@BuckaBooBob: I agree. Unfortunately I'm as guilty as almost all other people in that I simply skim over or wholly ignore the fine print. I'm motivated now (horse gone, close the barn door!!!) to see if there are ANY ways out that avoid massive fees.
@DJRumpy: Thanks for the positive comments on my negative comment!
I actually do have an iPhone, purchased about 6 months ago (and while I like it, it's far from perfect - overall I dislike Apple as a company). Before that, my service was still AT&T using a Motorola handset. They both drop(ped) calls at about the same rate. I'm all for AT&T users demanding that the company provide service for ALL of its customers via a reliable, properly scaled network. If they're willing to sell the hardware that consumes the services, they need to buck up and provide the infrastructure to support those customers.
I really don't care WHICH phone Mr. Asshat Bossman of AT&T thinks is the main cause of his company's illness. Point is, they constantly rate dead last for reliability AND customer service among all national carriers. I can tell you this - ATT doesn't fix their problems in a fair (to the consumer) manner, when my contract is up I'll sell this little bugger to a "fanboi" and get a Droid phone, or even just a fucking regular handset, to get away from these clowns.
that back when he was the Surgeon General, C. Everett Coop said that if you were forced to choose between seeing SWHS once or taking up smoking for a lifetime, go for the latter.
I promise you, Rary 566291 is correct. To compare, I watched a RiffTrax version of SWHS, hoping that this treatment would help in some way. I'd rather watch "Manos.." without MST3K than SWHS with the old MST3K crew. There are no words to describe it. You cannot be warned sufficiently. Apparently it was created in Soviet Russia, and I leave it to another/.er to come up with an appropriately funny saying to that effect.
... google isn't minding its own goddamn business, it doesn't have to review private data shared between individuals, as long as its legal.
To the point, the question isn't "as long as it's legal" but rather, "as long as there is no legal warrant requiring overturn of documents to proper authorities." Google should NOT have any role in deciding whether something is legal in the first place, as that implies they have already reviewed your content and made an independent determination.
Sorry for another "me too" but seriously, I agree. I am in general a fan of Google's innovation, but I don't care who you are, I'm not trusting my important information to anyone else's hardware/domain/whim. Online collaboration and synchronized copies of documents are laudable goals, but not if I give away to (insert hosing company name of choice) the right to determine whether my compositions are "appropriate" as a term of service.
Also, can we call "cloud" what it is: a return to client/server, just with a broader definition of what a "server" is? Nothing really new conceptually, though we do get some sophisticated software capabilities to go with this (IMHO) unwarranted censorship.
At times yes, that's true, but just as not everyone who predominantly swears is ignorant, not everyone who chooses not to is uppity. That's another reason why I thought Cyrano De Bergerac was a good example: the main character is anything but stuck up.
Actually, I agree with MrNaz. And consider this: a person with the intelligence and eloquence to artfully make their point without having to resort to the same bag of 10-15 words the rest of us overuse has proven themselves doubly - they've insulted you AND shown themselves to be more intelligent. Read Cyrano DeBergerac for some good examples of this. If your audience is too dim-witted to understand anything but "asshole" and "dickface" then they're probably not worth the time anyway.
Which is why the original Half-Life was such a success - the story unfolded as an integral part of gameplay. You learned the game mechanics not through a manual but through the opening chapter ("Unforeseen Consequences") to the story. While the intro was long (opening monorail sequence), it served to 1) give you a sense of the vast and mysterious place you would be exploring, and 2) to showcase on a grand scale the then-revolutionary graphics the game offered.
Clearly, HL and all other FPS's owe their heritage to the original Wolfenstein and Doom, but the first Half-Life, in 1997, made story an important element if you wanted your shooter to be successful thereafter.
AC said this, but for those of you who set the bar higher:
That's what Dell's trying to say. He sells hardware, so he's thinking people have 8 year old computers that they should be upgrading to new Dells that have Windows 7.
And with this I agree. My company has an MSDN subscription, and I happened to build a new machine not too long ago at home, so I am running Win 7 Pro 64-bit (and really do like it) along with Office 2007 (I'd be just as happy with OpenOffice if I only used the machine for personal use) and a few other products. If I had to buy all the software myself, I probably wouldn't go for it even if I liked it; having a legal copy (volume licensed, machine used for work-at-home) that I didn't pay for allows me to enjoy it when otherwise I wouldn't. Dell's advertising, certainly, but he's not lying - in his opinion, buyers of new machines will be happy with Win7, rather than dreading that they'll get Vista (no matter whether it's "good" or not) instead of XP, and that should draw them back to his customer base.
