Don't be so sure. I'd check around first. Starting a few years before Wal-Mart started building the Super Centers, Wal-Mart started pricing primarily based on local competitors' pricing. Sometimes a local momnpop will fall under their radar so Wal-Mart won't bother to price it cheap enough since they don't realize there is competition.
I'm hoping that the sales of the Mario Show DVD are high enough to encourage some other video game based cartoons like the Starcade shorts (Donkey Kong, Q-Bert, Frogger, etc.), Pac-Man, and Captain N to get released.
As long as they can talk millions of suckers into forking over $8 - $12 apiece to watch a movie then they deserve every single penny of that money. That's why entertainment makes money. The industry gets a relatively small amount of money from millions of people. If you can talk 1,000,000 people into giving you a dollar, you're a millionaire.
You're lucky you got to wait until you were 16. My dad was a builder so I was working summers by the time I was 6. I remember looking forward to being able to sleep in when school started back up in the fall.
Back to the topic though, I remember having quite a bit of spending money when I was a teenager. You can tell by looking at my CD and movie collection. I have massive amounts of CD's and movies I bought as a teenager, but as soon as I was on my own financially, the collections abruptly stopped growing. Of course it might also have had something to do with turning 21 and being able to go out drinking (which can be VERY expensive).
I like your style, but I have a suggestion that might save some time (especially if someone isn't really good at soldering). Take a look under those membranes and you'll see that the leads can be difficult to solder to because they are sort of fingery. (Look at it and you'll see what I'm talking about.) Those membrane buttons tend to have a unique positive and a common ground. For those controllers, you can use a utility knife to cut through the ground lead. Then you can solder without worring about bridging the ground with solder (which can be hard to clean up properly). Finally, you find any uncut place along the ground to solder to and daisy chain the ground to every button (and joystick direction) like a real arcade control panel.
You know what I remember most about women in CS? I remember a few bright females. The rest of the females were about as dumb as bricks. Proportionally, there were equal numbers of smart males and females near as I could tell. However, unlike their dumb male counterparts, the dumb females did quite well grade-wise because the professors did not want to fail the few females they had in the program. The sad thing is that most the ones that shouldn't have been in the program in the first place still didn't get degrees. Instead, they wasted two or three years trying to get a degree they were in no way qualified for all in the guise of diversity.
So by "originally screened in the cinemas" what do you mean? There were several different "original" theatrical versions of New Hope and Empire. (IMBD doesn't have any alternate versions listed for ROTJ's theartrical versions but there are probably some alternate shots, different takes on dialog, etc that have espaced IMBD's attention.) I do realize that Lucas changed a whole lot when he put out the special editions, but it's not like he hasn't been changing things all along. In fact, it is very common for movies in general to change bits here and there both while they are in theaters and when they are realeased on video. It is very unlikely that even if an "original" version of the trilogy were released, it would be the same versions you saw as a child. However, it would be nice if someone actually used the abilities of the DVD format to put out a definitive version where you could branch off scenes depending on what version you would like to see.
What isn't dry ice good for?
-Creating a skating rink in your dorm.
-Cutting coins for the coffee machine.
-Cooling a laser capable of popping a houseful of popcorn from miles away.
Now you can add cooling your computer to that list!
"I think the material is more targeted toward seismic-proof constructions."
You mean like jigsaw-puzzle-shaped bricks? (Real geeks will get the reference.)
"Game developers and console makers say laws restricting game sales are unnecessary because their industry is doing a good job stopping minors from buying "Mature"-rated games."
That's why there's a ton of young teens (and sometimes younger) flocking to their nearest electronics store whenever a new GTA game comes out. The gaming industry is doing a pitiful job stopping minors from purchasing "Mature"-related games. Maybe these game developers and console makers should trot out some real arguments like "We're not in the business of parenting." instead of shelling out bold-faced lies like "We're already stopping kids from getting Mature games."
With the advent of bloggers doing things like "bringing down Dan Rather" (like it wouldn't have happened anyways in that piece), I've noticed a WHOLE lot of posts on Slashdot (and remarks elsewhere) with people being quite bitter towards pseudo-journalists on the Internet. I wonder if there isn't a bigger agenda here than exposing this poorly-written article for what it is.
A few years ago, our department was too cheap to give us proper CAT5 testing tools. We used to stick our tongue to the wire to see if it was connected to the switch. Glad nobody implemented PoE back then or we would've been in for a shock.
