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Yes, but the US are superior to us. They must be, given how everyone on TV was referring to it as the "world championship". I think it highlights the way the US see themselves. Better than everyone else. I mean the World Series is bad enough, but at least that has 2 countries participating. To call the Superbowl a "world championship" is like Manchest United winning the FA Cup and declaring themselves world champions of soccer...
And I believe the world viewership for sports goes World Cup, Olympics, Formula One (though the latters stats are dubious since they include people who happen to catch highlights on the news).
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You are aware that Real Football is an entirely different sport, right? It's ANCIENT but still played in India and the like.
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The commercials during the Superbowl have one thing going for them... They ain't re-runs! The majority are new commercials. It's a rare televisual moment. A broadcast you can sit down and watch and not be bombarded by ads you've seen a couple of hundred times already. As a movie geek, were it not for the lure of The Matrix, Hulk etc... I probably wouldn't have bothered watching. Having satellite in Canada means no stupid Canadian ads inserted over the top.
As for protesting the war for oil... Couldn't agree more.
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Yeah... The Beatles were real losers... As was Jimi Hendrix... As was Samuel Taylor Coleridge... *sigh*
The ad that pointed marijuana use to unwanted teen pregnancy made me laugh. Yeah, I mean it's not like ALCOHOL has ever lead to a teenager being so drunk she had unprotected sex and got pregnant... Don't see THAT on the Bud commercials...
You'd think there'd at least be a new race, given the game was originally slated to have 6, then it got cut to 5, then it got chopped to 4. From what I gather, the space is already in the game for a new race to be added (so WC3 mod developers have told me).
The expansion back sounds mostly worthless. (And I LOVE WC3 for the record.)
Get a decent TV provider. Starchoice (satellite) doesn't kill the ads. (Ironic, given they're owned by Shaw). Never had any problem seeing the Superbowl ads here.
You mean aside from having advocated it in various magazine articles I've written, released a reasonable amount of sourcecode, and actively encouraged people to use it?
Since he's shacked up (and and no doubt shagging) a Tech TV producer (Darci for those who give a damn), I'd say yes, he knows. I mean my mother-in-law who is a total luddite knows about spam.
It's always been the same. Games on one system don't neccesarily get ported. The PC hasn't had a port of Gran Turismo 3 for example... Doesn't mean a damn thing.
Splinter Cell is due out next week I believe. Demo has been out for a month.
As for GTA, of course there won't be a PC release date set yet. The game is selling PS2's by the bucketload. It's exclusive currently. Once the sales die down, I fully expect a PC date will be announced (though if the port is as badly don't as GTA3, they may as well not bother).
PC gaming isn't dying in any genre other than sports games, and it's dying there because the games, by their nature, reward two or more players, and sitting round a TV is a better experience.
I could take your example of consoles and reverse it, since I don't recall Neverwinter Nights having a release date on any console, ergo consoles must be dying.
That is such a crock. Sales show that the PC market is NOT in a decline. The PC game industry has been dying for years if you listen to pundits, but the fact is, sports games aside, it's stronger than ever. Claiming it's uneconomical is crap too. I just picked up Warcraft 3 and the Brady strategy guide for less than half what the game was selling for two months ago. Also games don't have to pay their cut to any manufacturers (like console developers do) which means more profit. That alone will keep PC gaming around.
With the war between nVidia and ATI hotting up, PC's will very shortly take a quantum leap ahead of consoles again, only for consoles to catch up with their next iteration. It's been the same for over a decade.
As for graphics card prices, if you shop around, you can find the Ti series for under $100 if you know where to look.
Gamecube for hardcore gamers? WTF are you smoking? I know many hardcore gamers. Some have X-Box, some have PS2... Not *ONE* owns a Gamecube. While it's gotten a few more adult games, the fact is Nintendo is still weighted down with it's cutesy image and is still considered by many to be a kids console.
Erm... Beg to differ a little. Yes, they are great cards, but Linux support is iffy. I've tried one card, which works flawlessly in W95 thru XP and the best I've ever managed, across 3 computers and 4 Linux distros, is a picture with no sound. The card would also randomly not work in Linux. It would work fine. I'd close the software/reboot/whatever, and next time, nothing but static. Regardless, I have never gotten a peep out of the sound in Linux.
