The static nature of wow is ultimately what turned me off to it. There's nothing else new to learn once you learn the quests. All the quest info sites seem to be the same once you've learned them, there's no additional learning curve. I'm sure it contributed a bit to the complaints that it's a game with no end-game.
ADditionally I've seen that either games are mission based (with stupid random quests that are boring as hell), or fun like Wow quests that are static but fun, but ultimately boring after the 4th or 5th time you've levelled to 60.
The cameras seem to be a good idea on paper, but as with anything involving the MTA, implementation is going to be the key factor. If the MTA does their usual bullshit, they'll not do anything in the boroughs outside manhattan, and it'll just bee another pisspoor excuse 'for security'
HOowever, the MTA still does 'random screenings' that have done nothing to improve security while trampling over everyone's civil rights, and being questionably unconstitional.
http://www.nyclu.org/mta_searches_suit_pr_081805.h tml
Speaking as one of the pro-Nipple clamp crowd, please compare your awful DRM to something that's really repugnant like, smelly fish, or bad houseguests.
Some of use LIKE our nipple clamps, electrified.
As a reward from an old conusulting gig, I ended up getting options in SGI stock that I never traded in. I still have them sitting my brokerage account 11 years after I got them. I can't recall the last time they were worth more than a case of beer and a dvd.
Sadly, almost every other large computer OEM has some kind of stockholder discount, except for SGI. I would have loved to have picked up a nice o2 for historical sake.
I guess I'll have to wait until I win the lottery.
Trivial correction: Driver software development costs are considered capital costs and are depreciated over a 5 or 7 year cycle.
I'm not sure why they picked this accounting model to account for the cost, but it's in line with something like buying a large physical factory. You depreciate it based on it's expected production lifespan.
Sadly. In my many years of consulting work, i've discovered that every organization i've worked for treats the software as being significantly important compared to the hardware. The hardware is is commodity hardware, the value in the VAR process is in their custom software.
Sadly, american IP laws also insist that the software has some kind of 'value.'
I was hoping for a hilariously funny letter from anakata on the site, my hopes have been dashed.
I love reading the legal threats (and their replies), they are a source of endless amusement.
This is par for the course for every company i've worked with in the last four years. Hiring a temp employee as permanent is a dirty word, and don't ask for benefits or any kind of fringe. There's some indian willing to do your job for 1/4 your salary.
Lame. The article is completely right about this trend, and sadly there's no good that can come of it.
A more important question.
What happens to pirate bay? I'm going to miss their wonderful letters to all those software companies who insisted that Sweden had a DMCA like law.
Worst news ever.
In fact it's so bad let me go back to sleep and when I wake up I know it will be nothing but an awful dream.
What happens to all the old g4s and g5s? No point buying a mac now if everything is Intel in a year.
Completely on-topic.
See Cablevison (www.optonline.net) and their idiotic TOS and "mystery capping" which no one knows (or can sya) when they'll cap you.
The usual rants on dslreports.com are completely ontopic. Repeat as necessary for your local cable company.
I have to disagree with the parent about "they recalled all the PB with white spots"
My PB has been to apple three times now (g4, 1ghz Aluminum body) to 'replace the white spots' and it hasn't gotten away. Today I am packing it up for it's fourth trip to Apple to attempt to cure this once and for all. I've lost about a month of useful time with this machine with all thetimes it's been back for service. It's also not a recall, because you as customer have to go and complain strenously until they take the machine back and replace the screen. Otherwise they will give you some crap answer. if you brought a used machine without apple care, they will not even correct this issue, so it's far from a recall.
I have to agree with the parent. I wouldn't go so far as to say it was that stable. But I get those aqua crashes at least weekly and I have to SSH to kill the session.
What causes them? Trying to print to a mixed Windows printing network with AD/4.0 printers. Also printing to printers with an IPP address that also exist in AD. See it's all Microsoft's fault again.
The other problem is when you kill the finder, you lose any unsaved work, and basically that means all my running apps are killed too. So what starts out as a minor annoyance turns into at least hours of lost work.
It's good but it was miles to go before being considered 'stable'
I have to agree with at least part of this.
The Core OS is very stable. What crashes on my powerbook ALL THE TIME?
