I'll do the same to you... why buy an Xbox360 Elite if you already have an Xbox360? Chances are if HDMI and the larger hard drive means that much to you, you can sell that wireless adapter along with the old(er) xbox360 and get some/most of your money back from it. Not including the wireless on the Elite was for the same reason MS didn't include it on the others... people will pay $100 for it.
At first I thought this story was about "tricked" out "ricer" cars finally becoming less of a fad, and I got excited. Too bad, I should read more carefully from now on!
The reason this month wasn't a slump is because people are still excited about the new consoles (whether it be Wii or PS3). I bet February will be just as strong!
That doesn't mean it isn't good news for the industry though, but I just thought it was a little obvious. However, it's interesting to see that Nintendo seems to be making more units than PS3, or PS3 isn't selling all of their units they make.
I wanted to add, I'm sure that means the number has more than doubled; I'm sure power consumption has grown, so if the percentage doubled, that needs to be multiplied by whatever factor energy consumption OVERALL has increased.
I got too excited about my nitpicking to post my actual though.
Short answer is "NO", this is not the way it should be. Advertised prices have to be honored. An ad in the newspaper is honored until someone at the store notices it and they put a retraction in the front of the store and on the item in the store. So until Amazon put up the correction, they should honor all things they sold. Lose money, who cares... it will make your developers (if said developers still have jobs) be more careful the next time.
I'm a big fan of Amazon, I order a load of stuff from them--but this is not the correct way to do business.
"... As an audi owner and general geek I wasn't impressed at all with the fairly recent adverts proclaiming the sheer number of patents that were involved in designing my car. See here (not my blog)."
You weren't impressed because you realize all of that over-engineering is what makes your car require so much maintenance.
(note: I also own an Audi, and wouldn't trade it for anything... except maybe an Aston Martin)
I agree that this bill is probably not the best idea, but I think it could just create a stir around CFLs and people will be interested in buying them. Maybe this politician is smart enough (hmm? no) to realize this bill won't pass, but it could create some positive spin.
Also, I think you missed the point--your car's turn signal bulbs don't really waste the electricity used in your home. If you're worried about inefficiency in your car, look behind those bulbs--to the engine.
Sorry if someone said this, but I read a lot of posts and didn't see it.
If you win a game show (i.e. cash), you get the amount left over after tax. Why couldn't/wouldn't the agency that gave this award out also give a $50,000 prize which would probably be taxed in half and still have $25,000 (USD) left over to pay for the "tax" on the trip? Would that even work, if they had been willing to do it?
Did I "own" myself? You (I assume it was you, both are AC posts) asked for a location and number of a Best Buy that had machines in stock for more than a day. I provided one. Sorry to oblige!
I have also seen them (though to a lesser degree) at the local Target and EB Games at another mall. However, I did not ask how long they had said units, so I didn't thing it was relevant.
The "watermark" is throughout the video. The first five seconds is just a "header" if you will, for the naked eye to see. The watermark however, could not be removed so easily.
I think there is a fine line, but all (read: most) of the people screaming about the kids' rights online are the same ones who back up and say that Jack Thompson/the government shouldn't ban violent video games; it's the parents responsibility. Well, I agree... and I applaud any parent who would want to take advantage of some sort of "spying" tool to see what there kids are up to... albeit, maybe not as invasive as this tool might be--but I admit I didn't look to see what the tool does. However, keeping tabs on your child's online activity is not a bad thing.
Very good point. I don't want to watch DVDs on my 19" 4:3 lcd screen at my desk. I want to watch them on my couch, on my 30" widescreen.
Now, I have a TV out on my machine, but that would be one long cable! So, maybe an Apple TV-esque device would be handy here. I know they have wireless G music streamers, what about for video?
One more things... I only have 768Kbps DSL, time to upgrade--when they fix this TV thing that is!
If you aren't willing to shop at those "big box" stores, then don't complain about not having one and still wishing they were sitting around in piles where you are...
My wife has an Acer 5002wlmi laptop. Very nice. One problem with a loose LCD connection about a year into ownership, which was promptly fixed and sent back (total 6 business day from leaving us to getting it back).
The machine's case is not as sturdy as say a Thinkpad, but it is (at least to me) a very nice quality machine.
I recently did a restore on my wife's Acer laptop, and it did not wipe the Linux partition. However, her machine came with 2 partitions, which I quickly split into 3. Maybe the initial setup is the difference.
