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It's more Konqueror than Firefox, since Safari was Apple's deviation from the Konqueror project. That's why Konqueror was the 2nd browser to pass the Acid2 test.
Most Americans plug a cord and have Inernet in echange of some empty coke cans.
We get free internet in exchange for some free coke cans? I mean, there used to be some free dial-up ISPs that gave you internet in exchange for them displaying crappy ads on your computer (as far as I know, they all went bankrupt or started charging after the dot-com bubble burst). My girlfriend had free internet through her library (where anybody in the library district that wanted free dial-up could sign up through the library), but that service went away because the referendum to raise taxes and give the library the money to support that and other programs went away. It is cheaper here than other countries--I have several friends from Nepal and other south Asian countries who have told me that. Empty coke cans though is a bit too much of a hyperbole.
You're confusing hardcore games/gamers with mass market games/gamers. Hardcore gamers/games care more about the gameplay than the graphics--these are for the people who have been playing games for years (and who dream about games, and who will play anything they get their hands on at least once, although if it sucks they won't play it for more than 5 seconds). It's those mass market, Sony fanboys, that care mostly about the graphics and to hell with the rest of it. That's why I'm buying a Nintendo Revolution (and the other's later, but right now the 360 has nothing that appealing on it for me, and I have at least a temporary boycott of Sony---plus it'll be awhile before the PS3 comes out). But yeah, screw the graphics, just give me fun, addicting games (with unique gameplay a plus).
-1984 (one of the best dystopian novels ever written, and the Mac commercial inspired by it isn't bad either). This would also go great coupled with a copy of Beyond Good & Evil for whatever system your friend prefers to play on.
-House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski this is an avant garde horror novel that is both one of the most interesting, most challenging (not in terms of figuring out what's being said, but in terms of navigating through the multiple layers/plots of the story), and most enjoyable book I have read. (Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375703764/002-60 09521-6775228?v=glance&n=283155). His sister is the musician Poe, who has an album out (Haunted) which features a few songs inspired by this book (5 1/2 minute hallway, for example). His father is a film maker, and I guess was a major inspriration for this book. This book was originally a hyperfiction available online (or so it says and so some rumors have said, but I have not found a copy of it online).
-See Under: Love by David Grossman is another superb avant garde literary work. It's Holocaust fiction and tells the tale of a child of survivors trying to come to terms with his family's past (it starts out with him trying to find out what the "Nazi Beast" was and how it came into being; the second part explores trying to uncover the mystery of his grandfather; the third part is the telling of his grandfather's story who in turn is telling a story to a Nazi Commandant; and the final part is in encyclopedia format, alphebatized by the Hebrew alphabet, telling the ending of the story his grandfather had been telling to the Commandant).
If you're going to give somebody a dense book, give them a book that's dense to a tangled plot with multiple levels of interpretation rather than dense due to older forms of writing. Classics are great to read and own copies of, but unless your friend is a fanatic about the classics, try to find something less than 100 years old as he is more likely to read it and will be more likely to enjoy it. I also recommend a collection of Sherlock Holmes because geeks should like logically deducing stuff. Holmes goes well with a nice adventure game (many of which can be purchased for less than $10).
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It's more Konqueror than Firefox, since Safari was Apple's deviation from the Konqueror project. That's why Konqueror was the 2nd browser to pass the Acid2 test.
Most Americans plug a cord and have Inernet in echange of some empty coke cans. We get free internet in exchange for some free coke cans? I mean, there used to be some free dial-up ISPs that gave you internet in exchange for them displaying crappy ads on your computer (as far as I know, they all went bankrupt or started charging after the dot-com bubble burst). My girlfriend had free internet through her library (where anybody in the library district that wanted free dial-up could sign up through the library), but that service went away because the referendum to raise taxes and give the library the money to support that and other programs went away. It is cheaper here than other countries--I have several friends from Nepal and other south Asian countries who have told me that. Empty coke cans though is a bit too much of a hyperbole.
You're confusing hardcore games/gamers with mass market games/gamers. Hardcore gamers/games care more about the gameplay than the graphics--these are for the people who have been playing games for years (and who dream about games, and who will play anything they get their hands on at least once, although if it sucks they won't play it for more than 5 seconds). It's those mass market, Sony fanboys, that care mostly about the graphics and to hell with the rest of it. That's why I'm buying a Nintendo Revolution (and the other's later, but right now the 360 has nothing that appealing on it for me, and I have at least a temporary boycott of Sony---plus it'll be awhile before the PS3 comes out). But yeah, screw the graphics, just give me fun, addicting games (with unique gameplay a plus).
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0 09521-6775228?v=glance&n=283155). His sister is the musician Poe, who has an album out (Haunted) which features a few songs inspired by this book (5 1/2 minute hallway, for example). His father is a film maker, and I guess was a major inspriration for this book. This book was originally a hyperfiction available online (or so it says and so some rumors have said, but I have not found a copy of it online).
-1984 (one of the best dystopian novels ever written, and the Mac commercial inspired by it isn't bad either). This would also go great coupled with a copy of Beyond Good & Evil for whatever system your friend prefers to play on.
-House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski this is an avant garde horror novel that is both one of the most interesting, most challenging (not in terms of figuring out what's being said, but in terms of navigating through the multiple layers/plots of the story), and most enjoyable book I have read. (Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375703764/002-6
-See Under: Love by David Grossman is another superb avant garde literary work. It's Holocaust fiction and tells the tale of a child of survivors trying to come to terms with his family's past (it starts out with him trying to find out what the "Nazi Beast" was and how it came into being; the second part explores trying to uncover the mystery of his grandfather; the third part is the telling of his grandfather's story who in turn is telling a story to a Nazi Commandant; and the final part is in encyclopedia format, alphebatized by the Hebrew alphabet, telling the ending of the story his grandfather had been telling to the Commandant).
If you're going to give somebody a dense book, give them a book that's dense to a tangled plot with multiple levels of interpretation rather than dense due to older forms of writing. Classics are great to read and own copies of, but unless your friend is a fanatic about the classics, try to find something less than 100 years old as he is more likely to read it and will be more likely to enjoy it. I also recommend a collection of Sherlock Holmes because geeks should like logically deducing stuff. Holmes goes well with a nice adventure game (many of which can be purchased for less than $10).
Enjoy!