The only issue I have with constantly putting something currently unexplainable as a product of God, and insisting that everyone leave it at that, is that if we did so with every new unexplainable phenomenon, we'd still be back in the stone ages. When man discovered fire or the wheel, did they leave it to God to be the only creator of fire or wheels? I think you see where I'm going with this.
I think its fascinating to try and figure out how and why things work, rather than always putting it down to "it just is". Maybe as a child I would have accepted such explanations, but now it just doesn't fill my cup anymore.
speaking as someone who uses ubuntu and once upon a time used beryl when I first installed 7.04 feisty, its simply not stable enough. Its close, but needs a few more months or even a year. Admittedly the only problems i had with beryl were with using it with VNC, and Java applications (which i develop).
if they'd actually put 2.50 worth of entertainment in a demo, I'd be all for it. But all too commonly these demos last about 10 minutes and don't let you get much of a feel for what you get with a 60 dollar purchase. if they made it more like the shareware games from 10 years ago it might work, they often contained a good 1/5th of the entire game content or so.
for not waiting to know if the product is going to fit your lifestyle.
for being a consumer whore.
i'm sure after seeing the success of the iphone we'll see plenty of other options, and as time goes newer revisions of the iphone will also get better batteries i'm sure. This is just kind of what you get when you buy into the first version of something so new and groundbreaking. As i recall the first generation or two of the ipod were less than stellar also, but the last few generations have been pretty solid.
i think this whole ordeal is really about resellers in general, they just need a scapegoat because it affects their online sales presence.
but whats rediculous is the fact that these products were ALREADY PURCHASED. Therefore the company has already made its bucks off of its products. Besides there's plenty of people out there who'd still rather go through an official source rather than ebay even if they spend a bit more. It really comes down to quality of product and quality of services, if someone thinks they're better off through ebay the problem is not with ebay.
the big question is.. why all the fuss over a piddly 20GB upgrade??? The only thing that would make sense is if its cheaper for them to put the 80GB versions together since 60 GB drives are not as mass produced.
Either way, they're selling the unit at a couple hundred bucks too much.
the broken updater thingy really frustrated me with 10.2, and ubuntu's automatix is what really did it in for me... no more being unable to watch "propietary" video formats without first spending hours trying to get it to work in suse. I think thats really what most people want, is a hassle-free OS that works, and as a serious contender to windows and OSX, ubuntu is pretty much it.
I used to use Mandriva, but things would often blow up (I liked to toy around with stuff a lot, such as XGL) and only be fixable with a reinstall. Ditto for OpenSuse. Ever since I've gone to Ubuntu however, I've actually been pleased with what I have and actually have gone through my computers and placing ubuntu feisty over windows or the current flavor or linux it had before it. I now have two 100% ubuntu work computers, one 100% ubunu personal computer, and only one computer left with windows for gaming and beyondtv (still can't get mythTV to run right) even it is set up for dual boot with ubuntu. No other linux flavor would have made me even make one of my computers 100% linux before now. I have seen the light, and I crave more!
the point i believe is to have it preloaded AND have tech support with warranty and all that goodness without having to purchase windows and support microsoft when you're not going to use Vista anyway.
I never found the shuffles random to really be all that random.. and how could it be since a random number generator must be based on a non-random number seed.
expect many calls to the same people you don't really wanna talk to
I always look to Oblivion. Even though its main story is only about 20 hours of gameplay, there's so much side content and explorative content that 40+ hours is practically guaranteed. It may not be a perfect game, but for dollar/hour spent it'll get you more than C&C 3, Need for Speed, and other such EA cantrips.
if they were more concerned with making decent games rather than putting out sequel after boring sequel, maybe they'd be on to something
Using a directed wireless transmission is certainly far cheaper in such remote regions. Think of the equivalent cost of building and maintaining 250 miles of land line!
Good news for people who continue to make ugly powerpoint presentations!
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The idea I think is that when there are 3 billion more people living on the planet, there might not be enough acres left for farming, so you need to build up to sustain the larger population. Plus they already said that 1 acre in the vertical is equivalent to many more horizontal acres, so the space-efficiency is much greater.
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I find that some books are useful as a way to initially get into a language, simply because most of the online material can be fairly specific and not geared towards getting you acquainted with the subtleties of that language.
but by the time i've used said book for a few weeks or a month, its generally not as good as a reference piece as something found on the web might be. Its especially easier to find an example of how to do a certain action with a good old net search than it is to thumb through the book and hope it covers it somewhere.
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The only issue I have with constantly putting something currently unexplainable as a product of God, and insisting that everyone leave it at that, is that if we did so with every new unexplainable phenomenon, we'd still be back in the stone ages. When man discovered fire or the wheel, did they leave it to God to be the only creator of fire or wheels? I think you see where I'm going with this.