Microsoft Offive V.x I paid $180 for this turd that was required for.uni and it does nothing but crash and and crash and crash. I've called MS, I've reinstalled the OS, I've 'reset permissions." on it.
I don't necessarily blame Apple, but it's a damning endorsement when the major apps for your platform are a crashfest.
I have 2 later model Sony 'home theatre receivers' both have failed after perhaps 2 or 3 years of service. Failure modes were spectactular, such as briding multipe channels together and melting the speaker wires, or the LCD display simply smoking.
They haven't made a single decent product since the early 1990s. The only Sony I would ever recommend as an HT receiver I purchased in 1989 to the price of almost 1000 USD. It's the only one that still functions like new.
Look around, someone can post a good link about the Sony/Aiwa business. Sony did not want to lose out on he 'cheap ass market' so they have Aiwa which is not built to the same high standard. I think I'll pass anyhow.
I've avoided Sony for years, and I will continue to avoid them.
I just ordered one the 1.42ghz version with the smallest drive they let me pick. The price for a 7200rpm drive at 160gb was $150. I also ordered ram through Kingston. It's more than a little bit annoying though that Apple wants to rape you on the upgrades.
AO has gotten better.
But it still barely pushes 20fps on modern hardware.
not to mention that it basically evolved into EQ camping in space. Wow still has it beat on fun value alone.
Wow. I think I talked to you like in 1990 or 1991 when I was tring to find a tinyfugue client for VMS and you took the time to point me in the right direction.
How 2 be a dinosaur;)
What's the price difference between buying it with the smallest hard-drive and buying another one later. It seemed to only be $99 to buy it with the bigger drive originally.
1.) Did anyone have luck with a bigger hard drive? 120gb or something 7200 rpm? Do you need cooling?
2.) Shame about no dolby digital output. It would have made a nice dvd player in the media center.
omg, awesome.
I can finally watch the hot bollywood flicks and the HOT girls in these movies.
*lust*
I'd even pay the real price too! Now if they could add zoom, and more revealing outfits and better dance numbers.
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The static nature of wow is ultimately what turned me off to it. There's nothing else new to learn once you learn the quests. All the quest info sites seem to be the same once you've learned them, there's no additional learning curve. I'm sure it contributed a bit to the complaints that it's a game with no end-game. ADditionally I've seen that either games are mission based (with stupid random quests that are boring as hell), or fun like Wow quests that are static but fun, but ultimately boring after the 4th or 5th time you've levelled to 60.
The cameras seem to be a good idea on paper, but as with anything involving the MTA, implementation is going to be the key factor. If the MTA does their usual bullshit, they'll not do anything in the boroughs outside manhattan, and it'll just bee another pisspoor excuse 'for security' HOowever, the MTA still does 'random screenings' that have done nothing to improve security while trampling over everyone's civil rights, and being questionably unconstitional. http://www.nyclu.org/mta_searches_suit_pr_081805.h tml
It's $250 per device drive revision to have to certified as 'WHQL signed" if it fails, you have to pay again. This is not a huge amount of money.
Speaking as one of the pro-Nipple clamp crowd, please compare your awful DRM to something that's really repugnant like, smelly fish, or bad houseguests. Some of use LIKE our nipple clamps, electrified.
As a reward from an old conusulting gig, I ended up getting options in SGI stock that I never traded in. I still have them sitting my brokerage account 11 years after I got them. I can't recall the last time they were worth more than a case of beer and a dvd. Sadly, almost every other large computer OEM has some kind of stockholder discount, except for SGI. I would have loved to have picked up a nice o2 for historical sake. I guess I'll have to wait until I win the lottery.
Trivial correction: Driver software development costs are considered capital costs and are depreciated over a 5 or 7 year cycle. I'm not sure why they picked this accounting model to account for the cost, but it's in line with something like buying a large physical factory. You depreciate it based on it's expected production lifespan.
Sadly. In my many years of consulting work, i've discovered that every organization i've worked for treats the software as being significantly important compared to the hardware. The hardware is is commodity hardware, the value in the VAR process is in their custom software. Sadly, american IP laws also insist that the software has some kind of 'value.'
I was hoping for a hilariously funny letter from anakata on the site, my hopes have been dashed. I love reading the legal threats (and their replies), they are a source of endless amusement.
