they perceive the consumer market as being too fucking cheap (and possibly rightfully so)
Just look at the sales of the Wii for the answer, it is indeed like that.
As IT workers with good jobs we also forget that many people actually struggle to afford higher end consoles as it is. The parts of the population that have the time or inclination to play the most games tend to also the poorest.. kids/students, and unemployed (or just lazy) people!
I used to think that, but I don't mind joypads now. I got a Fragnstein for my PS3 but I haven't really used it. My main issue with console FPSes is that on many of them you can't fully disable auto-aim..
I bought my TV for gaming and blu-rays etc. I have started using SD streaming from LoveFilm and it's not bad, and my subscription also lets me rent blu-rays and games. If I really like something and think I'll watch it regularly then I'll probably buy it on blu-ray though, since they don't have HD streaming yet.
Likewise I recently switched to a Spotify subscription rather than buying albums. I think (well, I hope) from this point onwards there will always be services for streaming movies and music at a decent quality and price. The bandwidth and quality will only continue to improve, barring a massive thermonuclear world war.. but in that case there are probably more important things to worry about than media streaming.
Yeah the cougars freaked me out a couple of times, and killed my damn horse (I was going for the Cougar knife kill reward).
Wolf packs were annoying in certain areas, but it was fun killing 3 at a time in Dead Eye mode, or IIRC killing some and watching their buddies run away:)
I did play a lot of poker:) Nice and relaxing. The sound effects in the game are excellent. I actually thought it was raining outside one time, then realised it was just the game (surround sound on a decent home cinema system).
My brother had the story finished in a week or so, I was pretty shocked. I rarely did the story missions, hadn't even unlocked the third part of the map yet. I enjoyed playing the mini games, hunting, looking for the lost treasures, finding good horses and so on.
The difference is that this isn't the company's worker, it's a competitor they're harassing. At least if you're being treated that way by your boss, you have the option to go elsewhere.
I see this suit akin to Dell having someone arrested for changing their BIOS settings or replacing their graphics card.. granted, I've only read the summary, but I don't see how they can get away with it..
A roof has a 12:3 pitch. Ok, thats fine, it goes for 12 feet and goes up 3. Now jackasses, do that in metric. It goes for 4 meters and goes up 1? Nope. It'll be something like 22.6 degree roof pitch.
Degrees have probably been around for longer than most imperial units. SI angles are measured in radians. If you'd prefer to work angles out from distance/height rather than an angle that's fine, get the architect to do that, I don't see why it's a problem specific to the metric system though.
And don't even get me started on the lunacy of C vs F
Please do get started. The couple of times I looked at Fahrenheit, it didn't seem to make any sense. 0 for freezing and 100 for boiling water makes a lot of sense to me..
I have Just Cause 2 as well, and it's fun as hell to just explore and drive/parasail around, though I find the combat quite repetitive. Likewise with Red Faction: Guerilla. They're both fun for a blast every now and then, but they don't have the same variety and atmosphere that makes me love Red Dead Redemption. Unfortunately I lost most of my save games when my last PS3 died, and I can't face starting many of them again yet.. I restarted Red Faction: Guerilla last week though, and it seems they've improved some stuff via patches, like the map screen doesn't take forever to open now..
I was playing Red Dead Redemption for a month or two and was still only about halfway through the story.. if you buy the right type of open world/sandbox style games you can get a lot of value out of them. Oblivion is another good example, and Skyrim will be out soon. I love the type of game where it's enjoyable to just explore the world rather than always pounding away at a linear plot.
If only there were a decent replacement for Outlook, I could give some of our employees Ubuntu with a Windows or OSX skin and let them have at it.. Evolution's Exchange plugin used to work fine for a while last year, with the occasional random crash, but now it's become pretty irregular again (sometimes just stops updating, or freezes when checking for new mail/quitting). So I could either install an old version and do without patches, or wait until they fix it. Neither is a particularly appealing option, especially for work machines.
Exactly, "a God who refuses to be tested, and that same God created everything and is all-powerful", is based on wishful thinking. When this god also condemns billions to hell without having had a chance of even knowing about him, it seems to me that this god is very likely to be man-made, or just makes him not worth worshipping in the first place. Also if you believe in evolution, when do you start introducing souls into living beings? Is every single celled organism given its own place in heaven or hell? That kind of thing just makes me think that most - and maybe all - religion is bunk.
I think it's quite reasonable to say that a "traditional scientific" approach is to have a strong argument. A "religious approach" is to use wishful thinking and emotions. A lot of people take that approach even outside of religion, so I guess it should just be called the "human approach".
When you try to have any "reasoned debate" with anyone who isn't actually looking for a logical discussion and is just pushing an agenda that they want to be true.. well, there's just no point really. You might as well be talking to a wall.
Who says the remakes have to be bad/bland? The new Batman movies were IMO much better than the 90s movies. I also think that The Green Hornet might be my favourite movie so far this year.
I've just looked up more info on the Spiderman reboot I'd heard about, and I see it's going to be directed by the guy that did 500 Days of Summer. That film was rather unique IMO, I'm looking forward to see what the guy can do with Spiderman (who has always been my favourite superhero).
The last link points to a separate bug in iPhone's WiFi implementation, rather than an Android issue. Which kind of makes the rest of the summary look either very ill informed, or a poorly disguised attempt at trolling.
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they perceive the consumer market as being too fucking cheap (and possibly rightfully so)
Just look at the sales of the Wii for the answer, it is indeed like that.
As IT workers with good jobs we also forget that many people actually struggle to afford higher end consoles as it is. The parts of the population that have the time or inclination to play the most games tend to also the poorest.. kids/students, and unemployed (or just lazy) people!
