Personally I'm of the belief that the coordination and set-up is all part of the fun, but even besides that, going to a net cafe (or 'cyberstore' as you call it) is only really effective for very short LAN parties. 3$ an hour may not seem like much, but when an event is scheduled to last 48-72 hours, that adds up fast, especially when you multiply it by the number of people attending.
Charging me for the things I'm doing free on my computer that would have cost me money using the TV?
Next thing you know the oil companies will be knocking on my door to charge me for the gas I'd have to buy if I used a car instead of my bike.
Whether it's legal or not is somewhat uncertain. As for butchered, I wouldn't know, on dialup it'll be a couple more days before I finish downloading it, myself.
For those interested in seeing what all the fuss is about, System Shock 2 is available for download at an abandonware site located at this adress:
http://www.the-underdogs.org/
Just scroll through the list of games till you get to the end of the 'S' section and follow the instructions to download the 148mb installer.
You'd be right, other than for the fact that the majority of people don't go to internet cafe's to surf the net on a 15" monitor, they go to internet cafe's to play games, and for gaming, a single system shared between two users with 15" monitors would be a total failure.
... think this calculator would, if nothing else be an amazing way to earn geek street cred?
I mean, if programming (1 geek point) computer games (2 points) on an overclocked (3 points) calculator (4 points) using an open source (5 points) compiler isn't the pinnacle of all that is geek I don't know what is.
"From my logs, I conclude that Windows is simply targeted 100x more than Apache."
And, as a result of being targetted less, it is more secure. Your argument is similar to saying that an armored bunker in a warzone is safer than a log cabin in a peaceful resort.
Having less people shooting at you is at least as beneficial to your security as wearing a bullet proof vest, essentially.
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Personally I'm of the belief that the coordination and set-up is all part of the fun, but even besides that, going to a net cafe (or 'cyberstore' as you call it) is only really effective for very short LAN parties. 3$ an hour may not seem like much, but when an event is scheduled to last 48-72 hours, that adds up fast, especially when you multiply it by the number of people attending.
Charging me for the things I'm doing free on my computer that would have cost me money using the TV? Next thing you know the oil companies will be knocking on my door to charge me for the gas I'd have to buy if I used a car instead of my bike.
Whether it's legal or not is somewhat uncertain. As for butchered, I wouldn't know, on dialup it'll be a couple more days before I finish downloading it, myself.
For those interested in seeing what all the fuss is about, System Shock 2 is available for download at an abandonware site located at this adress: http://www.the-underdogs.org/ Just scroll through the list of games till you get to the end of the 'S' section and follow the instructions to download the 148mb installer.
You'd be right, other than for the fact that the majority of people don't go to internet cafe's to surf the net on a 15" monitor, they go to internet cafe's to play games, and for gaming, a single system shared between two users with 15" monitors would be a total failure.
... think this calculator would, if nothing else be an amazing way to earn geek street cred? I mean, if programming (1 geek point) computer games (2 points) on an overclocked (3 points) calculator (4 points) using an open source (5 points) compiler isn't the pinnacle of all that is geek I don't know what is.
"From my logs, I conclude that Windows is simply targeted 100x more than Apache." And, as a result of being targetted less, it is more secure. Your argument is similar to saying that an armored bunker in a warzone is safer than a log cabin in a peaceful resort. Having less people shooting at you is at least as beneficial to your security as wearing a bullet proof vest, essentially.