There's various bits of freeware that you can use to timer recording of audio. In Linux you could probably use vsound to record the audio and pass it to whatever other program you wanted.
Erm... One thing, you say that someone from a "very different culture" might read the joke. The fact is, the only people insane enough to read code are programmers.
Given some of the crap tastes my friends have, that's not always a good method though. For every great band a friend has introduced me too, they've tried to get into a crap one.
I'm currently getting into Japanese music, and that's REALLY hard to find decent recommendations for.
There was a story about the Bootable Business Card on Tech TV a few months ago. Some mom was shopping her kid around to the talent agencies. Nice gimmick and all, except this BBC fucked over one agents computer. Due to the unusual shape, it got stuck in the drive. They tried it on the show, and it got stuck in theirs too.
NOT exactly a good way to win friends, by giving them something that destroys their system...
I guess I'll be dumping Tech TV Canada then. I thought 35% was the highest CanCon went? Fucking stupid system. Wouldn't be so bad if the CRTC mandated it had to be A) DECENT, and B) not the same show repeated 50 fucking times!
While I wasn't aware of the example listed here, surely if the patent is suitably broad, the people who created the *nix "talk" program got there WAY before ICQ.
Still, at least it's the company that bought IM to the mainstream going for it. I guess. Not that that is much consolation.
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Yes, but the US are superior to us. They must be, given how everyone on TV was referring to it as the "world championship". I think it highlights the way the US see themselves. Better than everyone else. I mean the World Series is bad enough, but at least that has 2 countries participating. To call the Superbowl a "world championship" is like Manchest United winning the FA Cup and declaring themselves world champions of soccer...
And I believe the world viewership for sports goes World Cup, Olympics, Formula One (though the latters stats are dubious since they include people who happen to catch highlights on the news).
You are aware that Real Football is an entirely different sport, right? It's ANCIENT but still played in India and the like.
The commercials during the Superbowl have one thing going for them... They ain't re-runs! The majority are new commercials. It's a rare televisual moment. A broadcast you can sit down and watch and not be bombarded by ads you've seen a couple of hundred times already. As a movie geek, were it not for the lure of The Matrix, Hulk etc... I probably wouldn't have bothered watching. Having satellite in Canada means no stupid Canadian ads inserted over the top.
As for protesting the war for oil... Couldn't agree more.
Yeah... The Beatles were real losers... As was Jimi Hendrix... As was Samuel Taylor Coleridge... *sigh*
The ad that pointed marijuana use to unwanted teen pregnancy made me laugh. Yeah, I mean it's not like ALCOHOL has ever lead to a teenager being so drunk she had unprotected sex and got pregnant... Don't see THAT on the Bud commercials...
I wonder if Lou will have a cameo? That would be a nice touch.
I'm hoping for a Bill Bixby cameo... Of course they'd have to dig him up first...
(Oh I'm going straight to hell for that one).
Too Star Wars? Huh? Explain. In small words so I'll understand.
Movie looked great to me, and the "many Agent Smith's" looked awesome.
Jesus, the time limit on posting really penalises anyone who types at more than 3wpm.
You'd think there'd at least be a new race, given the game was originally slated to have 6, then it got cut to 5, then it got chopped to 4. From what I gather, the space is already in the game for a new race to be added (so WC3 mod developers have told me).
The expansion back sounds mostly worthless. (And I LOVE WC3 for the record.)
WC3 is great, and you're a fuckwit. Best RTS since Total Annihilation.
So... who played this year?
Miami won, 3 sets to 1.
Best ad: Terry Tate - Office Linebacker (Reebok ad. Ads are on their website)
Get a decent TV provider. Starchoice (satellite) doesn't kill the ads. (Ironic, given they're owned by Shaw). Never had any problem seeing the Superbowl ads here.
References? Anonymous Coward wants references...
Cool. A reason to own an Xbox.
You mean aside from having advocated it in various magazine articles I've written, released a reasonable amount of sourcecode, and actively encouraged people to use it?
hehehe UHF... Great movie.
