Being on-call means that you take personal responsibility for being reachable. That means that whatever the situation, it's YOUR fault if you can't be reached. I have NO sympathy for people who expect to be able to receive phone calls in a theater.
If I were a doctor on call, I would not be in the theater. I'd be at home doing something else. I would certainly never be so irresponsible as to let someone's life depend on unreliable cell phone technology.
Cell phones are inherently unreliable, and the cell phone company itself makes no guarantee that your phone will work at any given time or any given place. Would you sue the cell phone company every time your phone fails to ring? Of course not.
If this guy isn't a troll, I don't know who is. "are all muslims/arabs completely irrational"? What kind of question is that?
And yes, I'm sure there are atheist Arabs. There are also Christian Arabs and... wait for it... Jewish Arabs!!! Considering that most Jewish Israelis and most Muslim Palestinians are ethnically indistinguishable, one might argue that all such Israelis could be considered "Jewish Arabs".
When I was in college, internships for engineering and science students were real, paying jobs. I don't know of any company that will hire a college student for just the summer and not call it an internship.
Finding other people to play pen-and-paper D&D is pretty easy if you don't live in some remote rural area. Gaming stores, the RPGA, local gaming organizations, and the Internet can help you find a bunch of people quite easily. I live in a small city, and there are dozens of groups playing D&D around here.
No, the real problem is convenience. Playing online in your own home is a lot easier than gathering a bunch of people somewhere. You can playing online for half an hour if you like, but if you want to play D&D, the minimum is probably around 2 hours, but usually 4. I used to play D&D every week with some friends, but these days there's no way I could find a 4-hour block of time to devote to it.
One day, when my kids are old enough, I'll get back into it with them. But sadly, that's years away.
The fact that gamers are buying older and used games only signifies that they don't want the new stuff that's being produced.
I don't think buying used games is indication that you don't want the new stuff. I think the only thing it means is:
You don't necessarily want the new stuff right away.
You realize that used games are practically indistinguishable from new ones (w.r.t. the condition of the DVD, packaging, etc)
I can't remember the last time I paid the regular retail price for a game, and I've had my Xbox for three years. In fact, just this morning I purchase Syberia for $8 shipped. That game came out in 2003, but if it were made today, it wouldn't look any different!
I definitely do want companies to make new games. For the games I do buy, I probably would pay full price if I had to. But since all I need to do is wait 3-6 months, I can buy any game used for at least 25% less, usually much more.
That's okay. The movies that he's been making are ones that I would normally have liked to see, but won't because he screwed them up. Because of him, no one will ever make a Blood Rayne movie that doesn't suck. I have no intention of watching a Citizen Kane remake (never saw the original), so it doesn't matter to me who would direct it.
but if one found out that it was a trivial task to copy games then they would most likley sell more consoles
In the U.S., they are already selling all the console that they make. The problem is that they can't make them fast enough. I'm sure I'm not the only one who is delaying buying a 360 until it's easy to get one.
I don't know where you live, but the trick to buying an Xbox 360 these days is to basically visit the usual retailer(s) every morning, and within 1-2 weeks you should have one. The Best Buy stores around here get in a shipment about once a week, sometimes as many as 25 at a time.
I've decided to wait until my birthday in a couple months to get one, for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is hoping that some people chip in to pay for it! And even then, I'll probably be the only person I know who has one.
There is no other reasonable explanation for having a large number of Netflix envelopes disappear while nothing else is affected. It doesn't make sense to believe that Netflix loses them (intentionally or not), because that would cost them money and customers. I've read a number of reports of USPS employees being caught red-handed with stolen Netflix envelopes.
I don't think you're going to get an unbiased review, but I believe the consensus is that Netflix is better than Blockbuster, assuming the throttling thing doesn't bother you. It doesn't bother me, because I don't return movies the day after I receive them, so I've never been throttled.
Honestly, the best way is to just try it. Both have free trial periods, so just take advantage of that.
You must live in a white-picket-fence neighborhood if you think that interacting with people at your local video store is a pleasant experience. For everyone else on the planet, we have to put up with the unmotivated and ignorant salesdroids at Blockbuster.
However, the real reason why Netflix is so popular is the selection. They have almost every DVD available, orders of magnitude more than any brick-and-mortar store. I no longer have to worry about whether the movie I want to watch is available.
For instance, I prefer to watch TV shows on DVD. I can configure my Netflix queue to send each TV show DVD after another. So I watch the first disc, and then when I'm done (about 1-2 weeks later) I sent it back and get the next one two days later. The typical blockbuster only carries a few TV shows, and in many cases they're missing individual discs from the set!
Mod the parent up, he's 100% correct. The GP is committing a crime - copyright infringement on a large scale. Instead of copying the disc and returning it the next day, he's supposed to WATCH the disc and return it after he's done. That usually takes more than one day.
I rent TV shows from Netflix, too. It sometimes takes me up to three weeks to watch a single DVD. I've been a Netflix customer for a long time, and I have never been throttled.
Is it really that hard to sit down and read the instruction manual?
No, but it is hard to remember everything and to know how to implement the moves from just reading a manual. I expect a game to come with a manual, but I definitely appreciate in-game tutorials.
Here we go again... another loser who has a problem with something at work and thinks that whining on Slashdot is going to make the world all better for him.
