I'm now picturing some brain dead teenage girl talking on her cell phone in-flight "YEAH THE ENGINES ARE, LIKE, LOUD, AND STUFF. WHAT? (louder now) WHAT?! SANDRA DID WHAT? SHE DYED HER HAIR? WHY? THAT'S, LIKE, SO, LIKE, LIKE HER TO DO SOMETHING SO SHALLOW.
At which point I beat said brain dead teenage girl to death with my MacBook Pro, smiling as I do so.
I've only ordered something on Amazon once for in-store pickup in Borders, and I actually ended up getting the book for free because the Borders store employees didn't know how to properly complete the transaction. When the charge never showed up on my credit card I even called Borders and talked to the manager (felt like stealing to me) and he said that it was their screwup and that I could keep the $30 book.
Admittedly this is probably an anomaly, but I'm sure it's happened to more people than just me.
If you watch the video...not only is the iPod NOT being dropped like a standard vending machine it's also not just iPods in the vending machine. The video features your average geek buying a power adapter. It's hard to tell from the video but it also looks like there are some cables and other things in there along with the iPods. I'm much more likely to buy accessories from a vending machine than an actual iPod.
First: do you think that requiring a physically larger screen for your game is going to affect your playerbase?
Second: the console manufacturers make use of SDKs for making games for their consoles. Get ready to shell out if you want one.
Maybe because he needs to protect the clueless users who download stuff off the internet too? Incoming E-Mail is a major source of viruses, but it's not the only source. Users as a group are generally too dumb to not download the latest virus-ridden software from whoknows.com. He needs a network solution and something that can be installed on the users desktops.
"Forget about going outside kids, now you can simulate rollerblading to music online! Does your overprotective mother make you wear kneepads? Now she won't have to worry because you're safe inside your house! Concerned about air pollution hurting your lungs? You guessed it, you can rollerblade in the comfort of your own home without getting tracks on the living room carpet! Don't have any friends? Now you can pretend to be somebody else and make friends online! Worried about sunburn? Well worry no more becuase now you can safely bask in the electromagnetic glow of your TV!"
Does the number of calls to the helpline sound a little low to anyone else? I'd be willing to bet that if they included the number of people who lost their minds while listening to the hold music (occasionaly punctuated with "Your call is important to us...") that number would rise significantly.
Well, not only is this ecologically friendly, but most of what you mention here is economically friendly as well. You might have a little more in initial layout for things like additional plumbing for the toilets and rain water system, but when you consider the money you'd save on your utility bills...
The only MMORPG I've ever played that I really enjoyed is one that completely lacks any sort of crafting system. I am a total City of Heroes/Villains addict. The game is about enjoying the experience of playing, and there is a very limited amount of stuff to buy in-game: enhancements and inspirations. That's it, nothing else can be purchased in-game. No crafting, very little player-based economy and it was MMORPG of the year last yeat.
I'd say that's probably based on what criteria you use for determining "bigness." The most famous person I can think of that has answered questions from Slashdot users (aside from some well-known tech industry people) is Wil Wheaton of "Star Trek" fame (who also is a regular poster on/.). I know what his screen name is, but I don't want to post it publicly out of respect for his privacy - although his posts always include the URL to his website http://www.wilwheaton.net/
We used these in my Physics class at Utah Valley State College and I found that they were put to good use. My prof would start each class period with a simple quiz to see if people had read the assigned pages from the textbook as well as to take attendance. We didn't have to buy our rent the clickers - the department bought forty of them and they stayed as part of the room and were used by several classes each day. We were assigned our clickers at the beginning of the semester (they had numbers on them) and those were ours for the rest of the class. The only problem we ever had with them was when the teacher's laptop died and we had to take the quiz on paper (gasp!) for a week.
I found that they worked quite well the way my prof was using them. Although, had I been required to purchase one to use only to take a daily quiz...I might have been a little pissed off. As it was there was no extra cost involved in using them.
Personally, I'm quite curious about how loud the thing is. They're not silent fans or anythings, they're just plain old case fans. That thing has to be seriously annoying.
It also depends of how C|Net's journalists got their information. If someone approached them and told them, then it's not C|Net's fault. The problem with ThinkSecret is that he openly encourages people that know Apple secrets to call his anonymous voicemail or use a form (I think) to send anonymous e-mail.
