A Microsoft spokesperson also proudly announced that WinFS would be the underlying filesystem for Infinium Labs Phantom Gaming Console. "It's a great opportunity", he stated. "With the optimizations we've added to WinFS, Duke Nukem Forever will absolutely scream on the Phantom."
Actually, I believe the current 'sweet spot' demographic for video game purchases is the 20-30 crowd. Less free time to play, but farrrr more disposable income.
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Have you ever watched the show? Or you just giving your expert opinion on hearing the name of just one of its characters? ATHF, as well as many of the original Adult Swim cartoons are *extremely* well done. The premise for the show is absolutely ludicrous: It's the story of a milkshake, a box of fries, a ball of meat, and their white trash neighbor, Carl. They all live in New Jersey. The Aqua Teens are unemployed detectives living on welfare. The archvillans that antagonize them every show should have no problem taking over the world, but it turns out that they are even *more* incompetent and dysfunctional than the heroes. MC Pee Pants is an insane spider who wears a diaper. His music contains (not so) subliminal messages for listeners to load up on candy so they can drill to the center of the earth to unleash the demons who will help P Pants form a global telemarketing scam.
You would think that this show would suck donkey balls hearing it described. However the writing for it is *fantastic*. It is surreal enough to keep you interested, yet funny enough to keep you laughing. This isn't TV for the "stupid people will watch anything" crowd. It is actually a damn good show.
Warcraft3 is a newb game, where you can lose half your army and come back to win if you click faster than your opponent.
Meh. Apparently, this label is appropriate - for you.
Just because the interfaces are nearly identical does not mean that strategies are the same. SC was much more about who could crank out resources and units fastest. WC3 deals much less with resources (you can do many maps without even expanding) and more with playing off the synergies between units and heroes.
In WC, the size of your army at a given instant really doesn't mean squat over the long term. And I can honestly say, with over 2000 ladder games under my belt, that I have *never* been in a situation where simply "whoever clicks faster wins". Yes, I can fire off a frost nova, sleep one tank, cripple another two tanks, and unholy frenzy my entire meat wall in a matter of seconds: but that's micromanaging, not button smashing.
You would think that the RIAA would take a lesson from this. Perhaps the reason there is so much file sharing is bacause many people are tired of paying $17.00 for a CD that only has three songs they want on it.
From TFA, the Russians will be paying off this debt by putting in free man-hours in the next couple of years. Prior to the Columbia tragedy, the Russians & Americans shared the burden of transport. The Americans moved passengers, the Russians moved supplies. So yes, for the past two years, Russia has had to shoulder 100% of the transportation costs. It sounds to me like they are open to negotiation on these terms.
I'm sure there is some clause in the contract that will make the lawyers stick it out until judgement is rendered. (McBride can't be that stupid, can he??) I doubt it was "after $31 Mil, we're outta here!" But that doesn't mean that SCO will have 'good' representation after this point. I would bet that their legal team will simply stop filing motions to prolong the debacle and let the judge finally make a definitive ruling.
Reading the article, It looks like the "cap" just means that $31 mil will be the most Boies & co. can charge when this fiasco is finished. This was in exchange for more lucrative terms should SCO win a settlement/be bought out. It doesn't mean "as soon as we spend $31 million, we're dropping the suit".
There's a bit of a problem with #2. The majority of products advertised in spam messages are legitimate products from legitimate companies. The spammer will often fraudulently represent these products to make them appear more attractive (mortages, pharmaceutacals, etc.) These companies use a form of "affiliate marketing", by which third parties advertise their products, then get a percentage of a sale/clickthru. These companies may have dozens of affiliates that help them sell products: everything from "Direct Mail marketing (snail mail) to web banners/popups, etc. Most will have a standard for use in representing their products that expressly forbids advertising through spam. Many will actively police/audit their affiliate partners to make sure that they are not violating their policies...
... but here's where it gets tricky. These third party affiliates will often subcontract advertising work out to other parties. These parties may sub the work out even farther. Once you have so many of these levels of indirection, finding out which of your affiliate's partners, or partner's partners (or partner's partner's partners) is responsible for spamming ads for your product becomes *very* difficult to track down.
The situation in Germany goes a little deeper than that. The government there is *very* paranoid about any kind of Naziism or fascism resurfacing. For example, I had a friend in the military who was stationed in Germany. He was in a band with a few German guys, and for a local act, they made a pretty good name for themselves. However, some concered parties noticed on their flyers that the letter "S" in the font they used looked "similar" to the lightningbolt insignia on an SS officer's uniform - "similar" in the same way you that you can see Jesus on a grilled cheese if you look hard enough...
Anyway, after a show one night, his band was stopped at the door by some of the local Polizi who wanted to "discuss" the "Nazi Imagery" that they utilized in marketing themselves.
A) You're paying $50, but that's retail. The company has to get the game in the hands of the players, and electronic distriubtion isn't (quite) here yet (the install for EQII came on 2 DVDs and was 6-7GB). So it has to go through the retail chain, and everybody along the way has to make money off of the transaction.
If AOL could fill every video store, electronics store, laundromat and Bait & Tackle shop with free CD's, you can't tell me that Blizzard couldn't offer the install disk for $5.
