'Net' is my favorite puzzle in the set, but there are 27 different puzzle games total including Mastermind, Minesweeper, a number sliding puzzle, and Sudoku.
I definitely saw legs, but I also saw some sort of supports. I imagine that the blocks had some kind of contraption to make it easier for the people to lift them up and down with such fluidity. Not to mention that they would all have to be constrained to move up and down; I didn't see them wobble at all.
I used to almost exclusively pirate games until I became about 20. Then I discovered Steam, and it was all downhill.
Part of the reason was I simply didn't have the money to throw around. Once that became a non-issue, I found that Steam made the buying process so much more convenient, and, more often than not, provided a discount over an over the counter retailer.
While it's great to have a sweet box with sick graphics and a nice manual and the occasional poster, getting to a brick-and-mortar store (for me, at least) can be a pain. I live in the 'burbs, so a trip to GameStop for me is at least 20 minutes, and then with having to deal with the idiot behind the counter trying to upsell me some stupid warranty and blahblahblah, it's just easier to download the game.
I can't, however, say that Steam has prevented me from pirating completely. Hellgate: London, is a good example of this. The demo was great, but I wasn't really convinced, so I got some cracked version of it. After playing it, I'm SO glad I didn't drop $50 on it, because the game is completely half-assed. After some 10 hours of play I got rid of it.
Then there are the old games like Serious Sam and Duke Nukem and Yserbius/Cawdor (damn, remember those??) that you just can't find anywhere, and I mean what choice do you have?
Having said that, of the games that I've pirated in the past, none of them equated a lost sale, because I wouldn't have bought them at that time in my life anyway.
If we terminate your service for nonpayment or other default before the end of the Service Commitment, or if you terminate your service for any reason other than (a) in accordance with the cancellation policy; or (b) pursuant to a change of terms, conditions, or rates as set forth below, you agree to pay us with respect to each Equipment identifier or telephone number assigned to you, in addition to all other amounts owed, an Early Termination Fee of $175.
Quoted from AT&T Wireless's Service Agreement (emphasis mine). So yes, they can in fact charge you the fee if they are the ones canceling the contract.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't that suggest that if they terminate you specifically for nonpayment or default, ie, billing issues, they can hit you with that termination fee? I don't see anything in there about breaking the rules...
So when's the last time you perused through your kernel's source? How do you know there's not a trojan, rootkit, or even a keylogger contained therein?
I mean, I guess it's great to ask questions like that, but really you just have to trust the community sometimes. Not everyone is out to get you.
One of the child posts below have some information on one, I believe, but unfortunately like I mentioned the site where they all seemed to congregate has been down for a long while. If you want to view the readme, you can do a search for "lastxp readme" and it'll probably pull up PirateBay.
The latest LastXP version is v20, which I haven't tried yet. v17 is running on five computers in my house almost (ACER is absolutely horrible) flawlessly.
I've got less information about LastVista. Mostly, I just know it exists.
Ugh, I had a whole post written about how I disagree with you and I lost it. Basically I think you're right to a degree, but the attitude in your post sounds overbearing a bit. I had a decent amount of privacy as a kid, and I hope to pass that on to my kids when the day comes.
Anyway, the whole point was that I'm almost positive the OP was talking about the cops being pigs, not the kid's parents.
There are a bunch of different homebrew "versions" of XP and Vista around, most notably LastXP and LastVista. AppzPoint.net (unfortunately that site is broken now) used to host a whole bunch of them including one called TinyXP that was supposed to be completely bare bones (never tried it). You can find torrents to this stuff on the 'Bay and other sites, and while they come with a pirate key, you're free to change the key to a legit one.
I've used LastXP for a couple of years now and I completely love it. It's very stable and comes with drivers for every device I've had.
I'm sure some other/. users can recommend some other modded versions of XP, too.
I had a similar problem with an Acer 5100 that I bought. The damn thing sat on the shelf for six months gathering dust because after clearing Vista off of it, my XP install wouldn't recognise ANY of the hardware. Even the USB ports stopped supplying power once Windows started booting.
Finally needed to upgrade another of my computers from 2k to XP and I was told about this thing called LastXP. I installed it on the desktop and everything worked quite groovily. Feeling adventurous I decided to try it on my Acer. Lo, and behold! everything freaking worked.
You can only get LastXP from a torrent download (far as I know anyway) and it allows you, upon your first boot, to change your CD key to something less...swashbuckly. Win-win as far as I can tell!
1) You didn't have any then
2) You won't get any now
3) You'll never know if we keep your stuff or not
4) Just try and prove anything
5) You're a sucker if you believe we actually abide by some silly "privacy" policy
6) Hahahahaha...
7) ???
8) Profit!!
Heh, I had one tech come to my house once who had the personality of a brick. Our cable had been working fine for years, then suddenly connectivity dropped. According to him, it was because the amplifier had been sending too strong a signal.
Turns out we ran over a bit of the ground wire with the lawnmower. Smart fella, him.
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'Net' is my favorite puzzle in the set, but there are 27 different puzzle games total including Mastermind, Minesweeper, a number sliding puzzle, and Sudoku.
