I'm a bit surprised nobody has mentioned the stats in the GTA games yet. In GTAIII it was just something cool to look at. Vice City expanded the stats to include things like best times in all the races, amount of time spent flying, etc.
Now in San Andreas, it's just amazing the amount of stats that are kept. Not just your character stats like muscle, fat, stamina, sex appeal etc, but stuff like how many times you've failed a mission, how many times you've been to hospital. How many good and bad dates you've been on. How many times you've been laid. The longest you've managed to survive with 5 stars worth of police chasing you. How much cash you've spent on haircuts or tattoos or property or food or clothes.
San Andreas.
I haven't played either of MP or H2, but I fail to see how either of them could be better than San Andreas. It has completely owned my spare time for the past two weeks, and I'm not even at 30% completion!
6. Daily banking
My bank is open six days a week. If people demanded it be open seven, it would be open seven so that it could do more business and make more money. This has nothing to do with technology, and is simply an example of free people choosing how businesses operate via a free market vs. a government mandating how businesses operate.
Perhaps you should come to Australia and see how our banks operate in a free market. Our banks (not just one or two of them, I'm talking about all of them) open 10am-4pm, Monday through Friday. Need to do banking after hours or on a weekend? Too bad, use net or phone banking. Fine for a geek like me, but for old people, or those who don't have internet access?
Not to mention the fees. Our ATM network is centralised, your card will work in pretty much any ATM. However, most banks will charge you $1.50 AUD for the convenience of using another bank's ATM. That's every time you withdraw money, whether from an ATM or an EFTPOS terminal.
Want to get a bank cheque? $15 service fee.
Want to open an account? $10 account opening fee.
Want to close an account? $25 account closing fee.
Want to have the "privilege" of having a bank account? $5 per month "account keeping" fee.
Banking in Australia sucks, because the goverment refuses to do anything about it. My point is that you shouldn't assume corporations (especially banks) will do whatever the people demand. They'll do whatever fits their best interest and your worst interest, while telling you you're getting a great deal and if you don't like it, keep your money in a shoebox under the bed.
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Sort of like the Restaurant at the End of the Universe? ;)
Bah, where's your sense of adventure?!
That's half the fun of getting drunk in the first place!
When will people learn not to get links to their blogs on the main page of /. ?
Here's the Google Cache link.
I always thought RSVP stood for Response, Si Vous Plait (French for "Response please").
Though RSVP is a fairly modern term, not ancient Latin like "sic".
Actually, the problem was caused by them. It was their advertisement that had the incorrect URL.
:)
Cheers from Sydney
What good is a cake if you can't eat it too?
/sarcasm
I think getting nailed to a wall for nine years by the testicles would suffice.
"Get naked and dance on the Commissioner's Desk" :)
I've seen enough pithy quotes for several lifetimes, so do what I do, turn sigs off.
I'm a bit surprised nobody has mentioned the stats in the GTA games yet. In GTAIII it was just something cool to look at. Vice City expanded the stats to include things like best times in all the races, amount of time spent flying, etc.
Now in San Andreas, it's just amazing the amount of stats that are kept. Not just your character stats like muscle, fat, stamina, sex appeal etc, but stuff like how many times you've failed a mission, how many times you've been to hospital. How many good and bad dates you've been on. How many times you've been laid. The longest you've managed to survive with 5 stars worth of police chasing you. How much cash you've spent on haircuts or tattoos or property or food or clothes.
Adds another level of depth to the game IMHO.
"Catch-22 didn't exist, Yossarian was sure of that."
the desire not to change "horses midstream" I believe the correct expression is, "Don't change horsemen mid-Apocalypse" ;)
San Andreas. I haven't played either of MP or H2, but I fail to see how either of them could be better than San Andreas. It has completely owned my spare time for the past two weeks, and I'm not even at 30% completion!
Or you could just use Bug Me Not! The Firefox plugin is especially handy!
6. Daily banking My bank is open six days a week. If people demanded it be open seven, it would be open seven so that it could do more business and make more money. This has nothing to do with technology, and is simply an example of free people choosing how businesses operate via a free market vs. a government mandating how businesses operate.
/rant
Perhaps you should come to Australia and see how our banks operate in a free market. Our banks (not just one or two of them, I'm talking about all of them) open 10am-4pm, Monday through Friday. Need to do banking after hours or on a weekend? Too bad, use net or phone banking. Fine for a geek like me, but for old people, or those who don't have internet access?
Not to mention the fees. Our ATM network is centralised, your card will work in pretty much any ATM. However, most banks will charge you $1.50 AUD for the convenience of using another bank's ATM. That's every time you withdraw money, whether from an ATM or an EFTPOS terminal.
Want to get a bank cheque? $15 service fee.
Want to open an account? $10 account opening fee.
Want to close an account? $25 account closing fee.
Want to have the "privilege" of having a bank account? $5 per month "account keeping" fee.
Banking in Australia sucks, because the goverment refuses to do anything about it. My point is that you shouldn't assume corporations (especially banks) will do whatever the people demand. They'll do whatever fits their best interest and your worst interest, while telling you you're getting a great deal and if you don't like it, keep your money in a shoebox under the bed.
My birthday as well! From memory, Episode 1 was released on May 19 as well...
I've never heard that before, do you have a source?