Check out Just Adventure - they seem to be a pretty good resource for those of us that don't like the "kill everything" type games. While adventures are a niche market now, and not the major genre they were back in the late 80's and early 90's, there are still plenty available and still being made.
But dinosaurs were animals, right? If that's true, Noah should have had them on the Ark and they never should have perished in the Flood. If Noah didn't do this, he directly disobeyed the will of God (likely out of a desire not to be eaten, and I can't say that I blame him). And God was okay with this "oversight"? Sounds to me like there's a wee bit of a double standard there...
You are flat wrong. This is the 21st century and anyone who doesn't know better than to fall for any online scam deserves what they get.
In fact, I would take it one further and say that its scam victims who deserve to be shot in the streets.
Feel free to line them up right next to any asshole who didn't evacuate when they were told to (Gustav or Katrina) and we can mow them all down with the same bullets so we don't waste anymore taxpayer/donated money on these idiots who forgot they live below sealevel.
Nobody has the right to be stupid.
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I don't know if you even bothered to read the page you linked to, but I'll quote the relevant bits for you:
Although the Athlon 64 2000+ uses more power than Intelâ(TM)s Atom 230 CPU, the entire system requires less energy both when idle and during full load operation because of the chipset.
So that invalidates your comment about the Athlon using less power; it doesn't. And to go on about the chipset...
The Achilles heel of the Intel system is its old system platform with the 945GC chipset, while AMD offers a more modern 780G platform.
This bit looks good, I like that, but there's a problem:
The AMD platform has one disadvantage, however: at present, the 780G chip set is only available on a microATX board, where Intel offers a significantly smaller miniITX board.
Well now... It appears that they're talking about a desktop platform! That's not what's going on here at all. It looks to be the case that in a UMPC, without the power saving chipset from AMD, the Athlon is actually the loser here.
The only problem with this idea is that apparently the royalties are collected regardless of whether artists played fall under the RIAA's umbrella or not. In that case, the RIAA is getting what is, for them, free money. At least, that is how I understand the situation.
No, "pensive" means "in a state of thinking". "Pensieve" is a fictional device for remembering things in the Harry Potter universe. The name is actually quite appropriate.
The industry still has a lot of growing up to do. The fact it's probably the only indutry that can't seem to hold a major business event without turning it into softcore porn should concern people.
You, sir, appear to be forgetting the porn industry. Turning business events into softcore (or hardcore) porn is what they do.
So the GDium uses G-Keys to access data through Gayaplex (the previously mentioned portal)... though a wireless G-Spot? Mandriva must not expect to sell many of these.
And this could be the reason why Verizon blocked all of alt.* rather than just the groups concerned. Move the content to a different group and they'll have to block more. Just burn it all in one big chunk and fuck the legitimate users (and uses).
That said, I really do believe there;'s something more nefarious going on here, because hey, they just got rid of very large groups containing material from the RIAA, MPAA, and BSA members. Sorry, I just can't see this as being a coincidence.
I haven't used an EEE myself, but I imagine that hitting F11 would still put Firefox in fullscreen mode, and get rid of the toolbars, giving you a lot more room to work.
Apparently, there are 88. 88 out of 107,000+ last time I checked. Roughly.008% of usenet is affected in this manner, and I'm not even going to get into group volume to find a more accurate estimate, because it would just drive that number down. So if I'm getting this right, 99.992% of usenet does not contain such things. This is one of a few things:
1) ISPs getting rid of a service that a small minority of their users use and saving themselves money on bandwidth, which is somewhat shaky, most of the people that use Usenet would find a 3rd party solution anyway, so the bandwidth savings would probably not be as large as expected.
2) ISPs are actually concerned with this content moving to other areas of Usenet if they block only the groups known to contain it, so they are essentially throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Cliched, I know, but accurate. Or:
3) ISPs are doing this to appease corporate interests by getting rid of the offensive material along with everything else that could possibly constitute copyright infringement. It's already been said here a few times, but from what I can see, it's the most likely scenario. The public thinks they're great for fighting the perverts, while corporate interests think they're great by closing off an area of mass piracy. Again, see point 1, because the people that use it will go to external providers, and I have a feeling they may be next on this hit list.
