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Sllik

Being someone far stronger in English than math skills, I'm sure it was an odd choice for me to go into computers instead of writing/editorial/etc. Frankly, in hindsight, I think it was partly due to the fact that English was too easy for me and computers, while mostly math-based, offered more of a ...

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Ironic that you have to practically be on the verge of getting committed in order to be able commit to marriage... so that they can have you committed later. =D

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The iPad is primarily targeted at iPod/iTouch users as a coffee table/bedside alternative to those choices with a bigger screen. It appeals to me marginally, primarily as an around-the-house on-the-couch or in-bed surfing option and Hulu portal. Those who are Apple app store junkies are also tempted ...

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I hang out at Arch Linux a lot and there is always a monthly screenshot thread where there seems to be an unlimited variety of beautiful configurations... Just because we all use windows doesn't mean you are better than us. Linux users are all pirates anyway, too cheap to pay for their own software ...

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I've been hugely excited about this ever since the first San Diego convention screening in 2008 before they 3D-ified it. I've been following all the viral marketing scheme news, have my wallpapers set to Tron Legacy images, my phone's home screen, and even my ring tone. I'll probably go see this ...

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My skepticism is waning. I guess we'll see. =)

On a different tangent, Jumpgate Evolution is taking way too long to get released. Damnit.

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Holy crap

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I can't agree, sadly. I have very few complaints about MW2 and it just so happens that I am still playing it from time to time to scratch my FPS itch. I even still go back and play CoD4 as well from time to time, but find myself playing MW2 more often than CoD4 because of the weapon choices and ...

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I can relate. I use Linux at home as a jabber server and dev machine, and at work as my workstation of choice for all manner of things, yet I still see many people adopt and prefer other more mainstream operating systems based on comfort level, support from friends or vendors, business requirements ...

Sllik

Ah, Sabine Pass. Long time since I've been through there. You'll actually find that more than a couple of Descenters came from the Golden Triangle area, myself included. Vlider and Tomcatt both came from there, and there were others whose nicks escape me now because they didn't stay in the scene for ...

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Watched it... pretty decent =)

Sllik

Agreed wholeheartedly. I've built every PC I've ever owned going all the way back to my first 486/33. The only reason I departed from the norm was because I was smitten with the idea of a portable gaming rig for the sake of LANfests after having lugged a mid-size case and CRT around for years. The ...

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There's still more hope for the future than some might think. The fact that they're revisiting Tron and vamping it up massively is worth mentioning. Disney's already been coming out with quite a bit more racy things in the past few years, though usually through secondary or tertiary labels. They ...

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No more Alienware for me. $2600 cost 2 years before the second vid card replacement died No vendor or after-market replacements anywhere to be found $2600 paperweight $2600 cost + 2 years of service = roughly $110/month for the privilege of playing on a portable gaming rig that I can only ...

Sllik

That name... sounds... familiar...

*peers intently through his bifocals*

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The original vid is actually pretty new to the scene.. she ended up releasing it just a few days prior to Blizzcon if I remember correctly, so it got talked about quite a bit. Of course, it doesn't hurt that she and the rest of the Guild cast were THERE, drinking it up and geeking out with the rest ...

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...so I'm soliciting recommendations. Based on all my past experiences and interest in different OS platforms at times, I'm almost certain to stick with Nvidia. But I thought I would gather recommendations from this austere group of gamers on which model/config you prefer/promote. I'm intending to ...

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I have no need for selective memory in this case. I own the DVD of the original and watch it fairly frequently. ;P

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I have a co-worker and friend that spent the money for both the monitor and glasses, and he swears by them, but the cost is a bit rich for my blood.

He has used it mostly for LotR and WoW, but he swears it has ruined all of his attempts at gaming without the 3D.

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*goes to change clothes and clean himself up*

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And now, the OFFICIAL goods from Disney (finally):

As of minutes ago: http://www.flynnlives.com/media/video/0xendgame.aspx

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I've been having nerdgasms for nearly 24 hours straight, now.

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/41803
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Comic-Co ... 14068.html

Sllik

Wow. Seriously, I'm stoked. As in \"I've got wood\" stoked!

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It's been known for over 2 years that Google has had an internal-only distro of their own, but they've never come out and publicly stated that they were intending to jump into the OS market. This development (now that it's finally here) has excited me more than any other bit of news in the past 10 ...

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A lot of guys at work are going nuts over the cheap $250-range netbooks, these days. Depending on your needs, a netbook like the mini10 might do the trick for you.. even run the old games you want to run. They can run some newer games like WoW and LotRO, but not very smoothly, so if you're looking ...

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Interplay tried to resurrect itself and seems intent on dieing another slow death, so the likelihood of them making a D4 is slimmer than it ever was. There were many other small startup companies and fledgeling projects of various kinds that attempted their own solutions, but nothing ever fully ...

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http://www.descent2.com/ddn/specs/mvl/

Couldn't find anything initially that could decode them, but I don't have time to dig much deeper at the moment.

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Wonder if the BOZbots could be deployed to a dedicated server for this to insure there's always at least 3 bots in the server if number of players > 0 and < 4.

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http://kotaku.com/5279281/jumpgate-mult ... of-descent

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I'm surprised and impressed to find that you came here and posted in response. I can only assume someone nudged you in our direction in order for you to address the problem, because I didn't post in the Miner Wars forums about this. It does show that you're concerned about the image your hard work ...

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So, obviously, some of us got excited that Interplay was trying to get back off the ground. A genuine reboot of their operations would open the door for later opportunities at more Descent/Descent Freespace franchise approaches. I stumbled upon this earlier and it sort of dashes those slim hopes a ...

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This sounds enticing! Only drawback being that it sounds like you need > 3 players to truly enjoy it.

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Yeah, the more I look at those ships, the more unsettled I become. A couple of variations remind me of the drop ship from Aliens, and the big red one has a couple of features eerily close to sections of the Deadalus class ships from Stargate SG-1/Atlantis. Which would also explain the fact that this ...

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Well, it's not out yet. Some features sound promising, others too good to be true, and some of of the forum responses almost make me scream hoax. So time will tell, I guess. The parent company's *other* released project this year, the KeenBox site, has me leaning more towards the \"Hoax\" answer ...

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Where the hell did this come from?

http://www.minerwars.com/ForumTopic.aspx?id=31

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I'm genuinely impressed. I'd never seen or heard of that before either, and the source of the design, materials, and much of the hard work is also more than just noteworthy.

Maybe this world is finally getting somewhere, after all.

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LOL... Yes, it had that going for it, too.

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The target audience of the resurrected franchise is definitely the 12-21 crowd, that's for sure. Some of the dialog seemed almost callously uncouth in their attempts to seem brash and cool, and it seemed forced and overdone. I understood the intent and some of it did instigate humor here and there ...

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Commodore 64. Everything else was a pale keyboardless comparison.

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The ugly balancing act to the business approach is that if you don't pull any punches and he's not capable of coping with the issue in his current unstable state, things could turn volatile and even life-threatening. If his eating habits are what you think they are, that's noteworthy and needs to be ...

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KABOOM! Time for a new vid card...

Tron: Legacy

The state of Interplay...?

Errr.. Miner Wars?!