First of all, it was an attempt at funny. Second of all, just because slashdot didn't effect the bid doesn't mean the submitter didn't want it too;) But again, I wasn't serious. Someone probably saw it and thought "oh that'd be an interesting story"
So? They're the government, that's okay. I'm sure more people were executed by the state when Bush was governor of Texas then then anti-abortion groups killed in that time-period. Bush still got into power so that just shows it's okay for the government to do it.
And yes, I completely expect to get modded down for this.
Oh I love this. I bring up the POSSIBILITY the auction is fake and I'm a troll. I made a post on what I've done with old systems and how that may have helped him get this many systems. But because I say there's a possibility it's a fake auction I get marked a troll. I didn't even say it was likely. Sheeesh.
There are 78 NES's. Let's say everything goes for $10 and he keeps 2 of everything. Selling only the systems he'll be able to sell them for $2850, he'll make over half his money back (if it stays under $6000). And I don't think he plans on selling everything for $10.
I saw this 15 hours ago and I thought "oh that'd make a good article on slashdot" then I realised it would go for triple it's $3,000 price tag so I figured I'd let the person win it first before slashdotting it. But no, now it's going to go up a very large amount. I bet it was someone who was only willing to pay $2,000 for it that slashdotted it.
I'd keep 10 for myself, offer to give away the rest to anyone I know and then sell the rest. 10 for when they break (and with electronics it IS only a matter of time). I'd do that with every single system (on ebay with the option to sell lots of items for a fixed price). That way I'd get very close to making back all my money.
Ever given away your systems? No? Well I have. I've given away my Amiga to my mother's friend and my Master System to my grandparents. Both of them are now broken but I gave them away to people who would let irresponsible people use them. It's quite possible his entire neighbourhood gave away their systems to him.
It's also possible he got a lot of them at garage sales, second-hand stores, dug through garbage bins and replaced the broken bits (if there were any), etc, etc.
It's also possible the whole auction is a fake.
This can actually be used to have multiple users have multiple accounts (if only during beta). foo+john@gmail.com gets forwarded to boo@hotmail.com while foo+jane@gmail.com gets forwarded to jane@speedmail.net
My parents are always saying I'm addicted to stuff, but only certain stuff. Here is my life-story of "addictions":
1> I was first addicted to television. I'd wake up in the morning and a large portion of my day was spent watching television. Boy did they dislike this. I'd watch lots of tv.
2> I was then addicted to reading. I'd spend nearly every waking moment reading and reading and reading. It was a lot of fun, they never said I was addicted.
3> Then came my addiction to a friend. I'd spend time with him all day every day (before I was a teenager so no, there was nothing sexual). They never said I was addicted.
4> Then I was addicted to roleplaying, but I didn't know it was roleplaying. I'd play with toys and play a story. I'd play with my sister and/or cousing and roleplay a story. I'd spend a lot of my time doing this. No-one said I was addicted.
5> Then came video games. I'd spend a large portion of my time every day playing them (sometimes alone, sometimes with my friend above). This "addiction" came and went in bouts. When it came I'd play it in my entire free time. They sometimes said I was addicted.
6> Then came the internet. They say I'm addicted to this. I hop on it for a large portion of my day. They say I'm addicted to this.
7> Then came talking to people on the internet. I'd do it for a large portion of the day. They said I was addicted to this and it was unhealthy.
8> Then came soccer. I'd play it in my free time ALL THE TIME. They never said I was addicted.
9> Then came ArmageddonMUD. I'd play it exclusively in my free time. They said I was addicted.
9 seperate "addictions" in 20 years. I call them all addictions because people said I was addicted to tv, video games, the internet, online chatting and ArmageddonMUD. They never said the other things were addictions, but they were just as much addictions as the others. I'd watch tv just as much as I'd read books, I'd play video games just as much as I'd play with my friend, I'd be on the internet just as much as I'd play soccer. Why is television and the internet an addiction when soccer or reading books isn't? I blame technophobia on people labelling me as having an addiction. There was absolutely NO difference between reading and playing video games.
At the moment I hop on the net a lot, but not to the detriment of school work. I give up Armageddon while I'm at school and play it exhaustively during the holidays. Am I an addict? If so, have all the things I've mentioned been addictions? And if not all of them have been, explain why some of them are and why some of them aren't.
``"You're the center of the universe" in more addictive role-playing games, McDaniel says. "Which is very attractive for teenagers without a lot of power, psychologically, in the world."''
