I like being able to post completely anonymously. I even like being able to misinform people about my identity. I think it's a good thing that a 14-year-old girl can pose as a 50-year-old man and see if her ideas will be taken seriously on their own merits.
This seems a lot like what happened in the book Ender's Game, Where Ender's brother and sister go online and masquerade as these enlightened adults.
I say we need caution here, cause the last thing we want when the war with the buggers is over, is to have a 14 year old as Hegemon!
Didn't South Park get its start from the leaked Christmas show that they made for some Hollywood folks? It was the leaked video on the internet that MADE this show in the first place. Perhaps Viacom/Parker & Stone realized this, hence the reason why not much has been done to stop online distribution of the videos?
Well, it really wasn't me, but my girlfriend. She came over my place last night at 9:30 and said, guess what she waited to do? I couldn't figure it out, but out pops her turbo tax cd. This was also her first time filing taxes for herself, so she didn't even know how to do it. Her, being one of them there independent types, would not allow me to do them for her, she wanted to learn. Come 11:00pm, she finally allows me to help after she gets too tired doing them. I finish within 15 minutes and then try to submit. I got that error saying that the tax info could not be transmitted due to server load. This, of course, freaks her out. I try and tell her not to worry, we will be able to get it through if we keep trying. For 15 minutes I try and send it in, to no avail. Every attempt gets her a little more anxious. I told her to watch the TV and let me take care of it. Only a few minutes later, at 11:35pm, the taxes were successfully transmitted, and I got a little, ahem, thank you.
I know Slate is currently owned by the Washington Post, it wouldn't surprise me that there are still some microsoft sympathizers there...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_magazine
Ok, I am going to say this purely out of memory, so forgive me if I am wrong.
The way I understand it that when you search for an open domain name from sites like godaddy, since they do not have every single domain registered out there on the net done through them, they have to send out requests to other registrars to look for them information about the address. Unfortunately, some of are known as Drop Registrars which take all that query information, and if the site does not exist, will register the name. As long as they see someone is interested in the domain, they will try and grab it.
Now, here is what I usually do: I use a whois on the domain I want to buy. If it comes back with information, I know it is take, if not, well, I think I got a winner. I then take the week or so I need to think about it, then buy it through a registrar. I am not sure why it would be much different than doing the query through godaddy, etc, but not once have my whois names ever been taken a week later when I go to buy them. I suggest trying Better Whois
haha, well, i am not sure i would always browse at +5, +3 maybe, because I have found out that just because people are +5, doesn't mean what they have to say is any good. You are relying on what other people see as insightful, and not what you may see as insightful. But, it does limit the *ahem* "limited knowledge comments" that some people make.
Good to know I have yet to make it to a foe list yet thought...
When I am looking for a file in spotlight, I usually want to know where the file is located, so I can open it up in an application. Right now, the only way to do that is to show all the files found, then then do some additional clicking. Too much, I wish spotlight would show me where the file was located on the main search screen, say like when you moused over the file in spotlight, it would give the path. Or, one click would show the path, two clicks to actually open the file/directory
Well, I am not so sure I agree. When Apple announced the transistion to Intel, everyone was predicting that no one would buy the PPC machines, because they would just wait. And, while it is true that many people did wait (I was one of them), they still managed to have above average Christmas sales, plus they sold tons of Macbooks once they were on sale, seems like a win-win to me.
My guess as to why Apple release the information about iTV now is so that they could use it as leverage to try and get some more movie studios on board. Will it work? I dunno, but I have no idea what is going on behind the scenes. But, it would in no way surprise me that a few weeks before Christmas, Apple announces a new studio or two joining, or perharps, even after the Christmas rush. After all, Apple has made it pretty clear that this Christmas they are going after the cheaper players, the ones who will buy Nanos and Shuffles as gifts, and not for themselves. After Christmas, when people are buying the iPods for themselves, they will begin to plunk down the big cash for the fully featured video iPod, or, at least, I know I will be.
Just so you know, apple is taking care of this problem, it is called iTV (for know, the name will probably change). iTV will allow the video to be streamed from the computer to your television. I am going to assume that once Apple has proved the success of iTV, that is when the major studios will jump in. Heck, when iTV comes out, I am going to jump on the bandwagon, and get myself one. I am looking forward to this device. The only thing I ask of the device is a way to add additional storage for the movies (movies get quite large, and I want to have by entire library at my disposal), as well as being able to play mutiple movie formats (mpeg, avi, etc). I am not worried though, Apple will work it out, and I will be adding to my collection really soon, and iTV, video iPod, and not to mention, the upcoming iPhone. Me and my MacBook can hardly wait...
