But honestly, if anyone can deliver these speeds, verizon can. Cable is limited by total bandwidth on a node, DSL is limited by line legnth, but theoretically fiber should only be limited by router capacity and Verizon's pipes to the backbones. If comcast said they'd give me 15/2, I'd be awful suspicious, but verizon can probably do it.
Surewest's deployment is painfully slow in Sacramento city. Live in east sac? Sure, you can get fiber. Live in south sac? Nope.
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Huzzaa~!
I for one would much rather spend my money on hardware then software. $100-200 for a piece of software is rather pricey. When I'm looking at pieces of software and seeing prices over $60, I get a bit suspicious. A boxed copy of Nero Burning rom cost $100, Intervideo's WinDVR is $80, and ever tried pricing a piece of data recovery software? The prices are so absurd you'd think they were just joking. It's really weird. My secondary computer is a gentoo box, and installing software is as simple as "emerge _______." I don't even have to pay anybody.
Fry's Electronics (the horrible company that it is) regularly has 2+Ghz (and equivilent AMD chips) and a cheap ass motherboard for under $100. I can't see what a 1Ghz cachelesss P-M would have on that.
Holy shit, a two thousand dollar clutch!? That said, the NSX is a sexy beast that just screams "you may be faster then me, but I'm infinitly cooler then you"
Thanks, "Joystick Nation" is now on hold at my public library and I should have "Hamlet on the Holodeck" delivered at my community college library by the end of the week.
I know you're talking about something else, but you bring up a very important issue about the limitation of current "charachter-driven" RPGs. That issue is the illusion of control. The games give you time to build up personalities, but they don't allow for any deviation on the part of the main charachter. In FF7 you could change a single scene based on how you'd been using your party, and that single scene made me feel so much more a part of the story. The emphasis on the "interactive movie" style of RPG creation is great if you enjoy and can relate to the main charachter, but somehow they always manage to include a few scenes where your charachter makes some of the stupidest decisions imaginable. Fable tried to be let your charachter be who you wanted him to be, but failed in a number of other respects. Love stories have been used extensively in recent FF games to add to the story (not many things elicit so much emotion, even in dorky guys) but love-story-related scenes are usually the most guilty of stupid ass characther decisions.
So in the process of ranting about charachter development, control, and limitations, I've described exactly why games can never substitue for real life and have backed myself into a corner as to regards of what I want out of a video game. So I'm going to try again... I want major story arcs. I want at least the semblance of control.
Couldn't you just use the manuvering thrusters to cause the ship to rotate on its axis? I mean, the less wide the ship is, the faster you'll have to spin it, but that isn't a problem is it?
Ha! The joke about that is that only the areas served by deregulated and private power companies in northern california had to worry about rolling blackouts. The capital has a socialized energy utility (SMUD : Sacramento Municiple Utility District) that not only kept power online durring the crunch, but raised its rates only 7% over the last 4 years while everyone else was dealing with 30% rate increases.
[Plug]If you're from Sacramento, vote for the incumbents on the SMUD board. They're doing an awesome job.
Drop an iodine tablet in water and it kills all that stuff you don't want to be drinking. It tastes like shit, but its better then picking up e-coli from some mountain stream.
Currently OLED technologies have a very serious screen-aging problem that makes OLEDS just not useful in the TV market. Plasma screens burn in very quickly, but OLEDs lose brightness accuracy within a few thousands hours. They need to fix that first.
It isn't too difficult to find an OEM version of XP for 90 dollars. Thats usually perferable to paying full price. My local electronics store just makes you by ANY piece of hardware with it... like a mouse.
Did you know that the PSP doesn't have a harddrive? Did you know that the PSP doesn't have writable media? Did you know that you'll have to put the music on a Sony flash card? Did you know that the only movies you'll be able to watch will have to be specially purchased and not playable in anything else?
I've got a 125 horsepower car. At fast highway cruising speeds, its probably putting out about 60 horsepower. Thats 45 kilowatts.
You'd need more then 20 laptops.
Have you even used WMP10? The first time you try to rip a CD, it has a popup box that informs you that DRM is enabled, lets you read a quick blurb about it, and then lets you disable it completely.
I bagged at a grocery store for damn near three years in highschool and my first year of community college. On day, out of curiosity I decided to count how many orders I got through in a two hour period. my value. Basically, it only costs a store 35 to 50 cents per order to have a bagger. Not much of a savings to pass along is it?
State tax.
We pay about 25 cents a gallon in state gasoline taxes. Not to mention that our gas has to be oxygenated (usually 10% ethanol or 15-20% MTBE) which drives up the cost. Incidently, you almost can't find full-service gas stations around here anymore.
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But honestly, if anyone can deliver these speeds, verizon can. Cable is limited by total bandwidth on a node, DSL is limited by line legnth, but theoretically fiber should only be limited by router capacity and Verizon's pipes to the backbones. If comcast said they'd give me 15/2, I'd be awful suspicious, but verizon can probably do it.
Surewest's deployment is painfully slow in Sacramento city. Live in east sac? Sure, you can get fiber. Live in south sac? Nope.
