I'm guessing the GP is referring to the fact that gmail scans your emails to display ads. And if you stay logged in, they track your searches. And if you log into gtalk, it (optionally) records your conversation. I'm sure I'm missing some stuff.
Can you name a portable music player (generally referred to as an "mp3 player") that doesn't play mp3s? Even if it isn't superior in every way, it is where it's at. And that's the problem.
The giant leap in the middle of World 8-2 in NES Super Mario Brothers.
That one isn't bad. Basically, you gotta inch over to the left on the first little pillar. You get mario positioned so that one foot is off the left side of the pillar. Then do your running jump. Works every time.
Yeah, this one. I can't think of a single game that had as big of a wall as that one seemed to, after you got to the city level. Only nes game I've ever owned and never beat.
Lets take this a little further. I recall hearing that 4 people phoned this in, at roughly the same time. It was only phoned in in one city. Who's to say that the ad company themselves didn't phone this in? Makes sense to me...nobody made a fuss of it in the other dozen or so cities, and the ads had been up a while. But when suddenly 4 people at the same time go "zomg, it's a bomb!!11!", I just can't help but wonder.
that was my thought...just bring some job openings, people will find you. And make sure to actually do a smidge of research on the university's programs, so you can accurately say what majors you're hiring from.
When you say "deinstall"...do you mean you formatted and just installed XP, or is there a roll-back feature built into Vista that lets you drop back? More specifically, would there be data sent to MS saying you're no longer going to use Vista? If you just formated, I assume that your ability to restinall XP was due to the way MS registers your computer. They denied your install on another box because the hardware you had registered to that key differed from what you were installing on.
The only problem is that when you upgraded to XP, MS had no way of "deactivating" your old copy of Win98, since you weren't required to register 98 to use it. Now they have the ability to flat out deny your registration of XP the next time you install. It's probably still FUD, but who knows.
Guild Wars also eliminated the MMOG aspect from the game. Towns are just chat rooms with avatars. Everything is instanced. It's just a single player game that allows you to join up with a few people.
and apparently know nothing of these new-fangled sleep buttons lurking on their remote controls
Except it's usually better if you don't change the environment around you while sleeping. A sudden change in noise level (either quieter or louder) will generally wake you up. I see evidence of this every weekend when a friend or three comes over and crashes on a couch...they pass out with the TV on, I get up at 3am to turn it off, and as soon as it turns off they wake up and piss and moan that I turned the tv off.
Or going beyond just talking to game designers, and actually bring your game to GenCon. I haven't been to a GenCon in a while, but when I was there I played several board games that were still in the "prototype" stage. Several of the games didn't have publishers, and that was exactly why there were there. I can't remember if I had to sign up for those ahead of time or if I just "walked in", but I would think getting a spot on GenCons schedule would at least get you some visibility.
Dead sales? Every time I pass by the PS3 section in walmart / best buy / target, the PS3s are still sold out. It's not like they're just laying around, at least not in my area. You do have a solid point on GH2 though.
And last I respond to my answer by arguing if MS ever forces stringent licenses of Office, OO would grow dramatically, and not before.
Isn't there licensing already pretty stringent? I haven't gone through the registration process recently, but I do recall in the past having to call up MS to re-register because I installed a new motherboard. Granted the CS people I've talked to have been friendly friendly, and it was relatively painless, it still was pretty damned annoying that I had to phone in my copy of office just to use it.
However occasionally North American whiskeys misspell their name as whisky.
Not to be a pompous ass, but you've got it backwards. Occasionally North American whiskies (not whiskeys or whiskys) misspell their name as whiskey. Whisky is our "official" spelling. Actually you probably want to specify countries as well. In the US, we spell it properly as "whisky".
Sounds good, until that one feature you want requires twelve other features to be installed. It'd be just like yum, except instead of asking if it's ok to download 350MB, it asks if it's ok to charge you $350. Sign me up!
Yeah, but then you need to figure in sales tax...I hear sales tax'll really get ya at the shops in Sealand. They'll easily get 9 figures after you factor that in.
1. It's not difficult to plug it in while you're not using it. For instance, while you're sleeping. I fail to see where plugging in a device to charge it every once in a while becomes a hinderance.
2. See #1. The only thing you listed that would last more than 6 hours in a single day might be a road trip. If you're going to be road tripping for that long though, you may as well invest in a power inverter.
If things get real bad, just buy a second battery. It's not the most convenient, but the battery is easy to change out, and it's small. Plus they make a battery that holds a bigger charge, so it lasts even longer. I can only remember one time where I ran out of battery.
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I'm guessing the GP is referring to the fact that gmail scans your emails to display ads. And if you stay logged in, they track your searches. And if you log into gtalk, it (optionally) records your conversation. I'm sure I'm missing some stuff.
