...they might want to, I dunno, put it in a commercial or something?
And, c'mon mods... flamebait? Seriously, there needs to be an IQ test before someone gets mod points.
Maybe people just don't care. Remember we have an aging population of baby boomers who, in my observations over the years, really don't give a shit about the things for which you need to have broadband internet.
Not everything is the Eternal Struggle Against The EVIL Corporations.
Just the other day on the radio they were talking about free wireless all over Los Angeles and how it would really be great for the city. No one was able to explain why, though. None of the reporters even thought to ask. Same with handing out laptops to the poor. OK, then what? I'm not opposed to these things, I just want to know what folks think is going to happen, and some sort of empirical foundation for that conclusion.
I'm sure Italy leads us in nice shoe ownership and France leads us in wine appreciation and Germany leads us in the BDSM scene and Japan kicks out butts in dating sim penetration.
But I don't think I'll lose sleep over any of those, either.
I'll probably get troll rated by Edwards partisans, but he just doesn't ring true to me.
Isn't he a tort lawyer? And a politician on top of that. By definition he's constructed of pure molecular distortium. The truth, like light, can never escape from his intense obfuscation field.
1) Vista is actually fairly intuitive. If you have to resort to a book to figure out what WordPad or Paint is, perhaps you shouldn't be using a computer in the first place...
Actually, if you are using Wordpad or Paint, perhaps you shouldn't be using a computer in the first place.:)
Kratos' race was utterly irrelevant because he was such a nuclear badass motherfucker!;-) When you're pulling off the heads of giant minotaurs with your bare hands, no one gives a crap about race.
I don't get the controversy either. I'm a big white guy who has been happy playing as a black guy in GTA:San Andreas, as a female fairy in Kameo, as a wolf in Okami (and the new Zelda), as a...whatever in Ratchet & Klank, as a Dark Elf in Oblivion, and so on. Lara Croft anyone?
The whole point of videogaming for me is to escape to another reality.
Because some people want an iPod and not an iPhone.
Why spend $500 on an iPhone, then turn around and spend another $500 on an iPod that has the same capabilities as a player?
Who is planning on doing that? Many people? Actually, I can see having the iPhone, but also a Nano for working out or some other situation where the phone my be too bulky.
I like the I iPhone but [1] I really don't need *that* fancy of a cell phone and [2] Cingular can suck my hard one.
Did I miss the memo that declared all of life's annoyances and problems have been solved, so we need to create fantasy annoyances and problems in online fantasy lives? Is humanity really this damned broken? Omnipotent? What are they? Three years old?
Considering that an individual can be detained and questioned by the FBI for photographing a bridge in this country, why should this Canadian company get a free pass?
Ummm... because... they aren't photographing bridges?
Actually, they should be chased out of townsimply for being a bunch of bloody Canadians.
I translate "likes jazz" as laziness or "I like auditory mobeius strips of wandering saxaphones."
And the Italians utterly pwn the French in dining. French cuisine is for people who have decided they hate food, and that meals must be an ordeal to be endured rather than enjoyed.
Zoloft counteracts a physiological problem. I also have genetically high blood pressure that no amount of exercise or stringent diet brings down. I have to take pills for that. Am I "addicted" to those? Seriously, I would exercise regularly and eat right, and still have a reading of 170/100. It's 120/85 now.
This gets reported every few months. The moonbats start worrying about the MIB breaking down their door while clearer minds welcome their vieiwing habits mattering for a change, rather than the army of mental patients who have Nielson boxes in their homes, or whatever they use nowadays.
One thing I'd like is the ability to vote thumbs up or thumbs down for commercials. It would be a moderation system for ads. Think of it! Bad, annoying ads would be modded into oblivion. That fartsucking Dell dude would never have been famous. It would be utopia!:)
Heh heh. It's meant to be ironic.:) Or something. It's also a quote from Henry David Thoreau (or Pink Floyd if you prefer). Just because I'm no longer clinically depressed doesn't mean I'm not a misanthrope.:D
I identified so much with the little unhappy blob thing on the Zoloft ads, that I finally sought treatment. I am finally free of 20+ years of clinical depression thanks to that ad.
Not sure why you consider them garbage. Half the games I buy are used. Never had a problem. You can look at the disc for major scratches or blemishes before purchase. If you check regularly, you can get used games used that have only been out a few weeks. The young kids who gotta have the new stuff *NOW* beat them quickly and trade in for newer games.
Wait until games are sold on tough little Flash RAM cards. Used gaming will be even better.
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...they might want to, I dunno, put it in a commercial or something? And, c'mon mods... flamebait? Seriously, there needs to be an IQ test before someone gets mod points.
Maybe people just don't care. Remember we have an aging population of baby boomers who, in my observations over the years, really don't give a shit about the things for which you need to have broadband internet.
Not everything is the Eternal Struggle Against The EVIL Corporations.
Just the other day on the radio they were talking about free wireless all over Los Angeles and how it would really be great for the city. No one was able to explain why, though. None of the reporters even thought to ask. Same with handing out laptops to the poor. OK, then what? I'm not opposed to these things, I just want to know what folks think is going to happen, and some sort of empirical foundation for that conclusion.
