Here’s a picture I found (ironically) through StumbleUpon. Pretty funny.
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Well with the holidays come holiday themed commercials and I just want to share something I noticed.
The Alltel and the Mac vs. PC commercials are fundamentally the same thing. A “suave” young hip guy and a geek or four. Here is an example of both of their TV commercials.
Alltel
Mac vs. PC
These are their regular commercials and here are their holiday commercials:
Alltel
Mac vs. PC
Notice anything? I sure did. Both went from actual people to claymation. I have a couple of ideas why.
- Both companies realized that people like claymation at the same time.
- It’s less expensive to have a clay Santa then it is to hire one and buy a set.
- They both use the same company to produce their ads.
- They are the same company.
- All their base are belong to geeks.
- An advanced race of clay dreidels are trying to take over media and give Santa a bad name therefore making Hanukkah superior to Christmas.
- Coincidence.
And now for something completely different:
Us here at Pulseblogger want to wish everybody a happy holiday. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and umm… Krazy Kwanzaa.
Pointing stick vs. touch pad, knob vs. track pad, stick vs. drag thingy they all mean the same thing. both of them have their benefits and their shortcomings. both can accomplish the same task but to different degrees. For those of you reading this that don’t know what I’m talking about I’ll give you some of my insight.
Here it is in all of its glory. Nestled between the G, H, and B. The pointing stick is what I personally use all/most of the time. All you need to do is put your finger on it and push or pull in the direction where you want the mouse to go. This is more common on older computers. I know it is on most, if not all, Latitude laptops, it’s also on Precision, Inspiron 4000, and the Inspiron 8200. (these are just dell Laptops, there are other brands with the stick on it)
Pros:
- For me the stick is much easier to maneuver than the touch pad and I can get more precision out of it.
- You can move the pointer 1 pixel in any direction (up, down, left, right) with ease.
- The stick is stiff so if you sweep your hand over it, it probably wont move the pointer.
- It is in the middle of the keyboard so you don’t have to move your hand over to a mouse or other mouse based device.
Cons:
- Leaves a little “dent” in your finger after heavy use (games) and it becomes sensitive and painful
- It is not attached to your computer so if you lose it you need to buy another one and they are expensive! I’ve seen them for 5 dollars in some stores.
- They wear out pretty fast (Then again I like the sticks when they are worn out).
- Sometimes the pointer on your screen drags in a direction (usually stops after 1-5 seconds).
And now we come to the Touch pad.As far as I can tell they work by sensing electricity from your hand to move the mouse around (not sure about this theory 
). There are different kinds of pads but they basically all do the same things. You put your finger on the pad and move it. The pointer on your screen moves accordingly. An interesting thing I noticed about it is that the pointer moves relative to the speed of your finger. If you move your finger slowly from one end of the pad to the other the pointer might go half-way, if you move your hand fast the pointer reaches the other side of the screen easily.
Pros:
- Near to your thumb for quick mouse moving.
- Put a finger on both sides and release them one after another for a super speed pointer attack.
- Good for quick movements that don’t need accuracy.
- Some pads have scrolling function(left-right, up-down).
Cons:
- Accidental movements occur often (even worse if you have “pad clicking” on).
- It gets confused when more than one appendage touching it.
- Cannot be (easily) replaced.
- Crumbs can get stuck in the ridge.
- It gets scratched and dirty pretty easily.
In the end I tend to use the pointer more often but the pad has its uses as well. I hope you enjoyed my article and please comment if you liked it.
Hi, this is your writer Eric, I know, I haven’t been doing that much writing lately, but still.
Any who, over the holidays I have just received a very interesting game called Guild Wars, I am sure most of you heard of it. Specifically, I got the original Prophecies Campaign since my computer has very limited system capabilities. The game, though worth only ten dollars now, is still only barely worth the money due to its very loosely used PvP title on it. If you get a PvP game, you expect to face other players constantly, in this case, you do not. Let me talk a little bit about the game though. You are in the land of Tyria, a nice, peaceful place, where the humans are getting by and are having to fight off a group of invaders called the Garr, a monster race of battle hungry creatures. You go through this world in a very straight path, the environment, though it looks big, is very limiting due to no Z axis movement, you are stuck on the plain of the ground. The game is three dimensional though, you just cant jump. There are many quests for you to do, mostly battle oriented, and they offer your basic experience and weapons. During the character creation screen, you get to decide between being a warrior, a ranger, a monk, a mesmer, a necromancer, or an elementalist. Each of these have different pros and cons, but they all can be very effective, though some are easier to use than others. Along with these choices, you will get the option to make a secondary class, any of the ones you didn’t already choose. So as your little adventurer goes around the world of Tyria you gain levels, new skills, money, glory, and much more. There is a slight problem, a level twenty cap, that is the highest you can be, level twenty. Don’t worry, though, it will take longer than you would normally think, though shorter than it could. Very quickly, the sandbox type world of Tyria will change forever during a massive Garr invasion. The real game than begins. Though it takes a while to navigate the landscape, everything seems overly small, and the option to teleport to any city or outpost you have been in doesn’t help that. Where’s the multi player you may ask? It is inside the cities where almost hundreds of players congregate at once, outside the cities there is only you. You can trade with them, and in some cities battle them in team battles. It is very limiting and the only plus to it is that you gain experience for fighting players, without loosing any, and the lag is not there in the battles. Another annoying feature is how little weapons count in this game. The damage dealt with them are so minimal. Skills are really what is used in battle, for everyone except a warrior, and others from the other Campaigns. These skills can kill in seconds though.
In short, this game, in my opinion, is everything that you can ask for from a MMRPG, games should be able to do more, though. If you want this game, I suggest you either very seriously consider it, or go and buy Morrowind, a great game with less system requirements, pretty good graphics, and an amazing skill system and leveling system. Please note that Morrowind is not a multi player game and should not be frowned down upon for that. It is the non multi player games, or as I like to refer to them PvE, or player versus environment, that usually provide the best in game experience.
This article was written by Eric Feldstein
Out of all of the things in the world that bother me, people who think they are right even though they are wrong, hypocrites who cant find a good argument for being a hypocrite, and people who believe that models and sports players are gods, the worst of it all, to finish this overly long sentence, is jewelry. What is the point, why does it matter if you are wearing the overly expensive piece of nothing that is 24 karat gold, ooh ah its beautiful, get a life. I am so sorry; I am being totally insensitive for those jewelry lovers out there, find solstice in your hearts that I am very lonely and needy, for everyone else, try to think of something else to get your fiancé, when you are old enough, a ring. Be that as it may, some of it does look nice, and people do find solstice in those sparkling pieces of stone, anything to keep the world fresh. A great place, or at least a place, to get a gold chain is Jewel Elegance, follow the link, and make your fantasies come true and your bank account sadder.
There are many reasons why someone would want something to be higher or to have a surface to it, I can’t think of any of them at the moment but give me time. Ding! It creates more of a focal point of the object and could also allow for the object to be actually seen by being higher. Any who, it is a very common thing that people do for their televisions, or other things for that matter, and should be treated with respect, I think even some of you are feeling turned on about the idea of one of these chrome raisers. Anyways, back to the televisions part, if you want a plasma mount you could get one at Stands and Mounts, follow the link please.
