You make some incredibly great points. I have one more for you: gift cards. You can easily get one at your local mall.
The only way I can see a law being passed and able to be held up in Louisiana court, is if the retailer shipped from the same state. Last I knew, interstate commerce was governed by the federal government.
Actually, if you go through Amazon, you only need a checking account. Last I checked at my bank, minors were allowed checking and savings accounts, as long as their parents co-signed.
I see the point of this, if you're going to Wal-Mart or GameStop/EB. But what about online side of retailers, Amazon, GameStop, Wal-Mart, etc. This bill only affects Louisiana, so if you can't find the game on store shelves, you'll be able to find it online.
I do it for just about everything. Except for my games, oddly. If I had access to another colored sleeve, I'd use it for games.
Red = Applications Blue = Music Orange = Movies Green = File Backups (Usually everything that doesn't fit elsewhere) White = Driver CDs and whatnot Yellow, I just use for giveaways, short movies like Red Vs. Blue, copies of my music mostly (I make music). Really because I don't like the color yellow.
This would have been really sweet ground-breaking news for me, if a GoldenEye mod hadn't already been made for the original Half-Life. I played it back in the day just before the big 50MB Half-Life/Team Fortress 1.5 update. It's cool to see a new mod for HL2 though.
The CD-i games would be forgotten if people like you would stop listing them with the actual, good Zelda games that have been looked over and released by Nintendo.
What sets The Oracles and Minish Cap apart from those abominations is that their release was overseen by Nintendo, on a Nintendo system. They had the last say in whether the games saw the light of day.
I don't know how it is now, back back in the day when they offered free 4.5 versions to deviantART, we only had to supply our email and passwords to get the files. Never have I been asked for a credit card number, though, you can enter your info, for future purchases (if any) from My.Linspire.
Great, yet another podcast. Honestly, if someone wants so desperately to hear people talk about games, or with those involved with games, then they should turn their televisions to G4. That channel's turned back into a big TV crapfest.
Perhaps one day the US government will see the light and confine Jon Carmack somewhere with no computers so he can no longer use his intelligence to wreak havoc on society.
Would this happen in the same manner Kevin Mitnick was held without access to phones because people believed he could whistle and launch nuclear missiles?
I'm aware of the original discussion. I simply stated that I see more software problems than hardware failures on computer systems.
It would appear to me that hardware is becoming more dependable in this day and age of technology. Perhaps manufacturers have realized it's a better business model to sell dependable hardware and building their reputation, opposed to having consumers replace their failed hardware, possibly with a competitor's product.
Dude, that is wicked sweet. I like how it dates from Pong 1976, I think?), to arcade games in the early '80s, to 1986, with Mario, Megaman, and the Triforce from the Legend of Zelda series, all of which, were on the NES.
I was unaware IBM still made consumer PCs. The only IBM machines I've seen are at least 10 years old.
I think I know why nobody has brought in a server. They are either tech-saavy enough to know how to fix their problem, or know someone that is, either in the IT dept. of their workplace, or through other channels.
the failures are usually accessories or minor components, drives, memory failure, cpu failure, bad cables, etc.
I wish I could see something along this line. Just about all the systems that have been brought in that I've seen are a demuck/reformat job or someone did the format themselves and don't know how to find device drivers for Windows or something else software-based. Needless to say, nobody's brought in anything but windows boxes.
I wonder, if this information were to become public, how long after it's out of the box are we talking about? First boot? 1 year? And how long until it's obsolete?
Personally, I've found that Compaq/HP systems more often than not have problems right out of the box (or right after the system restore, as it were), while Dells have a pretty good run, until the end user mucks it up with malware. I haven't had too much experience with Gateway systems to get an idea about their outcome.
Of course not, I was only wishing them the best, and at the time of my posting, I hadn't seen anybody doing the same. Although, in hindsight, it wasn't a good idea to attempt a joke after a moment of serious thought, such as I did. That's all the rest of that post was meant to be.
Okay, so they say taht the shuttle will be fine for this re-entry, and I don't know about everyone else, but I want the astonauts to come back safely. Seems to me that having to fill even more positions may make the little tykes with visions of their futures really take a look at being a doctor or a teacher, so they don't go up (or down) in flame. Well, that, and being glorified refuse handlers.
the thing is, our administrator is the only person on the school's staff that knows anything about the computer systems they're running, so his time is mighty valuable. Even without new machines, I don't think the school would be keen to spend man-hours installing this new software on their current hardware, then telling people, "Okay, instead of Microsoft Office, you've got OpenOffice.org. Instead of IE, you've got Firefox." And so on.
What I'm trying to get at is that my school is rigid in their computers. Only place I know of that you can get in trouble for installing Spybot or Adaware to clean the muck out of a system.
Considering my Indiana High School just bought 30 or so Dell systems pre-loaded with Windows XP last year, I doubt they'll even think about buying more new systems that the sysadmin will have to deal with learning about. And considering they use Novell's NetWare for the network, I don't know if the systems would be compatible or not.
Yet another reason Vista will flop, or at best, why more users will switch to alternative OSes.
Anybody remember Windows ME, and the way it crashed when they showed it off?
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You make some incredibly great points. I have one more for you: gift cards. You can easily get one at your local mall.
The only way I can see a law being passed and able to be held up in Louisiana court, is if the retailer shipped from the same state. Last I knew, interstate commerce was governed by the federal government.