I don't think you're quite getting it. The "stage after the demo" would be the first stage in the full game that is not in the demo. Playing the demo, these problems will not show up.
I'm on a fairly reasonable regional carrier (Centennial Wireless), and do not pay for incoming calls or incoming texts. This was actually part of what I shopped for when trying to find a carrier, and was fairly lucky to find the plan I have. So there are carriers to switch to, however they may not be immediately obvious.
It's certainly interesting that you would do a price high>low search on Amazon. Did it occur to you that those are not "books"? In fact, one needs to go nearly 70 pages into that search to start getting results that are not from IDC, and even then, while the papers are still a few thousand dollars, they are still not books. Even by the hundredth page (the last page available in that search), it is still almost entirely papers from IDC, and no actual books. Now, while I agree that some e-books (real ones, mind you) are overpriced, this is not a good way to go about proving your point.
If you're ashamed of the comics you read to the point where you completely dismiss them as "bad" or "stupid", why even bother listing them? For that matter, why be ashamed?
Here are the ones I read, and I see no reason to be ashamed of any of them. If you don't like them, no one is forcing you to read them.
I'm in the US, and I recently got a Nokia 6300 (had a Razr v3 before that which crapped out on me - no big shock there) and it isn't crippled in any way. I can do whatever I want with the phone without violating any agreements or having to "unlock" the phone. That includes java app installation and removal, transferring files via USB, using my phone as an MP3 player (which seems pointless to me), and , Of course, I'm not with Verizon, Cingular, AT&T, or Alltel. Instead, I'm with a smaller regional provider, so this obviously won't apply to everybody.
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This is true, but how much time do you think it will take ? My guess is it will take another 10-15 years, and it is going to take a lot more than being an ISO standard. Personnally, i have yet to receive an ODF document by email. Fixed that. You make the mistake of thinking that just because something has never happened then it never will.
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Check out Just Adventure - they seem to be a pretty good resource for those of us that don't like the "kill everything" type games. While adventures are a niche market now, and not the major genre they were back in the late 80's and early 90's, there are still plenty available and still being made.
I love the way the smoke seems to be coming from the top of it. Just a second... I'm late for golf!
But dinosaurs were animals, right? If that's true, Noah should have had them on the Ark and they never should have perished in the Flood. If Noah didn't do this, he directly disobeyed the will of God (likely out of a desire not to be eaten, and I can't say that I blame him). And God was okay with this "oversight"? Sounds to me like there's a wee bit of a double standard there...
No sir, Mel Brooks was originally slated to deliver 15 commandments.
You are flat wrong. This is the 21st century and anyone who doesn't know better than to fall for any online scam deserves what they get.
In fact, I would take it one further and say that its scam victims who deserve to be shot in the streets.
Feel free to line them up right next to any asshole who didn't evacuate when they were told to (Gustav or Katrina) and we can mow them all down with the same bullets so we don't waste anymore taxpayer/donated money on these idiots who forgot they live below sealevel.
Nobody has the right to be stupid.
This message brought to you by the government of Nigeria.
I smell a new sitcom! The Odd Couple: The Next Generation.
Although the Athlon 64 2000+ uses more power than Intelâ(TM)s Atom 230 CPU, the entire system requires less energy both when idle and during full load operation because of the chipset.
So that invalidates your comment about the Athlon using less power; it doesn't. And to go on about the chipset...
The Achilles heel of the Intel system is its old system platform with the 945GC chipset, while AMD offers a more modern 780G platform.
This bit looks good, I like that, but there's a problem:
The AMD platform has one disadvantage, however: at present, the 780G chip set is only available on a microATX board, where Intel offers a significantly smaller miniITX board.
Well now... It appears that they're talking about a desktop platform! That's not what's going on here at all. It looks to be the case that in a UMPC, without the power saving chipset from AMD, the Athlon is actually the loser here.
