The first time I played this game I failed miserably. The evil Slackware thumped me soundly. Much later, I handled the Ubuntu level alright. Now it just seems too easy, and all I have to do is press the power button and I'm greeted with the vistory screen - it says "LinuxMint," and now there is nothing left for me to battle with. The funny part is that this doesn't make me want to play OS games anymore; I never won any MS games (no one ever does), but I'm content now, even with a game as easy to master as Linux Mint.
Adding "real" ads to a fake Times Square doesn't make it better just because it is more realistic, just as the over preponderance of real ads in the real Times Square doesn't make it better. In my opinion, the real Times Square would be better with no ads whatsoever, as would a fake one, not that I feel any great desire to experience either. Adding pictures of rape or giving a real beating to a reader wouldn't make a book about prison life any better (I don't think, anyway) just because those things are present in the real thing. Bad in a real context = still bad in a simulated context.
I don't know about whatever happened a few years back, but Newegg has plenty of negative reviews (they even seem to leave the clueless ones up), and it sure doesn't look like they screen anything. Manufacturers can respond though to individual reviews, which is helpful when the reviewer is a moron who just doesn't know what he is doing. Now at least, Newegg's review and comment system is very helpful. Circuit City didn't seem to show any negative reviews, at least the few times I bothered to check them for anything. That was one company that sure got what was coming to it. On the other hand, Newegg has been nothing but helpful and honest to me over the course of numerous purchases and a few returns.
Early birds were likely ground dwellers, just like the raptors they evolved from. We don't know precisely when tree-dwelling evolved, because we don't have enough fossils to be able to tell. I fail to see how this is a "massive gap"; it's a minor question at best.
Your arguments are well-reasoned, and backed by good science, but this is where you and evolution FAIL. Birds living on the ground? HAH! Everyone knows birds live in TREES, even now! Next you'll be saying that there are birds that do not fly. Birds fly, so evolution is dead, and ancient fossils are nothing more than coincidental rock formtions, likely put there by God to test our faith. Nice try, almost had me with all your "facts."
I hate to agree with such inflammatory, insensitive remarks, as my dad and aunt were present for the Kent State fiasco (and I am an alumnus), but I do in fact agree. Non-violent protests are fine and dandy and leave the few participants with a nice feeling that they tried, but these rarely seem to accomplish anything dramatic or lasting. Even what occurred in Kent in 1970 was not intended to be anything other than peaceful, but government and university folks reacted poorly, things got out of hand, some windows were broken, a building burned, and some scared amateur soldiers fired on unarmed protesters who were no threat to them. I wouldn't wish something like this on anyone. But incidents like this do get their message across and create lasting memories. We have to stand up for our rights or we will lose them, and we will not attract attention with boring 2-hour demonstrations where everyone stays on the sidewalks, sings on the town square, pats themselves on the back and then goes home. If "the powers that be" will stop at nothing to maintain control over our lives, then we need to fight back - not just whine and give up when they break out the hoses, sound canons, and pepper balls.
Forgot:
EDS 2008 revenue - $22 billion, HP paid - $14 billion
Perot 2008 revenue - $2.8 billion, Dell paid - $3.9 billion
EDS is arguably the perfect match for hardware behemoth HP, while Perot is perhaps not such a great addition to Dell. Maybe it will help, maybe not, but everyone is making these comparisons.
Not that Jim Cramer is known for being right, but he had a funny take on this, and a great comparison. HP was Gallant and made a decent, prudent acquisition that compliments what they already do well, while late-to-the-party Dell was Goofus, making a poor purchase to answer HP. EDS was a successful and relatively innovative company that had something to bring to HP, whereas Perot is heavy into healthcare and isn't unique. The price paid per is also a hell of a lot more, compared to earnings. Oh Dell, get out of your own way once in a while. Sure doesn't make me want to buy Dell stock.
