"I'm sure I'd buy my daughter a game that would allow her to point the Wii and pop balloons!"
The ballon popping game will surely drive the market demographic of gamers with the cash to burn i.e. +25 year olds. What euphoria!!!! Screw GTA, screw HALO, bring on the BALLONS!! God I want to pop them so bad...Nintendo will rule the world!!!!!!!! MMMMUUUUUHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
Not that I would advocate spending money this way, but what is the difference between this and the people who buy equipment/characters/accounts for Diablo/Guild Wars/WoW type games on EBay or such like? I would think that this community would be more supportive of people paying to learn the skills to play the game through rather than buying a pre-built account online for 100's of bucks. (I just did a quick check on EBay and a Lvl 60 Rogue is going for $560).
Or is it just the thought of giving an 8 year old $25/hour to teach you anything that pisses people off so much?
Personally I'd rather buy a bunch of good beer, get drunk and have my ass kicked in a game for an hour than bust the cash on in-game items
Don't knock the graphical clients too much. In college I used pine it was fine. Now I use Outlook and Evolution. I don't really care if it's Outlook or Evolution, what I need is a client that can filter the email into folders by rules, archive the emails so that I can go back to the beginning of the project 2 years ago and see what was commited. I also need to easily (read drag and drop) emails into my calendar and task list. I need to assign emails as tasks to other, catagorize emails for others, send emails out at later times or dates, have automatic follow-ups when needed and allow my co-workers a glimpse into my mind by assigning priorities. I need set up mettings via email, including assigning resources like the projector or the meeting room. I would have thousands of emails of which only a small fraction would be of interest, if it wasn't for my IT guys applying good spam filters. The "prettier" programs tend to be more useful for group interactions, rather than the single user. Now I know that this is the software, not the interface, but the interface allows me to do everything a lot quicker, with a small learning curve (I have no intention of memorizing hotkeys).
Bottom-line, Outlook/Evolution (depends whether I'm at work or home) probably saves me a bunch of hours/week by being useful. Pine et al. in their wonderful simplicity, simply couldn't.
Actually he isn't dead. Andy Fastow has just sequestered different parts of his body into other unsuspecting bodies to make an asset light, virtual, white collar con artist. Lay will be back, but more as a collective...is this how the BORG begins?
"Fastow created hundreds of "special-purpose entities" designed to transfer Enron's debt to an outside company and get it off the books--without giving up control of the assets that stood behind the debt.">(http://www.time.com/time/business/article/ 0,8599,201871,00.html)
In 1985 I had 2 close friends, and even then didn't like them much. Now I have 2 close friends and like them. The deal is that in 1985 I would hang out with my friends all the time and they would piss me off, as I would them. Now I meet up with my guys on Thursday, we do our thing and I can ignore them for the rest of the week. I just need to talk to them a couple of times in the week and typically by email.
If the internet gave me that, I thank it.
A better analogy would be a Brit such as myself bitching about the state of your glorious president, when I could have emigrated to the US, applied for citizenship, registered to vote in a swing state and then voted Democrat.
I did, and he still got re-elected!!
What I find amusing here is that a friend of mine who works at microsoft signed me up for the Windows Vista preview program:
Greetings,
A friend or family member has nominated you for participation in our beta program.
We are pleased to offer you the opportunity to preview Microsoft Windows Vista by extending this invitation to join the Windows Vista Consumer Support Assisted beta program. Your participation is completely voluntary. Program participants will preview software for the next generation of Windows. If you choose to participate, you will have the opportunity to provide Microsoft with feedback as we continue our work on this exciting new release.
Please note - Registration is open for a limited time and may be closed at the discretion of Microsoft. We encourage you to register at your earliest convenience to ensure you do not miss out on this exciting opportunity!
What is Windows Vista?
The next version of Windows promises to be the most secure and intuitive Windows release to date. It delivers on the promise of allowing people to use their computers more effectively and confidently to achieve their goals and pursue their passions. It offers new tools to help protect the integrity of your system and your information, easier ways to find, visualize and organize your information, and provides better integration across applications, devices and systems.
Windows Vista will provide advancements in the following key areas:
A strong focus on the fundamentals of the operating system, including advancements in reliability, performance, and ease of use.
Major improvements to help PC users to work smarter and provide exciting new experiences for home users.
What you can expect if you choose to participate:
Participants can expect to receive Windows Vista beta software via post office mail. We may provide additional Windows versions for you to install and provide feedback to us.
You will receive free phone support to provide feedback on your experiences, help resolve issues that arise, and ask questions of Microsoft to help you maximize your computing experience using Microsoft Windows Vista. We invite you to call our support technicians to share your experiences.
We may ask you to fill out an occasional survey on our website during the beta program. The surveys will be aimed at assessing your overall experience with Windows Vista. Surveys will be concise and easy to fill out.
Neat I thought, I responded and was notified of being in the program. I get to see this thing before the general public. I pulled out the wifes old, not currently being used, Inspiron 1100 laptop thinking that it would be a good test machine - not fast, but fits the specs.
I still have yet to see a copy turn up for review and nows it's available for download. I assume that they decided to make the exclusive Beta program open to all kinds of riff-raff.
It doesn't matter though, two nights ago I installed Unbuntu Dapper on the Inspiron, spent 10 mins investigating and patching the screen resolution, 30 mins investigating and patching the wireless drivers and 2 mins setting up Evolution. Since then I have being playing with that as my work-from-home computer with no problems (cross fingers). Now that's been a cool experience.
Living in the US, being British with a Mexican wife I think that we may have international calls to the new grandparents and siblings followed by a flurry of domestic calls to friends.
