Mario party also has less depth at the board level than most games you can buy at Target for $10, and good luck convincing Scrabble players that having to scroll around the board to trying to plan their strategy is an upgrade.
The first three generations of iPod were hardly flying off the shelves. People always seem to forget that the other complaints in the article such as it being firewire only and using iTunes actually did hamper sales of the device and the latter still does. Even the messiah iPhone didn't skyrocket until the release of the 3G, fixing a complaint that had existed from launch.
Will the Apple hype-machine of today be ok with waiting till 2013 to make a splash in the market, or will this end more like the Air with broad crippling issues and high price making it a pretty niche market?
Is paying upwards of 50 times as much really worth the cool factor? What about that a lot of board games need more than one sitting? Good thing you can run apps in the background I guess.
I would argue that you just proved his point, Linux users have been complaining for just as long that their system is the easiest, cheapest, and most effective and deriding systems which despite their glaring flaws have remained obscenely more popular.
That's odd. My Verified by Visa password is 8+ characters and alpha-numeric, I've also only had to reset it after reporting a card stolen and having it replaced. Maybe it differs from different card issuers.
Unless Paypal decides to shut down your account for no reason, or drain more money from the bank account than you've ever put in it for obvious reasons. Both of these are quite common if you've been following any of the Slashdot stories about Paypal.
As someone who spends most of their time these days with non-native speakers of English I can tell you that although their technical skills are frequently top notch there are nuances of using the language that many of them can never truly grasp. Although it may be hard to pick out in a written paper on math or international law, speaking in a casual conversation very frequently gives it away It's not an issue with English either, there's a reason that many authorities on language have different rating for someone who is fluent versus someone who is a native speaker.
The US has been living on credit every single day of it's history with the exception of January 8, 1835, the only time in history the government hasn't owed anyone money.
8-15x more, depending on if you want to adjust for purchasing power because one would assume that the costs of operating in China would be lower not that it would have that much of an effect on the overall bottom line of the company. A simplification of course as 75% of China has no internet access, but the 25% that do could be assumed to be among the richest.
Doesn't change that most decent 3d modeled games eat through that battery like popcorn. Just means you have to plug it in more often. I don't think the power consumption of flash is an issue.
I was indifferent to Iran until the government encouraged and enabled a radical sect to destroy my nations embassy and hold its diplomats hostage. I was annoyed by Iran while Ahmadinejad denied the Holocaust and called for Israel to wiped of the face of the earth. I was agitated towards Iran when calls of problems with the elections were met with brutal suppression that continues now, six months later. And I have to say I'm getting pretty hostile towards Iran when it look like they're going to use captured hikers as a bargaining chips to justify their expanding weapons program at the same time they blame the U.S. for all their air disasters because it's so hard to get parts for Soviet jets.
The Axis of Evil is a farce, that doesn't mean the government of Iran (as it's people have see emphatic support during the election and censorship issues) hasn't absolutely destroyed any hopes of compassion.
Why you tried to stretch an argument about cartoons and apply it to real human beings is a mystery. Uh... but now you've got me doing it.
Australian law takes logic applied to real human beings and applies it to cartoons. Itchy and Scratchy episodes are snuff films and Who Framed Roger Rabbit obviously promotes bestiality.
Not as much as having one phone but needing to switch between 5 different SIMs with 5 different numbers because the cheap carrier in one country will rape you brutally in the next.
If there's a victim there's a witness, unless it's murder. Having a cop be out of uniform does not make his investigative prowess any better.
As per my reply, gun smuggling for example has no victim, and in the case of human/animal trafficking the victim isn't really in a position to file a report. Relying on record keeping errors to spot irregularities is simply not effective. Please read the entirety of my post before responding. (And yes, I did read your thoughts on the 2A, which don't change the problem with your logic)
Oddly, I agree -- informants are even more immoral. Informants are almost always criminals, why should their information be trusted? If there is a victim, why do you need an informant?
See above on victims, or better yet see the post that you replied to where I stated "The fact that there was no victim at the time to come forward and report the crime does not make it victimless."
Why would a non-criminal not want to be seen talking to the police?
Why would a non-criminal not want to be seen talking to the police? Are you daft? I know plenty of people who wouldn't want to be seen telling their boss who has been stealing pens because of the social retribution. An entire population of witnesses never come forward for fear of reprisal either directly from the person who the information would harm or from the certain communities in which cooperation with law enforcement is discouraged.
What kind of situation would fall into that category?
Highschool basketball game came to mind, political events, anywhere where an officers ability to do their job would be hampered by the amount of attention they would receive from groups of people that assume that uniforms mean something has gone wrong.
Have you heard of the second amendment to the Constitution? There should be no gun laws, period. Gun laws are indeed victimless crimes; if the gun is used for murder or robbery, the murder and robbery are already crimes, with victims.
That's certainly your interpretation of the law, but it's not one that many (including the NRA) would agree with. I own quite a few firearms actually as well as possessing a CC permit. I shoot regularly and I'd even tell you it's one of the issues I look at when voting. If you think banning people convicted of gun crimes from owning them in the future, or taking away the licenses of drunk drivers, or separating child molesters from children is a problem you may want to find another country to live in because you'll never be happy here.
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Now take something that is frequently at 27" (boardgames) and put them on a 10" screen.
Mario party also has less depth at the board level than most games you can buy at Target for $10, and good luck convincing Scrabble players that having to scroll around the board to trying to plan their strategy is an upgrade.
The first three generations of iPod were hardly flying off the shelves. People always seem to forget that the other complaints in the article such as it being firewire only and using iTunes actually did hamper sales of the device and the latter still does. Even the messiah iPhone didn't skyrocket until the release of the 3G, fixing a complaint that had existed from launch.
