What bull shit, they agreed to it and have done so every year since 2001.
Typical politicking now, trying to distance themselves from any controversy so they get re-elected. They should be the ones charged and throw in front of a firing squad.
Or maybe you assume every KKK member is a blood crazed fanatic.
There are plenty of groups around the world that peacefully avoid integration. Just because they feel their race is superior doesn't mean they're out to kill everyone else.
I'm also in Ohio. My city targets a neighborhood and inspects all the sidewalks. Any that are crumbled or terribly affected by tree roots are market for replacement. The homeowner can either use the company suggested by the city to fix it at a previously agreed upon rate or make their own arrangements. Anything not done by a certain time is completed by the city at the homeowner's expense. The neighborhood my grandma lives in went through this last fall, it makes a huge difference to the asthetics.
They do something similar with yards. If someone does not mow and a complaint is made, the city will come out and mow it then bill the homeowner.
It may seem like the city is overstepping its bounds but they are trying to protect the value of the city.
Very true. I was unable to play Super Mario Wii on my console until I went through the upgrade process. So even if the disc itself does not contain the update, it will contain a check that forces the consumer to update or return the game.
As an American I completely agree with you. Here's the problem with the US right now, the far left and the far right are too busy fighting with each other and blaming each other.
I've got a very conservative friend that is blaming the liberal media for blaming the tea party for the bombing. He finds one random webpage that states this and it suddenly becomes the view of every liberal in the country. On the other hand, I've seen a couple friends who are more liberal than I blame the gun lobbies for the violence and the retardation of our nation.
None of them see the big picture.. we, as Americans, are morons. Most of us have no idea what it's like to work together towards a common goal.. it has to be my way or no way. Compromise is long gone. Reasonable individuals cannot get elected because all the money is controlled by the wingnuts, and money is what buys elections.
I think the intention of "naysayers" was to describe the type of person who refuses to take a risk and is always against off-the-wall ideas.
While there are plenty of bad ideas, you'll never know if it will work or not without at least doing some research behind it. That is pretty basic Deming Circle philosophy.
The key is not coming up with the ideas but finding out how to implement as a good business decision.
Anyone who pre-ordered through origin (like me) received $20 off coupon for a purchase of $30 or more through origin. Not a bad deal, I could pick up C&C franchise for $29.99 and add a $5 or $10 filler to break that threshold.. sure I'd be giving them a bit more money but every C&C game ever made for $20 seemed like a good deal. However the fine print says the offer expired today at 10am PDT. I don't recall seeing the limitation to the offer until after I had purchased the game.
Today I got the email telling me I'll get a free game due to the Sim City fuckup. It's not fine print this time but the email says that eventually we'll be able to choose our game (doesn't say when exactly) but we have to have it downloaded by March 30th. They want to limit their "losses" by making the instructions difficult to understand and leaving a very short window to "cash in".
EA are a bunch of dicks (I knew it already, just felt like reiterating).
Yeah! You said it! Now, as a parent, I have been energized to improve my parental skills.
I'm going to make my 5 week old son change his own damn diapers! He'll learn to stop crapping in his pants much sooner if he's the one that has to do the butt wiping!
So they will replace the complete drive train with items that will never need service? I'm not going to deny the fact that less moving parts means less maintenance, however some of the biggest sales occur during collisions... sheet metal and bumpers being examples.
The only way Tesla is unique is that their entire product line is based on electric motor propulsion. Competition does exist for electric vehicles.
It would be silly for Tesla to price their vehicles out of the budget for middle class families. As an employee of an auto manufacturer, the money is made on server parts, not unit sales. That being said, the best option for Tesla long term is to sell more units. They may want the hipster image like Apple currently has... making a $400 impulse buy is slightly different than a $50,000 one.
If they were smart, they'd price the sedan to move... not to have a huge profit margain.
I don't see how a company can thrive if employees aren't required to spend at least part of the week in the office.
Very few jobs can be completely without face-to-face meetings. Sure, there are programs to help that but you lose the body language portion of communication.
I would love to work from home 1 day a week... I would be scared to work for a company that allowed employees to never come to the office.
You missed the point of my post. They should have had an accurate count of the volume to expect at launch but purposely short changed the servers giving everyone but the most loyal fanbois a bad experience.
My brother talked me in to pre-ordering the game, it's been awhile since I had played any of the sim city games and I enjoyed the 1hr beta using his account.
But wow what a clusterfuck yesterday's launch was. I was woken up around 2am by our infant and used that as an opportunity to d/l and install the game. Apparently it was a very wise decision. Once I got home from work around 5pm ET trying to get connect and stay connected was impossible. Three times I got a city started only to get booted after about 15 minutes and the game did not save any of my progress. After making and eating dinner my brother and I tried to start our own region. That took around 30 minutes before it finally worked and again we were kicked after about 20-25 minutes. I gave up at that point since the baby was fussy and my wife needed a break.
