So Barney, who has spent his entire career putting new words to very old songs, is suing someone for parodying his work? That would be like Puff Daddy suing over someone parodying "I'll be Missing You." (And yes I realize that the big purple dinosaur is not really doing the suing but it's more amusing to think of it that way.)
What job were you applying for? Has it occured to you that you may be overqualified for the position if you're probably interviewing along with kids fresh from school? I've done many an interview and had to turn down plenty of overqualified candidates. Given their interests and abilities, they would've grown bored with the work we required of them very quickly even though they may be better at doing it in the short term. If they're gearing the interviews towards new grads, maybe that's for a reason.
I don't care if you drove through a mountain in Texas. This is New Jersey, and when you play my joint, you're just another act. I want some music out'a you characters!
While speeding can be risky behavior, I'd be much happier if the device were based on RPM instead. High RPMs on an automatic transmission means that someone is flooring the gas pedal. I'd much rather know about my child attempting burnouts or racing some other car than I care if they go 10MPH over on the Interstate. And I for one would be willing to subject myself to the same device (or even a speed-based device). I believe firmly in leading by example.
Ummm... They've been the target of a Baptist boycott and the ire of many minority groups whenever "Song of the South" is uttered. Disney doesn't make a habit of it but they have their politically-charged headlines from time to time. On that same note, I imagine if Wal-Mart were looking over a list of upcoming games and a yet-to-be-rated Disney game called "Song of the South" were on the list, Wal-Mart might also decline to take pre-orders on that one.
I use emacs and still prefer the left-of-A Control key. You are correct that with bottom-left-corner you can line up your fingers nicely but you have to move your palm away from the keyboard to do it. Using the left-of-a setup, you make a v shape with your pinky, middle finger, and index finger but the palm stays stationary like it's supposed to.
The bottom left corner of my keyboard is harly prime real estate. Oh, you didn't leave the default PS2 keyboard mapping for Caps Lock did you? That's my Ctrl button like the good Lord intended.
I think it depends. Squad vs. squad trying to secure the same goal would work out as long as it doesn't get too crowded (50 squads trying to assasinate the same person) but I think a deathmatch-type scenario would get old really quick. Personally, I think a co-op has a lot more potential and I guess in that case you could be using different squads. What I would hate to see is too many agents running around with noone to persuade or assasinate. That would be like taking the worst parts of Diablo and the worst parts of Quake III and putting them together.
Oh yeah. I would hope they keep it as small squads. It would be sweet to have multiple people playing on a squad. No more of your shotgunner getting nailed by a sniper while you're got your attention on another player.
"but its clear that all of what you get with an XBOX Live premium service will be free."
No, it's not clear at all. The only thing that is clear is that the games Nintendo creates themselves will not have a subscription fee for online play. And to counter your sibling poster, "hidden fees and costs" are only hidden if not disclosed. It would be very easy for EA Sports for example to release a Madden 07 that charges a monthly fee for online play but clearly states this in the packaging. It would violate nothing stated in the article and still be a fee for online play.
The big difference between eBay and YouTube is how it is used. You go to eBay and bid on items. The more items available, the more likely you are to go there. eBay has built a community. YouTube does have a community but its biggest boon comes from embedding videos into other pages, especially blogs. That can be easily replaced wholesale by similar technology and not many people would notice. Right now YouTube (much like GMail) offers a feature set at a price point that is not offered by many other providers. When (or perhaps if) other providers do catch up, it will be a lot harder for YouTube to stay on top than it was for eBay to stay on top.
How can you have an alarm without a clock if you're setting the time you want the alarm to go off based on time of day? That's like saying video game consoles are a convergence of controllers and cartridge slots or that a car is the convergence of wheels and an engine. Just listing two parts of a whole is not convergence. They're both needed to serve one purpose.
"And yes, having a CD/radio alarm clock does replace the need of having a cd player, a radio, an alarm, and a clock on my night stand."
Do you use the radio or CD functions on the alarm clock on your nightstand for anything other than alarm noise? I sure don't. The stereo in my living room is much better for that sort of thing.
