The Chevy ads were a worst case example, but were mainly there to illustrate the point that there seems to be this rampant culture of competition prevalent in North American culture. For instance, every car ad says their car won such and such an award, and was voted consumer choice of 20xx, and it's just plain ol' better than brand y. There are pharmaceutical ads that run for 2 minutes just so they can list all of the adverse side effects the medicine will cause (yet you should still ask your doctor if obesotol is for you), and never ending lawfirm informercials that encourage you to sue the shit out of everyone and everything because hey, you're entitled to your compensation. Then you step into walmart and you can buy giant cases of anything for a fiver sometimes less, and outside there are blokes complaining about the cost of fuel leaning fully upright on their latest 4 wheeled monstrosity. It truly is a culture of excess and frankly the cost to other people in order to sustain it makes it undeserved.
I moved from the UK to Canada a few years ago, and yeah I agree. Being in proximity to them is irritating, but having to watch their stupid antics and culture spill onto TV is just downright offensive. Each time I watch another Chevrolet ad with the stupid moving 3D text proclaiming that their car has won x consumer award (apparently they all have) a part of me dies. My wife has regular contact with Americans almost every day and the ones that come across the border have an air of arrogance around them which is undeniable. A recurring favourite is "why did you give me Canadian change? I'm American, I want American money!". Thankfully the culture of NOW NOW NOW ME ME ME isn't quite so prevalent in the more civilized North. Having said that, "Hey I'm British too! My grandparents came over in the 1920s, do you know my friend Bob? He lives in London" is beginning to wear a little thin. Good snowboarding though.
Who would've thought that the public at large would find yet another tool to deify and revere the drug taking *'upper class'. Most people simply cannot be without leader figures it seems. Twitter's a giant pile of shit that the media seem to have glommed onto in some desperate attempt to remain current and hip, and they routinely talk about it and the internet in general in a most basic way. Understanding just how the internet works, and the sort of technology that goes into it should be a requirement before you can use it to be honest. I mean you wouldn't drive a car without knowing how to change the oil right?... oh, wait.
*They are in fact, not the 'upper class', but simply reflections of the worshippers themselves who got lucky on some stupid reality show about eating someone elses shit.
I suppose no thread about twitter and social networking in general would be complete without a reference to Idiocracy.... and they thought we'd all sucumb to some brilliant and devilish dictatorship, if only!
The University I used to work at had similar experiences, they were used to getting shafted by Dell tech support and eventually the head of IT switched to Lenovo. Although the machines were a little uglier (the keyboards especially so) their tech support was better and actually I don't think we experienced many problems with the machines in the first place... Unfortunately they were running Vista though. Ouch. Meanwhile the remaining XPS machines in the 'high end' computer lab experienced some truly hilarious mobo meltdowns thanks to their metal cases, the dry conditioned air and people brushing passed them.
I had a similar problem with a Dell XPS M1330, something like 1280x768. I find screens with a wide aspect ratio to be especially terrible for development work because I really miss the extra vertical space for code. I suspect you would have suffered with a small screen regardless of the resolution though, as increasing it would have made you squint, and there's nothing more painful (to me at least) than having a tiny laptop on your legs with your neck and head crained forward for a few hours.
A brief look around the net (google search results) suggests that discussions about the Fukushima reactors having core catchers appear inconclusive, I don't suppose you have a source that can state with some authority whether they do or they don't?
Yes that's the one, Chernobyl really is (in my humble opinion) the creepiest and strangest place in the world. Regarding STALKER - I loved that game up and until the 'poltergeist' encounter which felt far too scripted; I found it quite easy to avoid its attempts to kill me, and felt it was an unwelcome contrast to the open-ended 'death could come at any time' feeling of the rest of the game world.
Having read many of your comments it's fairly obvious you have an agenda, so I apologise for falling for your troll... But: "Essentially that's kind of like a nuke" is surely what the OP is riling against. Reactor 3 is nothing like a nuke, ever wonder why Iran has such trouble making bombs? It's not because you can just slap together a reactor, make it leak a bit and then say "ok boys, job's done!".
There's a documentary on the scientists trying to find the radioactive fuel / core inside the chernobyl structure on google video. They had to use robots to scout ahead because some of the rooms had pockets of radiation that could emit a lethal dose in seconds. One difference between Chernobyl and the Japanese reactors is that Chernobyl wasn't contained. Even if the Japanese reactors melt down, it's very likely that the melting cores will be captured in the containment structures built beneath them. As long as the containment holds then you won't be seeing plutonium anywhere except where it's supposed to be.