I prefer roleplaying games where I can play an ordinary schmoe if I want to. I can be the Captain of the guard or some beggar no-one notices or some lowly servant. I find those to be the most addictive games, because they give me the widest range of roles, and sometimes you DON'T want to be important, especially if you've just had an important long-lived character die.
I watched him kill bugs for an hour in Everquest to build experience points (I made fun of him till he quit). I'm sorry but that's just a waste of time.
You did the right thing. I too would have taunted him. The wolves offer much better experience.
If a website isn't doesn't support Firefox that's one website I don't support. It's that simple. I have yet to find a website I -need- that I can't view in Firefox.
But if we do make Voyager we can get rid of all those annoying people. Like the entire cast of Voyager. And plant an atom bomb so they don't come back.
To all the people getting upset personally. Don't. He doesn't give a shit about you. He is paid to say stuff like this, to him it's a business investment. Nothing more. (Possibly) unlike you, he doesn't see this as a personal attack on your ethics.
Think about this: Windows has become the standard because it has become the standard because of illegal use of it (pirated copies). Having now reached critical mass Microsoft needs to still grow it's paying consumer-base. It can do this through 2 methods. Non-Windows users and users using illegal copies.
Microsoft has taken on both fronts at once because neither is going to be easy. It spreads FUD about open-source and more specifically, Linux. It doesn't do this for any idealogical or ethical reasons. It is an investment. To help in this attack Microsoft has become part of Trusted Computing which uses proprietry formats. Those that don't aren't Trusted (which means a locked down system) are put on a black-list. This will be aided with Longhorn (I see it not as the end, but the beginning. It is a testing ground for the Trusted Computing concept).
But for the Trusted Computing concept to succeed, businesses need to want to invest in it. This is done scaring businesses. The RIAA does this effectively, and this article shows Microsoft trying it's hand at it. Ever noticed how virus protection software is very diligent about reporting new viruses? This is to create fear and a need (which isn't artificial) to get the latest virus protection software. Microsoft uses a similar concept when spreading FUD.
To expand against the illegal copies front it uses what it has gained using the previous method. By scaring people about illegal software and pirates, it creates a need for the problem to be fixed. Through lobbying it can help in creating laws that benefits Microsoft in this. The laws will first be harsher penalties, then laws that help in catching the criminals. Then laws where DRM is compulsory. Why would it be compulsory? Same reason that seat-belt laws are. For the protection of the businesses.
It can also benefit from it's security holes. It benefits by: 1> Fixing them (the quicker the better) which is good for publicity. 2> Bundle software that detects if you're using illegal software along with the fix. Or simply say you have.
By making people scared about it's security holes it can pressure people into downloading the fixes, and then they'll get worried about being caught using illegal software and may purchase it legally next software update. That isn't to say it creates security holes, but once found, they can be used to their advantage.
This might sound paranoid. But it truly isn't. I've taken all the things that has been happening up until now. And don't get all worked up about how evil it all is. Microsoft doesn't care about ethics. It cares about it's shareholders. That is business in the modern era.
The differences are between this and Tungsten T3:
* better file transfer
* flash memory
* favourites view
* 102 more MB
* USB device
only 2 of those features would cause me to even consider upgrading from my Tungsten E, and I'd be more inclined to just get a USB stick. Are PDAs so good that no "wow" features exist for them? Cause they're all looking much the same to me (except for features such as built-in cameras, but that isn't so much PDAs getting advanced features as people trying to converge technologies).
Sorry to get dash your hopes, but he was a sperm donor and has only found out which child shall be his through stalking and hacking. You should have seen the article that was rejected 8 months ago. It asked on recommendations for low cost high-tech ways to help in stalking
I know this is either a troll or a funny (I'm learning towards the latter), but on a serious note. Children don't have the same rights as adults. E.g. Children cannot vote. So by that logic, they do not have the same right to privacy adults do.
Of course this is a modern, liberal idea that I received through subliminal messages from Windows ME.
I have a lower-tech version of the speed-limit alerter and I find I drive a LOT more carefully when not in my car. This is because I'm much more conscious of the fact I don't have an alerter then I would normally be.
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They may have cut a deal with the phone company so they do get some money from this.
First of all, it was an attempt at funny. Second of all, just because slashdot didn't effect the bid doesn't mean the submitter didn't want it too ;) But again, I wasn't serious. Someone probably saw it and thought "oh that'd be an interesting story"
So? They're the government, that's okay. I'm sure more people were executed by the state when Bush was governor of Texas then then anti-abortion groups killed in that time-period. Bush still got into power so that just shows it's okay for the government to do it.