So what I read is that the magnetic edge of the solar system is an average of 80.5 AU +/- 7.9%. I ask, is 7.9% a reasonable relative standard deviation (RSD) for a measurement in astrological terms? It seems pretty good precision to me given the distance.
that the British are also such tight-wades with their cash! Talk about a bad marketing scheme, they totally hit the wrong country with the high price. Of course we'll opt for the cheaper platforms...Lordy, Sony does it again.
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The ballon popping game will surely drive the market demographic of gamers with the cash to burn i.e. +25 year olds. What euphoria!!!! Screw GTA, screw HALO, bring on the BALLONS!! God I want to pop them so bad...Nintendo will rule the world!!!!!!!! MMMMUUUUUHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
You think that they can develop one for women?
"oh shit, her stickers red, don't even look at her..."
Not that I would advocate spending money this way, but what is the difference between this and the people who buy equipment/characters/accounts for Diablo/Guild Wars/WoW type games on EBay or such like? I would think that this community would be more supportive of people paying to learn the skills to play the game through rather than buying a pre-built account online for 100's of bucks. (I just did a quick check on EBay and a Lvl 60 Rogue is going for $560).
Or is it just the thought of giving an 8 year old $25/hour to teach you anything that pisses people off so much?
Personally I'd rather buy a bunch of good beer, get drunk and have my ass kicked in a game for an hour than bust the cash on in-game items
What I want to know is who picks the Mexicans lettuce?
..that Apple were going to make the iPod equivalent of the Furby. http://www.hasbro.com/furby/
Bottom-line, Outlook/Evolution (depends whether I'm at work or home) probably saves me a bunch of hours/week by being useful. Pine et al. in their wonderful simplicity, simply couldn't.
If you take an infinate number of monkeys at an infinite number of computers, hitting the print screen button, then....
"Fastow created hundreds of "special-purpose entities" designed to transfer Enron's debt to an outside company and get it off the books--without giving up control of the assets that stood behind the debt.">(http://www.time.com/time/business/article/ 0,8599,201871,00.html)
In 1985 I had 2 close friends, and even then didn't like them much. Now I have 2 close friends and like them. The deal is that in 1985 I would hang out with my friends all the time and they would piss me off, as I would them. Now I meet up with my guys on Thursday, we do our thing and I can ignore them for the rest of the week. I just need to talk to them a couple of times in the week and typically by email. If the internet gave me that, I thank it.
A better analogy would be a Brit such as myself bitching about the state of your glorious president, when I could have emigrated to the US, applied for citizenship, registered to vote in a swing state and then voted Democrat.
I did, and he still got re-elected!!
What I find amusing here is that a friend of mine who works at microsoft signed me up for the Windows Vista preview program:
Greetings, A friend or family member has nominated you for participation in our beta program. We are pleased to offer you the opportunity to preview Microsoft Windows Vista by extending this invitation to join the Windows Vista Consumer Support Assisted beta program. Your participation is completely voluntary. Program participants will preview software for the next generation of Windows. If you choose to participate, you will have the opportunity to provide Microsoft with feedback as we continue our work on this exciting new release. Please note - Registration is open for a limited time and may be closed at the discretion of Microsoft. We encourage you to register at your earliest convenience to ensure you do not miss out on this exciting opportunity! What is Windows Vista?
The next version of Windows promises to be the most secure and intuitive Windows release to date. It delivers on the promise of allowing people to use their computers more effectively and confidently to achieve their goals and pursue their passions. It offers new tools to help protect the integrity of your system and your information, easier ways to find, visualize and organize your information, and provides better integration across applications, devices and systems. Windows Vista will provide advancements in the following key areas:
A strong focus on the fundamentals of the operating system, including advancements in reliability, performance, and ease of use. Major improvements to help PC users to work smarter and provide exciting new experiences for home users. What you can expect if you choose to participate:
Participants can expect to receive Windows Vista beta software via post office mail. We may provide additional Windows versions for you to install and provide feedback to us. You will receive free phone support to provide feedback on your experiences, help resolve issues that arise, and ask questions of Microsoft to help you maximize your computing experience using Microsoft Windows Vista. We invite you to call our support technicians to share your experiences. We may ask you to fill out an occasional survey on our website during the beta program. The surveys will be aimed at assessing your overall experience with Windows Vista. Surveys will be concise and easy to fill out.
Neat I thought, I responded and was notified of being in the program. I get to see this thing before the general public. I pulled out the wifes old, not currently being used, Inspiron 1100 laptop thinking that it would be a good test machine - not fast, but fits the specs.
I still have yet to see a copy turn up for review and nows it's available for download. I assume that they decided to make the exclusive Beta program open to all kinds of riff-raff.
It doesn't matter though, two nights ago I installed Unbuntu Dapper on the Inspiron, spent 10 mins investigating and patching the screen resolution, 30 mins investigating and patching the wireless drivers and 2 mins setting up Evolution. Since then I have being playing with that as my work-from-home computer with no problems (cross fingers). Now that's been a cool experience.
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake" - Napoleon Bonaparte
Living in the US, being British with a Mexican wife I think that we may have international calls to the new grandparents and siblings followed by a flurry of domestic calls to friends.
So what I read is that the magnetic edge of the solar system is an average of 80.5 AU +/- 7.9%. I ask, is 7.9% a reasonable relative standard deviation (RSD) for a measurement in astrological terms? It seems pretty good precision to me given the distance.
that the British are also such tight-wades with their cash! Talk about a bad marketing scheme, they totally hit the wrong country with the high price. Of course we'll opt for the cheaper platforms...Lordy, Sony does it again.