The only problem with this idea is that apparently the royalties are collected regardless of whether artists played fall under the RIAA's umbrella or not. In that case, the RIAA is getting what is, for them, free money. At least, that is how I understand the situation.
And put all the blame on DVRs?
No, "pensive" means "in a state of thinking". "Pensieve" is a fictional device for remembering things in the Harry Potter universe. The name is actually quite appropriate.
The industry still has a lot of growing up to do. The fact it's probably the only indutry that can't seem to hold a major business event without turning it into softcore porn should concern people.
You, sir, appear to be forgetting the porn industry. Turning business events into softcore (or hardcore) porn is what they do.
So the GDium uses G-Keys to access data through Gayaplex (the previously mentioned portal)... though a wireless G-Spot? Mandriva must not expect to sell many of these.
And this could be the reason why Verizon blocked all of alt.* rather than just the groups concerned. Move the content to a different group and they'll have to block more. Just burn it all in one big chunk and fuck the legitimate users (and uses).
That said, I really do believe there;'s something more nefarious going on here, because hey, they just got rid of very large groups containing material from the RIAA, MPAA, and BSA members. Sorry, I just can't see this as being a coincidence.
I haven't used an EEE myself, but I imagine that hitting F11 would still put Firefox in fullscreen mode, and get rid of the toolbars, giving you a lot more room to work.
Apparently, there are 88. 88 out of 107,000+ last time I checked. Roughly .008% of usenet is affected in this manner, and I'm not even going to get into group volume to find a more accurate estimate, because it would just drive that number down. So if I'm getting this right, 99.992% of usenet does not contain such things. This is one of a few things:
1) ISPs getting rid of a service that a small minority of their users use and saving themselves money on bandwidth, which is somewhat shaky, most of the people that use Usenet would find a 3rd party solution anyway, so the bandwidth savings would probably not be as large as expected.
2) ISPs are actually concerned with this content moving to other areas of Usenet if they block only the groups known to contain it, so they are essentially throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Cliched, I know, but accurate. Or:
3) ISPs are doing this to appease corporate interests by getting rid of the offensive material along with everything else that could possibly constitute copyright infringement. It's already been said here a few times, but from what I can see, it's the most likely scenario. The public thinks they're great for fighting the perverts, while corporate interests think they're great by closing off an area of mass piracy. Again, see point 1, because the people that use it will go to external providers, and I have a feeling they may be next on this hit list.
I don't think you're quite getting it. The "stage after the demo" would be the first stage in the full game that is not in the demo. Playing the demo, these problems will not show up.
Not if he's Debian-based.
So yeah, I can see it being worth $20 to the non-savvy user.
I'm on a fairly reasonable regional carrier (Centennial Wireless), and do not pay for incoming calls or incoming texts. This was actually part of what I shopped for when trying to find a carrier, and was fairly lucky to find the plan I have. So there are carriers to switch to, however they may not be immediately obvious.
It's certainly interesting that you would do a price high>low search on Amazon. Did it occur to you that those are not "books"? In fact, one needs to go nearly 70 pages into that search to start getting results that are not from IDC, and even then, while the papers are still a few thousand dollars, they are still not books. Even by the hundredth page (the last page available in that search), it is still almost entirely papers from IDC, and no actual books. Now, while I agree that some e-books (real ones, mind you) are overpriced, this is not a good way to go about proving your point.
I thought you said a funny site.
Here are the ones I read, and I see no reason to be ashamed of any of them. If you don't like them, no one is forcing you to read them.
I'm in the US, and I recently got a Nokia 6300 (had a Razr v3 before that which crapped out on me - no big shock there) and it isn't crippled in any way. I can do whatever I want with the phone without violating any agreements or having to "unlock" the phone. That includes java app installation and removal, transferring files via USB, using my phone as an MP3 player (which seems pointless to me), and , Of course, I'm not with Verizon, Cingular, AT&T, or Alltel. Instead, I'm with a smaller regional provider, so this obviously won't apply to everybody.