Perhaps he meant, you will rarely actually hit what you're aiming at with deadly accuracy on the first shot. That, I would agree with. Unless you're up close, I would imagine that between all the adrenaline, trying not to get killed yourself, and wind/bad aim/whatever affecting your ability to put the round where you want it, you probably won't kill your adversary with the first trigger pull.
OTOH, yeah, I'd think most times, a hole in the head or heart will put a quick end to your day the first time it happens.
Another example: the new Alice In Chains release includes a few tracks that are (according to iTunes) not on the CD release. For all those who are completists and want to stay "legal" will probably think this is a good thing. Also, the cost of the album is (for now) $9.99, whereas the cost of the various tracks (and you can't get the bonus tracks without buying the album, so they don't even count towards this cost) add up to more than that.
I've moved from 32-bit XP to 64-bit Win7, never having used Vista at all (literally never, not even on someone else's machine). I've been running it for three weeks, and I don't have complaints other than minor driver problems for admittedly outdated hardware (old game pad controller). Obviously there are new (to XP users) interface changes to get used to, but I've found them to be for the better on the whole; as for speed and responsiveness, I have no issues thus far.
I'm running a quad-core chip, about 8 months old, with 4Gb RAM. Games are fine, apps are fine, boot time is very good. So far, think I'll stick with it. The point is, I didn't "get used to slowness" - this compares favorably with XP on the same machine.
I don't play MMOs so I wasn't going to voice an opinion, but since you ask, why yes, I *do* think the graphics kinda suck, at least in still-frame. I don't think you're nitpicking at all.
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@BuckaBooBob: I agree. Unfortunately I'm as guilty as almost all other people in that I simply skim over or wholly ignore the fine print. I'm motivated now (horse gone, close the barn door!!!) to see if there are ANY ways out that avoid massive fees.
@DJRumpy: Thanks for the positive comments on my negative comment!
I actually do have an iPhone, purchased about 6 months ago (and while I like it, it's far from perfect - overall I dislike Apple as a company). Before that, my service was still AT&T using a Motorola handset. They both drop(ped) calls at about the same rate. I'm all for AT&T users demanding that the company provide service for ALL of its customers via a reliable, properly scaled network. If they're willing to sell the hardware that consumes the services, they need to buck up and provide the infrastructure to support those customers.
I really don't care WHICH phone Mr. Asshat Bossman of AT&T thinks is the main cause of his company's illness. Point is, they constantly rate dead last for reliability AND customer service among all national carriers. I can tell you this - ATT doesn't fix their problems in a fair (to the consumer) manner, when my contract is up I'll sell this little bugger to a "fanboi" and get a Droid phone, or even just a fucking regular handset, to get away from these clowns.
that back when he was the Surgeon General, C. Everett Coop said that if you were forced to choose between seeing SWHS once or taking up smoking for a lifetime, go for the latter.
Sure do. Have to agree with AC here. SWHS was the "perfect storm" of horrifyingly shit-tastic film making.
I promise you, Rary 566291 is correct. To compare, I watched a RiffTrax version of SWHS, hoping that this treatment would help in some way. I'd rather watch "Manos.." without MST3K than SWHS with the old MST3K crew. There are no words to describe it. You cannot be warned sufficiently. Apparently it was created in Soviet Russia, and I leave it to another /.er to come up with an appropriately funny saying to that effect.
... google isn't minding its own goddamn business, it doesn't have to review private data shared between individuals, as long as its legal.
To the point, the question isn't "as long as it's legal" but rather, "as long as there is no legal warrant requiring overturn of documents to proper authorities." Google should NOT have any role in deciding whether something is legal in the first place, as that implies they have already reviewed your content and made an independent determination.
Sorry for another "me too" but seriously, I agree. I am in general a fan of Google's innovation, but I don't care who you are, I'm not trusting my important information to anyone else's hardware/domain/whim. Online collaboration and synchronized copies of documents are laudable goals, but not if I give away to (insert hosing company name of choice) the right to determine whether my compositions are "appropriate" as a term of service.
Also, can we call "cloud" what it is: a return to client/server, just with a broader definition of what a "server" is? Nothing really new conceptually, though we do get some sophisticated software capabilities to go with this (IMHO) unwarranted censorship.
