"We're still working on some with the application update infrastructure and the installer so for the first few days, we'll only be offering the release via full download at the website and then turning on the automatic update system hopefully sometime next week."
In a similar vain - I would suggest something from the Broken Sword series. (sorry for the crap website link - but Wikipedia is down at the moment).
Simple point-and-click game like above suggestions - and I found them fun enough. They also make you think a bit - but aren't as annoyingly tricky as other similar games (IMO).
I had actually bought mainly EA games for most of my youth - simply because I was happy with what I had and never really thought of changing. I've noticed recently that some of the other companies (VC) are bringing out great sporting titles - and have decided to start trying out other games.
I really don't want to go back to the days of pseudo-named teams such as the Greenbay Packhorses, but I've also sworn myself of EA (mainly for the exploited workers thing). I wonder when they're bringing out a Speed Stacking game!
I wasn't actually attributing blame to anyone - although you were right, I hadn't read the article (can't read Gamespot from work). Though it does remain that VC's price drop was futile - as competition seems unlikely from this point. It just so happens that it's the NFL that's causing the issue.
By the same token - I would be equally unimpressed if VC had have won the 5 year deal (as I'm sure they were one of the other 4 companies bidding for it).
Personally - I think that EA needs to know about my (and others) decision to stop buying their games. Does anyone know of an address (email or otherwise) where I can send a letter of my intention.
I've searched their website - and it's not obvious (to me, at least). I figure if I'm going to stop buying their product - I should at least tell them why.
I actually thought that the fact that ESPN (Visual Concepts) dropped their prices to $19.95 would cause the competitors (EA) to follow suit. "Pretty good for the consumers - what could go wrong?" I asked.
I guess I've just been answered...
Now we have only once game with the offical licence - which will probably retain the same selling price to make up for the licensing fees.
Does anybody else get a little annoyed by this kind of thing? 25% smaller, half the weight and an included Ethernet port... enough to be jealous when my brother buys one, but not enough to buy one myself.
Will anyone that owns a regular PS2 buy one of these?
I have used Firefox for about 6 months, since it was recommended to me by a friend. I've enjoyed the useful features I never got from IE, the speed of page loads and the fact that whenever a new IE venerability is released I can simply say "Meh".
But am I alone in the (admittedly selfish) desire that Firefox / Mozilla doesn't become too mainstream? As the usage of Firefox goes up - so too does the interest from exploit kiddies. Can the Mozilla / Firefox team keep ahead of the net nasties when it attains the majority of Internet users?
I can see that an open source browser can respond to security threats quicker than Microsoft has - but will it remain quick enough?
From the article: "If you have any interest in our environment, it only makes sense to put out the little cost that it takes," Travis Kimball said. "It's the absolute least you could do."
No, the absolute least you could do is nothing - which most of the Colorado residents are doing it seems. While it doesn't surprise me that initial takeup is going slow, it is a little disappointing. Giving uni students the choice is a good start, but Mr. Citizen would probably be more likely to spend the extra money on a bigger TV - than cleaner electricity.
Before we get a swag of comments mentioning errors / omissions in the map - I read the following from the article:
"Due to the many inconsistencies among episodes, the map will never be completely accurate. Although we'd like our map to be as accurate as a map to any imaginary place can be, our main intent is to preserve the comic spirit of Springfield, document its unique identity, and to have some fun at the same time."
IMO they did a great job! (although wasn't the Simpson's house in eyeshot of...)
True, which is why I'm still getting phone calls after work asking if I'd like to hear about an exciting new offer. (yes, I'm on a Do Not Call register)
Sure, the telephone isn't being used as extensively for marketing as spam emails - but as a previous posted noted, email is a lot cheaper than telephone calls.
It's a bit of a stretch to think that students will base their college decision solely on the free gifts given away in week one. But when you're faced with a choice of three / four similar colleges, technology offerings (like free wireless internet access) could be the difference for me.
The (Australian) university I went to provided a course similar to other unis - but offered a scholarship (guess which one was most popular). Though the only free gift I got was a pen with the uni's logo on it.
"There's also mention of a headset, so you won't look ridiculous while doing so."
I'm sorry - but is it just me that thinks the sight of someone talking to their Gameboy would look ridiculous? People using hands free kits already look like dopes IMO.
The clause allows both polical parties and charities from the Act - though it was not designed for this use. It was included as more of a precautionary measure.
It's interesting to note that it was John Howard's Government that brought in these Anti-SPAM laws - as well as the exemption for Political Parties. link
I'm sure Troy Rollo (a candidate for John Howard's seat of Bennelong) will milk this for all it's worth - as he's also on the anti-spam group "Coalition Against Unsolicited Bulk E-mail in Australia (CAUBE.AU)".
From TFA: And please, I don't mean to get you worried at this point, I don't find them attractive in a sexual way or anything like that, I'm much more drawn to a nice 5'8" red head than anything made of silicon, LOL, err, no pun intended.
If only there was a way to combine the red head with the silicon. *ponders*
Slashdot Mirror
Is God working for google now?
Nope, he couldn't get past the third interview.
From Asa's Blog:
"We're still working on some with the application update infrastructure and the installer so for the first few days, we'll only be offering the release via full download at the website and then turning on the automatic update system hopefully sometime next week."
In a similar vain - I would suggest something from the Broken Sword series. (sorry for the crap website link - but Wikipedia is down at the moment).
Simple point-and-click game like above suggestions - and I found them fun enough. They also make you think a bit - but aren't as annoyingly tricky as other similar games (IMO).
