It's not stupid at all. A great many internet connections were set up by friends etc, who had working connections. When they would run into trouble, they would often use their own connection at home, a laptop etc, to get troubleshooting advice.
And yes, I was a small ISP who had a troubleshooting web page. Installed when my customers *asked* me for it.
Uh, that's the *definition* of repetitive. Doing something over and over again, to the point of boredom. Reduce the iterations, reduce the repetition, and if you reduce enough, it's no longer repetitive. Killing some enemies is fun. Killing hundreds is repetitive, and boring.
I think it's pretty clear from the pretty much universal opinion that Sands was better than Warrior Within, that they went the wrong direction as I said.
Why do you think the Speedkill is so well liked in Two Thrones? Because folks don't want so much combat. They just want to get back to the fun part of the game.
you're suddenly NOT PLAYING A PoP GAME ANYMORE
PoP has *never* been about the combat. It's always been a puzzle platform game, and the attraction was figuring out the traps, how to get the potions, find the secret areas, how to open a door or climb the walls to get out of fiendish situations, etc. Ask most folks what they remember from the old games, and it won't be the fighting. The enemies were incidental, a sideline if you will. In fact, a key secret to winning the game was to put your sword down and *not* fight.
Essentially with 2 they listened to a lot of whiners and changed the game for the worse because of it.
That was what got me. Yes, the combat was repetitive in Sands of Time, but it was still a great game because of the puzzles and environment. In response to the complaints about the fighting, they oddly provided *more* fighting. The logical course of action was to reduce the amount of fighting, by having a wave of 5 enemies, instead of 15, etc.
Because of that, I didn't buy WW, and I won't be buying this one.
Other than this? Come on, two of the contestants are actors, and that's nowhere in their bios! Do you think that's just coincidence?
That's what actors do - they go on television as much as they can. Check out the casts of US reality shows like Survivor, Amazing Race etc, and you'll find actors, models, bartenders who want to be actors, etc up the wazoo. They continually get cast because they're generally attractive, and know what to do around cameras. And they almost never include Actor in their bios, as the public prefers "regular folk" on reality shows.
Go back further before the reality era, and you'll find them all over the place as contestants on game shows. The Dating Game is a veritable Who's Who of Struggling Actordom, watch the old tapes and you'll find dozens and dozens then unknowns like Steve Martin, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Andy Kaufman, etc.
I agree. I think we're looking at many more years before HDTV is ubiquitious, and several years more after that before a dvd replacement really hits big (and I don't believe it will be Blu-ray).
Hmm. A guys says "major illness effectively means bankruptcy", you say "bullshit", then he posts facts that point out directly that it's not bullshit, that millions of Americans have gone into bankruptcy in just the past few years because of medical bills, and you have the gall to say that?
As for the rest, I love the attitude. "Hey, they just write it off, no big deal, everybody wins, right?".
And let me guess, you've never had to file for bankruptcy? Because it's most certainly not the walk in the park you make it out to be. Your live is living hell for *years*.
The big deal about "Big Brother is watching us" was that the CCTV cameras were everywhere, including peoples' homes, making it impossible to have a private conversation without the state listening in.
Be patient, they're working as fast as they can. Rome wasn't built in a day, you know.
This is a massive project, it's going to take decades to achieve complete penetration.
The whole point of the movie is that we don't know whether or not it really did happen.
Um, no actually. The whole point of the movie is that it did happen. If they had wanted it unresolved, they wouldn't have included specific scenes resolving it.
Nope, not true. If there's not enough to go a full increment, the item gets raised by whatever the difference is.
For example, if you bid $21 on something early, and the current bid is $5, and I snipe with 2 seconds left and happen to outbid you by pennies, say $21.12, I win the item for $21.12, even though the next bid increment was $22.
Which really is the way it should be, I was willing to pay more than you, I get the item. The alternative would be for eBay to award the item to you for $21, but those lost cents are going to add up in the long run with millions of auctions. And eBay wants their cut of those pennies.
The reason sniping works is that bidder's idea of the max they will pay varies over time. For example, I am resolute, and do enter my max of $50 on day 1. Current price is $10.
Some guy comes along with the same max in mind, thinks "hey, good deal, I'll try $20". They bid, price goes to $21, I'm still the leader. They think "Well, I'm willing to go as high as $50", so try again. They bid $40, price goes to $41, I still lead. Now it's "Damn. Ok, I'll go my max, $50..." They bid $50, I still lead because I was first, price is $50.
And here's the problem. The guy's next move is invariably "Son of a bitch. OK, I REALLY want this thing, I'll go $55." Auction fever sets in, and he raises his high beyond where it was initially.
Ok, in this case I didn't win the auction and can try again on a different item, but it's also just as common that a guy had an initial max of $40 in his mind, but lets the fever drive him up to $45 or $50, and I end up paying more. If I had sniped my $50 at the last second and the auction had been sitting at $10 all week, he'd have at best only put in his max of $40 (and likely would have put less hoping for a deal), and my snipe of $50 wins the item at $41 tops, because he never had time to consider raising his bid.
That's why the snipe is effective: ultimately it works because it doesn't allow time for second thoughts. It also doesn't allow any time for shill bidding.
Why? A couple of months *is* a brief period. It does no good to simply have the scarcity last only a few weeks. You need the long delay to make the angst palpable. And then they'll announce "Ooh, we're getting new shipments in we weren't expecting!" as the idiots slaver hungrily at the door each week.