Oh, and if you want to have some portability with the iPod video for those long drives, I recommend getting something like the Sonic Impact Portable Video System
Just so you know, apple is taking care of this problem, it is called iTV (for know, the name will probably change). iTV will allow the video to be streamed from the computer to your television. I am going to assume that once Apple has proved the success of iTV, that is when the major studios will jump in. Heck, when iTV coes out, I am going to jump on the bandwagon, and get myself one. I am looking forward to this device. The only thing I ask og the device is a way to add additional storage for the movies (movies get quite large, and I want to have by entire library at my disposal), as well as being able to play mutiple movie formats (mpeg, avi, etc). I am not worried though, Apple will work it out, and I will be adding to my collection really soon, and iTV, video iPod, and not to mention, the upcoming iPhone. Me and my MacBook can hardly wait...
Hmmm, looks like someone was not paying attention too well to the keynote yesterday. With itunes 7, you can now sync your ipod with all authorized computers, meaning, itunes will now grab all the songs off of the ipod and copy them over to the computer, across multiple machines. Again, the caveat is that each machine (mac or pc) needs to be running itunes 7, and needs to be authorized with an apple account...
Bill Lumbergh: Hello Peter. What's happening? Ahhh, we have a sort of a problem here. Yeah, you apparently didn't put one of the new cover sheets on your T.P.S. report.
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Dom Portwood: Hello, Peter. What's happening? We need to talk about your TPS reports.
Peter Gibbons: Yeah. The coversheet. I know, I know. Uh, Bill talked to me about it.
Dom Portwood: Yeah. Uh, did you get that memo?
Peter Gibbons: Yeah. I got the memo. And I understand the policy. The problem is, I just forgot this one time. And I've already taken care of it so it's not even a problem anymore.
Dom Portwood: Yeah. It's just that we're putting new coversheets on all the TPS reports *before* they go out now. So if you could just remember to do that from now on, that'd be great. Alright!
Imagine that you have rented a game for a few days from Blockbuster or wherever, you have invested 20 hours of time into the game, and all the sudden, you can't go any further? How would that work? Would they make you pay to continue playing? Would there be special versions of the game that game rental companies would have, with the complete game? Sure, there are services like Gamefly that even stretch that further, because you can essentially keep a game as long as you'd like, and therefore, it will be easier to put 20 hours into a game.
As for people who say that paying $15 up front for the game to see if you like it, I say that is pretty stupid. If you want to see if you like a game, go spend $5 and rent the thing. You may like a game, and therfore need to spend $5 more for the game. But, it only takes you not liking one game ($15) to make up for renting three games for $5 each.
Look, this teired pricing for games is stupid. When I buy a game, I want to own the whole game, not pieces of it. Granted,in the past, I have bought expansion packs for some games, but that was not merely for new levels and maps,it was for new functionality and new gameplay, essentially, I was buying a new game...
I say again, this paying for a piece of a game is stupid. As for game companies wanting to protect themselves against losing money on games that may not be popular, I say stop making bad games...
Hermes - According to government records, the only names not yet trademarked are Popplers and Zitzles. Fry - I know we'll call them Popplers! Amy - Sure picked it! Fry - Swish!
I think you totally missed the point of what i saying. To get to the glove box, people will need to bend over across the car to do that. That is what will cause the accidents...
Besides that, I am glad you made a sweeping generalization about me that is completely wrong...
Does that scare anyone else? I will put money on it that some idiot is going to want to start listening to their ipod while driving, reach over to the glove box and try to plug it in. I bet that will be the cause of more than one accident...
I actually had one of those machines, from a company called freepc. I faithfully kept all the terms of the contract, which were to last about 3 years. About 8 months into it, I got a phone call from them saying they were going out business, and I was free to keep the pc. They told me how to remove the ad software (which I remember to be quite simple, and if I had cared to figure out how to remove it, it wouldn't have been too much trouble). It was a compaq machine, celeron 300, and I still have it, waiting for a rainy day to install linux on it...
That has vague reminder to me of the old Sega Channel. Remember that? It was so cool. I'd go to this specific channel with my sega on, and it would give me a list of games that i could play. The only problem was I could not save a game and come back later to play it. But, as a young teenager when it came out, I thought it to be the best thing in the world, and I still do. I am surprised it is taking a company this long to emulate it...
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I like being able to post completely anonymously. I even like being able to misinform people about my identity. I think it's a good thing that a 14-year-old girl can pose as a 50-year-old man and see if her ideas will be taken seriously on their own merits.
This seems a lot like what happened in the book Ender's Game, Where Ender's brother and sister go online and masquerade as these enlightened adults.