At times yes, that's true, but just as not everyone who predominantly swears is ignorant, not everyone who chooses not to is uppity. That's another reason why I thought Cyrano De Bergerac was a good example: the main character is anything but stuck up.
Actually, I agree with MrNaz. And consider this: a person with the intelligence and eloquence to artfully make their point without having to resort to the same bag of 10-15 words the rest of us overuse has proven themselves doubly - they've insulted you AND shown themselves to be more intelligent. Read Cyrano DeBergerac for some good examples of this. If your audience is too dim-witted to understand anything but "asshole" and "dickface" then they're probably not worth the time anyway.
Fuck/snooze? Depends on who I'm with and how tired I am.
Only idiots, marketers, ...
Why did you repeat yourself? :)
Ah. Well, I was the AC; that makes sense, 'cause I read quite a bit throughout the day. Thanks for the insight.
You've got your spam reactor here, that's not got much spam in it.
The same way you remove a MacBook any time you find one - with a hammer!
:-)
I kid, I kid...
Spoken like a true low-5-digiter who walked uphill both ways in the snow to and from school!
;-D
(yeah, I know you were employing sarcasm, just havin' fun).
Which is why the original Half-Life was such a success - the story unfolded as an integral part of gameplay. You learned the game mechanics not through a manual but through the opening chapter ("Unforeseen Consequences") to the story. While the intro was long (opening monorail sequence), it served to 1) give you a sense of the vast and mysterious place you would be exploring, and 2) to showcase on a grand scale the then-revolutionary graphics the game offered.
Clearly, HL and all other FPS's owe their heritage to the original Wolfenstein and Doom, but the first Half-Life, in 1997, made story an important element if you wanted your shooter to be successful thereafter.
That's what Dell's trying to say. He sells hardware, so he's thinking people have 8 year old computers that they should be upgrading to new Dells that have Windows 7.
And with this I agree. My company has an MSDN subscription, and I happened to build a new machine not too long ago at home, so I am running Win 7 Pro 64-bit (and really do like it) along with Office 2007 (I'd be just as happy with OpenOffice if I only used the machine for personal use) and a few other products. If I had to buy all the software myself, I probably wouldn't go for it even if I liked it; having a legal copy (volume licensed, machine used for work-at-home) that I didn't pay for allows me to enjoy it when otherwise I wouldn't. Dell's advertising, certainly, but he's not lying - in his opinion, buyers of new machines will be happy with Win7, rather than dreading that they'll get Vista (no matter whether it's "good" or not) instead of XP, and that should draw them back to his customer base.
Perhaps he meant, you will rarely actually hit what you're aiming at with deadly accuracy on the first shot. That, I would agree with. Unless you're up close, I would imagine that between all the adrenaline, trying not to get killed yourself, and wind/bad aim/whatever affecting your ability to put the round where you want it, you probably won't kill your adversary with the first trigger pull.
OTOH, yeah, I'd think most times, a hole in the head or heart will put a quick end to your day the first time it happens.
Another example: the new Alice In Chains release includes a few tracks that are (according to iTunes) not on the CD release. For all those who are completists and want to stay "legal" will probably think this is a good thing. Also, the cost of the album is (for now) $9.99, whereas the cost of the various tracks (and you can't get the bonus tracks without buying the album, so they don't even count towards this cost) add up to more than that.
Finally, my sig has relevance!
I've moved from 32-bit XP to 64-bit Win7, never having used Vista at all (literally never, not even on someone else's machine). I've been running it for three weeks, and I don't have complaints other than minor driver problems for admittedly outdated hardware (old game pad controller). Obviously there are new (to XP users) interface changes to get used to, but I've found them to be for the better on the whole; as for speed and responsiveness, I have no issues thus far.
I'm running a quad-core chip, about 8 months old, with 4Gb RAM. Games are fine, apps are fine, boot time is very good. So far, think I'll stick with it. The point is, I didn't "get used to slowness" - this compares favorably with XP on the same machine.
There might have been a reactor leak in your receiver. Very dangerous - you should give them a few minutes to lock it down.
An irrational team of mathematicians recently decided to push the limits on finding congruent numbers...
and thought, "I quite agree!"
I don't play MMOs so I wasn't going to voice an opinion, but since you ask, why yes, I *do* think the graphics kinda suck, at least in still-frame. I don't think you're nitpicking at all.
I'd much rather check the server logs than the pigeon logs to find out what the problem is!