I used to think that, but I don't mind joypads now. I got a Fragnstein for my PS3 but I haven't really used it. My main issue with console FPSes is that on many of them you can't fully disable auto-aim..
I bought my TV for gaming and blu-rays etc. I have started using SD streaming from LoveFilm and it's not bad, and my subscription also lets me rent blu-rays and games. If I really like something and think I'll watch it regularly then I'll probably buy it on blu-ray though, since they don't have HD streaming yet.
Likewise I recently switched to a Spotify subscription rather than buying albums. I think (well, I hope) from this point onwards there will always be services for streaming movies and music at a decent quality and price. The bandwidth and quality will only continue to improve, barring a massive thermonuclear world war.. but in that case there are probably more important things to worry about than media streaming.
Yeah the cougars freaked me out a couple of times, and killed my damn horse (I was going for the Cougar knife kill reward).
Wolf packs were annoying in certain areas, but it was fun killing 3 at a time in Dead Eye mode, or IIRC killing some and watching their buddies run away :)
Sounds more like having a valid copy of Windows, but not being allowed to connect to Windows Update without paying.
I did play a lot of poker :) Nice and relaxing. The sound effects in the game are excellent. I actually thought it was raining outside one time, then realised it was just the game (surround sound on a decent home cinema system).
My brother had the story finished in a week or so, I was pretty shocked. I rarely did the story missions, hadn't even unlocked the third part of the map yet. I enjoyed playing the mini games, hunting, looking for the lost treasures, finding good horses and so on.
The difference is that this isn't the company's worker, it's a competitor they're harassing. At least if you're being treated that way by your boss, you have the option to go elsewhere.
I see this suit akin to Dell having someone arrested for changing their BIOS settings or replacing their graphics card.. granted, I've only read the summary, but I don't see how they can get away with it..
Some stuff was burned in, but seems to have become muddled! 1 inch is 2.54cm
A roof has a 12:3 pitch. Ok, thats fine, it goes for 12 feet and goes up 3. Now jackasses, do that in metric. It goes for 4 meters and goes up 1? Nope. It'll be something like 22.6 degree roof pitch.
Degrees have probably been around for longer than most imperial units. SI angles are measured in radians. If you'd prefer to work angles out from distance/height rather than an angle that's fine, get the architect to do that, I don't see why it's a problem specific to the metric system though.
And don't even get me started on the lunacy of C vs F
Please do get started. The couple of times I looked at Fahrenheit, it didn't seem to make any sense. 0 for freezing and 100 for boiling water makes a lot of sense to me..
I have Just Cause 2 as well, and it's fun as hell to just explore and drive/parasail around, though I find the combat quite repetitive. Likewise with Red Faction: Guerilla. They're both fun for a blast every now and then, but they don't have the same variety and atmosphere that makes me love Red Dead Redemption. Unfortunately I lost most of my save games when my last PS3 died, and I can't face starting many of them again yet.. I restarted Red Faction: Guerilla last week though, and it seems they've improved some stuff via patches, like the map screen doesn't take forever to open now..
I was playing Red Dead Redemption for a month or two and was still only about halfway through the story.. if you buy the right type of open world/sandbox style games you can get a lot of value out of them. Oblivion is another good example, and Skyrim will be out soon. I love the type of game where it's enjoyable to just explore the world rather than always pounding away at a linear plot.
The word you want is concede, not conceive.
You don't have to have a console, you can vote directly on the website. These guys were just creating loads of free accounts and voting online.
If only there were a decent replacement for Outlook, I could give some of our employees Ubuntu with a Windows or OSX skin and let them have at it.. Evolution's Exchange plugin used to work fine for a while last year, with the occasional random crash, but now it's become pretty irregular again (sometimes just stops updating, or freezes when checking for new mail/quitting). So I could either install an old version and do without patches, or wait until they fix it. Neither is a particularly appealing option, especially for work machines.
Exactly, "a God who refuses to be tested, and that same God created everything and is all-powerful", is based on wishful thinking. When this god also condemns billions to hell without having had a chance of even knowing about him, it seems to me that this god is very likely to be man-made, or just makes him not worth worshipping in the first place. Also if you believe in evolution, when do you start introducing souls into living beings? Is every single celled organism given its own place in heaven or hell? That kind of thing just makes me think that most - and maybe all - religion is bunk.
Why would I expect a merger? It feels like they only forked a couple of months ago.
I think it's quite reasonable to say that a "traditional scientific" approach is to have a strong argument. A "religious approach" is to use wishful thinking and emotions. A lot of people take that approach even outside of religion, so I guess it should just be called the "human approach".
When you try to have any "reasoned debate" with anyone who isn't actually looking for a logical discussion and is just pushing an agenda that they want to be true.. well, there's just no point really. You might as well be talking to a wall.
What, you haven't seen the trailers for "The Anti-Social Network"?
Who says the remakes have to be bad/bland? The new Batman movies were IMO much better than the 90s movies. I also think that The Green Hornet might be my favourite movie so far this year.
I've just looked up more info on the Spiderman reboot I'd heard about, and I see it's going to be directed by the guy that did 500 Days of Summer. That film was rather unique IMO, I'm looking forward to see what the guy can do with Spiderman (who has always been my favourite superhero).
The last link points to a separate bug in iPhone's WiFi implementation, rather than an Android issue. Which kind of makes the rest of the summary look either very ill informed, or a poorly disguised attempt at trolling.
Money spent on anti-virus, anti-spam, etc and support costs for these products is a direct cost that has to be taken into account.
I didn't realise they had internet in the Shivering Isles..
Have you looked at their "patent"?
A system and method for the separate manipulation of the architecture and content of a document, particularly for data representation and transformations
Similar standards and applications which make use of the standard have been around since at least 1986.
You could just move to one of the many sane countries that doesn't recognise software patents.