This is par for the course for every company i've worked with in the last four years. Hiring a temp employee as permanent is a dirty word, and don't ask for benefits or any kind of fringe. There's some indian willing to do your job for 1/4 your salary. Lame. The article is completely right about this trend, and sadly there's no good that can come of it.
A more important question. What happens to pirate bay? I'm going to miss their wonderful letters to all those software companies who insisted that Sweden had a DMCA like law.
Worst news ever. In fact it's so bad let me go back to sleep and when I wake up I know it will be nothing but an awful dream. What happens to all the old g4s and g5s? No point buying a mac now if everything is Intel in a year.
Completely on-topic. See Cablevison (www.optonline.net) and their idiotic TOS and "mystery capping" which no one knows (or can sya) when they'll cap you. The usual rants on dslreports.com are completely ontopic. Repeat as necessary for your local cable company.
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I have to disagree with the parent about "they recalled all the PB with white spots" My PB has been to apple three times now (g4, 1ghz Aluminum body) to 'replace the white spots' and it hasn't gotten away. Today I am packing it up for it's fourth trip to Apple to attempt to cure this once and for all. I've lost about a month of useful time with this machine with all thetimes it's been back for service. It's also not a recall, because you as customer have to go and complain strenously until they take the machine back and replace the screen. Otherwise they will give you some crap answer. if you brought a used machine without apple care, they will not even correct this issue, so it's far from a recall.
I have to agree with the parent. I wouldn't go so far as to say it was that stable. But I get those aqua crashes at least weekly and I have to SSH to kill the session. What causes them? Trying to print to a mixed Windows printing network with AD/4.0 printers. Also printing to printers with an IPP address that also exist in AD. See it's all Microsoft's fault again. The other problem is when you kill the finder, you lose any unsaved work, and basically that means all my running apps are killed too. So what starts out as a minor annoyance turns into at least hours of lost work. It's good but it was miles to go before being considered 'stable'
I have to agree with at least part of this. The Core OS is very stable. What crashes on my powerbook ALL THE TIME? Microsoft Offive V.x I paid $180 for this turd that was required for .uni and it does nothing but crash and and crash and crash. I've called MS, I've reinstalled the OS, I've 'reset permissions." on it.
I don't necessarily blame Apple, but it's a damning endorsement when the major apps for your platform are a crashfest.
I have 2 later model Sony 'home theatre receivers' both have failed after perhaps 2 or 3 years of service. Failure modes were spectactular, such as briding multipe channels together and melting the speaker wires, or the LCD display simply smoking. They haven't made a single decent product since the early 1990s. The only Sony I would ever recommend as an HT receiver I purchased in 1989 to the price of almost 1000 USD. It's the only one that still functions like new. Look around, someone can post a good link about the Sony/Aiwa business. Sony did not want to lose out on he 'cheap ass market' so they have Aiwa which is not built to the same high standard. I think I'll pass anyhow. I've avoided Sony for years, and I will continue to avoid them.
I just ordered one the 1.42ghz version with the smallest drive they let me pick. The price for a 7200rpm drive at 160gb was $150. I also ordered ram through Kingston. It's more than a little bit annoying though that Apple wants to rape you on the upgrades.
This is way better than the real article!
AO has gotten better. But it still barely pushes 20fps on modern hardware. not to mention that it basically evolved into EQ camping in space. Wow still has it beat on fun value alone.
Wow. I think I talked to you like in 1990 or 1991 when I was tring to find a tinyfugue client for VMS and you took the time to point me in the right direction. How 2 be a dinosaur ;)
Yum. MILF "Hey baby, come back to my place I'll show you all my Knight Rider Xvids, even the hot episode where he wears leather jeans." "omg, ok!"
What's the price difference between buying it with the smallest hard-drive and buying another one later. It seemed to only be $99 to buy it with the bigger drive originally. 1.) Did anyone have luck with a bigger hard drive? 120gb or something 7200 rpm? Do you need cooling? 2.) Shame about no dolby digital output. It would have made a nice dvd player in the media center.
Which one of you hacked the satellite? please bring it back, i need my bandwidth back, k thx.
omg, awesome. I can finally watch the hot bollywood flicks and the HOT girls in these movies. *lust* I'd even pay the real price too! Now if they could add zoom, and more revealing outfits and better dance numbers.