To maintain an appearance of consistency, the same Brazilian court has also banned several other technologies that might be used to assist in copyright infringement. The banned technologies include DVD burners, blank CDs, dual cassette decks, cameras of all sorts, pens, pencils, paper, and Microsoft Windows.
I have nothing but feelings of contempt and utter disrespect for the police chief of Austin, TX. I think he is dumb, and I heard that he pees his pants, when he isn't wearing a skirt. But I have done nothing illegal that should concern him, so he can suck it. We are entitled to free speech in the USA, which includes Texas, contrary to the belief of most Texans. He has no jurisdiction over protected speech, on the internet or elsewhere. Suck it, Chief. Did you stop beating your wife? Does she know about your male lover?
Exactly - WD-40 is not an ideal general purpose lubricant. And besides, everyone knows PB Blaster is better, anyway.
And back to my original secondary point, Imperial Stormtroopers don't need it to do the Thriller dance. There is no reason to believe their armor corrodes or rusts anymore than my cats' fur does, and I've invested plenty of hours teaching them to dance. Duh.
Yeah, 1200 bucks is waaaay low. I would probably never bid on something like that even if I had a bunch of money to blow, but it is something pretty cool (or super uncool?) that a few Roddenberry/Trek fans will certainly drool over. Throw in the fact that it's an old Mac and you have one more factor that makes it special to a definite niche market. No million bucks here, but probably $10k-ish, and definitely way more than $800.
Yeah, and I wish I had known that my G1 would have such limited bluetooth capabilities BEFORE buying it. All in all, I like it, and the browser is decent, but it is only a very slight upgrade over my ancient Palm Treo 650. Real bluetooth would make me happier, but without it, a working Treo 650 would still work just fine for me, and have longer battery life.
Good job trying to be clever with the title and summary, but which is it!?!? "Encased in carbonite" or "out of existence?" Man, that's as bas as CNN anchor Kyra Phillips saying that a dancing Imperial stormtrooper looked like it needed some WD-40 the other day, as if stormtroopers are robots or something. Blasphemy. Now I'm angry.
I agree. This sort of seems like deciding which minivan to buy based on their top speeds. Sure, one may go a bit faster, but would you buy one that couldn't go where you wanted it to or that was the worst looking piece of shit you had ever seen? Or one that didn't have enough seats? I suppose it is nice to know which browser is fastest, but they are all plenty fast enough to meet most people's needs, and there are more important considerations.
My choices for broadband ISPs are pretty much limited to Time Warner Cable, AT&T DSL, Earthlink (billed and provided entirely by AT&T or TWC, at their same prices), or one of a few other DSL providers (also basically just slightly rerouted versions of AT&T), or perhaps paying out of my rear end for high-latency wireless. In 1995 or 1996 or so, I had my choice of numerous ISPs offering a wide array of services and pricing plans, including a slew of local companies, some of which provided very useful and personal support. Some of those companies had pricing plans that started at a very reasonable $0/month, and many gave discounts to anyone willing to pay for more than a month in advance. My first real ISP was run by a local kid (15 years old maybe) who ran a very professional but cheap and profitable operation, which he eventually sold to a national company. There was real competition in the industry then, not just the cable or DSL, "take it or leave it" approach we see now. There are no more "startups." VOIP companies are middlemen.
Meanwhile, AT&T has reformed and is nearly the behemoth the original Ma Bell was. Verizon is also ridiculously huge and influential, not to mention anti-competitive. Regional monopolies are still monopolies, no? So having just yesterday looked at my local phone (yes I have one - need to fax occasionally and haven't found a cheap internet solution), DSL, cable, and cellular bills, I have to wonder, where is the communications marketplace "increasingly competitive?" I live in an outer ring suburb in a reasonably modern region, not really in "the city" or out in the sticks, and there is still no word on when either AT&T or TWC will offer fiber optic service here.