I say we need caution here, cause the last thing we want when the war with the buggers is over, is to have a 14 year old as Hegemon!
Didn't South Park get its start from the leaked Christmas show that they made for some Hollywood folks? It was the leaked video on the internet that MADE this show in the first place. Perhaps Viacom/Parker & Stone realized this, hence the reason why not much has been done to stop online distribution of the videos?
Grrr... I am being blocked behind a firewall, can someone post it in here or give a mirror?
Well, it really wasn't me, but my girlfriend. She came over my place last night at 9:30 and said, guess what she waited to do? I couldn't figure it out, but out pops her turbo tax cd. This was also her first time filing taxes for herself, so she didn't even know how to do it. Her, being one of them there independent types, would not allow me to do them for her, she wanted to learn. Come 11:00pm, she finally allows me to help after she gets too tired doing them. I finish within 15 minutes and then try to submit. I got that error saying that the tax info could not be transmitted due to server load. This, of course, freaks her out. I try and tell her not to worry, we will be able to get it through if we keep trying. For 15 minutes I try and send it in, to no avail. Every attempt gets her a little more anxious. I told her to watch the TV and let me take care of it. Only a few minutes later, at 11:35pm, the taxes were successfully transmitted, and I got a little, ahem, thank you.
I know Slate is currently owned by the Washington Post, it wouldn't surprise me that there are still some microsoft sympathizers there...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_magazine
Ok, I am going to say this purely out of memory, so forgive me if I am wrong. The way I understand it that when you search for an open domain name from sites like godaddy, since they do not have every single domain registered out there on the net done through them, they have to send out requests to other registrars to look for them information about the address. Unfortunately, some of are known as Drop Registrars which take all that query information, and if the site does not exist, will register the name. As long as they see someone is interested in the domain, they will try and grab it. Now, here is what I usually do: I use a whois on the domain I want to buy. If it comes back with information, I know it is take, if not, well, I think I got a winner. I then take the week or so I need to think about it, then buy it through a registrar. I am not sure why it would be much different than doing the query through godaddy, etc, but not once have my whois names ever been taken a week later when I go to buy them. I suggest trying Better Whois
haha, well, i am not sure i would always browse at +5, +3 maybe, because I have found out that just because people are +5, doesn't mean what they have to say is any good. You are relying on what other people see as insightful, and not what you may see as insightful. But, it does limit the *ahem* "limited knowledge comments" that some people make.
Good to know I have yet to make it to a foe list yet thought...
Can some one post the article on here? I am behind a content filter...
I am behind a content filter, can someone please post the article about starcraft on here?
Thanks!
When I am looking for a file in spotlight, I usually want to know where the file is located, so I can open it up in an application. Right now, the only way to do that is to show all the files found, then then do some additional clicking. Too much, I wish spotlight would show me where the file was located on the main search screen, say like when you moused over the file in spotlight, it would give the path. Or, one click would show the path, two clicks to actually open the file/directory
Well, I am not so sure I agree. When Apple announced the transistion to Intel, everyone was predicting that no one would buy the PPC machines, because they would just wait. And, while it is true that many people did wait (I was one of them), they still managed to have above average Christmas sales, plus they sold tons of Macbooks once they were on sale, seems like a win-win to me.
My guess as to why Apple release the information about iTV now is so that they could use it as leverage to try and get some more movie studios on board. Will it work? I dunno, but I have no idea what is going on behind the scenes. But, it would in no way surprise me that a few weeks before Christmas, Apple announces a new studio or two joining, or perharps, even after the Christmas rush. After all, Apple has made it pretty clear that this Christmas they are going after the cheaper players, the ones who will buy Nanos and Shuffles as gifts, and not for themselves. After Christmas, when people are buying the iPods for themselves, they will begin to plunk down the big cash for the fully featured video iPod, or, at least, I know I will be.
Just so you know, apple is taking care of this problem, it is called iTV (for know, the name will probably change). iTV will allow the video to be streamed from the computer to your television. I am going to assume that once Apple has proved the success of iTV, that is when the major studios will jump in. Heck, when iTV comes out, I am going to jump on the bandwagon, and get myself one. I am looking forward to this device. The only thing I ask of the device is a way to add additional storage for the movies (movies get quite large, and I want to have by entire library at my disposal), as well as being able to play mutiple movie formats (mpeg, avi, etc). I am not worried though, Apple will work it out, and I will be adding to my collection really soon, and iTV, video iPod, and not to mention, the upcoming iPhone. Me and my MacBook can hardly wait...
