If your life is just as filled with ultimately meaningless accomplishments-- which, if you're suitably nihilist, yours is-- it doesn't really matter which particular meaningless things you do, does it?
Of course, you could argue that the accomplishments of a majority of people will ultimately be meaningless, but I forgot to mention that I do value my own real life accomplishments. Things you accomplish in the real world also tend to stick around longer than the total life of an MMORPG.
If he is able to realize how much of his time is being wasted waiting around in an online game where all of his "accomplishments" are ultimately meaningless. I play online games myself, but I'm nowhere near addicted to them. I doubt he's thinking about much else other than the game, which is a serious problem. You should try to talk some sense into him; either that or he will just have to figure it out the hard way. In any case, hopefully he will discover that having entertainment dominate his life was not a smart choice.
I also see people who are online in games constantly and I don't understand how anyone could possibly put up with the game for extended periods of time without taking any real breaks. (Going to the bathroom doesn't count.)
If you want faster Windows, use nLite [nliteos.com].
It certainly goes a long way to cut down on the total amount of disk space that Windows uses, but it doesn't have much of an impact on overall performance. Windows swaps to disk every chance it gets, making systems with "little" memory (64MB is "not enough" for even Windows 2000) nearly unusable. Windows 9x did better on systems that were short of memory but it still had some hideous problems in terms of swap file usage. If they could seriously stop with the heavy disk usage, I think the performance of the operating system overall would be noticably better. It's just insane how inefficiently Windows will use physical memory compared to something like Linux.
If you're not planning to do one thing right, then be prepared to do multiple things with a notable degree of mediocrity! And I'm being totally serious here. (Also note how many people complain about their distaste for multifunction devices.)
I'm pretty sure they said that Windows Update is now going to be run inside of a separate application, which makes more sense than updating critical system components from your web browser
Because staying together would actually be worse for the kids. Since the relationship between the parents is already bad, this would create a hostile environment in the home. It's funny how this also applies to Internet Explorer. It would actually be better for the user if IE "divorced" the rest of the operating system.
If I were watching the wall behind my TV, I'm sure I'd like there to be something colorful and attractive there.
BUT I'M USUALLY WATCHING THE TV SCREEN!
Most people will utilize their peripheral vision. Just because you're staring at the center of the TV doesn't mean you won't see things out of the corner of your vision. And your eyes move around a lot on their own to scan images, so it's really not all that ridiculous to assume that you will catch the edge of the screen in your vision while watching.
Funny how you complain that a term which refers to time needs to be assigned a sex. I would prefer person-* to man-everything when refering to something totally generic like.. I dunno.. Time?
I take all of my sensitive documents and cut them into tiny bits at weird angles and put half of what I cut into two trash bags. The first one gets thrown out immediately while the second one is thrown out during the next trash cycle. Cutting the documents manually is a bit annoying, so hopefully I'll get a shredder or something.
Well, Windows is what's keeping me from going fully Linux on my main system, so I would suspect that Mac users who also depend or would like to use some Windows specific apps are in a similar situation.
Debit card fraud is not like credit card fraud, where the companies will almost always clear the charges at no (or minimal) cost to you. If a criminal steals your money through debit card theft you probably won't get it back.
Actually, I've had unknown third parties (other people) steal money using my debit card more than once, and every time, Citibank has been more than willing to give me the stolen money back.
This isn't the first time CPUID has been used to AMD's disadvantage. This would not have been a problem if the processors didn't identify themselves based on brand/manufacturer and only provided the important information like what features they supported.
The Extra Packages [osdir.com] page shows some really bad form. Calling the user "you hoser"? I know Gentoo is a hobbyists distro but c'mon, should at least maintain a level of professionalism.
It's nice to see that the developers at least have a sense of humor. It doesn't bother me to see this sort of thing, and it can be a little refreshing if it's used tastefully. It's also arguable that the wording also gives a straight to the point "don't do this, dummy" type of statement that might be hard to create with the right emphasis using the please/thank you style.
