"I'm sure some USian will call me a commie bastard but the more of the network owned by the collective users the less corporations can whine about what we do."
hell, im considering calling you a commie bastard just for using the term "USian".
does anyone realize how stupid this debate is? women and men are built both physically and phsycologically different. men are more inclined towards physical prowess, mathematics and violence, but at times lack common sense and are not as prone to go with any group. women are inclined to try to be beautiful, talking skills, people skills, writing skills, and to follow the group, but they for the most part have great common sense. there are millions of exceptions to this, so trying to judge peoples intelligence or behavior by their sex is really stupid. trying to figure out which sex is superior is not only impossible to do, but it's also irrelevent.
"It'll probably be more reason for cash straped people will opt for the Nintendo Revolution rather then the more expensive options that are PS3 and X360."
Yeah, because that worked so well for the Gamecube...
if you want to play any really good fps games besides halo, such as far cry, half life 2, and any battlefield game, you're going to need a decent pc running windows. and for fps games the mouse keyboard setup is still the best. mmorpg's are another thing a pc is needed for. for things like normal rpgs, puzzle and adventure games an xbox'll do just fine. and the mac mini-xbox combo doesnt work out in the end because a a mac mini with 512 mb ram (anything under 512 megs of ram on mac os 10 is kinda slow) costs $550, plus a $100 moniter, plus $20 on a mouse and keyboard, plus $15 on speakers. and then you have to buy a $150 xbox. it comes out to a little more than $835 for that price you could get yourself a pretty decent gaming system with the moniter and everything.
"Seriously, if you use Windows and you are just a person with no technical understanding of computers"
uh, no. you see, some of us like to play our games. and dont give me that bit about macs playing games too, the performance is terrible. and with the right tools, it is very possible for someone who doesnt click every shiny flash animation they see to avoid spyware. hell ive been goin on the same install of xp for 6-7 months with avg, spybot, adaware, spyware blaster, and the windows default firewall with almost no slowdown. and please, will all you mac fanboys stop saying wintel in a negative way, apple's with intel too now.
ok, i totally disagree with the troll's notion of serving in the military makes you entitled to more rights than the average citizen, but godammit, show the troops a little respect, this guy's an idiot, but i know a lot of people in the military who are not only nice people, but incredibly smart. they risk their lives so that you can study the past 200 years of american history. we need people who study military and social patterns, but we need people who can fire a rifle accurately just as much. remember that it doesn't matter how much knowledge you have when someones trying to kill you with an assault rifle.
sometime in 2002: Neanderthal man claims that Iraq has "nukular" weapons, harbors "terrists" and says that the "sitiation" is out of the negotiation stages.
seriously, how can you compare linus to walmart? anyone can work on the kernal and how in the hell can you beat suppliers when you ARE the supplier? And for the record yes, Bill Gates not only can take over any form of software functionality with his nearly bottomless funds, he's done it before.
That's a harsh statement. So does Mario sacrifice babies and kill bunny rabbits? Believe it or not, it's not very hard to moderate your kids PS2 time, just unhook the thing and take it with you when you think they've had enough. Its not like that takes a whole lot of effort.
"would you put a bag of candy in front of your 5 year old and expect them to eat a few pieces then quit because they know it's bad to eat too much?"
I see your point in this analogy, kids don't know whats best for them, but does that mean you never let them have any candy? Moderation is the key word here.
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nope, don't know where your geting .9999 from, i'm also getting .01
"I'm sure some USian will call me a commie bastard but the more of the network owned by the collective users the less corporations can whine about what we do."
hell, im considering calling you a commie bastard just for using the term "USian".
"I rather like to launch a game from a simple MSDOS prompt"
whoa, thats some S&M crap, do u enjoy being whipped too?
"Security through low marketshare?!"
works for Apple.
does anyone realize how stupid this debate is? women and men are built both physically and phsycologically different. men are more inclined towards physical prowess, mathematics and violence, but at times lack common sense and are not as prone to go with any group. women are inclined to try to be beautiful, talking skills, people skills, writing skills, and to follow the group, but they for the most part have great common sense. there are millions of exceptions to this, so trying to judge peoples intelligence or behavior by their sex is really stupid. trying to figure out which sex is superior is not only impossible to do, but it's also irrelevent.
but isnt the lack of ActiveX controls one of the main reasons that firefox is more secure than IE?
"It'll probably be more reason for cash straped people will opt for the Nintendo Revolution rather then the more expensive options that are PS3 and X360."
Yeah, because that worked so well for the Gamecube...
if you want to play any really good fps games besides halo, such as far cry, half life 2, and any battlefield game, you're going to need a decent pc running windows. and for fps games the mouse keyboard setup is still the best. mmorpg's are another thing a pc is needed for. for things like normal rpgs, puzzle and adventure games an xbox'll do just fine. and the mac mini-xbox combo doesnt work out in the end because a a mac mini with 512 mb ram (anything under 512 megs of ram on mac os 10 is kinda slow) costs $550, plus a $100 moniter, plus $20 on a mouse and keyboard, plus $15 on speakers. and then you have to buy a $150 xbox. it comes out to a little more than $835 for that price you could get yourself a pretty decent gaming system with the moniter and everything.
"Seriously, if you use Windows and you are just a person with no technical understanding of computers"
uh, no. you see, some of us like to play our games. and dont give me that bit about macs playing games too, the performance is terrible. and with the right tools, it is very possible for someone who doesnt click every shiny flash animation they see to avoid spyware. hell ive been goin on the same install of xp for 6-7 months with avg, spybot, adaware, spyware blaster, and the windows default firewall with almost no slowdown. and please, will all you mac fanboys stop saying wintel in a negative way, apple's with intel too now.
ok, i totally disagree with the troll's notion of serving in the military makes you entitled to more rights than the average citizen, but godammit, show the troops a little respect, this guy's an idiot, but i know a lot of people in the military who are not only nice people, but incredibly smart. they risk their lives so that you can study the past 200 years of american history. we need people who study military and social patterns, but we need people who can fire a rifle accurately just as much. remember that it doesn't matter how much knowledge you have when someones trying to kill you with an assault rifle.
turbines may not kill birds, but the f#&%ing pdf format kills my poor little 1.4 ghz p4.
i think that people make jokes about it for a few laughs, but one really cares if there's the occasional dupe once in a great while.
but if the clouds were blocking the sun...
sometime in 2002: Neanderthal man claims that Iraq has "nukular" weapons, harbors "terrists" and says that the "sitiation" is out of the negotiation stages.
present day: No "nukular" weapons are found.
the earth is round.
seriously, who doesnt already know this.
does typing like
this
make me seem more
credible and
insightful?
seriously, how can you compare linus to walmart? anyone can work on the kernal and how in the hell can you beat suppliers when you ARE the supplier? And for the record yes, Bill Gates not only can take over any form of software functionality with his nearly bottomless funds, he's done it before.
"Video games are evil."
That's a harsh statement. So does Mario sacrifice babies and kill bunny rabbits? Believe it or not, it's not very hard to moderate your kids PS2 time, just unhook the thing and take it with you when you think they've had enough. Its not like that takes a whole lot of effort.
"would you put a bag of candy in front of your 5 year old and expect them to eat a few pieces then quit because they know it's bad to eat too much?"
I see your point in this analogy, kids don't know whats best for them, but does that mean you never let them have any candy? Moderation is the key word here.
let the SCO bashing begin! (they do deserve it)