Comment Re:MMOs are Hobbies and a great value. (Score 1) 122
"Are they the best of hobbies that have great value in the end?"
Out of curiosity, what are the best of hobbies that have great value in the end?
"Are they the best of hobbies that have great value in the end?"
Out of curiosity, what are the best of hobbies that have great value in the end?
3-2-1 Contact (and encouragement from my father) got me started programming Basic on our family's Apple IIe computer. In elementary school, Logo helped it along.
Either of those, or their modern equivalent, should be great. Basically anything where you start off seeing direct, tangible results and then move on to the theoretical stuff.
Wow. That really took me back. Is there still good media like 3-2-1 Contact and Square One for kids?
Nah, I just go to all my HOA meetings. And in every one, we have to go over how 5-6 houses in the clusters still haven't paid, have no intention to pay, and yet complain when their area isn't serviced (lawn cut, trees trimmed, etc). It's compounded when a house in the cluster goes up for sale.
Unfortunately, we've also had a couple cases of liens. One of the homeowners are about to lose their place, so the lien is just one more bill for them. As far as we can tell, the other guy just doesn't care.
I'm just not sure that "service provider" is a great role for HOAs to fill. I like the concept of fiber fiefdoms, I just want to see it work before I consider it for my neighborhood.
"Once constructed, each home would own its own fiber strand, while the shared costs of maintaining the "trunk" cable from the individual homes to a central switching location would be managed in the same way that condominium and homeowners' associations currently manage the shared areas of condos and gated communities."
So, that is to say - not at all? We have a hard enough time collecting homeowner's fees as it is. I can only speculate that it would be harder at a higher cost.
And what are you supposed to do if/when one home stops paying its part? Not upkeep that portion of fiber? Have everyone else absorb the costs?
"I have yet to turn on my 360, put in a game, and have it tell me I've only got two activations left before I need to call the developer and beg to have one more."
You're right; instead, you have to hope your 360 turns on and doesn't Red Ring. And when it inevitably dies (because, let's face it, you'll go through two+ every three years), you have to call the manufacturer and beg to have it fixed. On the bright side, the entire repair process only takes a month!
Oh, wait; I'm sorry. You were saying something about how it just WORKS?
Two of 'em get this dubious honor because they're completely unable to hold a rational conversation about space weaponry. One of the guys added me as a Freak... and AFAIK, I've had zero contact with him. The last one just didn't have anything in common with me, so what the hell - might as well spice stuff up.
So I've just figured out the whole Friends/Fans/Foes/Freaks thing - this after reading Slashdot for God knows how long.
And, apparently, I've picked up some Freaks!
agrounds (227704) was a guy who viewed (views?) Shadowbane in a negative light, and apparently didn't take kindly to my (ahem) somewhat inflametory rebuttles. Oh, and I'm 50% of his Foes list. The other guy (A Proud American (657806)) looks like a troll, so I guess I was a little too forceful
Where there's a will, there's a relative.