Maybe setup is inconvenient. Remote backups using dd and ssh (our method) was a bit of a bear to initially setup, but thanks to shell scripting and cron and key agents, it hasn't given us any problems. I've seen a few guides with pretty straightforward and mostly universal instructions for this type of thing. That being said, I do hope this software will at least get people to start looking seriously at this type of backup since it lets you store a copy off-site.
There have been several instances where I have "wiped" a company computer over spyware. Sometimes it is faster to nuke it (especially if you have an image backup) than it is to fix the problem. We do regular backups of all files neccessary to conduct business. I can completely redo a machine and have that employee ready to work at full capacity in about 30 minutes. If it looks like investigating and removing the spyware will take longer than that, the user gets a reinstall. Their work material will be completetly unaffected. A better idea would be to lock down these boxen a bit more but company politics prohibit such a move.
...then I'm take every copyrighted song and movie I own and make a "parody" where I add a humorous cymbal crash at the end of the original work. Then I can legally distribute my "parodies" of the songs and music.
And everyone was trying to blame Sony for shoddy craftsmanship.
Re:Thanks for those massive spoilers, Slashdot.
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Reminds me all the times there's "Dalek" in the title but they still tried to build suspense by making the Daleks appearance a surprise at the end of Episode 1.
That's not always true. When playing NFL games, it seems that defenses just give up and offenses become ungodly in the last few minutes of play in most games (especially the NFL Fever line). I always get kind of a guilty feeling in the last seconds of a game when my so-so quaretback hauls a 70 yard rocket to a marginal wide receiver while a good defense is set up in a formation to stop just such a pass. When that happens, I always feel like I didn't really win that game by coaching prowess or control skills. I just won because the AI decided to stop playing defense and suddenly one of the Chris Chandlers of the world could do no wrong.
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Look on the bright side. There won't be any games that aren't mainstream in a few years anyways.
"WAL-MART SELLS FOR CHEAPER"
Don't be so sure. I'd check around first. Starting a few years before Wal-Mart started building the Super Centers, Wal-Mart started pricing primarily based on local competitors' pricing. Sometimes a local momnpop will fall under their radar so Wal-Mart won't bother to price it cheap enough since they don't realize there is competition.
I'm hoping that the sales of the Mario Show DVD are high enough to encourage some other video game based cartoons like the Starcade shorts (Donkey Kong, Q-Bert, Frogger, etc.), Pac-Man, and Captain N to get released.
As long as they can talk millions of suckers into forking over $8 - $12 apiece to watch a movie then they deserve every single penny of that money. That's why entertainment makes money. The industry gets a relatively small amount of money from millions of people. If you can talk 1,000,000 people into giving you a dollar, you're a millionaire.
So will the "Computer" icon open automatically whenever you say "Computer" to the mouse.
"aren't kids 16 and older supposed to get jobs??"
You're lucky you got to wait until you were 16. My dad was a builder so I was working summers by the time I was 6. I remember looking forward to being able to sleep in when school started back up in the fall.
Back to the topic though, I remember having quite a bit of spending money when I was a teenager. You can tell by looking at my CD and movie collection. I have massive amounts of CD's and movies I bought as a teenager, but as soon as I was on my own financially, the collections abruptly stopped growing. Of course it might also have had something to do with turning 21 and being able to go out drinking (which can be VERY expensive).
I like your style, but I have a suggestion that might save some time (especially if someone isn't really good at soldering). Take a look under those membranes and you'll see that the leads can be difficult to solder to because they are sort of fingery. (Look at it and you'll see what I'm talking about.) Those membrane buttons tend to have a unique positive and a common ground. For those controllers, you can use a utility knife to cut through the ground lead. Then you can solder without worring about bridging the ground with solder (which can be hard to clean up properly). Finally, you find any uncut place along the ground to solder to and daisy chain the ground to every button (and joystick direction) like a real arcade control panel.
...Ebert gave "Back to the Future Part 2" two thumbs up. That kind of tarnishes his reviews of sci-fi movies IMHO.
You know what I remember most about women in CS? I remember a few bright females. The rest of the females were about as dumb as bricks. Proportionally, there were equal numbers of smart males and females near as I could tell. However, unlike their dumb male counterparts, the dumb females did quite well grade-wise because the professors did not want to fail the few females they had in the program. The sad thing is that most the ones that shouldn't have been in the program in the first place still didn't get degrees. Instead, they wasted two or three years trying to get a degree they were in no way qualified for all in the guise of diversity.