Listen dude, you really have two choices: continue working there under the conditions that management has dictated, or quit. That's it! Trust me, there's no secret formula or magic word you can say that will make your company into a perfect place to work. And here's the kicker: if you do quit and get another job, there will be something at your new job you won't like either! <sarcasm> Oh no, what are you going to do!?!?!!?!? </sarcasm>
Not quite. The 40' pole in the back of my house is definitely on my property. I paid for the land, I pay taxes on that land, and since it's an easement, I can't do whatever I want with it. That means that I can't get rid of it, for example.
I tolerate it, however, because it's not really a big deal to me and it was there when I bought my house.
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IMHO, anything which needs a bunch of extensions before it's fully-featured is not something a grandmother would be interested in. I use SeaMonkey not because I'm some elite ueber-hacker, but because I want a good web browser that works out of the box. I tried Thunderbird and Firefox and was sorely disappointed.
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I wouldn't be surprised if AMD has some secret way to make their chips look like Intel chips, so that they can test for these sorts of things.
I don't think that's true. Do you have a source for that?
If I were a doctor on call, I would not be in the theater. I'd be at home doing something else. I would certainly never be so irresponsible as to let someone's life depend on unreliable cell phone technology.
Cell phones are inherently unreliable, and the cell phone company itself makes no guarantee that your phone will work at any given time or any given place. Would you sue the cell phone company every time your phone fails to ring? Of course not.
People like you suck.
Yes, it's legal. It's also legal to build a Faraday cage around your store, if you wanted to, which is pretty much what this paint is.
Unlikely, since it looks like he lives in Jordan, which is much more "liberal" about women than, say, Iran.
And yes, I'm sure there are atheist Arabs. There are also Christian Arabs and ... wait for it ... Jewish Arabs!!! Considering that most Jewish Israelis and most Muslim Palestinians are ethnically indistinguishable, one might argue that all such Israelis could be considered "Jewish Arabs".
When I was in college, internships for engineering and science students were real, paying jobs. I don't know of any company that will hire a college student for just the summer and not call it an internship.
No, the real problem is convenience. Playing online in your own home is a lot easier than gathering a bunch of people somewhere. You can playing online for half an hour if you like, but if you want to play D&D, the minimum is probably around 2 hours, but usually 4. I used to play D&D every week with some friends, but these days there's no way I could find a 4-hour block of time to devote to it.
One day, when my kids are old enough, I'll get back into it with them. But sadly, that's years away.
Yes.
Do you have any other stupid questions?
I'd love to know where I can get some of those.
I don't think buying used games is indication that you don't want the new stuff. I think the only thing it means is:
I can't remember the last time I paid the regular retail price for a game, and I've had my Xbox for three years. In fact, just this morning I purchase Syberia for $8 shipped. That game came out in 2003, but if it were made today, it wouldn't look any different!
I definitely do want companies to make new games. For the games I do buy, I probably would pay full price if I had to. But since all I need to do is wait 3-6 months, I can buy any game used for at least 25% less, usually much more.
That's okay. The movies that he's been making are ones that I would normally have liked to see, but won't because he screwed them up. Because of him, no one will ever make a Blood Rayne movie that doesn't suck. I have no intention of watching a Citizen Kane remake (never saw the original), so it doesn't matter to me who would direct it.
In the U.S., they are already selling all the console that they make. The problem is that they can't make them fast enough. I'm sure I'm not the only one who is delaying buying a 360 until it's easy to get one.
That particular package doesn't include the hard drive, which makes it practically worthless.
I've decided to wait until my birthday in a couple months to get one, for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is hoping that some people chip in to pay for it! And even then, I'll probably be the only person I know who has one.
There is no other reasonable explanation for having a large number of Netflix envelopes disappear while nothing else is affected. It doesn't make sense to believe that Netflix loses them (intentionally or not), because that would cost them money and customers. I've read a number of reports of USPS employees being caught red-handed with stolen Netflix envelopes.
Honestly, the best way is to just try it. Both have free trial periods, so just take advantage of that.
Most likely, someone at the post office was stealing the discs. The envelopes are very easy to identify and steal.
However, the real reason why Netflix is so popular is the selection. They have almost every DVD available, orders of magnitude more than any brick-and-mortar store. I no longer have to worry about whether the movie I want to watch is available.
For instance, I prefer to watch TV shows on DVD. I can configure my Netflix queue to send each TV show DVD after another. So I watch the first disc, and then when I'm done (about 1-2 weeks later) I sent it back and get the next one two days later. The typical blockbuster only carries a few TV shows, and in many cases they're missing individual discs from the set!
I rent TV shows from Netflix, too. It sometimes takes me up to three weeks to watch a single DVD. I've been a Netflix customer for a long time, and I have never been throttled.
No, but it is hard to remember everything and to know how to implement the moves from just reading a manual. I expect a game to come with a manual, but I definitely appreciate in-game tutorials.
Listen dude, you really have two choices: continue working there under the conditions that management has dictated, or quit. That's it! Trust me, there's no secret formula or magic word you can say that will make your company into a perfect place to work. And here's the kicker: if you do quit and get another job, there will be something at your new job you won't like either! <sarcasm> Oh no, what are you going to do!?!?!!?!? </sarcasm>
I tolerate it, however, because it's not really a big deal to me and it was there when I bought my house.
IMHO, anything which needs a bunch of extensions before it's fully-featured is not something a grandmother would be interested in. I use SeaMonkey not because I'm some elite ueber-hacker, but because I want a good web browser that works out of the box. I tried Thunderbird and Firefox and was sorely disappointed.