My first computer was a Philips MSX VG-8020. Most trustworthy computer I've ever owned.
Sure the tapedrive would have it's ups and downs, but the actual computer got beat up so much it's incredible it never broke.
Many times I got so frustrated with a game (only really good games could ever get me to that point) that I would apply enough force to break such a device in half but the most damage I ever did to it was make some of the keys jump off, which could easily be placed back again (after I'd cooled off).
I wish I had a video of what I'd do to my poor computer to show to my wife so she can see I really have improved on my bad temper heh.
Good overall design (looks best in black/white IMHO), but get rid of the horns.
They're just not cool and although the logo is less 'playful' than the previous logo it still looks unprofessional to me.
I have a GoPhone for use in the U.S. Looked like a good idea since I go there once or twice a year for family visits, but I wonder if I can still use it next time I'm there...
Thanks, I think you're right. The Digital Locker is actually not on your own system, it's the Digital Lock Assistent that you can install on your machine which connects to the Digital Locker. So indeed, that's part of the catch..
From the Help
Q: Am I buying my software directly from Microsoft?
A: The Digital Locker on Windows Marketplace Labs is not a software retailer. Microsoft, with your permission, communicates your purchase information to the retailers to help complete your transactions.
Seems they are just a store front using their name to sell 3rd party software. Keeping all the licenses of your purchased software in a Digital Locker on your system might actually be convenient for the average Windows user. The program is supposed to also be able to make backup cds of purchased software as well.
I'm sure there's something I'm not seeing but it doesn't seem such a bad move to me.
I just get bigger (or more) harddisks now, because in the past I have wasted too much time copying data
from harddisk to floppy disk
from floppy disk to harddisk to bigger floppy disk
from floppy disk to harddisk to CD
from CD to harddisk to DVD..
And then when I need something that's archived on CD or DVD I copy it to harddisk again.
I just want stuff readily available, so instead of spending countless hours archiving back and forth I now just get that bigger harddisk and usually by the time I run out of space, common/affordable harddisks increased in size plenty. It takes very little effort to move data to a bigger harddisk.
I only backup stuff I really don't want to lose on DVD (which in my case is mainly smaller sized files like docs and pics). Just in case my harddisks all decide to die on me at the same time.
I wish I could bike to work. Fuel even costs more in my country (the Netherlands, I think we're even no.1 on the list).
Last week it was even 1.50 euro for a litre. 3.79 * 1.50 euro = 5,685 euro/U.S. gallon 1 euro = 1.22 U.S. dollars, so I payed almost 7 dollars (6,94) for a US gallon.
I have to refuel my (small) volkswagen car at least once a week, currently I pay 96 dollars to fill it up (55 litres).
I would love to work at home, but my boss prefers to have me in the office. If I'm home there's no way he check if I'm playing a game or something and I guess they prefer to see me slack at the office, since I don't have much to do anyway...
If I would have a lot of work to do I might actually not want to be doing that at home anyway. I've done that before and I know I have a way of not getting out of my chair until something is finished which tends to shift my eating/sleeping pattern etc.
I was doing a hardware inventory for an internship at a company (first business related work I ever did, I think I was like 14 or 15 years old) and on the second day I already wasted a users videocard by just touching it.
Don't know if it was because of static but I even touched radiator pipe before crawling under the desk to open the computer and do the inventory.
They didn't have spare parts either... oops.
Anyway, I'm happy to hear you never had any problems with static electricity but I've heard plenty cases where hardware mysteriously stopped working just by touching it, spark/pop or no spark/pop.
Your examples are a bit weak. What do you gain by reading? Does it have to be an educational book or can it be mystery novels, and if so, what do I gain from reading those? I am reading slashdot, I don't think my boss would call that a productive activity.
At least playing games trains my reflexes (FPS) and helps me be inventive (RPG/Adventure).
TV doesn't have to be bad either, some shows are really educational.
But looking at the larger context, as others have mentioned, it's really doing something exclusively because you feel you have to (at the cost of other things like socializing, reading, experiencing life outside your room/house, eating?!, etc.) when it becomes a problem.
Microsoft has a way of creating marketshare. I never understood why people left ICQ for MSN Messenger (I have to switch to writing an email cause my friend isn't online?!), but i expect the same might happen with this kind of application.
I know I shouldn't bother with some AC, but for your information TFM did not (as in NOT) provide information regarding the configuration of the voicemail. It tells you to call Cingular and of course you get an automated system that has you running around in circles. I later found out you need to put in some code to have it ring for the maximum of 30 seconds before it goes to voicemail.
Disabling the voicemail was not (as in NOT) documented anywhere either, nor could I locate such option in the automated system.
Maybe the problem also had to do with the phone, but Cingular provided that model with the plan, so I'd expect simple options like these to be available.