I'm sure Italy leads us in nice shoe ownership and France leads us in wine appreciation and Germany leads us in the BDSM scene and Japan kicks out butts in dating sim penetration.
But I don't think I'll lose sleep over any of those, either.
I'll probably get troll rated by Edwards partisans, but he just doesn't ring true to me.
Isn't he a tort lawyer? And a politician on top of that. By definition he's constructed of pure molecular distortium. The truth, like light, can never escape from his intense obfuscation field.
1) Vista is actually fairly intuitive. If you have to resort to a book to figure out what WordPad or Paint is, perhaps you shouldn't be using a computer in the first place...
Actually, if you are using Wordpad or Paint, perhaps you shouldn't be using a computer in the first place. :)
So on American soil, Americans are fighting Americans, basically."
Ah. A Civil War sim.
He traded a lifelong reputation of being an honest and brilliant engineer for a pile of cash and a cushy job as a marketing droid.
Are there any further openings in that area?
Look at the rubbish the human brain generates. Ideology. Irrationality. Depression. Religion. Politics. Reality TV.
You really want processors that need weekly visits from an Eliza program and iZoloft patches?
"Sorry, Bob. I can't run those projections now. The supercomputing cluster is in a funk over the American Idol results."
Y'all think AI is going to be so great and a bag of chips, too.
Kratos' race was utterly irrelevant because he was such a nuclear badass motherfucker! ;-) When you're pulling off the heads of giant minotaurs with your bare hands, no one gives a crap about race.
...whatever in Ratchet & Klank, as a Dark Elf in Oblivion, and so on. Lara Croft anyone?
I don't get the controversy either. I'm a big white guy who has been happy playing as a black guy in GTA:San Andreas, as a female fairy in Kameo, as a wolf in Okami (and the new Zelda), as a
The whole point of videogaming for me is to escape to another reality.
Hunt down the authors and cut their balls off. Publically. People underestimate the visual deterrent power of a Bowie knife taken to some testicles.
Seriously, we need to start SOLVING problems in this world, and you don't solve problems without leaving at least a few asses in a well kicked state.
Sorry, but welcome to the human race.
For every bell that rings, a new universe is born.
I may not be recalling that quote correctly.
Because some people want an iPod and not an iPhone.
Why spend $500 on an iPhone, then turn around and spend another $500 on an iPod that has the same capabilities as a player?
Who is planning on doing that? Many people? Actually, I can see having the iPhone, but also a Nano for working out or some other situation where the phone my be too bulky.
I like the I iPhone but [1] I really don't need *that* fancy of a cell phone and [2] Cingular can suck my hard one.
Did I miss the memo that declared all of life's annoyances and problems have been solved, so we need to create fantasy annoyances and problems in online fantasy lives? Is humanity really this damned broken? Omnipotent? What are they? Three years old?
Now all you need is a wife. :)
Hey! I tease! Put that thing down!
Considering that an individual can be detained and questioned by the FBI for photographing a bridge in this country, why should this Canadian company get a free pass?
Ummm... because... they aren't photographing bridges?
Actually, they should be chased out of townsimply for being a bunch of bloody Canadians.
HA HA HAAAAAAAA! Canuck bastards!
I tease. :)
If we painted all stupid people orange. Then we would know to just stay away from those ones.
Well, it would solve the racism issue. Pretty much 99.99% of humanity would be orange.
I translate "likes jazz" as laziness or "I like auditory mobeius strips of wandering saxaphones."
:-P
And the Italians utterly pwn the French in dining. French cuisine is for people who have decided they hate food, and that meals must be an ordeal to be endured rather than enjoyed.
Hey, mod me +5 in-tuh-lektual, baby!
Well, there's that whole "talking" thing. Do people really need gadgets now to have a conversation?
Zoloft counteracts a physiological problem. I also have genetically high blood pressure that no amount of exercise or stringent diet brings down. I have to take pills for that. Am I "addicted" to those? Seriously, I would exercise regularly and eat right, and still have a reading of 170/100. It's 120/85 now.
But then you favorite shows get cancelled because your viewing habits go unnoticed.
This gets reported every few months. The moonbats start worrying about the MIB breaking down their door while clearer minds welcome their vieiwing habits mattering for a change, rather than the army of mental patients who have Nielson boxes in their homes, or whatever they use nowadays.
:)
One thing I'd like is the ability to vote thumbs up or thumbs down for commercials. It would be a moderation system for ads. Think of it! Bad, annoying ads would be modded into oblivion. That fartsucking Dell dude would never have been famous. It would be utopia!
Heh heh. It's meant to be ironic. :) Or something. It's also a quote from Henry David Thoreau (or Pink Floyd if you prefer). Just because I'm no longer clinically depressed doesn't mean I'm not a misanthrope. :D
I identified so much with the little unhappy blob thing on the Zoloft ads, that I finally sought treatment. I am finally free of 20+ years of clinical depression thanks to that ad.
Not sure why you consider them garbage. Half the games I buy are used. Never had a problem. You can look at the disc for major scratches or blemishes before purchase. If you check regularly, you can get used games used that have only been out a few weeks. The young kids who gotta have the new stuff *NOW* beat them quickly and trade in for newer games.
Wait until games are sold on tough little Flash RAM cards. Used gaming will be even better.