Ok, you just ruined my weekend, and this is valentine's day... the wife is gonna complain:-(
What? What better Valentine's day gift? Honey I know you're mad and I know I spent all Valentine's Weekend in the shed... but, look! The ColecoVision works again!
At the time of the iMac floppies where still going strong, and if I remember right the optical wasn't a burner either (at least on the base model). So, you really couldn't take data OFF it in a removable/rewriteable format.
FDISK and small utilities I still use floppies for because I'll have booted the machine with a boot/run Linux CD like InsertLinux, but there are some utilities that my disk doesn't have. Anything else I need for moving data it's generally flash memory sticks FTW unless it's across a network...
This action is nothing more than the system saying that it cannot, at that moment, process additional high-resource demands without becoming overwhelmed, just as a traffic ramp control light regulates the entry of additional vehicles onto a freeway during rush hour. One would not claim that the car is "blocked" or "prevented" from entering the freeway; rather, it is briefly delayed, then permitted onto the freeway in its turn while all other traffic is kept moving as expeditiously as possible, thereby ensuring order and averting chaos.
-Comcast Filing
The difference is where the bottleneck happens, as someone so nicely pointed out. Is it in the field or in the office. It's a difference of amount out in the field. As much as I hate the plumbing analogies...
Cable is a large pipe send to the town with everyone taped directly in DSL is a water plant that sends smaller pipes to each house.
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Okay, put the cops out at rush hour to stop all the RED car. Because we have statistics that show red cars cause the most accidents and speed the most. No matter if that car is a sports car or a minivan. It's red, so it's stopped.
This is different than FiOS or other non-cable connections where you have your own line.
The way this was explained to me and I say it to other (and PLEASE correct me if I am wrong). A cable modem, is a large pipe for a section and everyone in an area plugs into it and opens up as much as they use. So the up side is that you can get a very large amount at one time if you don't mind screwing everyone else. The downside is that you might be the one getting screwed. DSL on the other hand, you are given a much smaller pipe that is definite, but you're not effected by anyone else in the area with DSL taking up large amounts. Up side, you're golden for usage, downside, if you DO need large bursts you can't get it....
Beer? The only beer analogy I want to see is a free one...
Now, can we make a car analogy? Like there are too many cars on the highway so we're going to send cops out at certain times to try to reduce traffic, but since there is only 1 highway all it does it slow traffic more...
The provision was not in the house passed bill. So, it has to go to committee for compromise. If we're lucky this can be killed there, and the final bill will be vetoed. They're on the radar of everyone and know what they do shines on their candidate now more than ever. So, who knows they may do what their constituents want.
But, my pockets aren't as deep as brother bells... So, I'm not betting on it
That in contrast with "the greatest game in the world", which probably requires conneseurship to appreciate, has player restrictions, few have it (from both cost & awareness), and takes 30 minutes just trying to read & explain the rules.
What? You mean like Baccarat? Granted, it's still a card game so set up SHOULD be easy, but I don't know anyone who can play it... and absolutely no one who can play it well...
Settlers always makes me think of M.U.L.E which while an awesome game, I can't think of many people who played it. Maybe the idea of settling a colony planet didn't appeal to them like fighting turtles...
Nintendo actually has done something really bright in this, I don't want to compare them to Hasbro but, We're seeing a lot more "serious" games like CoD coming to the Wii. They've learned to diversify, but, also by creating these simple "candy land-esq" games they're reaching a broader market. There is always a market for Avalon Hill, but the broader base is your Candy Lands.
For many people "Playing a Game" is a means of relaxation. They don't want to think or do puzzles or remember WHY they're shooting hundreds of zombies. They just want something they can pick up and play and be good at and feel good about themselves. If it's too hard either complex movements or thoughts they won't get that rush that they get from playing.
Conversely, there are those of us here that WANT more of a challenge from our games. A good game will be able to let both people play it and enjoy it.