Here's a Google cache link to an earlier story dealing with this case. In this article, the surveilance was performed by an AT&T store. However, when he was finally charged, the story changed to an AT&T card purchased from a WalMart. Sorry I can't find that story, but I'll keep looking...
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It's "mea culpa", not "mia colpa". :P
A Microsoft spokesperson also proudly announced that WinFS would be the underlying filesystem for Infinium Labs Phantom Gaming Console. "It's a great opportunity", he stated. "With the optimizations we've added to WinFS, Duke Nukem Forever will absolutely scream on the Phantom."
Actually, I believe the current 'sweet spot' demographic for video game purchases is the 20-30 crowd. Less free time to play, but farrrr more disposable income.
You would think that this show would suck donkey balls hearing it described. However the writing for it is *fantastic*. It is surreal enough to keep you interested, yet funny enough to keep you laughing. This isn't TV for the "stupid people will watch anything" crowd. It is actually a damn good show.
Master Shake: You're the gayest monster since gay came to gaytown!
Meatwad: It ain't "2 Wycked" no more. Now it's the "Hot Wad".
Meh. Apparently, this label is appropriate - for you.
Just because the interfaces are nearly identical does not mean that strategies are the same. SC was much more about who could crank out resources and units fastest. WC3 deals much less with resources (you can do many maps without even expanding) and more with playing off the synergies between units and heroes.
In WC, the size of your army at a given instant really doesn't mean squat over the long term. And I can honestly say, with over 2000 ladder games under my belt, that I have *never* been in a situation where simply "whoever clicks faster wins". Yes, I can fire off a frost nova, sleep one tank, cripple another two tanks, and unholy frenzy my entire meat wall in a matter of seconds: but that's micromanaging, not button smashing.
That's it, Eggers. You're going on report!
Don't forget the DDR-esque Spirit Journey Formation Aniversary.
Mmphh! Pod Six... Total suck-pod!
Correct. And they also quit being detectives - no money in it. How would you like to buy some Ultra Mega Braids?
You would think that the RIAA would take a lesson from this. Perhaps the reason there is so much file sharing is bacause many people are tired of paying $17.00 for a CD that only has three songs they want on it.
If he has seen them, he is in a world of shit for talking about it openly. Public dissemination of classified documents is a no-no.
From TFA, the Russians will be paying off this debt by putting in free man-hours in the next couple of years. Prior to the Columbia tragedy, the Russians & Americans shared the burden of transport. The Americans moved passengers, the Russians moved supplies. So yes, for the past two years, Russia has had to shoulder 100% of the transportation costs. It sounds to me like they are open to negotiation on these terms.
Cizizen, would you mind explaining to me how you came about this information?
I'm sure there is some clause in the contract that will make the lawyers stick it out until judgement is rendered. (McBride can't be that stupid, can he??) I doubt it was "after $31 Mil, we're outta here!" But that doesn't mean that SCO will have 'good' representation after this point. I would bet that their legal team will simply stop filing motions to prolong the debacle and let the judge finally make a definitive ruling.
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Where's the "Kaboom"? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering "Kaboom"!
Reading the article, It looks like the "cap" just means that $31 mil will be the most Boies & co. can charge when this fiasco is finished. This was in exchange for more lucrative terms should SCO win a settlement/be bought out. It doesn't mean "as soon as we spend $31 million, we're dropping the suit".
To say nothing of the fact that he was sentenced to federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison for a property crime he committed as a juvenile.
And that is exactly why in the year 2004, the famous "Fart Scene" from Blazing Saddles is not allowed to be shown on network TV!
There's a bit of a problem with #2. The majority of products advertised in spam messages are legitimate products from legitimate companies. The spammer will often fraudulently represent these products to make them appear more attractive (mortages, pharmaceutacals, etc.) These companies use a form of "affiliate marketing", by which third parties advertise their products, then get a percentage of a sale/clickthru. These companies may have dozens of affiliates that help them sell products: everything from "Direct Mail marketing (snail mail) to web banners/popups, etc. Most will have a standard for use in representing their products that expressly forbids advertising through spam. Many will actively police/audit their affiliate partners to make sure that they are not violating their policies...
... but here's where it gets tricky. These third party affiliates will often subcontract advertising work out to other parties. These parties may sub the work out even farther. Once you have so many of these levels of indirection, finding out which of your affiliate's partners, or partner's partners (or partner's partner's partners) is responsible for spamming ads for your product becomes *very* difficult to track down.
Anyway, after a show one night, his band was stopped at the door by some of the local Polizi who wanted to "discuss" the "Nazi Imagery" that they utilized in marketing themselves.
It's AOL/Time-Warner. Warner Bros. is very much in the business of selling cd's.
If AOL could fill every video store, electronics store, laundromat and Bait & Tackle shop with free CD's, you can't tell me that Blizzard couldn't offer the install disk for $5.
My best memory of Dr. Sbaitso: Me: I could really use a good blowjob. Dr. Sbaitso: Yes, there are times when we could all use a good blowjob.
Here's a Google cache link to an earlier story dealing with this case. In this article, the surveilance was performed by an AT&T store. However, when he was finally charged, the story changed to an AT&T card purchased from a WalMart. Sorry I can't find that story, but I'll keep looking...