The average PHB would probably say something along the lines of "You don't use couches that are comfy to sit in because you don't want people lounging in them when they could be working."
Kinda makes sense, I know I'd pass the hell out on a comfy couch.
What the hell are you talking about?. Seriously. What new apps did Lenovo provide you? And yes, lacking. You don't need the apps that will come out of the SDK. You just want them and don't want to pay for them.
Not lame. Just not to your liking. Those upgrades you got from Lenovo are to fix things that they didn't think worked well enough on your T60. App updates are for existing apps, so we can disregard those out of hand. Any new apps are to fix something Lenovo thought was lacking in your T60. All the Apps that roll out for the touch are optional and not really necessary, therefore you pay for them. Just because you don't want to doesn't mean you shouldn't have to.
According to Ars, the issue is that they want you to pay more. A LOT more. To quote, "Apple declined to pay more than double the wholesale price for each NBC TV episode, which would have resulted in the retail price to consumers increasing to $4.99 per episode from the current $1.99." That quote came from a statement released by Apple, not what Ars believes. The $5 per episode claim might be bullshit from Apple to get viewers on their side. That is possibly the most asinine thing I've read today. Why the hell would Apple make something up that could be rather easily debunked if false. Get your thumb out of your ass, AC.
10 years in various IT situations as one of those sharp looking consultants, as manager and lots of other things tells me different.
IT directors like their job security and the consultants do too. A top-to-bottom solution is only as good as the maintenance it requires. You give the client something they can run themselves and you're giving yourself a pink slip.
Too bad it didn't come out in time for Halo 2. I spent the better part of two matches listening to some ass yelling "eat a dick" every time he scored a kill. And "Fuck you, fag" everytime he got killed. Although, the upside of that scenario was that his own teammates actually turned on him, he was so annoying.
DRM will lose out once customers finally realize how much they are being screwed by the big houses. I hear this all the time, and I can honestly say if this ever happens, I might shit my pants. Might I interest you in a pair of Breeches of Security?
BS - Raph had ample time as Lead Creative Director or whatever his title was to pull it around - fact is, they kicked him out way to later. The game was broken long before the 'Combat Update' and Raph was the person where the buck should have stopped. A long time ago. Keep telling yourself that. Raph was hands-off pretty much right after launch.
If not for his insane visions of 'I wanna be a dirt farmer', the game would probably have made profit at some point, but it took them years to figure out that it is impossible to support or balance 30 classes and professions. If not for his insane visions of "I wanna be a dirt farmer" the state of gaming would be in the same place it is now, led by WoW. But without the key difference of people knowing that there are other options out there.
Why do you think the WoW expansion doesn't add any new classes ? Because Blizzard hasn't done a damn thing to actually innovate in a game in years. Plain and simple. Sure they've made a diku pretty, BFD. Call me when they do something new.
There is a small but vocal group of people who want the freeform games as Raph advertises them, but what these people don't realize is that freeform, the way armchair shrink Raph envisions them don't work and will not ever work. They will always turn into Lord of the Flies... or worse, BioShock.
This is the same kind of exuses people made for Troika and people start making for Obsidian now, after they botched NWN2 I'm not making excuses for anybody. I'm just saying that the blame doesn't sit squarely at the feet of any one person or party. Raph is guilty, sure but so is everyone else involved.
I didn't realize that "reporting the science" involved calling news conferences with CNN, CBS, et al. I guess scientific findings aren't useful without sound bites, drama, and pundits. Wow, how could the American public possibly make informed decisions without media frenzy? Then obviously, you seem to have missed out on how our society now functions. In the absence of true transparency, what you call "drama" is the best alternative. And most of the "media frenzy" you seem to be worried about is reserved for missing white girls and celebrities adopting brown kids in the third world.
Anyone that requires a broad media-driven audience for their scientific findings is not a scientist. Period. They might be a drama queen, but that's a separate discussion. See my above response about drama
Additionally, why should the policy makers have to be surprised by media hounding prompted unelected and unconfirmed employees of the federal government? Because the policy makers are not qualified scientifically to make some of the decisions they make and those "unelected and uncofirmed" employees are. They are "confirmed" by their advanced degrees. They don't need to be elected. Political policy should be dictated by facts and study and the good of the nation and its future generations, not by what's going to make a policy maker look good to his or her constituency.
You ruined Star Wars Galaxies for 300,000 people. None of them trust you anymore, backstabber. Don't blame Koster alone for SWG's failure.
Blame LA for pressuring SOE to rush it out before it was done.