10 fonts? WOO! Let's all celebrate.
Seriously, what is the big deal with this? That's like MS saying "Here. Have 47 lines of source code from Windows."
Since he's shacked up (and and no doubt shagging) a Tech TV producer (Darci for those who give a damn), I'd say yes, he knows. I mean my mother-in-law who is a total luddite knows about spam.
It's always been the same. Games on one system don't neccesarily get ported. The PC hasn't had a port of Gran Turismo 3 for example... Doesn't mean a damn thing.
Splinter Cell is due out next week I believe. Demo has been out for a month.
As for GTA, of course there won't be a PC release date set yet. The game is selling PS2's by the bucketload. It's exclusive currently. Once the sales die down, I fully expect a PC date will be announced (though if the port is as badly don't as GTA3, they may as well not bother).
PC gaming isn't dying in any genre other than sports games, and it's dying there because the games, by their nature, reward two or more players, and sitting round a TV is a better experience.
I could take your example of consoles and reverse it, since I don't recall Neverwinter Nights having a release date on any console, ergo consoles must be dying.
That is such a crock. Sales show that the PC market is NOT in a decline. The PC game industry has been dying for years if you listen to pundits, but the fact is, sports games aside, it's stronger than ever. Claiming it's uneconomical is crap too. I just picked up Warcraft 3 and the Brady strategy guide for less than half what the game was selling for two months ago. Also games don't have to pay their cut to any manufacturers (like console developers do) which means more profit. That alone will keep PC gaming around.
With the war between nVidia and ATI hotting up, PC's will very shortly take a quantum leap ahead of consoles again, only for consoles to catch up with their next iteration. It's been the same for over a decade.
As for graphics card prices, if you shop around, you can find the Ti series for under $100 if you know where to look.
Gamecube for hardcore gamers? WTF are you smoking? I know many hardcore gamers. Some have X-Box, some have PS2... Not *ONE* owns a Gamecube. While it's gotten a few more adult games, the fact is Nintendo is still weighted down with it's cutesy image and is still considered by many to be a kids console.
Hardcore gamers indeed...
Erm... Beg to differ a little. Yes, they are great cards, but Linux support is iffy. I've tried one card, which works flawlessly in W95 thru XP and the best I've ever managed, across 3 computers and 4 Linux distros, is a picture with no sound. The card would also randomly not work in Linux. It would work fine. I'd close the software/reboot/whatever, and next time, nothing but static. Regardless, I have never gotten a peep out of the sound in Linux.
There's various bits of freeware that you can use to timer recording of audio. In Linux you could probably use vsound to record the audio and pass it to whatever other program you wanted.
Erm... One thing, you say that someone from a "very different culture" might read the joke. The fact is, the only people insane enough to read code are programmers.
You're a humourless corporate drone.
Given some of the crap tastes my friends have, that's not always a good method though. For every great band a friend has introduced me too, they've tried to get into a crap one.
I'm currently getting into Japanese music, and that's REALLY hard to find decent recommendations for.
Now to see it in every timezone, does one dabble with the wee beverages, or just go on an all out binge for 25 or so hours?
There was a story about the Bootable Business Card on Tech TV a few months ago. Some mom was shopping her kid around to the talent agencies. Nice gimmick and all, except this BBC fucked over one agents computer. Due to the unusual shape, it got stuck in the drive. They tried it on the show, and it got stuck in theirs too.
NOT exactly a good way to win friends, by giving them something that destroys their system...
I guess I'll be dumping Tech TV Canada then. I thought 35% was the highest CanCon went? Fucking stupid system. Wouldn't be so bad if the CRTC mandated it had to be A) DECENT, and B) not the same show repeated 50 fucking times!
I bet Tech TV Canada will stick to it's usual shit of running crappy Canadian shows and Screensavers re-runs.
We don't even get Max Headroom up here, which is fucking stupid given I think Max Headroom was ostensibly a Canadian production...
While I wasn't aware of the example listed here, surely if the patent is suitably broad, the people who created the *nix "talk" program got there WAY before ICQ.
Still, at least it's the company that bought IM to the mainstream going for it. I guess. Not that that is much consolation.