The problem isn't that they end up there the first time (aka, looking for Ben). The problem is that they end up there the second time (aka, being built by Anakin, etc). The whole tacking on the second trilogy 20 years after the fact just ended up shooting holes in the entire consistency of the Star Wars universe. Decisions were made in the writing and directing that were of the "Hey, wouldn't it be neat to..." variety, without regard to how they fit into the story as a whole. In essence, he was just making it all up as he went along, and man, does it show.
Ah, it's clear that your vision was once fantastic, as Mary Ann and Bailey were indeed two fine specimens, far far superior to their supposedly more attractive "sistren". I never could understand all the slavering over Ginger and Jennifer.
The one indispensible tab extension I use is Focus Last Tab. It simply remembers which tab you were looking at last, so when you close the current tab, it returns to that one, instead of the default one. When I open a tab, it's almost always from a link, so the natural obvious spot to go back to is the previous tab.
That one behaviour has completely eliminated my original wish for dragging tabs around. I see now that I only wanted to drag them around so that I can control where I go next after opening and closing others.
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AKA turn your printer into a scanner.
And yes, I was a small ISP who had a troubleshooting web page. Installed when my customers *asked* me for it.
I think it's pretty clear from the pretty much universal opinion that Sands was better than Warrior Within, that they went the wrong direction as I said.
Why do you think the Speedkill is so well liked in Two Thrones? Because folks don't want so much combat. They just want to get back to the fun part of the game.
PoP has *never* been about the combat. It's always been a puzzle platform game, and the attraction was figuring out the traps, how to get the potions, find the secret areas, how to open a door or climb the walls to get out of fiendish situations, etc. Ask most folks what they remember from the old games, and it won't be the fighting. The enemies were incidental, a sideline if you will. In fact, a key secret to winning the game was to put your sword down and *not* fight.Because of that, I didn't buy WW, and I won't be buying this one.
Go back further before the reality era, and you'll find them all over the place as contestants on game shows. The Dating Game is a veritable Who's Who of Struggling Actordom, watch the old tapes and you'll find dozens and dozens then unknowns like Steve Martin, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Andy Kaufman, etc.
Yup, that and an Apple //c in use as a laptop at the beach.
For most of us, dvd quality is all we need.
And more specifically, pretty much invented the "construction set" genre.
Bill Budge?
As for the rest, I love the attitude. "Hey, they just write it off, no big deal, everybody wins, right?".
And let me guess, you've never had to file for bankruptcy? Because it's most certainly not the walk in the park you make it out to be. Your live is living hell for *years*.
This is a massive project, it's going to take decades to achieve complete penetration.
You're just projecting your wishes.
Nope, not true. If there's not enough to go a full increment, the item gets raised by whatever the difference is.
For example, if you bid $21 on something early, and the current bid is $5, and I snipe with 2 seconds left and happen to outbid you by pennies, say $21.12, I win the item for $21.12, even though the next bid increment was $22.
Which really is the way it should be, I was willing to pay more than you, I get the item. The alternative would be for eBay to award the item to you for $21, but those lost cents are going to add up in the long run with millions of auctions. And eBay wants their cut of those pennies.
The reason sniping works is that bidder's idea of the max they will pay varies over time. For example, I am resolute, and do enter my max of $50 on day 1. Current price is $10.
Some guy comes along with the same max in mind, thinks "hey, good deal, I'll try $20". They bid, price goes to $21, I'm still the leader. They think "Well, I'm willing to go as high as $50", so try again. They bid $40, price goes to $41, I still lead. Now it's "Damn. Ok, I'll go my max, $50..." They bid $50, I still lead because I was first, price is $50.
And here's the problem. The guy's next move is invariably "Son of a bitch. OK, I REALLY want this thing, I'll go $55." Auction fever sets in, and he raises his high beyond where it was initially.
Ok, in this case I didn't win the auction and can try again on a different item, but it's also just as common that a guy had an initial max of $40 in his mind, but lets the fever drive him up to $45 or $50, and I end up paying more. If I had sniped my $50 at the last second and the auction had been sitting at $10 all week, he'd have at best only put in his max of $40 (and likely would have put less hoping for a deal), and my snipe of $50 wins the item at $41 tops, because he never had time to consider raising his bid.
That's why the snipe is effective: ultimately it works because it doesn't allow time for second thoughts. It also doesn't allow any time for shill bidding.
Why? A couple of months *is* a brief period. It does no good to simply have the scarcity last only a few weeks. You need the long delay to make the angst palpable. And then they'll announce "Ooh, we're getting new shipments in we weren't expecting!" as the idiots slaver hungrily at the door each week.
I have no doubt this is still all artificial.
BTW, that article is self-indulgent tripe.
Ah, it's clear that your vision was once fantastic, as Mary Ann and Bailey were indeed two fine specimens, far far superior to their supposedly more attractive "sistren". I never could understand all the slavering over Ginger and Jennifer.
Kari is *way* more attractive and sexy than Li. It's not just about exposing a bit more flesh.
I thought the season really picked up after he was introduced, and I enjoyed the interaction of the others with his character greatly.
That one behaviour has completely eliminated my original wish for dragging tabs around. I see now that I only wanted to drag them around so that I can control where I go next after opening and closing others.
Some pics of the original Apple ][ version they worked on (I'm sure they didn't do the Commodore translations). Apple Screenshots
I wonder what ever happened to Jeff Sember?
Changing your ID string and supporting these idiot businesses is insane. Folks have been convincing them for years that their strategy was correct.
Cool.
They're called astronomical fees that I give to my cable company.