I have a suspicion they actually made it impossible to disable the voicemail, for with a pay to go plan that's where they can make the money
I'm not from America, but I had a Cingular Pay to Go plan (or whatever it's called again --a prepaid kind of system) last time I was over there for a few weeks and I couldn't figure out how to change the voicemail so that it wouldn't pick up after 3 rings already. Couldn't shut it either.
Totally annoying experience.
Fish won't do i think.
Polar bears use breathing holes in the ice to catch beluga. They repeatedly bite the beluga when it comes up for air and after a while they have a nice whale to help them go without food for many days.
I've seen a documentary where the ice didn't come back quick after the summer and the polar bears resorted to eating baby walrus and seals.
Generally many movies don't make it big because they basically suck. Uninspired makeovers, no plots etc. And I guess it will get worse each additional year. Same with music, there's just so much good stuff out there already that at some point it will be hard come out with something new and fresh, because all has been done before.
I've read some people also complain about the previews and ads shown, but I actually enjoy seeing previews as I'm not always aware of movies coming out, ads on the other hand are stupid. I can imagine if you go see movies frequently you can get annoyed with seeing the same previews over and over.
Things I like:
I'm out of the house - going to a theater is a nice change of environment for me and my wife
Bigger is better - well, not always but some movies are just more fun to watch on a big screen with loud audio
Things I don't like:
Prices - movies for 2 including a drink and some popcorn easily set me back 30 dollars where I live
I had a Pentium II (slot 1) machine that started crashing on me. After getting a little annoyed I decided to open the case and found the heatsink with fan dangling in the bottom of the case.
The CPU case was quite hot when I tried to reattach the heatsink so I left the case open and pointed a small regular fan in the direction of the CPU. Then I got lazy and left it like that for a couple of weeks and the machine ran fine.
I had to get stitches in my ring finger after cutting it open on barbwire. The doctor said giving me a shot would hurt more than stitching without one. I still remember lying there feeling the needle in my finger while blood shot up in the air. Seemed to take forever and hurt a lot.
Although I expect taking out the stitches must have hurt as well, I don't really recall that so it must not have been so bad. Good luck!
Command & Conquer's Jurassic Park levels. I can't remember for the life of me now how you actually accessed these, but the original Command & Conquer had several hidden levels where you had to survive attacks by dinosaurs. I do, however, remember these being pretty hard in places.
According to this you just need to start the game with a parameter
Value for money?
I'll probably pick up a Xbox or Playstation 2 this year. Hopefully the second hand market will get flooded with consoles from avid gamers trying to get the latest stuff.
Exactly the point, someone could have forged an email to appear as if it came from their colonel.
Those who didn't take a couple of seconds to analyze the email might fail to detect real phishing crap as well. This should just be valued for what it is, a warning to be careful.
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My first computer was a Philips MSX VG-8020. Most trustworthy computer I've ever owned.
Sure the tapedrive would have it's ups and downs, but the actual computer got beat up so much it's incredible it never broke.
Many times I got so frustrated with a game (only really good games could ever get me to that point) that I would apply enough force to break such a device in half but the most damage I ever did to it was make some of the keys jump off, which could easily be placed back again (after I'd cooled off).
I wish I had a video of what I'd do to my poor computer to show to my wife so she can see I really have improved on my bad temper heh.
Good overall design (looks best in black/white IMHO), but get rid of the horns. They're just not cool and although the logo is less 'playful' than the previous logo it still looks unprofessional to me.
More of the same isn't necessarily a bad thing. Looking forward to playing this one.
I have a GoPhone for use in the U.S. Looked like a good idea since I go there once or twice a year for family visits, but I wonder if I can still use it next time I'm there...
Thanks, I think you're right. The Digital Locker is actually not on your own system, it's the Digital Lock Assistent that you can install on your machine which connects to the Digital Locker. So indeed, that's part of the catch..
Q: Am I buying my software directly from Microsoft?
A: The Digital Locker on Windows Marketplace Labs is not a software retailer. Microsoft, with your permission, communicates your purchase information to the retailers to help complete your transactions.
Seems they are just a store front using their name to sell 3rd party software. Keeping all the licenses of your purchased software in a Digital Locker on your system might actually be convenient for the average Windows user. The program is supposed to also be able to make backup cds of purchased software as well.
I'm sure there's something I'm not seeing but it doesn't seem such a bad move to me.
And then when I need something that's archived on CD or DVD I copy it to harddisk again. I just want stuff readily available, so instead of spending countless hours archiving back and forth I now just get that bigger harddisk and usually by the time I run out of space, common/affordable harddisks increased in size plenty. It takes very little effort to move data to a bigger harddisk.
I only backup stuff I really don't want to lose on DVD (which in my case is mainly smaller sized files like docs and pics). Just in case my harddisks all decide to die on me at the same time.
Thanks for this useful utility.
Treesize also does a good job locating where the bigger chunks of data on your drives are located.
My life sucks
My life kicks ass
okay then..
I wish I could bike to work. Fuel even costs more in my country (the Netherlands, I think we're even no.1 on the list).