When you look at board games which do you think do better, the really complex Avalon Hill games that target a very select audience or Candy Land and Life? As much as I live Settlers of Cattan and Axis and Allies, I see Monopoly on more shelves at homes than of the previous.
When you make something easier to understand, you're going to get more market share: lowest common denominator, right?
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It's okay. I know a lot of people who are high on life... and glue...
Honey I know you're mad and I know I spent all Valentine's Weekend in the shed... but, look! The ColecoVision works again!
You're right... I'm sorry man...
What about the controller for the ColecoVision? Now THAT was a controller!
Now get off my lawn!
FDISK and small utilities I still use floppies for because I'll have booted the machine with a boot/run Linux CD like InsertLinux, but there are some utilities that my disk doesn't have. Anything else I need for moving data it's generally flash memory sticks FTW unless it's across a network...
I guess that gives a literal meaning to the term "pirate radio" eh?
I loved the idea handle on the iMac!
Gave you a good position to throw the thing from when you realized there was no floppy drive...
This action is nothing more than the system saying that it cannot, at that moment, process additional high-resource demands without becoming overwhelmed, just as a traffic ramp control light regulates the entry of additional vehicles onto a freeway during rush hour. One would not claim that the car is "blocked" or "prevented" from entering the freeway; rather, it is briefly delayed, then permitted onto the freeway in its turn while all other traffic is kept moving as expeditiously as possible, thereby ensuring order and averting chaos. -Comcast Filing
We can't escape the car analogy...
I'm still not going to rush back to my television set over this.
The difference is where the bottleneck happens, as someone so nicely pointed out. Is it in the field or in the office. It's a difference of amount out in the field. As much as I hate the plumbing analogies...
Cable is a large pipe send to the town with everyone taped directly in
DSL is a water plant that sends smaller pipes to each house.
Original Revised:
Okay, put the cops out at rush hour to stop all the RED car. Because we have statistics that show red cars cause the most accidents and speed the most. No matter if that car is a sports car or a minivan. It's red, so it's stopped.
A cable modem, is a large pipe for a section and everyone in an area plugs into it and opens up as much as they use. So the up side is that you can get a very large amount at one time if you don't mind screwing everyone else. The downside is that you might be the one getting screwed. DSL on the other hand, you are given a much smaller pipe that is definite, but you're not effected by anyone else in the area with DSL taking up large amounts. Up side, you're golden for usage, downside, if you DO need large bursts you can't get it....
about right?
Beer? The only beer analogy I want to see is a free one...
Now, can we make a car analogy? Like there are too many cars on the highway so we're going to send cops out at certain times to try to reduce traffic, but since there is only 1 highway all it does it slow traffic more...
There... fixed it for ya
The provision was not in the house passed bill. So, it has to go to committee for compromise. If we're lucky this can be killed there, and the final bill will be vetoed. They're on the radar of everyone and know what they do shines on their candidate now more than ever. So, who knows they may do what their constituents want.
But, my pockets aren't as deep as brother bells... So, I'm not betting on it
Settlers always makes me think of M.U.L.E which while an awesome game, I can't think of many people who played it. Maybe the idea of settling a colony planet didn't appeal to them like fighting turtles...
Nintendo actually has done something really bright in this, I don't want to compare them to Hasbro but, We're seeing a lot more "serious" games like CoD coming to the Wii. They've learned to diversify, but, also by creating these simple "candy land-esq" games they're reaching a broader market.
There is always a market for Avalon Hill, but the broader base is your Candy Lands.
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I've got wood for sheep.
Are we going to have this same fight between 3.5 and 4.0?
Conversely, there are those of us here that WANT more of a challenge from our games. A good game will be able to let both people play it and enjoy it.
When you look at board games which do you think do better, the really complex Avalon Hill games that target a very select audience or Candy Land and Life?
As much as I live Settlers of Cattan and Axis and Allies, I see Monopoly on more shelves at homes than of the previous.
When you make something easier to understand, you're going to get more market share: lowest common denominator, right?