Fine, you go have your privacy. You can ride with the others who aren't checked. I'll stay on the plane that had a security check thank you. Mm. Actually, that would mean you're still in line fumbling to get your shoes back on whilst hopping out of the way of the people cramming through the queue behind you, while I'm in the air... works for me.
Its kinda fun to... in Word... executes a vba... creates.. excel chart... access database... outlook. Eh? "Kind of fun"? Do you also find sticking your fingers into an electric pencil sharpener "fun"?
What I'm not sure I understand is how it's possible for them to continue to dump money into lawyers, etc -- while still not being legally obligated to pay what they actually owe before the money is gone.
What is with the offtopic police and their poor usage? Ah, well - anyway. The points were actually spent earlier, in a couple of different articles. Though I think posting in the conversation after modding actually results in not only losing the mod, but also not regaining the lost mod points...
Very true. Sorry, I really didn't know what offline messaging was. =\ Damn, man, this is slashdot! Where is your geekly pride! You must bluster, throw up a few straw men, and eventually close with a scathing comment about how I wouldn't know what to do with a girl if I could find one!
Holy carp, that was funny. One of the few comments that's gotten me to laugh aloud for more than a half-second. Oh, to recant my hastily-spent mod points...
Those aren't the only reasons, but I hope I've cleared things up. That makes sense in that context; but I guess I still don't see how sniping affects this much. Unless those situations (or analogous ones...) occur within seconds of the auction closing, there's still generally going to be plenty of time to adjust your bid, isn't there?
One more note, you mentioned that the seller would be happy with a snipe because all of a sudden they get more money Actually, I think that was someone else's statement higher up the thread:)
So you instead place bids on all of them? I'm not sure I understand... what happens if you win all of them? Suddenly shopping for the 'best' price got very expensive (unless, of course, you really wanted 20 of them). The simple fact is that the thing you wish to purchase has an absolute value to you. Bid it and move on - sure you might pay a little more than you want to pay, but you won't ever pay more than you're willing to that way. And you won't ever be affected by snipers.
Once you bring more than one auction into it, someone else's actions (say, winning another auction) can cause your maximum to go up. How so? If you're bidding on both, you must want both and be willing to pay a set price for each? But even stipulating that this is not the case - the secondary auction will rarely end seconds before the first. You'll generally have time to just increase your maximum to what you're now willing to pay...
Also, some of us drive little cars and can't see around the giant SUVs that everyone loves these days. This is easily solvable by leaving following distance until you/can/ see comfortably. Otherwise, you're always going to be reacting to things after the SUV has reacted to them -- and in the case of all too many SUV drivers, that's often barely in time.
Starting with a motorcycle license would probably be a big help. I have always considered myself a good driver (duh, everyone does...); but when I got a 'cycle license I learned to really/pay attention/. Invaluable lesson, essentially taught under penalty of death for failure to learn it.
Maybe I don't want to just start out and bid $1,000 on everything to make sure I win. Maybe when my $50 bid gets beat, I want to re-evaluate the situation. And on my 2400 baud modem I'm sure as hell not going to be able to beat you and your mighty broadband. You still have a maximum price that you're willing to pay for an item. Why would this change based on someone else's behavior? Put in your maximum price at the start of the auction (it won't show up, but simply auto-bids on your behalf up to that maximum) - the dollar amount you really feel the item is worth to you - and wait for an email notification.
Can't you look past your own ideology to see that this is actually a remarkably good thing, even if it possibly could be better. If you can "look past" your values based on circumstances, then I daresay that they're not worth very much.
I'd argue otherwise to the videogames, honestly.
Gygax's biggest impact, setting-wise, was Greyhawk. How many video games are based off Greyhawk? None, as far as I know. Dude... turn in your geek card. Do not pass go. Do not collect 10d20.
To reduce the effect of slowdowns you can teach people to look past the car in front of them Hah ha! Thanks for the laugh. Me, I'm more hopeful of those 1000 monkeys producing Shakespeare in a thousand years. Most people are barely capable of looking past the end of their hood -- we're lucky if they get as far as the car in front of them, and you'll never teach them to look further than that if they don't already.