You need to lock yourself in your parents basement and watch a WHOLE lot more TV if you didn't get the reference I was making.
So by "originally screened in the cinemas" what do you mean? There were several different "original" theatrical versions of New Hope and Empire. (IMBD doesn't have any alternate versions listed for ROTJ's theartrical versions but there are probably some alternate shots, different takes on dialog, etc that have espaced IMBD's attention.) I do realize that Lucas changed a whole lot when he put out the special editions, but it's not like he hasn't been changing things all along. In fact, it is very common for movies in general to change bits here and there both while they are in theaters and when they are realeased on video. It is very unlikely that even if an "original" version of the trilogy were released, it would be the same versions you saw as a child. However, it would be nice if someone actually used the abilities of the DVD format to put out a definitive version where you could branch off scenes depending on what version you would like to see.
What isn't dry ice good for? -Creating a skating rink in your dorm. -Cutting coins for the coffee machine. -Cooling a laser capable of popping a houseful of popcorn from miles away. Now you can add cooling your computer to that list!
At least one person got it.
"I think the material is more targeted toward seismic-proof constructions." You mean like jigsaw-puzzle-shaped bricks? (Real geeks will get the reference.)
"Game developers and console makers say laws restricting game sales are unnecessary because their industry is doing a good job stopping minors from buying "Mature"-rated games."
That's why there's a ton of young teens (and sometimes younger) flocking to their nearest electronics store whenever a new GTA game comes out. The gaming industry is doing a pitiful job stopping minors from purchasing "Mature"-related games. Maybe these game developers and console makers should trot out some real arguments like "We're not in the business of parenting." instead of shelling out bold-faced lies like "We're already stopping kids from getting Mature games."
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With the advent of bloggers doing things like "bringing down Dan Rather" (like it wouldn't have happened anyways in that piece), I've noticed a WHOLE lot of posts on Slashdot (and remarks elsewhere) with people being quite bitter towards pseudo-journalists on the Internet. I wonder if there isn't a bigger agenda here than exposing this poorly-written article for what it is.
tinfoil_hat_off();
Will ET get a lifetime achievement award in this category?
I ain't gettin in no spaceship, Hannibal! That crazy foo Murdoch'll get us all killed. I ain't going up there with that sucka!
A few years ago, our department was too cheap to give us proper CAT5 testing tools. We used to stick our tongue to the wire to see if it was connected to the switch. Glad nobody implemented PoE back then or we would've been in for a shock.
Maybe setup is inconvenient. Remote backups using dd and ssh (our method) was a bit of a bear to initially setup, but thanks to shell scripting and cron and key agents, it hasn't given us any problems. I've seen a few guides with pretty straightforward and mostly universal instructions for this type of thing. That being said, I do hope this software will at least get people to start looking seriously at this type of backup since it lets you store a copy off-site.
There have been several instances where I have "wiped" a company computer over spyware. Sometimes it is faster to nuke it (especially if you have an image backup) than it is to fix the problem. We do regular backups of all files neccessary to conduct business. I can completely redo a machine and have that employee ready to work at full capacity in about 30 minutes. If it looks like investigating and removing the spyware will take longer than that, the user gets a reinstall. Their work material will be completetly unaffected. A better idea would be to lock down these boxen a bit more but company politics prohibit such a move.
...then I'm take every copyrighted song and movie I own and make a "parody" where I add a humorous cymbal crash at the end of the original work. Then I can legally distribute my "parodies" of the songs and music.
And everyone was trying to blame Sony for shoddy craftsmanship.
Reminds me all the times there's "Dalek" in the title but they still tried to build suspense by making the Daleks appearance a surprise at the end of Episode 1.
That's not always true. When playing NFL games, it seems that defenses just give up and offenses become ungodly in the last few minutes of play in most games (especially the NFL Fever line). I always get kind of a guilty feeling in the last seconds of a game when my so-so quaretback hauls a 70 yard rocket to a marginal wide receiver while a good defense is set up in a formation to stop just such a pass. When that happens, I always feel like I didn't really win that game by coaching prowess or control skills. I just won because the AI decided to stop playing defense and suddenly one of the Chris Chandlers of the world could do no wrong.