The 15 line P2P has been mentioned before by Slashdot - but the New Scientist article wasn't mentioned last time (as it hadn't yet been written).
The last article also mentioned the 9 line Molestar written in Perl - which is now 6 lines.
I had actually bought mainly EA games for most of my youth - simply because I was happy with what I had and never really thought of changing. I've noticed recently that some of the other companies (VC) are bringing out great sporting titles - and have decided to start trying out other games.
I really don't want to go back to the days of pseudo-named teams such as the Greenbay Packhorses, but I've also sworn myself of EA (mainly for the exploited workers thing). I wonder when they're bringing out a Speed Stacking game!
I wasn't actually attributing blame to anyone - although you were right, I hadn't read the article (can't read Gamespot from work). Though it does remain that VC's price drop was futile - as competition seems unlikely from this point. It just so happens that it's the NFL that's causing the issue.
By the same token - I would be equally unimpressed if VC had have won the 5 year deal (as I'm sure they were one of the other 4 companies bidding for it).
EA needs to die.
Personally - I think that EA needs to know about my (and others) decision to stop buying their games. Does anyone know of an address (email or otherwise) where I can send a letter of my intention.
I've searched their website - and it's not obvious (to me, at least). I figure if I'm going to stop buying their product - I should at least tell them why.
I actually thought that the fact that ESPN (Visual Concepts) dropped their prices to $19.95 would cause the competitors (EA) to follow suit. "Pretty good for the consumers - what could go wrong?" I asked.
I guess I've just been answered...
Now we have only once game with the offical licence - which will probably retain the same selling price to make up for the licensing fees.
Does anybody else get a little annoyed by this kind of thing? 25% smaller, half the weight and an included Ethernet port... enough to be jealous when my brother buys one, but not enough to buy one myself.
Will anyone that owns a regular PS2 buy one of these?
I have used Firefox for about 6 months, since it was recommended to me by a friend. I've enjoyed the useful features I never got from IE, the speed of page loads and the fact that whenever a new IE venerability is released I can simply say "Meh".
But am I alone in the (admittedly selfish) desire that Firefox / Mozilla doesn't become too mainstream? As the usage of Firefox goes up - so too does the interest from exploit kiddies. Can the Mozilla / Firefox team keep ahead of the net nasties when it attains the majority of Internet users?
I can see that an open source browser can respond to security threats quicker than Microsoft has - but will it remain quick enough?
From the article: "If you have any interest in our environment, it only makes sense to put out the little cost that it takes," Travis Kimball said. "It's the absolute least you could do."
No, the absolute least you could do is nothing - which most of the Colorado residents are doing it seems. While it doesn't surprise me that initial takeup is going slow, it is a little disappointing. Giving uni students the choice is a good start, but Mr. Citizen would probably be more likely to spend the extra money on a bigger TV - than cleaner electricity.
Before we get a swag of comments mentioning errors / omissions in the map - I read the following from the article:
...)
"Due to the many inconsistencies among episodes, the map will never be completely accurate. Although we'd like our map to be as accurate as a map to any imaginary place can be, our main intent is to preserve the comic spirit of Springfield, document its unique identity, and to have some fun at the same time."
IMO they did a great job! (although wasn't the Simpson's house in eyeshot of
"At any given time anyone can contact anybody."
True, which is why I'm still getting phone calls after work asking if I'd like to hear about an exciting new offer. (yes, I'm on a Do Not Call register)
Sure, the telephone isn't being used as extensively for marketing as spam emails - but as a previous posted noted, email is a lot cheaper than telephone calls.
And which one is Slashdot again?
I guess that it's the former - as I'm still able to post here.
In terms of Internet spamming - it's closer to 26 years old - link.
I can't see anything about Cunard from the submitter's link.
This is a great idea, something similar has been happening in the Paupa New Guinea highlands - link.
Perhaps they could also harness the power of flies?
So a robot's been created that eats flies while covered in fecal matter, to monitor toxic gas concentrations?
Just another example of how technology is being used to take job opportunities away from me.
It's a bit of a stretch to think that students will base their college decision solely on the free gifts given away in week one. But when you're faced with a choice of three / four similar colleges, technology offerings (like free wireless internet access) could be the difference for me.
The (Australian) university I went to provided a course similar to other unis - but offered a scholarship (guess which one was most popular). Though the only free gift I got was a pen with the uni's logo on it.
I'd prefer to see the top 20 "illegally" downloaded songs. The top 20 provided is a little too posh pop for my liking.
"There's also mention of a headset, so you won't look ridiculous while doing so."
I'm sorry - but is it just me that thinks the sight of someone talking to their Gameboy would look ridiculous? People using hands free kits already look like dopes IMO.
The clause allows both polical parties and charities from the Act - though it was not designed for this use. It was included as more of a precautionary measure.
It's interesting to note that it was John Howard's Government that brought in these Anti-SPAM laws - as well as the exemption for Political Parties. link
I'm sure Troy Rollo (a candidate for John Howard's seat of Bennelong) will milk this for all it's worth - as he's also on the anti-spam group "Coalition Against Unsolicited Bulk E-mail in Australia (CAUBE.AU)".
From TFA: And please, I don't mean to get you worried at this point, I don't find them attractive in a sexual way or anything like that, I'm much more drawn to a nice 5'8" red head than anything made of silicon, LOL, err, no pun intended.
If only there was a way to combine the red head with the silicon. *ponders*