Please, by all means, provide us to video clips so we can see just how much faster these crayons and an abacus can download a torrent, rip a CD, and alphabetize my porn collection.
What typically happens to the in-house support if Circuit City goes out of business?
Obviously the support stops if the business closes, but can I look for a refund? Should I have my TV serviced for good measure?
Circuit City service plans are/were underwritten by GE Zurich. As long as they're around, your warranty will be honored. You just won't be able to carry it in to the store for service anymore. (Assuming your TV is small enough to be carried)
I'm currently a subscriber to Gemstone (IV), and I'll debate that claim.
Gemstone is still going, but calling it "strong" is a bit of a stretch. We recently had the Ebon's Gate event, and the online player count never even broke 700 while I was watching. 10 years ago, the player count was almost never under 1k. 14 years ago, during the AOL/Prodigy/etc. days, 1.5-2k was the norm.
Gemstone is dieing a slow, bleeding death. It's being kept alive by a small community of dedicated players (many of whom 'multi-account'), and is being developed by volunteers.
After all this decades of us brushing off their complaints, the black man has the proof we can't ignore.
Looks like the system really *IS* trying to keep the black man down!
Hate to break it to you, but you're way past "Joe Public" there.. you're selling mostly to geeks/gamers etc., who are mostly relatively non-technical (i.e. not programmers/engineers) but are still relatively "hardcore" (e.g. can put a PC together, install system drivers etc.). That's what, 10% of people? The other 90% outside of that culture honestly really couldn't give a crap about sitting downloading private movie collections via p2p in their free time and recording them to DVDs, blah blah blah, because really, most people do actually have 'better things to do' and don't want to be using the computer when they don't have to. Look further, you'll start seeing these people, trust me. I know it's hard to imagine when you're part of that crowd, but you'll probably start seeing it when you hit the working world.
Maybe your problem is too much time in the working world. I work in a corporate chain electronics store. Open your paper sunday morning, you'll see the company's flier in there.
Yes, I deal with gamers. I also deal with little old ladies who want to keep in touch with family. I deal with young families, looking for ways to enrich their children's educational development. I deal with poor people who can barely afford a PC, but feel they can't afford to fall behind the rest of society. I deal with the general public. If people who need me to install a dimm or their copy of Norton IS are hardcore, I'd like to see who falls into the novice category.
BTW, Mac systems do support DVD writers (I think even the Mac Mini does IIRC), digital cameras, big hard disks, in fact everything you've mentioned except the games. (There's also Virtual PC software to run any of your Windows apps, including old Win 3.1 apps, although obviously that won't work for games).
Yes, as an option. Price just shot up $100. But it's only a 4x drive. Saying Americans don't like the idea of "faster" with a straight face is pretty much impossible. Big hard disks? Not likely. Biggest offered is a 80 gig. Funny that Apple has doesn't feel the need to mention whether it's a 4200 or 5400 rpm drive. Yes Virginia, there is a difference.
Virtual PC is called "software emulation." It's far from perfect, and definately not the same as using the real thing. And as you said, it doesn't work for games. Try explaining to your 8 year old the virtues of the Mac when they want to play The Sims. But, please, wait for me to finish my soda before telling me that The Sims is a "hardcore" title. I don't want to throw away another keyboard.
What I find ridiculous is that you actually believe that the people who did the enslaving are alive and determining what the moral of the world are.
Many of those who did fight against civil rights are still alive. Many persons who believe that a black man has no right to use the same water fountain as a white man are still alive and voting. Hell, the GOP has at least one senator currently in office who publicly opposed the idea of equality between blacks and whites.
You might question my morals, but I'd kill all of them... only in the cause of freeing them from such evil....and in the act, showing who is truly evil. Stoop to so low a level, and you're no better than the "bad guys" you're trying to eliminate.
The only one? Doubtful. But possibly part of a shrinking number.
We had two "el cheapo" theatres growing up. One is now a big name gym, and the other is some sort of christian family counseling center.
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Poached data, eh?
And here I thought it was simply common knowledge online that I had a small penis. Go figure.