Well... there certainly is legally downloadable music (that is a true fact), but if anyone is downloading ANY music using ANY US government computers or networks or on the clock, they certainly are stealing -- from all citizens and tax payers. Government computers should only ever be used for legitimate government work, no exceptions, and this sort of thing should never be done during work hours, regardless of whose hardware is used. So if someone is downloading music at say, their Department of Defense desk or maybe onto a personal iphone while working as a National Park ranger, they should be warned and reprimanded for wasting time and potentially compromising the network, then fired if they persist. Very simple, no need to make judgment calls concerning which music is okay. Playing music, maybe in the right situation, but wasting time downloading should not be tolerated regardless of the content or the associated license.
It's like when you get a DUI, and they charge you for both "drunk driving" and "driving with a BAC of.08".
I'm not sure where you are, but around here, it is illegal to drive with a BAC of greater than or equal to.08%. We commonly call this "drunk driving," but there are not two separate legal charges, and the legal system does not use the term "drunk driving." If you were "driving drunk" and did something else, say swerving across the center line, that resulted in a cop stopping you, you could be charged with something else because you weren't controlling your vehicle properly, or if you hit something or were speeding. But the example you mention is simply a misunderstanding on your part.
I run Mint on my 2 year-old Toshiba Stellite, and I get 2+ hours battery life, up to 3 hours, depending on what I'm doing, though I rarely use the optical drive. This is generally with wifi on. I got about the same battery time with Vista, before I ditched it completely. Intel video, 17" screen at full brightness, wifi and everything else worked out of the box. I couldn't be much happier, though I have considered getting a 9-cell battery. I do have the option to plug in most of the time, though.
So, you mean like when I was a kid and my dad would humor me by playing Bases Loaded on the NES with me, even though the games were long and I always beat him? And how if you hit Fendy with a pitch he'd lways charge the mound and get ejected? And how I'd always bean cleanup hitters repeatedly to try to get them to do the same? Yeah, those were good times.
Or doing all sorts of stupid shit like always eating the shrooms in Rise of the Triad? That was one buggy but quirky and majorly underrated early FPS that deserves a mention any time "classic" games are spoken of. I need to find it again and give it a whirl on my next vacation.
That comment seems strangely relevant to this thread. Usually the "I'm first!" comments are stupid, but perhaps here it is just the sort of stupid little game that the poster was talking about? If so, congrats on your score.
Because if there was one problem keeping me from buying my very own PS3 it was that it was too wide! The price of the console, price and choice of games, price of the accessories, and online play had nothing to do with it. Now that there will be a skinny one though, I'll rush out to buy two!!! Anything that takes up more than a quarter of a cubic foot of space in my living room is out of the question, but I must have anything that is smaller than its functionally identical predecessor. Sony FTW again!!!
I am not in any way affiliated with this or any other planet finding project, so I am "the public," and I certainly will care. I hope this happens in my lifetime. Imaging the surface of an exoplanet may be more of a challenge than finding an interesting one, given the distance. But I suppose you think no one anywhere cares about anything, the future will be worse than the past, and our society is heading downhill at even ever-increasing speed. People have thought that for thousands of years and we still get by, so I'm not worried. Bring on tomorrow.
...like we need more reasons NOT to use itunes and Apple's music store.
I almost bought a Pre last month, but the saleman couldn't answer any of my questions and kept babbling incoherently about multitasking and itunes, which I cared little about. So I gave up on Sprint and the Pre (still almost got a Treo Pro - would have if it didn't run WinMo), gave away my broken but beloved Treo 650, dumped AT&T, and got a nice new G1 for under $100. T-Mobile seems fine around here (no 3G in the area), and the G1 does everything I want it to, including accept and play my music files on my terms. The Pre, as a new entry and without the benefit of the Apple hype/fanboy machine, needs to beat the iphone on price, and the Sprint sales weenies need to know what they are selling. Some of us know how good the Palm hardware and software can be, but I doubt they're winning over the average person who might buy an iphone because it acts as a music player.
Unrelated: did previous iphones really NOT have the ability to cut and paste?