This happened to my guild as well; most of us were IRL friends and got tired of Blizzard's single minded attempts to kill world PvP. It's as if after the debacle that was Halaa they just stopped trying. Cities are now all but impossible to attack with anything less than a full on raid, and when that happens... Well we all know how well the WoW engine deals with large numbers of players in one area. Even with Wintergrasp you now have to queue to enter the battle. There are so many ways they could improve world encounters with the opposing faction but they simply don't. Case in point - anyone on a flying mount is basically un-killable.
Not necessarily, there are entire fields dedicated to creating sound analysis systems that don't even come close to the human ear - brain counterpart. For example, detecting beats in music, or recognizing syllables in speech.
I always thought that Chasm City would have a suitably sci-fi / action feel to it, and I think any CG / effects studio would love to go wild on depicting the effects of the melding plague. But there might be an issue of pacing, especially if they only spend a short time on the story before miguel (I think, man it's been a while) reaches chasm city itself. His many and varied flashbacks might also be difficult to get a grip on, perhaps a mini series would be more appropriate.
Some of the shots looked like the camera's field of view was shrinking. Perhaps the camera can be rotated, combine that with varying levels of zoom and you could easily mistake forward motion for pan / zoom.
Holy crap those responses in his thread are cuntish. The guy comes along, builds a reasonable rig for under a grand that looks nice and has 3 screens and they shit all over him with retarded comments like "nnnthis won't runn Rage onn super max duper settinnngs-hai". Half of the responses even openly admit to not reading his entire post. Never mind that most new games don't even take full advantage of new PC hardware anyway, being as they are built for the console lowest common denominator. As someone who recently (about 8 months ago) built his own 'gaming' rig for under a grand I certainly sympathise with his efforts.
You know it's funny, despite having flown all around the UK and parts of Europe, I've never once flown with Ryan Air; it's usually been Easy Jet. Ryan Air always goes to places no one gives a toss about like Ireland or Glasgow.
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The Chevy ads were a worst case example, but were mainly there to illustrate the point that there seems to be this rampant culture of competition prevalent in North American culture. For instance, every car ad says their car won such and such an award, and was voted consumer choice of 20xx, and it's just plain ol' better than brand y. There are pharmaceutical ads that run for 2 minutes just so they can list all of the adverse side effects the medicine will cause (yet you should still ask your doctor if obesotol is for you), and never ending lawfirm informercials that encourage you to sue the shit out of everyone and everything because hey, you're entitled to your compensation. Then you step into walmart and you can buy giant cases of anything for a fiver sometimes less, and outside there are blokes complaining about the cost of fuel leaning fully upright on their latest 4 wheeled monstrosity. It truly is a culture of excess and frankly the cost to other people in order to sustain it makes it undeserved.
I moved from the UK to Canada a few years ago, and yeah I agree. Being in proximity to them is irritating, but having to watch their stupid antics and culture spill onto TV is just downright offensive. Each time I watch another Chevrolet ad with the stupid moving 3D text proclaiming that their car has won x consumer award (apparently they all have) a part of me dies. My wife has regular contact with Americans almost every day and the ones that come across the border have an air of arrogance around them which is undeniable. A recurring favourite is "why did you give me Canadian change? I'm American, I want American money!". Thankfully the culture of NOW NOW NOW ME ME ME isn't quite so prevalent in the more civilized North. Having said that, "Hey I'm British too! My grandparents came over in the 1920s, do you know my friend Bob? He lives in London" is beginning to wear a little thin. Good snowboarding though.
In the name of God would at least be understandable, sadly it's more like in the name of celebrity worship.
Who would've thought that the public at large would find yet another tool to deify and revere the drug taking *'upper class'. Most people simply cannot be without leader figures it seems. Twitter's a giant pile of shit that the media seem to have glommed onto in some desperate attempt to remain current and hip, and they routinely talk about it and the internet in general in a most basic way. Understanding just how the internet works, and the sort of technology that goes into it should be a requirement before you can use it to be honest. I mean you wouldn't drive a car without knowing how to change the oil right? ... oh, wait.
... and they thought we'd all sucumb to some brilliant and devilish dictatorship, if only!
*They are in fact, not the 'upper class', but simply reflections of the worshippers themselves who got lucky on some stupid reality show about eating someone elses shit.
I suppose no thread about twitter and social networking in general would be complete without a reference to Idiocracy.
"you lucky bastard!"