Oh, and if you want to have some portability with the iPod video for those long drives, I recommend getting something like the Sonic Impact Portable Video System
Just so you know, apple is taking care of this problem, it is called iTV (for know, the name will probably change). iTV will allow the video to be streamed from the computer to your television. I am going to assume that once Apple has proved the success of iTV, that is when the major studios will jump in. Heck, when iTV coes out, I am going to jump on the bandwagon, and get myself one. I am looking forward to this device. The only thing I ask og the device is a way to add additional storage for the movies (movies get quite large, and I want to have by entire library at my disposal), as well as being able to play mutiple movie formats (mpeg, avi, etc). I am not worried though, Apple will work it out, and I will be adding to my collection really soon, and iTV, video iPod, and not to mention, the upcoming iPhone. Me and my MacBook can hardly wait...
Hmmm, looks like someone was not paying attention too well to the keynote yesterday. With itunes 7, you can now sync your ipod with all authorized computers, meaning, itunes will now grab all the songs off of the ipod and copy them over to the computer, across multiple machines. Again, the caveat is that each machine (mac or pc) needs to be running itunes 7, and needs to be authorized with an apple account...
Bill Lumbergh: Hello Peter. What's happening? Ahhh, we have a sort of a problem here. Yeah, you apparently didn't put one of the new cover sheets on your T.P.S. report.
----------
Dom Portwood: Hello, Peter. What's happening? We need to talk about your TPS reports.
Peter Gibbons: Yeah. The coversheet. I know, I know. Uh, Bill talked to me about it.
Dom Portwood: Yeah. Uh, did you get that memo?
Peter Gibbons: Yeah. I got the memo. And I understand the policy. The problem is, I just forgot this one time. And I've already taken care of it so it's not even a problem anymore.
Dom Portwood: Yeah. It's just that we're putting new coversheets on all the TPS reports *before* they go out now. So if you could just remember to do that from now on, that'd be great. Alright!
What does this do to the Game Rental Market?
Imagine that you have rented a game for a few days from Blockbuster or wherever, you have invested 20 hours of time into the game, and all the sudden, you can't go any further? How would that work? Would they make you pay to continue playing? Would there be special versions of the game that game rental companies would have, with the complete game? Sure, there are services like Gamefly that even stretch that further, because you can essentially keep a game as long as you'd like, and therefore, it will be easier to put 20 hours into a game.
As for people who say that paying $15 up front for the game to see if you like it, I say that is pretty stupid. If you want to see if you like a game, go spend $5 and rent the thing. You may like a game, and therfore need to spend $5 more for the game. But, it only takes you not liking one game ($15) to make up for renting three games for $5 each.
Look, this teired pricing for games is stupid. When I buy a game, I want to own the whole game, not pieces of it. Granted,in the past, I have bought expansion packs for some games, but that was not merely for new levels and maps,it was for new functionality and new gameplay, essentially, I was buying a new game...
I say again, this paying for a piece of a game is stupid. As for game companies wanting to protect themselves against losing money on games that may not be popular, I say stop making bad games...
Hermes - According to government records, the only names not yet trademarked are Popplers and Zitzles.
Fry - I know we'll call them Popplers!
Amy - Sure picked it!
Fry - Swish!
I think you totally missed the point of what i saying. To get to the glove box, people will need to bend over across the car to do that. That is what will cause the accidents...
Besides that, I am glad you made a sweeping generalization about me that is completely wrong...
Does that scare anyone else? I will put money on it that some idiot is going to want to start listening to their ipod while driving, reach over to the glove box and try to plug it in. I bet that will be the cause of more than one accident...
I actually had one of those machines, from a company called freepc. I faithfully kept all the terms of the contract, which were to last about 3 years. About 8 months into it, I got a phone call from them saying they were going out business, and I was free to keep the pc. They told me how to remove the ad software (which I remember to be quite simple, and if I had cared to figure out how to remove it, it wouldn't have been too much trouble). It was a compaq machine, celeron 300, and I still have it, waiting for a rainy day to install linux on it...
I think you forget, with all the Window patches, it is a one time check, which happens to be every single day...
Haha! It gave me the restart notice as I was reading this article. Gotta love automatic updates...
That has vague reminder to me of the old Sega Channel. Remember that? It was so cool. I'd go to this specific channel with my sega on, and it would give me a list of games that i could play. The only problem was I could not save a game and come back later to play it. But, as a young teenager when it came out, I thought it to be the best thing in the world, and I still do. I am surprised it is taking a company this long to emulate it...
Hmm, maybe, but I was onl 2 at the time, so I don't exactly remember that.
That aside, Today's computers are slightly faster then the 1982 Atari...