Mod parent up. This is exactly the reason why I have a credit card with a low spending limit that I hardly ever use. It's in fact my oldest credit card.
And if the GP is interested in buying a house, good luck paying all cash in, especially if you live on either coast or near a big city. And if you don't have a good credit history (or any credit history for that matter), expect to get a higher interest rate on your mortgage than your neighbor who does have a credit history.
Not quite. Linux technically refers to just the kernel, but most people refer to it as the whole system (GNU,X,KDE/GNOME,etc). A BSD is generally a specific distribution that includes a kernel, a minimal set of core applications, and X (although X is optional).
I play World of Warcraft as a hobby, averaging about 4 hours a day, maybe more on the weekends if I have nothing better to do. I work a 40+ hour job as a software developer, and I certainly don't live in my parents basement.
So you're still averaging 28+ hours a week. That's really not much better. It's unfortunate these games are weighted towards people who have inordinate amounts of time to grind their way through to get high-level items.
You mentioned that you, "have the skill; I don't have the time for the grind." Well skippy, I hate to enlighten you to this but if you don't work for something, then you certainly don't deserve it. If you don't have the one or two hours (and two hours is a long shot) to run an instance, or to do quests, then you don't deserve to get gear or the gold.
I work more than twice the hours you work in the hospital ever since starting this job. I no longer play WoW due to these factors but have switched to Guild Wars since paying monthly fees for an account that is barely used doesn't make sense and the fact the Guild Wars has significantly less emphasis on money and grind.
I will continue feeling nothing but contempt toward anyone who buys gold, who needs to cheat because he or she cant cut it
Good for you. Meanwhile, unlike you, the rest of us who actually have real jobs, making real-world money, and who don't have the 40+ hours/week to spend playing video games in his mother's basement will still reap the benefits. As another poster has stated, I have the skill; I don't have the time for the grind.
Should TCP/IP stack vendors also complain that Microsoft includes a TCP/IP stack in Vista? Yes there was a time when a TCP/IP stack was a separate product that had to be purchased, even on unix systems.
So, this one day, I'm just chillin on my laptop, like usual, and I open up some new fangled thing called a bloog? a blorg? Whatever. Anyway, so I open up this bloogleborg, and TUBES LEPT OUT OF MY COMPUTER AND SODOMIZED ME
Or you could use an R100, R200, or R300 based ATI card. They're not hard to find, relatively inexpensive, and still powerful enough for a casual gamer (at least R300s are, possibly R200). Oh, forgot to mention that they have mostly full open source drivers written already.
If you're using some sort of Linux/*BSD/etc, you shouldn't have to worry because X.org has had mostly full and useable R100, R200, and recently R300 open source drivers for quite some time now. They're decent. I've been playing Unreal Tournament (and variants) without problems. The only issue is visuals with Doom 3 do to S3 Texture compression being patented. If you're using Windows, well good luck!
The Mac Plus was introduced in 1986. Most x86 computers back then were a magnitude more expandable in comparison. 8088/86 and 80286 processors were fairly common back then. And yes, you can put these old machines up on the internet using Windows 3.x. So I don't see what the big deal is.
Sometimes I wonder why we even bother teaching history. Since current events tend to parallel past events quite well, it's quite apparent that practically no one learns anything from history anymore.
Or bears for that matter. In fact, in my hand I hold a rock that prevents tigers from attacking! Don't believe me? Have you seen a tiger attacking lately?
If Apple had stayed with IBM, they would have been pushed to the Cell processor. And that would be a bad PR move, running on the same CPU as your game consol runs on.
Oh? You mean like how the XBox uses a Pentium 3? How embarrassing for the rest of us that we're just using a chip that's suited for video games.
Actually, I think the mileage is doing pretty well considering all the other safety and emissions equipment manufacturers have to put in. So we have somewhat heavier cars, more powerful engines, and gas mileage that is at least comparable if not better than in the past.
1) "Begs the question..." - now used to mean "raises the question 2) "Chemistry" - in terms of relationships 3) Irregardless - wasn't even a word until the early 20th century, and it doesn't even make any sense given the double negative inherent in the word
On the otherhand, language is a dynamic entity. Words and phrases will eventually mean what everyone else commonly understands them to mean.
Until Apple also stops supporting 32-bit computing. The way I see it, the 64-bit PowerPC Macs will have a longer support span than the first generation Intel Macs because they're only 32-bit computers.