The University I used to work at had similar experiences, they were used to getting shafted by Dell tech support and eventually the head of IT switched to Lenovo. Although the machines were a little uglier (the keyboards especially so) their tech support was better and actually I don't think we experienced many problems with the machines in the first place... Unfortunately they were running Vista though. Ouch. Meanwhile the remaining XPS machines in the 'high end' computer lab experienced some truly hilarious mobo meltdowns thanks to their metal cases, the dry conditioned air and people brushing passed them.
I had a similar problem with a Dell XPS M1330, something like 1280x768. I find screens with a wide aspect ratio to be especially terrible for development work because I really miss the extra vertical space for code. I suspect you would have suffered with a small screen regardless of the resolution though, as increasing it would have made you squint, and there's nothing more painful (to me at least) than having a tiny laptop on your legs with your neck and head crained forward for a few hours.
A brief look around the net (google search results) suggests that discussions about the Fukushima reactors having core catchers appear inconclusive, I don't suppose you have a source that can state with some authority whether they do or they don't?
Yes that's the one, Chernobyl really is (in my humble opinion) the creepiest and strangest place in the world. Regarding STALKER - I loved that game up and until the 'poltergeist' encounter which felt far too scripted; I found it quite easy to avoid its attempts to kill me, and felt it was an unwelcome contrast to the open-ended 'death could come at any time' feeling of the rest of the game world.
Having read many of your comments it's fairly obvious you have an agenda, so I apologise for falling for your troll... But: "Essentially that's kind of like a nuke" is surely what the OP is riling against. Reactor 3 is nothing like a nuke, ever wonder why Iran has such trouble making bombs? It's not because you can just slap together a reactor, make it leak a bit and then say "ok boys, job's done!".
There's a documentary on the scientists trying to find the radioactive fuel / core inside the chernobyl structure on google video. They had to use robots to scout ahead because some of the rooms had pockets of radiation that could emit a lethal dose in seconds. One difference between Chernobyl and the Japanese reactors is that Chernobyl wasn't contained. Even if the Japanese reactors melt down, it's very likely that the melting cores will be captured in the containment structures built beneath them. As long as the containment holds then you won't be seeing plutonium anywhere except where it's supposed to be.
Obviously modded flamebait by someone who probably shouldn't avoid getting slimmed...
This happened to my guild as well; most of us were IRL friends and got tired of Blizzard's single minded attempts to kill world PvP. It's as if after the debacle that was Halaa they just stopped trying. Cities are now all but impossible to attack with anything less than a full on raid, and when that happens... Well we all know how well the WoW engine deals with large numbers of players in one area. Even with Wintergrasp you now have to queue to enter the battle. There are so many ways they could improve world encounters with the opposing faction but they simply don't. Case in point - anyone on a flying mount is basically un-killable.
Not necessarily, there are entire fields dedicated to creating sound analysis systems that don't even come close to the human ear - brain counterpart. For example, detecting beats in music, or recognizing syllables in speech.
Perhaps he's trying to set a good example for his peers?
I always thought that Chasm City would have a suitably sci-fi / action feel to it, and I think any CG / effects studio would love to go wild on depicting the effects of the melding plague. But there might be an issue of pacing, especially if they only spend a short time on the story before miguel (I think, man it's been a while) reaches chasm city itself. His many and varied flashbacks might also be difficult to get a grip on, perhaps a mini series would be more appropriate.
Considering how many people live in America, it's almost a statistical certainty that one of them may be smart.
Some of the shots looked like the camera's field of view was shrinking. Perhaps the camera can be rotated, combine that with varying levels of zoom and you could easily mistake forward motion for pan / zoom.
For local people! We'll have no humour here! ... Gosh, my nose is bleeding, won't anyone run a story about that??
Looks like an employee of Clear has mod points today... How is the GP in anyway a troll? Or is his karma just that bad?
It might have been a woman, but her boyfriend was definitely steering!
Not if your mind will neither let you give it up, nor let it go. You ought to be careful, such memories could come around to hurt you.
Holy crap those responses in his thread are cuntish. The guy comes along, builds a reasonable rig for under a grand that looks nice and has 3 screens and they shit all over him with retarded comments like "nnnthis won't runn Rage onn super max duper settinnngs-hai". Half of the responses even openly admit to not reading his entire post. Never mind that most new games don't even take full advantage of new PC hardware anyway, being as they are built for the console lowest common denominator. As someone who recently (about 8 months ago) built his own 'gaming' rig for under a grand I certainly sympathise with his efforts.
You know it's funny, despite having flown all around the UK and parts of Europe, I've never once flown with Ryan Air; it's usually been Easy Jet. Ryan Air always goes to places no one gives a toss about like Ireland or Glasgow.
pure fockn shite eh