Fair enough. I used it because the rationale behind GGP's post was basically identical to the incorrect usage. In other words, it seemed fitting at the time...
Gosh, I thought the misunderstood meaning of this statement as died out by now, but you must have missed it. Data wants to be free in the same way as water wants to leak. That's all it ever really meant. I agree that's all it ever meant, but that's certainly not how it gets used...
I DO have a problem with people who sincerely believe that data duplication is morally wrong. We are talking about the arbitrary imposition of limitations of freedom of *every human soul* in the world to prevent the proliferation of an inexhaustible resource. This is utter madness. All of which would be great, except that the issue isn't the duplication of data. It's the taking of someone's work, which they do to make money (gasp), without giving payment. As far as I've ever been able to tell, it's only the "data wants to be free" crowd who tries to make this about copied bits.
Sure, that'd also work and is probably pretty close to how it's handled. My point was only that the GGP's post about losing money on sending out refurbs didn't make a whole lot of sense.
...widely known by idiots, maybe. If they swapped every time, they would be losing even more money than they already are. Try checking your serial number, I've had mine repaired twice, and it has only been switched once. Why would that cost them money? Get XBox, put in the "to repair" pile, pull from the "repaired" pile. That wouldn't cost them any more than repair + send back, and it would get the unit back to the customer quicker. Or is that too something only an "idiot" would think of?
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What I'm not sure I understand is how it's possible for them to continue to dump money into lawyers, etc -- while still not being legally obligated to pay what they actually owe before the money is gone.
What is with the offtopic police and their poor usage? Ah, well - anyway. The points were actually spent earlier, in a couple of different articles. Though I think posting in the conversation after modding actually results in not only losing the mod, but also not regaining the lost mod points...
Holy carp, that was funny. One of the few comments that's gotten me to laugh aloud for more than a half-second. Oh, to recant my hastily-spent mod points...
So you instead place bids on all of them? I'm not sure I understand... what happens if you win all of them? Suddenly shopping for the 'best' price got very expensive (unless, of course, you really wanted 20 of them). The simple fact is that the thing you wish to purchase has an absolute value to you. Bid it and move on - sure you might pay a little more than you want to pay, but you won't ever pay more than you're willing to that way. And you won't ever be affected by snipers.
Not really. Rather - they let you set a 'pounce' which requires that you have your client logged in and connected when the user reconnects...
And, ummm, why do we care? Are we all suddenly soap opera fans because it involves a 'geek'?
Starting with a motorcycle license would probably be a big help. I have always considered myself a good driver (duh, everyone does...); but when I got a 'cycle license I learned to really /pay attention/. Invaluable lesson, essentially taught under penalty of death for failure to learn it.
... with little root-tubers jutting out of them. Pathetic things, really, because those roots have a tendency to tickle a guy in...
Fair enough. I used it because the rationale behind GGP's post was basically identical to the incorrect usage. In other words, it seemed fitting at the time...
Sure, that'd also work and is probably pretty close to how it's handled. My point was only that the GGP's post about losing money on sending out refurbs didn't make a whole lot of sense.
...widely known by idiots, maybe. If they swapped every time, they would be losing even more money than they already are. Try checking your serial number, I've had mine repaired twice, and it has only been switched once. Why would that cost them money? Get XBox, put in the "to repair" pile, pull from the "repaired" pile. That wouldn't cost them any more than repair + send back, and it would get the unit back to the customer quicker. Or is that too something only an "idiot" would think of?my great grandfather said it only counts with horse-shoes.
my grandfather said it only counts with horse-shoes and handgrenades
my father said it only counts with horse-shoes, handgrenades, and thermonuclear weapons
I say that it only counts with horse-shoes, handgrenades, thermonuclear weapons, and the mars rover lifespan estimates.
My son will probably say "Close only counts with... umm, hold on, let me look it up."
Seriously, if I wanted embedded videos about non-tech subjects, that would be my first stop...