Please tell me I can control the monkey ball with the wiimote. That would be so sweet. I wouldn't even have to change my playing habits as I already unintentionally lean while rolling him around. Now I'd actually be accomplishing something.
Conspiracies indeed. Now all the kooks will come out of the woodwork to try and convince us that man actually landed on the moon back in the 1960's. With Van Allen dead, who's to stop them from spreading that Apollo mission foolishness? Now where did I put that tinfoil hat...
RISC assembly code? That's so weak. I'd rather spend a day writing an assebmly routine that has an equivalent single obscure machine instruction I didn't know about beforehand, thank you very much.
Yes it does. However, I don't see Sony letting me skip the $200 on their newfangled drive. At least MS has the sense to realize that not everyone is going to want an HD-DVD or BluRay drive right now. It's a sad sad day when Microsoft of all people is more in touch with what the consumers actually want and it seems to me that is the case here.
"Why would Dell sell Mitsubishi TVs when they have their own brand?"
Dell doesn't really have their own brand as much as they just rebadge other people's stuff. I don't know about home use, but for business use the Dell-badged periphrial products have a guarantee to be stocked for x years (4 maybe?). If you'd bother to look at the Dell page, you'd also notice that they stock NEC, LG, Philips, and others as far as monitors go. I didn't check out the TVs. They even give you the option to sort by brand on their website. From what the rep tells me, unlike store-brand generics in clothing, grocery, etc., Dell really doesn't make any more money off of selling a rebadged "Dell" brand item over most of their name brand stuff simply because they have so little to do with the actual manufacturing of Dell branded periphrials.
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Oh wait, that's the wrong song.
So Barney, who has spent his entire career putting new words to very old songs, is suing someone for parodying his work? That would be like Puff Daddy suing over someone parodying "I'll be Missing You." (And yes I realize that the big purple dinosaur is not really doing the suing but it's more amusing to think of it that way.)
What job were you applying for? Has it occured to you that you may be overqualified for the position if you're probably interviewing along with kids fresh from school? I've done many an interview and had to turn down plenty of overqualified candidates. Given their interests and abilities, they would've grown bored with the work we required of them very quickly even though they may be better at doing it in the short term. If they're gearing the interviews towards new grads, maybe that's for a reason.
I don't care if you drove through a mountain in Texas. This is New Jersey, and when you play my joint, you're just another act. I want some music out'a you characters!
That show was hardcore. The inventions were just crazy like the suitcase that used helium to make it lighter. Wasn't he the midget from Willow?
It is a silly title. At first I thought I read "Senior Design Apologist."
While speeding can be risky behavior, I'd be much happier if the device were based on RPM instead. High RPMs on an automatic transmission means that someone is flooring the gas pedal. I'd much rather know about my child attempting burnouts or racing some other car than I care if they go 10MPH over on the Interstate. And I for one would be willing to subject myself to the same device (or even a speed-based device). I believe firmly in leading by example.
Ummm... They've been the target of a Baptist boycott and the ire of many minority groups whenever "Song of the South" is uttered. Disney doesn't make a habit of it but they have their politically-charged headlines from time to time. On that same note, I imagine if Wal-Mart were looking over a list of upcoming games and a yet-to-be-rated Disney game called "Song of the South" were on the list, Wal-Mart might also decline to take pre-orders on that one.
Well that's good. I can't even get anyone at Lionel's Playworld to talk to me.
I can't speak for the other states but for the state of Georgia this is what's being tried first.
...the "Nothing to see here. Move along." message was so appropriate.
I use emacs and still prefer the left-of-A Control key. You are correct that with bottom-left-corner you can line up your fingers nicely but you have to move your palm away from the keyboard to do it. Using the left-of-a setup, you make a v shape with your pinky, middle finger, and index finger but the palm stays stationary like it's supposed to.
He didn't make keyboards for Himself. He made them for us. He doesn't need toilet paper either but we still have tp as a gift from Him.
