When the PA guys did the first Child's Play, it was almost a spur of the moment kind of thing in response to a newspaper column written about violent video games. They had absolutely no idea what they were getting into, and were utterly shocked when they hit $10,000. They finished that first year with over $110,000. This isn't an organized charity organization, this is two guys frontlining an army of gamers and geeks for a good cause. As another reply to your comment says, just give them time.:)
Problem: RSSOwl doesn't support autoarchiving of feeds. That's like selling a car with a 1-gallon gas tank. Not only do you have to stop and constantly refill, it's frustrating to the point of exclusion. I'll stick with FeedReader despite is bugs.
Oh, don't get me wrong - that was a half joke. Half. I went to Derby Downs a few times as a kiddo, and I marched on the field of the Rubber Bowl several times as a marching band member in high school. It's just that Ohio's economy is so fantastically, utterly, mind-numblingly desolate right now that my only choice for jobs after college (Penn State alum) was get the hell out of the state.
Yeah baby, Derby Downs, right next to the Rubber Bowl. Ahh, the memories of growing up in Akron and reading books about our fair city, the Rubber Capitol of the World.
This article sets up an absolutely ludicrous comparison - "yeah, sure, you're four times bigger than any other MMO EVER but you don't have the rest of Earth's population yet! So you SUCK!"
I think that WoW proves quite clearly that there's plenty of players to tap and that the market is in its infancy. All you have to do is play the right cards, something WoW has done/is doing quite effectively.
Careful when opening mouth. You may be inserting foot. Who said anything about paying for something that's free? They collect your billing info at the beginning, then charge you at the beginning of your first month's normal play. It's a highly common practice, and if you don't like it, I suggest you avoid cable and satellite tv, internet access, and your local gym for starters.
Yeah, dude, but this isn't a legal situation. If the cops busted into your house "just to check," you'd have grounds for a lawsuit hefty enough to retire. On the other hand, if you don't like what's going on with the game, then you don't play it.
Something tells me that disdain for providing your credit card info earlier than you'd like isn't what's preventing you from playing WoW, and neither is The Warden.
That doesn't even make any sense. History is fantastically important to us and our society, and New Orleans is part of our history and our culture, past and present. Not rebuilding it to where it once was would be a drastic and fatal error of judgement, forever silencing a city whose history is storied as any.
As he expressed much lament over Katrina, unless you lived in New Orleans, where the votes didn't go his way. He said NO shouldn't be rebuilt, and that most people there were better off now. I can only imagine what he'll say on this blog, where ostensibly he doesn't have a direct audience.
Damn, rereading that it does sound negativeish, doesn't it? I didn't mean that - the parent good sir here is correct. It wasn't a shady move, he just wanted to see if Thompson would actually do it.
Just so everyone's on the same page, that Ars article doesn't get the story 100% correct. There was a second round of phone calls and emails after the initial one mentioned, and the check is from both Gabe AND Tycho. Also, the inclusion of his phone number in the email sig wasn't "unfortunate," as stated by Tycho in the PA blog - Gabe knew full well it was there.
This really makes my head spin. It's his law and even he isn't sure how the definitions should work. You'd think a sponsor of the bill might have an opinion about something like that.
Please mod parent Redundant until you can't mod it any more. This is a copy-paste from an Ars forumite.
Dude, have you really...um, tried one? I had a friend that made fun of me for dropping $700 on my "Blurmaster 9000" for MONTHS until I finally got him to come over and try it out himself. I sat him down in front of it for 15 minutes.
Monitor: Dell 2005 FPW 20.1" Widescreen LCD
Totally awesome. Run it at its native resolution, of course, and no blurriness. I don't even get ghosting in FPSs. The monitor is beautiful and rock solid.
Feh! I'm an example of the extreme: my degree is History (focus on American wartimes, esp. the Civil War) with a minor in French. My profession? Webmaster and IT consultant.