The only name I recognized was Wil Wheaton. Who are the rest of the bunch? It looks more like a directory listing from Blogger. Just a bunch of names.
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The parent post that you are replying didn't say that you get reported for buying one space blanket. He was talking about buying a LOT of space blankets - like enough to use instead of top sheets on all the beds in your house.
It looked to me like the holographic recording of Anakin and Sidious occurred at the Jedi Temple, not Palpatine's office. I think the dialogue was different. Can anyone confirm whether I'm right or wrong on this?
What about companies that pay for their employees to screen the movie? My dad was working for 3Com when Episode 1 came out and the division he was working for in Utah rented out a theater for all the employees to go see it at no cost to them. They reasoned it was cheaper than having people take off full days to go see it.
In fact the division he works in now (at a different company) had a "meeting" at a movie theater that happened to be showing Alien vs. Predator. Then a little while later they had another one involving I, Robot. The person in charge of that division likes movies apparently.
I'm not gonna argue with about whether or now they SHOULD put G5's in a laptop. That's a given, but like you said, it's been called that "mother of all technical challenges." But there's only so much Apple can do to try and get these chips in a laptop. I'd say that it's more IBM's responsibility to get these things to a manageable heat output and power usage.
So, basically I agree with you.
Do you have any idea how much heat those things generate? Now you want to stuff it into a laptop? Say good-bye to any possibility of having more kids. That thing would cook your testicles in no time.
Not to mention that fact that they draw so much power that the battery life would be measured in minutes instead of hours.
Ive also wouldn't risk the wrath of Steve for posting stuff like this. Maybe he wouldn't get fired (although I'm inclined to think that if he did something this dumb he would get fired), but Steve would make his life miserable and probably demote him to "Mail room door opener."
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I'm now picturing some brain dead teenage girl talking on her cell phone in-flight "YEAH THE ENGINES ARE, LIKE, LOUD, AND STUFF. WHAT? (louder now) WHAT?! SANDRA DID WHAT? SHE DYED HER HAIR? WHY? THAT'S, LIKE, SO, LIKE, LIKE HER TO DO SOMETHING SO SHALLOW. At which point I beat said brain dead teenage girl to death with my MacBook Pro, smiling as I do so.
I've only ordered something on Amazon once for in-store pickup in Borders, and I actually ended up getting the book for free because the Borders store employees didn't know how to properly complete the transaction. When the charge never showed up on my credit card I even called Borders and talked to the manager (felt like stealing to me) and he said that it was their screwup and that I could keep the $30 book. Admittedly this is probably an anomaly, but I'm sure it's happened to more people than just me.
Ahhhh...my old 2 GB hard drive based Nomad...4 hour battery life...horrible interface...boy I'm glad that piece of &#%@ is nowhere to be found...
If you watch the video...not only is the iPod NOT being dropped like a standard vending machine it's also not just iPods in the vending machine. The video features your average geek buying a power adapter. It's hard to tell from the video but it also looks like there are some cables and other things in there along with the iPods. I'm much more likely to buy accessories from a vending machine than an actual iPod.
That's the retailer's problem...after I saw this story I ran straight over to Wal-Mart and bought mine. I can't believe how small this thing is!
First: do you think that requiring a physically larger screen for your game is going to affect your playerbase?
Second: the console manufacturers make use of SDKs for making games for their consoles. Get ready to shell out if you want one.
Maybe because he needs to protect the clueless users who download stuff off the internet too? Incoming E-Mail is a major source of viruses, but it's not the only source. Users as a group are generally too dumb to not download the latest virus-ridden software from whoknows.com. He needs a network solution and something that can be installed on the users desktops.
an online rollerblading music rhythm game
This is a hiddden gem?
"Forget about going outside kids, now you can simulate rollerblading to music online! Does your overprotective mother make you wear kneepads? Now she won't have to worry because you're safe inside your house! Concerned about air pollution hurting your lungs? You guessed it, you can rollerblade in the comfort of your own home without getting tracks on the living room carpet! Don't have any friends? Now you can pretend to be somebody else and make friends online! Worried about sunburn? Well worry no more becuase now you can safely bask in the electromagnetic glow of your TV!"