Actually, I'd prefer you get therapy. I was a geek in high school, and picked on a lot. Some nights I would cry myself to sleep over it (yes, I'm man enough to admit that). However, I never dreamed and/or fantasized about killing my classmates though. Maybe tripping them in the hallway, but not mass-murder!
I agree, censorship is a touchy area--but nobody banned the game, they just removed it from their competition. It's a slippery slope to say that removing games from a competition is going to lead to them getting banned... but maybe you are correct. Maybe they shouldn't have bowed to the pressure, but I can understand it. Peer pressure is a big deal, don't you remember high school?:-) Just kidding...
The article didn't give much of an overview of the game (as stated that they did not get a chance to get the storyline), but I'd say "good" from what I speculate the game is about. I'd imagine it's about being the killers, and that is just sick. Everyone hates that video games are "the cause of violence", per certain lawmakers--but this type of game just fuels that fire.
In a very sensitive area of school-related violence, Columbine is one of the biggest--and also happens to have a violent video game associated with it--DOOM.
I'm not against violent video games, I happen to enjoy quite a few myself. But the idea of an RPG where the player is becoming one of these 2 kids is sickening. It's not "too soon", it will never be time for a game like this. I guess it's a double standard to say that reliving WW2 in so many FPS games is the same idea, but to me being a kid going through a school killing your peers is something nobody should WANT to do...
My wife and I have an Acer 5002. Thing is wonderful. Had an issue with a loose connection on the screen, fixed and sent back in 5 business days. No issues with overheating, battery life is better than reviews I've read, and the thing is very fast.
I'm a long time Gentoo user, but recently installed PCLinuxOS on my wife's Acer laptop after doing much searching for a user-friendly, and "everything works out-of-the-box" distro for it. Well, the wifi drivers didn't actually work out of the box, I had to download and go through a wizard and pick the.sys file... then bam, they worked.
Great distro, and I even put it on my desktop... sometimes Gentoo is a bit needy, ya know?:-)
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I'll do the same to you... why buy an Xbox360 Elite if you already have an Xbox360? Chances are if HDMI and the larger hard drive means that much to you, you can sell that wireless adapter along with the old(er) xbox360 and get some/most of your money back from it. Not including the wireless on the Elite was for the same reason MS didn't include it on the others... people will pay $100 for it.
Whoah! I remember playing this game. Great game, I agree.
At first I thought this story was about "tricked" out "ricer" cars finally becoming less of a fad, and I got excited. Too bad, I should read more carefully from now on!
The reason this month wasn't a slump is because people are still excited about the new consoles (whether it be Wii or PS3). I bet February will be just as strong!
That doesn't mean it isn't good news for the industry though, but I just thought it was a little obvious. However, it's interesting to see that Nintendo seems to be making more units than PS3, or PS3 isn't selling all of their units they make.
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I wanted to add, I'm sure that means the number has more than doubled; I'm sure power consumption has grown, so if the percentage doubled, that needs to be multiplied by whatever factor energy consumption OVERALL has increased.
I got too excited about my nitpicking to post my actual though.
Nah... the figure doubled. I'm sure the overall power consumption in the US (or elsewhere) has not lessened while servers have doubled.
Nitpicking, I know...
Short answer is "NO", this is not the way it should be. Advertised prices have to be honored. An ad in the newspaper is honored until someone at the store notices it and they put a retraction in the front of the store and on the item in the store. So until Amazon put up the correction, they should honor all things they sold. Lose money, who cares... it will make your developers (if said developers still have jobs) be more careful the next time.
I'm a big fan of Amazon, I order a load of stuff from them--but this is not the correct way to do business.
"... As an audi owner and general geek I wasn't impressed at all with the fairly recent adverts proclaiming the sheer number of patents that were involved in designing my car. See here (not my blog)."
You weren't impressed because you realize all of that over-engineering is what makes your car require so much maintenance.
(note: I also own an Audi, and wouldn't trade it for anything... except maybe an Aston Martin)
I agree that this bill is probably not the best idea, but I think it could just create a stir around CFLs and people will be interested in buying them. Maybe this politician is smart enough (hmm? no) to realize this bill won't pass, but it could create some positive spin.
Also, I think you missed the point--your car's turn signal bulbs don't really waste the electricity used in your home. If you're worried about inefficiency in your car, look behind those bulbs--to the engine.
Sorry if someone said this, but I read a lot of posts and didn't see it.