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The first time I played this game I failed miserably. The evil Slackware thumped me soundly. Much later, I handled the Ubuntu level alright. Now it just seems too easy, and all I have to do is press the power button and I'm greeted with the vistory screen - it says "LinuxMint," and now there is nothing left for me to battle with. The funny part is that this doesn't make me want to play OS games anymore; I never won any MS games (no one ever does), but I'm content now, even with a game as easy to master as Linux Mint.
Adding "real" ads to a fake Times Square doesn't make it better just because it is more realistic, just as the over preponderance of real ads in the real Times Square doesn't make it better. In my opinion, the real Times Square would be better with no ads whatsoever, as would a fake one, not that I feel any great desire to experience either. Adding pictures of rape or giving a real beating to a reader wouldn't make a book about prison life any better (I don't think, anyway) just because those things are present in the real thing. Bad in a real context = still bad in a simulated context.
I don't know about whatever happened a few years back, but Newegg has plenty of negative reviews (they even seem to leave the clueless ones up), and it sure doesn't look like they screen anything. Manufacturers can respond though to individual reviews, which is helpful when the reviewer is a moron who just doesn't know what he is doing. Now at least, Newegg's review and comment system is very helpful. Circuit City didn't seem to show any negative reviews, at least the few times I bothered to check them for anything. That was one company that sure got what was coming to it. On the other hand, Newegg has been nothing but helpful and honest to me over the course of numerous purchases and a few returns.
Early birds were likely ground dwellers, just like the raptors they evolved from. We don't know precisely when tree-dwelling evolved, because we don't have enough fossils to be able to tell. I fail to see how this is a "massive gap"; it's a minor question at best.
Your arguments are well-reasoned, and backed by good science, but this is where you and evolution FAIL. Birds living on the ground? HAH! Everyone knows birds live in TREES, even now! Next you'll be saying that there are birds that do not fly. Birds fly, so evolution is dead, and ancient fossils are nothing more than coincidental rock formtions, likely put there by God to test our faith. Nice try, almost had me with all your "facts."
I hate to agree with such inflammatory, insensitive remarks, as my dad and aunt were present for the Kent State fiasco (and I am an alumnus), but I do in fact agree. Non-violent protests are fine and dandy and leave the few participants with a nice feeling that they tried, but these rarely seem to accomplish anything dramatic or lasting. Even what occurred in Kent in 1970 was not intended to be anything other than peaceful, but government and university folks reacted poorly, things got out of hand, some windows were broken, a building burned, and some scared amateur soldiers fired on unarmed protesters who were no threat to them. I wouldn't wish something like this on anyone. But incidents like this do get their message across and create lasting memories. We have to stand up for our rights or we will lose them, and we will not attract attention with boring 2-hour demonstrations where everyone stays on the sidewalks, sings on the town square, pats themselves on the back and then goes home. If "the powers that be" will stop at nothing to maintain control over our lives, then we need to fight back - not just whine and give up when they break out the hoses, sound canons, and pepper balls.
Forgot: EDS 2008 revenue - $22 billion, HP paid - $14 billion Perot 2008 revenue - $2.8 billion, Dell paid - $3.9 billion EDS is arguably the perfect match for hardware behemoth HP, while Perot is perhaps not such a great addition to Dell. Maybe it will help, maybe not, but everyone is making these comparisons.
Not that Jim Cramer is known for being right, but he had a funny take on this, and a great comparison. HP was Gallant and made a decent, prudent acquisition that compliments what they already do well, while late-to-the-party Dell was Goofus, making a poor purchase to answer HP. EDS was a successful and relatively innovative company that had something to bring to HP, whereas Perot is heavy into healthcare and isn't unique. The price paid per is also a hell of a lot more, compared to earnings. Oh Dell, get out of your own way once in a while. Sure doesn't make me want to buy Dell stock.
CAN I FINISH!?!?