So is this Ask Slashdot part of the Cox survey?
Does the number of calls to the helpline sound a little low to anyone else? I'd be willing to bet that if they included the number of people who lost their minds while listening to the hold music (occasionaly punctuated with "Your call is important to us...") that number would rise significantly.
Well, not only is this ecologically friendly, but most of what you mention here is economically friendly as well. You might have a little more in initial layout for things like additional plumbing for the toilets and rain water system, but when you consider the money you'd save on your utility bills...
The only MMORPG I've ever played that I really enjoyed is one that completely lacks any sort of crafting system. I am a total City of Heroes/Villains addict. The game is about enjoying the experience of playing, and there is a very limited amount of stuff to buy in-game: enhancements and inspirations. That's it, nothing else can be purchased in-game. No crafting, very little player-based economy and it was MMORPG of the year last yeat.
Well, there you go. The most famous person that I knew of answering /. questions was Wil Wheaton. Now I know better.
I'd say that's probably based on what criteria you use for determining "bigness." The most famous person I can think of that has answered questions from Slashdot users (aside from some well-known tech industry people) is Wil Wheaton of "Star Trek" fame (who also is a regular poster on /.). I know what his screen name is, but I don't want to post it publicly out of respect for his privacy - although his posts always include the URL to his website http://www.wilwheaton.net/
We used these in my Physics class at Utah Valley State College and I found that they were put to good use. My prof would start each class period with a simple quiz to see if people had read the assigned pages from the textbook as well as to take attendance. We didn't have to buy our rent the clickers - the department bought forty of them and they stayed as part of the room and were used by several classes each day. We were assigned our clickers at the beginning of the semester (they had numbers on them) and those were ours for the rest of the class. The only problem we ever had with them was when the teacher's laptop died and we had to take the quiz on paper (gasp!) for a week. I found that they worked quite well the way my prof was using them. Although, had I been required to purchase one to use only to take a daily quiz...I might have been a little pissed off. As it was there was no extra cost involved in using them.
Personally, I'm quite curious about how loud the thing is. They're not silent fans or anythings, they're just plain old case fans. That thing has to be seriously annoying.
It also depends of how C|Net's journalists got their information. If someone approached them and told them, then it's not C|Net's fault. The problem with ThinkSecret is that he openly encourages people that know Apple secrets to call his anonymous voicemail or use a form (I think) to send anonymous e-mail.
The only name I recognized was Wil Wheaton. Who are the rest of the bunch? It looks more like a directory listing from Blogger. Just a bunch of names.
The parent post that you are replying didn't say that you get reported for buying one space blanket. He was talking about buying a LOT of space blankets - like enough to use instead of top sheets on all the beds in your house.
It looked to me like the holographic recording of Anakin and Sidious occurred at the Jedi Temple, not Palpatine's office. I think the dialogue was different. Can anyone confirm whether I'm right or wrong on this?
Not to mention lots and lots of pr0n.
What about companies that pay for their employees to screen the movie? My dad was working for 3Com when Episode 1 came out and the division he was working for in Utah rented out a theater for all the employees to go see it at no cost to them. They reasoned it was cheaper than having people take off full days to go see it. In fact the division he works in now (at a different company) had a "meeting" at a movie theater that happened to be showing Alien vs. Predator. Then a little while later they had another one involving I, Robot. The person in charge of that division likes movies apparently.
I'm not gonna argue with about whether or now they SHOULD put G5's in a laptop. That's a given, but like you said, it's been called that "mother of all technical challenges." But there's only so much Apple can do to try and get these chips in a laptop. I'd say that it's more IBM's responsibility to get these things to a manageable heat output and power usage. So, basically I agree with you.
Do you have any idea how much heat those things generate? Now you want to stuff it into a laptop? Say good-bye to any possibility of having more kids. That thing would cook your testicles in no time. Not to mention that fact that they draw so much power that the battery life would be measured in minutes instead of hours.
Ive also wouldn't risk the wrath of Steve for posting stuff like this. Maybe he wouldn't get fired (although I'm inclined to think that if he did something this dumb he would get fired), but Steve would make his life miserable and probably demote him to "Mail room door opener."