I use a combination of Cygwin, Windows Task Scheduler, cmd shell, and batch files to get the job done. It ain't pretty, but it works and it works well.
Anyone that was involved with the American Indian Movement on both sides - the FBI agents and the protestors - should be in jail, Peltier included.
Amazing how his site (and not so amazing how his legal briefs) fail to mention that the "unlawful military response" was sparked by the shooting of several FBI agents - or that it was the protestors, not the government or any of its agents, who shot first.
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There's the error message you get with Firefox on XP Pro SP2 (latest patches, latest everything la la etc). What's interesting is that the program you download has some sort of accomadations for the vision-impaired, yet apparently these people can't be bothered to write real security code. Thing is, my first thought was "oh, yet another group too lazy to write software; they're just using ActiveX instead." But they're not. The download is a 3.58MB.exe file. In fact, the more I read this site, the less this "IE only" thing makes sense. The way it's set up, I honestly don't see any reason why they'd insist you use IE other than using some freaking exploit to get access to your operating system for "security reasons" or something equally silly.
*ahem* RTFA? It's a file sharing system meant to both supply legal downloads on a p2p basis and encourage sharing. If you have a song, and someone else sees you have a song and they download it, you get some credits toward the service. It's a clever "social networking" kind of way to get music out there to more people than it otherwise might have reached AND it's an embrace of the legitimate power of p2p.
That said, this isn't exactly an ultimate solution and it certainly doesn't do anything to repair the RIAA's image. Baby steps. Baby steps.
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When the PA guys did the first Child's Play, it was almost a spur of the moment kind of thing in response to a newspaper column written about violent video games. They had absolutely no idea what they were getting into, and were utterly shocked when they hit $10,000. They finished that first year with over $110,000. This isn't an organized charity organization, this is two guys frontlining an army of gamers and geeks for a good cause. As another reply to your comment says, just give them time. :)
It's near 100%. You buy the stuff on special wishlists at Amazon, and it's shipped directly to the hospital.
Let's show Jack Thompson the what for!
Problem: RSSOwl doesn't support autoarchiving of feeds. That's like selling a car with a 1-gallon gas tank. Not only do you have to stop and constantly refill, it's frustrating to the point of exclusion. I'll stick with FeedReader despite is bugs.
Oh, don't get me wrong - that was a half joke. Half. I went to Derby Downs a few times as a kiddo, and I marched on the field of the Rubber Bowl several times as a marching band member in high school. It's just that Ohio's economy is so fantastically, utterly, mind-numblingly desolate right now that my only choice for jobs after college (Penn State alum) was get the hell out of the state.
:(
I do kinda miss Cedar Point, though.
Yeah baby, Derby Downs, right next to the Rubber Bowl. Ahh, the memories of growing up in Akron and reading books about our fair city, the Rubber Capitol of the World.
....yeah, I'm glad I live in DC now.
This article sets up an absolutely ludicrous comparison - "yeah, sure, you're four times bigger than any other MMO EVER but you don't have the rest of Earth's population yet! So you SUCK!"
I think that WoW proves quite clearly that there's plenty of players to tap and that the market is in its infancy. All you have to do is play the right cards, something WoW has done/is doing quite effectively.
Careful when opening mouth. You may be inserting foot. Who said anything about paying for something that's free? They collect your billing info at the beginning, then charge you at the beginning of your first month's normal play. It's a highly common practice, and if you don't like it, I suggest you avoid cable and satellite tv, internet access, and your local gym for starters.
Yeah, dude, but this isn't a legal situation. If the cops busted into your house "just to check," you'd have grounds for a lawsuit hefty enough to retire. On the other hand, if you don't like what's going on with the game, then you don't play it.
Something tells me that disdain for providing your credit card info earlier than you'd like isn't what's preventing you from playing WoW, and neither is The Warden.
