for authentication, file patches, and email. You do not need to be connected to the school network for that. We turned out fine with no network connection at all.
Poor planning on the IT department; they should have been smarter than to allow access to the network. They could setup an alternate means of connecting the switches (seperate switches) or simply kill the link to the main network.
I (along with a few others) founded a LAN organization that operated out of our school for 4 events; and then we took it to a firehouse shortly after we graduated. We started small (25-30 people) and eventually ended up mid-sized (60-65 people). Our school provided us with the means of handling money (a club account; buying purposes) our first LAN was run with mostly Hubs and house switches.
We were later able to buy switches (after the first LAN) that were more than adequate for a mid-range LAN-party. The wiring is a bitch though; you need to have someone that knows how to wire CAT5, because it does take a *long* (see: long) time if you have absolutely no idea. Also, think about investing in a cable tester - it will save a lot of time.
Our school was pretty leanient about it; we had them on weekends for about 10 hours in the Cafe, they didn't care about who was playing what. All they wanted was signed permission forms (even from people over 18 - we were allowed to have older people there) with the obvious things on them.
My suggestions are: start small, borrow a few projectors and run Xbox Halo games as well (this was fun for when people got tired of Counter-Strike/Quake 3) and make sure you have enough *power* (see: power). Power is *the* hardest thing to get right. Make sure you have access to the breaker box as well. Good luck!
Internet connection (broadband connection recommended)
There it is, plain as day. 56K is internet access, yes, then why the fuck are you bitching? You know your internet connection is slow, shut the fuck up, and select not to update your shit. That's why it's there.
Jackass. Fucking trolls.
You see, that would be too easy, and would give him a reason to not troll every Steam topic that he finds. The program was never enhanced for 56K, never claimed to be, and probably never will be. Get over it. Broadband is getting cheaper and cheaper these days; the only excuse for not having it (or a somewhat faster connection than 56K) is if it's not avaiable in your area.
Why would they intentially do that? The requirements for the system blatently say Windows; they are developing the program (and the game engine) for Windows and DirectX only. Now, even though I don't agree with this, it doesn't give everyone on here the right to jump to that conclusion.
If something doesn't work for Linux then everyone bitches; if someone finds a way for something to work, everything is great. If the author of the program happens to update it because it's vastly wide userbase needs a fix; which happens to break the Linux hack, then they're evil.
The majority of the bonds issued are sold to people, organizations and companies within the US. But yes; you can definately bet on the demise of Social Security, but not for those reasons.
The difference is Sony isn't throwing their money at these games; they aren't first party games. Yes, the focus of Nintendo's games bothers me, I've always been a fan of Nintendo though. My favorite console system probably still is (and will be) the SNES.
I refuse to go anywhere near Blockbuster since they plastered the posters all over the wall. Normally I don't buy console games before I demo them first somewhere.
I used to love Nintendo and their games, but somewhere around the N64 era is where everything started to go down hill for me. That coupled with the fact that they destroyed the original Zelda that was suppose to be for the GC.
Immature tards like me? I'm not going to even go there; it's a waste of my typing time.
No, the explanation is that I'm pissed off that a company that I used to love every game from has decided to take this route for the majority of their games. That and the fact that I was pissed off about the original Zelda game for the Gamecube; that alone would have made me buy the system if they didn't change it.
So now it's an American thing? The fact is; the readers and commenters of this website promotes boycotting products from Microsoft because of Windows. So no, it's not just an American thing. I take offense to that; it's MY thing.
Hence the failure of the unit with the older crowd.
I refuse to buy anything associated with that franchise. Which is why I still do not own a Gamecube.