Actually, if you go through Amazon, you only need a checking account. Last I checked at my bank, minors were allowed checking and savings accounts, as long as their parents co-signed.
I see the point of this, if you're going to Wal-Mart or GameStop/EB. But what about online side of retailers, Amazon, GameStop, Wal-Mart, etc. This bill only affects Louisiana, so if you can't find the game on store shelves, you'll be able to find it online.
I do it for just about everything. Except for my games, oddly. If I had access to another colored sleeve, I'd use it for games.
Red = Applications
Blue = Music
Orange = Movies
Green = File Backups (Usually everything that doesn't fit elsewhere)
White = Driver CDs and whatnot
Yellow, I just use for giveaways, short movies like Red Vs. Blue, copies of my music mostly (I make music). Really because I don't like the color yellow.
I use different colored paper sleeves. Those packs of 50 in 5 colors from Memorex are great and disposable
You mean comedic timing?
This would have been really sweet ground-breaking news for me, if a GoldenEye mod hadn't already been made for the original Half-Life. I played it back in the day just before the big 50MB Half-Life/Team Fortress 1.5 update. It's cool to see a new mod for HL2 though.
The CD-i games would be forgotten if people like you would stop listing them with the actual, good Zelda games that have been looked over and released by Nintendo. What sets The Oracles and Minish Cap apart from those abominations is that their release was overseen by Nintendo, on a Nintendo system. They had the last say in whether the games saw the light of day.
In Soviet Russia, karma mods YOU!
I don't know how it is now, back back in the day when they offered free 4.5 versions to deviantART, we only had to supply our email and passwords to get the files. Never have I been asked for a credit card number, though, you can enter your info, for future purchases (if any) from My.Linspire.
Great, yet another podcast. Honestly, if someone wants so desperately to hear people talk about games, or with those involved with games, then they should turn their televisions to G4. That channel's turned back into a big TV crapfest.
Perhaps one day the US government will see the light and confine Jon Carmack somewhere with no computers so he can no longer use his intelligence to wreak havoc on society.
Would this happen in the same manner Kevin Mitnick was held without access to phones because people believed he could whistle and launch nuclear missiles?
I'm aware of the original discussion. I simply stated that I see more software problems than hardware failures on computer systems.
It would appear to me that hardware is becoming more dependable in this day and age of technology. Perhaps manufacturers have realized it's a better business model to sell dependable hardware and building their reputation, opposed to having consumers replace their failed hardware, possibly with a competitor's product.
Just my two cents.
A monopoly from spam money eh? I see a Monty Python skit in the making.
Dude, that is wicked sweet. I like how it dates from Pong 1976, I think?), to arcade games in the early '80s, to 1986, with Mario, Megaman, and the Triforce from the Legend of Zelda series, all of which, were on the NES.
I was unaware IBM still made consumer PCs. The only IBM machines I've seen are at least 10 years old.
I think I know why nobody has brought in a server. They are either tech-saavy enough to know how to fix their problem, or know someone that is, either in the IT dept. of their workplace, or through other channels.
the failures are usually accessories or minor components, drives, memory failure, cpu failure, bad cables, etc.
I wish I could see something along this line. Just about all the systems that have been brought in that I've seen are a demuck/reformat job or someone did the format themselves and don't know how to find device drivers for Windows or something else software-based. Needless to say, nobody's brought in anything but windows boxes.
What's next? The love child of Bowser and a Covenant Elite?
I wonder, if this information were to become public, how long after it's out of the box are we talking about? First boot? 1 year? And how long until it's obsolete?
Personally, I've found that Compaq/HP systems more often than not have problems right out of the box (or right after the system restore, as it were), while Dells have a pretty good run, until the end user mucks it up with malware. I haven't had too much experience with Gateway systems to get an idea about their outcome.
Of course not, I was only wishing them the best, and at the time of my posting, I hadn't seen anybody doing the same. Although, in hindsight, it wasn't a good idea to attempt a joke after a moment of serious thought, such as I did. That's all the rest of that post was meant to be.
Okay, so they say taht the shuttle will be fine for this re-entry, and I don't know about everyone else, but I want the astonauts to come back safely. Seems to me that having to fill even more positions may make the little tykes with visions of their futures really take a look at being a doctor or a teacher, so they don't go up (or down) in flame. Well, that, and being glorified refuse handlers.
the thing is, our administrator is the only person on the school's staff that knows anything about the computer systems they're running, so his time is mighty valuable. Even without new machines, I don't think the school would be keen to spend man-hours installing this new software on their current hardware, then telling people, "Okay, instead of Microsoft Office, you've got OpenOffice.org. Instead of IE, you've got Firefox." And so on.
What I'm trying to get at is that my school is rigid in their computers. Only place I know of that you can get in trouble for installing Spybot or Adaware to clean the muck out of a system.
Considering my Indiana High School just bought 30 or so Dell systems pre-loaded with Windows XP last year, I doubt they'll even think about buying more new systems that the sysadmin will have to deal with learning about. And considering they use Novell's NetWare for the network, I don't know if the systems would be compatible or not.
I'm gonna have to go and make sure it's still not on there.
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day, teach a man to fish, and he eats for a lifetime.
Yet another reason Vista will flop, or at best, why more users will switch to alternative OSes. Anybody remember Windows ME, and the way it crashed when they showed it off?
This will work great when the water-based fireplace blows a breaker!