Can you name a portable music player (generally referred to as an "mp3 player") that doesn't play mp3s? Even if it isn't superior in every way, it is where it's at. And that's the problem.
The giant leap in the middle of World 8-2 in NES Super Mario Brothers.
That one isn't bad. Basically, you gotta inch over to the left on the first little pillar. You get mario positioned so that one foot is off the left side of the pillar. Then do your running jump. Works every time.
Yeah, this one. I can't think of a single game that had as big of a wall as that one seemed to, after you got to the city level. Only nes game I've ever owned and never beat.
Lets take this a little further. I recall hearing that 4 people phoned this in, at roughly the same time. It was only phoned in in one city. Who's to say that the ad company themselves didn't phone this in? Makes sense to me...nobody made a fuss of it in the other dozen or so cities, and the ads had been up a while. But when suddenly 4 people at the same time go "zomg, it's a bomb!!11!", I just can't help but wonder.
the Zune doesn't even work on Vista yet
Are you sure?
that was my thought...just bring some job openings, people will find you. And make sure to actually do a smidge of research on the university's programs, so you can accurately say what majors you're hiring from.
When you say "deinstall"...do you mean you formatted and just installed XP, or is there a roll-back feature built into Vista that lets you drop back? More specifically, would there be data sent to MS saying you're no longer going to use Vista? If you just formated, I assume that your ability to restinall XP was due to the way MS registers your computer. They denied your install on another box because the hardware you had registered to that key differed from what you were installing on.
what part of "it never touches your copy of xp" did you fail to understand?
XP had the exact same one
The only problem is that when you upgraded to XP, MS had no way of "deactivating" your old copy of Win98, since you weren't required to register 98 to use it. Now they have the ability to flat out deny your registration of XP the next time you install. It's probably still FUD, but who knows.
Shouldn't a DVD-ROM be the least of your Vista required upgrade worries?
Guild Wars also eliminated the MMOG aspect from the game. Towns are just chat rooms with avatars. Everything is instanced. It's just a single player game that allows you to join up with a few people.
Are you honestly suggesting that I should have to see a doctor to get a freakin' prescription for a light bulb?
and apparently know nothing of these new-fangled sleep buttons lurking on their remote controls
Except it's usually better if you don't change the environment around you while sleeping. A sudden change in noise level (either quieter or louder) will generally wake you up. I see evidence of this every weekend when a friend or three comes over and crashes on a couch...they pass out with the TV on, I get up at 3am to turn it off, and as soon as it turns off they wake up and piss and moan that I turned the tv off.
Or going beyond just talking to game designers, and actually bring your game to GenCon. I haven't been to a GenCon in a while, but when I was there I played several board games that were still in the "prototype" stage. Several of the games didn't have publishers, and that was exactly why there were there. I can't remember if I had to sign up for those ahead of time or if I just "walked in", but I would think getting a spot on GenCons schedule would at least get you some visibility.
Dead sales? Every time I pass by the PS3 section in walmart / best buy / target, the PS3s are still sold out. It's not like they're just laying around, at least not in my area. You do have a solid point on GH2 though.
And last I respond to my answer by arguing if MS ever forces stringent licenses of Office, OO would grow dramatically, and not before.
Isn't there licensing already pretty stringent? I haven't gone through the registration process recently, but I do recall in the past having to call up MS to re-register because I installed a new motherboard. Granted the CS people I've talked to have been friendly friendly, and it was relatively painless, it still was pretty damned annoying that I had to phone in my copy of office just to use it.
However occasionally North American whiskeys misspell their name as whisky.
Not to be a pompous ass, but you've got it backwards. Occasionally North American whiskies (not whiskeys or whiskys) misspell their name as whiskey. Whisky is our "official" spelling. Actually you probably want to specify countries as well. In the US, we spell it properly as "whisky".
Sounds good, until that one feature you want requires twelve other features to be installed. It'd be just like yum, except instead of asking if it's ok to download 350MB, it asks if it's ok to charge you $350. Sign me up!
Yeah, but then you need to figure in sales tax...I hear sales tax'll really get ya at the shops in Sealand. They'll easily get 9 figures after you factor that in.
1. It's not difficult to plug it in while you're not using it. For instance, while you're sleeping. I fail to see where plugging in a device to charge it every once in a while becomes a hinderance.
2. See #1. The only thing you listed that would last more than 6 hours in a single day might be a road trip. If you're going to be road tripping for that long though, you may as well invest in a power inverter.
If things get real bad, just buy a second battery. It's not the most convenient, but the battery is easy to change out, and it's small. Plus they make a battery that holds a bigger charge, so it lasts even longer. I can only remember one time where I ran out of battery.
might wanna try a ctrl-f, you'll probably get better results