Last week it was even 1.50 euro for a litre.
3.79 * 1.50 euro = 5,685 euro/U.S. gallon
1 euro = 1.22 U.S. dollars,
so I payed almost 7 dollars (6,94) for a US gallon.
I have to refuel my (small) volkswagen car at least once a week, currently I pay 96 dollars to fill it up (55 litres).
Bleh!
I would love to work at home, but my boss prefers to have me in the office. If I'm home there's no way he check if I'm playing a game or something and I guess they prefer to see me slack at the office, since I don't have much to do anyway...
If I would have a lot of work to do I might actually not want to be doing that at home anyway. I've done that before and I know I have a way of not getting out of my chair until something is finished which tends to shift my eating/sleeping pattern etc.
I was doing a hardware inventory for an internship at a company (first business related work I ever did, I think I was like 14 or 15 years old) and on the second day I already wasted a users videocard by just touching it. Don't know if it was because of static but I even touched radiator pipe before crawling under the desk to open the computer and do the inventory.
They didn't have spare parts either... oops.
Anyway, I'm happy to hear you never had any problems with static electricity but I've heard plenty cases where hardware mysteriously stopped working just by touching it, spark/pop or no spark/pop.
Your examples are a bit weak. What do you gain by reading? Does it have to be an educational book or can it be mystery novels, and if so, what do I gain from reading those? I am reading slashdot, I don't think my boss would call that a productive activity.
At least playing games trains my reflexes (FPS) and helps me be inventive (RPG/Adventure). TV doesn't have to be bad either, some shows are really educational.
But looking at the larger context, as others have mentioned, it's really doing something exclusively because you feel you have to (at the cost of other things like socializing, reading, experiencing life outside your room/house, eating?!, etc.) when it becomes a problem.
Microsoft has a way of creating marketshare. I never understood why people left ICQ for MSN Messenger (I have to switch to writing an email cause my friend isn't online?!), but i expect the same might happen with this kind of application.
Maybe the problem also had to do with the phone, but Cingular provided that model with the plan, so I'd expect simple options like these to be available.
I have a suspicion they actually made it impossible to disable the voicemail, for with a pay to go plan that's where they can make the money
I'm not from America, but I had a Cingular Pay to Go plan (or whatever it's called again --a prepaid kind of system) last time I was over there for a few weeks and I couldn't figure out how to change the voicemail so that it wouldn't pick up after 3 rings already. Couldn't shut it either.
Totally annoying experience.
Fish won't do i think. Polar bears use breathing holes in the ice to catch beluga. They repeatedly bite the beluga when it comes up for air and after a while they have a nice whale to help them go without food for many days. I've seen a documentary where the ice didn't come back quick after the summer and the polar bears resorted to eating baby walrus and seals.
some (older) info on polar bear diet
Generally many movies don't make it big because they basically suck. Uninspired makeovers, no plots etc. And I guess it will get worse each additional year. Same with music, there's just so much good stuff out there already that at some point it will be hard come out with something new and fresh, because all has been done before.
I've read some people also complain about the previews and ads shown, but I actually enjoy seeing previews as I'm not always aware of movies coming out, ads on the other hand are stupid. I can imagine if you go see movies frequently you can get annoyed with seeing the same previews over and over.
Things I like:- I'm out of the house - going to a theater is a nice change of environment for me and my wife
- Bigger is better - well, not always but some movies are just more fun to watch on a big screen with loud audio
Things I don't like:I had a Pentium II (slot 1) machine that started crashing on me. After getting a little annoyed I decided to open the case and found the heatsink with fan dangling in the bottom of the case.
The CPU case was quite hot when I tried to reattach the heatsink so I left the case open and pointed a small regular fan in the direction of the CPU. Then I got lazy and left it like that for a couple of weeks and the machine ran fine.
I had to get stitches in my ring finger after cutting it open on barbwire. The doctor said giving me a shot would hurt more than stitching without one. I still remember lying there feeling the needle in my finger while blood shot up in the air. Seemed to take forever and hurt a lot.
Although I expect taking out the stitches must have hurt as well, I don't really recall that so it must not have been so bad. Good luck!
Command & Conquer's Jurassic Park levels. I can't remember for the life of me now how you actually accessed these, but the original Command & Conquer had several hidden levels where you had to survive attacks by dinosaurs. I do, however, remember these being pretty hard in places.
According to this you just need to start the game with a parameter
27 pages of games easter eggs
Indeed, these virtual synths produce great quality and can even do more than the original instruments (i.e. polyphony)
Value for money?
I'll probably pick up a Xbox or Playstation 2 this year. Hopefully the second hand market will get flooded with consoles from avid gamers trying to get the latest stuff.
Exactly the point, someone could have forged an email to appear as if it came from their colonel.
Those who didn't take a couple of seconds to analyze the email might fail to detect real phishing crap as well. This should just be valued for what it is, a warning to be careful.
Whatever, she's just a closet hippie
(non article anyway)