That doesn't even make any sense. History is fantastically important to us and our society, and New Orleans is part of our history and our culture, past and present. Not rebuilding it to where it once was would be a drastic and fatal error of judgement, forever silencing a city whose history is storied as any.
As he expressed much lament over Katrina, unless you lived in New Orleans, where the votes didn't go his way. He said NO shouldn't be rebuilt, and that most people there were better off now. I can only imagine what he'll say on this blog, where ostensibly he doesn't have a direct audience.
Damn. I never thought I'd see the day where it was too early in the morning for my mind to be in the gutter.
*makes that whooshing sound while passing his hand over his head*
That's awesome, but the awesomeness was totally cancelled out by your URL. Sorry ;)
Damn, rereading that it does sound negativeish, doesn't it? I didn't mean that - the parent good sir here is correct. It wasn't a shady move, he just wanted to see if Thompson would actually do it.
Just so everyone's on the same page, that Ars article doesn't get the story 100% correct. There was a second round of phone calls and emails after the initial one mentioned, and the check is from both Gabe AND Tycho. Also, the inclusion of his phone number in the email sig wasn't "unfortunate," as stated by Tycho in the PA blog - Gabe knew full well it was there.
This really makes my head spin. It's his law and even he isn't sure how the definitions should work. You'd think a sponsor of the bill might have an opinion about something like that.
Please mod parent Redundant until you can't mod it any more. This is a copy-paste from an Ars forumite.
Dude, have you really...um, tried one? I had a friend that made fun of me for dropping $700 on my "Blurmaster 9000" for MONTHS until I finally got him to come over and try it out himself. I sat him down in front of it for 15 minutes.
Never heard 'bout the Blurmaster again.
Monitor: Dell 2005 FPW 20.1" Widescreen LCD
Totally awesome. Run it at its native resolution, of course, and no blurriness. I don't even get ghosting in FPSs. The monitor is beautiful and rock solid.
Mouse: Logitech MX610
Awesome mouse.
Feh! I'm an example of the extreme: my degree is History (focus on American wartimes, esp. the Civil War) with a minor in French. My profession? Webmaster and IT consultant.
I use a combination of Cygwin, Windows Task Scheduler, cmd shell, and batch files to get the job done. It ain't pretty, but it works and it works well.
Anyone that was involved with the American Indian Movement on both sides - the FBI agents and the protestors - should be in jail, Peltier included.
Amazing how his site (and not so amazing how his legal briefs) fail to mention that the "unlawful military response" was sparked by the shooting of several FBI agents - or that it was the protestors, not the government or any of its agents, who shot first.
The test has found you are not using Internet explorer
.exe file. In fact, the more I read this site, the less this "IE only" thing makes sense. The way it's set up, I honestly don't see any reason why they'd insist you use IE other than using some freaking exploit to get access to your operating system for "security reasons" or something equally silly.
While your browser may support the correct security, e-tax only recognises the security associated with your operating system to transmit information to the tax office.
This means you can still use the browser you are choosing to use. However, if the version of Internet Explorer that your operating system originally came with is less than 5.5, you will need to download an update to your operating system.
Please call our help desk if you are unclear about this requirement on 1300 1300 17, or follow the instructions below
There's the error message you get with Firefox on XP Pro SP2 (latest patches, latest everything la la etc). What's interesting is that the program you download has some sort of accomadations for the vision-impaired, yet apparently these people can't be bothered to write real security code. Thing is, my first thought was "oh, yet another group too lazy to write software; they're just using ActiveX instead." But they're not. The download is a 3.58MB
*ahem* RTFA?
It's a file sharing system meant to both supply legal downloads on a p2p basis and encourage sharing. If you have a song, and someone else sees you have a song and they download it, you get some credits toward the service. It's a clever "social networking" kind of way to get music out there to more people than it otherwise might have reached AND it's an embrace of the legitimate power of p2p.
That said, this isn't exactly an ultimate solution and it certainly doesn't do anything to repair the RIAA's image. Baby steps. Baby steps.