Huzzaa~!
I for one would much rather spend my money on hardware then software. $100-200 for a piece of software is rather pricey. When I'm looking at pieces of software and seeing prices over $60, I get a bit suspicious. A boxed copy of Nero Burning rom cost $100, Intervideo's WinDVR is $80, and ever tried pricing a piece of data recovery software? The prices are so absurd you'd think they were just joking.
It's really weird. My secondary computer is a gentoo box, and installing software is as simple as "emerge _______." I don't even have to pay anybody.
Fry's Electronics (the horrible company that it is) regularly has 2+Ghz (and equivilent AMD chips) and a cheap ass motherboard for under $100. I can't see what a 1Ghz cachelesss P-M would have on that.
Holy shit, a two thousand dollar clutch!?
That said, the NSX is a sexy beast that just screams "you may be faster then me, but I'm infinitly cooler then you"
Thanks, "Joystick Nation" is now on hold at my public library and I should have "Hamlet on the Holodeck" delivered at my community college library by the end of the week.
I know you're talking about something else, but you bring up a very important issue about the limitation of current "charachter-driven" RPGs. That issue is the illusion of control. The games give you time to build up personalities, but they don't allow for any deviation on the part of the main charachter. In FF7 you could change a single scene based on how you'd been using your party, and that single scene made me feel so much more a part of the story. The emphasis on the "interactive movie" style of RPG creation is great if you enjoy and can relate to the main charachter, but somehow they always manage to include a few scenes where your charachter makes some of the stupidest decisions imaginable.
Fable tried to be let your charachter be who you wanted him to be, but failed in a number of other respects. Love stories have been used extensively in recent FF games to add to the story (not many things elicit so much emotion, even in dorky guys) but love-story-related scenes are usually the most guilty of stupid ass characther decisions.
So in the process of ranting about charachter development, control, and limitations, I've described exactly why games can never substitue for real life and have backed myself into a corner as to regards of what I want out of a video game.
So I'm going to try again... I want major story arcs. I want at least the semblance of control.
Be careful what you wish for. Remember:
Resident Evil
Tomb Raider
FF:Spirits Within
Couldn't you just use the manuvering thrusters to cause the ship to rotate on its axis? I mean, the less wide the ship is, the faster you'll have to spin it, but that isn't a problem is it?
It's awesome. It's a shame that the shrimp don't reproduce though.
Ha! The joke about that is that only the areas served by deregulated and private power companies in northern california had to worry about rolling blackouts. The capital has a socialized energy utility (SMUD : Sacramento Municiple Utility District) that not only kept power online durring the crunch, but raised its rates only 7% over the last 4 years while everyone else was dealing with 30% rate increases.
[Plug]If you're from Sacramento, vote for the incumbents on the SMUD board. They're doing an awesome job.
Great deal... but not available in Cali! Silly enviormentalists. (I'm one of them)
Drop an iodine tablet in water and it kills all that stuff you don't want to be drinking. It tastes like shit, but its better then picking up e-coli from some mountain stream.
Jesus, I didn't realize that I was browsing fark today.
Currently OLED technologies have a very serious screen-aging problem that makes OLEDS just not useful in the TV market. Plasma screens burn in very quickly, but OLEDs lose brightness accuracy within a few thousands hours. They need to fix that first.
It isn't too difficult to find an OEM version of XP for 90 dollars. Thats usually perferable to paying full price. My local electronics store just makes you by ANY piece of hardware with it... like a mouse.
Did you know that the PSP doesn't have a harddrive?
Did you know that the PSP doesn't have writable media?
Did you know that you'll have to put the music on a Sony flash card?
Did you know that the only movies you'll be able to watch will have to be specially purchased and not playable in anything else?
Just checking.
I've got a 125 horsepower car. At fast highway cruising speeds, its probably putting out about 60 horsepower. Thats 45 kilowatts. You'd need more then 20 laptops.
Speak for yourself. I didn't have to buy an electric space heater or my room. I just play some ROME:TW for a few hours and I'm nice and toasty.
Most schools don't trust their educated college students with electric cooking elements. Think about it...
What kind of Rdram using motherboard isn't ATX? I haven't seen a non-ATX case in years. Hell, my P233MMX was ATX.
Does it do Xvid with Global Motion Compensation? Last I'd heard there weren't any Xvid standalone players that could handle it.
Have you even used WMP10? The first time you try to rip a CD, it has a popup box that informs you that DRM is enabled, lets you read a quick blurb about it, and then lets you disable it completely.
I bagged at a grocery store for damn near three years in highschool and my first year of community college. On day, out of curiosity I decided to count how many orders I got through in a two hour period. my value. Basically, it only costs a store 35 to 50 cents per order to have a bagger. Not much of a savings to pass along is it?
State tax.
We pay about 25 cents a gallon in state gasoline taxes. Not to mention that our gas has to be oxygenated (usually 10% ethanol or 15-20% MTBE) which drives up the cost. Incidently, you almost can't find full-service gas stations around here anymore.