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I recommend Stuff On My Cat! Cute and funny!
Of course, you could argue that the accomplishments of a majority of people will ultimately be meaningless, but I forgot to mention that I do value my own real life accomplishments. Things you accomplish in the real world also tend to stick around longer than the total life of an MMORPG.
I also see people who are online in games constantly and I don't understand how anyone could possibly put up with the game for extended periods of time without taking any real breaks. (Going to the bathroom doesn't count.)
I thought credit cards already enabled you to use "virtual currency"
It certainly goes a long way to cut down on the total amount of disk space that Windows uses, but it doesn't have much of an impact on overall performance. Windows swaps to disk every chance it gets, making systems with "little" memory (64MB is "not enough" for even Windows 2000) nearly unusable. Windows 9x did better on systems that were short of memory but it still had some hideous problems in terms of swap file usage. If they could seriously stop with the heavy disk usage, I think the performance of the operating system overall would be noticably better. It's just insane how inefficiently Windows will use physical memory compared to something like Linux.
I was wondering why most of them appeared to be empty
Turning anti-aliasing would have probably helped too.
You sure about the lattice structure? I think you just wanted an excuse to say "imprevements" more. It is a fun word. Imprevements.
If you're not planning to do one thing right, then be prepared to do multiple things with a notable degree of mediocrity! And I'm being totally serious here. (Also note how many people complain about their distaste for multifunction devices.)
I'm pretty sure they said that Windows Update is now going to be run inside of a separate application, which makes more sense than updating critical system components from your web browser
Because staying together would actually be worse for the kids. Since the relationship between the parents is already bad, this would create a hostile environment in the home. It's funny how this also applies to Internet Explorer. It would actually be better for the user if IE "divorced" the rest of the operating system.
They're pretty effective at keeping most things away if you bought the sharp, stabby kind
Or something like it. Put a few metal plates inside of poorly colored case and you've got a miracle Electro Magnetic canceling device!
"Ear plugs." Or maybe they could stop making audio equipment where the volume can go up to 11.
Most people will utilize their peripheral vision. Just because you're staring at the center of the TV doesn't mean you won't see things out of the corner of your vision. And your eyes move around a lot on their own to scan images, so it's really not all that ridiculous to assume that you will catch the edge of the screen in your vision while watching.
Otherwise, you all are infringing on an undisclosed thought that I am having
Funny how you complain that a term which refers to time needs to be assigned a sex. I would prefer person-* to man-everything when refering to something totally generic like.. I dunno.. Time?
I take all of my sensitive documents and cut them into tiny bits at weird angles and put half of what I cut into two trash bags. The first one gets thrown out immediately while the second one is thrown out during the next trash cycle. Cutting the documents manually is a bit annoying, so hopefully I'll get a shredder or something.
Well, Windows is what's keeping me from going fully Linux on my main system, so I would suspect that Mac users who also depend or would like to use some Windows specific apps are in a similar situation.
The Slashdot title is quoting the title from techweb.com. Redirect your complaints to the author of the article. I'm assuming you didn't RTFA though.
Actually, I've had unknown third parties (other people) steal money using my debit card more than once, and every time, Citibank has been more than willing to give me the stolen money back.
This isn't the first time CPUID has been used to AMD's disadvantage. This would not have been a problem if the processors didn't identify themselves based on brand/manufacturer and only provided the important information like what features they supported.
This also isn't targeted towards regular users who might not "get it," which is important to remember.
OpenOffice comes as a binary package by default (thankfully)
It's nice to see that the developers at least have a sense of humor. It doesn't bother me to see this sort of thing, and it can be a little refreshing if it's used tastefully. It's also arguable that the wording also gives a straight to the point "don't do this, dummy" type of statement that might be hard to create with the right emphasis using the please/thank you style.