Will the Apple hype-machine of today be ok with waiting till 2013 to make a splash in the market, or will this end more like the Air with broad crippling issues and high price making it a pretty niche market?
Scrabble: $20
4x iPhone 3GS + iPad: $1300 (not including App)
Is paying upwards of 50 times as much really worth the cool factor? What about that a lot of board games need more than one sitting? Good thing you can run apps in the background I guess.
I would argue that you just proved his point, Linux users have been complaining for just as long that their system is the easiest, cheapest, and most effective and deriding systems which despite their glaring flaws have remained obscenely more popular.
That's odd. My Verified by Visa password is 8+ characters and alpha-numeric, I've also only had to reset it after reporting a card stolen and having it replaced. Maybe it differs from different card issuers.
Unless Paypal decides to shut down your account for no reason, or drain more money from the bank account than you've ever put in it for obvious reasons. Both of these are quite common if you've been following any of the Slashdot stories about Paypal.
As someone who spends most of their time these days with non-native speakers of English I can tell you that although their technical skills are frequently top notch there are nuances of using the language that many of them can never truly grasp. Although it may be hard to pick out in a written paper on math or international law, speaking in a casual conversation very frequently gives it away It's not an issue with English either, there's a reason that many authorities on language have different rating for someone who is fluent versus someone who is a native speaker.
You are why people hate the internet.
The US has been living on credit every single day of it's history with the exception of January 8, 1835, the only time in history the government hasn't owed anyone money.
Mod parent up, most US debt is owned by the government itself.
8-15x more, depending on if you want to adjust for purchasing power because one would assume that the costs of operating in China would be lower not that it would have that much of an effect on the overall bottom line of the company. A simplification of course as 75% of China has no internet access, but the 25% that do could be assumed to be among the richest.
Oh you weren't looking for an answer?
Should people really be more excited about "a tremendous lack of progress"?
Looks nice. Then again I still play Heroes of Might and Magic III and Alpha Centauri.
Correction I guess, "Pimps don't want a Swedish car built around safety and responsive winter driving in the last 20 years"
Doesn't change that most decent 3d modeled games eat through that battery like popcorn. Just means you have to plug it in more often. I don't think the power consumption of flash is an issue.
I was indifferent to Iran until the government encouraged and enabled a radical sect to destroy my nations embassy and hold its diplomats hostage. I was annoyed by Iran while Ahmadinejad denied the Holocaust and called for Israel to wiped of the face of the earth. I was agitated towards Iran when calls of problems with the elections were met with brutal suppression that continues now, six months later. And I have to say I'm getting pretty hostile towards Iran when it look like they're going to use captured hikers as a bargaining chips to justify their expanding weapons program at the same time they blame the U.S. for all their air disasters because it's so hard to get parts for Soviet jets.
The Axis of Evil is a farce, that doesn't mean the government of Iran (as it's people have see emphatic support during the election and censorship issues) hasn't absolutely destroyed any hopes of compassion.
That just means he needs a better lawyer, not that justice or society has in any way been served.
Why you tried to stretch an argument about cartoons and apply it to real human beings is a mystery. Uh... but now you've got me doing it.
Australian law takes logic applied to real human beings and applies it to cartoons. Itchy and Scratchy episodes are snuff films and Who Framed Roger Rabbit obviously promotes bestiality.
The 32GB iPad costs enough that one could buy two of the latest model Creative Zen Fi-2s.
If that were really an issue people wouldn't be playing 3D games on their poor overworked iPod touch.
Not as much as having one phone but needing to switch between 5 different SIMs with 5 different numbers because the cheap carrier in one country will rape you brutally in the next.
If there's a victim there's a witness, unless it's murder. Having a cop be out of uniform does not make his investigative prowess any better.
As per my reply, gun smuggling for example has no victim, and in the case of human/animal trafficking the victim isn't really in a position to file a report. Relying on record keeping errors to spot irregularities is simply not effective. Please read the entirety of my post before responding. (And yes, I did read your thoughts on the 2A, which don't change the problem with your logic)
Oddly, I agree -- informants are even more immoral. Informants are almost always criminals, why should their information be trusted? If there is a victim, why do you need an informant?
See above on victims, or better yet see the post that you replied to where I stated "The fact that there was no victim at the time to come forward and report the crime does not make it victimless."
Why would a non-criminal not want to be seen talking to the police?
Why would a non-criminal not want to be seen talking to the police? Are you daft? I know plenty of people who wouldn't want to be seen telling their boss who has been stealing pens because of the social retribution. An entire population of witnesses never come forward for fear of reprisal either directly from the person who the information would harm or from the certain communities in which cooperation with law enforcement is discouraged.
What kind of situation would fall into that category?
Highschool basketball game came to mind, political events, anywhere where an officers ability to do their job would be hampered by the amount of attention they would receive from groups of people that assume that uniforms mean something has gone wrong.
Have you heard of the second amendment to the Constitution? There should be no gun laws, period. Gun laws are indeed victimless crimes; if the gun is used for murder or robbery, the murder and robbery are already crimes, with victims.
That's certainly your interpretation of the law, but it's not one that many (including the NRA) would agree with. I own quite a few firearms actually as well as possessing a CC permit. I shoot regularly and I'd even tell you it's one of the issues I look at when voting. If you think banning people convicted of gun crimes from owning them in the future, or taking away the licenses of drunk drivers, or separating child molesters from children is a problem you may want to find another country to live in because you'll never be happy here.
Ubisoft handled the European and Chinese operations of EQ per the Wiki.
I don't know what "it" you're reading or even talking about, but the only person here who pointed out that assumption is me.