And yes, I completely expect to get modded down for this.
Harassing people with phone calls and filling their mailbox with letters is also illegal if used as "harrassment".
Since when is mailing the people who help run your country harrassment? (I know nothing about the RNC and I'm basing this on other comments here).
Oh I love this. I bring up the POSSIBILITY the auction is fake and I'm a troll. I made a post on what I've done with old systems and how that may have helped him get this many systems. But because I say there's a possibility it's a fake auction I get marked a troll. I didn't even say it was likely. Sheeesh.
There are 78 NES's. Let's say everything goes for $10 and he keeps 2 of everything. Selling only the systems he'll be able to sell them for $2850, he'll make over half his money back (if it stays under $6000). And I don't think he plans on selling everything for $10.
I saw this 15 hours ago and I thought "oh that'd make a good article on slashdot" then I realised it would go for triple it's $3,000 price tag so I figured I'd let the person win it first before slashdotting it. But no, now it's going to go up a very large amount. I bet it was someone who was only willing to pay $2,000 for it that slashdotted it.
You evil, evil people.
I'd keep 10 for myself, offer to give away the rest to anyone I know and then sell the rest. 10 for when they break (and with electronics it IS only a matter of time). I'd do that with every single system (on ebay with the option to sell lots of items for a fixed price). That way I'd get very close to making back all my money.
Ever given away your systems? No? Well I have. I've given away my Amiga to my mother's friend and my Master System to my grandparents. Both of them are now broken but I gave them away to people who would let irresponsible people use them. It's quite possible his entire neighbourhood gave away their systems to him. It's also possible he got a lot of them at garage sales, second-hand stores, dug through garbage bins and replaced the broken bits (if there were any), etc, etc. It's also possible the whole auction is a fake.
We don't even have WMDs, nor do we have assassinations of our country's leaders. What makes you think piracy would be any different ;)
And we can ALWAYS use more of us
Socially maladjusted elitsts? Oh yes I whole-heartedly agree.
This can actually be used to have multiple users have multiple accounts (if only during beta). foo+john@gmail.com gets forwarded to boo@hotmail.com while foo+jane@gmail.com gets forwarded to jane@speedmail.net
My parents are always saying I'm addicted to stuff, but only certain stuff. Here is my life-story of "addictions":
1> I was first addicted to television. I'd wake up in the morning and a large portion of my day was spent watching television. Boy did they dislike this. I'd watch lots of tv.
2> I was then addicted to reading. I'd spend nearly every waking moment reading and reading and reading. It was a lot of fun, they never said I was addicted.
3> Then came my addiction to a friend. I'd spend time with him all day every day (before I was a teenager so no, there was nothing sexual). They never said I was addicted.
4> Then I was addicted to roleplaying, but I didn't know it was roleplaying. I'd play with toys and play a story. I'd play with my sister and/or cousing and roleplay a story. I'd spend a lot of my time doing this. No-one said I was addicted.
5> Then came video games. I'd spend a large portion of my time every day playing them (sometimes alone, sometimes with my friend above). This "addiction" came and went in bouts. When it came I'd play it in my entire free time. They sometimes said I was addicted.
6> Then came the internet. They say I'm addicted to this. I hop on it for a large portion of my day. They say I'm addicted to this.
7> Then came talking to people on the internet. I'd do it for a large portion of the day. They said I was addicted to this and it was unhealthy.
8> Then came soccer. I'd play it in my free time ALL THE TIME. They never said I was addicted.
9> Then came ArmageddonMUD. I'd play it exclusively in my free time. They said I was addicted.
9 seperate "addictions" in 20 years. I call them all addictions because people said I was addicted to tv, video games, the internet, online chatting and ArmageddonMUD. They never said the other things were addictions, but they were just as much addictions as the others. I'd watch tv just as much as I'd read books, I'd play video games just as much as I'd play with my friend, I'd be on the internet just as much as I'd play soccer. Why is television and the internet an addiction when soccer or reading books isn't? I blame technophobia on people labelling me as having an addiction. There was absolutely NO difference between reading and playing video games.
At the moment I hop on the net a lot, but not to the detriment of school work. I give up Armageddon while I'm at school and play it exhaustively during the holidays. Am I an addict? If so, have all the things I've mentioned been addictions? And if not all of them have been, explain why some of them are and why some of them aren't.
Actually hopefully they'll turn to muds, which does have a lot of clones, but a lot of originals too :)
``"You're the center of the universe" in more addictive role-playing games, McDaniel says. "Which is very attractive for teenagers without a lot of power, psychologically, in the world."''
