But if your friends are on a different server, how are you going to use the Meeting Stone to assemble your team? The Meeting Stone doesn't teleport you directly into your instance.
Not being able to "lose" would apply to ALL MMORPG's, not just WoW. If you were to "lose" the entire game then the developer would lose a subscriber, and they definitely don't want that.
Win/lose in MMORPG's is done on a much smaller scale -- i.e., each quest and each battle presenting an opportunity to win/lose.
I use KeePass myself. It's a good program, and keeps everything nicely organized. However, since I use it on my desktop system, I should probably just be using an Excel spreadsheet.
I do like that KeePass will generate passwords for you.
Since I build a lot of websites, I prefer not to reuse passwords (I often hand-off the passwords to clients), so the slip of paper in my wallet would not be a great solution for me.
Yeah, I saw it as well, though my thought at the time was, "How do you know how much your doctor did for your if you didn't ask him?" I deal with clients too, and a lot of stuff goes on behind the scene that they may not be aware of.
Rooney took it at face value that the doctor did nothing but compliment his show.
What's wrong with retro-gaming? The GBA had a ton of A-list games. A lot of those titles will be resold through the DSi store (Nintendo ALWAYS recycles old titles). So, it won't matter that you own the physical cartridge; you'll have to pay for the software again if you want to play it.
Isn't that what Nintendo did with the DSi? They took out the GBA port, losing access to ~1400 game carts, in favor of selling content over the internet, which you can't resell or transfer ownership.
Bungie's Marathon was actually the first FPS to be story-driven, and it was a contemporary of Doom. It was one of those rare Mac-only A-list games.
The story was told through the computer terminals, since it was mostly about how the ship's AI had gone insane, and was sending you on various missions. The nice thing about it was that you didn't have to read the terminals if you didn't care about the story, you could just click through them quickly.
Since the Atari 2600 and the Apple ][+ came out, it's always been a neck-and-neck race between PC's and consoles as to which was the better gaming platform.
The 2600 had a nice library of games, but the Apple ][+'s graphics and complexity blew it away. In fact, I would say that many of the pro's & con's of PC vs console gaming from the early 1980's are largely intact to this day.
Well, not just the ability to install programs, but the availability of many programs. My previous dumbphone had various apps built-in and downloading more apps was not an idea Apple invented, and it had a SIM card that I could put a lot of music on (after I hacked it; effing Verizon locked it down). What I couldn't do was download a GPS turn-by-turn mapping app, or Skype, Pandora, eBay, and 85,000 other apps.
Also, I think a smartphone is defined by the user interface. Moving from a phone that had a simple numeric keypad for input to a touchscreen-based system was a huge leap.
And I would say the screen size. The screen on a typical dumbphone is typically not big enough to do a lot.
And an actual keyboard, whether its physical or virtual.
However, the line is very blurry. Dumbphones are taking on more and more smartphone features.
Here's the YouTube video of the commercial. It makes a pretty strong case, although the Droid isn't pictured anywhere in it.
A lot of iPhone users have been hoping that Verizon and Apple would be getting together in 2010, when AT&T's exclusivity contract was rumored to expire. However, this is a pretty aggressive ad, certainly not one you'd expect for two companies coming together.
A friend of mine tried setting up a Media Center PC with the 360 to view content.
First off, just having the 360 ON is incredibly annoying -- the fans are so freaking loud. At least in a game, you're totally immersed in it so you forget about it. But, for just watching TV? Nope, it's just a lot of white noise you don't need
Second, going with all-Microsoft software is going to limit your choices, because of corporate choices regarding DRM and such.
My friend has an old XBox that he software-modded with XBMC, and of the three devices, XBMC is the one that gets all of the use.
The main thing the 360 is good for is playing games; anything else it does is a DISTANT second. If you aren't going to use it for gaming, give it away as a present or sell it on eBay.
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But if your friends are on a different server, how are you going to use the Meeting Stone to assemble your team? The Meeting Stone doesn't teleport you directly into your instance.
Not being able to "lose" would apply to ALL MMORPG's, not just WoW. If you were to "lose" the entire game then the developer would lose a subscriber, and they definitely don't want that.
Win/lose in MMORPG's is done on a much smaller scale -- i.e., each quest and each battle presenting an opportunity to win/lose.
But Google controls their own results engine.
Could a PeopleOfLinux.com website be far behind?
Rapidshare and similar sites have been doing that for years.
I use KeePass myself. It's a good program, and keeps everything nicely organized. However, since I use it on my desktop system, I should probably just be using an Excel spreadsheet.
I do like that KeePass will generate passwords for you.
Since I build a lot of websites, I prefer not to reuse passwords (I often hand-off the passwords to clients), so the slip of paper in my wallet would not be a great solution for me.
Yeah, I saw it as well, though my thought at the time was, "How do you know how much your doctor did for your if you didn't ask him?" I deal with clients too, and a lot of stuff goes on behind the scene that they may not be aware of.
Rooney took it at face value that the doctor did nothing but compliment his show.
What's wrong with retro-gaming? The GBA had a ton of A-list games. A lot of those titles will be resold through the DSi store (Nintendo ALWAYS recycles old titles). So, it won't matter that you own the physical cartridge; you'll have to pay for the software again if you want to play it.
