Just an FYI - the 6th picture down (http://images.slashdot.org/articles/07/08/gencon6 .jpg) is of a few of the miniatures from the Privateer Press game Hordes. Hordes is releasing their first expansion, Evolution, and it's part of the larger tabletop/miniature combat world that is Iron Kingdoms/Warmachine/Hordes. For those who are tired of Warhammer, or who want to try something new, I can't recommend these games enough. Last year Hordes won the Origins Award for Miniature Game of the Year. The models are beautifully sculpted, the game is solid and it's loads of fun.
Just brining it up since there was no mention of what the picture was in the article. That's all.
I know it's not EXACTLY what you had in mind, and I was sure I had already seen this on slashdot as part of the ongoing iAccessories parade, but this pretty much does all the horrible things that you listed above, but at least it isn't disposable...and for some reason it's just as ridiculous. I give you:
ugh, foot in mouth, but not the one i was expecting.
real didn't show up in Ad-Aware, but I just checked NPR.org and their Audio Clips automatically go for either WM or RM formats. Guess it's time to uninstall.
real player is a necessity when you want to listen to audio clips from sites such as http://www.npr.org/, but i don't hear any complaints about that one.
RP is not really that big of an issue provided you babysit the installation and only install what is needed to run rm streams. it's definitely not as big an issue as it was a number of years ago. the most annoying thing i find about it is when websites make you pick a specific media player, because variety IS the spice of life, but i can understand a group's choosing one format to avoid the cost of encoding across multiple formats.
now i just have to figure out if any of the 130 New Critical Objects Ad-Aware found on this computer were caused by Real Networks software so that I can make sure my foot isn't anywhere near my mouth...
by 'banking on' i mean just that - they are putting money into a technology, with the idea that they can get it back later. i might be wrong when i make the following assumption, but i doubt it: warner doesn't want to lose money, and in fact would quite like to make some more of it.
so from there it follows that warner would prefer that BR would succeed, so that the money that they have 'banked on' (invested into? would that work better?) the new format would be worth it.
similar example:
i constantly sign up to support the Republican party, but but that doesn't mean I am banking on it to succeed, right? Right...
I was pretty sure Warner was backing HD-DVD, and that this might be some weird attempt to sabotage Blu-Ray, and in searching for evidence (turns out my bizarre conspiracy theory was just that), i found this info:
Warner is actually banking on Blu-Ray, having officially signed up to support the media. So let's keep going with 'the player is the problem', i guess, if you're dead set on adopting Laserdisc2006 or whatever it is we're bickering about.;)
woman in the office came and asked us to help her with attaching a document. she had a printout of what she wanted to have attached, a page from a document we have on a network share. so i go with her, and show her where the paperclip is in her outlook message, and she clicks it and says 'now what?' i say 'navigate to the file and select it to attach it to your email.' she says 'all i want is to get this on here,' flicking the paper in her hand.
i say 'well, you need to find the file that has that page, and then you can attach it.' she looks confused, and then holds up the paper and shakes it a bit more, and says 'i just want to attach this.' it's about now that i realize she wants me to somehow magically attach the slip of paper in her hand to her email. i didn't know how to respond.
The wikipedia article and picture that you are referencing refer to the 'whaleback' feature that was growing in 2004, and that it fell off last July. There are no pictures in the wikipedia article concerning the new fin-like feature. however, they do note that geologists expect this new feature to also break off within a few weeks, and that it is not currently as high as the whaleback feature was before it collapsed.
Remember when Tom Cruise had a new big movie coming out, and suddenly he was on the cover of every magazine in sight, and the movie made lots of money? Yeah.
Okay, so there's this movie coming out in a couple months, and the source material was a big hit on bestseller lists and lots of people got sucked in, but it's been a while, and they need some way to push it all back into the public's eye. it was about conspiracy and there was a lot of scandal in it... let's build up a frivolous lawsuit and start a bunch of buzz!
yeah, dan brown couldn't get me to give him money after reading Angels and Demons and the first 30 pages of this crappy book at the local b&n, and he won't get my $10 at the movie theater either.
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Anyone who pulls out Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law references deserves at least a 2.
Just an FYI - the 6th picture down (http://images.slashdot.org/articles/07/08/gencon6 .jpg) is of a few of the miniatures from the Privateer Press game Hordes. Hordes is releasing their first expansion, Evolution, and it's part of the larger tabletop/miniature combat world that is Iron Kingdoms/Warmachine/Hordes. For those who are tired of Warhammer, or who want to try something new, I can't recommend these games enough. Last year Hordes won the Origins Award for Miniature Game of the Year. The models are beautifully sculpted, the game is solid and it's loads of fun.