I prefer roleplaying games where I can play an ordinary schmoe if I want to. I can be the Captain of the guard or some beggar no-one notices or some lowly servant. I find those to be the most addictive games, because they give me the widest range of roles, and sometimes you DON'T want to be important, especially if you've just had an important long-lived character die.
I watched him kill bugs for an hour in Everquest to build experience points (I made fun of him till he quit). I'm sorry but that's just a waste of time.
You did the right thing. I too would have taunted him. The wolves offer much better experience.
But it really does not give anyone the right to judge "Gamers"
Is it still cool to judge druggies? Or has the right, wait no, left? (the people who love druggies) stopped that too?
If a website isn't doesn't support Firefox that's one website I don't support. It's that simple. I have yet to find a website I -need- that I can't view in Firefox.
But if we do make Voyager we can get rid of all those annoying people. Like the entire cast of Voyager. And plant an atom bomb so they don't come back.
To all the people getting upset personally. Don't. He doesn't give a shit about you. He is paid to say stuff like this, to him it's a business investment. Nothing more. (Possibly) unlike you, he doesn't see this as a personal attack on your ethics.
Think about this:
Windows has become the standard because it has become the standard because of illegal use of it (pirated copies). Having now reached critical mass Microsoft needs to still grow it's paying consumer-base. It can do this through 2 methods. Non-Windows users and users using illegal copies.
Microsoft has taken on both fronts at once because neither is going to be easy. It spreads FUD about open-source and more specifically, Linux. It doesn't do this for any idealogical or ethical reasons. It is an investment. To help in this attack Microsoft has become part of Trusted Computing which uses proprietry formats. Those that don't aren't Trusted (which means a locked down system) are put on a black-list. This will be aided with Longhorn (I see it not as the end, but the beginning. It is a testing ground for the Trusted Computing concept).
But for the Trusted Computing concept to succeed, businesses need to want to invest in it. This is done scaring businesses. The RIAA does this effectively, and this article shows Microsoft trying it's hand at it. Ever noticed how virus protection software is very diligent about reporting new viruses? This is to create fear and a need (which isn't artificial) to get the latest virus protection software. Microsoft uses a similar concept when spreading FUD.
To expand against the illegal copies front it uses what it has gained using the previous method. By scaring people about illegal software and pirates, it creates a need for the problem to be fixed. Through lobbying it can help in creating laws that benefits Microsoft in this. The laws will first be
harsher penalties, then laws that help in catching the criminals. Then laws where DRM is compulsory. Why would it be compulsory? Same reason that seat-belt laws are. For the protection of the businesses.
It can also benefit from it's security holes. It benefits by:
1> Fixing them (the quicker the better) which is good for publicity.
2> Bundle software that detects if you're using illegal software along with the fix. Or simply say you have.
By making people scared about it's security holes it can pressure people into downloading the fixes, and then they'll get worried about being caught using illegal software and may purchase it legally next software update. That isn't to say it creates security holes, but once found, they can be used to their advantage.
This might sound paranoid. But it truly isn't. I've taken all the things that has been happening up until now. And don't get all worked up about how evil it all is. Microsoft doesn't care about ethics. It cares about it's shareholders. That is business in the modern era.
The differences are between this and Tungsten T3: * better file transfer * flash memory * favourites view * 102 more MB * USB device only 2 of those features would cause me to even consider upgrading from my Tungsten E, and I'd be more inclined to just get a USB stick. Are PDAs so good that no "wow" features exist for them? Cause they're all looking much the same to me (except for features such as built-in cameras, but that isn't so much PDAs getting advanced features as people trying to converge technologies).
Sorry to get dash your hopes, but he was a sperm donor and has only found out which child shall be his through stalking and hacking. You should have seen the article that was rejected 8 months ago. It asked on recommendations for low cost high-tech ways to help in stalking
I know this is either a troll or a funny (I'm learning towards the latter), but on a serious note. Children don't have the same rights as adults. E.g. Children cannot vote. So by that logic, they do not have the same right to privacy adults do.
Of course this is a modern, liberal idea that I received through subliminal messages from Windows ME.
Gonna cook, have the kid with you, or move the kitchen appliances into the kids room.
Better yet, cook the baby.
Hmmm. I'm a bit concerned on why that seemed like the most logical conclusion to me....
I have a lower-tech version of the speed-limit alerter and I find I drive a LOT more carefully when not in my car. This is because I'm much more conscious of the fact I don't have an alerter then I would normally be.