The N. American servers were filling up almost immediately after being brought online. It's almost as if EA thought only a third of their pre-orders would try playing on day 1. But a failed launch for EA is par for the course. Fool me once, shame on you... fool me again, shame on me.
The game itself was enjoyable during the beta... too bad the publisher is one of the worst companies on the planet.
Let's say you came home and your neighbor was sitting on your couch watching tv while drinking one of your beers. Then he says "your locks suck, you should try the ones I use".
I would say the numbers would be much more likely to look like this. 3% of iOS users would buy it for $6.
Some idiot thought all our management needed iPads, one month later and 90% of the managers don't even touch the device while at work. It's not a productivity tool and a high priced productivity app is not going to be popular when everyone already has laptops with full features and function.
I enjoy watching American football, it's big at all levels where I live. However, one of your comments just doesn't make any sense.
It is funny to hear people praising rugby instead of football. Talk about whistle-prone. Rugby has its moments, as does Aussie rules football. But they are not one-third of the game football is
A typical American football play lasts 3-4 seconds followed by 30-40 seconds of nothing. While Rugby also has some downtime, you don't see frequent substitutions and the players play offense and defense. Even if the typically play goes on for only 3-4 seconds, the following down time usually is just another 3-4 seconds.
I don't even want to resell used games.. once I buy a game I consider it a sunk cost. However, if my brother wants to play it or just try it out for a bit, I would like to be able to gift it to his steam account, losing my ability to play but giving him full access.
No exchange of money required. If he wants to give me $10 next time I see him, so be it.
I see this as an opportunity for Valve to get Steam installed on just about every PC. Make it so you can "gift" used copies of the game to other Steam accounts.
This will ensure just about every gamer has Steam. The ability for a gamer to make an impulse purchase is now there. Increase in sales.
Let's face it, if someone is looking for a used copy of a game, their urge to play it probably isn't real high.
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What bull shit, they agreed to it and have done so every year since 2001.
Typical politicking now, trying to distance themselves from any controversy so they get re-elected. They should be the ones charged and throw in front of a firing squad.
Or maybe you assume every KKK member is a blood crazed fanatic.
There are plenty of groups around the world that peacefully avoid integration. Just because they feel their race is superior doesn't mean they're out to kill everyone else.
I'm also in Ohio. My city targets a neighborhood and inspects all the sidewalks. Any that are crumbled or terribly affected by tree roots are market for replacement. The homeowner can either use the company suggested by the city to fix it at a previously agreed upon rate or make their own arrangements. Anything not done by a certain time is completed by the city at the homeowner's expense. The neighborhood my grandma lives in went through this last fall, it makes a huge difference to the asthetics.
They do something similar with yards. If someone does not mow and a complaint is made, the city will come out and mow it then bill the homeowner.
It may seem like the city is overstepping its bounds but they are trying to protect the value of the city.
Very true. I was unable to play Super Mario Wii on my console until I went through the upgrade process. So even if the disc itself does not contain the update, it will contain a check that forces the consumer to update or return the game.
As an American I completely agree with you. Here's the problem with the US right now, the far left and the far right are too busy fighting with each other and blaming each other.
I've got a very conservative friend that is blaming the liberal media for blaming the tea party for the bombing. He finds one random webpage that states this and it suddenly becomes the view of every liberal in the country. On the other hand, I've seen a couple friends who are more liberal than I blame the gun lobbies for the violence and the retardation of our nation.
None of them see the big picture.. we, as Americans, are morons. Most of us have no idea what it's like to work together towards a common goal.. it has to be my way or no way. Compromise is long gone. Reasonable individuals cannot get elected because all the money is controlled by the wingnuts, and money is what buys elections.
Worst thing that happens is the suspect dies anyway.
I'm 33 and on occasion I'll see one of those perfectly shaped snowflakes land on my coat, after all these years I still think they are cool.
I just wish its trillions of friends would get off my lawn (and driveway).
everything is a joke anyway so why bother?
I think the intention of "naysayers" was to describe the type of person who refuses to take a risk and is always against off-the-wall ideas.
While there are plenty of bad ideas, you'll never know if it will work or not without at least doing some research behind it. That is pretty basic Deming Circle philosophy.
The key is not coming up with the ideas but finding out how to implement as a good business decision.
Anyone who pre-ordered through origin (like me) received $20 off coupon for a purchase of $30 or more through origin. Not a bad deal, I could pick up C&C franchise for $29.99 and add a $5 or $10 filler to break that threshold.. sure I'd be giving them a bit more money but every C&C game ever made for $20 seemed like a good deal. However the fine print says the offer expired today at 10am PDT. I don't recall seeing the limitation to the offer until after I had purchased the game.