To maintain an appearance of consistency, the same Brazilian court has also banned several other technologies that might be used to assist in copyright infringement. The banned technologies include DVD burners, blank CDs, dual cassette decks, cameras of all sorts, pens, pencils, paper, and Microsoft Windows.
I have nothing but feelings of contempt and utter disrespect for the police chief of Austin, TX. I think he is dumb, and I heard that he pees his pants, when he isn't wearing a skirt. But I have done nothing illegal that should concern him, so he can suck it. We are entitled to free speech in the USA, which includes Texas, contrary to the belief of most Texans. He has no jurisdiction over protected speech, on the internet or elsewhere. Suck it, Chief. Did you stop beating your wife? Does she know about your male lover?
Exactly - WD-40 is not an ideal general purpose lubricant. And besides, everyone knows PB Blaster is better, anyway.
And back to my original secondary point, Imperial Stormtroopers don't need it to do the Thriller dance. There is no reason to believe their armor corrodes or rusts anymore than my cats' fur does, and I've invested plenty of hours teaching them to dance. Duh.
Yeah, 1200 bucks is waaaay low. I would probably never bid on something like that even if I had a bunch of money to blow, but it is something pretty cool (or super uncool?) that a few Roddenberry/Trek fans will certainly drool over. Throw in the fact that it's an old Mac and you have one more factor that makes it special to a definite niche market. No million bucks here, but probably $10k-ish, and definitely way more than $800.
Yeah, and I wish I had known that my G1 would have such limited bluetooth capabilities BEFORE buying it. All in all, I like it, and the browser is decent, but it is only a very slight upgrade over my ancient Palm Treo 650. Real bluetooth would make me happier, but without it, a working Treo 650 would still work just fine for me, and have longer battery life.
Good job trying to be clever with the title and summary, but which is it!?!? "Encased in carbonite" or "out of existence?" Man, that's as bas as CNN anchor Kyra Phillips saying that a dancing Imperial stormtrooper looked like it needed some WD-40 the other day, as if stormtroopers are robots or something. Blasphemy. Now I'm angry.
I agree. This sort of seems like deciding which minivan to buy based on their top speeds. Sure, one may go a bit faster, but would you buy one that couldn't go where you wanted it to or that was the worst looking piece of shit you had ever seen? Or one that didn't have enough seats? I suppose it is nice to know which browser is fastest, but they are all plenty fast enough to meet most people's needs, and there are more important considerations.
My choices for broadband ISPs are pretty much limited to Time Warner Cable, AT&T DSL, Earthlink (billed and provided entirely by AT&T or TWC, at their same prices), or one of a few other DSL providers (also basically just slightly rerouted versions of AT&T), or perhaps paying out of my rear end for high-latency wireless. In 1995 or 1996 or so, I had my choice of numerous ISPs offering a wide array of services and pricing plans, including a slew of local companies, some of which provided very useful and personal support. Some of those companies had pricing plans that started at a very reasonable $0/month, and many gave discounts to anyone willing to pay for more than a month in advance. My first real ISP was run by a local kid (15 years old maybe) who ran a very professional but cheap and profitable operation, which he eventually sold to a national company. There was real competition in the industry then, not just the cable or DSL, "take it or leave it" approach we see now. There are no more "startups." VOIP companies are middlemen.
Meanwhile, AT&T has reformed and is nearly the behemoth the original Ma Bell was. Verizon is also ridiculously huge and influential, not to mention anti-competitive. Regional monopolies are still monopolies, no? So having just yesterday looked at my local phone (yes I have one - need to fax occasionally and haven't found a cheap internet solution), DSL, cable, and cellular bills, I have to wonder, where is the communications marketplace "increasingly competitive?" I live in an outer ring suburb in a reasonably modern region, not really in "the city" or out in the sticks, and there is still no word on when either AT&T or TWC will offer fiber optic service here.