Blame SOE for bowing to that pressure and also thinking it could still coast on the laurels of EQ when it wasn't the only kid on the block anymore.
Blame the players who stood around cantinas and city centers dueling each other during beta periods trying to find "that perfect PVP template" rather than actually working toward making the game better for everyone that played, not just themselves.
Blame the players who decided that yet-another-diku based MMO like WoW where you played the role assigned to you by the game makers was more in line with what they wanted rather than a sandbox where you could create your own story.
And lastly, blame yourself, because each and every person that played SWG is partially responsible for its current state. Either by not speaking up in a cherent constructive manner when it mattered, or by letting too much go by without a word at all and for many, many reasons too numerous to mention here. I shoulder part of that blame too.
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Mod parent +1 Funny.
Only if you're buying a 17" or a Macbook Air.
Of course, you were trolling, but I figured I'd throw that out there anyway.
Is your TV metered? No? That's why. You don't get charged if you exceed your "TV allowance" as there is no "TV allowance".
I think GP's question is perfectly legitimate. You mean, "there is no TV allowance...yet".
No one ever said managers got where they were by being thinking, rational beings.
The average PHB would probably say something along the lines of "You don't use couches that are comfy to sit in because you don't want people lounging in them when they could be working."
Kinda makes sense, I know I'd pass the hell out on a comfy couch.
What the hell are you talking about?. Seriously. What new apps did Lenovo provide you? And yes, lacking. You don't need the apps that will come out of the SDK. You just want them and don't want to pay for them.
Not lame. Just not to your liking. Those upgrades you got from Lenovo are to fix things that they didn't think worked well enough on your T60. App updates are for existing apps, so we can disregard those out of hand. Any new apps are to fix something Lenovo thought was lacking in your T60. All the Apps that roll out for the touch are optional and not really necessary, therefore you pay for them. Just because you don't want to doesn't mean you shouldn't have to.
The apps aren't firmware upgrades.
I dunno. Did Netcraft confirm that?
I love the "ignorant PC gamer" tag.
That said, try playing online with more than 12 people at a time on an XBox. Or... choosing which server you want to play on.
XBox live has a lot going for it, but to claim it's better than a computer on every level is specious at best.
My god, it's full of stars...
I find your lack of karma disturbing...
Don't you mean, "Planet Parenthood"?
Yeah, it's a worse joke. No shame.
Last time I checked, it was OS X with a BSD subsystem.
You may wanna research that.
You must be new here. WMF is, if anything, the anti-mac fanboy.
10 years in various IT situations as one of those sharp looking consultants, as manager and lots of other things tells me different.
IT directors like their job security and the consultants do too. A top-to-bottom solution is only as good as the maintenance it requires. You give the client something they can run themselves and you're giving yourself a pink slip.
We will miss you, Kurt.
what wire? Where?
Too bad it didn't come out in time for Halo 2. I spent the better part of two matches listening to some ass yelling "eat a dick" every time he scored a kill. And "Fuck you, fag" everytime he got killed. Although, the upside of that scenario was that his own teammates actually turned on him, he was so annoying.
Why do you think the WoW expansion doesn't add any new classes ? Because Blizzard hasn't done a damn thing to actually innovate in a game in years. Plain and simple. Sure they've made a diku pretty, BFD. Call me when they do something new.
There is a small but vocal group of people who want the freeform games as Raph advertises them, but what these people don't realize is that freeform, the way armchair shrink Raph envisions them don't work and will not ever work. They will always turn into Lord of the Flies
This is the same kind of exuses people made for Troika and people start making for Obsidian now, after they botched NWN2 I'm not making excuses for anybody. I'm just saying that the blame doesn't sit squarely at the feet of any one person or party. Raph is guilty, sure but so is everyone else involved.
Blame LA for pressuring SOE to rush it out before it was done.
Blame SOE for bowing to that pressure and also thinking it could still coast on the laurels of EQ when it wasn't the only kid on the block anymore.
Blame the players who stood around cantinas and city centers dueling each other during beta periods trying to find "that perfect PVP template" rather than actually working toward making the game better for everyone that played, not just themselves.
Blame the players who decided that yet-another-diku based MMO like WoW where you played the role assigned to you by the game makers was more in line with what they wanted rather than a sandbox where you could create your own story.
And lastly, blame yourself, because each and every person that played SWG is partially responsible for its current state. Either by not speaking up in a cherent constructive manner when it mattered, or by letting too much go by without a word at all and for many, many reasons too numerous to mention here. I shoulder part of that blame too.
You have an Enter key on Mac portables as well.
Look for it.