We got what we asked for, and damn it, it's boring.
Seriously. Before you know it, someone's gonna come out with a game where you get to walk around and do chores and simulate interactions between people via little virtual people. And I bet people would buy it. Oh wait...
You step into Wikipedia, you understand what's up.
You know it's not a peer-reviewed encyclopedia. It's a WIKIpedia.
You know anyone, including you, can edit it.
You know this. I know this. Everyone here knows this. However, many people out there (waves arms around) don't know this, and they won't necessarily "get it," even after having it explained to them god knows how many times. These are the ones we need to be worrying about. And for them, Wikipedia is a place that they shouldn't go to get accurate information.
Most news becomes old hat within a day and a half of being posted...
Which is where sites like slashdot come into play. Thanks to the dutiful work of the editors, stories that are weeks, months, and sometimes even years old, are often given a new lease on life.
Hell, 3 to 6 months is way too long. I want my 100% yield in 8 to 12 weeks! And yes, I'd be very interested to know which bank is paying out rates like this...
I'm sure this has already been answered, but the answer is because people are lazy/forgetful. They buy the product thinking they're getting it at the after-rebate price, but then never send in the rebate form. Then they kick themselves for paying full price for something that they could easily have bought at a slightly better price (with no rebate) with a small amount of effort.
As for the rebate processing centers, there are a handful that are notorious for "losing" rebates, or for suddenly scattering the contents of an envelope immediately upon opening it so that they can then claim that all the required parts weren't received. Of all the rebates I've done, the only one I ever had a problem with was, ironically enough, OfficeMax. After many calls and about an hour on the phone with them, I did eventually get it sorted out. And even better than that, they sent me two rebate checks! My $40 dvd burner with a $30 rebate suddenly turned into them giving me a dvd burner AND 20 bucks! Not bad, but it was still a PITA.
I recently ordered a nice hefty leather-bound dictionary. And I use it all the time when writing papers on my computer. I've personally found that it's far easier for me to move my hands a few inches and flip through the dictionary to check on a word than it is to switch from my text editor of choice to a browser, punch in my word at m-w.com (or google define:word). It's certainly a lot less distracting, too. Honestly, I never would've guessed how much easier it is to deal with before I got it.
Have no problems save for needing a reset whenver I leave it uncharged and unused for over a week and it won't mount as a firewire disc.
That's actually by design. Normally, it goes into a sleep/soft power off mode. If it hasn't been powered up for a few days, it will then fully power itself down. In order to turn it on, you need to hold the play button for a few seconds.
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We got what we asked for, and damn it, it's boring.
Seriously. Before you know it, someone's gonna come out with a game where you get to walk around and do chores and simulate interactions between people via little virtual people. And I bet people would buy it. Oh wait...
Seriously, why bother rating something you never want to hear again? Why not just delete it?
It's because he has the hoarding gene that so many nerds have. (Is that related to the monoamine oxidase A thing?)
Oh, I thought it was a euphamism for something.
"ham roll" = ???
Wow, this looks like an answer to the question that was posed here.
No kidding. Who's gonna cast her in shows now?!?
Hopefully it only spellchecks text input fields. If not, then I'm right there with you.
It's kind of like what would happen if Yahoo! had named itself "HTTP" back in the early 90s.
Damn! Why didn't I think of that?!?
You step into Wikipedia, you understand what's up.
You know it's not a peer-reviewed encyclopedia. It's a WIKIpedia.
You know anyone, including you, can edit it.
You know this. I know this. Everyone here knows this. However, many people out there (waves arms around) don't know this, and they won't necessarily "get it," even after having it explained to them god knows how many times. These are the ones we need to be worrying about. And for them, Wikipedia is a place that they shouldn't go to get accurate information.
Yeah, but the thing that kills me is having to donate a dollar to the community for every dollar I spend...
Most news becomes old hat within a day and a half of being posted...
Which is where sites like slashdot come into play. Thanks to the dutiful work of the editors, stories that are weeks, months, and sometimes even years old, are often given a new lease on life.
I tried to look at your picture, but you forgot to linkify it.
Hell, 3 to 6 months is way too long. I want my 100% yield in 8 to 12 weeks! And yes, I'd be very interested to know which bank is paying out rates like this...
I'm sure this has already been answered, but the answer is because people are lazy/forgetful. They buy the product thinking they're getting it at the after-rebate price, but then never send in the rebate form. Then they kick themselves for paying full price for something that they could easily have bought at a slightly better price (with no rebate) with a small amount of effort.
As for the rebate processing centers, there are a handful that are notorious for "losing" rebates, or for suddenly scattering the contents of an envelope immediately upon opening it so that they can then claim that all the required parts weren't received. Of all the rebates I've done, the only one I ever had a problem with was, ironically enough, OfficeMax. After many calls and about an hour on the phone with them, I did eventually get it sorted out. And even better than that, they sent me two rebate checks! My $40 dvd burner with a $30 rebate suddenly turned into them giving me a dvd burner AND 20 bucks! Not bad, but it was still a PITA.
The same way we've survived the past few hundred thousand years--by breeding.
Can you post the code for that?
Exactly. It really is a shame that both USB type A and type B plugs fit so well into an RJ45 port.
Who uses Paper Dictionaries anymore?
I recently ordered a nice hefty leather-bound dictionary. And I use it all the time when writing papers on my computer. I've personally found that it's far easier for me to move my hands a few inches and flip through the dictionary to check on a word than it is to switch from my text editor of choice to a browser, punch in my word at m-w.com (or google define:word). It's certainly a lot less distracting, too. Honestly, I never would've guessed how much easier it is to deal with before I got it.
Have no problems save for needing a reset whenver I leave it uncharged and unused for over a week and it won't mount as a firewire disc.
That's actually by design. Normally, it goes into a sleep/soft power off mode. If it hasn't been powered up for a few days, it will then fully power itself down. In order to turn it on, you need to hold the play button for a few seconds.
Wow! I didn't even think of that. Good catch!
Motorola has a new phone out?
Hey, they don't call it a nanotube for nothin'...
Some of this is periodically pumped out as a vapor and deposited on the surface of the disk, replenishing the evaporated lubricant.
Hey, I could use some of this this! Oh wait...it says disk...
Programmers can't eat code, either
Then please explain why they call it spaghetti code, Mr. Smartguy.
I speculate that the Wii will have a late May or early June 2006 launch.