Today I got the email telling me I'll get a free game due to the Sim City fuckup. It's not fine print this time but the email says that eventually we'll be able to choose our game (doesn't say when exactly) but we have to have it downloaded by March 30th. They want to limit their "losses" by making the instructions difficult to understand and leaving a very short window to "cash in".
EA are a bunch of dicks (I knew it already, just felt like reiterating).
Yeah! You said it! Now, as a parent, I have been energized to improve my parental skills.
I'm going to make my 5 week old son change his own damn diapers! He'll learn to stop crapping in his pants much sooner if he's the one that has to do the butt wiping!
I'd like to keep DST forever, being on the western edge of a time zone.
So they will replace the complete drive train with items that will never need service? I'm not going to deny the fact that less moving parts means less maintenance, however some of the biggest sales occur during collisions... sheet metal and bumpers being examples.
The only way Tesla is unique is that their entire product line is based on electric motor propulsion. Competition does exist for electric vehicles.
It would be silly for Tesla to price their vehicles out of the budget for middle class families. As an employee of an auto manufacturer, the money is made on server parts, not unit sales. That being said, the best option for Tesla long term is to sell more units. They may want the hipster image like Apple currently has... making a $400 impulse buy is slightly different than a $50,000 one.
If they were smart, they'd price the sedan to move... not to have a huge profit margain.
I don't see how a company can thrive if employees aren't required to spend at least part of the week in the office.
Very few jobs can be completely without face-to-face meetings. Sure, there are programs to help that but you lose the body language portion of communication.
I would love to work from home 1 day a week... I would be scared to work for a company that allowed employees to never come to the office.
You missed the point of my post. They should have had an accurate count of the volume to expect at launch but purposely short changed the servers giving everyone but the most loyal fanbois a bad experience.
My brother talked me in to pre-ordering the game, it's been awhile since I had played any of the sim city games and I enjoyed the 1hr beta using his account.
But wow what a clusterfuck yesterday's launch was. I was woken up around 2am by our infant and used that as an opportunity to d/l and install the game. Apparently it was a very wise decision. Once I got home from work around 5pm ET trying to get connect and stay connected was impossible. Three times I got a city started only to get booted after about 15 minutes and the game did not save any of my progress. After making and eating dinner my brother and I tried to start our own region. That took around 30 minutes before it finally worked and again we were kicked after about 20-25 minutes. I gave up at that point since the baby was fussy and my wife needed a break.
The N. American servers were filling up almost immediately after being brought online. It's almost as if EA thought only a third of their pre-orders would try playing on day 1. But a failed launch for EA is par for the course. Fool me once, shame on you... fool me again, shame on me.
The game itself was enjoyable during the beta... too bad the publisher is one of the worst companies on the planet.
Humans domesticated dogs.
Cats domesticated humans.
He also told you ahead of time.
Let's say you came home and your neighbor was sitting on your couch watching tv while drinking one of your beers. Then he says "your locks suck, you should try the ones I use".
How would you like that?
Derp, derp, derp.
I would say the numbers would be much more likely to look like this. 3% of iOS users would buy it for $6.
Some idiot thought all our management needed iPads, one month later and 90% of the managers don't even touch the device while at work. It's not a productivity tool and a high priced productivity app is not going to be popular when everyone already has laptops with full features and function.
A typical American football play lasts 3-4 seconds followed by 30-40 seconds of nothing. While Rugby also has some downtime, you don't see frequent substitutions and the players play offense and defense. Even if the typically play goes on for only 3-4 seconds, the following down time usually is just another 3-4 seconds.
Have you seen some of the missions NASA has undertaken?
I'm not belittling the Chinese accomplishment, I think it's very cool they were able to adjust their mission to get these photos.
That's the point, you "gift" or "lend" it to someone else through Steam and handle any payments on your own.
I'm sure Steam would currently be prohibited from it but maybe there is some compromise that could be made.
I don't even want to resell used games.. once I buy a game I consider it a sunk cost. However, if my brother wants to play it or just try it out for a bit, I would like to be able to gift it to his steam account, losing my ability to play but giving him full access.
No exchange of money required. If he wants to give me $10 next time I see him, so be it.
I see this as an opportunity for Valve to get Steam installed on just about every PC. Make it so you can "gift" used copies of the game to other Steam accounts.
This will ensure just about every gamer has Steam. The ability for a gamer to make an impulse purchase is now there. Increase in sales.
Let's face it, if someone is looking for a used copy of a game, their urge to play it probably isn't real high.