An oldie but a goodie...
The website is down
Andy Rooney is your source? Serously?
Isn't that what Nintendo did with the DSi? They took out the GBA port, losing access to ~1400 game carts, in favor of selling content over the internet, which you can't resell or transfer ownership.
(face) Book of the Dead
Facebook: Bring out yer dead! <clank> Bring out yer dead! <clank>
Facebook User with Dead Friend: Here's one.
Facebook: That'll be ninepence.
Dead Facebook Friend: I'm not dead.
Facebook: What?
Facebook User with Dead Friend: Nothing. There's your ninepence.
Dead Facebook Friend: I'm not dead.
Facebook: 'Ere, he says he's not dead.
Facebook User with Dead Friend: Yes he is.
Dead Facebook Friend: I'm not.
Facebook: He isn't!
Facebook User with Dead Friend: Well, he will be soon, he's very ill.
Dead Facebook Friend: I'm getting better!
Facebook User with Dead Friend: No you're not, you'll be stone dead in a moment.
Facebook: Well, I can't take him like that!. It's against regulations.
Dead Facebook Friend: I don't want to go on the cart!
Facebook User with Dead Friend: Oh, don't be such a baby.
Facebook: I can't take him.
Dead Facebook Friend: I feel fine!
Facebook User with Dead Friend: Oh, do me a favor.
Facebook: I can't.
Facebook User with Dead Friend: Well, can you hang around for a couple of minutes? He won't be long.
Facebook: I promised I'd be at the Robinsons'. They've lost nine today.
Facebook User with Dead Friend: Well, when's your next round?
Facebook: Thursday.
Dead Facebook Friend: I think I'll go for a walk!
Facebook User with Dead Friend: You're not fooling anyone, you know. Isn't there anything you could do?
Dead Facebook Friend: I feel happy! I feel happy!
[Facebook glances up and down the internets furtively, then silences the Friend with his a whack of his club]
Facebook User with Dead Friend: Ah, thank you very much.
Facebook: Not at all. See you on Thursday.
Facebook User with Dead Friend: Right.
Not to be outdone, the Bing team is hiring crackwhores to give blowjobs.
Haven't seen it yet, but the reviewers are saying that Where the Wild Things Are is essentially a movie without a plot.
I played WCIII on the PlayStation.
That's backstory, though, and not in-game story.
Bungie's Marathon was actually the first FPS to be story-driven, and it was a contemporary of Doom. It was one of those rare Mac-only A-list games.
The story was told through the computer terminals, since it was mostly about how the ship's AI had gone insane, and was sending you on various missions. The nice thing about it was that you didn't have to read the terminals if you didn't care about the story, you could just click through them quickly.
Since the Atari 2600 and the Apple ][+ came out, it's always been a neck-and-neck race between PC's and consoles as to which was the better gaming platform.
The 2600 had a nice library of games, but the Apple ][+'s graphics and complexity blew it away. In fact, I would say that many of the pro's & con's of PC vs console gaming from the early 1980's are largely intact to this day.
I'd say that the first attempt at a 3D FPS was the wireframe arcade game Battlezone.
Also, the interactive fiction genre, popularized by companies like Infocom and Adventure International, gradually morphed into point-and-click RPG's.
Well, not just the ability to install programs, but the availability of many programs. My previous dumbphone had various apps built-in and downloading more apps was not an idea Apple invented, and it had a SIM card that I could put a lot of music on (after I hacked it; effing Verizon locked it down). What I couldn't do was download a GPS turn-by-turn mapping app, or Skype, Pandora, eBay, and 85,000 other apps.
Also, I think a smartphone is defined by the user interface. Moving from a phone that had a simple numeric keypad for input to a touchscreen-based system was a huge leap.
And I would say the screen size. The screen on a typical dumbphone is typically not big enough to do a lot.
And an actual keyboard, whether its physical or virtual.
However, the line is very blurry. Dumbphones are taking on more and more smartphone features.
Here's the YouTube video of the commercial. It makes a pretty strong case, although the Droid isn't pictured anywhere in it.
A lot of iPhone users have been hoping that Verizon and Apple would be getting together in 2010, when AT&T's exclusivity contract was rumored to expire. However, this is a pretty aggressive ad, certainly not one you'd expect for two companies coming together.
Yes, "nuclear decay" sounds nasty and horrible.
Marketing has an idea to replace it with something much more enticing:
"The penny-sized battery -- powered by Kitten Purrs!"
A friend of mine tried setting up a Media Center PC with the 360 to view content.
First off, just having the 360 ON is incredibly annoying -- the fans are so freaking loud. At least in a game, you're totally immersed in it so you forget about it. But, for just watching TV? Nope, it's just a lot of white noise you don't need
Second, going with all-Microsoft software is going to limit your choices, because of corporate choices regarding DRM and such.
My friend has an old XBox that he software-modded with XBMC, and of the three devices, XBMC is the one that gets all of the use.
The main thing the 360 is good for is playing games; anything else it does is a DISTANT second. If you aren't going to use it for gaming, give it away as a present or sell it on eBay.
Well, they sacrificed the politician, so no harm done, any.
I'm sure those Keno's ain't cheap.