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I definitely saw legs, but I also saw some sort of supports. I imagine that the blocks had some kind of contraption to make it easier for the people to lift them up and down with such fluidity. Not to mention that they would all have to be constrained to move up and down; I didn't see them wobble at all.
I used to almost exclusively pirate games until I became about 20. Then I discovered Steam, and it was all downhill.
Part of the reason was I simply didn't have the money to throw around. Once that became a non-issue, I found that Steam made the buying process so much more convenient, and, more often than not, provided a discount over an over the counter retailer.
While it's great to have a sweet box with sick graphics and a nice manual and the occasional poster, getting to a brick-and-mortar store (for me, at least) can be a pain. I live in the 'burbs, so a trip to GameStop for me is at least 20 minutes, and then with having to deal with the idiot behind the counter trying to upsell me some stupid warranty and blahblahblah, it's just easier to download the game.
I can't, however, say that Steam has prevented me from pirating completely. Hellgate: London, is a good example of this. The demo was great, but I wasn't really convinced, so I got some cracked version of it. After playing it, I'm SO glad I didn't drop $50 on it, because the game is completely half-assed. After some 10 hours of play I got rid of it.
Then there are the old games like Serious Sam and Duke Nukem and Yserbius/Cawdor (damn, remember those??) that you just can't find anywhere, and I mean what choice do you have?
Having said that, of the games that I've pirated in the past, none of them equated a lost sale, because I wouldn't have bought them at that time in my life anyway.
One of my favorite CSS resources is http://culturedcode.com/css/reference.html. It's similar to the book's website but a bit more lightweight.
Quoted from AT&T Wireless's Service Agreement (emphasis mine). So yes, they can in fact charge you the fee if they are the ones canceling the contract.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't that suggest that if they terminate you specifically for nonpayment or default, ie, billing issues, they can hit you with that termination fee? I don't see anything in there about breaking the rules...
We should use the Cone of Silence!
So when's the last time you perused through your kernel's source? How do you know there's not a trojan, rootkit, or even a keylogger contained therein?
I mean, I guess it's great to ask questions like that, but really you just have to trust the community sometimes. Not everyone is out to get you.
One of the child posts below have some information on one, I believe, but unfortunately like I mentioned the site where they all seemed to congregate has been down for a long while. If you want to view the readme, you can do a search for "lastxp readme" and it'll probably pull up PirateBay.
The latest LastXP version is v20, which I haven't tried yet. v17 is running on five computers in my house almost (ACER is absolutely horrible) flawlessly.
I've got less information about LastVista. Mostly, I just know it exists.
Ugh, I had a whole post written about how I disagree with you and I lost it. Basically I think you're right to a degree, but the attitude in your post sounds overbearing a bit. I had a decent amount of privacy as a kid, and I hope to pass that on to my kids when the day comes.
Anyway, the whole point was that I'm almost positive the OP was talking about the cops being pigs, not the kid's parents.
There are a bunch of different homebrew "versions" of XP and Vista around, most notably LastXP and LastVista. AppzPoint.net (unfortunately that site is broken now) used to host a whole bunch of them including one called TinyXP that was supposed to be completely bare bones (never tried it). You can find torrents to this stuff on the 'Bay and other sites, and while they come with a pirate key, you're free to change the key to a legit one. I've used LastXP for a couple of years now and I completely love it. It's very stable and comes with drivers for every device I've had. I'm sure some other /. users can recommend some other modded versions of XP, too.
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Just wanted to vouch for FPDF. Very easy and very useful!
Let me also point out that the algorithm constantly finds Jesus.
Yeah. The 's' is silent.
I had a similar problem with an Acer 5100 that I bought. The damn thing sat on the shelf for six months gathering dust because after clearing Vista off of it, my XP install wouldn't recognise ANY of the hardware. Even the USB ports stopped supplying power once Windows started booting.
Finally needed to upgrade another of my computers from 2k to XP and I was told about this thing called LastXP. I installed it on the desktop and everything worked quite groovily. Feeling adventurous I decided to try it on my Acer. Lo, and behold! everything freaking worked.
You can only get LastXP from a torrent download (far as I know anyway) and it allows you, upon your first boot, to change your CD key to something less...swashbuckly. Win-win as far as I can tell!
Because no online store offers mail-in rebates.
All of this could have been avoided if he had only drilled .002 meters to the left.
"He'll be as strong and flexible as Gumby and Hercules combined!"
"Gumbercules?! I love that guy!!"
Penny Arcade disagrees.
I know iTunes uses itpc:// for automagically opening rss feeds (and probably other stuff, too)..
Heh, I had one tech come to my house once who had the personality of a brick. Our cable had been working fine for years, then suddenly connectivity dropped. According to him, it was because the amplifier had been sending too strong a signal.
Turns out we ran over a bit of the ground wire with the lawnmower. Smart fella, him.
Pfft, blades are so 20th century. How about giant penguins with frikkin laser beams attached to their frikkin heads?
"I'll meet you when THAT GUY is eating a hamburger."
"Which guy?"
"Oh. You'll know."
(Mitch Hedberg for those of you who don't know)