Just brining it up since there was no mention of what the picture was in the article. That's all.
I can stand for more whitebread/geeky gangsta rap. Even if you have heard of http://www.myspace.com/mcchris (mc chris), you should also check out the excellent video from barats and baretta on youtube, at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_sn8dYyobM
has the slashdot effect failed? or not kicked in yet? seriously, weirdal.com is toast, but myspace is still chugging along.
will nothing slay this horrid beast?
Funny, Roosterteeth made a parody of the Switch ads, and that guy ALSO made the mistake of thinking Photoshop was a game.
I mean, this is great and all, but when are we going to get the ability to play Mac games on Windows?
I know it's not EXACTLY what you had in mind, and I was sure I had already seen this on slashdot as part of the ongoing iAccessories parade, but this pretty much does all the horrible things that you listed above, but at least it isn't disposable...and for some reason it's just as ridiculous. I give you:
iPod Shoulder Bag with Integrated Speakers
ugh, foot in mouth, but not the one i was expecting.
real didn't show up in Ad-Aware, but I just checked NPR.org and their Audio Clips automatically go for either WM or RM formats. Guess it's time to uninstall.
real player is a necessity when you want to listen to audio clips from sites such as http://www.npr.org/, but i don't hear any complaints about that one.
RP is not really that big of an issue provided you babysit the installation and only install what is needed to run rm streams. it's definitely not as big an issue as it was a number of years ago. the most annoying thing i find about it is when websites make you pick a specific media player, because variety IS the spice of life, but i can understand a group's choosing one format to avoid the cost of encoding across multiple formats.
now i just have to figure out if any of the 130 New Critical Objects Ad-Aware found on this computer were caused by Real Networks software so that I can make sure my foot isn't anywhere near my mouth...
by 'banking on' i mean just that - they are putting money into a technology, with the idea that they can get it back later. i might be wrong when i make the following assumption, but i doubt it: warner doesn't want to lose money, and in fact would quite like to make some more of it. so from there it follows that warner would prefer that BR would succeed, so that the money that they have 'banked on' (invested into? would that work better?) the new format would be worth it. similar example: i constantly sign up to support the Republican party, but but that doesn't mean I am banking on it to succeed, right? Right...
I was pretty sure Warner was backing HD-DVD, and that this might be some weird attempt to sabotage Blu-Ray, and in searching for evidence (turns out my bizarre conspiracy theory was just that), i found this info:
i ng_article.cfm?article_id=8150
;)
http://www.homemediaretailing.com/news/html/break
Warner is actually banking on Blu-Ray, having officially signed up to support the media. So let's keep going with 'the player is the problem', i guess, if you're dead set on adopting Laserdisc2006 or whatever it is we're bickering about.
woman in the office came and asked us to help her with attaching a document. she had a printout of what she wanted to have attached, a page from a document we have on a network share. so i go with her, and show her where the paperclip is in her outlook message, and she clicks it and says 'now what?' i say 'navigate to the file and select it to attach it to your email.' she says 'all i want is to get this on here,' flicking the paper in her hand. i say 'well, you need to find the file that has that page, and then you can attach it.' she looks confused, and then holds up the paper and shakes it a bit more, and says 'i just want to attach this.' it's about now that i realize she wants me to somehow magically attach the slip of paper in her hand to her email. i didn't know how to respond.
The wikipedia article and picture that you are referencing refer to the 'whaleback' feature that was growing in 2004, and that it fell off last July. There are no pictures in the wikipedia article concerning the new fin-like feature. however, they do note that geologists expect this new feature to also break off within a few weeks, and that it is not currently as high as the whaleback feature was before it collapsed.
Remember when Tom Cruise had a new big movie coming out, and suddenly he was on the cover of every magazine in sight, and the movie made lots of money? Yeah.
Okay, so there's this movie coming out in a couple months, and the source material was a big hit on bestseller lists and lots of people got sucked in, but it's been a while, and they need some way to push it all back into the public's eye. it was about conspiracy and there was a lot of scandal in it... let's build up a frivolous lawsuit and start a bunch of buzz!
yeah, dan brown couldn't get me to give him money after reading Angels and Demons and the first 30 pages of this crappy book at the local b&n, and he won't get my $10 at the movie theater either.