If you win a game show (i.e. cash), you get the amount left over after tax. Why couldn't/wouldn't the agency that gave this award out also give a $50,000 prize which would probably be taxed in half and still have $25,000 (USD) left over to pay for the "tax" on the trip? Would that even work, if they had been willing to do it?
Did I "own" myself? You (I assume it was you, both are AC posts) asked for a location and number of a Best Buy that had machines in stock for more than a day. I provided one. Sorry to oblige!
I have also seen them (though to a lesser degree) at the local Target and EB Games at another mall. However, I did not ask how long they had said units, so I didn't thing it was relevant.
Best Buy at Arundel Mills Mall, Hanover, MD. I counted 29... store associated said they had their last shipment Thursday, that was Saturday.
If you want the number, I'm sure you can look it up... bestbuy.com
Now, post as something other than AC.
The "watermark" is throughout the video. The first five seconds is just a "header" if you will, for the naked eye to see. The watermark however, could not be removed so easily.
I think there is a fine line, but all (read: most) of the people screaming about the kids' rights online are the same ones who back up and say that Jack Thompson/the government shouldn't ban violent video games; it's the parents responsibility. Well, I agree... and I applaud any parent who would want to take advantage of some sort of "spying" tool to see what there kids are up to... albeit, maybe not as invasive as this tool might be--but I admit I didn't look to see what the tool does. However, keeping tabs on your child's online activity is not a bad thing.
Very good point. I don't want to watch DVDs on my 19" 4:3 lcd screen at my desk. I want to watch them on my couch, on my 30" widescreen.
Now, I have a TV out on my machine, but that would be one long cable! So, maybe an Apple TV-esque device would be handy here. I know they have wireless G music streamers, what about for video?
One more things... I only have 768Kbps DSL, time to upgrade--when they fix this TV thing that is!
If you aren't willing to shop at those "big box" stores, then don't complain about not having one and still wishing they were sitting around in piles where you are...
My wife has an Acer 5002wlmi laptop. Very nice. One problem with a loose LCD connection about a year into ownership, which was promptly fixed and sent back (total 6 business day from leaving us to getting it back).
The machine's case is not as sturdy as say a Thinkpad, but it is (at least to me) a very nice quality machine.
I recently did a restore on my wife's Acer laptop, and it did not wipe the Linux partition. However, her machine came with 2 partitions, which I quickly split into 3. Maybe the initial setup is the difference.
That being said, it's a great laptop.
Actually, I'd prefer you get therapy. I was a geek in high school, and picked on a lot. Some nights I would cry myself to sleep over it (yes, I'm man enough to admit that). However, I never dreamed and/or fantasized about killing my classmates though. Maybe tripping them in the hallway, but not mass-murder!
I agree, censorship is a touchy area--but nobody banned the game, they just removed it from their competition. It's a slippery slope to say that removing games from a competition is going to lead to them getting banned... but maybe you are correct. Maybe they shouldn't have bowed to the pressure, but I can understand it. Peer pressure is a big deal, don't you remember high school? :-) Just kidding...
The article didn't give much of an overview of the game (as stated that they did not get a chance to get the storyline), but I'd say "good" from what I speculate the game is about. I'd imagine it's about being the killers, and that is just sick. Everyone hates that video games are "the cause of violence", per certain lawmakers--but this type of game just fuels that fire.
In a very sensitive area of school-related violence, Columbine is one of the biggest--and also happens to have a violent video game associated with it--DOOM.
I'm not against violent video games, I happen to enjoy quite a few myself. But the idea of an RPG where the player is becoming one of these 2 kids is sickening. It's not "too soon", it will never be time for a game like this. I guess it's a double standard to say that reliving WW2 in so many FPS games is the same idea, but to me being a kid going through a school killing your peers is something nobody should WANT to do...
Why just Microsoft? Why not Sony?
My wife and I have an Acer 5002. Thing is wonderful. Had an issue with a loose connection on the screen, fixed and sent back in 5 business days. No issues with overheating, battery life is better than reviews I've read, and the thing is very fast.
Acer 5002 WMli. Google it, you can find all the specs.
I'm a long time Gentoo user, but recently installed PCLinuxOS on my wife's Acer laptop after doing much searching for a user-friendly, and "everything works out-of-the-box" distro for it. Well, the wifi drivers didn't actually work out of the box, I had to download and go through a wizard and pick the .sys file... then bam, they worked.
:-)
Great distro, and I even put it on my desktop... sometimes Gentoo is a bit needy, ya know?