Good post. However, the Sega Genesis was actually more powerful than the Super Nintendo in terms of pure processing power (Genesis: 32-bit Motorola 68000; SNES: 16-bit 65c816). However, I think the SNES graphics unit was a little bit better. At least it coul display 256 colors at once vs. Genesis only being able to display 64 colors at once.
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They didn't accept my cow either. And I don't like paying in cash and that's why I always carry a cow with me. What do I do?
Mod parent up. This is exactly the reason why I have a credit card with a low spending limit that I hardly ever use. It's in fact my oldest credit card. And if the GP is interested in buying a house, good luck paying all cash in, especially if you live on either coast or near a big city. And if you don't have a good credit history (or any credit history for that matter), expect to get a higher interest rate on your mortgage than your neighbor who does have a credit history.
Not quite. Linux technically refers to just the kernel, but most people refer to it as the whole system (GNU,X,KDE/GNOME,etc). A BSD is generally a specific distribution that includes a kernel, a minimal set of core applications, and X (although X is optional).
So you're still averaging 28+ hours a week. That's really not much better. It's unfortunate these games are weighted towards people who have inordinate amounts of time to grind their way through to get high-level items.
I work more than twice the hours you work in the hospital ever since starting this job. I no longer play WoW due to these factors but have switched to Guild Wars since paying monthly fees for an account that is barely used doesn't make sense and the fact the Guild Wars has significantly less emphasis on money and grind.
They could, but then taxes would just bring the price to our current level. So what's the point?
The same reason that employers google potential applicants?
Should TCP/IP stack vendors also complain that Microsoft includes a TCP/IP stack in Vista? Yes there was a time when a TCP/IP stack was a separate product that had to be purchased, even on unix systems.
Perhaps we should start making environmentally friendly computers? I certainly don't want any of those toxins in my ground water.
Are you sure they weren't tentacles?
Or ATI making any sort of drivers?
Or you could use an R100, R200, or R300 based ATI card. They're not hard to find, relatively inexpensive, and still powerful enough for a casual gamer (at least R300s are, possibly R200). Oh, forgot to mention that they have mostly full open source drivers written already.
If you're using some sort of Linux/*BSD/etc, you shouldn't have to worry because X.org has had mostly full and useable R100, R200, and recently R300 open source drivers for quite some time now. They're decent. I've been playing Unreal Tournament (and variants) without problems. The only issue is visuals with Doom 3 do to S3 Texture compression being patented. If you're using Windows, well good luck!
The Mac Plus was introduced in 1986. Most x86 computers back then were a magnitude more expandable in comparison. 8088/86 and 80286 processors were fairly common back then. And yes, you can put these old machines up on the internet using Windows 3.x. So I don't see what the big deal is.
Sometimes I wonder why we even bother teaching history. Since current events tend to parallel past events quite well, it's quite apparent that practically no one learns anything from history anymore.
We already have that. Practically all rock, adult contemporary, etc. stations play the same thing...
Or bears for that matter. In fact, in my hand I hold a rock that prevents tigers from attacking! Don't believe me? Have you seen a tiger attacking lately?
Oh? You mean like how the XBox uses a Pentium 3? How embarrassing for the rest of us that we're just using a chip that's suited for video games.
Actually, I think the mileage is doing pretty well considering all the other safety and emissions equipment manufacturers have to put in. So we have somewhat heavier cars, more powerful engines, and gas mileage that is at least comparable if not better than in the past.
Well, I don't like the redefinition of
1) "Begs the question..." - now used to mean "raises the question
2) "Chemistry" - in terms of relationships
3) Irregardless - wasn't even a word until the early 20th century, and it doesn't even make any sense given the double negative inherent in the word
On the otherhand, language is a dynamic entity. Words and phrases will eventually mean what everyone else commonly understands them to mean.
Until Apple also stops supporting 32-bit computing. The way I see it, the 64-bit PowerPC Macs will have a longer support span than the first generation Intel Macs because they're only 32-bit computers.
You forgot the final line: "Burma Shave!"
Sorry I only have enough room and money for one vehicle instead of three.
Good post. However, the Sega Genesis was actually more powerful than the Super Nintendo in terms of pure processing power (Genesis: 32-bit Motorola 68000; SNES: 16-bit 65c816). However, I think the SNES graphics unit was a little bit better. At least it coul display 256 colors at once vs. Genesis only being able to display 64 colors at once.
People use that term a lot, don't you think, question mark.