Well... there certainly is legally downloadable music (that is a true fact), but if anyone is downloading ANY music using ANY US government computers or networks or on the clock, they certainly are stealing -- from all citizens and tax payers. Government computers should only ever be used for legitimate government work, no exceptions, and this sort of thing should never be done during work hours, regardless of whose hardware is used. So if someone is downloading music at say, their Department of Defense desk or maybe onto a personal iphone while working as a National Park ranger, they should be warned and reprimanded for wasting time and potentially compromising the network, then fired if they persist. Very simple, no need to make judgment calls concerning which music is okay. Playing music, maybe in the right situation, but wasting time downloading should not be tolerated regardless of the content or the associated license.
I'm not sure where you are, but around here, it is illegal to drive with a BAC of greater than or equal to .08%. We commonly call this "drunk driving," but there are not two separate legal charges, and the legal system does not use the term "drunk driving." If you were "driving drunk" and did something else, say swerving across the center line, that resulted in a cop stopping you, you could be charged with something else because you weren't controlling your vehicle properly, or if you hit something or were speeding. But the example you mention is simply a misunderstanding on your part.
I run Mint on my 2 year-old Toshiba Stellite, and I get 2+ hours battery life, up to 3 hours, depending on what I'm doing, though I rarely use the optical drive. This is generally with wifi on. I got about the same battery time with Vista, before I ditched it completely. Intel video, 17" screen at full brightness, wifi and everything else worked out of the box. I couldn't be much happier, though I have considered getting a 9-cell battery. I do have the option to plug in most of the time, though.
So, you mean like when I was a kid and my dad would humor me by playing Bases Loaded on the NES with me, even though the games were long and I always beat him? And how if you hit Fendy with a pitch he'd lways charge the mound and get ejected? And how I'd always bean cleanup hitters repeatedly to try to get them to do the same? Yeah, those were good times.
Or doing all sorts of stupid shit like always eating the shrooms in Rise of the Triad? That was one buggy but quirky and majorly underrated early FPS that deserves a mention any time "classic" games are spoken of. I need to find it again and give it a whirl on my next vacation.
That comment seems strangely relevant to this thread. Usually the "I'm first!" comments are stupid, but perhaps here it is just the sort of stupid little game that the poster was talking about? If so, congrats on your score.
Because if there was one problem keeping me from buying my very own PS3 it was that it was too wide! The price of the console, price and choice of games, price of the accessories, and online play had nothing to do with it. Now that there will be a skinny one though, I'll rush out to buy two!!! Anything that takes up more than a quarter of a cubic foot of space in my living room is out of the question, but I must have anything that is smaller than its functionally identical predecessor. Sony FTW again!!!
I am not in any way affiliated with this or any other planet finding project, so I am "the public," and I certainly will care. I hope this happens in my lifetime. Imaging the surface of an exoplanet may be more of a challenge than finding an interesting one, given the distance. But I suppose you think no one anywhere cares about anything, the future will be worse than the past, and our society is heading downhill at even ever-increasing speed. People have thought that for thousands of years and we still get by, so I'm not worried. Bring on tomorrow.
Yes.
...like we need more reasons NOT to use itunes and Apple's music store. I almost bought a Pre last month, but the saleman couldn't answer any of my questions and kept babbling incoherently about multitasking and itunes, which I cared little about. So I gave up on Sprint and the Pre (still almost got a Treo Pro - would have if it didn't run WinMo), gave away my broken but beloved Treo 650, dumped AT&T, and got a nice new G1 for under $100. T-Mobile seems fine around here (no 3G in the area), and the G1 does everything I want it to, including accept and play my music files on my terms. The Pre, as a new entry and without the benefit of the Apple hype/fanboy machine, needs to beat the iphone on price, and the Sprint sales weenies need to know what they are selling. Some of us know how good the Palm hardware and software can be, but I doubt they're winning over the average person who might buy an iphone because it acts as a music player. Unrelated: did previous iphones really NOT have the ability to cut and paste?