Please, by all means, provide us to video clips so we can see just how much faster these crayons and an abacus can download a torrent, rip a CD, and alphabetize my porn collection.
Pics or it never happened! It's one of those new internet rules... or something...
... of the morons, by the morons, for the morons.
And BTW, just where in the United States is it illegal not to have ID on you?
Within 3 miles of the Rio Grande?
What typically happens to the in-house support if Circuit City goes out of business? Obviously the support stops if the business closes, but can I look for a refund? Should I have my TV serviced for good measure?
Circuit City service plans are/were underwritten by GE Zurich. As long as they're around, your warranty will be honored. You just won't be able to carry it in to the store for service anymore. (Assuming your TV is small enough to be carried)
I'm currently a subscriber to Gemstone (IV), and I'll debate that claim. Gemstone is still going, but calling it "strong" is a bit of a stretch. We recently had the Ebon's Gate event, and the online player count never even broke 700 while I was watching. 10 years ago, the player count was almost never under 1k. 14 years ago, during the AOL/Prodigy/etc. days, 1.5-2k was the norm. Gemstone is dieing a slow, bleeding death. It's being kept alive by a small community of dedicated players (many of whom 'multi-account'), and is being developed by volunteers.
After all this decades of us brushing off their complaints, the black man has the proof we can't ignore. Looks like the system really *IS* trying to keep the black man down!
Hate to break it to you, but you're way past "Joe Public" there .. you're selling mostly to geeks/gamers etc., who are mostly relatively non-technical (i.e. not programmers/engineers) but are still relatively "hardcore" (e.g. can put a PC together, install system drivers etc.). That's what, 10% of people? The other 90% outside of that culture honestly really couldn't give a crap about sitting downloading private movie collections via p2p in their free time and recording them to DVDs, blah blah blah, because really, most people do actually have 'better things to do' and don't want to be using the computer when they don't have to. Look further, you'll start seeing these people, trust me. I know it's hard to imagine when you're part of that crowd, but you'll probably start seeing it when you hit the working world.
Maybe your problem is too much time in the working world. I work in a corporate chain electronics store. Open your paper sunday morning, you'll see the company's flier in there.
Yes, I deal with gamers. I also deal with little old ladies who want to keep in touch with family. I deal with young families, looking for ways to enrich their children's educational development. I deal with poor people who can barely afford a PC, but feel they can't afford to fall behind the rest of society. I deal with the general public. If people who need me to install a dimm or their copy of Norton IS are hardcore, I'd like to see who falls into the novice category.
BTW, Mac systems do support DVD writers (I think even the Mac Mini does IIRC), digital cameras, big hard disks, in fact everything you've mentioned except the games. (There's also Virtual PC software to run any of your Windows apps, including old Win 3.1 apps, although obviously that won't work for games).
Yes, as an option. Price just shot up $100. But it's only a 4x drive. Saying Americans don't like the idea of "faster" with a straight face is pretty much impossible. Big hard disks? Not likely. Biggest offered is a 80 gig. Funny that Apple has doesn't feel the need to mention whether it's a 4200 or 5400 rpm drive. Yes Virginia, there is a difference.
Virtual PC is called "software emulation." It's far from perfect, and definately not the same as using the real thing. And as you said, it doesn't work for games. Try explaining to your 8 year old the virtues of the Mac when they want to play The Sims. But, please, wait for me to finish my soda before telling me that The Sims is a "hardcore" title. I don't want to throw away another keyboard.
What I find ridiculous is that you actually believe that the people who did the enslaving are alive and determining what the moral of the world are.
Many of those who did fight against civil rights are still alive. Many persons who believe that a black man has no right to use the same water fountain as a white man are still alive and voting. Hell, the GOP has at least one senator currently in office who publicly opposed the idea of equality between blacks and whites.
You might question my morals, but I'd kill all of them... only in the cause of freeing them from such evil. ...and in the act, showing who is truly evil. Stoop to so low a level, and you're no better than the "bad guys" you're trying to eliminate.
The only one? Doubtful. But possibly part of a shrinking number. We had two "el cheapo" theatres growing up. One is now a big name gym, and the other is some sort of christian family counseling center.