The bottom left corner of my keyboard is harly prime real estate. Oh, you didn't leave the default PS2 keyboard mapping for Caps Lock did you? That's my Ctrl button like the good Lord intended.
I think it depends. Squad vs. squad trying to secure the same goal would work out as long as it doesn't get too crowded (50 squads trying to assasinate the same person) but I think a deathmatch-type scenario would get old really quick. Personally, I think a co-op has a lot more potential and I guess in that case you could be using different squads. What I would hate to see is too many agents running around with noone to persuade or assasinate. That would be like taking the worst parts of Diablo and the worst parts of Quake III and putting them together.
Oh yeah. I would hope they keep it as small squads. It would be sweet to have multiple people playing on a squad. No more of your shotgunner getting nailed by a sniper while you're got your attention on another player.
"but its clear that all of what you get with an XBOX Live premium service will be free."
No, it's not clear at all. The only thing that is clear is that the games Nintendo creates themselves will not have a subscription fee for online play. And to counter your sibling poster, "hidden fees and costs" are only hidden if not disclosed. It would be very easy for EA Sports for example to release a Madden 07 that charges a monthly fee for online play but clearly states this in the packaging. It would violate nothing stated in the article and still be a fee for online play.
The big difference between eBay and YouTube is how it is used. You go to eBay and bid on items. The more items available, the more likely you are to go there. eBay has built a community. YouTube does have a community but its biggest boon comes from embedding videos into other pages, especially blogs. That can be easily replaced wholesale by similar technology and not many people would notice. Right now YouTube (much like GMail) offers a feature set at a price point that is not offered by many other providers. When (or perhaps if) other providers do catch up, it will be a lot harder for YouTube to stay on top than it was for eBay to stay on top.
How can you have an alarm without a clock if you're setting the time you want the alarm to go off based on time of day? That's like saying video game consoles are a convergence of controllers and cartridge slots or that a car is the convergence of wheels and an engine. Just listing two parts of a whole is not convergence. They're both needed to serve one purpose.
"And yes, having a CD/radio alarm clock does replace the need of having a cd player, a radio, an alarm, and a clock on my night stand."
Do you use the radio or CD functions on the alarm clock on your nightstand for anything other than alarm noise? I sure don't. The stereo in my living room is much better for that sort of thing.
Please tell me I can control the monkey ball with the wiimote. That would be so sweet. I wouldn't even have to change my playing habits as I already unintentionally lean while rolling him around. Now I'd actually be accomplishing something.
...then why aren't we doing this list on Apple II's birthday?
Conspiracies indeed. Now all the kooks will come out of the woodwork to try and convince us that man actually landed on the moon back in the 1960's. With Van Allen dead, who's to stop them from spreading that Apollo mission foolishness? Now where did I put that tinfoil hat...
RISC assembly code? That's so weak. I'd rather spend a day writing an assebmly routine that has an equivalent single obscure machine instruction I didn't know about beforehand, thank you very much.
Yeah, because Zaxby's and "cheaper" go hand in hand.
"Wow, comes to the same price as a PS3"
Yes it does. However, I don't see Sony letting me skip the $200 on their newfangled drive. At least MS has the sense to realize that not everyone is going to want an HD-DVD or BluRay drive right now. It's a sad sad day when Microsoft of all people is more in touch with what the consumers actually want and it seems to me that is the case here.
"Why would Dell sell Mitsubishi TVs when they have their own brand?"
Dell doesn't really have their own brand as much as they just rebadge other people's stuff. I don't know about home use, but for business use the Dell-badged periphrial products have a guarantee to be stocked for x years (4 maybe?). If you'd bother to look at the Dell page, you'd also notice that they stock NEC, LG, Philips, and others as far as monitors go. I didn't check out the TVs. They even give you the option to sort by brand on their website. From what the rep tells me, unlike store-brand generics in clothing, grocery, etc., Dell really doesn't make any more money off of selling a rebadged "Dell" brand item over most of their name brand stuff simply because they have so little to do with the actual manufacturing of Dell branded periphrials.