I think its fascinating to try and figure out how and why things work, rather than always putting it down to "it just is". Maybe as a child I would have accepted such explanations, but now it just doesn't fill my cup anymore.
maybe its more a weapon against obesity?
speaking as someone who uses ubuntu and once upon a time used beryl when I first installed 7.04 feisty, its simply not stable enough. Its close, but needs a few more months or even a year. Admittedly the only problems i had with beryl were with using it with VNC, and Java applications (which i develop).
if they'd actually put 2.50 worth of entertainment in a demo, I'd be all for it. But all too commonly these demos last about 10 minutes and don't let you get much of a feel for what you get with a 60 dollar purchase. if they made it more like the shareware games from 10 years ago it might work, they often contained a good 1/5th of the entire game content or so.
for early acceptance.
for not doing your research.
for not waiting to know if the product is going to fit your lifestyle.
for being a consumer whore.
i'm sure after seeing the success of the iphone we'll see plenty of other options, and as time goes newer revisions of the iphone will also get better batteries i'm sure. This is just kind of what you get when you buy into the first version of something so new and groundbreaking. As i recall the first generation or two of the ipod were less than stellar also, but the last few generations have been pretty solid.
so its Microsofts fault everybody is using "Xtreme" somewhere in the product name to sell their products... bastards
i think this whole ordeal is really about resellers in general, they just need a scapegoat because it affects their online sales presence.
but whats rediculous is the fact that these products were ALREADY PURCHASED. Therefore the company has already made its bucks off of its products. Besides there's plenty of people out there who'd still rather go through an official source rather than ebay even if they spend a bit more. It really comes down to quality of product and quality of services, if someone thinks they're better off through ebay the problem is not with ebay.
the big question is.. why all the fuss over a piddly 20GB upgrade??? The only thing that would make sense is if its cheaper for them to put the 80GB versions together since 60 GB drives are not as mass produced.
Either way, they're selling the unit at a couple hundred bucks too much.
the broken updater thingy really frustrated me with 10.2, and ubuntu's automatix is what really did it in for me... no more being unable to watch "propietary" video formats without first spending hours trying to get it to work in suse. I think thats really what most people want, is a hassle-free OS that works, and as a serious contender to windows and OSX, ubuntu is pretty much it.
I used to use Mandriva, but things would often blow up (I liked to toy around with stuff a lot, such as XGL) and only be fixable with a reinstall. Ditto for OpenSuse. Ever since I've gone to Ubuntu however, I've actually been pleased with what I have and actually have gone through my computers and placing ubuntu feisty over windows or the current flavor or linux it had before it. I now have two 100% ubuntu work computers, one 100% ubunu personal computer, and only one computer left with windows for gaming and beyondtv (still can't get mythTV to run right) even it is set up for dual boot with ubuntu. No other linux flavor would have made me even make one of my computers 100% linux before now. I have seen the light, and I crave more!
i bet its because everything looks better in slow motion, at least thats what Chappelle's Show taught me :)
the point i believe is to have it preloaded AND have tech support with warranty and all that goodness without having to purchase windows and support microsoft when you're not going to use Vista anyway.
I never found the shuffles random to really be all that random.. and how could it be since a random number generator must be based on a non-random number seed.
expect many calls to the same people you don't really wanna talk to
I always look to Oblivion. Even though its main story is only about 20 hours of gameplay, there's so much side content and explorative content that 40+ hours is practically guaranteed. It may not be a perfect game, but for dollar/hour spent it'll get you more than C&C 3, Need for Speed, and other such EA cantrips.
if they were more concerned with making decent games rather than putting out sequel after boring sequel, maybe they'd be on to something
no.... ... they'd be expecting that.
Ahhh but what if she install on both, and they say only one has it....
:)
or what if she installs on non, and they say one or both has it....
kinda makes me feel like watching Princess Bride again
and ride the SLEDucator down the bunny slopes of wintery bliss land!
I can say that my older brother's high IQ is severely hampered by severe lack of common sense :P
Using a directed wireless transmission is certainly far cheaper in such remote regions. Think of the equivalent cost of building and maintaining 250 miles of land line!
Good news for people who continue to make ugly powerpoint presentations!
The idea I think is that when there are 3 billion more people living on the planet, there might not be enough acres left for farming, so you need to build up to sustain the larger population. Plus they already said that 1 acre in the vertical is equivalent to many more horizontal acres, so the space-efficiency is much greater.
I find that some books are useful as a way to initially get into a language, simply because most of the online material can be fairly specific and not geared towards getting you acquainted with the subtleties of that language.
but by the time i've used said book for a few weeks or a month, its generally not as good as a reference piece as something found on the web might be. Its especially easier to find an example of how to do a certain action with a good old net search than it is to thumb through the book and hope it covers it somewhere.
I guess what you really mean is to use technology, gadgets, luxuries, etc, to enhance your life and NOT to define it.
they might as well just start folding their money into paper airplanes and throw em into Redmond
high scores beat you!